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Q: What is the main purpose of having an internal router?
A: The internal router allows you to share the inputs connected to a Kaleido-X or Kaleido-X16 multi-
viewer with other equipment (e.g. QA monitors, vectorscopes), reducing or eliminating the need to
have an expensive standalone external router. The internal router allows you to have one piece of
equipment (the multi-viewer) that serves two integrated purposes: displaying video inputs on the
monitor wall, and sharing them with other equipment. For example, instead of having a router in front
of the multi-viewer to split feeds between the multi-viewer and a vectorscope monitor, you can use
the multi-viewer as a router. Your feeds enter at a single point, and one of the outputs can go to a
vectorscope or quality control (QC) monitor, so that instead of a large, expensive station router in front
you can have a smaller one—you don’t lose outputs for QC.
Q: Is there a matrix GUI available for controlling routers via the multi-viewer?
A: Yes. The Kaleido-X Software (version 4.00 and later) incorporates the single bus and matrix view
from iControl Router Control Software.
Q: Is the “External Router” item in the Equipment library always used to add a router?
A: Yes. This is done for consistency with iControl. Other types of equipment (production switchers,
controllers, tally boxes) have their own specific entries in the Equipment library.
Q: Can there be more than one external router?
A: Yes. Every router or router control panel that is connected to a serial port on the multi-viewer
corresponds to an External Router in XEdit. Similarly, every router with a unique IP address connected
via TCP/IP to the multi-viewer is considered a unique External Router. If the multi-viewer is connected
to a series of physical routers in a cascade configuration, the cascade corresponds to a single External
Router in XEdit, where each router is a
Level .
Q: Why was the iControl Router Manager integrated into XEdit version 3.00?
A: Previously, a version of the iControl Router Manager appeared as a separate application within
XEdit. This could lead to some issues, such as two devices being configured on the same serial port.
Since Router Manager is now integrated, XEdit is more “aware” of the router configuration
information, and can prevent such misconfigurations.
Q: Is router management backward compatible?
A: Yes. Router configurations made in version 2.20 will be preserved when upgrading to version 3.00
(or later). However, even though this has been tested on a large number of configurations, it is
recommended that the router settings be reviewed before and after the upgrade in order to ensure
that there are no errors.