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32 • Installation NK-3G144 User Guide (v04)
Connecting a Video Reference to NK Series Routing Switchers
All NK Series video and audio routing switchers accept a video reference. If connected, this ensures that switching
occurs in the vertical interval across all router levels, that is, a switching pulse that complies with RP168:
• line 6 for SD (PAL reference)
• line 10 for SD (NTSC reference)
• line 7 for HD (1080i)
• line 7 for HD (720p)
• line 7 for 3G
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The non-locked switching pulse is free-running.
To connect the video referencing signal
1. Connect a 75

coaxial cable between the video reference signal output and one of the VID REF connectors
(75

BNC) on the rear panel of the routing switcher.
2. Do one of the following:
• Connect the remaining VID REF connector on the rear panel of the routing switcher to a VID REF
connector on the rear panel of another routing switcher using a 75

coaxial cable.
• Connect the remaining VID REF connector on the rear panel of the routing switcher to a 75

BNC
termination.
3. Continue looping the VID REF connectors across the routing switchers that you want to have switching
simultaneously.
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The last routing switcher in the video referencing loop must have a 75

BNC termination connected to its spare
VID REF connector.
Installing DashBoard
DashBoard can be downloaded at http://www.rossvideo.com/dashboard.
DashBoard is used to configure and operate NK systems and individual NK Series devices.
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• DashBoard system requirements, please refer to the DashBoard User Guide .
Connecting to the NK-IPS in the Routing Switcher System
Before you can set up and send a configuration document to the routing switcher, you must connect an NK-IPS to
the routing switcher. Once DashBoard locates the NK-IPS, the attached devices are visible and can have
configuration documents sent to them.
By default, DashBoard attempts to auto-detect the NK-IPS on the network. If the device is not detected
automatically, the NK-IPS can be manually added using the
New NK IPS Connection window in DashBoard.
To connect to the NK-IPS
1. Open DashBoard .
2. In the Basic Tree View , locate the NK-IPS of the routing system to which the NK-3G144 has been connected.
3. Double-click the NK-IPS icon to expand the node.
The connected devices are listed below the NK-IPS icon.
4. Ensure the NK-3G144 is listed in the devices connected to the selected NK-IPS.