Vega 30 Router User Manual
Terminology
Product Overview 3.7
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Partial Source
A user-defined source which contains one or more ‘null sources’.
Pre-defined Source
A source inherently defined in a router. These are not editable by
the user. In Vega 30, these are associated sources.
Port
Input or output signal connection to the router.
Port Name
Name given to a router port. Typically, the name can be edited.
Port Number
Number assigned to a router crosspoint port. The number is fixed.
Protect destination
A feature of a destination. Set ‘Protect Destination’ on a destination
to prevent a route being made to it.
‘Protect’ is an operational control.
Quiet switch
A switch transition with no audible disturbance.
Route
The connection made within a router in a crosspoint, connecting an
input to an output.
Router
A Vega 30 unit with physical signal input and output connections,
where the inputs can be routed to any output.
A router may be able to route more than one type of signal.
Signal
Information carried by a connection between equipment in a facility.
For example video or audio data.
Source
A set of one or more crosspoint inputs which can be routed at the
same time.
For example, video together with embedded audio channels.
Source port name
Name assigned to a source. For example, “BBC News”.
Tally
Message sent out of a comms port by a router to confirm that a
command to set a route has been received. It does not mean that a
route has been set.
Timed switch
Switching between two signals in a crosspoint switch at a time
consistent with SMPTE RP-168-2009. The timing of the switching
is governed by the signal being switched to.
User-defined source
A source which can be defined by the user. In Vega 30, these are
associated sources.
Term
Definition
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Vega 30 Router Terminology (Continued)
