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System Administration
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The C10 can interrogate a plant router in order to import and display the router’s mnemonics (name labels) on the
console. This facility enables you to see the real names of the sources that are being fed into the console by an external
router, automatically updating every second.
The C10 uses one of its serial ports to communicate with the router, using the Probel ‘General Switcher Protocol
SW-P-08’ (GSP) over an RS422 link (found on the rear of the console). The console needs to be told which crosspoints
correspond to its inputs, then it will poll the router and extract the relevant names to be shown in the routing lists, channel
source names, fader scribble strips, and even on the Touchscreen (eg. where an external router feeds one of the four 12-
way source selectors).
There are three text files relevant to this configuration that are stored in the ‘sysfiles’ directory on the hard disk; The
Switcher_Serial_config and Switcher_io_Allocation files configure the hardware and inform the console where
to look in the router for the labels that correspond to a particular input. The Switcher_Poll_time file determines the
time interval between information (cross point interrogation) requests to the external router.
In the Switcher_Setup file there are 8 lines of text, here is an example:
<Switcher_Setup>
This signifies the start of the data
SYSTEM PROBEL
This defines the type of router system as PROBEL or NONE
PORT 1
This defines the serial port used on the console processor
BAUD_RATE 38400
This defines the data rate, must be identical to the router
PARITY EVEN
This defines the parity, must be identical to the router
DATA_BITS 8
This defines the data bits, must be identical to the router
STOP_BITS 1
This defines the stop bits, must be identical to the router
/<Switcher_Setup>
This signifies the end of the data
If this feature is not being used, entering NONE as the type of router system will tell the console not to try to interrogate
anything over the serial connection, and the other parameters may be set to any values in this case – they are no longer
relevant.
Note that the Switcher_IO_Allocation file may not be present – it will be created automatically on reboot after the
system type entry in the Switcher_Serial_Config has been set to PROBEL. Resetting the system type entry back to
NONE will leave the Switcher_IO_Allocation file untouched.
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