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20. Networking Options
20.3.3
Feedback Arbitration
"Logic -> Feedback Arbiter"
The
Feedback Arbiter
element is a 1-out-of-16 selector switch with arbitration. It is ideal for applications such
as a telephone hybrid selector.
If an output is active, then a different output can ONLY be activated by triggering both the
Force Enable
and
Input x
control signals - for example, if MF Keys are used for the control signals, then the operator needs to
press both
Force Enable
plus the
Input x
MF Key to change the active output. The
Enabled
and
Active
control
outputs can be used to signal the state of the arbiter by illuminating MF Keys.
This element controls the logic of the selector only and not the audio crosspoints.
Alternative elements are the
which offers more protection, and the
provides signalisation but not arbitration.
General Parameters
Feedback Arbiter
Reference name for the element.
X – Input
Assigns the MF Key (or control input) which will activate the corresponding output if no other
output is True.
Force enable
Assigns the MF Key (or control input) which will force the corresponding output to active and
set all other outputs to False.
Note that both the
Force enable
and
X - Input
control signals must be true to change the
active output.
The control outputs appear under “Logic -> <GroupName> -> Feedback Arbiter” in the 'Tree Selection' window:
None active
True if all inputs are False.
x Active
True if the corresponding input is True.
x Enabled
True if either all inputs are False or the corresponding
Force enable
is True.
X Force Enabled
True if the corresponding
Force enable
is True.