Kramer 32x1 1RU [24/30] Collaborative panels

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Collaborative Panels

It is possible for multiple single bus pushbutton panels to work together as a group to

form a single logical control panel. Panels working together are called collaborative

panels, and a collaborative panel is said to be operating in a collaborative mode. The

group that works together to form one logical panel is called a collaborative group. A

single router may have many collaborative groups connected to it.

An example of a collaborative group is two 16x1 control panels connected to a 32 input

router where one panel controls inputs 1 through 16 and the other panel is set to control

inputs 17 through 32 and the same output.

Each collaborative group of panels must be assigned panel ID’s that are grouped

together in a particular way which differs depending on the type of collaborative panel.

Each panel in a collaborative group shows up as a separate control panel in the router’s

list of active control panels.

CAUTION!

The same panel personality settings must be assigned to every panel in a collaborative group.

Collaborative Single Bus Panels

Any standard single bus panel (except the 20 button and 40 button panels) can operate

in a collaborative mode. A single bus panel automatically operates in a single bus mode if

the number of buttons on the panel is equal to, or fewer than, the number of inputs on the

router. (This refers to the maximum number of inputs per level that the router is set to

and not the number of inputs that any particular level of that router might actually have,

which could be less).

It is mandatory that every panel in a single bus collaborative group have the same

number of buttons on it. (Different collaborative groups on a single router could

conceivably have different sized panels, however).

For example, a 32 input router might have two 16 button panels that operate together in a

collaborative single bus mode to form a single 32 input single bus panel.

Using the example above, the first panel in the group needs to be set at an Odd ID

number to control inputs 1 through 16. The second panel in the group is set to an even

number ID and will control inputs 17 through 32.

CAUTION!

A control panel set to ID 0 will only control inputs starting with 1.