Miranda CR Quick Start Manual
QuickStart Guide
CR Series Compact Router
and Accessories
Product Summary
You will have received one or more routers, control panels,
remote panel modules, power supplies, and a CD that
includes documentation and software. See Figure 1.
The CR Series Compact Router family includes 1RU and 2RU
routers, control panels, and remote panel modules.
The product family includes HD, SD, “3Gig,” and analog
video routers. It includes AES and analog audio routers and
machine control routers (a.k.a. port routers).
The 1RU control panels and routers include several formats:
16×16, 16×4, 16×2, and 32×1. The 2RU control panels and
routers include 2 format: 32×32, and 32×4.
The product names indicates their size and type. For example,
CR3204-AES indicates a C
inputs and 4 AES outputs.
Similarly, a CP1602 is a C
sources to 2 destinations (by default).
“RP” means R
emote Panel module.
A CR16-P R is a 16-port Port Router (machine control router).
See Product Set, on page 8, for a complete list.
The 16×16 routers can switch any of 16 inputs to any of 16
outputs and the 32×32 routers can switch any of 32 inputs to
any of 32 outputs. The 16×4 router switches 16 inputs to 4
outputs. The 32×4 routers switch 32 inputs to 4 outputs. All
the router matrices are fully non-blocking.
The machine control routers are bidirectional, point-to-point
routers, transmitting serial data under RS-422, up to 1 Mb/s.
All other compact routers are unidirectional, X/Y routers.
A CR Series control panel can be mounted on the front of a
router or a remote panel module and provides direct visual
and tactile control of the router. However, any of the routers
can also operate without a control panel under control of an
automation system.
The CR Series routers can be connected on an Ethernet network or used with the NV9000 Router Control System.
A CR Series “remote panel module” is a device that sends
commands to a network of routers and monitors the status of
the routers. A remote panel module supports a control panel.
The panel is then called “remote” because it can be located at
a distance from the routers.
A network also allows “local” or “captive” control panels.
Captive control panels are those that mount on a router.
The CR Series also includes configuration software that
allows you to make the most of your compact router system,
and button legend templates in several formats.
ompact Router having 32 AES
ontrol Panel that lets you switch 16
Figure 1. Package Contents
Router(s)
1RU
2RU
Control Panel(s)
1RU
2RU
DIP
1ON23 4 5 67 8
DIP
1ON23 4 5 67 8
Power suppl(ies)
1 software and
documentation
disk
1 power cord retention strap
for each power supply
Quick-Start Guide
(this document)
Remote Panel
Module(s) 1RU
2RU
Routers
All CR Series routers except machine control routers have
connectors for bi-level or tri-level video reference (sync) signal and will switch according to SMPTE RP168-2002.
We recommend using a video reference. The video reference
is loop-through: you can pass the video reference on to other
routers or terminate the reference at any point.
Each router has two power inputs for redundancy, a grounding lug, an RS-485/422 automation port, and an Ethernet
port.
In addition, each analog audio router has DB25 connectors for
I/O. See Figure 5. Each machine control router has RJ-45 connectors for I/O. See Figure 6. All other routers have two 75Ω
BNC connectors for I/O. See Figure 4.
Each router saves its current state (crosspoint connections,
locks, etc.) in non-volatile memory.
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DST
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PNL
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“3Gig” Video Routers
The CR1616-3Gig and CR3232-3Gig video routers support
2.97 Gb/s operation and several SWB and SD data rates.
HD Video Routers
The CR1616-HD, CR1604-HD, and CR3232-HD are “SWB”
(super wide band) routers. They support a wide range of SD
and HD serial data rates. They support DVB-ASI.
SD Video Routers
The CR1616-SD, CR1604-SD, and CR3232-SD support a wide
range of SD serial data rates. They support DVB-ASI.
AES Audio Routers
The CR1616-AES and CR3232-AES routers support AE3id
audio. The AES routers will switch in sync with a video reference if one is available and will free-run if no reference is
available. If a video reference is not present, the router is
asynchronous and it passes input signals straight through
without any processing.
Analog Video Routers
The CR1616-AV and CR3232-AV routers switch NTSC (525i)
and PAL (625i) formats.
Analog Audio Routers
The CR1616-AA and CR3232-AA routers switch analog audio
signals. They pass the signal straight through and do no
internal processing.
The CR1616-AA switches 16 stereo pairs and the CR3232-AA
switches 32 stereo pairs. The analog routers do not perform
mono switching.
Machine Control Routers
The CR16-PR and CR32-PR routers (a.k.a. port routers) switch
machine control streams or serial data streams up to 1Mb/s.
The CR16-PR has 16 ports and the CR32-PR has 32. The ports
are bidirectional, RS-422. Connections are point-to-point.
Machine control ports can be configured in several ways.
Software is required for port configuration.
Software
CRSC is a relatively new software tool that helps you create
efficient, more easily used router networks. It configures both
routers and remote panel modules.
CRConfig is nearly obsolete, but included on the CD. It is still
useful for stand-alone networks.
Operating Modes
CR Series routers can be used in 4 general modes:
• A stand-alone router, with an attached control panel.
• A stand-alone network of routers and remote panels.
• A “CRSC” network of routers and remote panels.
• An NV9000 network: one or more routers controlled by an
NV9000 router control system.
These modes determine the behavior of CR Series products
and affect the meaning of CR Series features.
For example, routers and control panels in a CRSC network
are highly configurable. In other modes, they are not configurable. There are many other significant differences.
Control Panels
These are the available control panels.
CP1616 CP1604 CP1602 CP3232 CP3204 CP3201
This example is a 16×16 control panel (CP1616):
Source buttons... Lock buttons
Destination buttons...
On any control panel, the two buttons at the top right are
locks:
• Destination Lock. Prevents accidental re-routing of one or
more destinations.
• Panel Lock. Protects accidental use of the entire panel.
In a stand-alone system, control panels have source buttons,
destination buttons, lock buttons, and level buttons, as
shown above. The numbered buttons on a control panel correspond to the numbering of the connectors at the rear of a
router (of the same size).
In a CRSC network, control panels are configurable: any button (except the lock buttons) can be configured independently as a source, destination, salvo, or level button.
(Salvos are executable lists of low-level “takes.”)
In a stand-alone system, the 4 function buttons just below
the lock buttons are level selection buttons. Routers are
assigned levels from 1 to 4. A control panel in the network
illuminates level buttons for each router in the network.
Users may select any or all of the levels at any time.
In a CRSC network, levels are router partitions. Up to 8 levels
can be defined. Level selection is governed by 3 panel configuration modes: standard mode, enhanced mode with “hold,”
and enhanced mode without “hold.”
In a CRSC network, control panels route signals between
“devices.” Devices are configured as sets of related inputs or
outputs.
In a stand-alone system, control panels switch inputs and out-
puts only, either on a single level or multiple levels.
A stand-alone router requires a control panel (or automation). A stand-alone network of routers requires either captive
panels or remote panels. A CRSC network requires remote
Level selection buttons
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panel(s) but allows the presence of captive panels. An
NV9000 router control system does not require CR Series control panels. (It probably uses NV96xx control panels.)
Remote Panel Modules
CR Series remote panel modules (RP16, RP32) resemble CR
Series routers in size and form, but they have only communication connections and no I/O. A remote panel module controls routers in the network. In a CRSC network, the remote
panel module is the “intelligence” of the network.
A compact router network may have up to 16 remote panels
and up to 4 routers of mixed type.
Software
CRSC is a relatively new software tool that helps you create
efficient, more easily used router networks. It configures both
routers and remote panel modules.
CRSC allows the following.
• View and control the IP addresses of devices in the net-
work.
• Create router partitions (i.e., levels).
• Completely configure remote panels.
• Monitor router crosspoints.
• Update firmware.
• View and clear locks.
Because CRSC offers so much capability, we recommend it as
the preferred operating mode.
CRConfig is obsolete, but included on the CD. It is still useful
for stand-alone networks.
CRConfig is a diagnostic and configuration application that
allows you to do the following:
• Update router software and firmware, if the need arises.
• Determine what devices are present in a network.
• Perform simple single-level takes.
• Configure the ports of a machine control router.
Either CRSC or CRConfig is required for the configuration of
machine control router ports.
Installation
Software and Documentation
Insert the supplied CD (SB0033) in your CD drive. It will
autoplay in a few seconds. On the first screen you see, click
‘CR Series Routing Products’.
The CR Series screen displays:
You can choose from 4 options at any time:
• Install CRSC.
• Obtain documentation.
• Open a button template.
• Browse the CD.
To i nst all the CRSC software, click ‘Install CRSC’ and follow
the simple steps when the installer appears. The installation
process takes less than a minute. Optionally, place a “shortcut” on your PC desktop.
You can i nst all CRConfig by browsing the CD and doubleclicking the installer (CRConfig_Install.exe). Follow the simple instructions.
Rotary Switches
Every router and every remote panel module has a 16-position rotary switch. The rotary switch is used in stand-alone
networks and NV9000 networks (1) to set the device’s IP
address and (2) for routers, to set the router’s level.
Position 0 is at the right.
FRAME ID
It is used in CRSC networks to set a device’s initial IP address.
You can use CRSC to change IP addresses and levels to more
suitable values once the routers and remote panel modules
are in the network.
Use a small screwdriver to make adjustments. Turn the switch
so that the arrow points to the setting number. The numbers
are in hexadecimal, where the letters A–F represent the numbers 10–15. (You might need to remove a control panel from
the router or remote panel module to access the rotary
switch.)
After you make an adjustment, turn the power to the router
(or remote panel module) on again.
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