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Hello All,

We have a 20x20 and a 40x40, does anyone know if there is a way we can combine them to make it a 60x60 with some clever networking perhaps?!

Cheers,

Russell

Nope. You *might* be able to do a bit with Tie Lines between the two (take 10 out of the 20by into the 40by, and 10 out of the 40by into the 20by) and you'll still need some clever scripting to ensure you don't screw yourself in tie-line management. ie) changing a route when you are using a tie line between the two.

Also a "nope" from me.

A 40x40 switch has 1600 internal connections (crosspoints), a 20x20 has 400 (you could connect every input to every output at one crossing point). So a 60x60 Switch would have 3600 crosspoints - 1600 more than the 40x40 and 20x20 added.

Maybe a clever setup would give you amazing flexibility, but never ever a real 60 to 60 matrix. Everey connection between the routers reduces the complete capacity. If all of the 20 inputs from the small router needs to be connected to the big one at the same time, you would need 20 intputs at the big one. In this case using the small one combined with the big one would be nonsense

Maybe you can identiffy independent functional groups to use the routers and having less connections between both.

Along these lines . . . is it possible to at least control them both from the same router panels? It wouldn't literally have 60x60 crosspoints, but is it possible to have 60 x 60 control from the same hardware panels (provided you aren't asking it to route an input from the 20x20 out of the 40x40?) Can they both be addressed from the panels?

the router panels only support addressing one matrix at a time.

Yengspeaksbeauty wrote:

Russell Martin wrote:Hello All,

We have a 20x20 and a 40x40, does anyone know if there is a way we can combine them to make it a 60x60 with some clever networking perhaps?!

Cheers,

Russell

Nope, you can’t directly combine the switches into a single 60x60 switch, however, you can integrate different switch capacities. One example is by using the switches in a stacked configuration, because some switches can be stacked to work together as a single logical switch. But you have to be careful if you want to ensure smooth traffic flow and avoid bottlenecks. If you need new switches, you can browse on TP-Link website so you can choose the best one that suits your need.

I think you are confusing IP/Ethernet network switches with SDI video routers/matrixes.