If you like, you can run an RM4200D DSP frame without control surface and use it exclusively for routing of audio signals. In this operation mode, the DSP frame works as a Routing Matrix, which can be used to switch various input signals to one or more outputs. All corresponding control commands - the routing commands - will be transferred to the DSP frame via an ethernet connection (or the serial interface).

Routing commands are special data packages which are sent to a DSP frame. Routingbefehle sind spezielle Datenpakete, an den DSP-Frame gesendet werden. In common, such commands will be generated by the Routing Software, running on a usual Windows PC. This PC is connected to the DSP frame via ethernet or a serial cable. Additionally you can force the execution of routing commands for a DSP frame from another RM4200D system. That is a valuable feature if for example a number of sources on a central routing device should be swtiched from a studio’s or a control room’s control surface.

This chapter describes the functionality of the routing software, which is used for remote controlling a RM4200D router in a simple and comfortable way. You can set crosspoints manually or control them automatically and scheduled. More complex sets of crosspoints can be predefined in scripts, which can be executed by a simple mouse-click.

If you like, you can run the routing software on multiple PCs to control a single RM4200D device. In this case you may create different input/output lists with restricted access. That way you can support varying responsibilities of different users.