Transmission - Axis Router

Ever since our work first began in TX, the local router has not been working. All of the control panels have been unresponsive and in a state of limbo, constantly moving a green light around the buttons. After installing the timecode, we decided that this would be the next task to complete.

At the moment the unresponsive router isn't causing too much trouble, because it is only being used for monitoring. However come when Rave Live needs to be transmitted it is vital in choosing the sources that are ingested into Pharos and the feeds that go out on air. Of course these feeds can all be over patched, but it makes sense to fix the Router while we have plenty of time than to worry about it later.

The first thing to do was locate the manuals, of which the crate manual was found on Confluence (The Ravensbourne Wiki) and the control panel manuals were obtained from Snell's back catalog. After reading we decided that there was no obvious solution available through the troubleshooting sections so we went into looking to fix the fault by doing almost a complete re-install of the routing system.

The only problem was that there was no dedicated place where the control files were kept. Obviously they would have to be on a computer in TX or easily accessible from TX and a quick flick through all of the attached components to the KVM revealed that they were stored along with the programmes needed to install them on the Pharos W/S computer. After opening the router control and trying to connect with the crate we discovered that the files had been corrupted some how. This meant we had to re-install an older version which once complete enabled the router to work perfectly. After this had been done we re-instated the most up-to date version of the control files only to find that after an evening the control panels resorted back to their useless state.

The router control program, found on the Pharos W/S PC

At the moment the control file installed isn't the most up-date, but it works and all the feeds seem to be going to the correct places. This will need looking into again before Rave Live however if the kit is going to be packed into a fly-a-way and transported to Matter then the routing system will need to be dismantled and re-configured anyway. At least we know that we have a working 16x16 matrix that we can use, which should be perfect for Rave Live. More information on the Axis Router can be found here, along the manuals for both the crate and the control panels.