800 series routing switchers are wide bandwidth vertical interval switchers designed for professional video production facilities. The compact design of Link’s routing switchers makes them an essential part of any facility. Packaged in a 19-inch rack mountable chassis, the switchers are supplied with a single front-loaded power supply. An optional redundant power supply is available. High quality front panel push buttons are used for selection of inputs and outputs. Remote control panels are interconnected with standard Ethernet 10Base2 single coax connections. RS-232 is provided through a standard D-sub connector. Panels can be set to control a single output bus or the entire matrix. The Link switcher’s flexibility is unmatched in the industry. Modular construction offers unique flexibility to the user, and provides an easy means of adding additional features or upgrading to digital modules. Power supplies are accessible from the front of the unit and may be easily installed or removed. SDI switching may easily be converted to analog by adding field installable modules. Industry standard BNC connectors are used for video inputs and removable 3-pin connectors are used for stereo audio inputs and outputs. Routers are available for analog video only, analog video with stereo audio follow, digital video only, and digital video with two-stream AES/EBU audio follow. Supplied with control panel with audio break-away. The Link 8 x 8 routing system features, modular design plug-in modules for video and audio. No active components on the frame. Two power supply slots are accessible from the front panel. One power supply is standard. A redundant power supply is available as an option. Detachable X-Y front panel control with Ethernet 10Base2 coax connection. Analog video only models and models with audio follow video. Digital video only models with analog audio follow. Digital video only models with digital audio follow. RS-232 control standard. Remote mounting kits for control panels. The supplied control panel for all switchers is shipped installed into the front of the main electronics chassis. The control panel can be removed from the electronics chassis in the field and installed into a remote mounting kit.