The generic SW-P-08 integration covers routers that speak the SW-P-08 protocol directly, without a dedicated module of their own. Because Buttons can't ask this kind of router how many sources, destinations, or Levels it has, you configure all of that yourself. Buttons can also help you go beyond ordinary Level-to-Level routing with an experimental per-channel breakaway feature, for routers that support it.
Before you begin#
- A generic SW-P-08 connection already added and connected.
- Your router's actual input and output counts, and its Level layout (video, and any audio channels), from its own configuration or documentation.
- Destination locking is not available on this module: see Locking is not available before assuming a lock control will appear.
Open the connection's configuration and set:
- Number of Sources and Number of Destinations: the router's normal input and output counts. Don't include breakaway or MADI channels here; those are added on top once you enable them below.
- Levels: one entry per independently-routable layer of the signal, for example Video, then Left Audio and Right Audio. SW-P-08 supports up to 256 Levels on the wire, so match this list to what your router actually uses.
With more than one Level configured, each Level routes independently: see
Route only one part of a bundle for taking a route on a single Level while leaving the others alone.
Choose a black or silent "None" source#
SW-P-08 has no native disconnect command, so if one physical input on your router is wired to black or silence, set None / black / silent source to First input or Last input to match it. Once set, that input shows as --- in a destination's active-source display whenever it's the routed source, the same behavior as the equivalent VideoHub setting.
Locking is not available#
This module doesn't expose destination locking. No lock or unlock controls appear for its destinations in Buttons, and if the router enforces a lock of its own, Buttons doesn't see or reflect it. Protect a destination directly on the router if you need that.
Breakaway Audio and MADI breakaway (experimental)#
Warning
Buttons labels both of these settings Experimental in the connection's configuration. Verify a breakaway route on a destination you can afford to get wrong before relying on it operationally.
Beyond ordinary Level-to-Level routing, this module can let individual audio channels act as sources that route to any Level on a destination, not just the matching audio Level: for routers whose SW-P-08 implementation supports it.
- Breakaway Audio: set to 8 Channels or 16 Channels to match your router's licensed capability, then add one audio-role Level per channel (for example Ch1 through Ch8) in Levels, up to that limit. Audio Levels beyond the limit still exist but only support ordinary same-Level routing.
- MADI Breakaway Sources and MADI Breakaway Destinations: add groups of individually routable MADI channels (1 to 4 streams of 56 or 64 channels each) after your normal sources and destinations, for routers carrying embedded MADI streams. Configure sources and destinations independently; you don't need both.
If you get stuck#
What you see | What to try |
|---|
A breakaway or MADI channel routes the wrong physical source or destination. | Check that Number of Sources and Number of Destinations count only the router's normal ports: breakaway and MADI channels are appended automatically and shouldn't be included in those counts. |
A route to several destinations partially succeeds. | This module routes each destination separately, so one unresponsive destination doesn't stop the others: check the routing report to see exactly which destinations failed. See Troubleshoot a blocked or failed route. |
Where to go next#
