Bosch 8500 User Manual

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Bosch Security Systems | December 13, 2005
Appendix A Satellite Systems
A satellite system configuration is usually used for a medium to large distributed sys-
tem, or to obtain extremely large matrix sizes configured more conventionally. Typ-
ically, a single Main control site can be used to view/control cameras located both 
locally and at various remote satellite sites. Since up to 256 satellite sites can be 
linked to a single Main control site, very large, distributed systems can be achieved. 
If the satellite systems are located at the same site as the Main system, the result is a 
large conventional-type system. 
In a satellite configuration, the Main control site can view/control any camera in the 
entire system, but the remote satellite sites can only view/control cameras associated 
with their own site. Satellites may be configured to operate either independently or, 
with no local viewing/control capability.
It is also possible to configure satellite systems where each site can view/control 
cameras from anywhere in the system. For a two (2) site system, this is referred to as 
a dual master configuration. In the same manner, triple and quadruple master sys-
tem configurations can also be configured. Cascaded satellite systems, where a Main 
site has a satellite which is a master to another satellite is another available scenario. 
In fact, it is possible to configure systems that include a mixture of any or all of the 
above scenarios.