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Figure 1-55: Crosspoints Triggering Control Outputs
Crosspoints triggers can be used to enable other crosspoints so that a 
single key could enable audio feeds from a number of sources to a 
number of destinations as shown in Figure 1-56.

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Figure 1-56: Crosspoint Triggering Many Actions
There is a constraint on the maximum number of possible actions by 
crosspoint triggers and crosspoint actions imposed by system 
resources.  In general the number of possible triggers times the 
number of possible actions should not exceed 4095.  So if there are 16 
possible triggers specified in an Xpt Trigger and 16 possible crosspoint 
actions specified in a Xpt Action the number of actions would be:
16 triggers x 16 actions = 256 events
which would be acceptable.  If the result of setting up a system of 
crosspoint triggers and crosspoint actions created more than 4095 
possible actions an error would be reported when the configuration 
was downloaded.
In this case a buffer logic element should be placed between the 
crosspoint trigger and crosspoint action.  In this way the number of 
actions the trigger crosspoint has to make is limited to the number of 
trigger crosspoints, which only have to trigger the buffer.  The buffer 
will then act on the crosspoints in the crosspoint action.  An example of 
this is shown in Figure 1-57.

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Figure 1-57: Many to Many Action with Buffer
Crosspoint actions can also be triggered from control inputs either 
directly or through other logic elements.
Crosspoint Action
Crosspoint actions allow crosspoint triggers or control inputs to act on 
audio crosspoints in various ways depending on how the crosspoint 
action is set up.  Crosspoint actions are configured with sources and 
destinations selected from the lists of fixed groups and panels that 
define the crosspoints.
To set a crosspoint action drag and drop an ‘Xpt Action’ from the 
‘Module Library’ pane onto the design pane.
Figure 1-58: Crosspoint Action
Action Type
The action type menu allows the type of action (enable, disable, 
isolate) to be specified, together with the two of crosspoint to be acted 
on (source to destination, bidirectional) and the crosspoint priority.
Open the action type menu and right click on the current action to 
display the menu of crosspoint actions.

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Figure 1-59: Crosspoint Actions List
The available crosspoint actions are:
• Enable Action - enable all the crosspoints between the sources 
and destinations that satisfy the crosspoint type and priority 
criteria except where sources or destinations are marked as 
excluded.
• Inhibit Action - inhibit all the crosspoints between the sources and 
destinations that satisfy the crosspoint type and priority criteria 
except where sources or destinations are marked as excluded.
• Isolate Action - isolate all the crosspoints between the sources 
and destinations that satisfy the crosspoint type and priority 
criteria except where sources or destinations are marked as 
excluded.  When isolate actions are applied to bidirectional 
crosspoints it will only isolate the source to destination part of the 
audio path, not the destination to source part.
Crosspoint Type
Open the crosspoint action menu and right click on the current 
crosspoint type to display the menu of crosspoint types.
Figure 1-60: Crosspoint Type List
The crosspoint action can be set to operate when either source to 
destination crosspoints are made or bidirectional crosspoints are made 
between any of the sources and destinations configured.  Right click 
on the menu item to select the crosspoint type.

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Crosspoint Priority
The crosspoint priority defines the priority at which the action is applied 
to the crosspoints.  For a crosspoint action to change the state of a 
crosspoint it must be set to a priority higher than the crosspoint.
Figure 1-61: Crosspoint Action Priority
For example in order to override panel talk crosspoints at priority two 
with a crosspoint action the action priority must be set to three or 
higher.
Crosspoint Action Sources
Crosspoint action sources can be added to the list by dragging and 
dropping devices from the Direct/Interfaces, Fixed Groups and Panels 
lists onto the source list whether or not it is open.  If the source list is 
opened then dropping a new source onto an existing source will 
replace it.  If there are no items already assigned to the source list  
then the list name will be highlighted in red.  If there are items already 
assigned the list will not be highlighted but instead will be surrounded 
by a green box.
Figure 1-62: Crosspoint Action Source List
When the menu name is highlighted in yellow the item can be dropped 
onto the list.

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Figure 1-63: Adding a New Source
Right-clicking on ‘Add source...’ will display a menu allowing all the 
ports or all the panels in the configuration to be added to the source 
list.
Figure 1-64: Adding All Ports or Panels to Crosspoint Action Source
Sources in the list can be copied, cut, deleted or excluded by selecting 
the required items from the list and right clicking to display the options 
list.  Multiple items on the list can be selected by holding down the Shift 
key while selecting items.
Figure 1-65: Crosspoint Action Source Options
Items that are cut or copied can be pasted into other source or 
destination lists.   Deleting an item removes it from the list while the 
‘Change to Excluded’ option allows a source to be excluded from 
consideration when acting on crosspoints.  Any source that has been 
excluded is shown in red.  If ‘All Ports’ is present in the source list this 
cannot be excluded.  To re-include a destination that has been 

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