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title: "Origin system pods"
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There are two types of Origin pods:

- Arcade - top-down tracking suitable for a head-mounted display and props
- Experience - provides comprehensive tracking for a full-body avatar experience


**Representative network topology**

![image](media://ee5027d5-a619-4b40-afa3-77f386fc0045)

- Each PoE+ switch can support up to 24 Viper or 18 ViperX cameras.
- <span style="color: #172B4D">If there are more cameras than can be accommodated using a single PoE+, </span><span style="color: #172B4D">you can chain up to 2 PoE+ switches</span><span style="color: #172B4D">to connect a larger system. If there are more than two PoE+ switches, an additional Gigabit PoE+ with a 10 GbE uplink is required, due to the volume of data traffic.</span>
- <span style="color: #172B4D">Ensure any Beacons are connected into the either the primary PoE+ or the Gigabit PoE+ </span><span style="color: #172B4D">switch with 10 GbE uplink (depending on system requirement)</span><span style="color: #172B4D">.</span>


**Connection numbers - Origin pods**

| **System pod** | **Camera Hardware** | **PoE+ 1** | **PoE+ 2** | **PoE+ 3** | **PoE+ 4** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Arcade 1000** | 32 Viper | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 12 Viper |  |  |
| **Arcade 1500** | 40 Viper | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 20 Viper |  |  |
| **Arcade 2000** | 20 Viper, 8 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 8 ViperX |  |  |
| **Arcade 2500** | 24 Viper, 8 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 4 Viper,<br>8 ViperX |  |  |
| **Arcade 3000** | 12 Viper, 16 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>12 Viper | 16 ViperX |  |  |
| **Arcade 4000** | 16 Viper, 16 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>16 Viper | 16 ViperX |  |  |
| **Solo Experience** | 16 Viper | Beacon(s),<br>16 Viper |  |  |  |
| **Duo Experience** | 20 Viper | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper |  |  |  |
| **Team Experience** | 28 Viper | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 8 Viper |  |  |
| **Experience 1000** | 40 Viper | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 20 Viper |  |  |
| **Experience 2000*** | 40 Viper, 8 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 20 Viper | 8 ViperX |  |
| **Experience 2500*** | 44 Viper, 12 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 24 Viper | 12 ViperX |  |
| **Experience 3000*** | 28 Viper, 20 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 16 ViperX | 8 Viper,<br>4 ViperX |  |
| **Experience 4000*** | 32 Viper, 30 ViperX | Beacon(s),<br>20 Viper | 16 ViperX | 12 Viper | 12 ViperX |

* For systems with more than 2 POE+ switches, a 10GbE uplink switch is also required. See [Large Origin system - multiple PoE+ switches](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/Connect/pages/1616836/Origin+system+diagrams+and+wireless+connectivity+guide#LargeOriginSystem) for more information.