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title: "Set up a mixed system with up to 16 Valkyrie cameras"
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The following information describes how to add up to 16 Valkyrie cameras to an older system of up to 12 Vantage cameras or up to 23 Vero cameras.

In this type of system, you add the Valkyrie cameras to the existing system by connecting them to the primary switch (the switch that is directly connected to the PC).

**To add up to 16 Valkyrie cameras to an older Vicon system****:**

- Connect the power switch to which the Valkyrie cameras are connected into one of the SFP+ ports of the primary PoE+ switch in the Vantage system.
  In the following diagram, the power switches are each connected to an SFP+ port on the primary PoE+.

The primary Ethernet switch remains the sync source and hence outputs the Vicon sync data (Ethernet sync and time stamping).

Data flows from the cameras, through their respective PoE++ switches, through the primary switch to the host PC.

The Vicon sync packets travel in the opposite direction, with only accompanying light control data. This causes known deterministic switcher delay without jitter and possible packet loss.

> ⚠️ **Note**  
> ⚠️ If your older system includes Vero cameras, remember that, because one port on the Gigabit PoE+ switch is occupied by the Lock, you can connect a maximum of 23 Vero cameras to the Ethernet (RJ45) ports.