Switching network for multiple channel installations

A switch network for connecting one of N input ports and one of T output ports, said network comprising an arrangement of switches and being characterized in that

• each switch comprises
• at least one first terminal (E1) to which a first port of a first type is connected,
• at least one second terminal (S2), to which a second port of a second type is connected, and
• a contact bridge (24) provided with an actuation device and which on command makes a connection between said first and second terminals,
• in that said network comprises a plurality of network terminals each constituting at least one of said first terminals (E1) for a first switch (E1, 22, S3) of said network and one of said first terminals for a second switch of said network (E1, 21, S1), and
• in that said plurality of network terminals comprises a matrix with one of said terminals at each node of said matrix.