Midas PRO X Quick Start Manual page 15

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Item Description
1 List of Stage and FOH ports, showing current device assignments.
2 device type drop-down list, contains a list of the available devices to choose from.
3 device ID drop-down list, contains a full list of IDs for the selected device type. Those already in use will be prefi xed with the text "(In use)".
device options drop-down list(s), from which you can select the card that is actually fi tted in the physical unit. The positions of the drop-down lists are relative to
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the card positions in the physical unit.
5 CLOSE button, closes the AES50 Device Confi guration window.
>> To add a device or change its set up
1. Click CONFIG to open the AES50 Device Confi guration window.
2. Click the port to which you want to allocate the device. For example,
"FOH Port 3 (unused)". The text in the device type: fi eld will change
accordingly. (A port that has no device allocated to it will have the text
"(unused)" after its name.)
3. In the device type: drop-down list, click the type of device.
For example, "DL351A".
4. In the device ID: drop-down list, click the ID you want for the device.
For example, "ID6".
5. In the device options: drop-down list, click the type of card fi tted physical
unit. For example, "Analogue 8 Input". If there is more than one device
options: drop-down list, repeat for the remaining ones, making sure they
match the actual cards fi tted (DL351 & DL451 only).
6. Click CLOSE.
Confi guring The Devices
You have the option to confi gure the devices from the Patching screen.
Parameters, such as gain and +48 V phantom voltage, can be adjusted or
switched on/off , respectively, via a device-specifi c confi guration window.
These confi guration settings can be independent of channel data,
as (until patched) they only control the physical unit. If a device is subsequently
patched to one or more channels, the channel(s) control the device,
and vice-versa.
The device confi guration area also allows control of audio parameters when the
device is used as a direct connection to another device. For example, FOH to stage
via a digital snake, instead of through the DSP. In this case the settings are also
saved in the show fi le and can be automated, even though the signals are not
routed through the control centre DSP.
Device confi guration procedure
Although the procedure for confi guring the devices is similar, their parameters
are dependent on device type. The procedure for confi guring the devices of a
similar type involves:
• • Opening the confi guration window of the device
• • Selecting one of the device's cards/channel ranges and confi guring
the available parameters
• • Repeating for the other cards/channel ranges of the device
• • Repeating for the other devices
• • Closing the device's confi guration window.
>> To open the confi guration window of a device
Click the device's spanner button.
>> To set up/change the confi guration of an I/O device
1. Open the confi guration window of the I/O device you want to confi gure.
2. Select the I/O device from the drop-down list at the top of the
confi guration window.
3. Select the card/channel you want to confi gure/change, from the drop-down
list at the upper-right corner of the confi guration window. For example,
the "Analogue In Card".
4. In a channel, confi gure the parameters. For example, in channel "In1",
adjust the gain and switch the +48V phantom voltage on.
5. Repeat step 4 for the other channels in the card.
6. Repeat step 3 to step 5 for the other cards.
7. If necessary, confi gure other I/O devices by repeating step 2 to step 6.
8. Click CLOSE.
Clicking Does this in the From section
Selects the patch connector.
Deselects the patch connector, which then reverts to its
previous state (patched or unpatched).
or
Selects the patch connector and all the ones it is patched to in
the To section.
NOTE: To quickly check the destinations of a source patch connector, click it. This will select it and all of its destinations. A green triangle will appear under the
name of any tab in the To section that contains a destination(s).
Quick Start Guide
How To Patch
Patching, basically, involves selecting the source patching connectors in the
From section of the Patching screen and then selecting their destination(s)
in the To section. You can select patches singly, or in multiples by using the
sequence and automatic operations.
>> To open a tab in the From or To sections
Click the tab title. For example, click Ins. Sends to open the insert sends tab.
>> To select a single patch connector
Click the patch connector. The eff ects of clicking a patch connector are shown in
the following table.
Does this in the To section
Will do one of the following (provided a source patch connector(s)
has been selected in the From section):
• Selects the patch connector during a single patching operation.
• Patches the patch connector during either a sequence or an
automatic patching operation.
Otherwise, this has no eff ect.
Removes the patch.
Removes the patch.
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