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Configuring View Files for Two X-Frame 88s.
Using the Expnasion Ports is a two-step process. Making the physical connection alone will not enable the link between the
units. When designing a system with multiple X-Frame 88s, you must consider the additional I/O that the Expansion ports
provide, and how you will use it. Once you know how your system will distribute processing and I/O across multiple X-Frame
88s, you can begin to configure the software to accommodate your design. The first step is to create the view files for each unit
using the Link I/O blocks.
When using the MM-8802, this is easy, since the MM-8802 has its own, special I/O block that integrates within the same view
file and signal flow configuration. With multiple X-Frame 88s however, you must know what processing will be "remote" and
which is "local". At some point, you will have to "send" audio via the Link blocks to the other X-Frame 88. This is treated in
the same way as the Local I/O, as blocks of 8 audio channels.
Local Inputs
RX
Local Inputs
RX
Fig. X, The view files for each X-Frame 88 will require I/O blocks for the Expansion ports.
In this example, we have two X-Frame 88s, both with local analog I/O. On the first X-Frame 88, the Link A Output block sends
eight channels of digital audio via the "A" Expansion Port's TX connector to the second X-Frame 88. The view file for the sec-
ond unit includes the Link A Input block where these eight channels of audio appear via its "A" Expansion Port's RX connector.
The second unit processes and then sends eight channels of audio via it's Link A Output block and "A" Expansion Port TX con-
nector to the first unit, where the process is repeated.
This graphic is the software equivelent of the graphic on the previous page (see Fig. X). The connections are the same, but with
different labels. The Expansion Port TX connection is represented by the Link Output block and the Expansion Port RX con-
nection is represented by the Link Input block. Eight channels of proprietary digital audio are transported between the two
units using the two view files shown above. Any type of processing may be used in between the two units within each view
file. This configuration provides a powerful, dual DPU system with a total of 16 analog inputs and 16 analog outputs.
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View File 1 on first X-Frame 88
View File 2 on second X-Frame 88
Local Outputs
TX
Local Outputs
TX
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