Capturing" Your Console - Axia Element Installation & User Manual

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AC Safety Ground — the "3rd prong" of a nearby
outlet.
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A bonded electrical conduit.
#12 AWG GREEN stranded wire is the minimum
wire gauge acceptable for grounding Element.
Figure 1-3: Locating the grounding stud.
3. One end of the Element power / communication ca-
ble is fitted with a strain relief. Connect this end to
any one of the four Molex connectors on the back of
the Element GPIO Node/Power Supply. Connect the
other end to the Molex socket on the Element con-
nection panel.
Figure 1-4: Detail of data/communication cable ends.
4. Connect a VGA monitor to the VGA connector on
the back of the Element GPIO/Power Supply.
IMPORTANT: Element's power cable is also
host to all data communication between the ac-
tual surface and its CPU (housed in the Element
Power Supply/GPIO Node) by CANbus technol-
ogy; it does not require a separate Ethernet
connection. Never connect any of the RJ-45
Figure 1-5: Element connection panel. Circled
connector is for power/data cable; RJ-45's connect to
fader and accessory modules.
ports on the Element connection panel to
an Ethernet switch. These ports are for con-
nection of Element fader and accessory mod-
ules only; connecting them to a powered Ether-
net switch could damage the board's electronics
and void your warranty.
What is CANbus? Controller Area Network
(CAN) is a multicast shared serial bus standard,
originally developed in the 1980s by Robert
Bosch GmbH, for connecting electronic control
units (ECUs). Although initially created for auto-
motive purposes, nowadays it is used in many
embedded control applications.
The CAN data link layer protocol is standardized
in ISO 11898-1 (2003).
5. Whew, that was hard work. Better have a beer. (We'll
have one for you, too.)

"Capturing" Your Console

Upon power-up of your Element, some or all of
the alphanumeric displays above the faders may read
INACTIVE. This means that the Element CPU must be
initialized. To do this, you'll need to enter Capture Mode.
The way you'll do this depends on whether the standard
Monitor Module or the Monitor + 2-Fader Module is in-
stalled in your Element.
Figure 1-6: Identifying the Standard Monitor Module
(left) and Monitor + 2-Fader Module (right).
"Capturing" using the Standard Monitor Module
Press and hold the
for 5 seconds. The alphanumeric displays will change
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key on the Monitor Module
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