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Appendix E:
Axia manufactures a comprehensive line of acces-
sory control panels that can be placed near talent, host
or producer positions to give non-board-op users con-
venient control over options such as headphone source
selection and volume, mic channel on/off/mute, talkback
and routing controls. These panels connect to the Axia
network in two ways, depending upon their feature set:
via GPIO, and via CANBus.
Figure E-1: Axia accessory control panels.
Panels requiring a CANBus connection require a
cable connection to the nearest Element console. These
include the Headphone Selector Panel, Mic Control/
Headphone Selector Panel and the 4-button LCD Smart-
Switch control panels.
Other panels require only a GPIO connection. These
include the Mic Control Panel, Producer's Mic Control
Panel, 5-Button Film-Cap Switch Panel, and the 5-, 10-
and 15-Button Rackmount Switch Panels.
Installing a CANBus Accessory Panel
Note: Before beginning installation, make cer-
tain that you have the latest software installed
for your StudioEngine and Element console.
Current version software is always available at
www.AxiaAudio.com/downloads/ .
Pre-installation Hardware Check
Before installing your new panel, we need to perform
a quick hardware check.
Open the overbridge panel on your Element and
examine the Power Distribution Board (the one in the
Accessory User Panels
middle with all the RJ-45 connectors). Does one of the
RJ jacks contain an RJ-45 termination device? If so, you
are ready to install your accessory panel. Remove the
terminator from the distribution board and set it aside
for later.
If you do not see this terminator, please contact Axia
support for more information.
Installation
User panels that connect via CANBus are much like
Element fader modules, in that they require a unique ID
setting in order for the system to recognize them cor-
rectly. Each Element module (and each CANBus acces-
sory panel) has a multi-position rotary switch located on
its circuit board; each device attached to an Element's
CANBus must have this switch set to a unique position.
To find out what ID assignments are free, enter El-
ement's diagnostic mode by pressing and holding the
and
Help
Right Arrow
five seconds.
You'll see a description of each installed module and
accessory panel device; preceding the description are a
set of numbers in brackets.
Figure E-2: Element diagnostic mode
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