Installing Soundstructure Devices; Configuration Files; Wiring The Devices - Polycom SoundStructure C16 Design Manual

Installing SoundStructure Devices

This chapter describes how to take the SoundStructure designs created in Chapters 4 and 5 and upload and
confirm that the system is fully functional. Once the SoundStructure design has been created, the next steps
are to match the physical wiring of the system, upload the settings, make final adjustments to the system,
and save the settings to a preset.
For information on rack mounting SoundStructure devices or terminating any of the connectors such as the
analog input and output signals refer to the
Advanced Applications

Configuration Files

Configuration files store all the settings associated with a SoundStructure project including the system
name, the devices and plug-in cards used in the design, the virtual channel definitions, default channel
settings, Ethernet and RS-232 settings, current device settings, and presets. Configuration files have an
STR extension and are stored as binary files. The basic configuration file structure is shown in the following
figure.
Basic SoundStructure Configuration File Structure
SoundStructure Configuration File
SoundStructure Devices
Virtual Channel and Group Definitions
Default Parameter Values
Ethernet and RS-232 Settings
Current Settings
Presets
Configuration files are both saved to disk when a File Save option is executed from SoundStructure Studio.
Any changes to the device settings that need to survive a power cycle should be
saved to presets with the Preset Save operation as described later in this chapter.

Wiring The Devices

One of the most important steps when working with SoundStructure devices is to ensure the physical
cabling (for instance what's plugged into input 3) of the system exactly matches how the virtual channels
are defined.
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