Page 5
C O N T E N T S Dynamics Processing Controls ................3-26 Using the Embedded E-6 GUI ................3-26 EQ Settings ......................3-27 Filter ......................... 3-27 Low and High Shelving ..................3-27 Compressor Settings ..................3-28 Expander Settings ....................3-29 Side Bar ......................
Page 6
Modifying The Options Text File ................A-6 A Simple Example From The File ................A-7 A Second Example ....................A-8 An Example File - Complete ................... A-9 Appendix 3 Replacement Parts List ............A-13 page Contents – 4 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 7
Control Surface Placement ............1-3 Power Supply ................1-4 Failsafe Dual Redundant Supply ................1-5 Energizing ....................... 1-5 I/O Connections ................1-6 Getting Started ................1-8 Surface Software Version ............1-8 page 1 – 1 E-6 / Apr 2007 E-6 / Nov 2009...
Introduction Designed to integrate flawlessly with the E-series Satellite digital audio network router, the E-6 control surfaces allow you to easily create large- or small- platform- based systems that are exceptionally user-friendly and flexible. The E-6 control surface has major market features: event recall, both bus-minus and mix-minus, and four aux mixes—all with dedicated talkback systems.
Cutout dimensions (in inches) are shown in the drawings below for 5 available frame sizes. Do not connect the E-6 control surface to its power supply (and do not connect the power supply to the AC power line) until instructed to do so.
Rear view of the PSU-1 rackmount power supply If failsafe redundant sup- The E-6 control surface is powered by a Wheatstone Model PSU-1 plies have been ordered, rackmount power supply. This unit occupies two 19” wide rack spaces you will be installing two PSU-1 units.
BOTH rackmount supplies powered up and connected to their associ- ated equipment. Energizing Assuming the E-6 control surface mainframe is properly placed, and its PSU-1 power supply (or supplies) correctly rackmounted and connected to the control surface, you may now energize the rackmount power supply by plugging it into the AC mains.
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N I/O Connections All user wiring to and from the E-6 control surface is made via connectors located on the control surface’s rear panel. Two 5-pin male connectors at the center of the control surface’s rear are for power...
Page 13
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N page 1 – 7 E-6 / Apr 2007 E-6 / Nov 2009...
G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N Getting Started The E-6 control surface comes with a E-6 Embedded Graphical User Interface (GUI) program, intended to be straightforward in use, controlling and displaying graphics, production tools, and set up screens.
Page 15
LED Readout ......................2-5 CUE Switch ......................2-5 TB BUS- Switch ...................... 2-5 Fader ........................2-6 Channel ON Switch ....................2-6 Channel OFF Switch ....................2-6 Channel Status Buttons Display ................2-6 page 2 – 1 E-6 / Apr 2007...
I N P U T P A N E L Input Panel (IPE-6) Controls and Functions Each input panel of the E-6 digital audio control surface has four identical strips representing four input channels. Input Sources Each input panel controls four stereo sources.
Set button on the screen. If your choice was “Take A Preset” then the PROCESSOR PRESETS screen pops up when you click the Set button to allow you to choose the desired preset. page 2 – 3 E-6 / Apr 2007...
I N P U T P A N E L Channel Mode Controls and Indicators MODE selection is set in the Embedded E-6 GUI using the mouse pad, located in the center of the master panel, to control the mouse pointer on the VGA screen for system software navigation.
LFE - slider controls level of signal sent to subwoofer channel. WIDTH - slider controls an effect that changes the apparent distance between the speakers - applies to stereo signals only. page 2 – 5 E-6 / Apr 2007...
The TB BUS- switch routes the TB BUS audio, typically the operator’s microphone, to the BUS MINUS output for that channel, allowing the operator to talkback to the talent hearing that BUS MINUS signal. page 2 – 6 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Operator should be made aware that logic associated with a signal will not act as expected when the logic lock indicator is ON. page 2 – 7 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 22
Program Output Select ..................3-13 External Source Select ..................3-13 Mix-Minus ......................3-13 AUX Sends ...................... 3-13 Headphone Level Control................3-13 E6 Monitor Configuration..................3-14 Enter Button......................3-14 Help Button ......................3-14 page 3 – 1 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 23
Programmable Buttons ..................3-21 VDIP Settings ....................... 3-23 Machine Logic ....................... 3-25 Dynamics Processing Controls ................3-26 Using the Embedded E-6 GUI ................3-26 EQ Settings ......................3-27 Filter ......................... 3-27 Low and High Shelving ..................3-27 Compressor Settings ..................3-28 Expander Settings ....................
C O N T R O L P A N E L Master Panel (MNE-6) Controls and Functions The E-6 digital audio control surface is equipped with one MASTER panel. This panel contains numerous controls, in- cluding INPUT SOURCE select, PAN,...
Page 25
C O N T R O L P A N E L There are two more options to select the source for an input channel via the E-6 Embedded GUI software. • With any input SET button pressed, pressing the INPUT SOURCE knob pops up a list of available sources for that channel.
All adjustments can be saved to a channel, a source, an event, headphones, or a preset. The VIEW, NEW, NAME buttons are described later in the manual (see Side Bar on page 3-31). page 3 – 5 E-6 / Apr 2007...
There are several mix-minus options that can be programmed. Press the OPTIONS button on the MNE-6 panel and select MIX-MINUS from the pop-up list to bring up the E6 “Mix Minus Config” screen. page 3 – 6 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 28
If that signal is then brought up on a different channel having different MXM settings, the new channel’s MXM settings will then be applied to that signal. page 3 – 7 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 29
“X” in the upper right corner of the window, you will be prompted to save your changes. You can choose to save or not to save. page 3 – 8 E-6 / Apr 2007...
CUE is sent to the left side. The EQ switch, when activated, will send an equal- ized signal to the headphone. See later in the manual for making EQ adjustments. page 3 – 9 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Pressing either of the two external (EXT1 or EXT2) switches allows the operator to pick up the associated external input (useful for such as tape recorders or air returns) to listen to. page 3 – 10 E-6 / Apr 2007...
NOTE: If the Control Room is muted and you turn the level control all the way up, then remove the condition that has the Control Room muted, the sound in the Control Room speakers will suddenly be VERY LOUD! page 3 – 11 E-6 / Apr 2007...
The TB button lets the operator’s microphone signal interrupt the normal feed to the studio speakers. STUDIO Level Control The STUDIO level control determines the overall loudness of the signal being monitored as it appears in the Studio speakers. page 3 – 12 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Pressing any of the four AUX SEND switches allows the operator to monitor the AUX send signal. HEADPHONE Level Control The HEADPHONE level control determines the overall loudness of the headphone output signal. page 3 – 13 E-6 / Apr 2007...
The headphone, control room, and studios outputs are normally subject to the control surface’s muting and cue interrupt circuits. However, cue interrupt may be defeated via the Embedded E-6 GUI. Press the OPTIONS button, choose “Monitor Config”, and set the defeat option for headphone, control room, and studios.
Viewing Event Choices Pressing the VIEW EVENT button allows the operator to view the control surface’s event choices via the Embed- ded E-6 GUI. This function can be password protected. Loading an Event from the EVENT CHOICES screen, highlight the de- sired event and press Load.
C O N T R O L P A N E L Control Modes The E-6 control surface is operated in one of five modes: Intern, Operator, Production, Engineering, and Factory. Factory mode is reserved for factory use only. Engineering mode, by default, allows the user to perform all surface functions.
The operator can manage E-6 presets via the Embedded E-6 GUI. Press the OPTIONS button, choose “Presets”, and APPLY (DELETE) presets to (from) CHANNEL ASSOCIATIONS and SOURCE ASSOCIATIONS lists.
Peak and Average readouts. You can choose only Peak or Aver- age reading via the Embedded E-6 GUI. Press the OPTIONS button, choose “Meter Options”, and choose the desired readout from the Meter Mode pop-up list.
• When no SET button is pressed, it opens a screen showing a full Matrix List of input sources and loca- tions for quick source selection on a fader, or for matching other connections within the system. page 3 – 19 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Releasing the button will then display the current count. Time of Day Clock The main Embedded E-6 GUI screen includes the digital and analog displays of a time of day clock. To set the time on this clock you run a Wheatstone utility program, WSTimeSet.exe, on a network computer.
Network System manual for details. Some of the spare button programming can be done via the Embedded E-6 GUI. Press the OPTIONS button and choose “Programmable Buttons” to display the “E6 Spare Buttons” form. You will see a separate line on the form for each of the 14 buttons;...
Page 43
C O N T R O L P A N E L • Software Controlled - in this mode the button’s function is set up by the Embedded E-6 GUI, as described below - the LED is controlled by the surface and is on while the button is pressed and off when released •...
EFS—This function causes the channel to be OFF when the fader is fully down or ON when the fader is brought up from the fully down position. The ON and OFF switches can still control the channel. page 3 – 23 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 45
Bus Minus Follow Channel ON—Sets the input signal sent to the Bus Minus system to follow the channel ON switch. If this box is unchecked the signal is sent regardless of the channel ON status. page 3 – 24 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Machine Logic The operator can select the surface’s start/stop logic options via the Embedded E-6 GUI. Press the OPTIONS button and choose “Machine Logic” to display the “E6 Machine Logic Options” form. The purpose of this option is to allow the privileges operator to...
C O N T R O L P A N E L Dynamics Processing Controls CHANNEL BUTTONS Using the Embedded E-6 GUI Click on the EQ button on the right-bottom corner of the monitor screen to display the Dynamics Processing Controls for the selected channel. This screen allows full control of 4-Band Parametric Equalizer, Expander, and Compressor settings.
The low shelver (activated by the SLF switch below the LO WIDTH slider) at the lower end of its range will enable specific kick-drum or bass guitar elements of a source to be balanced with respect page 3 – 27 E-6 / Apr 2007...
“Baxandall” style tone control, noted for its ease in rapid correction of tonal imbalance. Compressor Settings The compressor algorithm used in the E-6 is designed to: - prevent really ghastly noises from being achieved too easily; - allow smooth, inaudible, and unobtrusive level control on un- even sources;...
The gain-reduction reduces as the threshold is approached, and there is none above the threshold. The controls are: EXP — A switch that allows the expander to be enabled and disabled. page 3 – 29 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 51
“disappear” in the context of a mix; the whole gating sound, especially surprisingly its opening, is less obvious with shallower depth. Sometimes the “Surprise!” element is required, though, for effect. page 3 – 30 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Clicking on the VIEW button display the “Processor Presets” form with list of the available presets. Clicking on the New button displays the “New Preset” form and virtual keyboard that you can use to name a new preset. page 3 – 31 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 53
Source and Destination Displays The SOURCE display shows the selected channel’s source name and input fader number. Assign the selected source to any available destinations using up/ down scroll arrows in the DESTINATION display. page 3 – 32 E-6 / Apr 2007...
E. The surface presets, system X-Y access, system programming and configuration are password protected. To make a connection between the Embedded E-6 GUI and the Glass-E software press the OPTIONS button and choose “Glass E Interface” to display the “E6 Glass E Interface Options” form. Enter a Port Number (the default is 49152), a User Name and Password, and click “OK”.
Page 55
C O N T R O L P A N E L page 3 – 34 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Keyboard, floppy controller, and video ports are for factory use only. The purpose of the host controller is to provide control of the E-6 control surface. The HC-3 communicates to the XPoint Configuration PC via TCP/ IP over Ethernet through a standard ethernet hub or switch. It also communi- cates to the Bridge Router system via a special mixer link connection.
Position 4 of SW1 must be in the on position in order to activate the CAT5 mixer link connections. SW2 - CPU Reset This momentary pushbutton switch allows the host controller to be reset without powering down the system. page 4 – 3 E-6 / Jan 2008 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 60
RXD - Orange Green RXD + TXD + White/Green White/Orange RJ-45 RJ-45 Plug Blue Blue Plug White/Blue White/Blue RXD - TXD - Green Orange White/Brown White/Brown Brown Brown SED FOR MIXER LINK CONNECTOR page 4 – 5 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 61
RXD - RXD - LN LED LK LED "HEADPHONE" Female DB-9 These are line level inputs 5 4 3 2 1 to the internal amplifiers that feed the surface’s head- phone jack. page 4 – 6 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 78
- SA UR US - Sergey Averin - APPROVALS DATE 600 Industrial Drive DRAWN 2-3-06 New Bern, NC 28562 CHECKED SIZE FSCM NO. DWG. NO. 00S0034 ISSUED W# 700828 PSU-1B PCB 1 OF 1 SCALE SHEET page 5 - 17 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 79
S C H E M A T I C D R A W I N G S PSU-1 Power Supply Load Sheet page 5 – 4 page 5 – 18 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 80
Modifying The Options Text File ................A-6 A Simple Example From The File ................A-7 A Second Example ....................A-8 An Example File - Complete ..................A-9 Appendix 3 Replacement Parts List .............. A-13 page A – 1 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 81
A P P E N D I C E S Appendix 1 Contents Control Surface Clock ..............A-3 Setting the Time ......................A-3 Update Options ......................A-3 Synchronize ......................A-3 Battery Backup ......................A-4 page A – 2 E-6 / Apr 2007...
A P P E N D I C E S Control Surface Clock The main Embedded E-6 GUI screen includes the digital and analog displays of a time of day clock. Setting the Time Setting the time of the control surface’s...
(it will do this for 3 to 4 weeks). To activate battery backup of the control surface’s clock simply pull out the yellow strip from the HC-3 board, as shown on the picture below. page A – 4 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 84
Options Text File ................A-6 Introduction ....................... A-6 Modifying The Options Text File ................A-6 A Simple Example From The File ................A-7 A Second Example ....................A-8 An Example File - Complete ..................A-9 page A – 5 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Options Text File Introduction There are a number of operational features on the E-6 surface that are controlled by the contents of the Options Text File (E6_OPTS.TXT) that resides on the surface's flash drive. In order to configure these features it is necessary to modify this file.
You may have fewer or greater modes available depending on the surface model and vintage. In any event you can select the same or a different mode from the available modes for each programmable button on the surface. page A – 8 E-6 / Apr 2007...
// ? is the mode (default = 0)... 0 = Post Fader, Post ON (default mode) 1 = Pre Fader, Post ON 2 = Post Fader, Pre ON 3 = Pre Fader, Pre ON page A – 9 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 89
3 = Momentary, Button is active when held down, LED controlled by DIO 4 = Automation, Button & LED are controlled by automation interface 5 = Preset Select, Button selects pre-configured preset, LED controlled by Surface SPARE1:2 SPARE2:2 SPARE3:2 SPARE4:2 SPARE5:2 page A – 10 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 90
// ? 0 = (default) No Mix Minus level control on Monitor card. 1 Monitor card has Mix Minus control. MXM_LVL_CTL:0 // Syntax: INPUT_GAIN_SLIDERS:? // ? 0 (default) = No input gain sliders, 1 = Input gain sliders. INPUT_GAIN_SLIDERS:0 VGA_CONTROLS:1 page A – 11 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Page 91
// 0xfff0c0 (default) = Color for selected readout background. READOUT_SELECTED:0xccff66 // Syntax: READOUT_NTEXT:0xRRGGBB // 0x000000 (default) = Color for readout text. READOUT_NTEXT:0xfa9007 // Syntax: READOUT_STEXT:0xRRGGBB // 0x000000 (default) = Color for selected readout text. READOUT_STEXT:0x000000 DEBUG_FLAGS:0x00000001 page A – 12 E-6 / Apr 2007...
Replacement Parts List .............. A-14 For the most part there are no user-replaceable parts in the E-6 control surface. Exceptions are those controls and components that in the course of normal use may need maintenance (i.e., faders, pots, ON switches, etc.). A complete list of available components is shown on the next page.
Page 93
A P P E N D I C E S REPLACEMENT PARTS — E-6 CONTROL SURFACE COMPONENT DESCRIPTION WS P/N IPE-6 PANEL COMPLETE INPUT PANEL "009500" MNE-6 PANEL COMPLETE MASTER PANEL "009501" "009529" BK-E6 PANEL BLANK PANEL IPE-6 LOADED CARD INPUT PANEL LOADED CARD ASSEMBLY "009515"...
Page 94
A P P E N D I C E S REPLACEMENT PARTS — E-6 CONTROL SURFACE COMPONENT DESCRIPTION WS P/N ENCODER 11mm ROTARY ENCODER WITH THREADED BUSHING "560002" ENCODER KNOB 15MM GRAY COLLET KNOB FOR 1/8" SHAFT "520022" ENCODER KNOB 11MM BLACK PUSH-ON KNOB "520105"...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the E-6 and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers