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GSX APPS & CONSOLE CONFIGURATION
T
he GSX console doesn't have its own physical audio inputs
and outputs, like WheatNet-IP consoles that use a Console
Blade with local I/O. The GSX has a Mix Engine, which
doesn't have local audio I/O, other than a front panel
headphone jack, thus the GSX console's destinations must be connected to
Blade or audio server inputs and the studio sources signals (Control Room
& Studio Monitors, the various bus outputs, bus minus signals, etc.) must
be cross-connected to Blade outputs.
Configuring your Mix Engine, Surface, and I/O Blade signals is done
using Navigator and the GSX Surface Setup app, Windows
included on a USB flash drive that shipped with the console. The two apps
can also be downloaded on-line, but you'll need to contact Wheatstone
Technical Support for the download links (techsupport@wheatstone.com).
The Navigator and GSX Surface Setup (GSX GUI) are installed on an
admin PC, a Win7 or Win10 PC with two Network Interface Controllers
(NICs). The admin PC's on-board NIC must be set to a fixed IP address to
communicate with the Mix Engine, the GSX Surface Host, and the system's
Blades and other devices. That NIC connects to an access port on a WNIP
system gigabit switch. If your WNIP devices will use the factory-assigned
subnet (192.168.87.0), we recommend setting the admin PC's NIC to
192.168.87.21 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
A second NIC is used for remote access to these WNIP apps, either by
being networked with your facility LAN or by a direct internet connection
thru an ISP. This NIC can even be a USB-to-NIC adapter which, for
security, could be unplugged anytime remote access is not required.
Once installed on the admin PC, Navigator is first used to edit the GSX
component settings, then edit the default I/O Blade signal names and
configure their audio inputs and outputs, setup logic control, and cross-
connect the GSX sources and destinations to I/O Blade inputs and outputs.
The GSX GUI app is used to configure the GSX Surface features and
functionality by assigning VDip (Virtual DIP Switch) logic controls to
selected audio signals, setting channel source Visibility lists, and setting up
board operator Users to set access to selected advanced console features.
To ensure both apps are installed properly, right-click on their installer
icon or file name and select "Run as Administrator." Shortcut icons are
added to the desktop and the apps are added to the Windows Start menu.
On a Win10 PC, both apps are added to a Wheatstone folder and, for a
while at least, will appear in the Recently Added list in the Start menu.
New Mix Engines and Blades, when first powered after shipping from the
factory, start in Setup Mode where one assigns a Blade ID, which then sets
the IP address (detailed in the next section). The GSX Surface Host SBC
(Single Board Computer), mounted in the Mix Engine, is shipped set for
192.168.87.90. The GSX Surface, even though it connects to a WNIP
switch port, does not need an assigned IP address since it uses Link-Local
network addressing to communicate with its Surface Host.
Note: To prevent duplicate IP addresses and/or Blade ID numbers,
and the subsequent network communications issues this causes,
all WNIP device settings should be recorded in a spreadsheet
listing the device, its location, its IP address and, for Blades, the
Blade ID number.
The GSX Mix Engine and Surface Host can be set to use other Class B or
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programs
C subnets but, if possible, we recommend leaving them using the default
192.168.87.0 subnet. When a WNIP system is set for another subnet,
every default IP address, on every WNIP component, will need to be
changed to fall within the new subnet to be networked with an existing
system.
This
expansion, since all Wheatstone AoIP devices are shipped with IP
addresses set to use the 192.168.87.0 subnet at the factory (unless pre-
configuration is ordered with your hardware purchase).
We also recommend that the WNIP system be created using isolated
hardware switches and ideally, Cisco switches, rather than being
networked using VLAN 1 on your facility's LAN switches.
GSX MIX ENGINE BLADE SETUP
As shipped from the factory, the GSX Mix Engine powers up in Blade
Setup mode (Figure 3-1).
Figure 3-1 Mix Engine Front Controls, in Setup Mode
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