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DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS
USER'S MANUAL
ED. 12/10v2
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AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS

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  • Page 1 FORUM DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS USER'S MANUAL ED. 12/10v2 AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ..................90 MENU 4.4.1. TREE VIEW sub-menu ..................... 91 4.4.2. UPGRADE VIEW sub-menu..................93 4.4.3. LOG VIEW Sub-menu ....................94 5. REMOTE CONTROL SOFTWARE..................95 6. STANDARD AEQ PRODUCT GUARANTEE................. 96 AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 3: Introduction

    The power of control and simplicity are combined in AEQ FORUM to cover both basic and advanced operating needs, starting with 4 faders control surface that can easily be expanded to 8 or 12 faders.

  • Page 4: Functional Specifications

    The AEQ FORUM digital mixer includes memory banks that store the settings for each signal: control surface signal distribution, routing to the output buses, management of parameters and activation of the different available audio processes. This allows the console to adapt easily to different programs with different technical requirements.
  • Page 5 Audio effects are available: 3-bands parametric equalizer, high and low pass filters, • compressor, limiter and noise gate. Noiseless natural convection. AEQ FORUM is particularly suitable for self-operation • formats. Optional redundant power supply.

  • Page 6: Physical Description Of The Unit

    VU meters required to easily operate the equipment. There are two different areas on the AEQ FORUM control surface: the area that corresponds to the audio channels controlled through faders (each module includes 4 faders) and the "CONTROL AND MONITORING MODULE"...
  • Page 7 , phase change, inserting of test signals.. etc . For more information see chapter 3.-Description of the internal menu of this manual. The Channel module is completed with plastic conductive sliding faders and the Channel ON and OFF buttons. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 8: Routing Keys

    AUDITION or master 2, AUX1 and AUX2. The allocation of physical outputs associated with these signals and the physical circuits of the input/output modules on the back of AEQ FORUM is accomplished from the configuration software. For more information, please refer to chapter 4 of this manual - SOFTWARE SETUP.

  • Page 9: Indicators Of Active Processes

    Under the CUE button are four blue LEDs with corresponding labels, from left to right and top to bottom; EQ – Equalizer, BAL - balance, DYN - dynamic processor, and GAIN. The status indicates the activation of any of the four processes mentioned. Active processes lights AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 10 The bottom position of the fader travel, triggers gain - ∞ dB or absence of signal, which is also reflected in the channel ON AIR indicator – off. There is around 20db of reserve gain from nominal +4dB operation level and +24 maximum operation level. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 11: Monitoring And Control Section

    Further, the talk-back functions for the intercom for both areas (Control and Studio) is also managed from this section. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 12: Control Vu Meters

    IEC268-17: 300 ms (vu-meter & Flying PPM) superimposed. Other ballistics available according FW version configured. 2.1.2.2. Programmable Keys The Control and Monitoring area of the AEQ FORUM includes 15 programmable keys in three rows of 5 columns. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 13: Main Screen

    All keys can easily be labelled, removing the translucent plastic cover and inserting a text label. AEQ supplies with the equipment a template that allows for the creation of these labels on clear acetate or plain paper.
  • Page 14 2.1.2.4. Control Monitoring section Located in the lower right corner of the AEQ FORUM control surface are three rotary encoders, a tow-coloured display and four keys. In the tow-coloured OLED display are shown the output levels for the control monitor signals and the selected sources in each case, control headset, control speakers and CUE.
  • Page 15 2.1.2.5. Studio Monitoring section Located in the lower left corner of the AEQ FORUM control surface are three rotary encoders, a two-coloured display and four keys. In the two-coloured OLED display are shown the output levels for the studio monitor signals and the selected sources in each case, studio headset, studio monitors (speakers) and talk-back level.
  • Page 16 TEL 1, talk-back to a telephone hybrid line 1. AEQ FORUM allows a maximum of 2 • single line digital telephone hybrid modules, but has 8 auxiliary buses hidden that can...

  • Page 17: Ventilation Grille

    2.1.4. Wrist-rest and side trims The AEQ FORUM has a frame around the sides and bottom of the control surface, forming part of the chassis that houses all the electronics. This framework is transformed into a wrist-rest at the bottom.

  • Page 18: Rear Panel Overview And Connections

    2.2. Rear Panel Overview and Connections The ease of installation and set-up has been a priority in the design of AEQ FORUM. The equipment is self-contained and can be installed either desktop or countersunk. To connect cough cut, remote control of external devices, ON AIR lights, etc..AEQ FORUM has 8 general purpose inputs (GPI), 8 general purpose outputs (GPO) and another 4 relay outputs.

  • Page 19: Power Supply

    2.2.1. Power Supply On the left side of rear FORUM (seen from behind) is the power supply module which incorporates the DC / DC converters that provides the internal circuitry power of the console. Externally you can see the 48 V DC Speak-On connector to which the external 48 V DC power supply is connected.
  • Page 20 Location of GPIO´s resources 2.2.2.1.1. Opto-coupled GPI The AEQ FORUM includes 8 electronic interfaces GPI of opto-coupled type through the two female DB9 connectors in the “GP INPUTS” section. The connectors are numbered from 1 to 4 and 5 to 8.
  • Page 21 For more information please refer to AEQ sales department or authorised distributors. 2.2.2.1.2. Opto-coupled GPO The AEQ FORUM includes 8 electronic interfaces GPO of opto-coupled type through the two male DB9 connectors in the “GP OUTPUTS” section. The connectors are numbered from 1 to 4 and 5 to 8.
  • Page 22 For more information please refer to AEQ sales department or authorised distributors. 2.2.2.1.3. GPO physical contact The AEQ FORUM includes 4 physical contacts GPO through the two male DB9 connectors in the “GP OUTPUTS” section. The connectors are numbered from 1 to 2 and 3 to 4.
  • Page 23 For more information please refer to AEQ sales department or authorised distributors. 2.2.2.2. Ethernet ports In the area of common inputs and outputs of the AEQ FORUM are two 10/100BaseT RJ45 Ethernet connectors to interconnect the mixing console with external devices using IP communication protocols.
  • Page 24 RJ45 Pin-out 2.2.2.3. Synch port AEQ FORUM has an external sync input for AES 11 and TTL formats. The input connector is an RJ45 on the rear panel of the unit and identified as EXT. SYNC. EXT.SYNC connector External sync input (RJ-45).

  • Page 25: Control And Studio Headphones

    The speaker output for the studio is called MONITOR and within the STUDIO ROOM section on rear panel of the equipment. In order to simplify the installation phase, AEQ offers a prefabricated wiring kit specifically for monitoring outputs: CAB FR MON, female DB9 connector soldered to 4 metres of cable open- end termination for two monitor outputs.

  • Page 26: Optional Madi Communications Module

    2.2.2.7. Optional MADI communications module On the rear panel of AEQ FORUM you can find the physical connector for the AES10 - MADI interface built into the console. The connector is an SFP chassis (Small Form-Factor pluggable –...

  • Page 27: Audio Input/Output Modules

    2.2.3. Audio Input/Output modules FORUM AEQ includes enough space in its rear panel to accommodate a maximum of 14 independent modules of audio inputs or outputs in various formats. Depending on the type of audio processed, each of these modules receives a specific identifier within the family of products AEQ FORUM.
  • Page 28 By changing a jumper on the FR02 module you can work with digital signals in SPDIF format. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 29 NOTE: The physical location of the FR03 modules present in a normal configuration of AEQ FORUM is limited to the first 4 of the 14 available slots on the rear panel of console. Therefore, the maximum number of microphones present in any AEQ FORUM console is 9, 8 through the FR03 modules connected and the 9th microphone being the T´BACK MIC input.
  • Page 30 2.2.3.3. FR04 analogue line input Module The AEQ FORUM FR04 module incorporates 8 electronically balanced monophonic line level inputs and are available physically through two DB15 female connectors identified as ANALOG INPUTS 1 TO 4 (upper), and ANALOG INPUTS 5 TO 8 (lower).
  • Page 31 2.2.3.4. FR05 analogue line output module The AEQ FORUM FR05 module incorporates 8 electronically balanced monophonic line level outputs and are available physically through two DB15 male connectors identified as ANALOG OUTPUTS 1 TO 4 (upper), and ANALOG OUTPUTS 5 TO 8 (lower).

  • Page 32: Fr33 Telephone Hybrid Module

    Digital Telephone Hybrid module may not be available. It may be necessary to use external communication devices and for which the programmable keys of the AEQ FORUM can be used. For more information please refer to section 4.3.2.4. Programmable Keys - CODEC setting in this manual.

  • Page 33: Wiring

    2.2.4. Wiring All wiring kit described below are optional and have been designed by AEQ to simplify the installation of the unit. To facilitate the quick connection of the console in almost any installation, AEQ can supply audio and data cables with the corresponding DB-type connectors that are used to connect the unit.

  • Page 34: Description Of The Internal Menu

    3. DESCRIPTION OF THE INTERNAL MENU AEQ FORUM internal menu is displayed on the main screen of the Control and Monitoring section of the control surface. • Most of them allow you to modify values shown, changing routing or gains or applying •...
  • Page 35 CDOWN (COUNTDOWN) lets you configure the AEQ FORUM Countdown option • through the associated rotary encoders: a flashing cursor shows the digit to be changed: by turning the encoder, and pressing the encoder confirms the change and shifts the cursor to the next digit in a left-to-right sequence.

  • Page 36: Login / Logout Menu

    Chrono screen 3.2. LOGIN / LOGOUT Menu This menu allows AEQ FORUM users / operators to register in the system, so that the equipment recognizes their user level by the associated password, and assigns them an access level for subsequent operation in the various console sub-menus.

  • Page 37: Memory Menu

    OK contextual key or press on a rotary encoder, the system verifies the password. If it is correct, the main display shows the initial AEQ FORUM screen with the AEQ name and logo with the date and time, and the second contextual key is now identified as LOGOUT instead of LOGIN.

  • Page 38: Main Menu

    The default screen in AEQ FORUM shown in the main Control and Monitoring section display includes the AEQ logo, the product name and current date and time. The four options visible on the last line of the display are associated with the four contextual keys below,...

  • Page 39: Info Menu

    If the list of alarms exceeds five or six items (number of useful lines of information per screen), you can turn the pages by turning the associated encoders. STATUS screen AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 40: Setup Menu

    (MK1 or MK2) and gateway (GW1 or GW2). Only Level 3 users are permitted to modify these values. As in many other AEQ FORUM console sub-menus, the icon in the upper left-hand corner indicates that browsing and configuration (in the cases and fields where this is possible) are performed by using the associated rotary encoders.

  • Page 41: Input Menu

    GAIN LED on the control surface (see section 2.1.1.5. Active Process Indicators, of this manual). PHASE allows you to modify the input signal phase among +/+, +/-, -/+ and -/- for stereo • signals, and + or – for mono signals. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 42 DYN: as an access to the menus for configuring dynamics effects included in the AEQ • FORUM: Compressor / Limiter and Noise Gate. EQ, as an access to the menu for configuring equalizers and filters included in the AEQ • FORUM.
  • Page 43 (the description of the fields is identical to the compressor / limiter field description) is as follows: ATT (Attack time). • THR (Threshold). • REL (Release time). • R (Range). • HOL (Hold time). • AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 44: Equalizer And Filter Menu

    The middle area of the screen shows the graphic representation of the response curve of the equalizer and filters that are active at that time. 3-band EQ screen AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 45: Expanded Information Menu

    Pressing the NEXT contextual key in the previous menu screen will place you in the advanced information section of that audio input channel. It maintains a structure similar to the base menu. Information shown on this screen: Expanded information screen AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 46 SELECT menu associated with an IN audio input channel, which means that this screen shows an alphabetical list of all of the outputs present in the console. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 47: Output Menu

    The right channel is the HW + slot immediately above where this input / output module is installed + audio channel in this input / output module. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 48 DEL and ADD contextual keys. ROUTE screen AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 49: Configuration Software

    4. CONFIGURATION SOFTWARE The AEQ FORUM is ready for use once the mixer inputs and outputs have been properly connected. The console is shipped with the Audio input and output modules as requested by each customer. However, the name tags used for the channel audio inputs and outputs are generic (MIC1, ANA 03, DIG 05 ...) and routing and effects programmed are AEQ standard that are...
  • Page 50 Programmable Configuration, from here you configure the functions associated with the • soft keys and the AEQ FORUM internal routing of audio signals. Firmware Upgrade, is a maintenance menu to accomplish future firmware upgrades of •...

  • Page 51: Administration Menu

    ONLINE OPERATIONS: Actions where it is necessary that the Forum set-up application is in direct communication with the AEQ FORUM Mixer through the LAN port located on the rear panel of the mixer. The IP address is displayed on the screen.

  • Page 52: User Configuration Sub-Menu

    • zero through nine. This password is used to access the “Advanced” menu within the main screen of the control and monitoring section of the AEQ FORUM. For more information see section xxx of this manual. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 53 • system administrators and allows for the full access to all your equipment's menus and settings. In addition, this is the only user with access to the AEQ FORUM Configuration Software. ID, automatically and sequentially assigned “serial number” of the different users.

  • Page 54: Sub-Menu - About Forum Setup

    4.1.3. Sub-menu - ABOUT FORUM SETUP To access the ABOUT FORUM SETUP sub-menu, click on the icon; ABOUT FORUM SETUP sub-menu icon. This screen shows information regarding the software version and the current user logged into the application. ABOUT FORUM SETUP sub-menu 4.2.

  • Page 55: Board Configuration Sub-Menu

    Inputs and Outputs - GPIO (both the physical contact relays and the opto-coupled that are available on the rear panel in the section of common inputs and outputs of the AEQ FORUM). It also allows you to configure the operation of the optional multi-channel communications module - AES10 MADI.
  • Page 56 These 14 slots are displayed as 14 consecutive rows of a table beginning at position 1 in the top of the list and ending with 14 in the bottom. The fields in this table are: Slot number: identifies the physical position of this module on the rear panel the AEQ •...
  • Page 57 AEQ FORUM (Please refer to section 2.2 .2.1 of this manual). It also allows to configure the operation of the optional multi-channel communications...
  • Page 58 ON CHANGE GPI is activated by transitions from high to low or the inverse. • TH02, GPI to accept the particular signalling that is generated by the AEQ TH-02EX • MkII – digital hybrid, so as to enable the remote control of this particular equipment.

  • Page 59: Mixer Bus Configuration Sub-Menu

    MIXER BUS CONFIGURATION sub-menu icon; MIXER BUS CONFIGURATION This sub-menu allows you to define the configuration of the internal summing buses of the mixer. AEQ FORUM is supplied configured with the following factory default buses: MASTER1, defined as “Program”, stereo signal by default •...
  • Page 60 ► I, scroll to the last position in the list. • +, insert a new entry in the list. • -, delete selected entry from the list. Delete confirmation is requested. • ▲, edit the selected entry. • AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 61: I/O Configuration Sub-Menu

    CONFIG, access to advanced settings menu for the selected logical channel. To • access, click on the field “CLICK TO CONFIG” and then click on the “new CONFIG” button that will appear. Sub-menu I / O CONFIGURATION AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 62 (typically microphone channels). NONE indicates no SOLO function has been configured for that channel. This feature allows you to remotely cut the audio of all the microphone inputs that have been defined except the one that has been associated AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 63 Stereo. By default, all the input channels (except the mic/line inputs corresponding to the modules FR03) of the AEQ FORUM are defined as Stereo. If any channel is re- configured for Mono it will result in an incremented number of the listed available input channels: one Stereo Channel is converted into two Mono channels.

  • Page 64: Monitoring Configuration Sub-Menu

    LABEL, alphanumeric channel name. Maximum size recommended: 6 characters. • This is the name that appears in all displays and menus of the control surface AEQ FORUM. DEFAULT ROUTING, associates logical output channels created with: •...

  • Page 65: Studio Room Section

    This effectively means that by pressing any of the four keys, the previously activated will be disconnected from the summing bus and replaced by the new AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 66: Ntp Client Configuration Sub-Menu

    “NTP CLIENT CONFIGURATION” sub-menu Icon From this sub-menu you can enable synchronization of the date and time of the system using standard Ethernet NTP protocol, with the local AEQ FORUM clock slave to the remote (NTP) signal. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 67: Programmable Configuration Menu

    PROGRAMMABLE KEYS, which set the actions associated to the each of the • programmable keys that are located in the section Control and Monitoring of the AEQ FORUM.. MIC GROUP CONFIGURATION allows defining microphone groups.

  • Page 68: Routing Configuration Sub-Menu

    OUTPUT, "LABEL" for the output channel. Refer to Section 4.2.2 of this manual. • AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 69 These names or labels have been previously created in the sub-menu “I/O CONFIGURATION under section “LABEL”. Create a cross-point sequence. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 70: Programmable Keys Sub-Menu

    Icon PROGRAMMABLE KEYS PROGRAMMABLE KEYS sub-menu lets you configure the actions associated with each of the 15 programmable keys found in the section Control and Monitoring of the AEQ FORUM control surface. Please refer to Section 2.1.2.2. of this manual.
  • Page 71 “GENERAL” or you assign a “blank” programmable key with the function “GENERAL”, the lower part of the screen will show the available options for Key Configuration. GENERAL settings on the soft key 6: Selecting GPO AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 72 Icon assigned to a programmable key with the associated action “SALVO” In the area of “Key Configuration” the content of the SALVO is configured. SALVO configuration for a programmable key There are two tabs: GENERAL and SALVO. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 73 The “Key Configuration” sub-menu for the PROGRAMMABLE KEYS will appear in the lower part of the screen when you select “CODEC” as the associated function; Device - there is a list of pre-programmed devices in the “CODEC” function: AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 74 SLOT, in the case of internal digital hybrid modules FR33, indicate the position on the • rear panel of the AEQ FORUM where it has been installed (between 1 and 14). WAIT GPI, selects and configures the physical GPI input associated to the entry •...
  • Page 75 AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 76 Procedure to setup correctly the remote control of AEQ EAGLE codec 4.3.2.5. Configuring the programmable keys as “MULTIPLEX” Icon Programmable key with MULTIPLEX function assigned The “MULTIPLEX” function associates the programmable key to send preconfigured audio to the corresponding summing bus. Its function is to enable the send of additional auxiliary to codecs, hybrid or other auxiliary destinations.

  • Page 77: Mic Group Configuration Sub-Menu

    The left side shows the list of groups of microphones set up. • The right side lists the microphone inputs that are part of the group selected. • MIC GROUP CONFIGURATION sub-menu AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 78 5. →I, removes ALL the microphone or audio inputs in the column INPUTS IN THE GROUP and makes them available in the column INPUTS AVAILABLE. 6. OK, accept configuration. 7. CANCEL, cancel configuration. Mic Group Configuration menu AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 79: Preset Configuration

    PRESET CONFIGURATION Icon PRESET CONFIGURATION allows you to create default settings associated with the different audio processes available in AEQ FORUM: equalizers, filters, compressors, limiters and noise gates. The main screen of this sub-menu is presented as a list of all the pre-sets created ordered by their ID or LABEL.
  • Page 80 • The PRESET CONFIGURATION screen also has two buttons at the bottom: IMPORT PRESET, the application allows you to import all pre-sets stored on an AEQ • FORUM mixing console that is connected to the ForumSetup application through IP.
  • Page 81 Release Time: This is the maintenance time during which the compressor keeps acting, • even when the level of the input signal has fallen below the threshold. A long release time will maintain uniform compression, even when there are quick level fluctuations in AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 82: Advanced Configuration Of Noise Gate

    Release time: The time defined as the time that the gate should remain open once the • signal exceeding threshold has disappeared. Hold time: The time defined as the time that the gate should remain open when the signal falls below the threshold. Range • AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 83 The hold time prevents the gate from opening and closing constantly in the presence of a signal whose level fluctuates in a range close to the threshold level. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 84 LOW PASS FILTER, activation of low pass filter. • HIGH PASS FILTER, high-pass filter activation. • Press the “Configure” button to access the graphic display where the operational parameters for the equalizer are modified. AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 85: Sub-Menu Snapshot Configuration

    Low pass filter configuration screen High-pass filter configuration screen. 4.3.5. Sub-menu SNAPSHOT CONFIGURATION Access to the SNAPSHOT CONFIGURATION from the Programmable Configuration drop-down menu , clicking the icon; Sub-menu SNAPSHOT CONFIGURATION icon AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 86 SNAPSHOT CONFIGURATION allows you to manage different configurations stored in the AEQ FORUM and available to operators through the internal menu of the main screen of the Control and Monitoring section of the unit. Please refer to section 3.3 of this manual.
  • Page 87 Faders, twelve drop-down menus allow you to assign an audio channel that • corresponds to one of the physical faders of the AEQ FORUM mixing console. The faders are numbered from left to right, 1 through 12. STUDIO, you can set studio monitors to be active or inactive by default and following •...
  • Page 88 To access, first click on the text “Click to [CONFIG] and then on the new CONFIG button that will appear. Snapshot Input screen. From left to right and from top to bottom the options available are: NAME OF SNAPSHOT • AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...
  • Page 89 NAME OF THE CHANNEL • ROUTING, activate or configure the access keys to routing that are available above • each fader channel of the AEQ FORUM control surface. BALANCE / PANORAMA, manages the balance or panoramic control for this input • channel.

  • Page 90: Firmware Upgrade Menu

    This menu lets you configure the functions related to the update of firmware versions for the AEQ FORUM, allowing for the implementation of new features and developments. Clicking on the FIRMWARE UPGRADE section on the main screen, the left side of the screen will show you...

  • Page 91: Tree View Sub-Menu

    AEQ FORUM mixing console contains. TREE VIEW screen provides a tree structured view, with the information regarding firmware versions installed on all currently installed modules in the AEQ FORUM and within each one of them, the most important components as MICROPROCESSOR, FPGA or DSP.
  • Page 92 Selecting any of the modules through right-clicking the mouse and choosing the option UPGRADE, the screen for firmware upgrade will appear. The firmware update files are “AFU” type files (AEQ Firmware Upgrade) and are encrypted for reasons of security. Advanced Configuration Upgrade process.

  • Page 93: Upgrade View Sub-Menu

    SLOT, identifies the physical location of the Audio I/O modules at the rear panel of the • AEQ FORUM. In the case of the mainframe the identifier will be FR01 and FRCH for the 4 faders modules. CARD, shows the type of the functional module type and its description that is subject •...

  • Page 94: Log View Sub-Menu

    (OK or ERROR) . This information is complementary information to the UPGRADE TREE VIEW. LOG view screen AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS...

  • Page 95: Remote Control Software

    The remote control software application is graphically showing all the control surface details of the unit, including all the keys, rotary encoders, sliding faders and displays of the AEQ FORUM and as described in chapters 2. PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIT, and 3.

  • Page 96: Standard Aeq Product Guarantee

    AEQ shall not be liable for loss of information in the disks or data support that have been altered or found to be inexact, neither for any accidental damage caused by the user or other persons manipulating the product.

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