Specifications

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Warning when Stealing Inputs or
Outputs in the Patchbay
The Patchbay indicates hardware outputs that are already in use
by dimming the column number for that physical output. In addi-
tion, a dialog is shown if the patch will steal a hardware input or
output that is already in use, asking you to confirm or cancel the
reassignment.
To confirm a reassignment, do one of the following:
 Click Assign when prompted to confirm the reassignment.
– or –
 Click again on the same patch point.
To cancel a reassignment, do either of the following:
 Click Cancel to leave the patchpoint unchanged.
 Click any other point in the grid (the Patchbay grid remains ac-
tive, even when the Confirm Assignment dialog is open
on-screen).
Shortcut for Locating Assignments
Before reassigning in the Patchbay, you may want to dou-
ble-check the existing assignment to the desired hardware output.
This can be done quickly from within the Patchbay.
To identify the bus or channels currently assigned to a hardware
output:
 Click on any dimmed (already assigned) column number at the
top of the Patchbay. The Outputs page containing the assign-
ment is automatically revealed in the Patching Grid.
Patch List Export
The Patchbay export generates a patch list in an easily readable
format.
To export Patchbay information:
1 Insert a USB storage device into any USB port on the E3 en-
gine.
2 Go to the Patchbay page and click the Export button.
3 Do any of the following:
• If you have more than one USB device connected, make
sure the correct USB one is selected. If it is not, click
Next
Disk
to cycle through until the correct one is selected.
• Click
Save to export info to the selected USB device.
• Click
Cancel to dismiss the dialog without exporting.
4 Click OK to confirm the export procedure. You can now re-
move the USB device and transfer the exported file to a per-
sonal computer for printing, formatting, and distribution.
Warning when reassigning an output that is already in use
To suppress the reassignment warning dialog, hold Default
(on the S3 control surface) or Alt (on the computer keyboard)
while clicking in the patch grid to change the assignment.
Clicking a column number to “go to” its current assignment
Patchbay Export Information button
When exporting a Patch list from the Standalone software,
the generated HTML file is automatically opened using your
default Internet browser (such as Internet Explorer, Mozilla
Firefox or other).