Specifications

S3L System Guide164
Authorizing Plug-Ins
A core set of plug-ins are installed on your S3L system. These
plug-ins do not require any authorization. Other plug-ins, such as
the S3L plug-ins downloaded from your Avid account and paid
plug-ins from Avid and our Development Partners, require autho-
rization.
The S3L system supports iLok USB Smart Key authorization. Li-
censes that authorize the use of a plug-in are transfered from your
iLok account to your iLok. This lets you take your iLok and your
plug-in licenses anywhere, to use your plug-ins on any system.
After installing a plug-in, the system re-creates the list of avail-
able plug-ins. Whenever the racks initialize, the system checks
for all installed plug-ins. If an iLok with a license for an installed
plug-in is not connected to the E3 engine, you will be prompted to
try a demo version, or authorize the full version of the plug-in.
To authorize a plug-in:
1 When a plug-in authorization dialog appears, do one of the fol-
lowing:
• To try a demo of the plug-in, click
Try.
– or –
• To have the system recognize the required license on your
iLok, click
Authorize. Insert your iLok into any available
USB port on the E3 engine when prompted.
2 Follow the instructions on-screen to complete the software au-
thorization process.
Enabling and Disabling Installed Plug-Ins
The Installed Plug-Ins list shows Disabled plug-ins in italics.
Plug-Ins can be manually disabled and enabled to manage DSP
resources, troubleshoot possible conflicts, and to manage plug-in
availability.
To globally disable or enable a plug-in:
1 Click to select the plug-in name in the Installed Plug-Ins list, at
the right of the
Options > Plug-Ins page.
2 Right-click the plug-in and select whether to disable or enable
the selected plug-in. If assigned to any rack slots, the plug-in
will be displayed as unavailable and inactive.
Automatically Removing Plug-ins During
Show Load
Plug-ins are verified during the Show file load procedure to
streamline plug-in lists and menus by automatically removing un-
used plug-ins (plug-ins that were once installed but subsequently
uninstalled or disabled).
In addition, the plug-in lists can be reset manually using the
Re-
move Unavailable Plug-ins
command. Plug-ins which are not
available and not in use in the rack are automatically filtered from
all plug-in menu lists when the show file is subsequently stored.
This filtered list is stored with the Show file.
Plug-ins which are not available but are in use will remain in the
rack and display a warning icon indicating the plug-in isn’t in-
stalled or is disabled. Such plug-ins appear as italicized entries in
the plug-ins menu lists.
Manually Removing Unavailable Plug-ins
from the Racks
Unavailable plug-ins can be easily removed from rack slots using
the Remove Unavailable Plug-Ins command.
To manually remove unavailable plug-ins:
1 Put the system in Config mode. Make sure the plug-in rack is
fully initialized (the Status indicator displays OK).
2 Click the Plug-In selector in any rack slot and choose Remove
Unavailable Plug-Ins
. This menu item is only available when
one or more unavailable plug-ins are present in the rack.
3 Click Remove to confirm the operation, or click Cancel.
If you proceed with the removal:
• All unavailable plug-ins are removed from the plug-ins
rack.
• The italicized entries for unavailable plug-ins are removed
from all plug-in menu lists.
• All references to unavailable plug-ins are removed from the
Insert Processing section of all affected channels, and the
insert point plug-in is set to
None.
• All references to unavailable plug-ins are removed from all
snapshots.
The new, updated list of available plug-ins is subsequently saved
to the Show file.
History File and Removing Plug-ins
A History file is written immediately before removing unavail-
able plug-ins from the rack, in order to provide a means of undo-
ing the operation.
For more information on using iLoks, refer to the iLok Usage
Guide on the Standalone Software CD or at the Avid website
(www.avid.com).