Specifications

S3L System Guide20
Managing Stage I/O
When power-cycling your system and/or reconnecting Stage 16
boxes to the same E3 engine, the original
Stage 1–4 assignments
are automatically recalled, regardless of the order in which they
are connected.
Depending on the hardware combinations being used, however,
you may want or need to reconfigure system Stage I/O. For ex-
ample, if you are mixing and matching S3L system components,
you can remove previously connected Stage 16 boxes from your
configuration, and add new Stage 16 boxes to your system.
You can reconfigure Stage I/O on the
Options > Devices tab any
time after the initial system set up and configuration. You can re-
assign connected Stage 16 boxes, remove Stage 16 boxes from
the current configuration, and add new Stage 16 boxes to the cur-
rent configuration.
Reassigning a Stage 16
You can reassign an assigned Stage 16 to a different Stage 1–4
slot. For example, for a particular stage setup you may want to re-
arrange the order of Stage 16 boxes.
To reassign a Stage 16:
1 Put the system into Config mode.
2 Go to Options > Devices.
3 Click and drag any of the Stage 16 boxes that you want to re-
assign to the
Unassigned section. The Stage 16 is automati-
cally muted.
4 Click and drag each Stage 16 from the Unassigned section to
the desired empty
Stage slot. The Stage 16 is automatically
unmuted, and the I/O on that Stage box is now available to be
assigned to VENUE system channels under the corresponding
Stage 1–4 hardware tab in the VENUE Patchbay.
Removing a Stage 16
You can remove a Stage 16 box from your configuration so that
it does not appear in the
Options > Device tab. Do this if you are
removing a connected Stage 16 from your configuration, or if a
Stage 16 from a previous configuration is not connected and you
want to dismiss warning dialogs.
To remove a Stage 16 box from the current configuration:
1 Put the system into Config mode.
2 Go to Options > Devices.
3 Do either of the following depending on the status of the
Stage 16:
• To remove a connected Stage 16, right-click the graphic of
the corresponding Stage 16 and choose
Disconnect.
• To remove a Stage 16 that is not connected (indicated by an
alert symbol over the device), right-click the graphic of the
corresponding Stage 16 and choose
Forget IO Box Assign-
ment
.
The I/O for that Stage 16 is now grayed out under the correspond-
ing
Stage 1–4 hardware tab in the Patchbay.
Adding a Stage 16
Any Stage 16 not previously connected to the current E3 engine
must be assigned to a
Stage 1–4 slot for its I/O to be available to
the system.
To add a new Stage 16 to your system:
1 Put the system into Config mode.
2 Go to Options > Devices.
3 Connect the new Stage 16 box at any point in the audio net-
work and power it on. The Stage 16 appears in the
Unassigned
section of the
Options > Devices tab.
4 Drag the new Stage 16 to the desired Stage 1–4 slot. The I/O
on that Stage box is now available to be patched to VENUE
system channels under the corresponding
Stage 1–4 hardware
tab in the VENUE Patchbay.
5 If desired, name the assigned Stage 16 (see “Naming System
Components” on page 19).