Specifications

S3L System Guide60
MIDI and MTC
While the system is locked:
• Snapshots continue to be recalled via MTC, either inter-
nally or externally generated.
• The system continues to respond to snapshot changes via
incoming MIDI program change commands if the Snap-
shots Respond option is selected on the Options > Snap-
shots page.
• The system continues to send MIDI program changes when
a snapshot is recalled if the Snapshots Send option is se-
lected on the Options > Snapshots page.
• The system continues to send MIDI messages stored within
snapshots, provided the MIDI data type is scoped.
Customizing the System Lock Display
You can manually add one or more custom images to display
during System Lock, rather than the default VENUE logo back-
ground.
Multiple images are displayed one after the other for 20 seconds
in a random order. (Pressing the Spacebar advances to the next
image immediately.)
To install custom System Lock images:
1 Copy a BMP or JPG image file to a USB storage device. (For
optimal results image resolution should be 1024 x 768; smaller
or larger images can be used, but will be centered or scaled, re-
spectively.)
2 Put the system into Config mode.
3 Go to Options > System.
4 Ctrl-click the Quit button.
5 Copy the image from your USB storage device to the follow-
ing location on the system drive:
User Data(D):\D-Show\Images
6 Double-click the Return to VENUE software icon on the Desk-
top to restart VENUE software.
Update
The Update button is used to perform software updates on your
system. Updates performed using the
Update button are distinct
from system restores and system updates using the System Re-
store software.
Troubleshooting
This section provides the following troubleshooting options:
Clear Console
The Clear Console button resets all parameters on all channels to
their factory default settings.
System Test
System Test is hardware diagnostics software for the S3L system.
Only use System Test at the request of a qualified VENUE tech-
nician to diagnose specific hardware problems.
Busses
The Busses tab lets you customize characteristics for the Aux,
Solo, Matrix, and Main busses.
Auxiliaries and Variable Groups
These options let you designate bus link status, pickoff point, and
stereo pan behavior for Auxiliaries (Aux/Variable Group busses).
Links When enabled, this option links the corresponding busses
into bus pairs. Control changes affect both mono Aux busses, and
the Follows Channel Pan option becomes available.
Pickoff These options let you designate the pre-fader pickoff
point feeding each bus. Choices include Pre-EQ, Pre-EQ Post
Mute, Pre-Mute, and Pre-Fader (post-mute).
Follows Channel Pan Each channel can be panned inde-
pendently within each linked bus pair, or configured to follow the
channel pan by enabling the Follows Channel Pan option.
MTC can be disabled using the CHASE MTC button on the
Snapshots page. Also, the sending and receiving of MIDI data
can be turned off by deselecting the MIDI options on the
Options > Snapshots page.
Busses tab of the Options tab
For more information on Aux/Variable Group pre-fader pick-
off points, see Chapter 10, “Auxes and Variable Groups.”