Specifications

Chapter 5: Using VENUE Link 45
4 Click Apply.
5 Wait until the computer is assigned an IP ad-
dress. This may take time.
6 Go to “Enabling VENUE Link” on page 45.
Enabling VENUE Link
After physically connecting the systems and es-
tablishing communications between systems,
you can enable VENUE Link.
To enable VENUE Link:
1 On your VENUE system, go to the Options
page and click the Interaction tab.
2 If you have not already done so, enter a name
for your VENUE system by clicking the
Control
Settings
button and entering a name in the Sys-
tem Name box.
3 Select Enable VENUE LInk.
4 Launch Pro Tools. If the Quick Start dialog ap-
pears, click
Cancel.
5 Choose Setup > Peripherals to open the Periph-
erals dialog, and click the VENUE tab.
6 In the System Name box, enter a name for your
Pro Tools system.
7 Choose your VENUE system from the VENUE
System pop-up menu. When a connection is es-
tablished, “(connected)” is displayed next to the
name of the connected VENUE system.
8 On the VENUE tab of the Peripherals dialog,
confirm that your VENUE and Pro Tools systems
share the same TCP/UDP port setting. In most
cases you will not need to change this number.
9 In Pro Tools, choose Setup > IO Setup, click the
Inputs tab, and do the following depending on
your configuration:
FWx When using FWx, confirm that Pro Tools
recognizes the card. It appears above the patch-
ing grid.
HDx When using HDx, confirm that Pro Tools
recognizes the card. It appears above the patch-
ing grid.
Enabling VENUE Link
Naming the Pro Tools system
Choosing the VENUE system
If you do not see your VENUE system (or you
have not named your VENUE system), click
Enter IP Address... from the pop-up menu
and manually enter the IP address of the
VENUE system you want to connect to.
If you have trouble enabling VENUE Link,
choose a number between 1024 and 65535
(do not, however, use 5900)
and enter it
into the TCP/UDP Port box on here and on
your VENUE system at Options > Interac-
tion > Control Settings.
HDx card in IO Setup