A360 Channel Manager Version 3 User Guide 9310 1028 0001F rev 3.00 © 2014 Aviom, Inc.
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Table of Contents A360 Channel Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Installing A360 Channel Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Computer Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
What Gets Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Copying Mixer Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Recalling a Mixer Configuration on the A360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Sample Input List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Index. . .
A360 Channel Manager Aviom’s A360 Channel Manager™ is a PC software application designed to simplify the configuration of A360 Personal Mixers that will be used in Custom mode. A360 Channel Manager allows Pro16e™ network slots to be assigned to the mix channel buttons of the A360 as well as its Dual Profile Channel™ and One-Touch Ambience™ buttons. The resulting Mixer Configuration file can be saved to a USB memory stick for loading into the A360 Personal Mixer.
What’s New Version 3 of the A360 Channel Manager application adds support for channel, preset, and group naming and also simplifies integration with the iOS A360 Display app for the A360 Personal Mixer.
Installing A360 Channel Manager It is recommended that you quit all running Windows applications before starting the Aviom A360 Channel Manager installation process. Check the Aviom website (www.aviom.com) for the latest information about software and firmware updates and the complete line of Aviom Pro16® and Pro64® Series products. Computer Requirements The minimum computer system requirements for running the Aviom A360 Channel Manager application are listed below.
Start the Installation Process Before installing the software, quit any running Windows applications. Locate the installer file, named “A360_Channel_Manager_Installer.exe,” and double-click it to begin the installation process. If an older version of A360 Channel Manager is already installed on the computer, it will be uninstalled during the new installation process. (Any user-created files are preserved.
Software License Agreement When the Software License Agreement page appears, read the agreement completely, click the I accept the terms in the license agreement radio button, and then click the Next button to continue the installation. Accept the Software License Agreement to continue. If you do not accept the software license agreement, the installer will exit without installing Aviom A360 Channel Manager. Following the license agreement, the current ReadMe document will be displayed.
Install At this point, the installer has enough information to install the A360 Channel Manager application and its supporting files. On the screen that follows the ReadMe document, click the Install button to begin the installation. Click Back to return to the previous screen to review settings, or click Cancel to exit the installer. Click the Install button to start the software installation process.
Software Security If the PC prompts that verification is required to continue the software installation process, click Yes to proceed or click No to exit without installing A360 Channel Manager. Click Yes to continue the installation. Finish the Installation When the install has finished, the following screen will be displayed. Click the Finish button to complete the installation process. Click the Finish button to exit the installer.
After the installer closes, A360 Channel Manager is ready to use (assuming that all required Microsoft updates and .NET Framework components are correctly installed). Launch A360 Channel Manager by double-clicking its icon either from the desktop or in the A360 Channel Manager application folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Aviom\A360 Channel Manager), or by selecting A360 Channel Manager from within the Aviom folder in the All Programs section of the PC Start menu.
What Gets Installed A360 Channel Manager is installed by default into the following folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Aviom\A360 Channel Manager Within the A360 Channel Manager folder, which contains the application’s resources, the Documents folder containing user documentation, the software license, and ReadMe files will also be created. (The free Adobe Reader, or equivalent, is required to open the included User Guide.
Using A360 Channel Manager A360 Channel Manager makes it easy to create, save, and edit custom channel configurations for the A360 Personal Mixer. Each performer’s Personal Mixer can load a unique channel map that assigns network slots to the mixer’s channel buttons. The software can edit and save up to sixteen unique Mixer Configuration files to a disk.
The Name Presets/Groups view A360 Channel Manager User Guide 11
Channel Assignment Editing Tools Information about the current Mixer Configuration being edited is shown in five columns.
Configuration Number The read-only Editing: field shows the number (1-16) of the configuration currently be edited when you open a saved configuration from disk. This field will read New if you start editing a configuration prior to loading or saving. A360 Personal Mixer Name The Mixer Name: field shows the A360 Personal Mixer name that is stored in the A360. The mixer’s name will appear in the Mixer Name field any time a saved configuration is opened from disk.
A360 Channel Button The Channel Button column has read-only entries that correspond to the A360 Personal Mixer’s sixteen mix channels, plus the Dual Profile Channel and Ambience buttons. Each row shows the full setup for one channel button. Each row shows a complete record for one channel button on the A360. Channel Name Each mix channel on the A360 can be given a unique name of up to 8 characters. Channel names are part of a configuration and are used by all Mix Presets saved with the configuration.
P Note: The Stereo Link switches on network’s analog input devices, digital console cards, or D800- Dante A-Net Distributor must be set correctly to make configurations created with A360 Channel Manager work predictably. Make sure that the settings coincide between the input device(s) and the configurations made for all A360 Personal Mixers in the system to avoid unpredictable results. Mono Stereo Mono Stereo Mono Stereo Mono Channels 1-2 and 3-4 are set as stereo pairs.
Network Slot Assignment The Slot Assignment column consists of two drop-down menus: one for Mono channel buttons and the other for Stereo. The drop-down menu will automatically update to display a mono or stereo Slot Assignment list as the Stereo Link radio buttons are changed for each channel. Only network slot numbers are displayed; the use of a text-based input list is suggested to keep track of the audio sources connected each device’s inputs.
Stereo Channels The drop-down menu for stereo channels contains 33 entries shown as pairs of odd-even network slots 1/2 through 63/64, plus the double dash ‘‘- -‘‘ character used to indicate that a channel button is unassigned. To change an assignment for a stereo mix channel button, click to open the drop-down menu associated with the channel and then choose the desired pair of network slots from the list. (Choose “- -” to have no slot assignment for the channel.
Ambience The Ambience button’s drop-down menus for mono or stereo slot selection are unique—each includes an entry for Onboard Mic instead of the double-dash (unassigned) character. The Onboard Mic is always mono. The Ambience button includes a selection for the Onboard Mic. To assign a mono or stereo network source to the Ambience channel, set the Stereo Link radio button first and then choose mono or stereo slots for the channel.
Channel Status The Channel Status column has three states: OK, Unassigned, and Error. The Status will update as changes are made to the Stereo Link and Slot Assignment columns for each channel, and as Mixer Configurations are loaded from disk for editing. A configuration being edited with the three channel Status states is shown. The OK Status indicates that a mix channel’s network slot assignment has no conflicts with the other mix channel button assignments in the current Mixer Configuration.
Preset and Group Naming Choose Preset/Group Names from the View menu to access the editing tools for the Mix Preset and Group names saved with a configuration (keyboard shortcut F6). Open the Mix Presets and Group name tools from the View menu or by pressing the F6 key. Mix Preset and Group names can have a maximum of 8 characters. The Cut, Copy, Paste, and Delete text editing functions are available from the Edit menu or right-click contextual menu.
Disk-Based Functions A360 Channel Manager can save up to sixteen Mixer Configurations to a disk. The drive location and Mixer Configuration selection is available from the File menu. Save and open configurations using the File menu options. Create a New Mixer Configuration Use the New command in the File menu to create a default Mixer Configuration.
Open a Configuration The File menu’s Open... command is used to choose a storage device connected to the PC from which a Mixer Configuration and its associated Mix Presets and Group names will be loaded for editing in A360 Channel Manager. If no external device is connected, the default boot drive is automatically selected (typically this is C:\). Mixer Configurations and Mix Presets are saved to a specific file and folder structure at the root of the storage device. Mixer Configurations use the suffix “.
Save a Configuration The File menu contains two save functions—Save... and Save As...—that are used to store up to 16 configurations on a PC’s local disk or connected USB memory device. If no external device is connected, the default boot drive is automatically selected (typically this is C:\). Mixer Configurations and their associated 20 Mix Presets are saved to the root of the storage device within the Aviom folder.
P Note: A PC-formatted USB memory stick is required to load Mixer Configurations and Mix Presets into an A360 Personal Mixer. Recalling a configuration from a USB device will replace any previously loaded configuration plus all Mix Presets in the A360. Recalling a configuration also loads channel names and the name assigned to the A360 Personal Mixer.
What Gets Saved When a Mixer Configuration is saved to disk with Mix Presets, the files written to disk look like the example seen below. Each saved Mixer Configuration is saved with a number and the “.acg” extension; the Mix Presets associated with that Mixer Configuration are in a folder named “Preset_Group_nn” where “nn” is the same number as the Mixer Configuration. This graphic shows the disk-based file structure for eight Mixer Configurations and their Mix Presets.
Within a Preset_Group_nn folder are the 16 Mix Presets that are associated with the 16 mix channel buttons on the A360 along with the four Mix Presets that are associated with the four Instant Mix Recall buttons. The 16 mixes associated with the mix channels on the A360 are saved with the name “Preset_nn (1-16)” and the “.amp” extension; the four mixes associated with the Instant Mix Recall buttons are saved with the name “Preset_IMR_nn (A-D)” and the “.amp” extension.
Copying Mixer Configurations If Mixer Configurations (and their associated Mix Presets) are created on an internal storage device on a PC, they can easily be copied to a removable USB storage device for loading into an A360 Personal Mixer. To copy all 16 Mixer Configurations and their Mix Presets to a removable device: 1. Connect a PC-formatted memory stick or other removable USB storage device to the computer. 2.
Sample Input List Print this input list to simplify network slot management.
Index A A360 Program switch 27 A360 Display 2, 14 A360 Personal Mixer 24, 27 Custom mode 19 A360 Personal Mixer Name 13 Adobe Reader 9 All Programs menu 8 Ambience 14, 18 Ambience button 24 Ambience channel 21 application folders 9 Aviom folder 9, 23, 27 default configuration 21 default install location 8, 9 default name 13 Delete 13 Documents folder 9 double dash 16 Drive 23 drop-down menu 16, 18 Dual Profile Channel 14, 19 E boot drive 22 Editing field 13, 21 Edit menu 13, 14 Error 16, 17, 19 Stereo L
L License 5 Load Mixer Configuration 24, 27 M Mac OS 3 Missing Presets 24 mix channel button 14, 19, 26 Mixer Configuration 1, 19, 21, 27 Mixer Name 13, 21 Mix Preset 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 Mono 14 Mono Channels 16 N Name 13 Network Slot Assignment 12, 16 New command 21 New Mixer Configuration 21 no slot assignment 17 O OK 19 Onboard Mic 18, 21 Open a Configuration 22 P Paste 13 Preset and Group Names 20 Preset Group 25, 26 Preset/Group Names View 10 Preset warning 24 Pro16 3 Pro16e network 14 Pro64 3 P
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Index A A360 Channel Manager 29 Ambience 11 A-Net Distributor 1 Auto-Switch Views 28 Available 7 B Bass 25 C channel names 8 Channel Names View 27 Channel Names window 29 channel number 23 Choose a D800 6 Choose an A360 6 Configurations 29 Contextual help 9 Contextual Help 20 cross-out symbol 16 Custom Mode 11, 16 D D800 II switch 3 D800 A-Net Distributor 1, 3, 31 D800-Dante A-Net Distributor 1 D800 port 8 D800 switch 3 default name 6, 29 Default View 28, 29 Demo Mode 2 Digital Signal/Clip LED 19 DPC 25
N U Name Channels 29 name D800 6 Name D800 31 Name Presets and Groups 17, 31 Never 29 Unavailable 7 Unpaired Personal Mixers 8 USB memory stick 3 O View 21 View Name 10 Volume View 21 On Channel Change 29 One-Touch Ambience 11, 23 P Paired 7 Pairing 8, 30 Pair Mode 8 Pan 24 Preferences 28 Preset number 17 Presets 31 Pro16 Mode 15 Profile 24 V W white channel number.
SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT This software license agreement (this “Agreement”) is made by and between AVIOM, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Aviom”), and the individual or entity desiring to install or use the Software (as defined below) (“Licensee”). By clicking the “I Agree” button, Licensee: (1) represents that Licensee has read this Agreement in its entirety and understand its terms and conditions; and (2) agrees to each of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Confidential Information automatically and irrevocably deemed assigned to and owned exclusively by Aviom. Licensee will ensure that all marks, notices or legends pertaining to the origin, identity or ownership of the Software or the Documentation remain intact and clearly legible.
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