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TDM Installation Guide16
Group similar cards together (put all MIX Farm
cards next to each other, for example).
6 If installing a SCSI HBA card, install it in the
highest numbered remaining slot.
For 9500 and 9600 computers, the SCSI HBA
should reside before the video card.
Connect all TDM cards with the TDM ribbon cable:
1 Connect the first node of the cable to the first
TDM card. Make sure the TDM cable is facing
the right direction—align the white triangles on
the cable plug with the triangle on the card.
2 Push down gently but firmly until the node is
fully connected to the card. When the plug is
properly seated, the two tabs on the side of the
cable’s TDM connector will click shut. To detach
the ribbon cable, squeeze the tabs on the TDM
connector inward.
3 Attach the remaining nodes on the TDM cable
to subsequent cards.
4 Secure the cards in place with the slot access
port screws you removed earlier and close your
computer.
Connecting Audio Interfaces
Pro Tools provides you with a choice of the
888/24 I/O, 882/20 I/O,
1622 I/O, or ADAT
Bridge I/O interfaces. These devices supply the
inputs and outputs for your system.
Connect the Pro Tools audio interfaces:
1 Connect the primary audio interface to the
primary Mix Core or d24 card with the provided
interface cable. The primary audio interface
functions as the clock master.
2 Connect additional audio interfaces to subse-
quent Digidesign audio cards.
If you are connecting both 888/24 and 882/20
or 1622 I/O Audio Interfaces to your system, for
best system performance, connect the 888/24 to
your core Pro Tools card, followed by any addi-
tional 888/24 interfaces to the next highest-pri-
ority cards. Then connect the 882/20 or
1622 I/O interfaces to subsequent cards.
You can use Digidesign’s 16-channel peripheral
cable adapter (optional) to connect two 8-chan-
nel audio interfaces to a single MIX Core, MIX
I/O, d24, or MIX Farm card.
Attaching the TDM ribbon cable to MIX Core and
MIX Farm cards
It is OK to have ribbon connectors that go
unused. They should reside after the last
TDM card.
For instructions on connecting an ADAT
Bridge I/O, see the ADAT Bridge I/O Instal-
lation Guide.
Optional 16-channel peripheral cable adapter
to Pro Tools card
to Audio
Interface
cable
to Audio
Interface
cable
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