Specifications

96 I/O Guide12
10 Gently push the cable connector into the
card’s connector. The ridge on the cable connec-
tor must be line directly into the groove on the
card connector. Be very careful not to bend any
of the pins.
11 Place the top cover onto the 96 I/O and re-
place the screws that you removed with it.
12 Connect the 96 I/O to your Pro Tools|HD sys-
tem.
13 Press the Power switch.
14 When you power on the unit, the power LED
should turn orange.
15 Start up the computer.
16 When you boot up the computer, the power
ring should turn from orange to green.
– or –
If the power ring does not change from orange
to green on power up, check your cable connec-
tions. See “Troubleshooting” on page 12.
17 If the ring turns green, and the computer
boots properly, launch Pro Tools.
18 Choose Setup > Hardware and confirm that
the new card is recognized:
• If you installed a 96 AD card, you should
see a new tab called Analog In 1–8.
• If you installed a 96 DA card, you should
see a new tab called Analog Out 1–8.
19 If the new card does not appear in the Hard-
ware Setup dialog, power down, check the seat-
ing of the card, and recheck the cables inside the
96 I/O.
Hardware Setup Changes
Whenever a card is removed or replaced, the
Hardware Setup I/O routing reverts to original
defaults. For more information, see the
Pro Tools|HD Getting Started Guide.
Troubleshooting
◆ If the power ring does not turn from orange to
green when you boot the computer, make sure
you reconnected the DigiLink cable to the Pri-
mary port on the back of the unit.
◆ If the DigiLink cable is securely fastened and
the other end is plugged into an Accel Core, HD
Core, HD Accel or HD Process card in a com-
puter that is booted, you may have inadvert-
ently disconnected another 50-pin cable when
installing the card.
Pressing the 50-pin cable connector into the card