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Pro Tools|HD User Guide16
3 Connect the Port A connector of the FlexCa-
ble to Port A on the second card. Push gently but
firmly until the cable is fully connected to the
card. Attach the other end of the FlexCable (la-
beled Port B) to Port B on the core card.
4 Verify the connection. Make sure the FlexCa-
ble ports seat flat against the sockets on the
cards, and are firmly attached.
5 For systems with more than two cards, con-
nect each additional card to its preceding card.
Use FlexCables to connect card pairs together, as
described above, until all cards are connected.
(Each Pro Tools|HD card is packaged with a Flex-
Cable.)
6 Close the computer case.
Connecting Audio Interfaces
Each Pro Tools|HD audio interface provides sev-
eral different input and output options. For ex-
ample, HD OMNI supplies up to 8 channels of
input and output to your Pro Tools system,
HD I/O supplies up to 16 channels of input and
output, and HD MADI provides up to 64 chan-
nels. Audio interfaces can be connected directly
to Pro Tools|HD cards, or through the Expan-
sion ports on other Pro Tools|HD audio inter-
faces.
Each Pro Tools|HD card supports up to 32 chan-
nels. To get a full 32 channels of I/O from one
card, you can connect, or daisy-chain, a second
16-channel Pro Tools|HD I/O to the first 16-
channel Pro Tools|HD I/O that is connected di-
rectly to the Pro Tools|HD card.
Refer to the HD OMNI Guide, HD I/O Guide,
HD MADI Guide, 192 I/O Guide, 192 Digital I/O
Guide, 96 I/O Guide, or 96i I/O Guide for specific
details regarding:
• Front and back panel connectors and indi-
cators
• Installation of optional expansion I/O
cards (HD I/O and 192 I/O only)
Top view of two cards connected with TDM FlexCable
PORT B
PORT B
PORT A
PORT A
HD Core
HD Accel
At least one Pro Tools|HD audio interface
must be connected to the Pro Tools|HD
Core card for Pro Tools to launch.