Manual

143 PRO X User Manual
Chapter 26: Using Other Devices
With The PRO X
This chapter explains how to use other external devices with the PRO X.
Using multiple digital consoles
WARNING!
CHANGING THE SYNCHRONISATION CAN RESULT IN LOUD
NOISES FROM THE SYSTEM. ALWAYS MUTE THE PA AT THE
AMPLIFIER/SPEAKER BEFORE CHANGING THE SYNCHRONISATION SOURCE
OR MASTER/SLAVE STATUS.
You can use a PRO X Live Audio System together with one or more digital
consoles, which can be other MIDAS digital consoles or indeed any digital
console. For example, you can use two PRO X Control Centres together in a dual
FOH and MON system. To do this the digital consoles must be synchronised.
The synchronisation method can be via AES50, AES3 or wordclock. If you are
connecting the digital consoles via DL431 Mic Splitters, you can synchronise using
the splitters themselves via their AES50 connections.
Synchronising the consoles
Before you start, choose which MIDAS digital console you want as master.
For information on external AES50 synchronisation between two MIDAS digital
consoles, see “External AES50 synchronisation” in chapter 9.
>> To congure system synchronisation at the consoles
1. Mute the PA at the amplier/speaker. Refer to the WARNING at the
beginning of this section.
2. On the the GUI of the master MIDAS digital console, select
home  Preferences  General, click the Conguration tab and then
click “Master” option under the Master/Slave Status heading.
3. Congure a slave MIDAS digital console by choosing
home  Preferences  General, clicking the Conguration tab and then
selecting the following options:
• Under the Master/Slave Status heading, click the “Slave” option.
• In the Synch Source panel, select which active source this console will
be; either Primary or Secondary. The choice can be made automatically
by checking the Automatic check box.
• Open the Sync Source drop-down list and select the desired
synchronisation source you want, that is, “Word Clock” or “AES3”. If
you want to sync using AES50, choose one of the eight AES50 ports as
necessary, for example, “AES50 Port 2”.
Repeat for any other MIDAS digital consoles. Congure any non-MIDAS
digital consoles as appropriate.
Sharing Mic Splitter A and B inputs
If you are using two MIDAS digital consoles with a Mic Splitter, you must
congure the consoles to use either the A or B inputs of the mic splitter.
Although it doesn’t matter which inputs each console uses, they can’t use the
same ones. Also, both consoles must be synchronised.
>> To congure two PRO Series Control Centres for use
with Mic Splitters
In a dual FOH and MON system it may be easier and more convenient to always
set the FOH control centre to master, and to use the mic splitter A inputs
for FOH and the B inputs for MON. Also, although the sync method doesn’t
matter in this case, it is easier to sync the two consoles using the Mic Splitter,
as described below.
1. Mute the PA at the amplier/speaker. Refer to the WARNING at the
beginning of this section.
2. Congure the AES50 Sync option of the Mic Splitter’s main menu to
Cable Sync A.
3. Congure the FOH control centre by selecting
home  Preferences  General, clicking the Conguration tab and then
selecting the following options:
• Under the Mic Splitter Inputs heading, click the “Use A Inputs” option
(shown right).
• Under the Master/Slave Status heading, click the “Master” option.
4. On the MON control centre, congure the port for the Mic Splitter
(see “Device set-up procedure” in chapter 8).
5. Congure the MON control centre by selecting
home  Preferences  General, clicking the Conguration tab and then
selecting the following options:
• Under the Mic Splitter Inputs heading, click the “Use B Inputs” option.
• Under the Master/Slave Status heading, click the “Slave” option.
• Open the Sync Source drop-down list and select the port that you
congured for the Mic Splitter in the previous step.
Using an external USB mouse
You can operate a GUI screen using an external USB mouse instead of its trackball
(in the primary navigation zone). To use the USB mouse, plug it into one of the
USB sockets (left of GUI screens, see “Saving your show les to a USB memory
stick” in chapter 9). The top USB socket is for the left GUI screen and bottom one
is for the GUI screen on the right. You can rest/operate the mouse in the primary
navigation zone.
Using an external USB keyboard
You can use a USB keyboard with either GUI screen. Use one of the USB keyboard
sockets at the front of the PRO X Control Centre (see “Front panel connections”
in chapter 29) as necessary.
Using an external monitor
You can use an external monitor for viewing what is displayed on either GUI
screen. Use one of the VGA output sockets on the rear of the PRO X Control Centre
(see “External monitor section” in chapter 29).