Quick Start Guide

26 27PRO X Quick Start Guide
Patching
Introduction
Patching is a GUI-only feature that lets you carry out all system routing
requirements. The GUI main menu has a Patching option that takes you to the
Patching screen, which contains all of the available patching connectors in
the system. This screen provides an easy-to-use interface, where you ca
n select
your source and destination patching options, facilitated by a panel of function
buttons. Additionally, the Patching screen lets you set up the units (devices).
For example, you can adjust the analogue gain, select +48 V phantom voltage
etc., of the line I/O unit
s connected in the system.
Item Element(s) Description
1 SINGLE button Lets you patch a single source to a single destination or multiple destinations. See Single Patching (SINGLE).
2 SEQ. button Lets you select multiple sources and patch them one by one. See Sequence Patching (SEQ.).
3 AUTO button
Lets you select a block of sources and patch them all au
tomatically, simply by selecting a single destination. Any existing patches
within the destination range will be replaced by the new ones.
4 NONE button Clears all currently selected patch connectors from all tabs in the From and To sections.
5 LIST button Changes the tooltip ty
pe from standard to list when carrying out a sequence patching operating via the SEQ. button.
6 CHECKPOINT button
Sets a patching store point, or snapshot, that contains the patching status at that instant. Each time CHECKPOINT is clicked the
previous checkpoint is overwritten.
7 RESTORE button
Reverts patching status to the las
t checkpoint or, if no checkpoints have been created, it will revert patching status to the power up
condition. All patching done in the intervening period will be lost.
8 UNDO button
Undoes the latest single patch, even if it was part of a multiple patching operation. Repeated clic
ks will undo the preceding
patching operations, going back to the last checkpoint, or power up if no checkpoints have been created.
Item Element(s) Description
9REDO button Redoes an undo. This can be repeated for each undo in the previous undo operation.
10 CLEAR SEL. button
Clears all current selections and their patches.
Important:
Unlike the NONE button, which merely removes the current selections (highlighted in yellow), CLEAR SEL. goes a st
ep further by
removing the patch as well. This will stop any audio that may have been going through the patched signal.
11 CLEAR button
Clears all patching.
Important:
Exercise great caution when using this function. Observe the warning that appears after clicking this but
ton.
12 CONFIG button
Opens the AES50 Device Con guration window, from where you can set up the I/O tabs in the Patching screen (see Typical AES50
Device Con guration window).
13
STORE PRESET and LOAD
PRESET buttons
These are user library (preset) function buttons. See User Library (P
resets).
14Title section Section titles and tab names.
15 Patching area Contains all of the patch connectors on tabs.
16 To section Houses the tabs that contain all of the patch connector destinations.
17From section Houses the tabs that contain all of the patch connector sources.
>> To access the Patching screen
Do one of the following:
At the GUI, choose home > Patching
Press the patching/metering button in the primary navigation zone
At the GUI, click a src (source) or dest (destination) button.
The Patching screen will open at the appropriate tab/
con guration window.
About The Patching Procedure
Although patching can be thought of as routing/rerouting the control centre’s
incoming, internal and outgoing signals, in the context of the Patching screen,
patching also encompasses the setting up and con guration of the stage and
FOH rack I/O devices. The patching procedure is initially carried out af
ter system
installation and comprises:
Device con guration - Con gure the devices by adjusting their
parameters (see below)
Setting up the I/O rack devices - Set up the system devices, such
as line I/O, DN9696 and generic AES50, in the I/O tabs in the From
and To sections of the Patching screen (see Setting Up The I/O
Rack Devices)
Patching - Carry out all of the required routing, for example, mics to
input channels (see How To Patch)
Snake selection - Con gure the control centre according to the type
ofsnake’ you are using for the X and Y networks (see Con guring
The Snake Type). This is important, as the control centre will
not work unless the snake type is correctly con gured.
Con guring The Snake Type
Important:
The snakes must be correctly con gured before operating the control
centre, as it will not pass audio or control data if the snakes are not
con gured correctly.
You can connect the Neutron DSP Engine to the control centre with either
copper or bre-optic snakes. The control centre needs to be con gured with this
information before operation can begin.
>> To con gure the control centre with the snake type information
1. At the GUI, choose home > Preferences > General.
2. Under the Stage Link X heading, click the Fibre or Co
pper option,
according to whichever is tted to the X network. A selected option will
contain a red circle.
Do the same for the Y network, under the Stage Link Y heading..
Setting Up The I/O Rack Devices
You can add, remove and set up the devices, such as line I/Os, mic splitters,
DN9696s etc., that are in the Stage I/O and FOH I/O racks. This is done via the
AES50 Device Con guration window. Here, you can set up the device ID and
also the type of cards (modules
) tted to the physical unit. The options are
context-sensitive, so some may be blank, depending on the type of device.
To cater for the dual redundant ports of the Mic Splitter and Modular I/O (X and
Y connections) there are several options in the device type: drop-down lis
t,
for example DL431 Cable Red, DL155 Cable Red, etc. Initially, the device is
allocated to a port (as for any device), then a second port is allocated to the
redundant connection, but with the same device ID (see below for details).