Hydra ports can be allocated to lists on the
Options - Port Lists screens, just like local
ports. Hydra ports are displayed on the left
side of the screen alongside local ports,
and are patched to console inputs on the
right side of the screen. Like local sources,
networked sources and their settings are
saved with the memories.
Sources have icons to denote their type,
they are as follows:
House - A source which is local to the
console
World - A Hydra source on a device
which is heartbeating
PATCHING HydRA SOURCES
World with a red cross - A Hydra
source on a device which is not
heartbeating
Green Padlock - The console has
ownership of this Hydra source
Grey Padlock - Another console
has ownership of this Hydra
source
Black Padlock - The source has
been added to a grab list.
Patching
Assignment is made by selecting a source,
and an input or output, and selecting Patch.
The source’s name can be edited in the
label column. The new name is stored with
the channel input and replaces the source
label on the fader display.
Once patches are
made, they can be removed when selected by
clicking REMOVE.
Connections can be moved between
channel inputs when selected using the
MOVE FROM button. The Input 1 or 2
field will be highlighted and the PATCH,
REMOVE and MOVE FROM buttons will
be replaced with MOVE TO, and CANCEL.
Upon selection of a new patch point,
pressing MOVE TO will move the connection.
CANCEL will cancel the operation.
Surround Signals
It is not recommended that ports on
a Modular Hydra I/O box should be
combined with ports on a standard Hydra
I/O box to create a 5.1 surround signal.
Grab Ownership
When a networked port is patched,
ownership of it assigned to the console.
In the case where several consoles
share sources on the same network, the
console that connects to the port first
will be given control (ownership) over that
source/destination.
Other consoles that
subsequently connect the same port will not
be able to control it.
In circumstances when the ownership
needs to be overridden, the grab buttons
allow the console to grab ownership of the
patched network port, either altogether,
individually, or by adding them to a “Grab
List”. When one or more Hydra ports are
added to the grab list, the “Grab All” button
changes to “Grab List”.
The grab list can be viewed on the Grab
List screen, accessed on the left side of
the I/O screens.
Please Note:
Hydra inputs •
cannot be
patched
to Hydra
outputs.
It is not
•
possible to
isolate Hydra
output ports.
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