Studer Vista 1 - General Patch: Enable Pro-Bel Setup; General Patch: Pro-Bel Setup; Rd -Party Control of Console Patch (Native Pro-Bel P-02;08 Support)

Vista 1 Digital Mixing System
GC Operation 4-145
Document generated: 18.04.17
SW V5.3
4.7.16 General Patch: Enable Pro-Bel Setup
This option must be checked (active) to enable the ProBel Setup functionality
explained below.
4.7.17 General Patch: Pro-Bel Setup
This button starts the Pro-Bel setup process as explained in detail below :
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-Party Control of Console Patch (Native Pro-Bel P-02/08 Support)
Since SW version 3.5 of the Vista Software, these products are able to support
Pro-Bel enabled devices natively, and so a second PC is no more necessary for
this functionality. However, we do not recommend that existing installations
are altered that are already in use with a second PC for Pro-Bel interfacing.
The explanations below are therefore intended for installation personal and
not for the console operators.
Supported Functionality Our implementation enables the ability to map certain Pro-Bel connect
requests to a set of definable patch connections. The control of patch points
is not restricted to set output patch points. It is possible to set any patch points
within the console patch upon reception of a Pro-Bel command. The set-up
procedure is done from the General Patch screen, where certain patches can
be selected (by just selecting the affected targets) and which are being mapped
to a Pro-Bel source/destination combination with a single click on a dialog.
Enabling Pro-Bel Setup In order to activate and see the
Setup Pro-Bel button on the General Patch
window, the system has to be in SysAdmin mode. The SysAdmin menu con-
tains a General Patch sub menu and a Use Pro-Bel on General Patch item.
This setting will be written to the D950System.ini as well, resulting in
the same behavior as if it was edited by hand in the first place. The button
will then be visible whenever the system enters SysAdmin mode.
Enabling COM Ports for Use with the Pro-Bel Protocol
Ports that are used for Pro-Bel need to be specified in D950System.ini
in the [d950SerialPorts] section. This gives the possibility to use non-
standard data rates and parity settings.