Vista Digital Mixing System
8-42 Vista 8 Differences
SW V3.5 Date printed: 05.04.2005
Notes: The Alt. Source Activation Key option is not useful for Vista 8. It
would allow activating the alternate N–X signal with the USR 1 or USR 2
keys. Since Vista 8 has a dedicated key for this purpose, selecting one of
the user keys is unnecessary.
To avoid having to repeat this process too often, such a setup may be
stored in a snapshot or preset to be used at any time by all operators.
8.6.11 D21m I/O System
The D21m I/O system has been completed by mic/line input cards as well
as the possibility to connect remote I/O boxes (stage boxes) over a MADI
link to a “hub” frame located next to the DSP core. For systems already in-
stalled, there is nothing new with this software. However, for new systems
delivered with the D21m I/O system, the additional functionality provided
by the D21m I/O system will be explained below.
8.6.11.1 Automatic Detection of I/O Setup
The D21m I/O system is very much a “plug-and-play” unit. There is no
longer any need to tell the system which ports have mic/line preamplifier
cards connected, nor is it necessary to define the presence of such cards at
the time of configuration (in the Configuration Editor Software). This also
means that there is no more “External Devices” sub-patch in the general
patch window. The philosophy of automatic I/O detection works as fol-
lows:
At startup time of the console software, the I/O structure is scanned and
compared with the structure previously found when the system was started
for the last time. If the system detects any I/O structure changes (e.g. a
stage box has been removed to work temporarily with another console), a
warning is displayed for the user. He then may confirm that this situation is
ok and the system should not expect the missing components for this ses-
sion. The user also has the possibility to confirm the new I/O structure as
the standard (and this will be the structure the system expects when starting
the next time). If the channels within the configuration are equipped with
the D21m input function, the user can go ahead and patch audio to input
channels – while automatically getting control over all parameters of the
I/O system.
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