Avid Technology Snake Card, User Manual

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Snake Card 4
5
Remove the Snake card from its packing material. Hold the
card by its edges.
6
Gently slide the Snake card into a Snake card slot.
7
When the card is seated in its slot, secure both sides of the
Snake card to the inside of the FOH Rack chassis with the two
provided mounting screws (accessible from the open front
panel of the FOH Rack).
8
Secure the Snake card to the back panel of the FOH Rack us-
ing four of the provided mounting screws.
9
Do one of the following:
• If you are installing a second Snake card, attach the pro-
vided ribbon cable from the connector labeled “Snake”
on the second Mix Engine card (the card immediately ad-
jacent to the innermost Mix Engine card) to the ribbon
connector on the second Snake card.
– or –
• If you are replacing the existing Snake card, attach the
provided ribbon cable from the connector labeled
“Snake” on the first Mix Engine card (the backmost card
when viewed from the open front panel) to the ribbon
connector on the Snake Card.
Snake card showing brackets and connectors
Installing the Snake card in the FOH Rack’s expansion slot
Mounting bracket
Power cable port Ribbon cable port
Securing the Snake card to the FOH Rack chassis
Securing the Snake card to the back panel of the FOH Rack
Make sure that any HDx or VENUE MADI cards are con-
nected to the Mix Engine cards in the same manner. If the
top Snake card is connected to the first Mix Engine card,
then make sure the bottom HDx or MADI card is also con-
nected to that same Mix Engine card.