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1.5.4
1.5.4 Installing Multiple Tally Boxes
A standard system usually uses one tally box, however multiple tally boxes may be installed on
a Broadcast Pix system. Multiple tally boxes expands the number tally outputs as well the
number of General Purpose Inputs and Outputs (GPIOs), which can be used with Fluent
Macros. Installation is the same, as described in section 1.5.3, however each tally box must
be assigned to a specific board number.
To assign multiple tally boxes:
1.
Ensure that the Measurement
Computing/InstaCal software is installed,
as described in section 1.5.3, and open
the
InstaCal
software by navigating to
Start Menu, All Programs, Measurement
Computing, InstaCal.
2.
Your tally box devices will appear under
the Universal Serial Bus section, as
shown on the right.
Right-click
on a device, and a pop-up
menu will appear.
3.
Select
Change Board #...
, as shown on
the right. Up to 11 external tally GPIO boxes
may be connected.
4. In the Use Board Number window, select
the desired board
number
.
0 (zero) is the first tally box used for
GPIOs 1-8, 1 is the second tally box
used for GPIOs 9-16, etc.
(if using 2 8 port tally boxes)
5.
Click on
OK.
6.
Close
all the windows to InstaCal, by
clicking on the Red X in the top right
corner.