14 BRIO 36
Audio Production System with Optional Networking
Getting Started
HYDRA I/O BOX IDs
Hydra2 I/O boxes with valid Hydra
IDs (HIDs), are automatically detected
and added to the Hydra database
when first plugged in to the network.
This database entry will remain until
it is manually deleted via the network
management organiser, H2O. This
removes it from H2O, and prevents
System status errors on the master
router. From a console point of view,
you just need to remove it from the
required I/O list.
Itisimportantthatcarefulconsiderationis
giventoHIDsettingspriortoconnecting
anyI/Oboxestothenetwork,especiallyif
futurenetworkingofstandalonesystems
isapossibility.
Asanexample,considertwoCalrec
systems,eachwithseveralI/Oboxeswith
HIDsstartingat‘1’andsetinascending
numericalorder.Ifyoulaterdecideto
networkthesetwosystemstogetheryou
willhavemultipleI/Oboxeswiththesame
HIDsonthenetwork.
InthisscenariowhenaShow/Memory
containingpatchesisloaded,thereis
nowayofcontrollingwhichpatcheswill
bemadetowhichI/Obox.Insteadwe
recommendusingaseparatenumbering
rangeforeachstandalonesystemsono
conflictscanariseinthefuture.
IDconfigurations
ForBrio36’sbuiltinI/Oandexpansion
slots,theseappearintheI/Oboxlist
withaBrio36consoleiconanditsI/O
boxIDissetautomaticallybasedonthe
consoleIDtoensureitwillnotconflict
withotherI/Oonthenetwork.Thisbuilt
inI/OappearslikeaModularI/Oboxas
describedintheprevioussectionandits
‘box’/portlabelscanbeeditedfromH2O.
ForHydra2boxeseachI/Oboxina
systemneedstobegivenaunique
hydraID(HID),setusingDIPswitches
accessiblefromtherearofafixedformat
box,oronthesideofthecontrollercard
withinamodularI/Obox.
I/OboxIDsarepre-setto‘0’attheCalrec
factorytoeffectivelysettheboxesinto
an‘off’statetoavoidissuesintheevent
ofmultipleboxesbeingplacedonthe
networkwiththesameHID.
BeforeconnectingeachI/Oboxtothe
networkensureyousetauniqueHIDby
followingtheinstructionsonthefollowing
pages.
Note, Some customers may find
that their I/O boxes have been pre-
configured with unique HIDs at the
Calrec factory, prior to dispatch.
ChanginganI/OBox’sHID
Ifyouhavealreadyconnectedand
poweredupanI/Oboxandthenwishto
changeitsHIDyouwillneedtofollow
thesesteps:
1. PowerofftheI/Obox.
2. ChangetheHIDtoanew,uniquevalue
byfollowingtheinstructionsonthe
followingpages.
3. RemovetheI/Oboxfromtheconsole’s
requiredlist(seeBRIO36User
Manual)
4. Ifonamulti-consolenetwork,remove
theI/OboxfromHydradatabasein
H2O(‘I/Oboxandportlabels’tab).
5. RemoveShows/memories/patches
whichreferencetheI/Obox.
6. Ifonamulti-consolenetwork,reset
therouterbysimultaneouslypressing
ENABLEandROUTERonthefrontof
thecore.
7. Oncetheresethascompleted,power
uptheI/Obox.
IfyouplantoreusetheoriginalHIDit
isimportantthatyoufollowthesesteps
includingremovingpatches(orentire
Show/memories)whichpatchtothe
originalI/Obox,otherwisethesepatches
maybemadetothe‘new’I/Oboxnext
timetheShow/Memorycontainingthe
patchisloaded.
PortLabelsandSW-P-08Settings
Whenyouchangeabox’sHID,its
associatedportlabelsandSW-P-08
settingswillbelost.
Ifyouwouldliketobackthemupto
re-associatewiththeI/Oboxonceyou
havechangedtheHID,simplyfollowthese
steps:
1. OpenChromeandnavigatetoH2O.
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2. ExportLabelandSW-P-08information
toaCSVfilebyfollowingthe
instructionsinthe‘Label&SW-P-08
DataImport/Export’sectionofthe
H2OUserGuide.
3. OpentheCSVfileinaneditor,suchas
MicrosoftExcel.
4. Foreachentry,updatetheHIDtoyour
newvalue.
5. ImporttheCSVfilebackintoH2Ofor
thecorrectI/Obox.
*
ForguidanceintheuseofH2Oreferto
theH2OUserGuidewhichcanbefound
ontheCalrecwebsite
DuplicateHIDs
WhathappensifyouconnecttwoI/O
boxeswiththesameHIDtoyourHydra2
network?
Firstly,thesystemwillbeunpredictable
intermsofitsuseoftheportsacrossthe
twoboxes.Apatchtooutputport1could
pickeitherbox’soutputporttopatchto,
andeachtimethepatchismade,either
portmaybechosen.
Secondly,therewillbeconfusionbetween
differentI/Otypes.Forexample,inthe
scenarioaboveoneI/Oboxmaybe
analogueandtheotherdigital.
Spare/ReplacementI/OBoxes
ReplacementI/Oboxesofequivalent
typeshouldbesetwiththesameIDs
astheunitstheyarereplacingtoallow
themtofunctionasdrop-inreplacements
withexistingusermemories,requiringno
furtherconfiguration.
CareshouldbetakenwhensettingHIDs
toavoidaccidentallyduplicatingthesame
HIDonmorethanonebox.
Do not add extra I/O to the system
unless you are confident it will not
cause a conflict on the network.
Summary of Contents for BRIO 36
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Page 11: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture BRIO 36 GETTING STARTED...
Page 23: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture BRIO 36 CONTROL SURFACE...
Page 25: ...CALREC Putting Sound in the Picture 25 FRONT VIEW SIDE VIEW...
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Page 31: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture BRIO 36 CONNECTION INFORMATION...
Page 49: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture BRIO 36 REMOTE CONTROL AND PRODUCTION AUTOMATION...
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Page 55: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture BRIO 36 BR IO EXTERNAL I O RACK...
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Page 59: ...calrec com Putting Sound in the Picture BRIO 36 SPECIFICATIONS...
