SRM Operations Manual
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Setting Up The Myriad Intelligent Interface (MII) |
Copyright © P Squared Ltd 2013
Setting Up The Myriad Intelligent Interface (MII)
What Is MII?
The Myriad Intelligent Interface (MII) is a data link between the SRM mixer and the Myriad
professional radio playout system. The MII is established by a standard USB data connection and
requires only a few minutes to setup on the SRM and the Myriad playout software.
The benefits of MII are listed below:
The SRM becomes aware of the status of corresponding Cart Players in Myriad and can
indicate the status of Cart Players via the ‘Start’ button on the mixer.
Myriad becomes aware of the status of the SRM mixer and is able to provide visual ‘on
screen’ indications of certain events in the mixer such as when a ‘mic’ channel is open or
when a Myriad playout channel is closed.
Cart Players can be controlled directly by the ‘Start’ buttons on the SRM providing a
convenient and intuitive control method.
The MII is intended for use in a typical Myriad studio environment. It is assumed that your Myriad
system is setup to use four Cart Players and that the Cart Players are connected to Myriad Channels
1-4 on the SRM. This means that when you drop a Cart in to Cart Player 1 on Myriad, the Start
button on Myriad Channel 1 on the SRM will illuminate. You can press this Start button to begin
playback in Myriad and you can also pause playback by pressing the button again.
As Carts in Myriad reach the final 10 seconds (before the extro), the on screen Cart Player changes
colour to warn the user that the Cart will be finishing shortly. At the same time, the SRM Start
button on the corresponding channel will change colour and begin to flash. At 5 seconds from the
end, the Myriad Cart Players alter the colour. Again, the SRM will also change the colour of the Start
button to reflect this change in status and warn the presenter that the Cart is about to finish.
Start Button Colour Status Key
When MII is activated and configured to work with your Myriad system the Start buttons are used to
indicate the status of the corresponding Cart Player in Myriad. The key below outlines the various
status that the Start button could be in and what that means in terms of your Myriad system.
