Solid State Logic SL 9000 J SERIES, Operator'S Manual

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Finally, if you have additional SSL products, such as DiskTrack, interfaced to your SL
9000 J System ‘network’, quick access to their operating screens is provided by a pen
‘swipe’ facility. This requires a low pressure, fast action, swipe of the pen across the
tablet in the direction assigned to that device. See Section 7 for more details.
Pop-ups
Very often, selecting a menu item or on-screen box produces a ‘pop-up’ menu or
display. You will soon realise that these are referred to as pop-ups for good reason, as
they are superimposed over the current screen information.
In many cases, selections can be made on a pop-up by means of the front panel cursor
keys; alternatively you will need to use the pen. Once the appropriate item has been
selected/entered, the selection is confirmed, or information saved, by stabbing on
OK ,
END , etc. This also causes the pop-up to clear from the screen. If you don’t want to
save the changes you have made, select QUIT . Dedicated QUIT and OK buttons are
provided on the front panel below the computer monitor.
Some pop-ups will clear automatically as soon as an item (or QUIT) has been selected.
Note that most pop-ups can also be cleared by stabbing
outside them, and this is
normally equivalent to a QUIT. Some pop-ups which do not require an OK, QUIT or
END must be cleared from the screen by stabbing outside them, and this will be made
clear in subsequent sections of this manual.
Entering Names
Obviously you will need to enter names for Projects, Mixes, Cues, etc. This is normally
carried out following the selection of an on-screen
Name function, which produces a
QWERTY pop-up (see opposite). The name may now be entered by either ‘typing’
with the pen on the pop-up or, more conventionally, by using the dedicated keyboard
which can be found in a drawer beneath the tablet area. A keyboard connector is
provided on the underside of the console’s centre section should you wish to move the
keyboard to an alternative location.
If you use the dedicated keyboard, complete and save entries by hitting the ‘Enter‘
key. ‘Back-Space‘ provides a single character backspace delete; the ‘Del‘ key will delete
a complete entry. If ‘Num Lock‘ is selected, and by holding down the ‘Fn’ key, selected
number and letter keys provide a numeric keypad, as indicated by subscript purple
text on the keycaps.
If you use the QWERTY pop-up, characters are entered by simply stabbing on the
appropriate ‘key’.
UPPER and LOWER toggle a choice of upper and lower cased
letters along with other characters/symbols. SHIFT provides a range of symbols
instead of numbers in the top row of keys. OTHER provides access to a further range
of symbols.
Introduction
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