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most cases you’ll want to edit the names from their default entries. This is
done by double-clicking on the name of ID number. New names can then
be type in, or a new ID number can be selected from the drop-down list.
Figure 3-39 Configuring a New Device
SOFTWARE UPDATES
Wheatstone/PR&E may periodically issue software revisions for the EMX
Surface, PR&E Mix Engine, and Razor I/O Interfaces. The EMX Surface
code version is viewed and updated using the EMX Surface Setup app’s
Hardware menu (Figure 3-40). The Engine and Razor code is updated
using PR&E Navigator’s Version Manager tab (Figure 3-41).
Surface Code Update
To see the current version of code running on the Surface, in the Surface
Setup app select the Hardware menu item > Version…. A pop up window
lists information about the current code that’s running the EMX Surface,
including the version number.
The Surface code is downloaded to the admin PC as part of the EMX
Surface Setup app installation. But updated versions of the code may also
be available to be downloaded separately. Click Hardware > Update… to
open the folder holding the code downloaded with the Surface Setup app.
If the code was downloaded separately, then navigate to that folder. The
code file will be named: PRE_EMX_ surface_ X_X_X.rbn with the Xs
being the number of the new code Version.
Click Open to upload the new code to the Surface. This action can be
done while the console is actively being used since the code is only loaded
into the Surface memory. A popup message advises that the Surface must
be rebooted to use the new code.
The EMX continues to pass audio as the Surface is rebooted but, of
course, no Surface controls will be available during the 45 seconds or so it
takes the Surface to complete rebooting and be ready for use again.
Note: The PGM buses and monitor outputs may momentarily duck
or change levels as the Surface regains control after rebooting.
Figure 3-40 EMX Surface Code Version and Update options
Engine & Razor Code Update
The PR&E Mix Engine and Razor code is downloaded as part of the PR&E
Navigator app download. But updated versions of the operating system
code for these devices may also be available to be downloaded separately
from the Navigator app.
Figure 3-41 PR&E Mix Engine and Razor Code Version and Update options
The code version running on each device can be viewed, and the code
can be updated, using the Version Manager tab in PR&E Navigator (Figure
3-41). The Software Version column lists the code build currently running
on each Blade (the PR&E Mix Engine and each Razor I/O Interface). Blades
can be individually updated or all of them can be updated simultaneously.
Click the Update... button to open up a file search window which opens
on the folder PR&E Navigator uses to save the code that was downloaded
with it. If the code file was downloaded separately, then the code file may
be in a “Downloads” folder so use the file search window to locate the new
code file. The Mix Engine and Razor code is in a compressed file named:
EMX_update_ X_X_XX.tgz, with the Xs being the code version number.
Once the code is uploaded to the Blade(s), each Blade must be rebooted
to actually run the updated code. As the updated code is subsequently run
there will be momentary muting or audio changes on the program buses
and monitor outputs so, if possible, the code update process should be
done while the console or Razor are not carrying on-air audio.
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