Wheatstone E-SAT, Technical Manual

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E-Series Network / Apr 2007
X P O I N T S O F T W A R E S E T U P G U I D E
• Machine Start Pulsed - This check box has no effect.
• Remote Ready - Will control the channel’s OFF switch LED with a signal from an
external source machine instead of it being controlled directly by the surface.
• Studio Mutes - Input channels can be programmed to mute the studio or cue speakers
when the channel is ON. There are five studio mutes options. Checked boxes show
which speakers are muted.
• Studio Tallies - Turning the channel ON can activate a remote tally indicator. There are
four tally control lines.
• Bus Minus Pre Fader - sets the input signal sent to the Bus Minus system to be pre-fader.
If this box is unchecked it is post fader.
• Bus Minus Follow Channel On - Sets the input signal sent to the Bus Minus system to
follow the channel ON switch.
Line Gain
To view or modify the line input channel gain select
the Configure / Line Gain menu option, which will
display the form shown at the right.
Each control surface and input signal is identified via
the “Control Surface Id” and “Input Signal Id” spin edit
boxes. Define the line gain level and click the “OK”
button.
Click the Unity Gain button to set gain to 0.0dB.
Microphone Gain
To view or modify the mic input channel gain select
the Configure / Microphone Gain menu option, which
will display the form shown at the right.
Use this control in systems that have mic input cards
but do not have control surfaces with mic gain controls.
Mix Minus Polarity
To modify the mix-minus polarity select the Config-
ure / Mix Minus Polarity menu option, which will
display the form shown at the right.
• Negative - Preferred in Radio applications; requires
users to assign each fader to a MXM bus.
• Positive - Preferred in TV applications; users simply
press a single MXM switch to subtract the fader from
the MXM bus.
Password Modes
This menu item does not apply to E-Series surfaces. Password control of the E-Series
surface is done at the surface, see the surface manual for details.