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L - 8 C O N T R O L S A N D F U N C T I O N S
Soft Button
The SOFT button is designed to perform user‑programmable functions.
These functions, such as firing Salvos, making temporary connections, or
interfacing with the logic input and output ports on system Logic I/O cards,
must be configured through the optional WheatNet‑IP Navigator GUI program.
See the
WheatNet‑IP Audio Over IP Network
manual for details.
Assign Switches
Output switches assign the selected source signal to any combination of
the surface’s four stereo outputs – PGM (program), AUD (audition), AUX
(auxiliary), and UTIL (utility). The button will be lit when the source is as
‑
signed to its respective bus. To remove a source from the bus, press the button
again; the light will go off to indicate that the source is no longer assigned
to that bus.
User access privileges may be configured to limit Bus Assignment on the
Talent Access tab of the
Wheatnet IP L8 Setup Tool
GUI.
The UTIL Bus
The UTIL Bus has a special function in relation to a channel’s Bus Minus
output. Each signal that can be assigned to a channel will specify which
bus (PGM, AUD, AUX, or UTIL) provides the base Bus Minus mix (that
is, which bus the Bus Minus output is a mix‑minus
of
) when that channel is
on. When the channel is off, however, the base Bus Minus mix may be the
same as when the channel is on, or may be configured to utilize the UTIL
bus instead. This allows the Bus Minus output to have different content when
the channel is off than it does when the channel is on.
Both the base Bus Minus mix and the use of the UTIL (OL) bus as base
when the channel is off are configured in the VDip settings (see the section
VDips Tab
in chapter 2).
Display
The L8‑IN contains an OLED display which shows
several pieces of information.
Source Name
– The topmost line shows the name of the
current source for selected channel.
Fader Position
– Fader position (in dB) shows on the
center of the display.
Channel Mode
– The channel’s mode (Stereo, Mono, Left only, or Right
only) is displayed in the center of the bottom line.
Microphone Icon
– On the lower left corner a microphone icon can be seen
if the source on that channel has been programmed via VDip for any of the
four Studio Tallies. The purpose of this icon is to indicate whether there any
live microphones in the studio. When there is a live microphone, the icon
will be red instead of gray if so programmed.
