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WSG-HY128 Interface Card / User Guide

 

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CLOCK STATUS INDICATORS 

Three windows on the right side of the Clock control panel help you to quickly assess the network status of the device.

 

 

When the device is a slave in the SoundGrid network, you will likely sync it to the SoundGrid network clock (via SOE).

 

Even when the device is an SOE slave, you can lock it to an external clock source. For example, if another SoundGrid 
I/O device is the SOE master and is locked to a word clock device, you may choose to receive clock from the same 
external device over word clock from the master device rather than via network SOE. 

 

In the event that the selected clock source fails, WSG-HY128 card has a series of clock fallback layers, in this order: 
SOE, Internal. If the WSG-HY128 card is clocked to SOE and this external source fails, it will fall back to Internal. 

 

 

Status

 

Reports the presence or absence of sync between the WSG-HY128 

and the SoundGrid network.

 

Current Clock 

Status

 

Displays the current sync method. This may differ from the choice made in 

the Source menu.

 

SOE

 

Indicates whether this HY128 card is the master or a slave in the SoundGrid 

network. This mirrors the status information in the SoundGrid Studio Device 

Rack

 

 

Summary of Contents for HY-128

Page 1: ...User Guide WSG HY 128 ...

Page 2: ... provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with other electronic devices This equipment generates uses radio frequencies and if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the user manual may cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices Compliance with FCC ...

Page 3: ...rd or equipment failure Be sure to disconnect the power cable of the host device before installing the card and connecting disconnecting the cables in order to eliminate shock hazard undesired noise and avoid equipment damage Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the host device before installation unplug all related cables Be sure to properly ground the host device to prevent electrical sh...

Page 4: ...ons as shown in this Owner s Manual are for instructional purposes only and may be different from the ones on your equipment The company names and product names in this user guide are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies ...

Page 5: ...are 10 Configure the System 11 Manual Device Configuration 12 Automatic Device Configuration 12 Device Firmware 13 Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network 13 WSG HY128 CONTROL PANEL 14 Clock Page 15 System Info Page and About Page 17 Presets 17 USING AN I O DEVICE WITH A DAW 18 Waves Inc 2800 Merchants Drive Knoxville TN 37912 USA 1 865 909 9200 www waves com ...

Page 6: ...eed networking protocol for moving audio clock and other information between a host system and I O devices and between I O devices themselves A SoundGrid host configures the network assigning servers and I O devices to mix process or record depending on the host SoundGrid devices link to the SoundGrid network with standard Ethernet cable SoundGrid is scalable Connect one I O device to a DAW and yo...

Page 7: ...ty indicator LED Link Activity Flashing green GigE Gigabyte Connection Indicator Solid orange Please note the card will connect only to 1000 Base T Gigabit Ethernet equipment Network Status LED SoundGrid network found Blue SoundGrid network not found Flashing red Firmware update in progress Yellow Hardware error White Device ID mode Cycling colors Power indicator ...

Page 8: ...undGrid ASIO Core Audio driver for plugin processing and or DAW playback recording The interface is connected directly to the host using a Cat 5e Ethernet cable or better Host computer running SoundGrid application Yamaha console with WSG HY128 Interface card The host computer s LAN port that s connected to the SoundGrid network should be used for SoundGrid only Do not share this port with the int...

Page 9: ...this support article for a list of supported switches You can connect and assign up to 16 SoundGrid I O devices to the network depending on the SoundGrid host application You can also add more computers to enable streaming between hosts ADD A SERVER To add a server to your SoundGrid system just connect it to the Ethernet switch and configure it in your host application This moves all DSP processin...

Page 10: ... use Waves Central to update the host application which also updates the device drivers or install just the missing device driver from Waves Central 1 Waves Central All Waves software is downloaded and installed via the Waves Central application To install a specific device driver launch Waves Central and follow these steps Choose All Products Search for the driver by name Choose the driver and cl...

Page 11: ...twork will be available for assignment This collection of devices is called the Inventory Setup is similar with all hosts identify the host s LAN port select a device slot and use the drop down menu to choose an available device Please consult the user guide of your host application for specific instructions All SoundGrid devices are configured in a similar manner Throughout this section we show D...

Page 12: ...Certain SoundGrid hosts including SoundGrid Studio eMotion LV1 or SuperRack SoundGrid offer an Auto Config tool Once your devices are connected and powered up click Auto Config to start the configuration Auto Config chooses the correct LAN port on the host computer and scans the SoundGrid network for devices It then patches the devices to the host We recommend that you let Auto Config take care of...

Page 13: ...ot disconnect the device or turn off the computer before Done appears Once the update is ready turn the device off and on to reset Identify a Device on the SoundGrid Network Click on the ID button to activate a hard to miss LED on the panel of the corresponding hardware device You can also activate the LED from the top bar of the device s control panel Grey Compatible firmware Blue Compatible firm...

Page 14: ...NEL You can also access the control panels of all assigned I O devices from Driver Control Panel application which is located here PC C Program Files x86 Waves SoundGrid Driver Control Panel Mac System HD Applications Waves SoundGrid CONTROL PANEL PAGES The About and System Info pages provide information about the unit such as MAC address SOE master MAC Address firmware version and more The Clock ...

Page 15: ...ock Input connector Sync over Ethernet The device receives clock from the SoundGrid network SAMPLE RATE sets the sample rate when Clock Source is set to Internal Range 44 1 48 88 2 96 kHz If the device is the network SOE clock master as determined in the Device Racks of the SoundGrid host then this setting determines the sample rate of the SoundGrid network If Clock Source is set to an external cl...

Page 16: ...ve clock from the same external device over word clock from the master device rather than via network SOE In the event that the selected clock source fails WSG HY128 card has a series of clock fallback layers in this order SOE Internal If the WSG HY128 card is clocked to SOE and this external source fails it will fall back to Internal Status Reports the presence or absence of sync between the WSG ...

Page 17: ... you contact Waves technical support concerning the device Presets The Top Bar is used to load and save device presets and to identify device hardware A saved preset includes all Clock and Control panels parameters Save WSG HY128 presets to use on future sessions or copy them to another computer to duplicate a configuration Click the ID button to indicate which WSG HY128 hardware device belongs to...

Page 18: ...Patching an I O to the SoundGrid ASIO Core Audio driver differs slightly among hosts When you use a host s Auto Config tool the host input channels are patched automatically in an order based on rack The order of the devices in the Device Rack determines the default patching order Please refer to your SoundGrid host s user guide for details Configure the DAW for SoundGrid 1 Set the DAW playback en...

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