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Broadcast Pix
V8.5
1.2.5
1.2.5 Installing Multiple Tally Boxes
A standard system usually uses one tally box, however multiple tally boxes may be
installed on a Broadcast Pix system. Multiple tally boxes expands the number tally outputs
as well the number of General Purpose Inputs and Outputs (GPIOs), which can be used
with Fluent Macros. Installation is the same, as described in section 1.2.3, however each
tally box must be assigned to a specific board number.
To assign multiple tally boxes:
1.
Ensure that the Measurement
Computing/InstaCal software is installed,
as described in section 1.2.4, and open the
InstaCal
software by navigating to Start
Menu, All Programs, Measurement
Computing, InstaCal.
2.
Your tally box devices will appear under
the Universal Serial Bus section, as
shown on the right.
Right-click
on a device, and a pop-up
menu will appear.
3.
Select
Change Board #...
, as shown on
the right. Up to 12 tally GPIO boxes
may be connected for a maximum 96
GPIs and 288 GPOs.
4. In the Use Board Number window, select
the desired board
number
.
0 (zero) is the first tally box used for
GPIOs 1-8, 1 is the second tally box
used for GPIOs 9-16, etc.
5.
Click on
OK.
6.
Close
all the windows to InstaCal, by
clicking on the red X in the top right
corner.