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X P O I N T S O F T W A R E S E T U P G U I D E
Signal Definition
Up to 512 separate source and destination signals may be defined via the
Configuration GUI (up to 2048 in multi-tier installations). To add or edit a
signal from the GUI’s main grid, right click on one of the Source or
Destination signals and select “Modify Signal Definition”. To define a signal
while in the Configure / AdvXP / Rack Defs form, click on an input card; press
the Signal Definitions button.
Each signal is automatically assigned a unique Signal ID number. For
each Signal ID number the following parameters can be configured:
• Signal Name: Enter the 8 Character name to be displayed on XY controllers
and the Xpoint GUI.
• Location: Enter an optional 8 Character description of the signal’s location.
• Audio Signal Type: Choose Source or Destination.
• Format: Choose Logic I/O Only, Mono, Stereo, or 5.1 Surround.
• Audio Signal Location Tab: Defines the signal’s physical location - Tier,
Rack, Slot, Circuits.
• Logic I/O Tab: Maps up to twelve routable logic port signals to the current
audio signal. Also used to define Logic I/O signals only. See the “Config-
uring Logic I/O ” section for details.
Most of these parameters are self explanatory. When defining the audio
signal location, remember that XPoint circuits are equivalent to a single audio
channel. Every audio card has four stereo channels (4x2 channels = 8
circuits).
Note that signals may be virtually mapped to locations that do not
currently have appropriate hardware. These “virtual” signals exist in soft-
ware, but may not be used until appropriate hardware is added to the defined
locations. This feature allows a set of default signal names to be provided
independent of hardware configuration.