User manual PRESONUS MLAN PATCHBAY

[. . . ] This owner's manual is applicable to the mLAN Patchbay for both Windows and Macintosh. The screen illustrations are mainly taken from the mLAN Patchbay for Macintosh. ©2000 Yamaha Corporation 1 7 Starting mLAN Patchbay After installing mLAN Patchbay and making the necessary connections, start up mLAN Patchbay as follows. Windows98/95 environment In Windows 98/95, select "Start" button "Programs (P)" menu "mLAN Tools, " and choose "mLAN Patchbay. " If the state of the bus is not read within a certain length of time after the program is started, check to make sure that the Serial Port value matches the COM port on your computer to which the serial cable is connected, and that no other application programs are using the COM port. (Page 8. ) Macintosh environment Double-click the mLAN Patchbay icon. 2 Menu bar File New Create a new file. The Audio and MIDI pages will show all mLAN plugs of the current bus (system) as unconnected. [. . . ] This cannot be used in the WCLK page. 5 Option Update Show the mLAN devices currently on the bus and their settings on the appropriate pages. Apply Apply the state specified in all pages to the mLAN devices on the bus. After you click the [Apply] button, the status of the application may not match the status of the mLAN device. After clicking the button, click the [Update] button or use the Auto Update function (page xx). Identify Issue an Identify to the selected mLAN device. The mLAN connector's LED on the mLAN device that has received an "Identify" will flash for five seconds. Device Color. . . (Windows only) Open the Device Color dialog box. Device Color dialog box In the Device Color dialog box you can specify the display color for each mLAN device. 1. If you wish to customize the color, click [Customize Color] and add the desired color. If you decide not to change the color, click [Cancel]. 6 Preference (Windows only) Open the Preference dialog box. In the Preference dialog box you can make settings for Shortcuts, Color and Other. Preference dialog box [Shortcuts] Specify (customize) the menu shortcut keys. 1. Click the New Shortcut field, and then press the key that you wish to specify as the shortcut. If you click [Revert Panel], you will return to the settings of the previous step. If you click [Initial setting], the default settings (Ctrl + first letter of the action) will be applied. [Color] You can specify the color and background color in the data list. 1. To reset the color and background color to their initial settings, click [Revert Sel] and [Revert Back] respectively. 7 [Other] Serial port: Select the COM port that is used to connect the computer and mLAN device. If there is a problem such as failure to read data, check whether this value matches the COM port you are actually using. Command Time out Time: Set the response time that is taken from the issuance of a command to the mLAN device until the receipt of a response from the device. If the system displays "Serial Timeout Error, " increase this value. Line space: Specify the display spacing at which mLAN plugs or mLAN devices are shown on a page. Popup menu type: Select the display method that will be used for popup menus when you connect a mLAN plug in the Audio or MIDI pages, or when you manually select the Master mLAN device for a Slave mLAN device in the WCLK page. Popup menu type For the Audio or MIDI page If you specify "Normal, " popup menus will be displayed as shown below. The upper line will extend from the module name to the plug name. Audio page 8 The lower line will skip the module name and extend from the nickname to the plug name. Audio page If you specify "Nickname, " Vender/Module will be omitted as shown below, and display will begin with the Nickname. Audio page For the WCLK page If you specify "Normal, " popup menus will be displayed as shown below. The upper line will extend from the module name to the nickname. The lower line will skip the module name and extend to the nickname. 9 If you specify "Nickname, " Vender/Module will be omitted as shown below, and display will begin with the Nickname. By right-clicking while holding down the Ctrl key, you can access the type of popup menu opposite to that which was selected. Auto Update type: These are options for when executing the Apply command. WCLK page only After Apply has been completed, the WCLK page display will automatically be updated to the current state of the bus. This is convenient when you wish to verify the synchronization data after executing Apply. [. . . ] A connection can also be made by dragging a mLAN plug and releasing it on the mLAN plug to which you wish to connect it. Releasing the plug while holding down the Shift key works in the same way as [Connect All] in the Edit menu. (Windows) 15 Connect by dragging and releasing an mLAN plug (Macintosh) (Windows) Depending on the sorting, there may be cases as shown below in which a single "From" mLAN plug is connected to multiple "To" mLAN plugs. Spaces (blanks) will be displayed for the "From" mLAN plugs to indicate that the mLAN plug is identical. [. . . ]