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3. Each surface discovered is listed in a numbered row. The ID number for the row is not
permanently associated with a particular surface, and may change as surfaces are added to or
removed from the network. The ID number does serve a very useful purpose, however.
4. Once you identify the surface you want to use, simply checkmark it in the list to claim it for the local
system (the steps in the next sub-heading, Setting the Channel, will complete the communication
connection to the surface).
5. You can also enter a brief description (“BillyBob’s 4 - Stripe”) into the Memo field, for later reference.
6. Finally, notice that a Local Channel menu is provided for each surface – or more accurately, for each
echelon, or two stripe pair on the surface (see Section 205). Let’s discuss this detail a bit further.
S ETTING THE C HANNEL
The Channel menu controls just one of two related channel settings – this one (on the local host), and another
channel used by the control surface itself. These combine to let you connect to and control alternate live
production systems.
Hint: You might think of t he control and system channels as being like the channel settings of two ‘walkie
talkies’ (2 -way radios). For two-way radios to connect, both units must be on the same channel. Similarly, the
channel selection displayed in this software pane tells the local unit to communicate with the selected (check-
marked) control surface on the channel you choose. Of course the control surface must also be set to the same
channel for successful communication.
The NewTek Control Surface utility identifies the channel each control surface is on by a number from 1-8
after the colon in the Surface: (Channel) column. Normally, you can simply set the Local Channel to match this
value (a ‘bang’ is shown if the channel the surface is set to does not match the Local Channel ).
If you find it necessary to modify the channel the control surface is set to, proceed as follows:
7.
Hold down the *
SHIFT , CTRL and ALT buttons on the control surface at the same time for a couple of
seconds to enable channel select mode. The left-most LCD display in the first stripe in the echelon updates
to show channel selections, and a button in the PGM/A row lights to show the current channel. Tap
another button in the row to change the selection.
*For the 4-Stripe Panel, you must repeat this operatio n in order to match the second echelon’s
channel setting to that of the first. Press and hold the number pad buttons labeled 1, 2 and 3
in the
third stripe
(rather than
SHIFT , CTRL and ALT ) in this case; then make your channel selection using the A
button in the PGM/A row of the third stripe.
With these settings you can, for example, set one system to listen a certain control surface on channel 1, and set
a different unit to listen to the same control surface on channel 2
– then easily go from controlling one system to
controlling the other by updating the surface channel setting.