Aviom 6416i - Manual (Page 54)

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As the VDC Slots are displayed, any VDC Slot with an active input will light
the In Use LED. If the In Use LED is not lit for a selected VDC Slot, no input is
assigned to that VDC Slot and all of the VDC type LEDs in the Assign Port list
will be unlit when the VDC out has been assigned locally.
The available VDC data types for the 6416i are:
• RS‑232
• MIDI In
• MIDI Out
• GPIO In
GPIO Out •
VDC In Use LED
The VDC In Use LED serves to indicate that a Virtual Data Cable Slot has a
current active input assignment. Output assignments for MIDI Out or GPIO
Out will not light the In Use LED.
The In Use LED will light whenever a valid assignment (GPIO In, MIDI In, or
RS‑232) has been made anywhere in the network. The VDC Slot can only be
used for the assigned data type until it has been deactivated at the point in
the network where the input source has been assigned.
Assigning a VDC Slot
The act of assigning a VDC Slot maps one of the rear‑panel hardware VDC I/O
ports to a Virtual Data Cable. To assign a VDC port to a VDC Slot, two actions
are required. First an available VDC Slot must be selected, and second, one
of the VDC data types from the Assign Port list must be assigned to that VDC
Slot.
To select a VDC Slot to activate, scroll through the list to a numbered location
that does not have the In Use LED lit.
To assign a data type, use the selector button below the Assign Port list to
select the desired VDC data type, for example MIDI In. The LED next to the
selected type will light; the Enter/Cancel LED will also start to flash. Press
E
ntEr
to enable the VDC Slot; press C
anCEl
to exit without assigning a VDC
port.
To output VDC data from the network to a rear‑panel VDC port, choose a
VDC Slot with an In Use LED on with the appropriate data type (for example,
MIDI) for the application.
Once selected and configured, the rear‑panel I/O connection for the selected
VDC can be used to transfer control signals.