Aviom 6416o - Manual (Page 46)

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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.
Deactivate an Active VDC Slot
To release an active input assigned to a VDC Slot, use the inc/dec button
to scroll to the active VDC Slot. (Its In Use LED should be on.) Press the
selector button below the Assign Port LEDs until no VDC data type LED is
lit. The Enter/Cancel LED will be flashing. Press E
ntEr
to deactivate the VDC
Slot assignment and make that VDC Slot available to other modules in the
network.
 N
ote
: Only VDC inputs need to be deactivated to free Virtual Data Cable
resources. VDC outputs do not reserve any of the fourteen Virtual
Data Cable resources.