User`s manual

AEQ FORUM - DIGITAL AUDIO MIXER FOR BROADCAST APPLICATIONS

This menu allows you to configure the system Input and Output modules as well as the logical

audio channels created from the physical inputs and outputs. Clicking on the Hardware

Configuration section on the left side of the screen displays the full list of sub-menus, which

includes:

• BOARD CONFIGURATION allows defining the fader settings, audio input and output

modules and GPIO of the Mixing Console.

• MIXER BUS CONFIGURATION, defines the configuration of the internal summing

buses of the Mixing console.

• I / O CONFIGURATION, enables the configuration of logical audio channels based on

the physical audio inputs and outputs and as defined in the HARDWARE

CONFIGURATION sub-menu.

• MONITORING CONFIGURATION, used to define the operation of the Control and

Monitoring Sections that are associated to the Control and Studio rooms.

• NTP CLIENT, which sets the IP address of the remote NTP server for the accurate

time-synchronisation. Once configured this will serve as the Master Clock for the local

time of the AEQ FORUM.

4.2.1. BOARD CONFIGURATION sub-menu

The BOARD CONFIGURATION sub-menu is accessed from the drop-down Hardware

Configuration main menu.

BOARD CONFIGURATION sub-menu icon

The BOARD CONFIGURATION sub-menu enables the definition of fader settings, audio Input

and Output modules and the GPIO of the Mixing Console. From left to right and from top to

bottom the available options are:

• CONSOLE CONFIGURATION, here you can set the number of fader modules FRCH(4

faders) that are installed in the chassis FR01 of the AEQ FORUM:

• 1 module FRCH corresponds to 4 faders in the control surface. The remaining

space should be filled with 2 blank modules FR20.

• 2 modules FRCH correspond to 8 faders in the control surface. The remaining

space should be filled with a blank module FR20.

• 3 FRCH modules correspond to 12 faders in the control surface.

• GET HARDWARE INFO, optionally an automatic configuration of hardware modules

integrated into the console can be executed. Clicking this option, the ForumSetup

software communicates with the AEQ FORUM Mixing Console and retrieves the

hardware configuration as installed in your system. Please refer to section 4.1.1.

CONFIGURATIONS sub-menu of this manual.

• MODULE CONFIGURATION allows you to manually configure (as opposed to the

automatic option GET HARDWARE INFO) the audio input and output modules of the 14

different slots available on the rear panel of the AEQ FORUM Mixing Console.

• INTERNAL MODULE CONFIGURATION allows you to configure the General Purpose

Inputs and Outputs - GPIO (both the physical contact relays and the opto-coupled that

are available on the rear panel in the section of common inputs and outputs of the AEQ

FORUM). It also allows you to configure the operation of the optional multi-channel

communications module - AES10 MADI.