User's Manual

DriveCore Install Network Series Power Amplifiers
Operation Manual
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Offline/Online
Audio Architect has two define modes of operation: Online and Offline. Offline operation allows the system to be configured without real time changes to the system. In
this mode, changes have to be sent to the edited device. In Online mode, changes to amplifiers are made real time.
When Audio Architect first opens, the Offline Design Tab is the ribbon presented, and the Device Toolbox appears on the left and an empty Properties window is at the bot-
tom. The Add Devices box is highlighted. When going Online, it may be necessary to Match Devices and/or Synchronize Venue.
Match Devices allows users to associate amplifiers within their venue design to amplifiers on the network. In the Match Devices tab, the following options are available:
• Refresh Networking: Clicking this button will temporarily take Audio Architect offline, then restart the network.
• Match
- Auto-Venue: Automatically enables matching between all the devices in the Audio Architect venue
- Detach: Removes the device's virtual connection from Audio Architect.
• Editing
- Undo: Erases the last change done, reverting to the previous state.
- Redo: Re-establishes the previous state.
• Show: The checked items are displayed along side the appropriate devices in the venue; Device Names, Rack/Array Names, HiQnet Addresses, and IP Addresses.
In Synchronize Venue, each device will be shown with either a Receive icon or a Send icon.
• Receive – device settings will be downloaded to the Audio Architect
• Send – device setting will be sent from Audio Architect to the device
When going Online, the following options are possible:
1. If one or more devices in the Venue are not matched AND corresponding devices are available on the network, going online lands in Match Devices mode.
2. If all the devices in the Venue are matched, going online lands in Synchronize Venue mode. In Synchronize Venue mode, the user is given the option to either
Send data from Audio Architect to the device or Receive data from the device to Audio Architect.
3. If no devices require to be synced, going online lands in Run Venue mode.
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