Setup guide

Chapter 3: Installing Pro Tools on Mac 27
9 Check to be sure that your cards are installed
in the proper order for your system, starting
with the lowest numeric slot:
• Pro Tools|HD (for PCIe) Systems
• Display card for your computer monitor
• Accel Core (for PCIe) card
• HD Accel (for PCIe) cards
• Digidesign-approved video capture card
• SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card
• Pro Tools|HD (for PCI) Systems
• Display card for your computer monitor
• HD Core (for PCI) card
• HD Accel (for PCI) cards
• HD Process (for PCI) cards
• Digidesign-approved video capture card
• SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card
10 Secure each card in place with the slot access
port screws you removed earlier.
Connecting Pro Tools|HD Cards
In systems that include more than one card, you
must connect all the Pro Tools|HD cards to each
other with TDM FlexCables.
Each Pro Tools|HD card has two ports along the
top of the card, labeled Port A and Port B. The
FlexCable has two connectors, also labeled
Port A and Port B, to ensure proper connection.
Data communication across multiple cards is
achieved by connecting Port B of the first card to
Port A of the next card with a TDM FlexCable.
The slot numbering in your computer deter-
mines whether you will be working right-to-left
or left-to-right when connecting cards. Refer to
the instructions below for your model of com-
puter.
To connect Pro Tools|HD cards:
1 Shape the FlexCable before installing it on the
card by holding the cable with its printed side
facing you, and moving the Port B portion of
the cable away from you and outwards, as
shown below. Do not bend the cable more than
you need to, as you may damage the traces in
the cable.
2 Slide the FlexCable into the notch of the core
card, so that the Port B connector of the FlexCa-
ble can be aligned with Port B of the core card;
and the Port A connector of the FlexCable can
be aligned with Port A of the second card, as
shown below.
The first FlexCable always goes from Port B
on the core card to Port A on the first
expansion card, as described in the follow-
ing steps.
Preparing TDM FlexCable for installation
Inserting TDM FlexCable
PORT B
PORT B
PORT A
PORT A
PORT B
PORT A
PORT A
PORT B