User Guide
Table of Contents Introduction 3 Key Features 3 In the Box 4 System Requirements Macintosh Windows iOS 5 5 5 5 Hardware Connections Front Panel Rear Panel 6 6 7 Getting Started Install iConfig and Upgrade Your PlayAUDIO12 Firmware 8 8 PlayAUDIO12 Failover Redundancy How the PlayAUDIO12's Failover System Works How to Arm the PlayAUDIO12 for Automatic Failover How to Test Automatic Failover How to Configure the PlayAUDIO12 for Manual Failover 9 9 9 11 11 Controls Interactive Touch Panel Display
Introduction Thank you for purchasing the PlayAUDIO12, a unique audio/MIDI interface and integrated failover system that has been designed to provide compact and easy-to-operate failover protection for the live performance arena. Your PlayAUDIO12 offers superb sound quality and flexible MIDI capabilities, and integrates performance and peace-of-mind by providing fail-safe control and playback of backing tracks, virtual instruments, and MIDI devices in a live setting.
In the Box l The PlayAUDIO12 Audio/MIDI interface. l (1) USB-A to USB-B cable for connecting a MacOS or Windows computer to your PlayAUDIO12. l The PlayAUDIO12 power supply. PlayAUDIO12 User Guide v1.
System Requirements Macintosh l Mac OSX 10.8 or later l (1) free USB port Windows l Windows 7 or later l (1) free USB port iOS l iOS 8.0 or later with Lightning connector l Apple Camera Connection Kit l CoreMIDI-compatible application Visit http://www.iconnectivity.com/support-system for the most up-to-date compatibility requirements, as these are subject to change. Product features are subject to change.
Hardware Connections Front Panel l l Stereo Headphone Jack USB-A Host MIDI port. This USB 2.0 jack supports up to eight 16-channel MIDI Ports from eight USB MIDI class-compliant devices. l USB-B Device Ports. Use these ports to connect up to two computers or iOS devices simultaneously. l Control In Jack. Use this TRS input to attach a footswitch for manual failover switching. l Control Out Jack. Use this TRS output to chain additional PlayAUDIO12 units. l l Interactive touch panel display.
Rear Panel l l l Power Jack. Connect the included PlayAUDIO12 power supply here. Balanced Analog Outputs. The PlayAUDIO12's 10 analog outputs provide low noise, phantom power-resistant connections that boast up to 24-bit/96kHz DA conversion. MIDI Ethernet Port. Use this port for long-distance MIDI connections. PlayAUDIO12 User Guide v1.
Getting Started Install iConfig and Upgrade Your PlayAUDIO12 Firmware Before you begin using your PlayAUDIO12, we recommend that you upgrade your unit's firmware to the latest version using iConnectivity's iConfig application. Follow these steps to install the iConfig software and perform the firmware upgrade: 1. Download the latest version (4.2.6) of the iConfig software installer. i. Go to https://www.iconnectivity.com/software/iconfig ii.
PlayAUDIO12 Failover Redundancy How the PlayAUDIO12's Failover System Works Your PlayAUDIO12 unit comes equipped with two discrete failover mechanisms: Automatic Failover and Manual Failover. This failover redundancy is designed to ensure that your backup system can always be engaged instantly and seamlessly, whether via auto-detection or through manual switching. Taking advantage of both of these failover mechanisms is recommended for all live performance scenarios.
4. On both computers (Computer A and Computer B), open your Digital Audio Workstation and load your playback project. 5. On Computer A (your primary playback device), instantiate your test tone plugin on a free track and assign it to the PlayAUDIO12's audio output 13 (Control Tone). When your PlayAUDIO12 unit detects the test tone, the green Scene A LED light will blink, indicating that the PlayAUDIO12 is armed for automatic failover.
6. Connect a MIDI external controller to the USB host port. Ensure that both DAWs are configured so that playback can be triggered on both DAWs simultaneously. 7. With the unit armed, use the attached MIDI external controller to trigger simultaneous playback on Computer A and Computer B. How to Test Automatic Failover 1. Ensure that the unit is armed and playback has been triggered on both computers. To force failover from Computer A to Computer B, remove the cable from USB Device Port 1.
Controls Interactive Touch Panel Display The PlayAUDIO12's Interactive Touch Panel Display is a capacitive touch panel that provides the following features: l l l Eight touch zones for intuitive control over Scene selection, level adjustment to the PlayAUDIO12’s analog outputs, and headphone levels. Dual 8-stage LED meters and independent metering modes for select functions. A Rotary Control Dial for dialing in gain/level adjustments.
Figure 6: Press once to toggle between Scenes. Volume/Gain Press once to toggle between Volume display mode and Gain display mode. Figure 7: Press once to toggle between Volume display and Gain display modes. Outputs Output zones have three states and will toggle successively in this order: l Odd-numbered output l Even-numbered output l Stereo output pair PlayAUDIO12 User Guide v1.
Figure 8: Pressing the touch zone successively will select (in this example) Output 1, Output 2, or Stereo Output 1/2 Phones Press once to toggle between Volume mode and Gain mode. Figure 9: Press once to toggle Phones to Gain Set mode. PlayAUDIO12 User Guide v1.