User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Part 1: Getting Started
- Part 2: Top Bar
- Part 3: Setup Window
- Assigning Devices: Inventory Page
- Network Control Section (Top)
- Assignment Slots
- Device Rack Elements
- I/O Device Assignment Slots
- Assigned Hardware I/IO Devices
- Offline Devices
- Software Device (Driver)
- Servers Assignment Slots
- Controllers Assignment Slots
- Assigning I/O Devices
- I/O Device Icon Indicators
- I/O Devices Menu Items
- Setting Clock Master
- Certain device menu items apply only to drivers.
- Working with Multiple Systems
- Servers
- Settings Page
- Assigning Devices: Inventory Page
- Part 4: Patch Window
- Part 5: Rack Window
- Part 6: Overview Windows
- Part 7: Show Window
- Supplementary Material
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SHARING A DEVICE
Device sharing enables different hosts to assign devices that are already claimed by other hosts and route available
device I/O channels. A host that patches I/O channels from a device that’s been assigned to another host (the
manager) is called the client of that device. A host can be a manager of some devices and a client of others. A
device can have several clients, within the limits of the device’s maximum output to the network. Each destination
establishes a direct connection from the shared I/O device.
For example, a 128-input MGB
patched to four hosts will use up the 1 Gb network capacity of the SoundGrid
network.
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In this case, the device will output 128 x 4 channels=512 channels (at 48 kHz).
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DiGiGrid MGB and MGO MADI-to-SoundGrid interfaces are used to connect MADI-enabled devices to a Waves SoundGrid network. The MGB
unit is equipped with MADI BNC connections; MGO is equipped with MADI optical connections. Refer to the MGO user guide, which is available
on the Waves Manuals download page
.