Yamaha M7CL-48ES User manual

February, 2010
M7CL-48ES
Auto Configure Guide

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M7CL-48ES Auto Configure Guide
Step 0: Open the boxes
Turn on M7CL-48ES and SB168-ES. Setup is completed!
This Auto Configure is activated as factory preset. Both “Daisy Chain” mode and “Ring” mode
are available as options. Default mode is “Daisy Chain”.
Detail of the patching you’ve got on the SB168-ES is shown in the Appendix.
Step 2: Setup dip switches on SB168-ES
Step 1: Connect cables between ES OUT and ES IN
Step 3: Turn on the devices. Your console is ready!
ES IN
M7CL-48ES
ES OUT ID #1
SB168-ES
ID #2
ID #3
ES OUT
ES IN
ES IN
ES OUT
ES OUT
ES IN
*2) Connect last SB168-ES’s ES OUT and M7CL-ES’s ES IN for Ring mode.
Ring mode provides a fault tolerant or redundant system that can survive a cable fault. In Ring mode, the
total audio channel count is limited to 64. In Daisy Chain mode, it is 64 each direction =128.
If you choose Ring mode you must select “Ring” Auto Configure on M7CL EXT-ES HA rack screen.
Connect standard cat5e cables with etherCON connectors as below for “three SB168-ES in
Daisy Chain mode” configuration .
Setup dip switches on SB168-ES front panel before power on.
The dip switches give each SB168-ES their channel numbers and position information.
You should set dip switches as shown in the top row of the chart below for the example above.
Option *2)
The Auto Configure function patches M7CL-48ES and SB168-ES*1) automatically without
any need for external PC connections. You can setup your system in three steps as
shown below. Please note that Auto Configure supports the combination of M7CL-48ES
and SB168-ES only. Now, start configuring your system!
*1) SB168-ES firmware must be V1.10 or later, and EtherSound module must be 0C16 or later for Auto Configure.
What is “Auto Configure”?
Example for Daisy Chain ID #1 : 1&7

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M7CL-48ES Auto Configure Guide
Appendix: How are the channels patched?
Auto Configure provides you the patching below for three SB168-ES in Daisy Chain mode.
ID #1
Ch1 Ch2 Ch3 Ch4 Ch5 Ch6 Ch7 Ch8
Ch9 Ch10 Ch11 Ch12 Ch13 Ch14 Ch15 Ch16
Ch17 Ch18 Ch19 Ch20 Ch21 Ch22 Ch23 Ch24
Ch25 Ch26 Ch27 Ch28 Ch29 Ch30 Ch31 Ch32
Ch33 Ch34 Ch35 Ch36 Ch37 Ch38 Ch39 Ch40
Ch41 Ch42 Ch43 Ch44 Ch45 Ch46 Ch47 Ch48
Mix1 Mix2 Mix3 Mix4 Mix5 Mix6 St L St R
Mix7 Mix8 Mix9 Mix10 Mix11 Mix12 St L St R
Mtrx1 Mtrx2 Mtrx3 Mtrx4 Mtrx5 Mtrx6 St L St R
ID #3
ID #2
Mix7 Mix8 Mix9 Mix10 Mix11 Mix12 St L St R
In Ring mode, there are only 16 available output channels in EtherSound network.
So ID #3 box outputs copies ID #2 box as shown in orange box.
Need custom patching?
If you need different output patch at the stagebox,
(e.g. Matrix 7&8) use the console patching system.
Only if you have additional EtherSound devices
(e.g. DME/TXn/Live Recording devices etc.), must
you use AVS-ESMonitor from AuviTran to add
them to your ES network. First disable Auto
Configure on the console then, uncheck “lock
routing” in AVS-ESMonitor.
For further information about EtherSound setup,
please refer to the “EtherSound Setup Guide”
which is available on the Yamaha Pro Audio
website.
Example: Matrix 7 now assigned to ES 23
- stealing patch from St L on ID #3