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WheatNet-IP
/ Apr 2009
Assuming you are looking at BLADE 1 and you’ve
chosen the stereo signal template, the Destination Sig-
nals section will look as shown here:
The first signal in the list (representing output #1) is
named “BL01D01” and its location is named “Blade01.”
These are the system default names and they can be
simply decoded. The “BL01” part of the name is just
shorthand for “Blade 1,” and the “D01” is shorthand for
“Destination 1.” Thus the auto generated system name
means “the first output in Blade 1.” Likewise,
“BL01D02” means “the second output in Blade 1,” and
“BL23D07” means “the seventh output in Blade 23.”
You can just leave things as they are and go with the
system default names if you like. But you can do better.
If you double click on a signal name, the name becomes
highlighted and you can retype it to be anything you
like. “BL01D01” becomes “Speaker,” or “CoDec,” or
“Studio 1,” or “Enco Rec” - you get the idea. As soon
as you type a new name for the signal, it appears
everywhere in the system under this new name. In other
BLADEs, on the crosspoint grid, on control surface
displays, everywhere.
Likewise, the “Location” column has default loca-
tion names which are even more easily decoded;
“Blade1” obviously means “Blade 1.” You can leave
these as they are because that pretty much tells you the
location of the signal, but if you want, you can change
the location to “WXYZ Air” or “Rackroom” or what-
ever suites your fancy. Edit the Location just as you did
the Name, by double clicking on it.
Free Resources
Resources to a BLADE mean audio and logic sig-
nals. This section of the “Sources” window shows the
remaining available resources within the BLADE. The
first three line entries in this section indicate the number
of surround 5.1, stereo, and mono signal destinations,
respectively, that have not yet been allocated to the
system, and are hence available for allocation. Remem-
ber, each BLADE has a maximum total of 16 mono
audio channels plus 12 logic ports available. If you have
used a standard mono or stereo signal template when
you first initiated the BLADE, then all of the signals
will have been allocated automatically by the Startup
Wizard to match the template, and the number available
will show as zero. This is one of the special features of
the WheatNet-IP system; it can take care of all of this
signal allocating and defining automatically, saving you a lot of work.
WheatNet-IP
/ Jan 2010
