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Apogee X-Series Expansion Card
User’s Guide
V2.0 - January 2005
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X-Series Expansion Card User’s Guide v2.0 - January 2005
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Warnings FCC warning This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful int
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Declarations of Conformity This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are des
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Registration and Warranty Information Be sure to register your X-HD card, either by filling in the enclosed Registration Card or by completing the on- line registration form at our Web site: http://www.apogeedigital.com/support/. If you do so, Apogee can contact you with any update information. As enhancements and upgrades are developed, you will be contacted at the registration address. Firmware updates are free for the first year of ownership unless
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide OWNER’S RECORD The serial number is located on the rear panel of the unit. We suggest you record the serial number in the space provided below. Refer to it whenever you call an authorized Apogee Electronics repair facility or the manufacturer. Please be sure to return your com- pleted warranty card immediately! X-HD card Serial No._____________________________________________________ Purchase Date_____________________________________________________
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User’s Guide Table of Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................2 Before Getting Started.................................................................................................2 Getting Started Quickly...............................................................................................2 Connecting X-HD e quipped Apogee Interfaces .................................................3 I
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Introduction The Apogee X-HD Option card allows Apogee hardware interfaces to connect directly to Digidesign HD Core, Process and Accel PCI cards directly, with no other hardware needed. Now you can bring the quality of Apogee’s X-Series conversion to your Digidesign Pro Tools HD system. Before Getting Started When installing X-HD cards in Apogee interfaces, ensure that firmware on the interface has been updated to the required version: For AD16X –
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Connecting X-HD Equipped Apogee Interfaces Clock Connections Apogee has conducted considerable research on the clocking of digital systems, resulting in the development and production of our Big Ben Master Clock. With vanishingly low jitter and enough clock outputs to connect several slave interfaces directly to one master, Big Ben is always the best solution for clocking any digital system, Figure A. Optimum clocking configuration using BIG BEN
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Incorporating a SYNC I/O There are 3 configuration possibilities for incorporating a SYNC I/O into the HD system : using a Master Clock, SYNC I/O as master, and HD-equipped Apogee interface as master. Using a Master Clock – Once again, the use of a Master Clock such as Big Ben greatly simplifies clock configuration. Simply connect one of Big Ben’s outputs to a SYNC I/O clock input, and set the SYNC I/O’s clock source to the appropriate setting. Be sur
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Digilink Connections Like Digidesign interfaces, the X-HD card is equipped with two ports, Primary and Expansion. Please note that the Primary Port on the X-HD card is the LEFT connector when looking from the back of the unit. this is the this is the PRIMARY PORT EXPANSION PORT The proper order to connect Apogee, Digidesign and Prism hardware interfaces may be determined by locating the entry on pages 9-12 that corresponds to the set of interfaces
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Configuring Digidesign Pro Tools® Hardware Setup The Hardware Setup and I/O Setup dialogs are the two primary tools within Pro Tools software used to config- ure hardware. The Hardware Setup dialog serves to define which physical I/O connections on detected hardware are routed to the 32 I/O busses available through each HD PCI card (on the DigiLink cable), while the I/O Setup dialog serves to label and map the manner in which these 32 busses appear in
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Hardware Setup 1 In Pro Tools, select Setups>Hardware 2 From the Peripherals list on the left side of the Hardware Setup dialog, verify that Apogee inter- faces have been detected correctly (as indicated in the Interface Connections Chart found on pages 9-12). 3 If all interfaces have been correctly detected, select each instance of “192 I/O” displayed, and click on the “Set to Default” button. Peripherals – All Apogee interfaces are detected in
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide Interface Connections Chart: Standard Routing (per Digidesign Core, Process or Accel card) The following chart displays connection specifics for all possible combinations of HD- compatible interfaces that may be connected to one HD Core, Process or Accel PCI card. There is no limit to the number of PCI cards used beyond those limits imposed by the Digidesign system itself. In the leftmost column, a set of interfaces is depicted in the From Computer
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide APPEARS AS... in Hardware Setup INTERFACE SET CHANNELS IN USE ROSETTA 800 A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P INPUT E ROSETTA 800 #1 OUTPUT A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 P OUTPUT E A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 ROSETTA 800 #3 P OUTPUT E P E A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P E INPUT ROSETTA 800 #1 ROSETTA 800 #2 ROSETTA 800 #3 ROSETTA 800 #4 P OUTPUT E P E P E AD-16X & DA-16X A1-1
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APOGEE ELECTRONICS X-HD card – User’s Guide APPEARS AS... in Hardware Setup INTERFACE SET CHANNELS IN USE AD-16X & DA-16X continued A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P AD-16X #1 E INPUT DA-16X #1 P OUTPUT E A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P AD-16X #1 AD-16X #2 E INPUT DA-16X #1 P OUTPUT E P E A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P AD-16X #1 E INPUT DA-16X #1 DA-16X #2 P OUTPUT E P E A1-16 B1-16 From Computer P AD-16X #1 AD-16X #2 E INPUT DA-16X #1 DA-16X #2 P OUTPUT E P E P E AD-16X, DA-16X & ROSETTA 800
