On 3 May 2006 at 19:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When I say PnP, I mean anything you plug in should be immediately
> recognized and available, without needing any device specific drivers or
> special configuration beyond backplane assignment. Having serial numbers
> on units so preset configurations can be loaded no matter where they are
> connected would need to be supported as well.
Having anything you plug in be recognized and available is mandatory for the
low end of the market. Based on my limited theatre lighting experience,
I think it might be sufficient at my level. You connect everything up,
discover by experiment which faders control which microphones and
speakers, and plan everything from there. However, moving up market
just a little from where I stand, having stability is a benefit. Adding one
speaker or microphone should not cause everything to be reassigned,
even after a power failure. Consider having serial numbers on units
(which you need anyway to find a unit in the network) and a non-volatile
configuration file in the main mixer. By default, the configuration file
is not used, and everything auto-configures when powered up. However,
the sound engineer can modify the current configuration and save it in
the non-volatile RAM. If there is a configuration file present, it causes
the units that it describes to be configured, even if they are not currently
present in the network, and any unknown devices take whatever is left
over. This would let you power up the units in any order after a general
power failure and not have to spend time getting the board configured
the way you want. Quick recovery from power failure is important in
a live theatre situation.
John Sauter ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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