Allen&Heath DR66 USER GUIDE - Manual (Page 28)

28 DR66 & DR128 Installer User Guide
Using WinDR
The WinDR display has three main windows. The DR Unit Simulation Window presents a
picture of the front panel controls and display together with a set of controls and indicators
representing the remote connections. You can click on the key icons to simulate and test the
actions of the soft key and LED assignment, ideal for configuring the system off-line. This window
is only available when you work off-line.
The Input and Output Channel Windows show the controls for each channel. Here, you can
adjust the fader levels, mute, reverse polarity, assign the crosspoint levels and routing, name each
channel and adjust the assigned parameters. The resource toolbar shows the available signal
processors loaded in with the resource racks. You can click and drag these to assign them to the
different channels as required. Once assigned you can adjust their parameters by clicking on the
channel icons to open the associated windows.
The menu toolbar provides access to the editing and other functions
such as patch and configuration file save and recall, editing the delays,
ducker and AMM, assigning the panel and remote function keys and
LEDs, and setting up scheduled events where patches are recalled
according to programmed time and day of week. The current time and
day can be set within WinDR or from the DR unit front panel.
The DR unit can store up to 99 patches depending on the resources involved.
These are stored as ‘full patches’ (affecting all parameters) or ‘partial patches’
(affecting selected parameters). You can edit the settings using the PC, then
name and save them to the DR unit as a patch. The set of programmed
patches together with the channel names, processor rack and scheduled event
details can be saved as ‘configuration files’. It is good practice to save the
configuration file to disk to archive or back up the settings. The saved file can
be opened from disk later, for example when loading a similar unit.