ESI MaXiO 032 - Manual (Page 29)

MaXiO series System Manual
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Port Selection
The 32 input channels of the MaXiO XD system are grouped into 4 sections (ports) with 8 input
channels each. For each group of 8 channels (each port), you can select either the corresponding
E.D.I input (1 to 4) or the signals from the M.D.I connector by clicking on the IN PORTx label.
When you change the selection of a port, the same change will be made for the output channels.
When a port is set to M.D.I, the corresponding input channels from a device connected to the M.D.I
port like the MaXiO 032 breakout box are use. The specific E.D.I port cannot be used at the same
time. For example, if you select M.D.I for port 2 (channels 9-16), you can use input channels 9-16
from device like the MaXiO 032 connected to the M.D.I port of the MaXiO PCI/PCIe host card but
you cannot use the E.D.I port 2 (e.g. if an EX8000 is connected to it).
E.D.I Device Detection
The MaXiO Control Panel will automatically detect any device connected to a E.D.I port. For
example, if EX8000 is connected to E.D.I port 1, you can control its features by double clicking on
the blue EX8000 text. A separate window will be opened.
MME Channel Mapper
The MaXiO XD system driver provides the MME device MaXiO Stereo Wave (SPDIF/PCM) that
can be used for recording and playback of stereo signals. The MME Channel Mapper section in the
MaXiO Control Panel allows you to assign the I/O channels that will be used by this MME device.
You have two options to select the I/O channel for the MME device. You can click on the arrow
button (
) and then select the channel in the menu that will appear or you can click on the
individual icon ( ) under each channel.
The MME Channel Mapper has no influence on the multichannel MME device MaXiO Multi Wave
or on the ASIO driver ASIO 2.0 -MaXiO.
M.D.I Analog and S/PDIF Input
The MaXiO PCI/PCIe host card provides support for two analog input channels and a digital
S/PDIF input made available via a device connected to the M.D.I port of the card. For example, the
MaXiO 032 breakout box provides both analog input channels and a digital S/PDIF input. The
M.D.I breakout cable that is supplied with the basic MaXiO XD system provides a digital S/PDIF
input but no analog input channels.
The two analog input channels and the two input channels from the digital S/PDIF input can be
assigned to any channel pair of the 32 input channels provided by the MaXiO PCI/PCIe host card.
The
button assigns the two analog input channels to the specific channel pair, the button
assigns the two S/PDIF input channels instead. Alternatively you can assign the channels via the
arrow buttons ( ) on the left side and the menu that will appear when you click on it.