TC electronic SDN BHD manual Typical Setups, Connecting and Setting up the P2

TYPICAL SETUPS

Connecting and Setting up the P2

	In use - no TC Icon Editor/PC connection
	necessary.
	• Connect your audio source material to P2
		Inputs. Options are balanced Analog, digital
		AES or S/PDIF.
	• Connect Outputs to relevant media.
	• Select preset via the eight front panel
		PRESET keys.
		Note that; Input type, Sync settings, and
		Sample Rate Conversion settings are set on
		preset level via the TC Icon PC Editor on the
		Engine I/O page.
	Administrators Setup for preset programming
	plus Wizard and Lock definition using the
	TC Icon PC Editor.
	•	Connect a free RS232 serial COM port on
		the computer to the RS232 connection on
		the rear of P2.
	• Start the TC Icon PC Editor and select
		appropriate COM port.
		(Read TC Icon installation procedure section)
	Make audio connections if these are necessary
	for programming.
		P2 Card slot. (not supplied)*
	• Go to the System/Card page.
	• Decide whether you wish to exclude System
		Preset 1 that holds overall Clock settings,
		Analog Trim levels, Dither, Status Bit settings
		and settings for GPI. To exclude System
		Preset activate the “Exclude System Preset”
		key.
		Then press CREATE CLONE CARD.
	• Remove card and go to the target P2 unit.
	• Power off target P2 unit.
Cloning P2’s using a standard PCMCIA card	• Insert the card and power up using the front
		panel POWER key while holding the LOCK
Once the Administrator have designed and		key pressed.
setup presets for various applications using the
	• Press the LOCK key again. In this mode the
TC Icon PC Editor, other P2’s in the house may
		LOCK key operates as “CONFIRM”.
be easily cloned using a standard PCMCIA
		BYPASS can be used to abort operation.
card.
	The Front bank is now copied to the “target P2”
In other words; it is NOT necessary to hook up
	and the 8 presets can be loaded using preset
every single P2 to a computer to set these up.
	keys 1-8 depending on the defined lock mode.
• Load appropriate presets into U1 Front Panel
	*	PCMCIA cards can be acquired through any
Bank of the P2 you wish to clone.
		TC Electronic dealer
• Insert an unprotected PCMCIA card into the

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