Aviom A360 User Manual
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© 2014 Aviom, Inc.
A360 Channel Manager
Version 3
User Guide
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Version 3.00
Table of Contents
A360 Channel Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Feature Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installing A360 Channel Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Computer Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A360 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Start the Installation Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Welcome Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Software Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Finish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Updating or Removing the Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What Gets Installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Using A360 Channel Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Window Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Channel Assignment Editing Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Conguration Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
A360 Personal Mixer Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
A360 Channel Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Channel Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Mono/Stereo Radio Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Network Slot Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Mono Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Stereo Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Ambience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Channel Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Disk-Based Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Create a New Mixer Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Open a Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Save a Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Storage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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What Gets Saved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Copying Mixer Congurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Recalling a Mixer Conguration on the A360 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sample Input List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Software License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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A360 Channel Manager
Aviom’s A360 Channel Manager™ is a PC software application designed to simplify the
configuration of A360 Personal Mixers that will be used in Custom mode. A360 Channel
Manager allows Pro16e™ network slots to be assigned to the mix channel buttons of the A360
as well as its Dual Profile Channel™ and One-Touch Ambience™ buttons. The resulting Mixer
Configuration file can be saved to a USB memory stick for loading into the A360
Personal Mixer.
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What’s New
Version 3 of the A360 Channel Manager application adds support for channel, preset, and
group naming and also simplifies integration with the iOS A360 Display app for the A360
Personal Mixer.
The new features include:
• New interface design
• New menu bar
• Cut/copy/paste text
• Name an A360 Personal Mixer
• Edit channel, preset, and group names
• Import names created using A360 Display
• Print configuration information
• Check for updates online
Feature Overview
The A360 Channel Manager software features include:
• Simple interface
• Mono and stereo mix channel support
• Editable channel, preset, and group names
• Support for up to 64 input sources in the Pro16e network
• Assignable Dual Profile Channel
• Assignable One-Touch Ambience button
• 16 Mixer Configurations can be stored per USB device
• Stores 20 user-created mix presets in each configuration
• Allows easy backup of user mix presets created on the A360 Personal Mixer
• Provides an easy way to transfer mix presets from one A360 to another
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Installing A360 Channel Manager
It is recommended that you quit all running Windows applications before starting the Aviom
A360 Channel Manager installation process. Check the Aviom website (www.aviom.com) for
the latest information about software and firmware updates and the complete line of Aviom
Pro16® and Pro64® Series products.
Computer Requirements
The minimum computer system requirements for running the Aviom A360 Channel Manager application
are listed below.
Windows
• Intel® or AMD® processor — 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster
• Intel, AMD, or 100% compatible motherboard & chipset
• Microsoft® Windows® 7 or 8
• 2 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit systems) or 4 GB RAM (64-bit systems)
• 15 MB of free hard disk space for full installation
• VGA Video (1024 x 768) - 256 colors
• DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
• One available USB port for storing and loading configuration files
• Microsoft .Net Framework 4.0
If your PC does not have the .NET Framework components installed, an Internet connection may be
required to download and install these Microsoft components.
The free Adobe® Reader (or equivalent) is required to open the included User Guide.
Mac OS
There is no official support for A360 Channel Manager running on Apple® Mac computers.
A360 Firmware Requirements
Firmware version 3.x or higher is required when using this version of A360 Channel Manager. Get firmware
updates from the Aviom website; see the A360 Personal Mixer User Guide for information about updating
the firmware in an A360 Personal Mixer.
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Start the Installation Process
Before installing the software, quit any running Windows applications. Locate the installer file, named
“A360_Channel_Manager_Installer.exe,” and double-click it to begin the installation process. If an older
version of A360 Channel Manager is already installed on the computer, it will be uninstalled during the
new installation process. (Any user-created files are preserved.) You can uninstall a previous version of
A360 Channel Manager manually by using the tools built into the Windows OS Control Panel.
During the install, most screens give the option of navigating back to the previous step to review settings
or make changes before continuing. To do this, click the Back button. (To exit the installer at any time prior
to finishing, click the cance l button; no software components will be installed.)
Welcome Screens
When the Welcome screens appear, click next to continue and install A360 Channel Manager or click
canc el to exit without running the installer.
Click the Next but ton to continue the installation process.
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Software License Agreement
When the Software License Agreement page appears, read the agreement completely, click the
I acce pt t he term s In the lIc ense agr eeme nt radio button, and then click the next button to continue the
installation.
Accept the Software License Agreement to continue.
If you do not accept the software license agreement, the installer will exit without installing Aviom A360
Channel Manager.
Following the license agreement, the current ReadMe document will be displayed. Click next to continue
the installation, click Back to return to the previous page of the installer, or click cancel to exit without
installing the software.
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Install
At this point, the installer has enough information to install the A360 Channel Manager application and
its supporting files. On the screen that follows the ReadMe document, click the Install button to begin
the installation. Click Back to return to the previous screen to review settings, or click cance l to exit the
installer.
Click the Install button to start the software installation process.
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Software Security
If the PC prompts that verification is required to continue the software installation process, click Yes to
proceed or click no to exit without installing A360 Channel Manager.
Click Yes to continue the installation.
Finish the Installation
When the install has finished, the following screen will be displayed. Click the FInIs h button to complete
the installation process.
Click the Finish button to exit the installer.
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After the installer closes, A360 Channel Manager is ready to use (assuming that all required Microsoft
updates and .NET Framework components are correctly installed).
Launch A360 Channel Manager by double-clicking its icon either from the desktop or in the A360 Channel
Manager application folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Aviom\A360 Channel Manager), or by selecting a360
chann el manager from within the Aviom folder in the All Programs section of the PC Start menu.
Note: The default location for the installation is
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Aviom\A360 Channel Manager\A360 Channel Manager.exe
A desktop icon is installed automatically.
Updating or Removing the Application
When a new version of A360 Channel Manager is available, the old version of the application will be
removed automatically in the process of installing a new version.
If you want to manually remove A360 Channel Manager, an uninstall shortcut is placed in the A360 Channel
Manager folder automatically during the initial installation. The utility can be accessed directly from the
Aviom\A360 Channel Manager folder created in the All Programs menu. Optionally, the application can be
removed by using the standard Windows OS utilities found in the Windows OS Control Panel.
An uninstall shortcut is placed in the All Programs menu.
As a precaution, back up any files in the A360 Channel Manager folder that you wish to save before
proceeding with the uninstall and update procedure. The uninstall utility removes all program files,
product-specific update files, application icons, log files, registry entries, and text files associated with
A360 Channel Manager. It does not delete any user-created files.
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What Gets Installed
A360 Channel Manager is installed by default into the following folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Aviom\A360 Channel Manager
Within the A360 Channel Manager folder, which contains the application’s resources, the Documents folder
containing user documentation, the software license, and ReadMe files will also be created. (The free
Adobe Reader, or equivalent, is required to open the included User Guide.)
Note: Do not rearrange or move any of the files or folders created during the installation.
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Using A360 Channel Manager
A360 Channel Manager makes it easy to create, save, and edit custom channel configurations
for the A360 Personal Mixer. Each performer’s Personal Mixer can load a unique channel map
that assigns network slots to the mixer’s channel buttons. The software can edit and save up
to sixteen unique Mixer Configuration files to a disk. In addition, A360 Channel Manager offers
an easy way to back up user-created Mix Preset files that have been saved to a USB memory
device from an A360 Personal Mixer as part of a configuration file.
Window Components
The A360 Channel Manager interface consists of a main window with two views—Channel Assignment
and Preset/Group Names. Each can be accessed via the keyboard shortcuts F5 and F6. The default view is
the Channel Assignment View.
The Channel Assignment view
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