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Instructions for use

To cascade-connect the PM5D and DSP5D, follow the steps below to turn the power on and enable cascade connection.
1. Turn off all the devices, then connect them with a cable according to the system you intend to set up.
2. Turn on the power to the DSP5D/DCU5D first, then the PM5D, or turn on the power to the devices simultaneously.
3. If necessary, set the DSP5D machine ID with the Mode switch on the DSP5D rear panel or from DSP5D Editor.
4. Select a connection type on the PM5D MIXER SETUP screen, then confirm the routes between the machines (heavy arrow) are in blue or yellow (connected correctly), and that they are not shown in red (connected incorrectly).
5. Click the CASCADE ENABLED/DISABLED button on the MIXER SETUP screen to set it to ENABLED. It will take ten minutes at longest to enable cascade connection after the DISABLED button is clicked. A "Wrong Word Clock!" or ""Sync Error!" message may appear until the word clock is set as specified in the steps below.
6. Set the word clock for each PM5D/DSP5D. Generally, set the PM5D to be the word clock master and the DSP5D to be the word clock slave (If the PM5D and the DSP5D are cascade-connected via the DCU5D, the DSP5D cannot be set as the word clock master).
  
  Please refer to "DSP5D, PM5D V2 Quick Setup Guide" (PDF) for more details.
To cascade-connect the multiple PM5D units, the firmware version should be the same. V1.xx of the PM5D and V2.xx cannot be cascade-connected.
To cascade-connect the PM5D and the DSP5D or to use PM5DV2 Editor/DSP5D Editor, the firmware/editor versions should be updated to the latest. If an unsupported combination of the PM5D and DSP5D are cascade-connected, a "DSP5D#2(3) Unsupported Firmware Version" or "PM5D Unsupported Firmware Version" message may appear or the cascade connection may not be recognized. When the editor is used online with an unsupported firmware, some operations or parameters may not correspond to each other.
To cascade-connect the PM5D and the DSP5D, the following two combinations of the firmware version are supported. If an unsupported combination of the PM5D and DSP5D are cascade-connected (as shown below), a "DSP5D#1(2) Unsupported Firmware Version" or "PM5D Unsupported Firmware Version" message may appear or the cascade connection may not be recognized.

PM5D DSP5D Cascade connection

V2.2x V1.2x Supported

V2.1x V1.1x Supported

V2.0x V1.0x Supported
To cascade-connect the PM5D and the DSP5D, confirm that they are connected correctly on the PM5D MIXER SETUP screen, then set the CASCADE ENABLED/DISABLED button to ENABLED. If the PM5D and the DSP5D are not cascade-connected correctly and you set the CASCADE ENABLED/DISABLED button to ENABLED, the memory in the PM5D will not correspond to the DSP5D status.
If the CASCADE ENABLED/DISABLED button is set to ENABLED, all the channels' CUE settings are set to off.
In a system where the PM5D and DSP5D are cascade-connected, the functions shown in the CASCADE LINK on the CASCADE screen always link (in the same way as the LINK buttons are on). The LINK buttons in CASCADE LINK can be set when only the PM5D units are cascade-connected.
The setting files created from the PM5D V1.x or PM5D Editor (extension: .PM5) can be loaded to PM5DV2 Editor and the PM5D V2.x. The setting files created from the PM5D V2.x or PM5DV2 Editor (extension: .PM5) cannot be loaded to PM5D Editor and the PM5D V1.x.
When operating the devices during cascade-connection, do not set the AuviTran AVRed-ES using AVS-ESMonitor. If the PM5D and DSP5D are cascade-connected via the CASCADE IN/OUT (RJ-45) connector and a computer in which AVS-ESMonitor is installed is connected to another CASCADE IN/OUT (RJ-45) connector, audio and control signals cannot communicate between the cascade-connected devices even if AVS-ESMonitor is not running. Once the AVRed-ES is set using AVS-ESMonitor, disconnect the computer from the CASCADE IN/OUT (RJ-45) connector, then enable cascade-connection.
In a system where the PM5D is cascade-connected including the DSP5D, the PREVIEW mode cannot be turned on/off until a scene is recalled and all the cascade-connected device settings are applied to the PM5D. When the PREVIEW mode cannot be turned on/off, a "Cannot Preview On/Off at this moment" message appears.

PM5D	DSP5D	Cascade connection
V2.2x	V1.2x	Supported
V2.1x	V1.1x	Supported
V2.0x	V1.0x	Supported

Precautions When Providing Redundant Connection between the DCU5D and the DSP5D.

Current Version

V1.20

Fixed bugs

Two DSP5D units now can be cascade-connected and used (PM5D-DSP5D-DSP5D, PM5D-DCU5D-DSP5D-DSP5D, PM5D-DCU5D-DSP5D-DCU5D-DSP5D).
Fixed a problem in which the cascade-connected DSP5D units could not properly load a file containing CASCADE TYPE or word clock settings different from the current settings.
The DSP5D version and the internal battery status are not now shown when the PM5D and the DSP5D are cascade-connected but the connection is disabled. This is because the DSP5D internal battery was shown incorrectly as "No Battery" when the cascade-connection was disabled.
A word clock source incapable of serving as the master clock now cannot be selected on the WORD CLOCK screen when the PM5D and the DSP5D are cascade-connected.
After the DSP5D internal memory initialization is complete, the leftmost OUT [TX] LED now keeps flashing until the power is turned off and then on again (the LED used to turn off in about 10 seconds). The four LEDs now flash from the left repeatedly during the initialization (the LEDs used to flash once).
When the PM5D/DSP5D for which the cascade-connection is enabled is turned off and then on again, the cascade-connection now becomes enabled automatically. Until the cascade-connection is enabled, a "Waiting for Auto Cascade Sync" message is now shown. To cancel the cascade-connection being enabled, select machine #1 (PM5D) then disable the cascade-connection using the CASCADE ENABLED/DISABLED button.
Fixed a problem in which the PM5D-RH was disconnected from the AD8HR and/or the AD8HR gain setting was changed to 6-dB steps when five or more AD8HR units were connected to the PM5D-RH for extended periods.
Scenes are now recalled faster when the PM5D and the DSP5D are cascade-connected.
Fixed a problem in which the fader levels shown on the FADER ASSIGN screen sometimes differed from the actual levels.
Fixed a problem in which the CH to MIX and MIX to MATRIX parameters were not recalled properly when a scene in which MIX channels were paired during PREVIEW was recalled.
Fixed a problem in which the previous effects sometimes kept being applied when a scene that would change the internal effects to the GEQ modules was recalled.

Known issue

When the cascade-connection between the PM5D and the DSP5D is enabled, a scene for which the trigger condition is specified using INTERVAL on the EVENT LIST screen is occasionally skipped. To make sure the scene is properly recalled, specify the trigger condition using TIME CODE.

V1.20

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