Status (I/O-8 Flex)

The Q-SYS I/O-8 Flex Channel Expander adds several expansion capabilities to the Q-SYS platform.

The I/O-8 Flex Status component provides the current status for network (LAN A , LAN B), clocking, power (PoE or Aux Power), and backup equipment. The Status component provide the configuration properties for the I/O-8 Flex.

Refer to the I/O-8 Flex Hardware topic for an explanation of the controls and connectors. Refer to the I/O-8 Flex User Manual for detailed installation instructions, and specifications.

Name

The Name may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen. Names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted.

Note: This name must match the Hostname for the device as defined in Core Manager or Peripheral Manager.

Location

User-defined name that groups the component with other components in the same physical location – for example, "Rack 1" – or in the same organizational scheme.

Is Network Redundant

Select whether the device is connected to redundant networks.

Is Required

When enabled, and the device is not found on the network, the device is reported as 'Missing', which is an error condition. This is the default behavior. When disabled, and the device is not found on the network, the device is reported as 'Not Present', which is not an error condition.

Dynamically Paired

Indicates that this virtual component can be paired with the same type of hardware without changing the network ID of the hardware or the name of this component. Refer to the Q-SYS Core Manager Dynamic Pairing topic for more information. The default is 'No'.

External USB Audio

When enabled, you can connect an external audio device to the USB input and route audio to and from that device. See External USB Audio Device In and External USB Audio Device Out.

USB Bridging – Common Properties

These properties appear based on the USB bridging capabilities of the Q-SYS device. Refer to the USB Video Bridge and USB Audio Bridge topics to see what Q-SYS Core processors and peripherals support USB bridging.

USB Bridge Name

User-defined name given to the USB Bridge, from 1 to 24 characters. The Name may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen. Names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted.

Zoom Compatibility

If you are using the HID Conferencing component to control a remote computer running Zoom, set this property to 'Enabled.' Otherwise, when controlling another conferencing app such as Skype for Business, set to 'Disabled' (default). When this property is enabled, the USB Bridge Name property is disabled, and the USB Bridge automatically uses the name of the device for compatibility with Zoom's allowed device list – for example, "Q-SYS Core 110f" or "Q-SYS NV-32-H".

Tip: Enabling Zoom Compatibility may improve the user experience with macOS conferencing solutions.

USB Video Bridge

Enable the USB Video Bridge to bridge Q-SYS Mediacast streams to USB, enabling you to view Mediacast video on a connected computer. This exposes the USB Video Bridge component in the I/O-USB Bridge Inventory tree. To see what Properties are available when the USB Video Bridge is enabled, see USB Video Bridge.

USB Audio Bridge

Provides the capability of passing audio via USB. When this is set to anything except 'Disabled', you can drag the Speakerphone and/or Sound Card components from the device's Inventory tree into your design. To see what Properties are available when the USB Audio Bridge is enabled, see USB Audio Bridge.

  • Disabled: (Default)
  • Speakerphone (1 x 1): Provides a speakerphone with an input and output component, each having 1 audio connection.
  • Sound Card (2 x 2): Provides a sound card with an input and output component, each having two (stereo) audio connections.
  • Speakerphone and Sound Card: Provides one speakerphone and one sound card with the same capabilities as described above.
  • Advanced – If supported, allows up to any combination of four speakerphone / sound cards.

Speakerphone Mode

This selection is available only when Speakerphone or Speakerphone and Sound Card is selected in the USB Audio Bridge property. Indicates if the Q-SYS design has Echo Canceling (EC) or Non-Echo Canceling (NEC). This information is provided to the PC or Mac operating system so it can determine whether or not to use its own echo canceling.

Graphic Properties

Label

Use the Label property to change the name of the component in the schematic. The Label property defaults to the component name. To learn more about renaming schematic elements, see Organizing Your Design.

Position

The coordinates reference a specific place in the schematic - for example,"100,100" (horizontal, vertical). 0,0 is the upper left corner of the schematic.

Fill

Sets the fill color of the component in the schematic.

Script Access Properties

Code Name

Displays the currently assign name for control access. You can use the auto-assigned name or customize it. Q-SYS will automatically check all Code Names in the design to ensure name is unique.

Script Access

Defines whether the component will be accessible by script and/or externally, or not at all. Choices include All, External, None (default), and Script.

Tip: Use Script Programmer Mode to quickly view the Script Access setting directly on the component in the design schematic without the need to disconnect from the Q-SYS Core processor.

Each control listed in the Analog and Digital sections, are one per channel.

Control

Function

Default / Range

ID

When the ID / Identify button, in the Q-SYS Designer Status component, or the Configurator's Network Configuration for the hardware, or on the physical hardware is pressed, the ID buttons in the Configurator and Status component flash, and the LCD on the physical Hardware flashes to indicate the association between the three.

The indicators will flash for 5 minutes unless you stop them by pressing any one of the buttons.

Off / On

Status LED

This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the I/O-8 Flex. See Status for the meanings of the various colors.

N / A

Status

Displays color-coded messages indicating the current status of the active I/O-8 Flex.

Component status is conveyed with the Status LED and Status box, which uses both color and text to indicate the current condition:

  • OK: The device is functioning normally.
  • Initializing: The device is in the process of a firmware or configuration update, or the design is starting.
  • Compromised: The device is functioning, but a non-fatal problem exists. Refer to the Status box for details.
  • Missing: The device cannot be discovered.
  • Fault: The device is malfunctioning or is not properly configured. Refer to the Status box for details.
  • Unknown: This status appears during a Core reboot (for example, during a firmware update), or when a design is being uploaded to the Core and before it has started running.
  • Not Present: If applicable to the device, this status appears when the device is not connected to the network and its Is Required component property is set to 'No'. This status also appears if the device component's Dynamically Paired property is set to 'Yes', pairing has not been assigned in Core Manager, and the device component's Is Required property is set to 'Yes'. See Dynamic Pairing.

N / A

Clock Offset

Indicates how much of an offset exists between this I/O-8 Flex and the Master Clock.

No default

Microseconds

Grandmaster

The clock master of the network.

N / A

Parent Port

The device and interface name to which this device is syncing. Usually it is the same as the Grandmaster name.

N / A

Details

You must set Verbose to Yes in the Properties for this field to display.

Text indicating the Details of any errors occurring with the I/O-8 Flex. The information in this field is updated regularly and is cumulative. None of the items listed below display unless there is a value associated with it. If there are values associated with these, call Support.

fpga_fifo_error

sequence_error

recv_fifo_error

xmit_task_early

xmit_fifo_error

xmit_task_late

recv_dma_error

xmit_task_error

xmit_dma_error

xmit_overrun

sync_error

clock_sync_loss

N / A

Reset Details

You must set Verbose to Yes in the Properties for this field to display.

Press this button to reset the details to zero.

N / A

Control

Function

Default / Range

PoE A Plus

LED indicating that power over Ethernet is being used to power the unit.

On /Off

Aux Power

LED indicating that Auxiliary is being used to power the unit.

Off / On

You must have "Is Redundant" set to Yes in the Properties. The following table is for both the Primary and Backup units.

Control

Function

Default / Range

Details

Displays the details of LAN A (LAN B) network status.

N / A

Active

LED indicating which LAN is currently in use. Green indicates "in use".

On / Off

Go Active

Press this radio button to have the "other" I/O-8 Flex unit go active.

On / Off

Standby

LED indicating that the associated I/O-8 Flex unit is in standby.

Off / On

You must have "Is Network Redundant" set to Yes in the Properties to see LAN B information.

Control

Function

Default / Range

Input / Output OK LED

(LAN A / LAN B)

This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the I/O-8 Flex. See Status for the meanings of the various colors.

N / A

Suppress button

If the "Is Network Redundant" property is set to 'Yes', but the redundant network is not connected, an error is displayed. This button suppresses the error caused by LAN B not being connected.

 Off / On

Input / Output Details

You must have Verbose set to Yes in the Properties.

The following details are available:

connected=1 (=1 connected / =0 not connected)

dscp=34 (Differentiated services code point) You can change this number in the Design Properties dialog (Menu > File > Design Properties).

accept_count= (number of packets accepted)

N / A

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Aux Power Active

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

Backup I/O-8 Flex Active

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

Backup I/O-8 Flex Go Active

0

1

false

true

0

1

Input / Output

Backup I/O-8 Flex Standby

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

Backup I/O-8 Flex Status

Text display

Output

Clock Grandmaster Name

Text display

Output

Clock Offset From Master

–

0 ms to n ms

–

Output

Clock Parent Port Name

Text display

Output

LAN A/B Input Stream Details

Text display

Output

LAN A/B Input Stream OK

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

LAN A/B Output Stream Details

        

LAN A/B Output Stream OK

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

LAN B Suppress

0

1

false

true

0

1

Input / Output

Identify

0

1

false

true

0

1

 Input / Output

POE A Plus Active

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

Primary I/O-8 Flex Active

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

Primary I/O-8 Flex Go Active

0

1

false

true

0

1

Input / Output

Primary I/O-8 Flex Standby

0

1

false

true

0

1

Output

Primary I/O-8 Flex Status

Text display

Output

Reset Details

0

1

false

true

0

1

Input / Output