Tools Menu

This Tools Menu item is available when multiple objects are selected in Edit Mode or Control Mode. When invoked, a Selection Group is built from the currently selected set of objects. Once grouped, when any one of the members of the group is selected, all the other members of the group are automatically selected.

This Tools Menu item is available when a Selection Group is fully or partially selected in Edit Mode or Control Mode.

Destroys the currently selected Selection Group if all members of a Selection Group are selected. If a Selection Group is only partially included in the current selection, the Selected Objects are removed from the Selection Group. Multiple Selection Groups are affected by this command if multiple Selection Groups are included in the current selection.

If a Selection Group is reduced to having only a single member by the Ungroup, the Selection Group is destroyed.

Brings up an Object Properties Dialog allowing the user to modify the properties of the currently Selected Object(s).

With the Window Properties dialog, you can apply settings and background bitmaps for the hierarchical blocks or the top-level window. When a block's window is selected, Window Properties allows you to select how the window is sized or positioned when opened. You can also set bitmaps to be displayed in the background of the window.

When the focus is on the top-level window, you can only choose the wallpaper bitmap (options for Window Position or Window Size are hidden). See image below.

Creates a new Device in the top of the Treeview that contains the currently selected items in the View File. The default new device name is 'New Device'. The Device, when dragged from the Treeview, will place its contents into the View File.

MediaMatrix provides the user with several choices for preferences. For more information on how to set these Options, please refer to the following links:

For a complete discussion of the built in hardware diagnostics for MediaMatrix, press this link to open the systems diagnostics page. You may also want to reference the terminal window reports link for additional diagnostic information when using the terminal window.

Redraws the entire application window and updates all controls by querying the connected DSP's.

This item may be used in the event that the application window becomes graphically corrupted. Due to the large number of Windows display hardware options combined with the demands this application places on the display system, we can be sure that someone somewhere will run into instances where their application window becomes corrupted and will need a manual kick from this menu item to get it redrawn correctly.

The old style of serial control using PASHA (Peavey Audio Serial Handling Adapter) used a PASHA.INI file to vary selected controls (found in MWare view files) from an outside controller (AMX, Crestron, etc.), speaking to MWare via a serial port interconnect. In MWare 3.x, with the introduction of control grouping, it is now easier than ever to externally control MediaMatrix systems. As such, the need for the PASHA.INI file went away.

However, since many consultants and contractors already had a large investment in systems designed around the old PASHA scheme, it was necessary to include a method of importing the PASHA.INI information, and map that information to selected controls via control grouping. The "Import PASHA.INI" command does this, by reading the old PASHA.INI file, searching for controls in the view file that had user ID's matching those in the PASHA.INI file, and then automatically selecting control grouping for those controls, and giving them an abbreviated control group name based around the user ID number from PASHA.INI.

;---- Channel 1
; input mute
uid1=2f02
; input gain
uid2=2f01
; parametric EQ center frequency
uid3=3b11
; output mute
uid4=3602
; output gain
uid5=3601

In this example, when this PASHA.INI file is imported using the "Import PASHA.INI" Utility, each control's user ID is mapped to a new control group name. The following table shows the function (view file control) affected, the old PASHA User ID for that control, the algorithm that control affects, and the new control group name automatically assigned to that control by the utility.

Control Name	PASHA User ID	Algorithm	New Control Group Name
Input Mute	uid1	2f02	1
Input Gain	uid2	2f01	2
Parametric EQ Center Frequency	uid3	3b11	3
Output Mute	uid4	3602	4
Output Gain	uid5	3601	5

When the "Export External Control List" command is invoked, a special report is prepared and saved to a selected file. This report will show all controls that are affiliated with a control group. It details the control algorithm ID number (which is different from the PASHA user ID number discussed above), the control group name, and the contents of the comment field attached to each object (see "Control Object Properties). This is useful for gathering a concise report when setting up external control interfaces, where you wish to see what controls are associated with control groups.

DXF is a standard drawing interchange program, used by most personal computer aided design software (CAD) packages. This allows you to export the open View File window as a DXF file, so that it can be opened and read in programs like AutoDesk's AutoCAD. This is a help when documenting systems for customers and for internal use.

The "Export To Text" command is similar to the "Export External Control List" command, except for the fact that it does not show control group information, but it does give a far more comprehensive report about all of the controls within a block, and the "path", i.e. where in the hierarchical level that block is, as well as detailing all of the controls and their settings. As such, it is a good report to run once the system has been set up and tuned, and you desire a hard copy record of all control settings.

The following is an excerpt from the "Export to Text" report. The actual report is in courier font, with the explanation comments in bold below them (not part of the report, but provided to make your life more enjoyable and less confusing, 'cause goodness knows audio and especially life can be confusing enough!!!):

[VIEW] C:\Program Files\Peavey Electronics\TestViewFile\Views\4 room combiner with automixer linker.pav

This is the device, and the following are the controls in the device, and each controls respective setting:

0x3f01 0
0x3f02 -35.0dB
0x3f03 300ms
0x3f04 0
0x3f06 500ms
0x3f07 Off
0x3f08 Off