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Setup
Reference and audio I/O setup, networking, and audio mixer configuration.
Licenses
Software options allows you to expand the functionality or resources available to the system. These options can either be licensed at the time you purchase your system, purchased and installed later on, or temporarily licensed through the Ross Platform Manager (RPM).
Ross Platform Manager Licensing

Setup
Reference and audio I/O setup, networking, and audio mixer configuration.
- Network Setup
  The control network connection for the AudioEdge™ XLR-Analog-Input/Output is separate from the AoIP Primary and Secondary ports and allows you to interface with the system, manage setup files, and collect logs.
- System Access
  Enable or disable system access and control methods such as FTP.
- Reference
  The flexible reference system allows for either video reference or word clock to be used to sync audio across multiple devices.
- Audio Inputs
  Audio sources come into the system through embedded audio (SDI), analog XLRs (XLR-Analog-Input only), MADI (SFP), or audio over network (AoIP or Dante®). Internal mixer outputs can also be used as sources.
- Audio Outputs
  Audio sources come out of the system through embedded audio (SDI), analog XLRs (XLR-Analog-Output only), MADI (SFP), or audio over network (AoIP/Dante®). Internal mixer outputs can also be used as output sources.
- Licenses
  Software options allows you to expand the functionality or resources available to the system. These options can either be licensed at the time you purchase your system, purchased and installed later on, or temporarily licensed through the Ross Platform Manager (RPM).
  - Software Licenses and Resources
  - Ross Keys Licensing
  - Ross Platform Manager Licensing
    - To Request/Release an RPM License
      RPM Licenses are requested or released from the system when it is connected to the Ross Platform Manager.
- GPI Control (XLR-Analog-Output Only)
  General Purpose Interface (GPI) is a high/low voltage signalling protocol that allows the system to send simple commands to an external device, or receive commands from a device. Each pin on the GPI is set as either high (+5 Volts), or low (0 Volts), and it is the switching between high and low that sends commands to the external device, or to the system.
- MIDI Controller
  The MIDI controller is used to control the RAVE audio mixer. The controller connects to RAVE through DashBoard.

Ross Platform Manager Licensing

RPM licenses are issued by the Ross Activation Server under a Customer Product Key. The Product Key is then added to a Ross Platform Manager that multiple systems can access to request software licenses. Each system must request and release licenses from/to the Ross Platform Manager.

Keep the following in mind:

Keep the following in mind when working with RPM Licensing:

RPM Licensing and RPM Orchestration are not connected; however, you can use Orchestration to recall the RPM Licensing system sets.
RPM Licenses can only be requested or released from the AudioEdge™ XLR-Analog-Input/Output.
The system must be connected to an Ross Platform Manager to request or release a license. If you release a license from the system, but are not connected to an Ross Platform Manager, the system loses that license but the license is not returned to the pool on the Ross Platform Manager.
If the connection to the Ross Platform Manager is lost, the system retains the existing licenses.
If the Ross Platform Manager does not have enough licenses to fill a request, the system will only get the licenses that are available.
If you Disable RPM Licensing the system releases all RPM Licenses it has. These licenses are released even if the system has lost connection to the Ross Platform Manager.
Recalling a system set with RPM Licensing does not guarantee those licenses. When the set is recalled the system requests those licenses from the Ross Platform Manager.
Every time a license is requested or released, the system must restart to apply those changes.