Calling all Autopatch 4YDM owners !

[Neil Hester]

Hello Folks!

I'm new here and have been reading up on CQC and I think it could well be just what I need but thought I would create a thread and ask for some opinions.
I have recently bought an Autopatch 4YDM master and slave setup and also got hold of another slave unit too.
All 3 units have 32 audio inputs and 16 audio outputs, giving me a total of 96 inputs and 48 outputs.
I understand that the 3rd unit won't work straight away with the other two as they were likely only configured as a pair so I will need to do some configuration adjustments to get them all working together but I know the first two do work (I'm waiting for another RJ12 cable to arrive before I can hook up all 3).

So my first question is are there any 4YDM Pro's here who know the units very well (config wise - YTool etc....) ?
I've read some post from people here owning them but they are all pretty old.

Secondly is there a 4YDM driver already built in to CQC ? Or do I need to find one from somewhere?

I'm looking to download the demo version of CQC to try it out will I be able to get the 4YDM working in the demo or do I have to buy the demo to do that and if so which version and how much is it ?

This system is intended to be used as an audio router in my recording studio hence why I want so many audio inputs and outputs, using a router will be a lot easier than replugging jack plugs on patch bays and hopefully easy to switch setups if I can save presets, What I want to do is have the 4YDM hooked up to a PC via a serial cable and have a cross point matrix of routes displayed on the screen, is this possible witch CQC ?
I don't really need any more functionality that what can be done on the front panel but I would like a graphical view of what is routed to what and maybe be able to save presets of routes for different scenarios.
Is this possible ?
Anyone able to show me some screen shots ?

I realise I'm asking a lot and maybe it's not quite what CQC is intended for or maybe there just are not any users of these units around anymore but here's hoping !

Thanks :-)

[Dean Roddey]

There is an Autopatch driver shipped, though some of the actual users will be able to give you more info about the ins and outs of it.

You can certainly set up a very graphical routing screen easily enough with CQC's powerful touch screen graphics capabilities.

[Neil Hester]

There is an Autopatch driver shipped, though some of the actual users will be able to give you more info about the ins and outs of it.

You can certainly set up a very graphical routing screen easily enough with CQC's powerful touch screen graphics capabilities.

Hey Dean
That's great to hear thanks very much!
Can it be setup in the demo version or do I need the full version to get started ?

Thanks!

[Dean Roddey]

There aren't any limitations on the demo version, so you can load any available drivers.

[Neil Hester]

There aren't any limitations on the demo version, so you can load any available drivers.

Great thanks, I'll download it and see if I can find my way around

[Dean Roddey]

Watch the installation and first few configuration videos to figure out how to get a driver installed. Then use the Learn menu item on the web site to go the device drivers external web content. All of the drivers are documented there. The Autopatch is under Video Switchers. That will tell you the details of the driver.

If you get it installed and communicating, then go to the Admin Interface program and one of the options in the tool bar on the left is a 'Field Browser', which lets you just manually browse through drivers and their fields, and you should be able to test out some manual changes and see if they work.

Next step would be to watch the videos on actions and learn how to configure CQC to make things happen. You could set up some simple hot key actions within the Admin Intf. program to test out setting up actions to change the auto-patch.

At that point, you'd need to dig into user interface stuff.

[Dean Roddey]

Did you make any progress on this?

[ellisr63]

You can also send a message to Ron Haley... I sold him mine. It is not difficult at all as i recall to control with CQC.

[Neil Hester]

Did you make any progress on this?

Not yet as i had to make up a new serial cable and have been pretty stacked out with work but hopefully will get some quality time with it next week, thanks for asking I'll let you know what happens, I thought maybe in the meantime there would be some more users posting some experience here but maybe there aren't so many users these days.

[Neil Hester]

You can also send a message to Ron Haley... I sold him mine. It is not difficult at all as i recall to control with CQC.

Ok thanks!
I'll see if i can look him up when I get mine installed