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<h1 class="firstHeading">Links</h1>
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<h2 id="siteSub">Overview</h2>
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<p>A link describes the exact or offset virtual association
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that can be made between two or more similar controls.
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A typical example would be the grouping of two faders
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in order to produce a stereo gain control. It is possible
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to create a link using any controls, found on any control
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panel (including Logic Object control panels), as long
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as they operate in the same manner. For example, a link
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cannot be created between a mute control and a gain control.
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A link can also further describe the virtual association
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created between certain control panel objects and certain
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logic objects.</p>
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<h3>About links</h3>
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<p>When a link is created, hierarchical entries are
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added to the Design Tree, inside the Links folder.
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One entry is inside the links folder of the design
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tree and will display what device the link resides
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in.  Another entry can be found in  the
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Devices\Links folder of any device where a link resides.
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 The entry can be named, modified or deleted
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at any point. If this entry is selected, the controls
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that form part of the link will be highlighted by
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a green border, making their identification easy.
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These controls are also displayed when the entry is
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expanded to reveal its branches. Each branch will
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show the name of the control and the processing object
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from which it derives.</p>
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<h3>Moving a link</h3>
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<p>When a link is created it specifically exists in
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one of the devices in the design and so if that device
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is not online the link will not work. The link entry
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in the design tree states which device the link exists
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in e.g. <b>Link 1 [BLU-80]</b>. By right clicking
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on the link in the design tree you have the option
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to move it to another device in the design. When you
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do this you will be presented with a dialog which
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lists every device in the design for you to select
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from. Once you have moved the link you will see that
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the device name for the link in the design tree has
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changed accordingly. You will also see that the link
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is now listed in the folder for the device where it
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resides.</p>
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<h3>Creating a link between Control Panel controls</h3>
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<p>A link is created by selecting a multiple number
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of controls and choosing Link Controls from the Panels
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menu. Alternatively, right-clicking one of the selected
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controls will bring up a pop-up menu in which the
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Link Controls and other Panel menu commands can be
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found. A dialog box appears prompting for a name and
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a link type. Clicking on 'OK' will establish the link
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and create its corresponding entry in the Design Tree.
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Expanding the link entry will reveal below it the
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controls that are associated with the link.</p>
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<h2>Types of links</h2>
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<p><span class="hcp1">Exact</span> -
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All controls will track together at identical values,
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regardless of which control is operated.</p>
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<p><span class="hcp1">Soft</span> - All
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controls will track together with any offset values
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that existed before the link was enabled</p>
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<p><span class="hcp1">Radio</span> (inter-cancelling)
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- Allows only one control to be 'on' at one time.
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(does not apply to faders or rotaries)</p>
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<p><span class="hcp1">Radio</span> with
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off (inter-cancelling with cancelling) - Allows only
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one control to be 'on' at one time and allows the
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control to be set to 'off'  (does not apply to
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faders or rotaries)</p>
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<h3>Adding to existing links</h3>
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<p>Once a link entry exists in the Design Tree, additional
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controls may be associated with the link at any time.
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Simply click and drag the link entry from the Design
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Tree onto the control you wish to add. A green border
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will appear around the control to confirm that this
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link is allowed. Alternatively, click and drag the
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control onto the link's entry in the Design Tree.</p>
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<h3>Empty links</h3>
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<p>An alternative method for producing a link is to
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create the link entry first and then associate controls
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with it afterwards. From the Panel menu select 'Create
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Empty Link' and a dialog box appears prompting for
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a name and a link type. Clicking on 'OK'  will
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create an empty link in the Design Tree with which
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controls can be associated, using the methods described
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above. It is not possible to drag a logic object directly
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into an empty link.</p>
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<h3>Removing controls from a link</h3>
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<p>Any control can be disassociated from an existing
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link if it needs to revert to operating independently.
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Select the control you wish to remove from the link
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and then choose the Remove Control From Link command
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in the Panel menu. Alternatively, right-clicking the
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selected control will bring up a pop-up menu in which
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the Remove Control From Link command can be found.
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It is also possible to disassociate a control from
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a link by deleting its entry in the Design Tree. Controls
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associated with a link can be revealed by expanding
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the link entry. Right-clicking any of the controls
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will display the Remove From Link command.</p>
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<h3>Creating a link toggle button</h3>
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<p>Once a link has been made, it may be necessary during
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use to temporarily disable it. Every link entry in
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the Design Tree may have a toggling button associated
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with it, positioned onto a custom control panel.</p>
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<p>To create a link toggle button, simply click and
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drag the link entry from the Design Tree onto a custom
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control panel. A vector button will appear in a link
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enabled state. Operate this button to disable or enable
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the link.</p>
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<h3>Creating a link with logic objects</h3>
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<p>It is possible to form a link between certain logic
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objects and a variety of Control Panel controls. The
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logic objects that can be part of a link are Logic
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Source, Logic End and Logic Comparator. To create
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this type of link simply drag a control from a Control
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Panel onto the desired logic object in the logic configuration
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page.</p>
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<p>The link entries appear in the design tree in the
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LINKS folder and also in the DEVICES folder.  At
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this point, the entries can be renamed with more descriptive
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names.</p>
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<h3>Notes</h3>
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<p>Nesting links is not possible in London Architect.</p>
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<p>Deleting a link toggle button does not delete the
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link entry.</p>
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<p>It is highly recommended that suitably descriptive
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names be given to links as they are created.</p>
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