The vi400/600 control module is designed to directly replace the vi4/6 silver box control module and provide a faster processor, more reliable performance with hard-soldered displaylink-based graphics outputs rather than the pci graphics card of the original system. the new module runs a variant of v6.x software, but with a cut-down feature set compared to vi000- series consoles, appropriate to the capabilities of the vi2/4/6 surface and local rack. a useful application for this upgrade would be to give an existing surface a new lease of life and allow it to function as an emergency backup surface, rather than being disposed of, when a full vi5/7000 upgrade is purchased.

• New-look 3d-vistonics touchscreen graphics, as vi000-series consoles
• 30-second fast-boot
• Faster surface response, particularly on layer changes
• Functioning setup buttons for encoder user mode assign and f1-6-key assign
• Shure mic monitoring
• Full-featured visi remote, with eq, dynamics & metering (v6.2 s/w and visi remote v3.2 onwards)
• Mirroring of two consoles (v6.2 s/w onwards)
• Ability to control the console on-line using virtual vi as well as the control surface
• Input channels assignable to master bay feature (v6.2 s/w onwards)
• Increased number of insert points (64) and tie lines (128)
• Ability to use the upgraded surface with either a vi4/6 classic local rack, or a vi5/7000 local rack *
• Local i/o can either use original passive breakout box on classic local rack, or abb on vi5/7000 local rack
• Ability to benefit from future software updates on the v6.x software platform (new features may be restricted compared with vi000-series due to the limitations of the surface and dsp in the local rack)