AVM500-ES User’s Manual 1
FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A) This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference. 2. This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 WELCOME!............................................................................................................... 8 2 WHAT’S NEW?......................................................................................................... 8 3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS............................................................................... 9 4 REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION................................................................................
9.1 Ex. 1: Communication between AVY16-ES100 and Serial Port................................. 40 9.1.1 AVY16-ES100 is plugged on port B.......................................................................................................................... 40 9.1.2 And if AVY16-ES100 is plugged on another port?.................................................................................................. 41 9.2 Ex. 2: Multiple tunneling – Port dissociation ........................................
1 WELCOME! Thank you for purchasing AuviTran’s AVM500-ES. We hope you will enjoy using it. This product will help you in expanding your current EtherSound networks. As AVM500-ES acts as an EtherSound matrix router, you will be able to handle up to 320 EtherSound channels linked to 5 physical ports, build ring redundancy topology, and many others architectures. AVM500-ES is able to aggregate separated ES V2 and ES100 networks. You will find herewith the necessary instructions to use your product.
3 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS General Size Power Consumption Main Power Supply DC supply (Auxiliary) Auxiliary Power Supply Storage: Temp/Humidity Operating: Temp/Humidity Front Panel Rear Panel 483 x 253 x 44mm (19’ rack / 1U Height) <50 Watts 100-240VAC 50/60Hz 1.5A Max 5Vdc 5A max – 12Vdc 2A max 100-240V~ 47-63Hz 1.
Rear Panel Description – Typical architecture 4 5 REAR PANEL DESCRIPTION 2- Power switch : switch on or off the main power supply 3- AC IN : main power supply.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time 6 POWERING AN AVM500-ES FOR THE FIRST TIME AVM500-ES is a dedicated and versatile EtherSound network router and matrix. Many configurations and parameters are available to best fit each kind of architecture you want to build. When powering an AVM500-ES for the first time, it will boot in the factory configuration. This mode is called “Mono network mode”. This is the simplest way to use an AVM500-ES. 6.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time To sum-up theses points, we can compare AVM500-ES to an EtherSound device with one input port and four output ports. These four ports are always synchronized to the input port. Each port can share its audio channels with each other. This mode allows you to build bidirectional star architecture that was absolutely impossible to do before, with a regular switch. 6.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time Fig. 4: Example of architecture In this network, the AVY16-ES100 in the LS9 mixing console is the Primary Master (PM). Indeed, there is no EtherSound network plugged on its In port, but only the control PC. The Out port of the AVY16-ES100 is connected to port {Ain} of the AVM500-ES. Ports {B, C, D}, that are Outputs ports, are connected respectively to port In of DME4io, NAI48-ES and NXAmp 4x4. Port {E} is unused.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time L The following description of Netpatch is based on version 3.9.3 of ES-Monitor software, which is the official released version at the time where this manual is written. Let’s have a look to the Netpatch now. We can see four different colours in it: - White, means you can make a direct connection between source and destination. - Gray, means there is no way to make a direct connection. - Pink, means this is the matrix internal patch of an AVM500-ES.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time 6.2.1 Example #1 - NAI48-ES {ch1-16} to AVY16-ES100 {ch1-16} If you want to route NAI48-ES channels directly to AVY16-ES100 inputs, you will see that you are facing a yellow cell. This means that Netpatch found a connection between theses two devices through an AVM500-ES. As patch grid is collapsed 16 by 16 in this example, all you have to do is to click the yellow cell between NAI48 {ch1-16} and AVY16 {ch1-16}. The software will do everything automatically! Fig.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time Fig. 8: First step automatic Matrix patch AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time 6.2.2 Example #2 – AVY16-ES100 {ch13-16} to NXAmp {ch1-4} Final step, and one more time the same logic. Just expand Netpatch to have access to desired channels. Then, drag and drop (with “Shift” button) the four desired channels, i.e. AVY16-ES100 {ch13-16} to NXAmp {ch1-4} available one more time in yellow cells. Fig. 9: Second step - Patching Apply selection, and you will see the whole path patched automatically.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time Fig. 10: Second step - Patched More information, tips and tricks regarding Netpatch is available in ES-Monitor User’s Manual. Please directly refer to it learn how to handle it perfectly. AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time 6.3 Why using Star Architecture instead of basic Dasy-Chain? For a simple network as described previously, AVM500-ES seems to be largely under-used. Indeed, regarding the few channels used, we could have built a standard Daisy-Chain network (Fig. 11). Fig.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time A classic example is a recording studio, with multiple recording rooms. If each room is a branch of the star, then you don’t have to bother of the state of the other rooms (devices on or off) when you want to record one. Fig. 12: Example of Star architecture AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time 6.4 Limitations of the Mono Network Mode Mono Network Mode is the factory default mode, and the simplest way to use AVM500-ES. Nevertheless this mode as also few limitations that do not allows the user to take the best of the possibilities of the device. 6.4.1 Port {Aout} inactive Looking back to Fig. 1, we can see that the output port of port A is already used to communicate with the four other devices via the internal switch.
Powering an AVM500-ES for the first time Fig. 15: Improper wiring of port {3rd} (EtherSound stream on the port) AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
Splitting networks for extended capacities 7 SPLITTING NETWORKS FOR EXTENDED CAPACITIES In order to expand capacities of AVM500-ES, and to bypass the limitations described above, the user can configure the device in different modes. One particular mode is hardware selectable, thanks to rear-panel dip-switches. Others configurations are fully software selectable thanks to ES-monitor software. 7.
Splitting networks for extended capacities Port A generates its own clock, and sends it to other ports and to the digital audio matrix. Doing so, all five networks are automatically and properly synchronized. When looking at ES-Monitor software (Fig. 18), you can clearly view the five independent networks. It looks like five Primary Masters plugged on the same control computer. Fig.
Splitting networks for extended capacities 7.2 Generic Multi Networks Mode – Software configuration We saw in chapter 7.1 an interesting way to expand capacities of AVM500-ES. The limitation of this mode is that AVM500ES must be Primary Master. This chapter will explain how to configure your AVM500-ES thanks to ES-Monitor software, to do almost same things than before, but without the Primary Master limitation. 7.2.1 Definition of the generic Multi Networks Mode In chapter 6.1, Fig.
Splitting networks for extended capacities Fig. 20: Internal wiring for 3rd port remote control Fig. 21: ES-Monitor control box for port dissociation Please note that port dissociation has absolutely no effect on the clock propagation through the devices, neither on the audio communication with the Digital Audio Matrix. You can always route audio channels between ports even if they are dissociated from the main network.
Splitting networks for extended capacities 7.2.2 Example of dissociated network The following Fig. 22 represents an example of network architecture, using AVM500-ES with some ports dissociated. Fig. 22: Example of mixed ES100 / ES-V2 network with dissociated ports FOH is a Yamaha console with two AVY16-ES100 cards. The cards are daisy-chained with port {Ain} of AVM500-ES. This branch of the network is fully ES100.
Splitting networks for extended capacities Fig. 23: List and Tree view of the networks Fig. 24: ES-Monitor configuration for the dissociated ports All necessary instruction regarding the tunneling configuration will be detailed in the appropriate paragraph of this manual. AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
Splitting networks for extended capacities 7.2.3 Building Ring Architecture EtherSound ES100 technology allows a new kind of network architecture that was forbidden in the previous versions of EtherSound, i.e. the ring architecture. This is a way to secure a network by adding a cable redundancy. Indeed, this solution ensure that the network will continue to work even if one (and only one) cable is defective, whatever the position of the cable inside the network.
Splitting networks for extended capacities 7.3 Advanced Users: Multi Network Mode – Input configuration This mode requires good knowledge of AVM500-ES capabilities and EtherSound networks. It has been designed to take the maximum of AVM500-ES possibilities. This mode is for very specific architectures, and majority of AVM500-ES users can ignore it. Aim of this mode is to choose if ports {B, C, D, E}, when dissociated, will individually act as EtherSound input ports or EtherSound output ports.
Splitting networks for extended capacities Some EtherSound compatible devices need to be Primary Master in order to have remote control capabilities (for example SY80 control surface with DIO core). The input port configuration on AVM500-ES allows having multiple Primary Masters, to have multiple remote controls, but with word clock synchronization restriction. Fig.
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software 8 AVM500-ES IN ES-MONITOR SOFTWARE 8.1 Software Installation Please visit our website to download the latest version of our EtherSound Monitor Software called ES-Monitor (http://www.auvitran.com/www/index.php?page=downloads ) and save the file on your hard disk. ES-Monitor requires Windows 2000, XP or Vista to function. You are now ready for installation. Refer to the ES-Monitor documentation for installation.
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software 8.3 AVM500-ES Properties Page in ES-Monitor When selecting the properties page, ES-Monitor will display the following information: The control PC is plugged to the port {Ain}. AVM500-ES is so Primary Master. All ports {A, B, C, D, E} are on the same hierarchic level, as it will be with an Ethernet switch. You can find in the “EtherSound module properties” box the port currently selected, that can helps you to create your own device alias (name).
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software 8.4 AVM500-ES Matrix Page in ES-Monitor If the Matrix page is selected, ES-Monitor will display following information: This is the patch matrix of the 320 EtherSound channels. Each port can handle 64 channels. This is the synthetic view of the matrix, so channels are grouped 16 by 16. You can click on each row or column to expand it, to handle channels one by one.
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software Each row will display the name of the port / channel that is patched to it. This helps you to remember quickly your patch, even if the whole matrix cannot be displayed on the computer screen. AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software If you click on a couple of collapsed row / column, this will create a diagonal on the 16 channels. You can also use the “Shift” key of your keyboard to draw a diagonal or a column with the mouse, like a drag and drop. AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software 8.5 AVM500-ES Control Page in ES-Monitor Control pages are quite different depending on the port that is currently selected. ES-Monitor will display following information when port {A} is selected: 8.5.1 Status box The Status box shows temperature in the box, fan speed and its turn-off switch, and the front panel brightness setting. Fan speed is automatic, depending on box temperature. Thresholds were optimized regarding fan noise and maximum working temperature.
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software 8.5.2 Port Configuration box As exposed in paragraph 7.2 Generic Multi Networks Mode – Software configuration, AVM500-ES has capacity to internally disconnect its ports from the main switch. Doing so, EtherSound commands are stopped, but audio data and clocks remains. The “Port Configuration” box helps you to do this. You can dissociate ports by clicking in corresponding check-box.
AVM500-ES in ES-Monitor software 8.5.4 Clock Control box AVM500-ES has multiple possible sources of audio clock. The Clock Control box helps you choosing the best for your application. When the device is primary master (i.e. at the beginning of an EtherSound daisy chain), you can choose if the clock must be generated by AVM500-ES itself (Local 48kHz), or synchronized from the external source (Word Clock). If it is not a primary master, AVM500-ES will automatically recover clock from EtherSound network.
Tunneling – General information 9 TUNNELING – GENERAL INFORMATION Since version 0x110B / 0x118B of AVM500-ES firmware, multiple tunneling communications can be built, depending on the network architecture. This chapter will illustrate the more common cases that you can face when using an AVM500-ES. 9.1 Ex. 1: Communication between AVY16-ES100 and Serial Port In this example, we want to build a tunneling between an AVY16-ES100, and AVM500-ES physical serial port.
Tunneling – General information 9.1.2 And if AVY16-ES100 is plugged on another port? Let’s just see quickly what would be the configuration if AVY16-ES100 is plugged on port E, for example. This time, we will have to go to both Port B and Port E control page. Let’s begin with Port E control page. Here is how to handle the control page: - The “Incoming Tunneling Data” is the data from the remote device, i.e. AVY16-ES100 in our example. It goes in port E (because AVY16-ES100 is plugged on port E this time).
Tunneling – General information 9.2 Ex. 2: Multiple tunneling – Port dissociation As detailed in chapter 15, dissociating ports allows multiple tunneling communications. We will see here an example with two Yamaha consoles and two SB168 stage box. All ports of the AVM500-ES are dissociated. The goal here is to make a path between LS9 #1 and SB168 #1 and another between LS9 #2 and SB168 #2. Let’s proceed step by step: 1.
Tunneling – General information 3. On SB168 #1 control page, create a unicast path to AVM500-C 4. On AVM500-ES Port C, open a path between SB168 #1 coming stream and distant port B. Of course, the configuration is exactly the same for the other couple of LS9 #2/SB168 #2 with their respective AVM500-ES ports (D and E). AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
Serial port Interpreter 10 SERIAL PORT INTERPRETER Since AVM500-ES firmware version 0x110C/0x118C, back panel Serial Port embedded a command interpreter that allows user to patch the matrix without using ES-Monitor. This feature was typically designed for remote control with Crestron® control panels. Of course, any distant interface that is design to complies with interpreter protocol will suites. 10.
Serial port Interpreter Now, in Port A control page, select “Serial Port” in “Egress Port for Tunneling” combo box. And finaly, turn-on interpreter by checking “Serial Port Remote Ctrl” check-box. That’s it! Don’t forget to use a crossed RS232 cable between AVM500-ES and your remote control device. 10.2 System architecture and conventions The AuviTran AVM500-ES has 5xES100 ports named A, B, C, D and E. An AVM500-ES Port has 64 inputs and 64 outputs.
Serial port Interpreter 10.3.2 Set output patch Syntax: = Answer: => Where: is a letter in {A, B, C, D, or E} that represents the destination port. is a 2 decimal digit that represents the destination output number. is a letter in {A, B, C, D, or E} that represents the source port. is a 2 decimal digit that represents the source output number.
Serial port Interpreter 10.3.5 Get output patch Syntax: =? Answer: => Or =M> Where: is a letter in {A, B, C, D, or E} that represents the destination port. is a 2 decimal digit that represents the destination output number. is a letter in {A, B, C, D, or E} that represents the source port. is a 2 decimal digit that represents the source output number.
Serial port Interpreter 10.3.6 Patch example with Tera Term ® This screenshot is made on an AVM500-ES with interpreter activated, and a serial cable plugged between AVM500-ES and computer serial port. Tera Term ® software is used to send characters on computer serial port. AVM500-ES User’s Manual v2.
ASIO Configuration 11 ASIO CONFIGURATION Since AVM500-ES firmware version 0x110C/0x118C, Ports C, D and E can be swapped from EtherSound to ASIO stream. When performing such a swap, the port is no longer an EtherSound Output or Input, but a regular Ethernet port. Plugging an EtherSound compatible device on an ASIO port will have no effect, and EtherSound compatible device will NOT be controllable through ES-Monitor. An ASIO port is waiting for a computer connection.
ASIO Configuration 11.2 Disable ASIO mode Follow the reverse path to disable ASIO streaming and return the port to its original configuration 1. In the port’s control tab, disable the ASIO streaming mode. 2. Disconnect the port from the control PC. The port disappears from the network displayed in AVS-ESMonitor. 3. Associate the port with the port A. The port is visible again. 11.
ASIO Configuration Here is the NetPatch view of this architecture. You can see that AVA4-ES100 inputs are routed up to AVM500-B. Then, channels from B are redirected to AVM500-E where recording computer is plugged. In the other way, channels played from computer on port E are redirected to AVM500-C. Then AVP4-ES100 is patched to listen to port C.
Auxiliary Power Supply – Firmware Update 12 AUXILIARY POWER SUPPLY AVM500-ES provides another source of power supply, to improve the reliability of the system. It allows you to have two distinct power supply sources, for redundancy solutions. When both power supply units (PSU) are plugged, AVM500-ES compare them, and always choose the best. In case of failure of one PSU (or associated electrical network), AVM500-ES will so continue to work. Auxiliary PSU (ref.
