User guide

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TesiraFORTÉ AVB AI REAR PANEL
AC Power Inlet
IEC connector which will accept AC mains voltage of 100-240VAC @50/60Hz.
Gigabit Ethernet Port
Used to congure the TesiraFORTÉ unit with Tesira and BiampCanvas™ software. Can also be used to receive third-party commands over IP.
AVB Port (AVB models only)
Can send and receive up to 128x128 audio channels to other Tesira audio devices.
RS-232 port
Can be used to receive third party controls or output command strings.
USB- B port
Can be used to connect to a PC or a computer that is USB Audio Class 1 compliant. Four connection methods are supported:
1. Connection to a software based codec where the Tesira device does make use of AEC such as the TesiraFORTÉ CI, TI and VI.
2. Connection to a software based codec which does not use Tesira AEC functions – such as a TesiraFORTÉ AI.
3. Line In/Out mode – where the channels of Line In and Line Out are installed in Microsoft Windows
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but do not show up by default.
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1. AC power inlet
2. Gigabit Ethernet control port (RJ-45)
3. AVB port (RJ-45) – AVB models only
4. RS-232 serial port
5. USB-B port
6. GPIO connections
7. Mic/line level output balanced analog connections
8. Mic/line level input balanced analog connections.
- AVB AI and AI – Mic/Line
- AVB CI, TI, VI and CI, TI, VI – Mic/Line with Sona AEC
9. Telephony port
- AVB AI, CI and AI, CI – Not available
- AVB TI and TI – 1 analog telephone line (RJ-11)
- AVB VI and VI – 2 VoIP telephone lines (RJ-45)