CLEAR-COM ECLIPSE AES-6 DIGITAL INTERFACE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
AES-6 Digital Interface Instruction Manual © 2008 Vitec Group Communications Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Part Number 810383Z Rev. 2 Vitec Group Communications LLC 850 Marina Village Parkway Alameda, CA 94501 U.S.A Vitec Group Communications Ltd 7400 Beach Drive IQ Cambridge Cambridgeshire United Kingdom CB25 9TP Vitec Group Communications Room 1806, Hua Bin Building No. 8 Yong An Dong Li Jian Guo Men Wai Ave Chao Yang District Beijing, P.R.
CONTENTS OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Power LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Status LED . . . . . .
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Please read and follow these instructions before operating this product. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8.
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1 OPERATION INTRODUCTION This chapter describes how to use the AES-6 Digital Interface. You can use this chapter once the Eclipse matrix system has been correctly installed and configured with the Eclipse Configuration System. To configure an Eclipse system with AES-6 interfaces Eclipse Configuration System (ECS) software V4.2 or later is required. Some of the facilities described in this manual require the AES-6 to be running Eclipse V5.0 or later firmware.
Figure 1-1: AES-6 Digital Interface Cards The AES-6 digital interface occupies one slot in an IMF-3 or IMF-102 interface module frame or a Median matrix. Connections to the Eclipse matrix are via 8-pin RJ-45 connectors on the rear panel. Connections to the panel may either be via RJ-45 and CAT5 cable or BNC and coax cable depending on the rear card fitted. OPERATION In normal use, the AES-6 digital interface does not require operator interaction.
Figure 1-2: AES-6 Front Interface Card POWER LED The green power indicator LED lights when DC power is supplied to the interface. The interface is powered by the interface rack or Median matrix. STATUS LED The green status LED indicates CPU activity on the card. This LED will indicate if the card CPU is functioning correctly.
CPU STATUS LED STATE MEANING Off Card software failed to boot Slow flash (approx 1Hz) 50:50 Software is running OK Quick blink flash (approx 1Hz ) 25:75 FPGA image download in progress Fast flash (approx 5Hz) 50:50 Software has detected a hardware failure. Table 1-1: CPU Status Codes Note: The flash ratios in the table are the mark/space ratio for the LED flashing.
CPU LED CODE LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 LED 5 LED 6 MEANING Flash 1 Flash Off Off Off Off Off RAM test fail Flash 2 Off Flash Off Off Off Off Corrupt Code Image Flash 3 Flash Flash Off Off Off Off FPGA Flash Erase Fail Flash 4 Off Off Flash Off Off Off FPGA Load Fail Flash 5 Flash Off Flash Off Off Off FPGA Test Fail Flash 6 Off Flash Flash Off Off Off UART Check Fail Flash 7 Flash Flash Flash Off Off Off UART Local Loop Fail Flash 8 Off
LED STATE (PORTS 1-6) PANEL MODE USAGE THIRD PARTY USAGE Off No panel connected or panel failed No equipment connected or equipment failed On Panel connected OK AES source connected Flash 1Hz Panel connected but no matrix connection Third party mode selected, no AES connection Fast Flash Fault, see table Table 1-1 96K detected LED1 = primary status LED2=Flash Stereo mode Primary Channel status as above Secondary channel flash 1Hz 25:75 Stereo mode Primary Channel status as above Secondary c
Figure 1-3: AES-6 DIP Switch Settings for Clear-Com Panels Figure 1-4: AES-6 DIP Switch Settings for Third Party Equipment DATA PORT The data port is a 3.5mm jack socket allowing the AES-6 to be connected to a PC for software/diagnostics download. To connect to a PC a PD4007 download cable is required. RESET BUTTON The reset button is behind a hole in the front panel to prevent it being accidentally pressed.
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2 INSTALLATION INTRODUCTION This chapter describes the installation of the AES-6 digital interface, including setting DIP switches and wiring to external devices. INSTALLATION IN INTERFACE FRAME To install the AES-6 digital interface module in the IMF-3 or IMF-102 interface frame or Eclipse Median: 1. Select a slot in which to install the interface. 2. Remove the blank plate covering the slot. 3. Slide the AES-6 front card in the front slot and ensure that the card is fully seated. 4.
• 4222E The V-Series panel types supported by this card are: • V12LD • V12PD • V24LD • V24PD • V12LDD This card is for use with installation where the data connections to the 4000 Series II and V-Series panels or third party equipment are made using coaxial cable rather than CAT5 cable. Each audio source is connected to a BNC port on the card and the corresponding RJ-45 port is connected to a port on a matrix serial port.
ECS. Currently it is required that the pair of matrix ports comprising a single stereo channel must be adjacent ports. Figure 2-6: AES-6-CX Card Connected for Stereo For each BNC port to be connected in stereo mode the front DIP switch must be set to the ‘ON’ position. An example of the type of panel that could be used with the AES-6-CX card in either mono or stereo mode is the Clear-Com 4222E panel.
Mono Configuration Figure 2-7: AES-6-RJ Connected for Mono Panels For AES-6-RJ connected panels standard straight through CAT5 cable may be used to connect panels to the AES-6 interface and the AES-6 interface to the matrix.
Figure 2-8: AES-6-RJ Connected for Mono Third Party Equipment When a matrix port is connected to an AES-6 interface for audio only operation the matrix port should be configured as “AES Mono” in ECS (Setup Matrix Hardware). Stereo Configuration For stereo use i.e. separate left and right ear audio streams only half the RJ45 ports can be used with the sources being connected to alternate ports.
Figure 2-9: AES-6-RJ Connected for Stereo Panels When operating in stereo mode the matrix will send two audio streams to the panel consisting on the main intercom audio and auxiliary audio. The panel will return the panel microphone audio to the matrix. Figure 2-10: Stereo Audio Flow in AES-6 Systems When configuring V-Series panels for stereo mode in ECS the Audio Mixer should be set to “Layout Binaural coax/AES” or “Layout Binaural coax/AES using D25”.
Figure 2-11: AES-6-RJ Connected for Stereo Third Party Equipment V-Series panels with AES-3 option cards can also be connected to an AES-6 interface via an AES-3 compliant network. Figure 2-12: AES-3 Networking The V-Series panel ES-3 option card uses a data format of 24-bit audio data and 8-bit user control data. Any AES-3 router used with a V--Series panel must not strip off the user control data but must pass it through.
CABLE PINOUTS The CAT5 cables used to connect either type of AES-6 rear card (AES-6-CX and AES-6-RJ) to a matrix use the following pinout.
Standard straight-through CAT5 cables may be used for this purpose. Up to 200m of cable run between the panel or AES source and the AES-6-RJ interface or between the AES-6 interface and the matrix at a 48K sample rate is possible using 24AWG cable. If 26AWG cable is used the maximum cable run will be less than 200m. Note: As the matrix connections are non-isolated the AES-6 interface must be sited local to the matrix and on the same mains supply.
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3 MAINTENANCE The AES-6 functional block diagram is shown below.
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4 SPECIFICATIONS AES-6 DIGITAL INTERFACE 0 dBu is referenced to 0.775 volts RMS Audio Audio Sample Rate CODEC Resolution Frequency Response Signal to Noise Ratio Crosstalk (adjacent channel) Nominal Level Input Impedance Output Impedance Headroom Distortion 44.1 kHz - 96.0 kHz 24 bits 30Hz - 22 kHz ± 3dB < -65 dB (22 - 22kHz filter RMS) < -75 dB @ 1kHz 0 dBu > 10 K 150 R +18 dBu < 0.1% @ +18 dBu 300Hz - 10 kHz < 0.
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