Operation Manual

10 MIDA S DL16 User Manual 11 M I DA S DL16 User Manual
4.1 Standard Operation
The DL16 is in Standard (default) mode when all the conguration STATUS LEDs
on the front display are o. This is useful for using the unit as a digital snake
along with the MIDAS M32 console to conveniently transfer 16 channels from
the stage to FOH, andsend40 total channels back to the stage. The sends to the
stage are arranged as AES50 channels 1-8 which appear on the 8 analog XLR
OUTPUTS, AES50 channels17-24 and 25-32 which appear on the ADAT OUTPUTS,
andAES50channels 33-48 appearing at the ULTRANET OUTPUT. The specic
routing ofthe AES50 channels can be congured on the M32.
4.2 Cascaded Operation
To make use of the DL16’s full potential, up to 3 units can be cascaded to allow
48channels of bidirectional audio. Any AES50 signals cascaded from one DL16’s
port A to another DL16’s port B are automatically shifted up 16 channels,
allowingthe last DL16 in the chain to transmit all audio channels to and from the
stage via its AES50-A port. The M32 Routing home page allows selection of the
incoming AES50 signals that can be connected to the channel processing.
Therouting of the audio sent from console to stage box can be adjusted on the
M32 Routing AES50 pages, respectively.
Signals sent from the M32 to the stage are seen the same on all DL16 units in
the chain. AES50 channels 1-8 will appear on the XLR OUTPUTS of each unit.
Toachieve maximum output to the stage, the 2nd and 3rd units in the chain
must have their physical OUTPUTS set to OUT +8 and OUT +16 respectively.
The following chart details the signal ow to and from the stage when
using3DL16 units.