6 Peak dBFS 5 7 8 A AES3 B B A -4 -48 4 LOCK AES3 -12 3 8 -48 2 7 -12 -4 1 6 -48 5 -48 4 -4 3 -12 2 -12 1 -4 OUTPUT INPUT 24 PRESET VIP/VOP RW 485 ETHERNET STATUS POWER PROGRAMMABLE MULTIPROCESSOR RPM 88 PROGRAMMABLE MULTIPROCESSOR RPM 88
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 9.
HARDWARE MANUAL RPM 88 PROGRAMMABLE MULTIPROCESSOR INPUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AES3 LOCK A B -4 -4 -12 -12 -48 -48 OUTPUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -12 RPM 88 AES3 8 A -4 PRESET B PROGRAMMABLE MULTIPROCESSOR -4 -12 -48 -48 Peak dBFS VIP/VOP RW 485 ETHERNET STATUS POWER QUICK START This section is intended to help you make the physical connections and software manipulations necessary to get up and running with your sleek new RPM 88.
Front Panel Description INPUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 AES3 LOCK A B -4 -4 -12 -12 -48 -48 OUTPUT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RPM 88 AES3 8 A -4 PRESET B -12 PROGRAMMABLE MULTIPROCESSOR -4 -12 -48 -48 Peak dBFS VIP/VOP RW 485 1 2 3 4 5 ETHERNET STATUS POWER 6 7 8 1 Signal/Overload LED meters indicate the presence of significant audio signal or overload.
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Audio Connections As a safety precaution, turn all devices (especially power amplifiers) OFF when making connections. Doing so gives you a chance to find and correct wiring mistakes and prevent damage to your amplifiers, speakers, ears, etc. Analog Inputs and Outputs The RPM 88 has eight balanced analog Inputs and eight balanced analog Outputs. For each Input or Output Euroblock connector: • Connect the (positive) audio line to the ‘+’ terminal. • Connect the (negative) audio line to the ‘–’ terminal.
Preset Recall Using Contact Closure Switches The minimum “low” voltage required to detect a contact closure and change Presets is 2.5 V. Since the internal pull up is 100 kΩ to +5 V, it is possible to calculate the maximum allowable cable length, provided the wire resistance per foot (or meter) is known. Example: To be safe, let’s allow a maximum of 80 kΩ worth of cable resistance. This value keeps the voltage divider formed by the 100 kΩ internal resistance and 80 kΩ cable resistance from dropping below 2.
AMX and Crestron Control There are two ways to control a Drag Net device from an AMX or Crestron system. Use either Ethernet connectivity or use the rear panel Versatile Input Port (VIP). Each of the 8 VIP pins supports either switch closure Preset recall or zero-to-five volt control of Level. The RW 485 ports found on some Drag Net devices do not communicate with AMX or Crestron systems. They are solely for communicating with Rane's RW 485 remotes.
Drag Net Quick Start Rane’s tradition of writing a one page Quick Start section in our manuals has been revamped. Since this section is four pages, it’s called the Mostly Quick Start section. Drag Net software installation is straight forward — just run the setup.exe file included on the CD-ROM or downloaded from Rane's website (www.rane.com/dragnet) and follow the onscreen instructions. You are prompted to create a new project and device configuration the first time Drag Net is launched.
The Remote Map is used to configure the Versatile Input Port (VIP) and the RW-485 Remote Interface Port, if the RPM unit is so equipped. The VIP accepts either contact closure switches for Preset recall, or 0-5V potentiometer-on-a-wall devices for Level control. Double-click Edit VIP Properties in the Parameter Window to allocate multi-pin or single-pin control. Multi-pin control is used with contact closure switches to recall Presets, or to select inputs in a Source Selector, for example.
The Resource Window displays usage information specific to the hardware device you're working with. The DSP usage meter indicates the amount of DSP "horsepower" used by the current configuration, and is always accurate. There is no need to hit a “compile” button, since Drag Net automatically compiles on the fly as you work. It is possible to exceed 100% DSP usage when developing Storage configurations, but it is not possible to transfer the Storage configuration to a Live device.
Big Picture Concepts Storage Mode versus Live Mode When you first create a Drag Net device configuration, it is stored and appears under the Storage folder of the Project Window. Think of this as offline mode. Any changes made to Storage configuration are saved to your computer only; they are not updated automatically on the Live device. Storage configurations are transferred to a Live device, which appears under the Live folder of the Project window after successfully polling for devices.
