User manual

NXES104 EXPANSION BOARD, REMOTE CONTROL AND ASIO DRIVER
NXES104 expansion board, remote control and ASIO driver
On the back panel of the NXAMP Powered TDcontroller there is a slot where the user can
easily insert an expansion board to add digital inputs and remote control to the unit.
Since July 2009, all NXAMP4x1s and NXAMP4x4s are shipped with an expansion card fitted
in, the NX-DFLT card. This card prevents output noises when main AC power feeding
NXAMPs is brutally shutdown (ie power down at the end of the show before NXAMPs are
switched off). NX-DFLT card should always be fitted in when no other expansion card is
used.
The NXES104 is an expansion card for NXAMP, compatible with the Ethersound™ network
technology (in its ES100 version). This board offers 4 digital inputs chosen among the 2 x
64 Channels of 24 bits/ 48 KHz audio data of the Ethersound™ frame, and also remote
control of the unit through the PC based application ESmonitor™.
WARNING! Only 48 KHz Ethersound networks are supported.
Since NXES104 firmware 0x0D0D, a new ASIO functionality is also available: the user can
now stream 4 channels of 24bits/48 KHz audio from the network card of any Windows®
based computer to the NXAMP, directly connected or through a LAN.
NB: The firmware of the NXES104 is automatically updated when the firmware of the host
NXAMP is updated (see further in this manual).
NXES104 Physical description
The NXES104 is designed to fit the NEXO’s slot form factor that can be located on the back
panel of the NXAMP Powered TDcontrollers.
NB: This slot features an 80-pins internal connector that is not compatible with the Yamaha
mini-YGDAI slot.
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