AuviTran AVM500-ES, User Manual

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Page 2: ...rence will not occur in all installations If this product is found to be the source of interference which can be determined by turning the unit OFF and ON please try to eliminate the problems by using one of the following measures Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference Utilize power outlets that are on different branch circuit breaker or fuse circuits...

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Page 5: ...mation in this manual is protected by copyright Therefore reproduction distribution of whole or part of this manual is strictly forbidden without the prior written agreement of AuviTran AUVITRAN WEBSITE MORE INFORMATION Please visit our website for any question of further inquiry concerning our product range Updates will also be posted when available http www auvitran com PACKAGE CONTAINS 1 AVM500...

Page 6: ...PACITIES 23 7 1 PM Multi Networks Mode Hardware configuration 23 7 1 1 Port Aout active 24 7 1 2 Remote control through 3rd Port ES100 ESV2 24 7 2 Generic Multi Networks Mode Software configuration 25 7 2 1 Definition of the generic Multi Networks Mode 25 7 2 2 Example of dissociated network 27 7 2 3 Building Ring Architecture 29 7 3 Advanced Users Multi Network Mode Input configuration 30 8 AVM50...

Page 7: ...T INTERPRETER 44 10 1 Enable Interpreter mode 44 10 2 System architecture and conventions 45 10 3 Programming interface 45 10 3 1 Get serial protocol version 45 10 3 2 Set output patch 46 10 3 3 Mute output 46 10 3 4 UnMute output 46 10 3 5 Get output patch 47 10 3 6 Patch example with Tera Term 48 11 ASIO CONFIGURATION 49 11 1 Enable ASIO mode 49 11 2 Disable ASIO mode 50 11 3 Play and Record wit...

Page 8: ...the last firmware of the AVM500 ES i e version 0x110C 0x118C You are invited to check the version of your device and perform a firmware update if necessary Thanks to this new firmware AVM500 ES has the following extended functionality AVM500 ES is now available as AVM500 ES 3ports with all the advantages of AVM500 ES limited to 3 EtherSound ports at a very attractive cost AVM500 ES 3ports stays up...

Page 9: ...µs at 48 kHz Digital Audio Channels 320 5 x 64 Input Audio channels and 320 5 x 64 Output Audio channels Matrix Patch size 320x320 full cross matrix with remote control patch via EtherSound Any individual output audio channel can be muted or patched to any of the 320 available Input audio channels Remote control Via EtherSound of from Ethernet PC remote link Other I O RS232 serial port Clock Synch...

Page 10: ...lication 7 Word Clock Input and Output for external synchronization 8 EtherSound Ports link to EtherSound network or control PC 9 Control Port connection to control PC only 5 TYPICAL ARCHITECTURE USING AVM500 ES This is an example of the AVM500 ES capability each cluster of EtherSound devices can share up to 64 audio channels with each others in bidirectional configuration With ES100 networks cont...

Page 11: ...m EtherSound point of view Fig 1 Simplified view of AVM500 ES behavior AVM500 ES acts as 5 EtherSound devices with smart interconnections From a network point of view Ain is an EtherSound input port The output port of the related device is connected to the 4 others device s input ports through a regular switch Doing so B C D E ports are EtherSound output ports From a hierarchic point of view B C D...

Page 12: ...concentrates multiple branches in a single one The AVM500 ES is this node T This mo sw 2 H 6 ow to build a simple Star Architecture You will find herewith all the procedure to build your first star architecture wi p Fig 3 illustrates what we call a star architecture In few words a star architecture has a node that acts as a splitter This is a point where a network is divided in multiple branches T...

Page 13: ... ES100 is PM so it generates the audio clock This clock is transmitted to the AVM500 ES port Ain through EtherSound As described in the previous paragraph AVM500 ES propagates the clock from Ain to B C D E so the three third party devices are properly feed with clock When running AuviTran ES Monitor software on the control PC the Tree View of this network will be the following Fig 5 Hierarchy view...

Page 14: ...ce and destination Gray means there is no way to make a direct connection Pink means this is the matrix internal patch of an AVM500 ES Yellow means that there is a possible path through an AVM500 ES Fig 6 NetPatch view of example architecture In this example you will learn how to make the following patch 1 NAI48 ES ch1 16 to AVY16 ES100 ch1 16 2 AVY16 ES100 ch13 16 to NXAmp ch1 4 Since version 3 9...

Page 15: ...The software will do everything automatically Fig 7 First step patch The patch you ve just made in yellow cell is represented by a star This is the symbolic view for a patch through an AVM500 ES At the same time Netpatch added the real path of audio channels One cross direct connection between NAI48 and AVM500 ES Port C One circle AVM500 internal patch between Port C and Port A One cross direct co...

Page 16: ...Powering an AVM500 ES for the first time Fig 8 First step automatic Matrix patch AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 16 ...

Page 17: ...drag and drop with Shift button the four desired channels i e AVY16 ES100 ch13 16 to NXAmp ch1 4 available one more time in yellow cells Fig 9 Second step Patching Apply selection and you will see the whole path patched automatically Notice patch between AVY16 ES100 and AVM500 ES Port A between Port A and Port D pink cells and between Port D and NXAmp AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 17 ...

Page 18: ...st time Fig 10 Second step Patched More information tips and tricks regarding Netpatch is available in ES Monitor User s Manual Please directly refer to it learn how to handle it perfectly AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 18 ...

Page 19: ... the cable between NAI48 ES and DME4io fails if the NAI48 ES fails or is switched off if the DME4io fails or is switched off in all of theses cases audio channels will never reach the NXAmp and diffusion will be lost Big advantage of the star architecture is to bypass this issue Indeed if a branch of the star fails the rest of the network continue to work For example if DME4io fails you will only ...

Page 20: ...rding studio with multiple recording rooms If each room is a branch of the star then you don t have to bother of the state of the other rooms devices on or off when you want to record one Fig 12 Example of Star architecture AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 20 ...

Page 21: ... of the device regarding to ES100 technology Please refer to the proper EtherSound manual if you are not used with ES100 standard and especially 3rd port access This port accepts only a computer for remote control No EtherSound compatible device should be plugged on it Fig 15 Connecting a computer on this port allows you to remote control the whole network directly from this point Plugging the con...

Page 22: ...Powering an AVM500 ES for the first time Fig 15 Improper wiring of port 3rd EtherSound stream on the port AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 22 ...

Page 23: ...h 1 to OFF Fig 16 Rear panel dip switch configuration When the PM Multi Networks Mode is activated the AVM500 ES acts as five independent networks Port Ain is directly connected to an internal switch that addresses the five devices Doing so the five output ports Aout B C D E are available for the user Fig 17 illustrates the behaviour of the device when configured in this mode Fig 17 PM Multi Netwo...

Page 24: ...nk that it only works when AVM500 ES is Primary Master That means that you cannot build a ring architecture using the pair Ain Aout because Ain only accepts a control PC in this mode If you plug an EtherSound compatible device to build a ring the AVM500 ES will not be PM anymore and the AVM500 ES will automatically switch to Mono Network Mode disabling port Aout 7 1 2 Remote control through 3rd Po...

Page 25: ...e appeared These are controlled via ES Monitor software in AVM500 ES Control Page Fig 21 When activating a switch the related port is dissociated No more EtherSound stream can reach it and so becomes a virtual Primary Master When all B C D E ports are dissociated you can notice that the internal switch becomes useless That s why the switch named CAout automatically switches on and connects the por...

Page 26: ...rough the devices neither on the audio communication with the Digital Audio Matrix You can always route audio channels between ports even if they are dissociated from the main network Let s just sum up why dissociating ports use ES V2 equipments inside the network while using port 3rd to control it manage multiple tunneling communications activate port Aout to build a ring architecture AVM500 ES U...

Page 27: ...ork 2 with the Monitor console The only way to have multiple tunneling is to dissociate ports of AVM500 ES to create sub networks with virtual Primary Master As AVM500 ES is not PM in this example we cannot use the dip switch 1 on the rear panel The dissociation of ports B and E is done thanks to ES Monitor software Fig 24 List and Tree view from ES Monitor software is available Fig 23 We can clea...

Page 28: ...nd Tree view of the networks Fig 24 ES Monitor configuration for the dissociated ports All necessary instruction regarding the tunneling configuration will be detailed in the appropriate paragraph of this manual AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 28 ...

Page 29: ...rts As Ain and Aout will be used by the ring you will need to connect the control PC to the port 3rd Fig 25 Building a ring architecture with an AVM500 ES This solution brings a redundant network of 64 audio channels that can be shared with the four other networks In order to configure your network as a ring redundant network please refer to ES Monitor software user s manual Below is an example of...

Page 30: ...ports B C D E are EtherSound output ports regarding previous paragraphs When dissociated the input port becomes useless see Fig 19 In this case an internal switch allows the user to choose if the physical port must be tied to the EtherSound input port or to the EtherSound output port Fig 27 Input port configuration Important note please remember that ports B C D E are always synchronized with port...

Page 31: ... core The input port configuration on AVM500 ES allows having multiple Primary Masters to have multiple remote controls but with word clock synchronization restriction Fig 28 Example with Input Port configuration L Note the Word Clock link between the two Primary Masters to ensure proper clocking of the whole network Configuration in ES Monitor AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 31 ...

Page 32: ... PC you can run ES Monitor and manage any AVM500 ES devices connected to an EtherSound network Refer to ES Monitor documentation for generic EtherSound device management such as Enumeration of EtherSound devices 8 2 Getting Started with AVM500 ES and ES Monitor Software The computer on which the EtherSound Monitor is installed should now be connected to the primary master of the EtherSound network...

Page 33: ...ormation The control PC is plugged to the port Ain AVM500 ES is so Primary Master All ports A B C D E are on the same hierarchic level as it will be with an Ethernet switch You can find in the EtherSound module properties box the port currently selected that can helps you to create your own device alias name AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 33 ...

Page 34: ...You can click on each row or column to expand it to handle channels one by one You can also click on icon in the receivers row and sources column to expand collapse in one time the whole matrix Click on the icon to remove the whole patch you may have previously entered Click on the icon to resize the matrix by a factor 2 This is really useful if your computer screen is not large enough You will fi...

Page 35: ... Each row will display the name of the port channel that is patched to it This helps you to remember quickly your patch even if the whole matrix cannot be displayed on the computer screen AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 35 ...

Page 36: ...k on a couple of collapsed row column this will create a diagonal on the 16 channels You can also use the Shift key of your keyboard to draw a diagonal or a column with the mouse like a drag and drop AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 36 ...

Page 37: ...ed and its turn off switch and the front panel brightness setting Fan speed is automatic depending on box temperature Thresholds were optimized regarding fan noise and maximum working temperature For noise critical environment fan can be turn off This status box is only available on the control page of port A L Please note that if internal temperature becomes too high AVM500 ES will override the S...

Page 38: ...Users Multi Network Mode Input configuration Please read carefully this paragraph before using this function Check box 3rd Port Access allows you to disable the 3rd Port remote control of the selected Port see 3rd port architecture in Fig 20 When this box is un checked you will no longer be able to control the Port if your computer is plugged to 3rd Port This can be useful in some special configur...

Page 39: ...l of the device This emergency clock is turned off as soon as there is a valid clock on the Word Clock connector 8 5 5 Tunneling Setup box This box helps you to create a tunneling communication between remote modules unicast using Inter Port tunneling feature Fig 29 Tunneling Setup The way the interface is done helps you understanding the path of incoming and outgoing tunneling data regarding sele...

Page 40: ...Y16 ES100 stream back to the Serial port Let s see how to handle the control page The Incoming Tunneling Data is the data from the remote device i e AVY16 ES100 in our example It goes in port B because AVY16 ES100 is plugged on port B We want this stream goes to AVM500 ES Serial port That s why we choose Serial Port in Egress Port for Tunneling combo box The Incoming Port Data is the internal AVM5...

Page 41: ...l AVM500 ES data coming from any Port from A to E or from Serial Port In our case this data is coming from Serial Port This will be configured in Port B control page as it is Port B that own Serial port parameters We want to send this stream to the AVY16 ES100 that why we choose LS9 1 in Tunneling Destination combo box Of course to finish this configuration we must go to AVY16 ES100 control page a...

Page 42: ...two SB168 stage box All ports of the AVM500 ES are dissociated The goal here is to make a path between LS9 1 and SB168 1 and another between LS9 2 and SB168 2 Let s proceed step by step 1 On LS9 1 control page create a unicast path Tunneling Destination to AVM500 B Serial Mode set to LS9 Mode 2 On AVM500 ES Port B open a path between LS9 1 coming stream and distant port C AVM500 ES User s Manual v...

Page 43: ...ath to AVM500 C 4 On AVM500 ES Port C open a path between SB168 1 coming stream and distant port B Of course the configuration is exactly the same for the other couple of LS9 2 SB168 2 with their respective AVM500 ES ports D and E AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 43 ...

Page 44: ...ol panels Of course any distant interface that is design to complies with interpreter protocol will suites 10 1 Enable Interpreter mode To enable the command Interpreter go to Port B control page as it is port that own serial port In the Serial Port Configuration select Port A in Serial Port Destination combo box as this is the port that own the matrix patch Please also configure Baud Rate and Par...

Page 45: ...mal digits For instance A01 is interpreted as I O 1 of port A E62 is interpreted as I O 62 of port E 10 3 Programming interface Any serial command is defined by a set of ASCII char following by CR or CR LF ASCII sequence Five commands are defined today from the serial port patch Get serial protocol version Set output patch Mute output UnMute output Get output information If an unknown command is s...

Page 46: ...est_Port Dest_I O M CR Where Dest_Port is a letter in A B C D or E that represents the destination port Dest_I O is a 2 decimal digit that represents the destination output number For instance Mute Output 03 of port B Command send B03 M Answer received B03 M Mute Output 60 of port C Command send C60 M Answer received C60 M 10 3 4 UnMute output Syntax Dest_Port Dest_I O U CR Answer Dest_Port Dest_I...

Page 47: ...er Source_Port is a letter in A B C D or E that represents the source port Source_I O is a 2 decimal digit that represents the source output number M is a letter to defined Muted output i e Not Patched For instance Get Patch information for Output 12 of port A Command send A12 Answer received A12 E05 Get Patch information for Output 64 of port D Command send D64 Answer received D64 C12 Get Patch i...

Page 48: ...Term This screenshot is made on an AVM500 ES with interpreter activated and a serial cable plugged between AVM500 ES and computer serial port Tera Term software is used to send characters on computer serial port AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 48 ...

Page 49: ...r further information regarding ASIO technical configuration please refer to AuviTran Network ASIO Streamer User s Manual 11 1 Enable ASIO mode Activating the ASIO streaming mode on a port is a three step process 1 Dissociate the port and configure it as an In port this is in Port A control tab The port will then disappear from the network displayed in AVS ESMonitor 2 Connect the port to the PC us...

Page 50: ...have done in a regular EtherSound network The only difference is that the device plugged t b see in this tree n port E you want to play audio from computer to AVP4 ES100 all you have to do is to patch port E down to AVP4 ES100 In this architecture we have an AVA4 ES100 that brings its analogue audio inputs on port B an AVP4 ES100 that can play up to 4 channels on port D and a computer with an ASIO...

Page 51: ...rding computer is plugged In the other way channels played from computer on port E are redirected to AVM500 C Then AVP4 ES100 is patched to r information regarding ASIO technical configuration please refer to AuviTran Network ASIO Streamer User s anual listen to port C Everything is done as it was a regular EtherSound network For furthe M AVM500 ES User s Manual v2 1 AuviTran 2010 51 ...

Page 52: ...re on AuviTran s web site You can also check periodically on the web site for new firmware release Please follow the steps below to put your device into a coherent mode for firmware upgrade First of all unplug all devices that may be connected to the AVM500 ES and plug your computer on port Ain Then ensure that all B C D E ports are not dissociated via ES Monitor In this case the firmware updater ...