D&R AXUM, User Manual

Page 1: ...DIO MIXING SYSTEM A X U M User Manual D R Electronica Weesp BV Rijnkade 15B 1382GS Weesp The Netherlands Phone 31 0 294 418014 Fax 31 0 294 416987 Website http www d r nl E mail info d r nl Version 2 5 2011 01 28 ...

Page 2: ...come familiar with your system We will certainly learn from your comments and very much appreciate you dropping us a mail at info d r nl We are confident that you will be using the AXUM for many years to come and wish you lots of success in your business And please take some time to read this manual first to avoid unnecessary questions to yourself and to us With kind regards Duco de Rijk President...

Page 3: ...cessing presets 28 6 1 10 Module assignment 31 6 1 11 Module configuration 32 6 1 12 Mix monitor buss presets 37 6 1 13 Console presets 40 6 1 14 Surface configuration 41 6 1 15 Rack configuration 43 6 1 16 Source pools 45 6 1 17 Preset pools 46 6 1 18 Users 47 6 2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 49 6 2 1 MambaNet node overview 50 6 2 2 Templates 52 6 2 3 Predefined node configurations 53 6 2 4 Engine functi...

Page 4: ...ATION OF CONFORMITY 87 16 PRODUCT SAFETY 88 17 DISCLAIMER 89 18 APPENDIX A NETWORK DESIGN FOR AXUM 90 18 1 NETWORK LEVELS 90 18 2 AXUM NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION 90 18 2 1 MambaNet example 1 90 18 2 2 MambaNet example 2 91 18 3 NETWORK DESIGN MAMBANET OVER LAYER 2 91 18 3 1 Practical solution 1 Physical separated switches and IP router 93 18 3 2 Practical solution 2 single managed level 3 switch route...

Page 5: ...XUM System in the configuration you have ordered One or more 19 IO Racks with the I O DSP and power supply cards Optional Control Surface s with external power supply Optional patch panels Optional RJ45 Shielded cables AXUM user manual WARNING A network switch is not included but required to interconnection multiple system parts and a laptop PC for configuration You may use any Ethernet switch for...

Page 6: ...ves all sorts of valuable information before getting started and it saves you from getting all sorts of questions After installing this manual can be used as a reference In the first chapter we will give you an overview of the AXUM and its features This way you have an impression on how to implement the system in your application The next chapters will deal with interconnecting the various parts o...

Page 7: ...es racks in the same Ethernet network Layer 2 To connect surface s and 19 rack s you can built on this known Ethernet standard with common switches till advanced managed switches with all the security solutions as there are STP spanning tree protocol Trunking etc For remote configuration the well known webbrowser is used to access the consoles webserver Of course this happens on a IP based level o...

Page 8: ...A X U M User Manual Version 2 5 2011 01 28 AXUM from D R Phone 31 294 418014 E Mail info d r nl 8 Figure 1 Basic system layout ...

Page 9: ... fact your mixing console The functions available in the engine can connect to one or more objects found in your network In practice this means you can connect any surface element like switches and faders to any function of your mixing console s From now on you can design your own functionality at the control surface Information for manufacturers and developers is located at http www mambanet org ...

Page 10: ...P card Gain Low cut 6 band full parametric EQ Voice processing one free FX DSP for future use 32 busses default configured if console 1 and 2 with each a Stereo Program buss Stereo Sub buss 4x Stereo Aux buss Stereo Dump buss Stereo PFL buss Up to 4 DSP cards up to 128 stereo modules up to 16 monitor busses for example it is possible to make 4 studios with one I O rack or even 2 studios of 16 ster...

Page 11: ...odules and 6 stereo busses 1 console 4 stereo modules and 4 stereo busses This makes clear we do not talk over a mixing console the AXUM is an audio platform Depending on the configuration you can make your own studio console s surface functionality Al this power is controlled and configured by the AXUM engine This engine configuration is described in detail later on 4 4 2 Mixing console As mentio...

Page 12: ...4 Console startup Presets At the console start up it will load the last backup or the programmed defaults this depends on a setting in global configuration The programmed defaults are The information set within the webbrowser pages For the modules module preset 1A is selected by default Further in live use of the console s you can make use of presets Processing presets Module presets Console prese...

Page 13: ...d r nl 13 When a source is selected can also be in the startup defaults the corresponding processing preset is loaded When a module preset is loaded the complete module settings can be preset With the console preset you are able to change module settings buss master en monitor buss settings ...

Page 14: ... of a control surface and a short description of the node object structure Figure 3 12 fader control surface This control surface holds 4 user interfaces nodes 3x four fader panel node 1x monitor buss panel node The four fader panel node holds 84 objects 4x Display upper line 4x Display lower line 4x Encoder 4x Encoder push 32x LEDs 32x switches with LEDs 16 small 16 large 4x fader The monitor bus...

Page 15: ... that will cover 90 of the functionality you wish Setting up the engine your mixing console is done using your web browser Simply enter the IP address of the 19 rack in your browser and log on to the configuration pages By default the IP Address is http 192 168 0 200 at the first startup you can use a network or cross wire with a static IP given to your network interface e g 192 168 0 10 On the Ax...

Page 16: ...31 294 418014 E Mail info d r nl 16 6 1 Console 1 4 configuration This pages shows all configuration possibilities to setup your console 1 4 Your system is preconfigured but you may step through the menus for personal adjustments Figure 5 Console 1 4 configuration ...

Page 17: ...S server address by clicking on the address For more information on IP addressing http en wikipedia org wiki IP_address WARNING These setting become active after reboot 6 1 1 2 Engine MambaNet servers To enable and or disable a specific server for Ethernet UDP and or TCP you can select here de y n field Also the used UDP and TCP port can be changed to a non default value WARNING These setting beco...

Page 18: ...a pool of time servers The AXUM is also able to use a GPS receiver via USB for time synchronization next the AXUM may function as a NTP server for the surfaces There for on the webserver of the control surfaces you can configure the optional ntp server and fill in the IP address of the ntp server e g 192 168 0 200 Set date time may be used on system without any synchronization to set the correct t...

Page 19: ...ions or at the rack configuration Fader top level You can make the fader work with or without 10 dB fader reserve In the last situation the faders will be 0 dB unity gain when the fader is fully up maximum position Auto momentary Most switch functions can work in a auto momentary mode When set to yes a knob will function latching when pressed shortly But with a long press 750 mS the knob reacts li...

Page 20: ...ould be your pan pot Master level state This setting is used as programmed startup level so the buss masters are in a known state Interlock If you make a buss interlock only 1 module can be assigned at the same time Exclusive When routing to an Dump Rec exclusive buss is made the routing to all other busses on that module will be disabled This is useful for a so called dump buss The selections Com...

Page 21: ...he default selection This selection is also your startup default Automatic switching You can tell the Engine that a monitor buss switches automatically when the source buss is activated Also known as PFL to CRM If you have two separate studios you can have multiple automatically switched busses e g PFL 1 and PFL 2 When to mix buss is an exclusive buss the monitor buss will also switch exclusive no...

Page 22: ...estination to make the list in a convenient order Label Name of the source you are creating Input 1 2 Here you select the physical slot and input of the card you want to assign to this source For mono sources you selected the same input for left and right Phantom The phantom power for this source is turned on off at startup this field is only available when the source phantom function is also assi...

Page 23: ...are not triggering start stop only the dedicated start stop controllers Module fader off the fader off will trigger the stop as well Module off the on switch will trigger the stop as well Module fader off off the fader must be closed or on inactive then the stop is triggered Dedicated start stop objects will work in parallel with these trigger start stop modes Red light When this source becomes ac...

Page 24: ... the monitor section Figure 11 External source configuration Safe Extern source can be configured to be interlock safe Normally only one buss or external input can be active on the monitor buss if configured to be interlock But sometimes it is important your signal will not disappear if another CRM source is selected in that case you can set the external source to be safe Source Here you can selec...

Page 25: ...figure destinations Such destination is the entity you can select to be the output of a mixing buss of the mixing console See an example destination list Figure 12 Destination configuration Nr Here you can reposition the destination to make the list in a convenient order Label Name of the destination you are setting up Output 1 2 Here you select the physical slot and output of the card you want to...

Page 26: ...ved their corresponding signal Left Output left and right both receive the left signal Right Output left and right both receive the right signal Mono only if a mix minus source is assigned The mix minus signal is always a mono signal N 1 from mix minus source When the selected source is assigned to a module this destination automatically creates an N 1 using the selected source There is no limitat...

Page 27: ...16 talkback busses available in the AXUM A talkback buss may be summed switched to any destination of the AXUM system this will not require any DSP resources Figure 13 Talkback configuration Source Here you can select which signal routes to a talkback buss You can choose Input sources Mic line dig etc etc Mix busses Monitor busses Insert outs of modules N 1 signals for a single module ...

Page 28: ...re you can reposition the preset to make the list in a convenient order Label Name of the preset Settings Shows a new page where you can configure the preset Delete When you click on this column the preset will be deleted and also all references are deleted Copy to new preset This function can be used to get the current settings copied in a new preset A popup will appear where you have to setup th...

Page 29: ...e module setting will not be affected by this preset If set to yes this preset will change the settings of the module for the corresponding processing section Digital gain Low cut etc etc State if the override is turned to yes you can set the processing section to on or off for example Microphones will often have the state EQ on CD players will often have the state EQ off Value if the override is ...

Page 30: ...andwidth of the band that this preset will set The bandwidth range is 0 1 10 EQ type Type of the band that this preset will set You can choose Off High pass filter 6 dB Oct Low shelf Peaking is the normal EQ curve High shelf Low pass filter Band pass filter notch filter Downward expander threshold Threshold of the downward expander to reduce ambient sound that this preset will set The threshold ra...

Page 31: ... one of the 4 consoles after this and a correct assignment of the busses in buss configuration to the consoles you may click generate to make a correct assignment configuration Afterwards you can override the generate assignments by clicking the y n fields For example you can create a buss that is available to all consoles Figure 17 Module assignment ...

Page 32: ... module configuration Console Shows to which console the module is assigned Preset 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Shows the source and processing preset selected for corresponding module preset If the symbol appears there is an active routing preset click on the link to go to the configuration page for the module Processing Here you can see if there is any processing done click on the link to go to the c...

Page 33: ...nfiguration used at startup if programmed default is selected in global configuration If you have made your settings and you would like to copy them to all modules in this console for example if you want to use the same EQ center frequencies you can simply hit To all console x modules after you made and checked the settings on the current module Figure 19 Module configuration page ...

Page 34: ...0 Module routing preset Override module If set to no the module setting will not be affected by this preset If set to yes this preset will change the settings of the module for the corresponding buss Level If the override is turned to yes this will set the send level to the buss for this module when current preset is selected State If the override is turned to yes this will set the buss state to o...

Page 35: ... default state must be on or off Low cut frequency You can enter a default frequency of the low cut filter and determine if the default state must be on or off Insert You may select a source to be your insert return for this module and determine if the default state must be on or off Phase Set the phase default settings Left only right only or both channels are phase reversed It is also possible t...

Page 36: ...ss level You may predefine the send level of a module to the busses e g Aux send Buss status You have to setup the startup status for the busses With this setting you set the buss routing e g Program on off or CUE on off Buss Pre Post It s possible to have pre post selection per module the startup setting can be configured here Balance You can select the balance of the buss sent 6 1 11 5 Set modul...

Page 37: ...can make sure the required monitor buss selection is made Figure 21 Mix monitor buss presets Nr Here you can reposition the preset to make the list in a convenient order Label Name of the preset Settings Shows a new page where you can configure the preset Delete When you click on this column the preset will be deleted and also all references are deleted Create new buss preset By clicking on this l...

Page 38: ...he console where this mix buss is assigned to Use When set to yes the settings for this mix buss overrides the current mix settings if the preset is loaded Master level Here you can give the preset master level of the corresponding mix buss Master state Here you can give the preset master state of the corresponding mix buss 6 1 12 3 Monitor buss settings Console Displays the console where this mon...

Page 39: ...sion 2 5 2011 01 28 AXUM from D R Phone 31 294 418014 E Mail info d r nl 39 State This must be set to on to force this monitor buss routing to be active When it is set to off the monitor buss routing will be forced to go off ...

Page 40: ...ich console or consoles this preset is active Module preset Here you can select to use module preset 1A 1B 2A 2B 3A 3B 4A 4B Mix monitor buss preset Here you can select one of the mix monitor buss presets to use in this console preset Recall time A console preset can be recalled onair safe so active channels are not recalled Default you have to press the preset button for 1 second before an safe r...

Page 41: ...Show information on the internal used MambaNet addresses Node name Logical name of the node Default Number of objects that have a default value set Config Number of objects that are configured to an engine function Import Export Once you have configured the defaults and used engine functions you can export and import these settings With export the current configuration is stored in the database wh...

Page 42: ...ou can go to chapter 20 Appendix C Engine functions Figure 25 Node object configuration to Axum functions Default The gray value is the startup default this may be changed by assigning a custom value When you submit an empty box the object returns to the startup default value Function Here you may select which engine function is connected to the object Label Here you may change the label which is ...

Page 43: ... 26 Rack configuration Slot Slot number where the I O card is located MambaNet Address Show information on the internal used MambaNet addresses Node name Logical name of the node Inputs Number of mono input channels Outputs Number of mono output channels Default Number of objects that have a default value set Config Number of objects that are configured to an engine function Import Export Once you...

Page 44: ... a complete list of the functions you can look up chapter 20 Appendix C Engine functions Figure 27 Node object configuration to Axum functions Label Here you may change the label which is a shortcut for the selected function if none is given the default function label will be used the label will appear in the remote configuration software User level Per user level you can overwrite the default lev...

Page 45: ... A source pool may be assigned to a user to give them a comfortable source list for selection from the control surface Figure 28 Source pool configuration Type Type of the source Label Name of the source Source pool Per console there are 2 source pools A B If y is selected the source will be available in the selected source pool If n is selected the source won t be available ...

Page 46: ...on this page A preset pool may be assigned to a user to give them a comfortable source list for selection from the control surface Figure 29 Preset pool configuration Label Name of the preset Preset pool Per console there are 2 preset pools A B If y is selected the preset will be available in the selected preset pool If n is selected the preset won t be available ...

Page 47: ...nt from the chipcard if overruled by software Chipcard account The name of the user of a plugged in chipcard will appear here Add With this button you can add the user from a chipcard to the AXUM system Nr Here you can reposition the user to make the list in a convenient order Active You may disable an account using this switch Username Here you can enter the name of the user Password Here you can...

Page 48: ...e user logs in Pool Per console you can select which preset and which source pool the user may use Per pool you can choose between A B or all see also 6 1 16 Source pools and 6 1 17 Preset pools Delete When you click on this column the user will be deleted Create new user By clicking on this link a popup will appear where you have to setup the username and password for the new user ...

Page 49: ...ARNING this function deletes all destinations and their configuration After all sources are deleted it will generate new sources regarding the rack layout found Templates Shows a list of all known node types The learner did read these templates from the nodes Predefined node configurations Shows a list of configurations stored by the export function in surface rack configuration Engine functions S...

Page 50: ...ommunication and configuration UniqueID This shows the ManufacturerID ProductID UniqueID in hexadecimal format When a node is offline you will see the UniqueID is a link This can be used to transfer the configuration of the offline node to another online node of the same type Node name Here you can change a node name to a logical correct name this makes identification in the system easier Engine I...

Page 51: ... level Here you can define which console user level the node will use Default Config and Objects This column shows the numbers of objects and how many have a default value or configuration Delete Refresh Grayed out nodes may be deleted by pressing the delete image WARNING When a node is deleted the configuration is also removed Only nodes do not have a delete image but a refresh image This can be ...

Page 52: ...unknown node is found it will read the object information and store it in the database A template is unique by ManufactureID ProductID and Major Firmware Revision Figure 33 Node templates Count Shows the number of objects that are located in this template Delete When because of a failure a template is wrong you may delete it so the learner will read the information again ...

Page 53: ...ode configurations The configurations that are exported are listed here When you mistakenly did export a configuration you may delete it from here Figure 34 Stored configurations Config Config gives the number of configured objects that are stored Default Default gives the number of configured defaults that are stored ...

Page 54: ...position the functions for easier faster access in the surface rack configuration menu s Type Shows the group the functions belongs to and determines which number range is used Module 1 128 Busses 1 16 Monitor busses 1 16 Global 0 Source 1 1280 Destination 1 1280 Function Is the description of the engine function Rcv The receive column shows which datatype is required at the object sensor to be ab...

Page 55: ...ations It can be changed here globally In the surface rack configuration you may give labels per configured object function User levels For each user level you can select the default state if y this function can be used for this user level if n this functions can not be used for this user level The function default setting can be overruled in the node configuration 6 2 5 Package versions This page...

Page 56: ...l Version 2 5 2011 01 28 AXUM from D R Phone 31 294 418014 E Mail info d r nl 56 6 2 6 Change web accounts The webserver requires authentication On this page you change the username and password Figure 37 Change password ...

Page 57: ...he console Simply enter the IP address of the console in your browser and log on to the configuration pages By default the IP Address is http 192 168 0 234 at first time startup you can use a network or cross wire with a static IP given to your network interface e g 192 168 0 10 On the console website you find the ip clock configuration Figure 38 Console website ...

Page 58: ...ubnet gateway and DNS server address by clicking on the address For more information on IP addressing http en wikipedia org wiki IP_address 7 1 1 2 Pre configured engine connections An surface may connect to a rack via different protocols here you may select the destination IP and port to connect to In the field MambaNet over you select the protocol to use where Ethernet may be used in a LAN with ...

Page 59: ...d DNS settings are setup correct the AXUM will automatically synchronize to a pool of time servers The AXUM is also able to use a GPS receiver via USB for time synchronization next the AXUM may function as a NTP server for the surfaces There for on the webserver of the control surfaces you can configure the optional ntp server and fill in the IP address of the ntp server e g 192 168 0 200 Set date...

Page 60: ...ust be created With all configuration options it is possible to make many different systems using a single I O rack We will show some example block diagrams on possible setups within an Axum system 32 stereo module 16 stereo buss and 4 stereo monitor buss console Note These diagrams will follow in future manuals sorry ...

Page 61: ...ts You then have space for a maximum of 16 in and output cards Because the AXUM is a modular system it is up to you how many in and output cards are necessary to do the job For the connections we use standard RJ45 an example for other connectors is ADAT that uses the well known ADAT optical connector Connection between de RJ45s in the rack and your patch units is by standard STP Shielded Twisted P...

Page 62: ...er lines 9 2 Engine The engine is the controller card of the AXUM Digital audio system This card has a fixed location at the far right side For proper functioning of the system you absolutely have to insert this card to your digital audio systems network The RJ45 is a default 100Mbit Ethernet port and over this network connection the following information is send MambaNet control protocol HTTP Con...

Page 63: ...zontal Sync 6 Red_RTN Red Video Return Red Video 7 Green_RTN Green Video Return Green Video 8 Blue_RTN Blue Video Return Blue Video 9 5V Power DDC DCC 10 GND GND Vsync DCC Ground 11 nc 12 DDDA Data DDC DCC 13 Hsync Horizontal Sync Horizontal Sync 14 Vsync Vertical Sync Vertical Sync 15 DDCK CLK DDC DCC S Shield Ground Table 9 3 VGA 15p D Sub connector Pin Pin name Function Comment 1 KB Data Keyboa...

Page 64: ...TD Transmit Data 8 CTS Clear To Send 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 9 RI Ring Indicator 5 GND Ground S Shield Ground Table 9 6 RS232 9pin SUB D connector Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 TX Ethernet Ethernet TX 10 100BASE T 2 1B TX Ethernet 3 2A 2 RX Ethernet Ethernet RX 10 100BASE T 6 2B RX Ethernet 5 3A 3 NC 4 3B NC 7 4A 4 NC 8 4B NC S GND S Shield GND Ground Table 9 7 Ethernet RJ45 conn...

Page 65: ...tions you can look up chapter 20 Appendix C Engine functions 9 3 1 GPI Figure 41 GPI configuration Function Here you may select which engine function is connected to the object To use the GPI functions you must select the hardware jumper setting TLL mode on the board see chapter 11 3 1 GPIO TTL Relay selection The default jumper setting is GPO Relay for all cards except for the MIC input card The ...

Page 66: ...nactive at startup The GPO output state is also depending on the GPO active state setting When you submit an empty box the object returns to the startup default value Function Here you may select which engine function is connected to the object To use the GPO functions you should maybe change the hardware jumper setting on the board see chapter 11 3 1 GPIO TTL Relay selection to enable the given e...

Page 67: ...ult value 9 3 5 GPO Active state Figure 45 GPO Active state configuration Default The gray value 1 is the startup default this may be changed by assigning a custom value 0 or 1 A value of 1 makes sure that if the GPO is active the output is 5V in TTL mode or A B connected for relay mode The value 0 makes sure that if the GPO is active the output is 0V in TTL mode or A B disconnected in relay mode ...

Page 68: ...tivate the 48V phantom power and PAD For each GPIO you can choose by way of a hardware jumper on the board between TTL Input output or Photo MOS relay output see chapter 11 3 1 GPIO TTL Relay selection For software configuration see chapter 9 3 GPIO Table 10 1 MIC RJ45 connection Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 Audio 1 MIC input in phase Imp 2kΩ max level 20dBu 2 1B Audio 1 MIC input...

Page 69: ...e chapter 11 3 1 GPIO TTL Relay selection For software configuration see chapter 9 3 GPIO Table 10 2 Line input RJ45 connection Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 Audio 1 Left line input in phase Imp 20kΩ max level 26dBu 2 1B Audio 1 Left line input out phase 3 2A 2 Audio 2 Right line input in phase Imp 20kΩ max level 26dBu 6 2B Audio 2 Right line input out phase If jumper TTL GPIO If j...

Page 70: ...configuration see chapter 9 3 GPIO Table 10 3 Digital input output RJ45 connection With jumper on the I O card it is possible to select the impedance for S P DIF 75Ω or AES 3 110 Ω This figures shows the jumper location on the I O card Figure 46 Digital S P DIF or AES3 selection Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 Audio 1 Digital input in phase Imp 110Ω 75Ω optional SRC 32 96kHz 2 1B Aud...

Page 71: ...e chapter 11 3 1 GPIO TTL Relay selection For software configuration see chapter 9 3 GPIO Table 10 4 Line output RJ45 connection Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 Audio 1 Left line output in phase Imp 56Ω max level 26dBu 2 1B Audio 1 Left line output out phase 3 2A 2 Audio 2 Right line output in phase Imp 56Ω max level 26dBu 6 2B Audio 2 Right line output out phase If jumper TTL GPIO I...

Page 72: ...nection A B Table 10 6 Phones RJ45 connection C D Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 Audio 1 Left line output in phase Imp 56Ω max level 26dBu 2 1B Audio 1 Left line output out phase 3 2A 2 Audio 2 Right line output in phase Imp 56Ω max level 26dBu 6 2B Audio 2 Right line output out phase If jumper TTL GPIO If jumper GPO see chapter 11 3 1 5 3A 3 GPIO1a GP Out TTL Photo MOS relay max 50...

Page 73: ...sed in the AXUM system s 19 inch rack The CobraNet In out card can be ordered with various channel counts please contact your sales contact for the available options Table 10 7 CobraNet RJ45 Ethernet connection Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 TX Ethernet Ethernet TX 10 100BASE T 2 1B TX Ethernet 3 2A 2 RX Ethernet Ethernet RX 10 100BASE T 6 2B RX Ethernet 5 3A 3 NC 4 3B NC 7 4A 4 NC ...

Page 74: ...l info d r nl 74 10 7ADAT in output card This ADAT In output card converts the ADAT optical signals into digital audio which can be received by the 19 inch rack The ADAT card has to run synchronous with the connected devices allowed sample rate frequencies are 32kHz 44 1kHz or 48kHz ...

Page 75: ... The Hybrid card allows external callers to be connected to the AXUM A connection can be established via the start stop function in the engine If a local phone is connected it is possible to originate a call to a remote side If no local phone is present someone at a remote site must call you Figure 47 Example of a single Hybrid connection Pin connection Hybrid card Pin RJ14 Pin RJ11 Pin name Pair ...

Page 76: ...d by the 19 inch rack The Firewire card has to run synchronous with the connected devices allowed sample rate frequencies are 32kHz 44 1kHz or 48kHz WDM and ASIO Drivers are available Via WDM driver the device is seen as a single multi channel WDM device 8 channels Normally this means your card acts like a 7 1 surround card unless your software is capable of using the 8 channels separate Via ASIO ...

Page 77: ...DSP card adds mixing capabilities to your 19 rack In combination with the Axum engine this card gives you 32 stereo processing channels to create a mixing desk The system may be loaded with four DSP cards which generates a mixing console with 128 stereo channels The ACT ive LED blinks when this card functions properly ...

Page 78: ...ctors such as XLR and Jack There are various patch panels available for the AXUM for example 60882045 The MIC I O with 8 MIC XLR 16 remote jacks 4 stereo phone jacks 2 Line out jacks 60882046 Line I O jack with 16 balanced Line in out jack and 16 remote jacks 60882047 Line input XLR with 12 balanced Line in XLRs female and 12 remote jacks 60882048 Line output XLR with 12 balanced Line out XLRs mal...

Page 79: ...ted between Tip and Ring of the remote jack Normally the GPIO jumper setting on the Axum Rack boards are set for GPO Jack Name function Comment Tip GP CC GPIO Jumper 23 56 Photo MOS relay max 50V 200mA Ring GP NO Sleeve Shield Ground Table GPO Patch Panel wiring If the GPIO jumper setting on the Axum rack Board is set for GPIO the remote becomes a Remote Output GPO 5V TTL on the Tip of the remote ...

Page 80: ... it is switched on in the software Female XLR Pin Function Comment 2 Audio Audio in phase 3 Audio Audio out phase 1 Shield Ground Table 11 1 MIC patch panel XLR wiring 11 2 3 Phones The Phones jacks connect headphones to the AXUM console The PHONES A and PHONES B female jack outputs all carry a stereo headphones signal The phones connection connects to the CRM DA module Jack Name Function Tip Audi...

Page 81: ...ndard RJ45 wiring 11 3 1 GPIO TTL Relay selection Each RJ45 connection on I O cards handles audio signals and GPIOs The GPIO pins can be configured to work as TTL in and out this is selected by GPIO1 jumpers in the place 12 and GPIO2 jumpers in place 45 These jumpers are located on the I O cards close to the RJ45 connectors Table 11 5 RJ45 pinning in GPIO TLL mode Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Co...

Page 82: ...lanced Input impedance 2k Ohm Input sensitivity 70dBu up to 20dBu PAD CMRR MIC inputs 85dB 1kHz maximum gain Phantom is switchable 48 Volts Optional is transformer balancing Pin Con Pair Pin name Function Comment 1 1A 1 Audio 1 Left audio input or output in phase specifications depends on I O card 2 1B Audio 1 Left audio input or output out phase 3 2A 2 Audio 2 Right audio input or output in phase...

Page 83: ...Ohm 75R Ohm Digital outputs AES EBU AES3 or S P DIF 16 20 24 bit 32kHz to 48kHz Output level 2 to 5 volt Output Impedance 110R Ohm 75R Ohm GPIOs All GPO s are by opto isolated relays able to handle a maximum of 50V at 200mA All GPI s have a 5V TTL 100kOhm circuitry GPIO MIC has a 5V 600Ohm LED driver circuit 12 2DSP processing 6 Bands EQ 18 dB 20 20000 Hz 0 1Q 10Q LPF LShelf Peaking HSelf HPF BPF ...

Page 84: ...E 10 Outside 492 x 410 x 60 90mm Drop through 486 x 430mm Weight 10kg FRAME 14 Outside 684 x 410 x 60 90mm Drop through 678 x 430mm Weight 15kg FRAME 18 Outside 876 x 410 x 60 90mm Drop through 870 x 430mm Weight 20kg FRAME 22 Outside 1062 x 410 x 60 90mm Drop through 1056 x 430mm Weight 25kg FRAME 26 Outside 1260 x 410 x 60 90mm Drop through 1254 x 430mm Weight 30kg RACK ONE Outside 483 x 133 x 2...

Page 85: ...presets 40 Figure 24 Surface configuration 41 Figure 25 Node object configuration to Axum functions 42 Figure 26 Rack configuration 43 Figure 27 Node object configuration to Axum functions 44 Figure 28 Source pool configuration 45 Figure 29 Preset pool configuration 46 Figure 30 User configuration 47 Figure 31 Service menu 49 Figure 32 MambaNet node overview 50 Figure 33 Node templates 52 Figure 3...

Page 86: ...MIC RJ45 connection 68 Table 10 2 Line input RJ45 connection 69 Table 10 3 Digital input output RJ45 connection 70 Table 10 4 Line output RJ45 connection 71 Table 10 5 CRM output RJ45 connection A B 72 Table 10 6 Phones RJ45 connection C D 72 Table 10 7 CobraNet RJ45 Ethernet connection 73 Table 10 8 Hybrid Rj14 Telephone connection 75 Table 11 1 MIC patch panel XLR wiring 80 Table 11 2 Phones pat...

Page 87: ...sp The Netherlands Declares that the product AXUM digital audio system conforms to the following product specifications EMC NEN EN 55103 1 1995 NEN EN 55103 2 1995 NEN EN 55013 1 1994 Supplementary Information The product herewith complies with the requirements of the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC 1989 as amended by the CE Marking Directive 93 68 EEC 1993 D R Electronica Weesp B V Rijnkade 15 B 1382 GS...

Page 88: ...severity of a shock is caused by the amount of current flowing through a person A person can feel a shock because the muscles in a body respond to electric current Current can also be fatal when it causes the chest muscles to contract and stop breathing At what potential is current dangerous Well the first feeling of current is a tingle at 0 001 Amp of current The current between 0 1 Amp and 0 2 A...

Page 89: ...iring or replacing the failing product or component at the discretion of D R Electronica Weesp B V Either within or outside of warranty periods This does not extend to any loss or damage caused because of misuse or failure of the equipment or products D R Electronica Weesp B V shall not in any event be liable for economic lost of profits including without limitation any incidental or consequential...

Page 90: ...ow these levels are used in an office network is your connection to the Internet Your LAN connections are Ethernet Your WAN connection is DSL or GPRS HDSPA The fact is that the level 3 IP can be send on LAN and WAN but the level 2 Ethernet is only available in the local area 18 2AXUM Network implementation The AXUM system communication where you have to think of fader knob data etc is based on the...

Page 91: ...y of describing this is Each Axum system requires its own Ethernet switch As you can understand this means there is no connection so communication possible between the separate LANs This creates the problem you cannot access the console s from a single internet connection or from your office network To overcome this problem you have to design the network with a separation on level 2 Ethernet but a...

Page 92: ...r nl 92 In the next chapters we show you some solutions how to implement this structure Because these structures are well known in network technologies there are also several different solutions where you can pick the most interesting efficient for you ONLY IP AXUM 1 LAN AXUM 2 LAN OFFICE LAN ...

Page 93: ... If you give the AXUMs and OFFICE networks their own physical Ethernet switch you ofcourse have good level 2 Ethernet separation If you additional hook up an IP router to the Ethernet switches it is possible to make IP routes between the different networks without level 2 interference IP ROUTER AXUM 1 Physical switch 1 AXUM 2 Physical switch 3 OFFICE Physical switch 2 ...

Page 94: ... following features Port VLAN Inter VLAN routing IP VLAN stands for Virtual Local Area Network It will be possible to hook up all your network equipment to the same switch and configure the switch so it functions equal to Practical solution 1 Therefore you have to make 3 VLANs and make correct Inter VLAN IP routes INTER VLAN IP ROUTING AXUM 1 VLAN 1 AXUM 2 VLAN 3 OFFICE VLAN 2 Single managed Level...

Page 95: ...r example we will show an setup with two PCs with two network card As you can imagine it will also be possible with one PC using three network cards On a PC you can give the command ipconfig all This will show if your PC is configured as a router If not you have to use regedit to change a parameter to 1 in the registry this requires a reboot HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services Tcp...

Page 96: ...ties to connect to AXUM Racks over the internet this requires port forwarding in the router between internet and your local network Layer 2 network Ethernet also office network MambaNet cloud 1 IP 192 168 0 101 Mask 255 255 255 0 GW 192 168 0 1 AXUM Rack IP 192 168 0 100 Mask 255 255 255 0 GW 192 168 0 1 IP 192 168 0 10 Mask 255 255 255 0 GW 192 168 0 1 AXUM Surface UDP to 192 168 0 100 34848 Mamb...

Page 97: ... all network addresses 192 168 1 0 24 need to be send via 192 168 0 11 all network addresses 192 168 2 0 24 need to be send via 192 168 0 12 in the windows command line you can add permanent routes route p ADD 192 168 1 0 MASK 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 11 route p ADD 192 168 2 0 MASK 255 255 255 0 192 168 0 12 The same static routes are required if you want that the modem router can access those sub...

Page 98: ...8 0 99 Private port 80 Public port 9081 is redirected to Private IP 192 168 0 100 Private port 80 If you are on a remote location start your webbrowser and type WAN IP 9080 you will see the internal webbrowser 1 and with WAN IP 9081 you will see internal webbrowser 2 A port redirect is less secure than VPN 3 Open ports found under NAT Network Address Translation An open port you may give a interna...

Page 99: ...al console IP address you have a service menu with give some management possibilities Figure 51 Console service menu Package versions Shows the packages version and build install date Download backup Downloads a file which is a complete image of the internal flash disk Change password Here you can change the password for the webserver Upload logo Here you can upload your own logo which will appear...

Page 100: ...al Version 2 5 2011 01 28 AXUM from D R Phone 31 294 418014 E Mail info d r nl 100 19 1Package versions This page shows the installed packages with their version number build and install date Figure 52 Package versions ...

Page 101: ...ual Version 2 5 2011 01 28 AXUM from D R Phone 31 294 418014 E Mail info d r nl 101 19 2 Change password The webserver requires authentication On this page you change the username and password Figure 53 Change password ...

Page 102: ...n this page you can upload you own logo which will appear on the meter screen Figure 54 Logo upload Logo upload Choose the logo you want to use and upload it to the website The logo must be a png image It will be resized to 256x150 pixels After a reboot the logo will be visible on the meter screen from the AXUM console ...

Page 103: ...itch 2 1 Module preset 4A Select the pre configured Module preset 4A Switch 2 1 Module preset 4B Select the pre configured Module preset 4B Switch 2 1 Source phantom Toggles phantom power on the source routed to this module Switch 2 0 Source pad Toggles PAD on the source routed to this module Switch 2 0 Source gain level changes analog gain on the source routed to this module Encoder 2 0 Source ga...

Page 104: ... the EQ frequency to the band default Encoder Switch 2 0 EQ Band 5 Bandwidth reset Sets the EQ bandwidth to the band default Encoder Switch 2 0 EQ Band 5 Type Steps through the EQ band types available Encoder 2 0 EQ Band 6 Level Controls the EQ level in steps of 0 1 dB Encoder 2 0 EQ Band 6 Frequency Controls the EQ frequency Encoder 2 0 EQ Band 6 Bandwidth Controls the EQ bandwidth Encoder 2 0 EQ...

Page 105: ...uss 5 6 level Controls the sent level to the buss for this module Encoder Fader 2 0 Buss 5 6 level reset Select Off or On 0 dB depending on current state Encoder Switch 2 0 Buss 5 6 on Select the buss on Switch 2 2 Buss 5 6 off Select the buss off Switch 2 2 Buss 5 6 on off Select the buss on off Switch 2 0 Buss 5 6 pre Select if this module sent pre or post fader signal to the buss Switch 2 0 Bus...

Page 106: ...witch 2 0 Buss 17 18 balance The balance of the module signal sent to the buss Encoder 2 0 Buss 17 18 balance reset This resets the balance to the center position Switch 2 0 Buss 19 20 level Controls the sent level to the buss for this module Encoder Fader 2 0 Buss 19 20 level reset Select Off or On 0 dB depending on current state Encoder Switch 2 0 Buss 19 20 on Select the buss on Switch 2 2 Buss...

Page 107: ... reset Select Off or On 0 dB depending on current state Encoder Switch 2 0 Buss 31 32 on Select the buss on Switch 2 2 Buss 31 32 off Select the buss off Switch 2 2 Buss 31 32 on off Select the buss on off Switch 2 0 Buss 31 32 pre Select if this module sent pre or post fader signal to the buss Switch 2 0 Buss 31 32 balance The balance of the module signal sent to the buss Encoder 2 0 Buss 31 32 b...

Page 108: ...utput where the current source its related destination is used Switch 2 1 Talkback 3 to related destination Switches talkback 3 to all output where the current source its related destination is used Switch 2 1 Talkback 4 to related destination Switches talkback 4 to all output where the current source its related destination is used Switch 2 1 Talkback 5 to related destination Switches talkback 5 ...

Page 109: ...the EQ window Switch 2 3 Select 4 When module select for console 4 is activated the current module will be selected for a super module or the EQ window Switch 2 3 Console Tells on which console the current module is configured Selected module indicator 2 3 Audio level left Left audio level of the module input Level meter 2 3 Audio level right Right audio level of the module input Level meter 2 3 A...

Page 110: ...L reset button 2 5 Talkback 1 Switches all destinations to talkback 1 if this buss is the signal from buss Switch 2 5 Talkback 2 Switches all destinations to talkback 2 if this buss is the signal from buss Switch 2 5 Talkback 3 Switches all destinations to talkback 3 if this buss is the signal from buss Switch 2 5 Talkback 4 Switches all destinations to talkback 4 if this buss is the signal from b...

Page 111: ... E Mail info d r nl 111 Function name comments Object to connect to Version Talkback 15 Switches all destinations to talkback 15 if this buss is the signal from buss Switch 2 5 Talkback 16 Switches all destinations to talkback 16 if this buss is the signal from buss Switch 2 5 ...

Page 112: ...h 2 2 Buss 17 18 on off Toggle buss 17 18 for the monitor buss Switch 2 0 Buss 19 20 on Select buss 19 20 for the monitor buss Switch 2 2 Buss 19 20 off Deselect buss 19 20 for the monitor buss Switch 2 2 Buss 19 20 on off Toggle buss 19 20 for the monitor buss Switch 2 0 Buss 21 22 on Select buss 21 22 for the monitor buss Switch 2 2 Buss 21 22 off Deselect buss 21 22 for the monitor buss Switch ...

Page 113: ...r from Talkback 4 Switch 2 0 Talkback 5 Talkback to monitor from Talkback 5 Switch 2 0 Talkback 6 Talkback to monitor from Talkback 6 Switch 2 0 Talkback 7 Talkback to monitor from Talkback 7 Switch 2 0 Talkback 8 Talkback to monitor from Talkback 8 Switch 2 0 Talkback 9 Talkback to monitor from Talkback 9 Switch 2 0 Talkback 10 Talkback to monitor from Talkback 10 Switch 2 0 Talkback 11 Talkback ...

Page 114: ...Select mode EQ band 4 level for the controllers Switch 2 0 Control mode EQ band 4 frequency Select mode EQ band 4 freq for the controllers Switch 2 0 Control mode EQ band 4 bandwidth Select mode EQ band 4 bw for the controllers Switch 2 0 Control mode EQ band 4 type Select mode EQ band 4 type for the controllers Switch 2 0 Control mode EQ band 5 level Select mode EQ band 5 level for the controller...

Page 115: ... buss 1 2 Select mode for the master controllers Switch 2 0 Master control mode buss 3 4 Select mode for the master controllers Switch 2 0 Master control mode buss 5 6 Select mode for the master controllers Switch 2 0 Master control mode buss 7 8 Select mode for the master controllers Switch 2 0 Master control mode buss 9 10 Select mode for the master controllers Switch 2 0 Master control mode bus...

Page 116: ...r 2 3 Selected source active Is active for 10 seconds when a source parameter is changed Show source parameters 2 5 Destination select Function to select a destination on the console destination select encoder 2 3 Selected destination active Is active for 10 seconds when a destination parameter is changed Show dest parameters 2 5 Console chipcard change Function to detect insertion of a chipcard c...

Page 117: ...recalls the preset on air safe After three seconds it forces the on air channels to recall Switch 2 1 Console preset 8 After one second recalls the preset on air safe After three seconds it forces the on air channels to recall Switch 2 1 Console preset 9 After one second recalls the preset on air safe After three seconds it forces the on air channels to recall Switch 2 1 Console preset 10 After on...

Page 118: ... forces the on air channels to recall Switch 2 0 Console preset 32 After one second recalls the preset on air safe After three seconds it forces the on air channels to recall Switch 2 0 Initialization status This function gives information on the Initialization status used by progress bars that may be displayed at boot time Progress bar 2 5 20 6Sources Some objects have functionalities that relate...

Page 119: ...Module buss 19 20 on off connect to the module s buss 19 20 on off if this source is selected GPIO 2 0 Module buss 21 22 on connect to the module s buss 21 22 on if this source is selected GPIO 2 0 Module buss 21 22 off connect to the module s buss 21 22 off if this source is selected GPIO 2 0 Module buss 21 22 on off connect to the module s buss 21 22 on off if this source is selected GPIO 2 0 Mo...

Page 120: ...tor buss and the monitor buss mono is activated or its local mono is set I O card mono 2 0 Phase Changes phase for this destination Switch I O card phase 2 0 Phase Monitor phase Changes phase for this destination if the source is a monitor buss and the monitor buss phase is activated or its local phase is set I O card phase 2 0 Talkback 1 Do talkback to this destination Switch I O card talkback 1 ...

Page 121: ...ce is a monitor buss and the monitor buss talkback is activated or its local talkback is set I O card talkback 12 2 0 Talkback 13 Do talkback to this destination Switch I O card talkback 13 2 0 Talkback 13 Monitor talkback 13 Do talkback to this destination if the source is a monitor buss and the monitor buss talkback is activated or its local talkback is set I O card talkback 13 2 0 Talkback 14 D...