Digigram PCX881HR, User Manual

Page 1: ...PCX881HR PCX882HR Professional Multichannel Sound Cards User manual ...

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Page 3: ... Configuration 14 Inputs 14 Outputs 15 Connectors 15 Audio specifications 15 Audio performance 16 Development environments 16 APPENDICES 17 PCX881HR schematic diagram 17 PCX882HR schematic diagram 17 Layout 18 PCX881HR cable diagram 19 PCX881HR wiring diagram 19 PCX882HR cable diagram 20 PCX882HR wiring diagram 21 PCX881HR cable pinout 22 PCX882HR cable pinout 22 Copyright 2004 2010 Digigram All r...

Page 4: ...asures reorient or relocate the receiving antenna increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver consult the dealer or an experienced audio television technician Note Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with CLASS B requirements or using an unshielded peripheral data ca...

Page 5: ... connected to each extremity CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE Thank you for purchasing a Digigram PCX sound card The package consists of the following components a PCX881HR or PCX882HR sound card the User s Manual at hand The cables are not part of this package They are delivered separately Also available 2U 19 inch breakout box allowing straightforward and secure connection to all the cards I Os FEATURES...

Page 6: ...Main software features Real time simultaneous record and playback in PCM 8 16 and 24 bits as well as in MPEG Audio Layer I Layer II and Layer IIIL Float IEEE754 conversion supported with 24 bit fixed point dynamic range When using the np SDK real time mixing of several PCM and MPEG audio streams direct monitoring level adjustment panning cross fades punch in punch out scrubbing time stretching pit...

Page 7: ...al an ASIO driver 32 bits installation optional Note the HR Runtime package for Windows Vista does not include a Wave driver In case your audio application explicitly requires a Wave interface a Wave driver is available on request In this case please contact Digigram Supported operating systems PCX881HR and PCX882HR cards run under Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista a...

Page 8: ...dows temporary folder or select another directory Important note this default procedure installs the Digigram Hardware Settings control panel This application allows the configuration of the hardware resources of Digigram cards for all audio applications The DHS allows for instance to define the clock of the card the input source input and output analog and digital gain Sample Rate Converters digi...

Page 9: ... To install the Wave driver select Wave Next In the Ready to Install the Program Window click on Install to start copying the files Note In case you use an unsigned driver version the Digital Signature Not Found message may appear because a non Microsoft software is about to be installed Click on Continue in the Hardware installation window Windows XP Server 2003 Under Windows Vista Click Allow in...

Page 10: ...erizing the Wave driver In the case of an application managing exclusively PCM audio the latency of the Wave driver can be optimized activating the option PCM only in the Digigram control panel CPL With this option enabled the latency of the Wave driver is optimized in this case the PCX HR on board MPEG encoding decoding is disabled To access this control panel go to Start Programs Digigram Digigr...

Page 11: ...cording to the procedure described in this manual you can verify that the card is properly installed and works fine as follows Menu Start Settings Control panel Sound and Multimedia tab Audio Default device Playback device Recording device The card s channels can be selected The card can be used with any DirectSound application Available WDM devices are PCX881HR PCX882HR 1 2 WDM record and playbac...

Page 12: ...y uninstall the HR runtime package as described in this manual and re install it If the Wave driver has been installed Go to menu Start Settings Control panel Sound and Multimedia tab Audio Default device Playback device Recording device The card s channels can be selected The card can be used with any Wave application Available Wave recording and playback devices are PCX881HR PCX882HR 1 2 Wave re...

Page 13: ...modified by any other applications To enable an audio application to modify a Digigram card resource this resource must not be managed by the DHS Note As soon as a resource of a card is managed by the DHS the clock selection of this card MUST be defined in the DHS The DHS allows to Select the clock the card uses Select of the input source Adjust analog and digital gains of inputs and outputs Enabl...

Page 14: ...midity non condensing 5 C 70 C 0 95 Inputs PCX881HR PCX882HR Analog line inputs mono 8 balanced Maximum input level impedance 24 dBu 10 kΩ Digital inputs stereo 4 AES EBU with hw Sample Rate Converters 1 3 to 3 1 up to 96 kHz Programmable input gain digital from 110 dB to 18 dB analog from 94 5dB à 15 5 dB digital from 110 dB à 18 dB Other inputs AES EBU Sync up to 192 kHz Word clock up to 96 kHz ...

Page 15: ...ctors PCX881HR PCX882HR Internal connectors Inter board Sync and Companion Board Link External connector 62 pin Sub D Digigram accessories available Breakout cable or 2U 19 Breakout Box Audio specifications PCX881HR PCX882HR Sampling frequencies available Programmable from 22 05 to 192 kHz Programmable from 8 to 192 kHz A D and D A converter resolution 24 bits Supported audio formats MPEG PCM 8 16...

Page 16: ...anagement np SDK HR Runtime PCM MPEG Other management Wave PCM MPEG Layer I II ASIO and DirectSound PCM OS supported Windows XP Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2008 Windows Vista and Windows 7 Main on board processing features with np SDK PCM play rec MPEG Layers I II play rec Layer III play Float IEEE754 direct monitoring real time mixing level adjustment panning cross fade punch in punch out ...

Page 17: ... Word Clock CRYSTAL Video LTC AES EBU IN 1 4 RECEIVE SRC Bypass TRANSMIT AES EBU OUT 1 4 RECEIVE PCX882HR schematic diagram PCI BUS AES EBU IN 1 4 DAC Level adjust TRANSMIT AES EBU OUT 1 4 CLOCK GENERATION DSP INTERFACE RECEIVE ADC ANALOG LINE IN 1 8 LINE OUT 1 8 Video Word Clock CRYSTAL SRC LTC Bypass AES EBU Sync RECEIVE ...

Page 18: ...18 Layout J1 PCX881HR PCX882HR Inter board sync Companion board connector J1 Digital cable PCX881HR Analog digital cable PCX882HR ...

Page 19: ...RD CLOCK IN 2 2 2 2 3 3 RCA Female BNC Female XLR 3P Male XLR 3P Female J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J10 J2 J13 J14 J12 J11 Your cable may look different if it is not a Digigram cable PCX881HR wiring diagram 3 Shell Shell 9 27 30 39 42 33 36 22 24 45 23 4 3 49 50 6 5 28 8 46 7 47 48 26 29 25 1 2 J14 Outside Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell J8 1 J11 Outside Center Outside Center J13 2 1 3 J1...

Page 20: ...11 2 1 J14 J15 J16 1 J13 2 OUT 2 IN 8 IN 7 IN 6 IN 5 IN 4 IN 3 OUT 1 3 3 3 3 AES EBU SYNC LTC IN VIDEO IN 3 3 AES EBU OUT 4 AES EBU OUT 3 AES EBU OUT 2 AES EBU OUT 1 AES EBU IN 4 WORD CLOCK OUT WORD CLOCK IN 3 3 3 3 3 IN 2 IN 1 3 3 3 RCA Female BNC Female XLR 3P Male XLR 3P Female J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 J18 J19 J20 J21 J22 J24 J25 J28 J27 J26 J29 J30 J23 Your cable may look different if it is not...

Page 21: ...3 J26 Center Outside Center J27 2 1 3 J25 1 J23 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 J22 J20 2 3 2 1 J21 1 3 2 J19 35 44 43 10 11 13 12 52 51 J1 53 54 17 55 15 14 16 56 31 58 57 34 32 62 19 40 38 37 41 18 20 59 60 21 61 2 Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell 1 3 1 2 J18 3 1 2 J17 J15 3 2 3 1 J16 1 2 3 2 J14 2 J12 3 2 1 3 1 J13 1 2 3 J11 J9 3 2 3 1 1 J10 1 2 3 J8 Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell She...

Page 22: ... 60 NC 19 NC 40 NC 61 NC 20 NC 41 NC 62 NC Analog 21 NC 42 GND PCX882HR cable pinout Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 AES EBU 2 22 GND 43 AES EBU IN 1 2 AES EBU 2 23 Vidéo IN 44 AES EBU IN 1 3 AES EBU SYNC 24 GND 45 AES EBU OUT 3 4 AES EBU SYNC 25 AES EBU IN 3 46 AES EBU OUT 3 5 AES EBU OUT 4 26 AES EBU IN 3 47 AES EBU OUT 1 6 AES EBU OUT 4 27 GND 48 AES EBU OUT 1 7 AES EBU OUT 2 28 AES EBU IN 4...