Glensound DANTE VIRGIL OB, Product Details

Page 1: ...VIRGIL OB DANTETM NETWORK AUDIO HEADPHONE AMPLIFIER PRODUCT DETAILS 6 BROOKS PLACE MAIDSTONE KENT ME14 1HE ENGLAND TEL 44 0 1622 753662 Visit our Website at www glensound com FAX 44 0 1622 762330 ...

Page 2: ...ubt please contact us for the latest product information If you need any help with the product then we can be contacted at Glensound Electronics Ltd 1 6 Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE United Kingdom Telephone 44 0 1622 753662 Fax 44 0 1622 762330 EMAIL ADDRESSES General enquires office glensound co uk Technical enquires techinfo glensound co uk Sales enquires sales glensound co uk ...

Page 3: ...e point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified supplied by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug tis apparatus during lightning storms or when unused f...

Page 4: ... have been despatched the Company will guarantee the goods against any defect developing after proper use providing such defects arise solely from faulty materials or workmanship and that the Customer shall return the goods to the Company s works or their local dealer All non wear parts are guaranteed for 2 years after despatch and any defect developing after proper use from faulty materials or wo...

Page 5: ...s equipment is manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is marked and conforms to the following Union harmonisation legislation Low Voltage Directive EN60065 and EN62368 1 2014 Emissions BS EN55032 2015 Immunity BS EN55035 2017 Signed for and on behalf of Glensound Electronics Ltd Gavin Davis Managing Director Maidstone Kent England Date 07 07 2018 ...

Page 6: ...trical and electronic equipment This product conforms to the above directive and for this purposes the maximum concentration values of the restricted substances by weight in homogenous materials are Lead 0 1 Mercury 0 1 Hexavalent Chromium 0 1 Polybrominated Biphenyls 0 1 Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers 0 1 Cadmium 0 01 ...

Page 7: ...ge 7 of 26 WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS 2006 WEEE Glensound Electronics Ltd is registered for business to business sales of WEEE in the UK our registration number is WEE JJ0074UR ...

Page 8: ...UT FUNCTIONS 10 CONNECTING THE VIRGIL OB TO A DANTE NETWORK 13 Two Audio Inputs 13 Getting Dante Controller 13 Connecting Virgil OBs To A Network 13 Audio Over IP Network 13 Running Dante Controller 14 Dante Controller TIP 14 HEADPHONE OUTPUT ATTENUATION 15 AES67 MODE 16 UPDATING FIRMWARE 18 UPDATING THE ULTIMO CHIPSET 24 WIRING INFORMATION 25 SPECIFICATION 26 ...

Page 9: ...er circuit which automatically provides the correct output level to match the impedance of the attached headphones to produce the same volume high impedance headphones require a much greater output level than low impedance The audio inputs of the Virgil OB are Dante AES67 compliant network audio circuits Dante network audio is a common protocol for distributing high quality linear audio over stand...

Page 10: ... adjusts the headphone volume of the two input circuits being received from the Dante network It also can adjust the output volume of the balanced line level XLR outputs on the rear panel 3 Headphone Connectors These 2 headphone jacks are wired in parallel with each other They are both 3 pole TRS Tip Ring Sleeve but both can accommodate 2 pole mono jacks The left jack socket is designed to accept ...

Page 11: ...r the Virgil OB The unit may also be powered from a suitable PoE Power Over Ethernet switch or mid span power source 5 Analogue Audio Outputs This pair of line level 0dBu balanced analogue audio outputs are derived from the 2 incoming network audio sources The output level can be fixed same level as routed to the Virgil OB or the level can follow the gain loss available on the front panel volume c...

Page 12: ...rce and it also provides a connection for a computer to upload new firmware into the unit if ever advised to by our technical department 7 Post Pre Fader Switch This toggle switch is used for changing whether the rear panel analogue audio outputs are fed at the same level as the incoming audio from the network PRE FADER or if the front panel volume control will adjust these output levels POST FADE...

Page 13: ... the same source to both the inputs channels in Dante controller Getting Dante Controller If you are connecting the inferno to a new Dante network the first thing you will need to do is to get the free Dante controller software from Audinate This can be downloaded by visiting Audinate s web site at www audinate com Connecting Virgil OBs To A Network Virgil OBs can be connected to the network that ...

Page 14: ...d for the factory name is Virgil serial XXX YYY XXX will be the units 3 digit serial number and YYY will be the Vita s MAC address Dante Controller TIP If you have never run Dante controller before then make sure that on the bottom left of the Dante controllers screen P or S is next to a green square as this indicates that it is connected to a network By clicking P or S a pop up box opens to allow...

Page 15: ...t to become fully attenuated off Note Virgil OBs can be supplied like this straight from the factory by special order How To Change The Output Volume Range This is done by linking out a pair of hardware resistors that stop the potentiometer fully closing There are 2 pairs of solder pads on the internal pcb to make this job easier 1 Remove the 4 screws that hold the bottom plate onto the unit Note ...

Page 16: ...terface and are unfortunately not able to provide full AES67 support for the unit AES67 support should be sought directly from Audinate 1 Turning On AES67 Mode If you want to use your Virgil OB on an AES67 network and it has not been set to AES67 mode then this can be set in Dante controller by double clicking the Virgil OB to open the Device View window where you will find an AES67 tab to enable ...

Page 17: ...mitters section in the Routing tab 3 AES67 Restrictions Received AES67 flows have the following constraints Multicast Only Non redundant Destination address in range 239 nnn 0 0 to 239 nnn 255 255 239 nnn 16 port 5004 Must match destinatio address range 48kHz sampling rate L16 or L24 encoding 125usec 250usec 333usec 1 msec packet time Up to 2 channels per stream ...

Page 18: ... firmware on to the Virgil OB It can be downloaded from the STMicroelectronics website found here https goo gl AbzhsA It is the file named STSW STM32080 Once you have downloaded this file you will need to extract the exe DfuSe_Demo_V3 0 5_Setup exe then run and install it 2 Download firmware The latest firmware for the Virgil OB can be found on the Glensound website under the product page for Virg...

Page 19: ...he unit connect to a PoE switch Your PC should make an audible sound when this process is successful as windows is detecting a new USB device 5 Loading the firmware Now open DfuSe Demo If the Virgil OB successfully entered DFU mode then it will appear as STM Device in DFU Mode under the Available DFU Devices tab Figure 2 Device successfully recognised ...

Page 20: ...rmware to put on to the Virgil OB Click choose and then select the dfu file that you downloaded from the Glensound website This will be located in your downloads folder by default If the file loads successfully then it will read along the bottom File correctly loaded Figure 3 Choose dfu file ...

Page 21: ...Virgil OB firmware The firmware is now ready to be put on to the Virgil OB Tick the Verify after download box first and then click Upgrade Click yes to proceed Figure 5 Upgrade Figure 6 Start upgrade Figure 4 dfu successfully loaded ...

Page 22: ... show the status of the operation If the operation was successful DfuSe Demo will report that Targery 00 Verify Successful You may also see that it will report how much data was successfully transferred Figure 7 Upgrade status Figure 8 Successful upgrade ...

Page 23: ...Page 23 of 26 7 Final steps Now click Leave DFU mode to finish the procedure You may now disconnect the USB cable and continue to use the AoIP22 with the freshly updated firmware Figure 9 Final step ...

Page 24: ...b The Product Version shows the currently installed version of Ultimo Chipset dnt code 2 Finding Out What The Latest Available Version Is Go the Virgil OB s webpage and open the Firmware Latest Version Tab This will give both the latest version numbers file names and also the location to download the file from 3 Updating the Ultimo Chipset The firmware that runs in the Ultimo Chipset is updated us...

Page 25: ... of 26 WIRING INFORMATION PLEASE NOTE MONO HEADPHONE JACKS CAN BE USED WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE TO THE VIRGIL OB TIP RING SLEEVE STANDARD HEADPHONE WIRING TIP A LEFT Ear RING B RIGHT Ear SLEEVE Common Earth ...

Page 26: ...Sample Frequency 48 96kHz Resolution 24 Bit DDM Certified Output Power 1 Watt AUDIO OTHER Headphone Jacks 1 x 6 35mm 1 4 1 x 3 5mm Stereo Sockets Suitable for both stereo mono headphones Audio Inputs 2 off 1 routed to left 1 routed right Power Consumption Weight Dimensions Power Input 2 Watts 200g 42 x 101 x 103mm H x W x D Power Over Ethernet PoE Balanced Output Impedance Balanced Out THD Noise r...