Yamaha HUB, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...NETWORK HUB AN NetworkAmp Manager NetworkAmp Manager E Owner s Manual Owner s Manual...

Page 2: ...or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use The screen displays as illustrated in this owner s manual are for instructional purposes and may appear somewhat different fr...

Page 3: ...r 8 Working with Projects 9 3 Touring NetworkAmp Manager 10 Main Window 10 Menus 11 Network Tree 12 4 NHB Pages 15 CobraNet Page 15 Patch Page 17 Word Clock Page 18 5 ACU Pages 19 CobraNet Page 19 Pat...

Page 4: ...ted to the CobraNet network offering simultaneous control and monitoring from several locations within a venue NetworkAmp Manager can control and manage the following Up to 512 Yamaha PCxxxxN series p...

Page 5: ...ccupy more network bandwidth but allow audio to be distributed to multiple devices simultaneously or as unicast bundles which use less network bandwidth but can distribute audio to only a single devic...

Page 6: ...n several PCs simul taneously operation of the meter displays on the following pages may be interrupted Amp pages Channel Detail page Group View page When one of the above pages is selected any other...

Page 7: ...ettings accordingly Connect send to network Start NetworkAmp Manager connect to the network and send the project settings to all devices on the network updating them accordingly Quitting NetworkAmp Ma...

Page 8: ...ter is adjusted on another PC or an ACU16 C or NHB32 C Default project TheseoptionsdeterminehowNetworkAmpManagerbehaveswhenit s started When None is selected the project open dialog box appears automa...

Page 9: ...ject choose New from the File menu To open a previously saved project choose Open from the File menu To save the current project choose Save from the File menu To save the current project with a new n...

Page 10: ...6 Cs NHB32 Cs and power amps The right pane displays the various NHB and ACU pages The name and unit ID of the device currently selected in the network tree are displayed at the top of the right pane...

Page 11: ...pears Connects NetworkAmp Manager to the network Connect send to network Connects NetworkAmp Manager to the network and sends the project settings to all devices on the network Exit Quits NetworkAmp M...

Page 12: ...the PRJ icon is gray offline no networked devices are being controlled and moni tored i e NetworkAmp Manager is disconnected from the network When it s green online networked devices are being contro...

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Page 14: ...NHB AMP When you click an AMP icon the ACU Amp pages appear in the main window s right pane The following menu appears when you right click an AMP icon Delete Deletes the amplifier from the project A...

Page 15: ...e can carry eight channels of 20 bit 48 kHz digital audio or seven channels of 24 bit 48 kHz digital audio with a latency of 5 33 ms The NHB32 C supports bundles 0 through 16 383 multicast and uni cas...

Page 16: ...m some other setting you will be unable to make this change if the total number of bundles for transmission and reception is five or more Latency 20 bit 24 bit Channels per bundle Maximum number of bu...

Page 17: ...ts To make an assignment click on the grid at the relevant inter section A blue spot appears when an assignment has been made To cancel an assignment click the blue spot OnlyoneAES EBUinputoroutputcan...

Page 18: ...ly transferred to and stored in the NHB32 C where it is can be recalled directly from the front panel To recall a patch use the Up and Down arrow buttons to select a patch memory from 0 to 99 and then...

Page 19: ...Unicast If you do not check this check box you can specify bundle 0 and multi cast bundles 1 through 225 If you check this check box you can specify unicast bundles 256 through 16 383 in addition to b...

Page 20: ...intersection A blue spot appears when an assignment has been made To cancel an assignment click the blue spot Only one CobraNet channel can be assigned to each ACU16 C output The bundle number assign...

Page 21: ...he power amplifier s driver section fails because of overheating PROTECT is dis played It s also displayed if the power amplifier is set to Standby by clicking the POWER button in NetworkAmp Manager O...

Page 22: ...ect a channel The names of the selected amplifier and channels are displayed next to the pop up menus The Model information field displays information about the selected power amplifier POWER button T...

Page 23: ...see preference on page 8 The Present value is the current output level The yellow triangle indicates the warning threshold specified on the Threshold page see page 24 Input meter This 12 segment meter...

Page 24: ...0 50 If a value greater than 50 is entered Never appears and the warning is disabled Impedance min This column is used to specify a minimum impedance at which you want NetworkAmp Manager to issue a wa...

Page 25: ...ete log files after xx days When this check box is selected log files older than the specified number of days are automatically deleted Output file folder This is used to specify the folder into which...

Page 26: ...terminal wattage LastImp last impedance LastClip last clipping LastTemp last temperature For clarity the parameters listed above are shown on separate lines Each Warning event is recorded in the log f...

Page 27: ...h events appear in blue in the Log window as shown below 4 Error Event This type of event occurs when either a system error or parameter error occurs Date Time Error ErrorMessage For example 01 Aug 20...

Page 28: ...nge detected ACU xx Error events appear highlighted in red in the Log window as shown below 5 Network Mode This type of event occurs when COM or MIDI is activated or deactivated Date Time NetMode Mode...

Page 29: ...g Window The Log window opens automatically if it s not already when an event occurs This window can also be opened by choosing Log Window from the Window menu Each time an event occurs the details ar...

Page 30: ...is locked and the Operation Unlock dialog box appears as shown below 4 To unlock NetworkAmp Manager enter the password in the Password field and then click Unlock When you enter the correct password...

Page 31: ...C Owner s Manual 1 To use MIDI or COM mode choose COM MIDI Mode from the Option menu The COM MIDI Mode dialog box shown below appears 2 Use the pop up menus to select two NHB32 Cs on the network If b...

Page 32: ...he top of the page The Network tab is used when NetworkAmp Manager is being run on several PCs For example if you select Group View page 1 on PC 1 providing that the Group View page or ACU Amp page or...

Page 33: ...as shown below 3 Select a group in the Groups list You can sort groups by using the Move up and Move down buttons 4 Use the Group name field to edit the group s name This is the name that appears on t...

Page 34: ...then click the Remove button To remove all channels click the Remove All button You can sort the grouped channels by using the Move up and Move down buttons 9 When you ve finished click the OK button...

Page 35: ...p or when the group is disabled When a group is enabled you can click the STANDBY button to simultaneously set all power amplifiers in that group to Standby mode When an ON button is clicked the ampli...

Page 36: ...using the Move up and Move down buttons 5 Use the Group name field to enter a name for the group This is the name that appears on the Control Link page 6 Select the ACU16 C to which the power amplifi...

Page 37: ...en you ve finished click the OK button to apply your edits and close the Control Link Setup dialog box If you click the Apply button your edits are applied and the dialog box remains open Click Cancel...

Page 38: ...Nor does any error message appear Update the system software version of the ACU 16C NHB32 C For details on updating refer to the Yamaha website http www yamahaproaudio com In a project whose latency s...

Page 39: ...is sent intermittently rather than in a steady stream CobraNet s Serial Bridge is asynchronous Contrast with Iso chronous Auto negotiation The automatic negotiations that go on between two network de...

Page 40: ...tabases use commas to separate the individual values on each line NetworkAmp Manager log files use the CSV format and can easily be imported into a spreadsheet for further analysis Ethernet The most w...

Page 41: ...o connect 10Base T 100Base T and 1000Base T Ethernet devices RS 232C A serial interface for connecting serial devices offering a transmission dis tance of approximately 15 meters typically using 9 or...

Page 42: ...rs printers etc on a switched 100Base T Ethernet network However non CobraNet devices may unpre dictably demand a lot of network bandwidth which may affect CobraNet performance and even cause audio dr...

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