AuviTran AVY16-ES100 User Guide

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Version 1.2 September 2008

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1- WELCOME!..................................................................................3

2- WHAT’S NEW?.............................................................................3

3- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INTERFERENCES.....................................4

4- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY ..............................................................5

5- TRADEMARKS ..............................................................................5

6- COPYRIGHT.................................................................................5

7- AUVITRAN WEBSITE / MORE INFORMATION ........................................5

8- PACKAGE CONTAINS......................................................................5

9- PRECAUTIONS..............................................................................5

10- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BOARD ........................................6

11- PLUGGING THE BOARD ...................................................................7

12- SYNCHRONISATION MANAGEMENT ....................................................8

13- SOFTWARE DOWNLOAD AND INSTALLATION ........................................8

14- GETTING START WITH AVY16-ES100 IN ESMONITOR SOFTWARE .........8

14-1- AVY16-ES100 Properties Page in ESMonitor ................................9

14-2- AVY16-ES100 Control Page in ESMonitor ...................................10

14.2.1 YGDAI Mode.................................................................................... 11

14.2.2 “Lock Routing” function.................................................................. 11

14.2.3 “Emergency Clock” function............................................................ 12

14.2.4 “3rd Port” function........................................................................... 12

14.2.5 Synchro Status................................................................................ 12

14.2.6 “Hardware RS232 Tunnelling” function........................................... 13

14.2.7 Remote Control over EtherSound via YGDAI Midi............................ 15

15- THIRD PORT AND REMOTE CONTROL ................................................17

15-1- Example of architecture using 3rd port.......................................17

15-2- Limitations of architectures .......................................................17

16- RING ARCHITECTURE ...................................................................18

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1- WELCOME!

Thank you for purchasing AuviTran’s AVY16-ES100 board. We hope you will enjoy using it. The board provides two EtherSound™ connectors and a RS232 port for both very low latency audio and data transmission. A 3 remote monitoring and management. Up to 16 audio input channels and 16 audio output channels can be transmitted to or sent from a Yamaha device to any other EtherSound™ compatible equipment, over regular CAT.5 cables. The AVY16-ES100 cards offer full network and/or local control of all channel assignments as well as constant network status monitoring, making it ideal for live professional audio applications. The general purpose Serial port allows connection and control of the mixer’s parameters or other 3rdparty external equipment. Native ES100 kernel allows AVY16-ES100 to build ring architectures for network redundancy purposes, and point to point RS232 tunnelling communication between equipments.

You will find herewith the necessary instruction s to install your board. Please read them carefully as misuse of this device might cause serious damage to you and your environment.

port is available to connect control PC, for

2- WHAT’S NEW?

If you already heard about AVY16-ES, or maybe already use it, you will find below the new functionalities of AVY16-ES100 compared to it:

- Build-in ES100 kernel, that allows to:

o Build redundant Ring architectures. o Manage point to point RS232 tunnelling communications over EtherSound.

- Third port (Ethernet), for Ring management, or simple control/monitoring, from everywhere in the network.

- Double audio sample rate for 88.2/96kHz audio sampling.

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3- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC INTERFERENCES

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject t o the following two conditions:

1. This device may not cause harmful interference.

2. This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.

FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)

1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT!

This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.

2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high

quality shielded cables. Cable/s supp lied with this prod uct MUST be used . Follow all ins tallation ins tructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.

3. NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply w ith the limits for a Class B Digital device,

pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These lim its are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in th e users man ual, may cause interference harmful to the operation of other radio communications. Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interferenc e will not occur in all installation s. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, pl ease try to eliminate the problems by using one of the following measures:

If these corrective measures do not produce sati sfactory results, please contact the lo cal retailer authorized to distribute this type of product. If you cannot locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha

Commercial Audio Systems, Inc., Electronic Service Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park,

CA90620. The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc.

or its subsidiaries.

Relocate either this product or the dev ice that is being affected by the interference. Utilize power outlets that are on different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line

filter(s). In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate /reorient the antenna. If the anten na lead-in is 300

ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to co-axial type cable.

COMPLIANCE INFORMATION STATEMENT

(DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY PROCEDURE)

Responsible Party : Yamaha Commercial Audio Syste ms, Inc. Address : 6600 Orangethorpe Ave., Buena Park, Calif. 90620 Telephone : 714-522-9011

Type of Equipment : Digital Audio Interface Card Model Name : AVY16-ES100

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions:

1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and

2) This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.

See user manual instructions if interference to radio rec eption is suspected.

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4- LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no case and in no way, the provider of this board (AuviTran, the distributor or reseller, or any other party acting as provider) shall be liable and sued to court for damage, either direct or indirect, caused to the user of the board and which would result from an improper installation or misuse of the board. “M isuse” and “improper installation” mean installation and use not corresponding to the instructions of this manual.

Please note that graphics given in this manual (drawings and schemes) are only examples

AuviTran is constantly working on the improvement of the products. For that purpose, the products functionalities are bound to change and be upgraded without notice. Please read carefully the User’s manual as the new functionalities will be described therein.

and shall not be taken for a real vision of your own equipment configuration.

5- TRADEMARKS

All trademarks listed in this manual are the exclusive property of their respective owners. They are respected “as is” by AuviTran. Any use of these trademarks must receive prior approval of their respective owners. For any question, please contact the trademark’s owner directly.

6- COPYRIGHT

The information 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.

7- 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

8- PACKAGE CONTAINS

• 1 AVY16-ES100 board and its fixing screws

9- PRECAUTIONS

Do not modify or disassemble the board. The guarantee shall be null and void in that case. Do not apply excessive pressure on connectors or any other part of the board. Do not touch the metallic sharp parts (pins) of the board. This board is electrostatic sensitive; make sure you check this before touching or using it.

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10- TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE BOARD

General

Size 120 mm x 160 mm x 40 mm (mini-YGDAI format) Power Consumption <4 Watts Power Supply +5 V, +3.3V, GND (from mini-YGDAI slot) Storage: Temp/Humidity - 5°C to 70°C / Max 95% (non-condensing) Operating: Temp/Humidity 5°C to 40°C / 5% to 80% (non-condensing) Connectors 1 mini-YGDAI mini backplane connector, 2 Neutrik® EtherCon© RJ45-XLR female connectors (EtherSoundTM from/to links), 1 Sub-D9

Audio I/O

Outpus 16 channels extracted from any of the 64 EtherSound downstream channels or from any of the 64 EtherSound upstream channels in

Inputs 16 channels inserted from any of the 64 EtherSound downstream channels or from any of the 64 EtherSound upstream channels in

Audio Specifications

Synchronization 44.1 kHz to 48kHz ± 5% from EtherSound Audio Format 24 bit

Synchronization

External clock synchronisation Automatic from EtherSound network at 44.1kHz or 48kHz or manually from mini-YGDAI standard tools configuration

Other I/O

RS232 serial interface 9-pin D-Sub MIDI interface Internal port in mini-YGDAI interface

Development and Integration Environment

OS Supported Windows Vista and XP ES-Monitor ES-Monitor enables to remotely set, control and monitor an EtherSound network and to manage the AVY16-ES100 parameters Development Tools A high-level AuviTran Application Programming Interface, IP based, can be provided to t he third-party developer to provide direct

Compatibility list

16 inputs and 16 outputs 8 inputs and 8 outputs (for 8 I/O YGDAI bus compliance) 01V96 02R96 DM1000/DM2000 DME64N/DME24N LS9-16/LS9-32 M7CL-32/M7CL-48 PM5D/PM5DHR TXn Power Amp DIO8 (PM1D)

(RS232) serial interface, 1 RJ45 third port.

bidirectional mode @ 44.1kHz or 48kHz

access to the internal parameters via a PC program, subject to certain terms and conditions

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