Clear-Com AES-6 User Manual
CLEAR-COM ECLIPSE
AES-6 DIGITAL INTERFACE
INSTRUCTION MANUAL
AES-6 Digital Interface Instruction Manual
© 2008 Vitec Group Communications Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Part Number 810383Z Rev. 2
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CONTENTS
OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-1
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-2
Power LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3
Status LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-3
Panel Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-5
Port Configuration Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-6
Data Port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7
Reset Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1-7
INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
Installation In Interface Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
Connecting the Rear Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
AES-6-CX Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-1
AES-6-RJ Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-3
Mono Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4
Stereo Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-5
Cable Pinouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-8
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MAINTENANCE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1
SPECIFICATIONS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
AES-6 Digital Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4-1
LIMITED WARRANTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W-I
Warranty Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W-i
Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W-i
Warranty Repairs and Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W-ii
Non-Warranty Repairs and Returns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W-ii
Extended Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W-iii
Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W-iii
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Please read and follow
these instructions
before operating this
product.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read these instructions.
2. Keep these instructions.
3. Heed all warnings.
4. Follow all instructions.
5. Do not use this apparatus near water.
6. Clean only with dry cloth.
7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with
the manufacturer’s instructions.
8. Do not install near any heat sources such as a radiators, heat
registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that
produce heat.
9. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.
10. 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.
11. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for
long periods of time.
12. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is
required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such
as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled
or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been
exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has
been dropped.
13. WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not
expose this product to rain or moisture.
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Please familiarize yourself with the safety symbols in Figure 1. When
you see these symbols on this product, they warn you of the potential
danger of electric shock if the station is used improperly. They also
refer you to important operating and maintenance instructions in the
manual.
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CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
This symbol alerts you to the presence of uninsulated dangerous
voltage within the product's enclosure that might be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. Do not open
the product's case.
This symbol informs you that important operating and maintenance instructions are included in the literature accompanying
this product.
Figure 1: Safety Symbols
EMC AND SAFETY
The GPI-6 General Purpose Inputs Interface meets all relevant CE and
FCC specifications set out below:
EN55103-1 Electromagnetic compatibility. Product family standard for
audio, video, audio-visual, and entertainment lighting control app aratus
for professional use. Part 1: Emissions.
EN55103-2 Electromagnetic compatibility. Product family standard for
audio, video, audio-visual, and entertainment lighting control app aratus
for professional use. Part 2: Immunity.
And thereby compliance with the requirement of Electromagnetic
Compatibility Directive 2004/108/EC and Low Voltage Directive
2006/95/EC
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is
subject to the following two 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.
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OPERATION
INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes how to use the AES-6 Digital Interface. You can
use this chapter once the Eclipse matrix system has been correctly
installed and configured with the Eclipse Configuration System. To
configure an Eclipse system with AES-6 interfaces Eclipse
Configuration System (ECS) software V4.2 or later is required.
Some of the facilities described in this manual require the AES-6 to be
running Eclipse V5.0 or later firmware.
For information on configuring the AES-6 please refer to Chapter 2
“Installation”.
DESCRIPTION
The AES-6 digital interface consists of a front card with indicators for
power , status and connectivity and four DIP switches for configuration.
A 3.5mm jack socket for software update and a recessed reset button
are also present on the front card. Two rear cards also form p art of the
AES-6 digital interface; the AES-6-RJ and the AES-6-CX. The
AES-6-RJ rear card provides twelve RJ-45 ports and the AES-6-CX
rear card provides six RJ-45 ports and six BNC ports. Each rear card
requires a separate AES-6 front card.
The AES-6-RJ rear card is used to connect up to six AES sources with
RJ45 interfaces to an Eclipse system using CAT5 cable.
The AES-6-CX rear card is used to provide up to six mono connections
between digital panels fitted with coax interfaces and an Eclipse
system. Coax cable is used from the panel to the AES-6-CX and CA T5
cable from the AES-6-CX to the Eclipse matrix card. Only V-Series
panels fitted with the AES-3 options card and Eclipse 4000 panels
fitted with the PDE4536 options card are supported by AES-6. Digital
ICS panels (designated by “T” number) such as the ICS-52T and
ICS-92T are not supported by the AES-6 interface.
The AES-6 front card will auto-detect the type of rear card fitted and
adapt to driving a panel interface or 3rd party interface accordingly.
The AES-6 interface will also automatically detect whether a 96KHz
AES data stream is being received or a data stream at 48KHz or lower
and adjust the codecs transparently.
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Figure 1-1: AES-6 Digital Interface Cards
The AES-6 digital interface occupies one slot in an IMF-3 or IMF-102
interface module frame or a Median matrix. Connections to the
Eclipse matrix are via 8-pin RJ-45 connectors on the rear panel.
Connections to the panel may either be via RJ-45 and CAT5 cable or
BNC and coax cable depending on the rear card fitted.
OPERATION
In normal use, the AES-6 digital interface does not require operator
interaction. The front panel features CPU and port status indicators,
switches to set stereo feeds, a power indicator LED, a port for
connecting to a PC and a recessed reset switch.
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Figure 1-2: AES-6 Front Interface Card
POWER LED
The green power indicator LED lights when DC power is supplied to
the interface. The interface is powered by the interface rack or Median
matrix.
STATUS LED
The green status LED indicates CPU activity on the card. This LED
will indicate if the card CPU is functioning correctly. The status LED
flash modes are:
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CPU STATUS LED STATE MEANING
Off Card software failed to boot
Slow flash (approx 1Hz) 50:50 Software is running OK
Quick blink flash (approx 1Hz )
25:75
Fast flash (approx 5Hz) 50:50
Table 1-1: CPU Status Codes
FPGA image download in progress
Software has detected a hardware
failure.
Note: The flash ratios in the table are the mark/space ratio for the
LED flashing.
If the FPGA image fails during card bootup the FPGA image will be
erased and the AES-6 will prompt for a new FPGA image to be
downloaded by switching the CPU status LED and all six ports L EDs to
quick blink mode.
During a FPGA download the six port LEDs will flash in a rotating
display with one LED lit at a time until the download stops. The
sequence (by port number) is 2-4-6-5-3-1. When the flash
programming is complete the AES6 card will reboot.
Hardware errors are indicated by the CPU LED flashing rapidly
together with various port LEDs which constitute the fault code. The
current fault codes are given in the table below.
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