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Chapter 1

Connections and connectors

CONNECTION STANDARDS

The in- and output connections for AUDAC audio equipment are performed corresponding
to international wiring standards for professional audio equipment.

Cinch (RCA):

For unbalanced line input connections

Tip:

Signal

Sleeve:

Ground

White

: Left

Red:

Right

XLR:

For balanced microphone input connections. Image shows female port (receptacle)

Pin 1

: Ground

Pin 2:

Pin 3:

Signal -

3-Pin Euro-Terminal Block:

For balanced in and output connections

Left:

Signal -

(XLR Pin 3)

Center:

(XLR Pin 2)

Right:

Ground

(XLR Pin 1)

For balanced line input connections:

For balanced line output connections:

Summary of Contents for R2

Page 1: ...R2 User Manual www audac eu ...

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Page 3: ...rity Fiber link inputs 13 Peripheral interfaces 14 Control ports Power inlet 14 Chapter 3 R2 Quick Start Guide 15 Connecting the R2 15 Configuring the R2 16 Chapter 4 User interface configuration 18 Open the user interface 18 Login screen 18 Main screen 19 Zone settings 20 Sound settings 22 Test signals 23 Zone linking 24 Input selection 25 Configuration settings screen 26 Timer settings 27 Time s...

Page 4: ... panel 39 DW5066 All in one wall panel 40 Connection possibilities 42 Chapter 6 Paging 43 Chapter 7 Cascading the R2 48 Principle 48 Fiber audio flow 49 Setting up the project 51 Chapter 8 Additional information 55 IP Basics 55 Updating the R2 56 Technical specifications 57 Personal notes 58 ...

Page 5: ...hat due to the extremely powerful DSP processor it provides greater flexibility higher reliability and lower latency than any other amplifier of its kind Moreover it s capable of doing complex calculations on the digital audio signals which makes it possible to integrate digital filters into the system and generate complex audio signals Every R2 is standard equipped with an integrated Ethernet con...

Page 6: ...BRATION THIS UNIT IS DEVELOPED FOR INDOOR USE ONLY DO NOT USE IT OUTDOORS PLACE THE UNIT ON A STABLE BASE OR MOUNT IT IN A STABLE RACK ONLY USE ATTACHMENTS ACCESSORIES SPECIFIED BY THE MANUFACTURER UNPLUG THIS APPARATUS DURING LIGHTNING STORMS OR WHEN UNUSED FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME ONLY CONNECT THIS UNIT TO A MAINS SOCKET OUTLET WITH PROTECTIVE EARTHING CONNECTION EC DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Thi...

Page 7: ...age WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WEEE The WEEE marking indicates that this product should not be disposed with regular household waste at the end of its working life This regulation is created to prevent any possible harm to the environment or human health This product is developed and manufactured with high quality materials and components which can be recycled and or reused Please d...

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Page 9: ...h RCA For unbalanced line input connections Tip Signal Sleeve Ground White Left Red Right XLR For balanced microphone input connections Image shows female port receptacle Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 Signal Pin 3 Signal 3 Pin Euro Terminal Block For balanced in and output connections Left Signal XLR Pin 3 Center Signal XLR Pin 2 Right Ground XLR Pin 1 For balanced line input connections For balanced line ou...

Page 10: ...reen GND Pin 7 White Brown AUDIO RX A Pin 8 Brown AUDIO RX B ATTENTION The twisted pair cabling must always be straight In case of self made cabling it must be wired as described above to ensure proper functioning of the system RS232 serial connection interface For connection with home automation systems or other remote control equipment Connection Standard RS232 PIN 2 M2 TX PIN 3 M2 RX PIN 5 GND ...

Page 11: ...ding to the following rules to guarantee proper functioning of the system in all circumstances 1 Speaker cable for amplified zone outputs Minimum 2 x 1 5 mm If distance 15 m 2 x 2 5 mm 2 Wall Mounted Input Control units DW3020 4020 UTP FTP Cat6 cable or better DW5066 UTP FTP Cat6 cable or better APM1xx UTP FTP Cat6 cable or better 2 Music sources and zone outputs Must be connected with high qualit...

Page 12: ... procedure is completed the LED will light up blue and the R2 will be ready for operation The largest rectangular area on the front of the amplifier is the location where the optional touchscreen should be installed R2DIS This touchscreen can be used for controlling and configuring all the functions of the R2 amplifier This unit consists of a 7 touchscreen with a format of 16 9 and a resolution of...

Page 13: ...he amplified zone outputs can be bridged by Hardware Using the L and the R to obtain a power of 120 Watt 8 Ohm for each output zone Audio in and outputs Priority Fiber Two audio priority inputs and two priority contact inputs provided Depending of the configuration 4 priority signals can be used The actions that need to happen when a priority signal occurs can be freely programmed There can be aut...

Page 14: ...couple the R2 with your home automation system and control it through hardware of other manufacturers like AMX Crestron Power inlet The main power supply 110 240V AC 50 60 Hz has to be applied to this AC power inlet The connection is made by an IEC power connector and is fitted with a fuse When replacing the fuse make sure that the value of the replacement fuse matches the value of the original fu...

Page 15: ...outputs Euro Terminal block connectors on the rear side of the R2 3 Connecting wall panels Connect the DW3020 4020 wall panels to the Peripheral Interface PI inputs RS485 connectors on rear panel of the R2 Multiple DW3020 4020 wall panels can be connected to one single PI input by using bus cabling connecting all the wall panels in parallel or each wall panel can be connected to an PI input by a s...

Page 16: ...where external users have access to If you like to change the password go to the Setup menu and click Password settings Here you can change the passwords First the old password needs to be entered and subsequently the new password needs to be entered twice Max 10 characters Press the OK button to save the new password Now you always need to log in with the new passwords and the default passwords a...

Page 17: ...by the dropdown lists on the corresponding location After the desired input channels are selected click the Set inputs button to save the changes The selected inputs are now selectable in the Quick menu and by means of the wall panel Ready Your system is now ready for use with the wall panels ...

Page 18: ...of 10 100MB Ensure that the computer being used to control the R2 is within the same range and the default IP address for the R2 192 168 0 Start your default web browser and enter in the address bar the IP address of the embedded web server of the R2 The factory default IP address is http 192 168 0 191 If multiple R2 s are cascaded with each other through the fiber interconnection interface first ...

Page 19: ... in the picture below with Zone number When a cursor comes up remove the existing name with the backspace key and just change the name in the desired name Click on the Save green button top right corner button and confirm to save the changed zone settings The name of the corresponding zone will be changed and next time you log in to the web based user interface of the R2 the same zone name will be...

Page 20: ...of RCA connectors In the second table are the Wall Inputs displayed These are all additional input signals Line or Microphone which are connected to an optional wall input unit DW5066 inputs on the rear side of the R2 In the third table are the Fiber Inputs displayed Only functional when the optional OPT2 module is installed These are the digital audio channels which are transferred over the fiber...

Page 21: ...est signal should be patched to the particular output zone In the Zone linking menu can be set which zones should be linked with each other and in the Input selection menu can be selected which input signals should be shown in the input preset menu Back Click the Back button to go back to the main window Save zone settings To make sure the changed zone settings are still effective after shutdown a...

Page 22: ...the crossover frequencies will be displayed The crossover frequency can be adjusted by sliding the button on the slider scale to the left and the right The frequency can be set between 10Hz and 22kHz and the exact set crossover frequency is displayed on the right side of the slider scale Two band tone control Along the filter settings two faders displayed on the right side which are meant to adjus...

Page 23: ...al Selection For patching those signals to the selected output zone simply click the button which is displayed next to the desired signal and the selection button will become green when the signal is selected When the Sine Generator is selected the output frequency of the generator can be adjusted by clicking the up and down arrows displayed next to the selected frequency When one of the test sign...

Page 24: ...from one of the linked zones the other linked zones will automatically follow the same changes made to the settings Linked by priority contact When the Linked by Prio contact 1 or Linked by prio contact 2 options are selected the zones will be linked with each other when a connection is made between the priority contacts which are provided on the rear side of the R2 The linking between the zones w...

Page 25: ...W3020 4020 wall panels linked with this zone Selection This window gives an overview of 8 listboxes each corresponding with a number from 1 to 8 When clicking this listbox all input signal possibilities will be shown ranging from the direct line inputs to the fiber and wall panel inputs as well as the internal test signals After the 8 inputs are selected click the Set inputs button and the selecte...

Page 26: ...iority settings making the system configuration for external connected devices making the fiber settings setting the address bridging the output channels changing the password and restoring the settings to factory default If you want to change some settings just click on the corresponding icon Save configuration All configuration settings changes made in this window will be saved automatically and...

Page 27: ...the OUTPUTS section Paging Volume For changing the paging volume of a zone at pre programmed moments select Paging Volume in the ACTION dropdown list The amount of dB s whereby the volume should be adjusted to can be selected The zone output where the volume adjust needs to take effect on can be selected by clicking them on and off by the OUTPUTS section Mute For changing the mute staus of a zone ...

Page 28: ...gs can be made manually by selecting the right values from a dropdown list or when connected to the internet the current time and date can be retrieved from a time server Just select the time zone in which you are located and the current time and date is automatically updated by the time server Click the OK button to confirm the time settings Time Settings ...

Page 29: ...work settings Network Settings Settings Paging settings In this window the paging volume for each individual zone can be set by means of the dropdown boxes displayed next to the zone names The paging volume can be set in steps of 1 dB starting by 0 dB going to When the volume is set to 0 dB announcements for the corresponding zones will be made on maximum volume Back Click the Back button to go ba...

Page 30: ...nd wall panel inputs as well as the internal test signals In addition to these input signals four priority inputs are displayed two priority signal inputs and two priority contact inputs Here you can select on which input signal the priority needs to be triggered When an priority audio input is selected there will be switched to priority when an audio signal is present on these inputs When a conta...

Page 31: ...Settings Settings System configuration In this window the configuration settings for external connected devices such as paging consoles and wall panels can be made This window shows three buttons each of them for configuring one kind of external connected devices Click the Paging button when the configuration for the APM1xx paging consoles has to be made while the DW5066 button enables to configur...

Page 32: ...nd is selectable between 001 and 099 When only one R2 is available the default address can be left to its default value When more R2 s are cascaded through the fiber interconnection bus there needs to be assigned a unique address for every R2 The first R2 starts with address 001 and every subsequent R2 should be assigned an address with a higher value Click the OK button to confirm the address set...

Page 33: ... the channels which can be transmitted over the fiber interconnection interface numbered from Fiber Channel 1 to Fiber Channel 8 Next to each channel is a dropdown list displayed where can be selected which of the audio channels should be transmitted over the corresponding fiber bus channel In this dropdown list are all direct line inputs all wall panel inputs all priority inputs and all additiona...

Page 34: ...he output of that zone to mono which you can then bridge the output on the back side on the R2 the amplified Left and Right output channels become of 120Watt 8 ohm Only when the POW2 power amplifier kit is installed When the bridging function is turned on the LEFT input signal will used for both left and right output signals The loudspeaker should be connected between the terminal of the right cha...

Page 35: ...or the Administrator password can be changed while on the right side the settings for the User password can be changed For changing the password enter the old password in the provided field and enter the new password twice in the provided fields After this all is completed push the OK button When the old password is correct and the new password filled in both fields match the old password will be ...

Page 36: ...s button It really will recall the ORIGINAL factory settings It does not recall the previously saved settings but it recalls the original factory setting and the previously made settings will be lost Click the OK button to reset the settings to factory default Restore Factory Settings ...

Page 37: ...only using digital data transfer and no audio transfer so it can be connected to all peripheral interface ports from PI1 to PI10 The assignment of the wall panel with a zone should be done in the user interface DW5066 Advanced wall panel with graphic display stereo line input and microphone input This wall panel can control multiple zones and has a direct digital audio link to the R2 Only one DW50...

Page 38: ...better Wall mounted control panels The R2 installation can be expanded with additional wall control panels There are two kinds of wall panels available one standard wall panel DW3020 4020 which allows to adjust the routing and volume for a particular output zone and one All In One wall panel DW5066 which provides the possibility to connect an additional Line of Microphone signal source in a specif...

Page 39: ...will show the volume level for two seconds and after those two seconds the routing will be displayed again Configuration Before the DW3020 4020 wall panels can be used the wall panels needs to be assigned to one particular zone Perform the procedure described below to make sure this is done correctly Go to the Setup menu and click System configuration Now you have the possibility to choose between...

Page 40: ... side a dropdown list is displayed whereby the address for the DW5066 can be selected The address can be selected between W001 and W008 Logically you start with address W001 for the first wall panel and increases for every additional wall panel After the desired address is selected click the Set address button After this button is pressed the DW5066 will start blinking To confirm the selected addr...

Page 41: ...hed ON and OFF by clicking the Enable Mic Phantom checkbox This setting can also be changed in the DW5066 settings menu If Block settings menu is not checked 6 The Backlight level screensaver and screensaver delay can be set by means of three dropdown boxes This setting can also be changed in the DW5066 settings menu If Block settings menu is not checked 7 When the settings are made press the Save...

Page 42: ...ll panels on one PI Port PI1 to PI10 AUDAC LINE IN MIC IN Prog Vol Prog Vol Multiple DW3020 4020 and one DW5066 Wall panel on one PI Port PI1 to PI8 Connecting one or multiple DW3020 4020 in front of the DW5066 wall panel will cause problems AUDAC LINE IN MIC IN Prog Vol Prog Vol ...

Page 43: ...ones at a time Priority Paging is always priority based When multiple APM consoles are connected to one R2 and multiple APM s give a command to announce a message at the same time it depends of the priority settings which message will be announced The priority level is related to the address of the APM table by default but this is configurable For voice files and messages which are stored inside t...

Page 44: ...aging possible in multiple zones of multiple R2 s When this option is enabled audio channel one FB1 is dedicated for paging purposes whereby this channel can t be used for other purposes Paging over fiber is always priority based and only one APM can page to multiple R2 s at the same time Limits When multiple APM s are connected on one PI port using a bus structure a maximum of 6 APM s can be conn...

Page 45: ...while on the right side the settings for configuration of the APM s are shown Follow the procedure below to make your paging system work successful 1 Select the address which you want to assign to your paging console Select the address by the dropdown box and click the Set Address button Now the PTT push to talk button on all connected APM s will start blinking After pushing the PTT Push to talk b...

Page 46: ... 3 Configure the APM buttons This window gives an overview of your APM keypad The number of buttons displayed in this window depends of the type of APM which is connected to your system On the left side a dropdown list allows you to browse between the layers when available Just click the button to which you want to assign a function After this button is clicked a windows comes up allowing you to s...

Page 47: ...utton Up to 40 zones from 5 cascaded R2 s can be programmed under one button Play message By means of this function messages stored in the APM memory such as emergency or commercial announcements can be announced The stored messages are shown in the Message dropdown list from where the desired message can be selected The priority of the message is based on the priority number which can be set in t...

Page 48: ...first R2 This way a ring is closed and the network is completed To control all the functions of all the R2 s in one network only one connection with the ethernet network of one R2 in the ring network is required When multiple R2 s are connected in a ring network first a selection box will be displayed whereby can be selected which R2 you want to control Each R2 can transfer one or multiple of his ...

Page 49: ...b 7 Fb 8 Channel Paging R005 1 R005 1 R001 1 R003 1 R002 1 R002 2 R005 3 Out Paging R005 1 R005 2 R001 1 R003 1 R002 1 R002 2 R005 3 In Fb 1 Fb 2 Fb 3 Fb 4 Fb 5 Fb 6 Fb 7 Fb 8 Channel Paging R005 1 R005 1 R001 1 R003 1 R002 1 R003 2 R005 3 Out Paging R005 1 R005 2 R001 1 R003 1 R002 1 R003 2 R005 3 In Fb 1 Fb 2 Fb 3 Fb 4 Fb 5 Fb 6 Fb 7 Fb 8 Channel Paging R005 1 R005 1 R001 1 R003 1 R004 1 R004 2 ...

Page 50: ...devices Fiber channel 3 Fb 3 Same as channel Fb 2 the Red R2 R005 transmits an audio signal over fiber channel Fb 3 This signal reaches all devices and can be used by all devices Fiber channel 4 Fb 4 The Yellow R2 R001 transmits an audio signal over fiber channel Fb 4 This signal reaches all devices and can be used by all devices Fiber channel 5 Fb 5 The Blue R2 R003 transmits an audio signal over...

Page 51: ...thernet network 2 Set the address for the first R2 to R001 this can be done in the Setup menu under R2 Address Settings 3 Disconnect the first R2 of your setup from the Ethernet network 4 Connect the second R2 of your setup to your Ethernet network 5 Set the address for the second R2 to R002 this can be done in the Setup menu under R2 Address Settings 6 Disconnect the second R2 of your setup from ...

Page 52: ...evice s IP address 8 Disconnect the second R2 of your setup from the Ethernet network 9 Give all the R2 s in your setup an unique bus and IP address This can be done by repeating step 5 to 8 of this procedure Make sure every device has an unique bus and IP address 10 Now all devices have an unique bus and IP address and no device is connected to the Ethernet network 11 Connect all devices to your ...

Page 53: ...d to the next R2 status off should be selected in the dropdown list 4 Repeat this procedure for all R2 s in your setup 5 After this is done all selected audio signals are transmitted over the fiber conductor and can be used by other R2 s in your setup 3 Set passwords You can skip this step if the default password R2 for administrator and user for users is OK for you but we always recommend to chan...

Page 54: ...nect all your wallpanels to the Peripheral inputs on the rear of the R2 A detailed description about connecting wallpanels is extensively described in an earlier chapter of this user manual 6 Ready Your project is now ready for use ...

Page 55: ...ion had been established The IP address is always a number in the following format 192 168 000 001 As you can see this address consists of 4 separate numbers ranging from 000 to 255 In simple terms only the latest number of an IP address can be different within a network so there is a maximum of 256 unique addresses within a network ranging from xxx xxx xxx 000 to xxx xxx xxx 255 The first three n...

Page 56: ...for help if you are not familiar with networks Summary All devices must have an unique IP address All devices must be within the same IP range Updating the R2 New features and improvements will be continuously added to the R2 s software It is therefor recommended to always keep your R2 running on the latest software version to have optimal performance and most reliable experience under all circums...

Page 57: ...ripheral Interface 8 x Digital audio RS485 24 V DC RJ45 2 x RS485 24 V DC RJ45 Remote Control Ethernet 10Mb RJ45 RS 232 D Sub 9 Power Mains power IEC Type C13 with fuse Emergency power 2 pin Euro Terminal Block 5 08 mm Outputs Unbalanced Stereo Type 8 x Stereo Unbalanced Line Connector RCA Control possibilities RS232 Wall Panels RS485 Smart devices Audac Touch TCP IP Integrated webserver Front pan...

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