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System Implementation

Fig. 3-2: Tascam DB25 pinouts for AES audio

The connector pinout is shown in the figure and the table.

Function

Pin #

Signal

Input Ch1&2

24

AES IN - 1&2 - H (+)

12

AES IN - 1&2 - C (–)

25

AES IN - 1&2 - GND

Input Ch3&4

10

AES IN - 3&4 - H (+)

23

AES IN - 3&4 - C (–)

11

AES IN - 3&4 - GND

Input Ch5&6

21

AES IN - 5&6 - H (+)

9

AES IN - 5&6 - C (–)

22

AES IN - 5&6 - GND

Input Ch7&8

7

AES IN - 7&8 - H (+)

20

AES IN - 7&8 - C (–)

8

AES IN - 7&8 - GND

Output Ch1&2

18

AES OUT - 1&2 - H (+)

6

AES OUT - 1&2 - C (–)

19

AES OUT - 1&2 - GND

Output Ch3&4

4

AES OUT - 3&4 - H (+)

17

AES OUT - 3&4 - C (–)

5

AES OUT - 3&4 - GND

Output Ch5&6

15

AES OUT - 5&6 - H (+)

3

AES OUT - 5&6 - C (–)

16

AES OUT - 5&6 - GND

Summary of Contents for Grass Valley Thunder

Page 1: ...Thunder 80 Channel Audio Data Intercom Link User Guide 4026 99M00 103 10 November 2015...

Page 2: ...eir product manuals for their own internal business use Manuals for Grass Valley products may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopyi...

Page 3: ...3rd edition CSA UL 60950 1 2nd edition Les cordons d alimentation fournis avec l appareil r pondent aux normes nationales appropri es du pays destinataire es Conformidad en seguridad el ctrica Este eq...

Page 4: ...dad en seguridad el ctrica Este equipo cumple con las exigencias de la TUV EN 60950 1 A12 202011 IEC 60950 1 2nd edition CSA UL 60950 1 2nd edition Los cables de alimentaci n incluidos con el equipo c...

Page 5: ...certificados pelo fabricante em conformidade com IEC EN 60825 1 Seguran a de equipamentos laser IEC 60950 1 Seguran a de equipamento de tecnologia da informa o Restriction on Hazardous Substances RoH...

Page 6: ...ds and Notices This section provides important safety guidelines for operators and service personnel Specific warnings and cautions appear throughout the manual where they apply Please read and follow...

Page 7: ...erimentos Symbols and Their Meanings The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle alerts the user to the presence of dangerous voltages within the product s enclosure that...

Page 8: ...h Dangerous voltages may exist at several points in this equipment To avoid injury do not touch exposed connections and components while power is on Do not wear rings or wristwatches when troubleshoot...

Page 9: ...d incendie utilisez uniquement les fusibles du type et du calibre indiqu s dans la documentation ou sur l quipement Confiez le remplacement de fusibles au personnel technique qualifi Ne pas utiliser c...

Page 10: ...izada por pessoal qualificado Preste aten o a todos os avisos no equipamento e instru es de opera o N o use este produto em ou perto da gua Este equipamento aterrado atrav s do condutor de aterramento...

Page 11: ...enance doit se r aliser dans un milieu libre d lectricit statique Pour viter d endommager l quipement lors du remplacement de fusibles localisez la source de la panne et corrigez la situation avant de...

Page 12: ...able Wear an ESD wrist strap ensuring that it makes good skin contact Connect the grounding clip to an unpainted surface of the chassis frame to safely ground unwanted ESD voltages If no wrist strap i...

Page 13: ...dad verifique peri dicamente el valor de la resistencia de la pulsera antiest tica que debe estar entre 1 y 10 megaohmios Al guardar temporalmente una tarjeta electr nica aseg rese que est colocado en...

Page 14: ...ncy energy and if not installedand used in accordancewith the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to c...

Page 15: ...ls Active Inputs 14 AES Breakout Panels 14 Data and GPI Breakout Panels 15 Intercom 15 4 wire balanced 16 Clear Com 17 Nulling Procedure 17 Powered Wet and Unpowered Dry Intercom Systems 18 RTS Telex...

Page 16: ...T Bolt 41 Analog Audio End to End Performance 41 Active Audio Input Breakout Panel 41 AES Bolt Card 44 Intercom Expansion Panel 45 Data Specifications 46 Data Bolt Card 46 GPI Bolt Card 48 Contact Us...

Page 17: ...ES breakout panels as well as data and intercom devices can be configured in any combination to create an audio system that is perfectly suited to your particular application Whether you need a system...

Page 18: ...can be mounted in front or behind the Thunder main chassis and interconnected with DB 25 cables supporting 8 channels each Optional redundant fiber IN and OUT ports both Integral optical power monitor...

Page 19: ...onal Data 4 bi directional HD26 female TNR BC DATA 4 GPI bidirectional GPI 8 GPI O pairs 8 Tx 8 Rx HD26 male TNR BC GPI 8 Breakout Panels Description Part No Passive Audio Panels 8 ch line level analo...

Page 20: ...5MM 40 Thunder Audio interconnect cables DB25M to DB25M 80cm length CA D25MM 80 Thunder Data GPI interconnect cable HD26M to HD26F 90cm length CA HD26MF 90 4 Introduction to Thunder System Components...

Page 21: ...5 Thunder User Guide 4 SC fiber angle polished UFP 4SCA 2 Dual LC connectors UFP 4LC Fiber Connector Plates Description Part Number...

Page 22: ...6 Introduction to Thunder System Components...

Page 23: ...of audio and data between electrical formats analog AES data and a single multiplexed optical signal Electrical channel I O and processing the frame contains up to 10 ThunderBolt cards each dedicated...

Page 24: ...eakout panel The breakout panel mounts in the frame and has a matching DB 25 connector on the back and audio data GPI connectors on the front Each card type is matched with an appropriate breakout pan...

Page 25: ...rds Fig 2 3 Analog audio IN panel active 16 channels front view Fig 2 4 Analog audio IN panel active 16 channels rear view Because a breakout panel has space for 16 XLR connectors it is possible to sh...

Page 26: ...1 8 channels of analog audio on XLR male connectors supports one Bolt card 2 16 channels of analog audio on XLR male connectors supports two Bolt cards The rear panel has a DB25 connector for each inp...

Page 27: ...ur AES IN and four AES out on BNC connectors supports 2 AES cards The rear of the breakout panel incorporates either one or two DB25 connectors as required DATA IN OUT Card The Data IN OUT card suppor...

Page 28: ...rd They are labeled A and B and each carries 4 channels of data The front of the breakout panel has four or eight DB9 connectors as appropriate the 8 ch version is shown in the figure Fig 2 6 Data GPI...

Page 29: ...ive versions of this panel are available 1 Audio IN 8 channels XLR female connectors Red patch beneath the connectors 2 Audio IN 16 channels 2 banks of 8 labeled A and B XLR female connectors Red patc...

Page 30: ...XLR female connectors Red patch beneath the connectors 2 Audio IN 16 channels 2 banks of 8 labeled A and B XLR female connectors Red patch beneath the connectors See End to End Channel Assignments on...

Page 31: ...e connectors plus GPI I O Intercom Intercom I O to the Thunder system is provided by modules installed in a breakout panel There is no dedicated card type for the intercom signals they are routed thro...

Page 32: ...at another Adder II but not all intercom functions will work for example calling 4 wire balanced 4 wire Auxiliary balanced intercoms use an individual 5 pin XLR on each of the two channels in each mo...

Page 33: ...ys be set to CC for Clear Com intercom systems Nulling Procedure Note A stereo audio headset and a tweaker are needed to null these modules Inserting the 1 8 sub mini stereo headset jack into the Clea...

Page 34: ...r to your intercom manufacturer s documentation for additional system details Note When powering a Clear Com intercom system with an external power supply be sure to set the Thunder intercom module to...

Page 35: ...nged and packaged into an input group and an output group These are presented on the rear panel on two DB25 connectors The inputs Rx are connected to an Audio IN Bolt card while the outputs Tx are con...

Page 36: ...ut panel 1 Turn the power OFF 2 Remove the four screws that hold the module in the panel 3 Gently pull the intercom module away from the panel until you can see and remove the two cable harnesses 4 Re...

Page 37: ...RU with installed ThunderBolt cards Either Breakout panels as required for the installed ThunderBolt cards Cables connecting the frame to the breakout panels Or Snake cables DB25 to 8 XLR Power sourc...

Page 38: ...is available so that a back up redundant signal path can be established to protect the integrity of the program WDM SFP cartridges are available allowing bidirectional communication over a single fib...

Page 39: ...h 5 H 6 Audio Ch 5 C 19 Audio Ch 5 GND Audio Ch 6 4 Audio Ch 6 H 17 Audio Ch 6 C 5 Audio Ch 6 GND Audio Ch 7 15 Audio Ch 7 H 3 Audio Ch 7 C 16 Audio Ch 7 GND Audio Ch 8 1 Audio Ch 8 H 14 Audio Ch 8 C...

Page 40: ...AES IN 1 2 GND Input Ch3 4 10 AES IN 3 4 H 23 AES IN 3 4 C 11 AES IN 3 4 GND Input Ch5 6 21 AES IN 5 6 H 9 AES IN 5 6 C 22 AES IN 5 6 GND Input Ch7 8 7 AES IN 7 8 H 20 AES IN 7 8 C 8 AES IN 7 8 GND Ou...

Page 41: ...8 H 14 AES OUT 7 8 C 2 AES OUT 7 8 GND Not connected 13 No signal Function Pin Signal Data 1 RS232 422 485 9 Data 1 RS422 OUT RS232 OUT 18 Data 1 RS422 OUT 8 Data 1 RS422 IN RS485 I O 17 Data 1 RS422...

Page 42: ...r with the following pinout Data 3 RS232 422 485 5 Data 3 RS422 OUT RS232 OUT 14 Data 3 RS422 OUT 4 Data 3 RS422 IN RS485 I O 13 Data 3 RS422 IN RS485 I O RS232 IN 23 Data 3 Format Select Data 4 RS232...

Page 43: ...for RS 232 Tied to 12 VDC bias pin 10 for RS 485 D GPI Bolt Card Connector The GPI Bolt card which supports eight GPIs uses a DB26HD connector also called DA26 Ground 3 7 GND Format bias 4 8 Format bi...

Page 44: ...ector carries data and GPI associated with the frame and is not related to the Data Bolt or the GPI Bolt card GPI 4 4 GPI 4 IN 14 GPI 4 OUT A 22 GPI 4 OUT B GPI 5 5 GPI 5 IN 15 GPI 5 OUT A 23 GPI 5 OU...

Page 45: ...22 OUT 2 Data 2 RS422 IN RS485 I O 8 Data 2 RS422 IN RS485 I O RS232 IN 7 Data 2 Format Select Ground 5 GND Format bias 15 Format bias 12 VDC GPI 4 GPI 1 input 14 GPI OUT A 13 GPI OUT B 29 Thunder Use...

Page 46: ...fiber connector plates are available for the Thunder frame in order to support most available fiber plugs A B C D E F Fig 3 3 Fiber Connector Plates A ST single B ST2 Dual STs for redundant input outp...

Page 47: ...lied to both the local and remote Thunder chassis Power Indicates the input power conditions of the Thunder chassis Unlit when the power switch is turned off Illuminates solid yellow red green mix whe...

Page 48: ...nd when the SFP used in the primary top dock of the dual SFP cage is either faulty or not installed correctly OPT IN 2 Indicates status conditions of the secondary backup SFP optical receiver Conditio...

Page 49: ...preventing proper communication with the remote Thunder Chassis Illuminates solid green when error free communication has been established with the remote Thunder Chassis Data Indicates the presence o...

Page 50: ...em and this is reflected in the Signal Presence LED display If you place a signal on channel 1 at one end of the system it arrives on channel 1 at the other end Exception the Data Bolt card has four b...

Page 51: ...ns explained below switches that perform operations on multiple channels pertain to single banks of 8 Numbers shown in parenthesis are for a second 8 channel bank if so equipped The PH PWR and GAIN sw...

Page 52: ...a better feel to the operator when making adjustments and eliminates the possibility of excessive audio levels when cycling through gains as could be the case when holding the GAIN toggle down in an...

Page 53: ...d limit determined by asynchronous sampling rate Jitter is fixed 320nSec Higher data rates are possible if equipment driven has greater jitter tolerance Up to 1Mbaud maximum RS 422 RS 485 Modes Input...

Page 54: ...pted at the receiver RS 485 only 16 4 Sec Data Format Inputs Pins 7 and 10 on the DB 15 HD Data I O connector RS 422 Mode No connection input pin left floating RS 232 Mode Input pin either hardwired t...

Page 55: ...Output Voltage 5Vdc 5 Output Current Limit 300mAdc maximum Note Aside from providing a bias voltage for the data format options the Format Bias pin also provides a DC voltage source for low power load...

Page 56: ...tor pin out protocol Tascam standard 8 channel balanced analog audio 25 pin DB 25 socket Input Impedance 20k 1 1kHz balanced AC coupled Maximum Input Level clip 24dBu 4 0dB 20Hz to 20kHz Frequency Res...

Page 57: ...ample Rate 48 83kHz Analog Audio Output Level for 0dBFS Digital Input 24dBu 0 2dB Analog Audio End to End Performance Analog IN to Analog OUT Level Deviation 0 2dB 1kHz Maximum Throughput Level 24dBu...

Page 58: ...y Response 0 12dB 20Hz to 100Hz 015dB 100Hz to 20kHz Signal to Noise Ratio ref 14dBu 105dB unweighted 20Hz to 20kHz 110dB A weighting Total Harmonic Distortion 006 1kHz 10dBu 03 20Hz to 20kHz 10dBu In...

Page 59: ...12dB 20Hz to 100Hz 015dB 100Hz to 20kHz Signal to Noise Ratio ref 16dBu 108dB unweighted 20Hz to 20kHz 110dB A weighting Total Harmonic Distortion 002 1kHz 20dBu 005 20Hz to 20kHz 20 dBu Intermodulati...

Page 60: ...wer Consumption AC Line Input Voltage 90Vac to 240Vac 50 60 Hz AC Line Input Current 100mAac maximum 120Vac AES Bolt Card Inputs Channels 4 Independent Data Streams Impedance 110 balanced Transmission...

Page 61: ...User Data retention e g Analog Input Bolt card to AES Output Bolt card AES Input Bolt card to Analog Output Bolt card Performance SRC Sample Rate Converter Dynamic Range 128dB A Weighted SRC THD N 12...

Page 62: ...y when the Power switch is in the WET position Termination 200 ohm termination engaged only when the Power switch is in the WET position Data Specifications Data Bolt Card RS 232 Mode Input Voltage Ra...

Page 63: ...20nSec Higher data rates up to 1M bits Sec maximum are possible if equipment driven has greater jitter tolerance Time delay after a transmitted data burst before a return message can be accepted at th...

Page 64: ...2 15 23 16 24 17 25 and 18 26 Contact Format 1 Form A non activated condition Contact Resistance 100m Switching Voltage 125Vac 110Vdc maximum Contact Rating 2A 30Vdc 0 3A 125Vac resistive load Maximum...

Page 65: ...n a local phone number for the support center nearest you please consult the Contact Us section of Grass Valley s Web site www grassvalley com An online form for e mail contact is also available from...

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