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Sync, Audio & GPIO Connections
SYNCHRONISATION
TypeRSynchronisationsources.
TheUR6500ProcessingEngineCore
primarilyobtainsanaudiosynchronisation
sourcefromtheexternalAoIPnetwork’s
PTPv2clockviathe2optionalUS6493
AoIPinternaldevices.Italsohasfour
BNCconnectorsonitsrearpanel
forincomingandoutgoingsystem
synchronisationsources:
•2xTTLwordclockinputs
•2xTTLwordclockoutputs
Thefirmwaremultiplexesthesesources
basedonaprioritisationlistandfailover
arrangementtoselectandlock-ontoan
activereferenceclockorswitchtoan
alternativesourceifsynchronisationis
lost.
Theboardalsoincludesanon-board
referenceclockforusewhenneitherthe
externalAoIPclockortherearpanelsync
inputsareselected.
AoIPClock
Thiscanbeconsideredtheprimarysync
sourcefortheUR6500.EachUS6493
AoIPdeviceprovidesasetofaudio
clockstotheUR6500’sFPGAfirmware
incorporatingabaserateclock(runningat
FSrate),aBCLKbit-rateclock(64FS)and
anSCLKsystemclock(generallyeither
128FS,256FSor512FS).TheFPGA
usestheseclocksourcestosynctothe
externalAoIPnetworkPTPv2clock.
Ifnoexternalsyncisconnectedand
selected,theconsolewillfree-runonits
owninternalreferenceclock.
Generalrulesofgoodpractiserequire
thatallequipmentconnectedtotheaudio
console’sdigitalinputsandoutputsare
lockedtothesamereferencedsync
sourceastheconsoletoensureclean
audio.Itisofparamountimportancethat
allconnectedprocessingcoresarelocked
tothesamereferencedsyncsource.
Itisrecommendedthatbackupsync
sourcesandpathsareconsideredto
maintainfullfunctionalityintheeventof
thelossofanypartofthefacility’ssync
distributionsystem.
SYNC INPUTS
EXTERNAL SOURCES TABLE
WhennooptionalUS6493AoIPinterfacesarefittedtothecore,externalsync
sourcescanbefedtotheBNCconnectorsontherearofthecoreasshownbelow.
TwoTTLWordclockinputsareavailable.
SeeExternalsourcestablebelowandtheTypeRUsermanualforinformationonhow
tosetupsynchronisationpriority.
Theconsolewillalwaysattempttoboottothehighestprioritysyncselected,andmove
downtheprioritylistuntilitfindsavalidsync.
Ifavalidsynclaterfails,itwillmovedownthelist.Ifnovalidsyncispresent,thesystem
willalwaysdefaulttointernalasthisisfixedasthelastsourceinthelist.Thepriority
willneverautomaticallymovebackupthelistevenifahigherprioritysyncbecomes
available.Pressthe‘ResetToFirst’buttontomovebackuptothetopofthelist.
Itisimportantthattherequiredsyncsourceisavailablebeforetheconsolebootsup
otherwiseitwon’tbelockedtothecorrectsync.Ifthisoccurspressthe‘Resettofirst’
buttonafterthesyncgeneratorisrunning.
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