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 AES-6 DIGITAL INTERFACE

INSTRUCTION MANUAL

CLEAR-COM ECLIPSE

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Page 1: ...AES 6 DIGITAL INTERFACE INSTRUCTION MANUAL CLEAR COM ECLIPSE ...

Page 2: ...Alameda CA 94501 U S A Vitec Group Communications Ltd 7400 Beach Drive IQ Cambridge Cambridgeshire United Kingdom CB25 9TP Vitec Group Communications Room 1806 Hua Bin Building No 8 Yong An Dong Li Jian Guo Men Wai Ave Chao Yang District Beijing P R China 100022 Clear Com CellCom FreeSpeak and the Clear Com Communications Systems logo are registered trademarks of The Vitec Group plc ...

Page 3: ...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 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 Repai...

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Page 5: ... 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 b...

Page 6: ...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 CAUTION R...

Page 7: ... 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 digita...

Page 8: ...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 conn...

Page 9: ...OWER 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 ...

Page 10: ...rt 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 CPU STATUS LED STATE...

Page 11: ...ir will flash at 1Hz with a mark space ratio of 25 75 indicating that the port is in stereo mode This will occur as a result of the DIP switch setting rather than a connection and the LED will flash even if nothing is connected to the primary port CPU LED CODE LED 1 LED 2 LED 3 LED 4 LED 5 LED 6 MEANING Flash 1 Flash Off Off Off Off Off RAM test fail Flash 2 Off Flash Off Off Off Off Corrupt Code ...

Page 12: ...f ports on the rear card which may be set up as two monaural audio ports OFF or a single stereo port ON When a DIP switch is set for stereo mode the first port in the pair acts as the primary channel while the second port acts as the secondary channel and the port LED will flash to indicate this The possible DIP switch settings are shown in Figure 1 3 and Figure 1 4 LED STATE PORTS 1 6 PANEL MODE ...

Page 13: ...he data port is a 3 5mm jack socket allowing the AES 6 to be connected to a PC for software diagnostics download To connect to a PC a PD4007 download cable is required RESET BUTTON The reset button is behind a hole in the front panel to prevent it being accidentally pressed To press the reset button insert a narrow rod or stiff piece of wire such as a paper clip through the hole to press the reset...

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Page 15: ...sure that the card is fully seated 5 Tighten the AES 6 front panel mounting screws 6 Tighten the AES 6 rear panel mounting screws Note When hot plugging any other card in the IMF 3 interface frame all AES 6 cards in the interface frame should be reset to ensure correct operation CONNECTING THE REAR CARDS The rear card connections will depend on the type of rear card fitted and the type of panel or...

Page 16: ... audio source is connected to a BNC port on the card and the corresponding RJ 45 port is connected to a port on a matrix serial port All format conversion between the 4000 Series II or V Series panel and the matrix is carried out by the AES 6 card Figure 2 5 AES 6 CX Card Connected for Mono For stereo use i e separate left and right ear audio streams only half the BNC ports can be used with the pa...

Page 17: ... be set to the ON position An example of the type of panel that could be used with the AES 6 CX card in either mono or stereo mode is the Clear Com 4222E panel AES 6 RJ INTERFACE CARD The AES 6 RJ rear card has six pairs of RJ 45 ports allowing 4000 Series II panels V Series panels with an AES 3 interface and third party equipment to be connected using CAT5 cable The third party equipment may be o...

Page 18: ...ace Instruction Manual 2 4 Mono Configuration Figure 2 7 AES 6 RJ Connected for Mono Panels For AES 6 RJ connected panels standard straight through CAT5 cable may be used to connect panels to the AES 6 interface and the AES 6 interface to the matrix ...

Page 19: ...on For stereo use i e separate left and right ear audio streams only half the RJ45 ports can be used with the sources being connected to alternate ports For each stereo RJ45 connection two RJ 45 matrix connections are required which must be specially configured in ECS Currently it is required that the pair of ports comprising a single stereo channel must be adjacent ports The first port of the pai...

Page 20: ...ill return the panel microphone audio to the matrix Figure 2 10 Stereo Audio Flow in AES 6 Systems When configuring V Series panels for stereo mode in ECS the Audio Mixer should be set to Layout Binaural coax AES or Layout Binaural coax AES using D25 For Elcipse 4000 series panels the appropriate links must be configured on the main PCB and PDE4536B card Refer to the Eclipse 4000 panel installatio...

Page 21: ...erface via an AES 3 compliant network Figure 2 12 AES 3 Networking The V Series panel ES 3 option card uses a data format of 24 bit audio data and 8 bit user control data Any AES 3 router used with a V Series panel must not strip off the user control data but must pass it through Eclipse 4000 panels cannot be networked in this way with PDE4536B option cards as they use a different form of the AES ...

Page 22: ...out for the CAT5 cable to connect an AES 6 RJ to a panel is given in the table below Table 2 5 AES 6 to Panel Wiring PIN NUMBER WIRE COLOR FUNCTION 1 White Orange Data Transmit Tx 2 Orange Data Transmit Tx 3 White Green Audio Output 4 Blue Audio Input 5 White Blue Audio Input 6 Green Audio Output 7 White Brown Data Receive Rx 8 Brown Data Receive Rx PIN NUMBER WIRE COLOR FUNCTION 1 White Orange no...

Page 23: ...han 200m Note As the matrix connections are non isolated the AES 6 interface must be sited local to the matrix and on the same mains supply The specification for the coaxial cable required to connect panels to the AES 6 CX card is given below Table 2 6 Coaxial Cable Specification This type of cable will allow up to 500 metres of cable run between the AES 6 CX interface and the panel at the standar...

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Page 25: ...Vitec Group Communications AES 6 Digital Interface Instruction Manual 3 1 MAINTENANCE The AES 6 functional block diagram is shown below Figure 3 1 AES 6 Functional Block Diagram 3 ...

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Page 27: ...5 Ohm coax cable AES 6 RJ to Panel Up to 200m using 24AWG CAT5 cable AES 6 RJ to AES 3 third party deviceUp to 200m using 24AWG CAT5 cable Data Format Audio data 24 bits User Control data 8 bits Physical Specifications Operating Temperature Range 32o to 104o F 0o to 40o C Storage 22o to 158o F 30o to 70o C Humidity 40 90 non condensing Notice About Specifications While Clear Com makes every attemp...

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Page 29: ...d warranty of 90 days Headsets handsets microphones and spare parts have a limited warranty of one year UHF wireless IFB products have a limited warranty of one year UHF wireless intercom systems have a limited warranty of three years All other Clear Com and Drake brand systems and products including beltpacks have a limited warranty of two years The warranty starts at the time of the product s or...

Page 30: ...upport center will return the equipment at VGC s expense For out of box failures use the following contact information Europe Middle East and Africa Tel 44 1223 815000 Email customerservicesEMEA vitecgroup com North America Canada Mexico Caribbean US Military Tel 1 510 337 6600 Email customerservicesUS vitecgroup com Asia Pacific South America Tel 1 510 337 6600 Email customerservicesAPAC vitecgro...

Page 31: ...E AND OR PROFITS SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR THE LIMITATION ON HOW LONG AN IMPLIED WARRANTY LASTS SO THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU IN ANY EVENT TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW VGC S LIABILITY TO CUSTOMER HEREUNDER SHALL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEED THE COST OF REPAIRING OR REPLACING ANY PART ...

Page 32: ...ty i v This limited warranty is not transferable and cannot be enforced by anyone other than the original consumer purchaser This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other rights which vary from country to country ...

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