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Summary of Contents for PCX880e

Page 1: ...PCX880e PCX881e PCX882e Professional Multichannel Sound Cards User manual ...

Page 2: ... Allée Galilée 38330 Montbonnot Saint Martin FRANCE Tel 33 0 4 76 52 47 47 Fax 33 0 4 76 52 18 44 E mail info digigram com Digigram Asia Pte Ltd 60 Albert Street 19 11OG Albert Complex Singapore 189969 Singapore Tel 65 6291 2234 Fax 65 6291 3433 E mail info_asia digigram com 2 ...

Page 3: ...ng the Wave driver 14 Removing the driver under Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 15 Removing the driver under other Windows versions 15 How to check the installation 15 The Digigram Hardware Settings DHS control panel 18 SPECIFICATIONS 19 APPENDICES 22 PCX881e schematic diagram 22 PCX882e schematic diagram 22 Layout 23 PCX881e cable diagram 24 PCX881e wiring diagram 25 Adapter cable Sub D 62 SCS...

Page 4: ...right protection claimed here includes photocopying translation and or reformatting of the information contained in this manual While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy Digigram is not responsible for errors and omissions and reserves the right to make improvements or changes in the products and programs described without notice Digigram and the Digigram logo PCX882e and PCX881e are reg...

Page 5: ...urning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures reorient or relocate the receiving antenna increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver consult the dealer or an experienced audio television technician Note Connect...

Page 6: ...d object Ground any tool that will contact the device Due to the reduced length of the PCI EXPRESS TM bus connector and the resulting lack of mechanical stability we strongly advise against transporting the card s installed in a computer unless its chassis or case provides a dedicated support to keep the card securely in place in order to avoid physical damage 6 ...

Page 7: ...rds in an installation the following must be done the provided cable must not be modified additional cables used must have their respective shield connected to each extremity CONTENTS OF THIS PACKAGE Thank you for purchasing a Digigram PCX sound card The package consists of the following components a PCX881e or PCX882e sound card The cables are not part of this package They are delivered separatel...

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Page 9: ...tware 2 programmable analog and digital gain 8 servo balanced analog mono line outputs with software 3 programmable analog and digital gain 192 kHz 24 bit converters Maximum level on analog inputs and outputs 24 dBu Note The digital outputs always play the digital version of the corresponding analog outputs The selection of an AES EBU input excludes the selection of the corresponding analog inputs...

Page 10: ...er is available through Digigram s PC Codec option using the np SDK Note the HR Runtime package for Windows Vista does not include a Wave driver In case your audio application explicitly requires a Wave interface a Wave driver is available on request In this case please contact Digigram REQUIREMENTS Minimum hardware requirements PC with one free PCI EXPRESS TM PCIe slot x1 x2 x4 x8 x16 or x32 CPU ...

Page 11: ... The card has to be installed in the computer prior to installing its driver Installing the card Gently plug the card in a free PCIe slot and press it down to position it firmly Tighten the screw Interrupt and memory address Hardware interrupt and addresses are automatically set up at start up by the PCI PnP BIOS SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Note the installation of the software requires administrator ri...

Page 12: ...ough the DirectSound control panel are limited to Volume control for input and output Wave control Under Windows XP and Server 2003 you may also install the driver without installing the DHS control panel and in this case more controls are available through the DirectSound control panel Volume control for input Wave control Monitoring control Analog input level Digital input level Clock selection ...

Page 13: ... because a non Microsoft software is about to be installed Click on Continue in the Hardware installation window Windows XP Server 2003 Under Windows Vista Click Allow in the User Account Control window Click Install in the Windows Security window In the Digigram drivers window select the number and the size of buffers required by your applications Click on Ok Click Finish to complete the driver i...

Page 14: ...zing the Wave driver In the case of an application managing exclusively PCM audio the latency of the Wave driver can be optimized activating the option PCM only in the Digigram control panel CPL With this option enabled the latency of the Wave driver is optimized in this case the PCX on board MPEG encoding decoding is disabled To access this control panel go to Start Programs Digigram Digigram Con...

Page 15: ...en installed according to the procedure described in this manual you can verify that the card is properly installed and works fine as follows Menu Start Settings Control panel Sound and Multimedia tab Audio Default device Playback device Recording device The card s channels can be selected The card can be used with any DirectSound application Available WDM devices are PCX881e PCX882e 1 2 WDM recor...

Page 16: ... that during the HR runtime installation the Driver for the HR boards has been selected in the Select components window Make sure that the card is correctly inserted in the PCI slot and screwed on the PC chassis If necessary uninstall the HR runtime package as described in this manual and re install it If the Wave driver has been installed 7 Go to menu Start Settings Control panel Sound and Multim...

Page 17: ...cord and playback PCX881e PCX882e 7 1 Wave record and playback PCX881e PCX882e 5 1 2 Wave record and playback If the ASIO driver has been installed The card is visible from any ASIO application Note 5 1 plays on outputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 plays on outputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 1 2 plays on outputs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 17 ...

Page 18: ...her applications To enable an audio application to modify a Digigram card resource this resource must not be managed by the DHS Note As soon as a resource of a card is managed by the DHS the clock selection of this card MUST be defined in the DHS The DHS allows to Select the clock the card uses Select of the input source Adjust analog and digital gains of inputs and outputs Enable Sample Rate Conv...

Page 19: ...n condensing 0 C 50 C 5 90 Storage temp humidity non condensing 5 C 70 C 0 95 Inputs PCX881e PCX882e Analog line inputs mono 8 balanced 8 Maximum input level impedance 24 dBu 10 kΩ Digital inputs stereo 4 AES EBU with hw Sample Rate 9 Converters 7 5 1 to 1 8 up to 192 kHz Programmable input gain digital from 110 dB to 18 dB analog from 94 5dB à 15 5 dB 10 digital from 110 dB à 18 dB 8 can be used ...

Page 20: ... Other outputs Word clock up to 96 kHz Connectors PCX881e PCX882e Internal connectors Inter board Sync External connector 68 pin SCSI MDR Digigram accessories available Breakout cable or 2U 19 Breakout Box Audio specifications PCX881e PCX882e Sampling frequencies available Programmable from 22 05 to 192 kHz Programmable from 8 to 192 kHz A D and D A converter resolution 24 bits Supported audio for...

Page 21: ...e PCX882e Digigram management np SDK HR Runtime PCM MPEG Other management Wave PCM MPEG Layer I II 12 ASIO and DirectSound PCM OS supported Windows XP Windows Vista Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 Main on board processing features with np SDK PCM play rec MPEG Layers I II play rec Layer III play Float IEEE754 direct monitoring real time mixing level adjustment panning cross fade punch in punch o...

Page 22: ...APPENDICES PCX881e schematic diagram PCX882e schematic diagram 22 ...

Page 23: ...e July 2015 J1 connector is fixed to the card bracket using Philips screws and is adapted to clip themale SCSI connector of the cable J1 after July 2015 The connector is fixed to the card bracket using locking screws The male SCSI connector of the cable is now screwed in the locking screws 23 ...

Page 24: ...PCX881e cable diagram Schematic diagram of the cable delivered by Digigram Your cable may look different if it is not a Digigram cable 24 ...

Page 25: ...PCX880e PCX881e PCX882e User manual PCX881e wiring diagram Adapter cable Sub D 62 SCSI 68 MDR before July 2015 25 ...

Page 26: ...e to connect the PCX881e cable with the card If you dispose of a PCX881 HR or PCX882 HR cable this adapter allows its use with the PCX PCI EXPRESS TM multichannel boards Adapter cable Sub D 62 SCSI 68 MDR since July 2015 26 ...

Page 27: ...PCX880e PCX881e PCX882e User manual Connection cable PCX882e BoB8 before July 2015 Connection cable VX882e BoB8 since July 2015 27 ...

Page 28: ...Sub D 62 SCSI 68 MDR wiring diagram 28 ...

Page 29: ...PCX880e PCX881e PCX882e User manual PCX882e cable diagram Schematic diagram of the cable delivered by Digigram Your cable may look different if it is not a Digigram cable 29 ...

Page 30: ...PCX882e wiring diagram 30 ...

Page 31: ...49 Word Clock OUT 10 NC 40 NC 50 GND A n a l o g Pi n Signal Pi n Signal Pi n Signal 13 LTC IN 28 IN 8 57 OUT 1 14 GND 29 IN 6 58 OUT 1 17 OUT 8 30 IN 6 59 GND 18 OUT 8 31 IN 4 60 GND 19 OUT 6 32 IN 4 61 IN 7 20 OUT 6 33 IN 2 62 IN 7 21 OUT 4 34 IN 2 63 IN 5 22 OUT 4 51 OUT 7 64 IN 5 23 OUT 2 52 OUT 7 65 IN 3 24 OUT 2 53 OUT 5 66 IN 3 25 GND 54 OUT 5 67 IN 1 26 GND 55 OUT 3 68 IN 1 27 IN 8 56 OUT ...

Page 32: ...ck OUT 10 AES EBU OUT 4 40 AES EBU IN 1 50 GND PCX882e cable pinout D i g i t a l Pin Signal Pi n Signal Pi n Signal 1 AES EBU IN 4 11 AES EBU OUT 2 41 GND 2 AES EBU IN 4 12 AES EBU OUT 2 42 GND 3 AES EBU SYNC 15 Video IN 43 AES EBU OUT 3 4 AES EBU SYNC 16 GND 44 AES EBU OUT 3 5 AES EBU IN 2 35 AES EBU IN 3 45 AES EBU OUT 1 6 AES EBU IN 2 36 AES EBU IN 3 46 AES EBU OUT 1 7 GND 37 Reserved 47 Word ...

Page 33: ... 57 OUT 1 14 GND 29 IN 6 58 OUT 1 17 OUT 8 30 IN 6 59 GND 18 OUT 8 31 IN 4 60 GND 19 OUT 6 32 IN 4 61 IN 7 20 OUT 6 33 IN 2 62 IN 7 21 OUT 4 34 IN 2 63 IN 5 22 OUT 4 51 OUT 7 64 IN 5 23 OUT 2 52 OUT 7 65 IN 3 24 OUT 2 53 OUT 5 66 IN 3 25 GND 54 OUT 5 67 IN 1 26 GND 55 OUT 3 68 IN 1 27 IN 8 56 OUT 3 33 ...

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