Fairlight Prodigy 2, User Manual

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2.3 E
NGINE
R
EAR
P
ANEL
C
ONNECTIONS
The Engine rear is split into two distinct sections; the System I/O Panel, located to the right
and the Audio I/O Section, located to the left.
The System I/O Panel contains all the synchronization needed to allow communication
with external devices including RS-422, Midi, LTC, AES Sync, Serial, ethernet and GPIO .
To allow communication with the Prodigy 2 surface, a Mixer port is provided.
To allow comunication with the MFX Console, a Controller port is provided.
The System I/O Panel also contains the VGA Output, Word Clock and Video Sync In.
The Audio I/O Section can contain up to a maximum of 3 QDC cards, which perform all
analogue and digital I/O Connections and Processing.
Each QDC card can contain a maximum of -
16 Analogue Inputs and 32 Analogue Outputs.
or a maximum of 32 Digital Inputs and 32 DigitalOutputs and 16 Analogue Inputs per
board.
Please refer to the Appendix - page 48, for further details on the Audio I/O and System I/O
Panels.
QDC Card
System I/O Panel
Prodigy2 Engine Back Panel