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TX:

Chn

=0,...,15: Channel selected, 0,..7=In1,..,In8; 8,...,15=Out1,..,Out8

if Chn=0,..,7 then Input channel

VolH + VolL 

= Value a 16Bit = 0,...,1390 (-127dB to +12dB step 0.1dB),

if Chn=8,..,15 then Output channel

VolH+VolL

= Output Gains = 16bit from 0 to 1450 (-127dB to 18dB step 0.1dB)

RX:

This is the acknowledge

UPDATE ROUTING: CMD=08H

TX:

Chn

=8,...,15: Channel selected =Out1,..,Out8;

NIn 

= 0,..,7 Select input to the Output channel selected 0=In1,...,7=In8

Val 

= 0,..,30 Input Gain from -30dB to 0dB step 1dB

if the cross InputX to OutputY is disable (mute) then 

Val 

= 80H + Val

RX:

This is the acknowledge

CLOSE SINGLE DEVICE: CMD=0FH

(to unlock the hardware interface)

TX:

RX:

STX

ID_M

ID_N

CMD

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

ETX

F0H

46H

XX

34H

Chn

00H

00H

VolL

00H

00H

00H

VolH

F7H

STX

ID_M

ID_N

CMD

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

ETX

F0H

46H

XX

34H

Chn

00H

00H

VolL

00H

00H

00H

VolH

F7H

STX

ID_M

ID_N

CMD

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

ETX

F0H

46H

XX

08H

Chn

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

Nin

Val

F7H

STX

ID_M

ID_N

CMD

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

ETX

F0H

46H

XX

08H

Chn

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

Nin

Val

F7H

STX

ID_M

ID_N

CMD

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

ETX

F0H

46H

XX

0FH

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

F7H

STX

ID_M

ID_N

CMD

D0

D1

D2

D3

D4

D5

D6

D7

ETX

F0H

46H

XX

0FH

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

00H

F7H

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DMX 8008

Summary of Contents for DMX 8008

Page 1: ... 8OUT USER MANUAL ver 1 2 PRESET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MUTE SGN CLIP MUTE SGN CLIP MIC LINE MUTE SGN CLIP MUTE SGN CLIP MIC LINE MUTE SGN CLIP MUTE SGN CLIP MIC LINE MUTE SGN CLIP MUTE SGN CLIP MIC LINE 1 2 3 5 6 4 PH DMX8008 SETUP Page Esc ...

Page 2: ...ode 2 3 1 Remote control via wall panel 2 3 2 Remote control via PC software 2 3 2 1 Installing PC software 2 3 2 2 Starting PC software 2 3 2 3 Connecting disconnecting or removing units 2 3 2 4 Naming saving and loading units 2 3 2 5 Changing interface 2 3 2 6 Setting ID number or IP address 2 3 3 Remote control via iPAD 3 0 Editing 3 1 Inputs page 3 2 Outputs page 3 3 Routing page 3 4 Overview ...

Page 3: ...ETY INSTRUCTIONS PRECAUTIONS INSTALLATION CONNECTIONS ITEMS SUPPLIED This product is supplied with the following items AC power cord Removable terminal plags USB adapter Setting software CD with user manual DMX 8008 ...

Page 4: ...ts are provided for general purpose preset recall trigger third parts or device 8 front knobs provides a quickly way to control input Gain Up to 32 units can be managed by software applications 1 1 MAIN FEATURES 2 DMX 8008 While thanking you for having chosen a PASO product we would like to remind you that our company works according to a certified Quality System This means that all our products a...

Page 5: ...of the DMX8008 via Ethernet the two LEDs above the jack indicate that the connection is being established or that data is being transferred 11 RJ45 jack RS485 IN to connect a computer for remote controlled operation or to connect the remote control panel DMP8008 12 RJ45 jack RS485 OUT to connect an additional unit to be remote controlled by the computer that is connected to jack RS485 IN 13 Switch...

Page 6: ... 18 SET button allows to confirm the selection 19 ESC button allows to come back without confirm 20 Encoder allows to scroll available selections 21 Power indication LED 22 RS485 indication LED 4 ETH SET ESC PWR 17 18 19 21 22 20 DMX 8008 ...

Page 7: ...e controller only a single zone can be managed and Global controller can be managed all inputs and outputs Connect the terminals 485 and 485 located on the rear side of the operating panel to the appropriate contacts of the jack RS485 IN 11 to supply power to the control panel connect the terminals 12V and GND to a regulated unearthed DC voltage source of 12V observe the correct polarity Note in o...

Page 8: ...he unit is just checking if Presets are available on the Eeprom If not the Init phase can last several seconds and the Eeprom of the unit is initialized in order to guest later on the presets will be created by the user through the Pc Remote Control Sw If Presets are already available then the init phase will be skipped and the currently selected preset will be loaded The preset loading can take a...

Page 9: ...e buttons on the front panel a particular function called System Setup can be accessed For accessing the System Setup function need to refer to the 6 available buttons on the front panel as follow Referring to the Picture in order to access the System Setup need to press the Button 5 Utilities for about 4 seconds The following window will appear As the picture shows in the System Setup mode the bu...

Page 10: ... IP Address the Tcp Ip setup Menu can be left using the Esc button Within this Menu the User can chose between the USB or RS485 connection type to be used for a remote control From the USB RS485 Setup page pressing the Button 1 Enter the following sub menu is entered Here the communication interface to be used can be selected USB RS485 Automatic The Tcp Ip connection is EVER available In the USB m...

Page 11: ...anel or just loading the presets by Pc once the Output Switch Link function is set as ON In this case any time an Audio Preset is recalled by pressing one of the front panel s buttons the equivalent Switch preset Is also loaded it the Audio Preset N 1 is recalled the Switch preset N 1 is recalled too In a such case each recalled preset is a combination of an Audio and a Switch preset To get the ab...

Page 12: ...anually by the User within the Output Switch Setup being the Output Switch Linked Status set as OFF In order to finally leave and exit the System Setup mode so to get back to normal working mode is is enough to get back to any one of the 5 System Setup Menus and there from press the ESC button NOTE The All Settings done within the System Setup Function will be effective ONLY WHEN LEFT the System S...

Page 13: ...n external standard router the DMX8008 can even be controlled through a complete iPad remote control Sw A particular way of double Remote Control is allowed being possible to connect to the Rs485 the Wall Panel Control and at the same time the Pc Sw Remote Control can be used if connecting the Pc on the USB connection The wall mount control panel DMP8008 separately available as an option allows us...

Page 14: ...rial interface for the operating software 2 3 2 2 STARTING PC SOFTWARE Start the control program DMX8008 Vx x x on the PC The main window fig 1 appears showing the units that were most recently connected For each unit a separate window is provided the header shows information with regard to the interface as well as the connection status Fig 1 To add a nother unit click the button Add Device If USB...

Page 15: ...2 3 2 3 CONNECTING DISCONNECTING OR REMOVING UNITS 13 DMX 8008 ...

Page 16: ...SB the serial interface that simulates the driver for this software must be selected under Select COM Check the settings of the operating system for the appropriate COM interface or use the button Search to have it determined automatically The respective settings of the operating system can for example be found under _ Control Panel_System Properties Hardware _Device Manager_Ports COM and LPT If t...

Page 17: ...ill start scanning the network in order to detect the presence of DMX8008 If no units will be detected then the iPad will ask if to continue in OFFLINE MODE or close In OFF LINE MODE the all functions of the DMX8008 can be seen and checked in their full functionality and parameters range If a DMX8008 is instead active and detected in the scanned network then their assigned Name IP Address will be ...

Page 18: ...the all Inputs 0 or to bring all of them to a level up to 0dB 100 each time the Gain Slider is halved in percentage the Level of each Input is decreased of 6dB For each input is possible to set the signal Phase as Direct unchecked box or 180Deg Reversed box checked A 3 bands Equalizer is ever available and can be set pressing the Edit button In a such case the following Eq editing window will open...

Page 19: ... in steps of 0 1 Q Gain the selectable Gain range is from 12dB to 12dB in steps of 0 5 dB Variable Q High Shelving Filter here Center Frequency Band Width Q Slope and Gain can be adjusted Center Frequency the selectable frequencies range is from 20Hz to 20kHz in steps of 1 24 of an Octave Bandwidth BW Slope the selectable BW range is from 0 0312 Octave Q 10 up to 3 59 Octave Q 0 4 in steps of 0 1 ...

Page 20: ...In order to see what s the Phase response of the channel once set up the all filters of the EQ it is possible selecting the Phase choice on the top right of the Graphic window to turn the graphic in Phase Response Graphic When the Microphone Source is selected on the related channel is possible to adjust the Input level from 127dB up to 12dB When selected microphone as input the user can chose to ...

Page 21: ...e immunity to the Feedback Noise Gate the particular DMX8008 Noise Gate can be selected or bypassed checking or unchecking the Enable check box This Noise Gate has been thought as Noise Gate for the Line inputs but also as Auto Switch On Off when operating with the microphone inputs From this point of view the range of a standard Noise gate have been extended and particularly the one of the Gating...

Page 22: ...e box has to be left unchecked and the input level is automatically adjusted at 6dBu Note2 In order to help tuning properly the Noise Gate when used as Microphone Input On Off Switch 8 Leds indicating the Inputs status is available in the Led meters interface The line of Input Off leds is indicating when an Input is Off or Muted by the Noise Gate In that case the related Led is turned RED Once set...

Page 23: ...select the X Over s High Pass Filter Shape and Order The available shapes and orders for the High Pass Filter are listed below Bypass High Pass Filter Bypassed Buttw 6dB Butterworth Filter 6dB Oct Slope Buttw 12dB Butterworth Filter 12dB Oct Slope LRiley 12dB Linkwitz Riley Filter 12dB Oct Slope Bessel 12dB Bessel Filter 12dB Oct Slope Buttw 18dB Butterworth Filter 18dB Oct Slope Buttw 24dB Butter...

Page 24: ...Peaker variable Q high Shelving and variable Q low Shelving BELL Filter here Center Frequency Band Width Q and Gain can be adjusted Center Frequency the selectable frequencies range is from 20Hz to 20kHz in steps of 1 24 of an Octave Bandwidth BW the selectable BW range is from 0 0312 Octave Q 10 up to 3 59 Octave Q 0 4 in steps of 0 1 Q Gain the selectable Gain range is from 12dB to 12dB in steps...

Page 25: ...the Grid Lines of the Graphic displaying the Magnitude response of the equalization The resolution can be set in a range from 5dB up to 50dB by steps of 5dB Offset dB here can be set an offset in dB in visualizing the Magnitude response of the equalization Once added a positive offset more space is given in the graphic to the visualization above the 0dB when a negative offset is added more space i...

Page 26: ...e Time and Knee type of the Output Channels RMS Compressor Threshold the selectable range of the RMS Compressor s Threshold is from 14 2dBu OFF to 33 8dBu in steps of 0 2dBu Ratio the selectable range of the RMS Compressor s Ratio is from 1 1 Off up to 32 1 Lim in steps of 1 Hard Soft Knee the selectable range of the RMS Compressor s Knee type is from 000 Hard up to 100 Soft Release Time the selec...

Page 27: ...he Peak Limiter s Release Time is from 0 1s to 3s in steps of 0 1s Attack Time the selectable range of the Peak Limiter s Attack Time is from 5ms to 200ms in steps of 1ms from 5ms to 20ms then 5ms from 20ms to 30ms then 10ms from 30ms to 100ms and 20ms from 100ms to 200ms Note The Peak limiter Threshold is defined in Vp due to the fact that with both Sinusoid and Squared wave testing signals the D...

Page 28: ...uting it is possible to adjust the Level of each input assigned to the Output selected by the related button So selecting any one of the available 8 buttons the related Output will be formed by the addition of the all inputs assigned by the Output Routing Matrix Block with the Level percentage defined by the Output mix level sliders The Levels of the mixed inputs to the selected outputs can range ...

Page 29: ...ement and Feedback effect reduction Has to be noticed here that the DMX8008 can run together with the Classic NOM and Gain Sharing processes also the First order Low Pass filter and mainly the Frequency shift Feedback Eliminator This is providing a very strong Anti Feedback characteristic to the unit which can let the NOM and Gain Sharing processes act mainly in terms of Voice quality and intellig...

Page 30: ...M Here are some examples to better illustrate the NOM attenuation 1 active microphone means no attenuation 10log 1 0dB 2 active microphones translates to doubling the NOM 10log 2 3dB of attenuation Once the limit of 8 active microphones is reached 9dB attenuation the NOM count and attenuation maximum is reached and will not increase further hopefully the eight people trying to talk at once will ha...

Page 31: ...ould be 6 dB lower than the sum and the gain of each mic is reduced 6 dB The resulting output would be the same as if only one mic were on In a final example a talker is speaking into his mic but his voice also enters an adjacent microphone at a level 4 dB lower In a gated system this second mic could very easily be gated on creating comb filtering effects In the gain sharing system the gain of th...

Page 32: ...he Ducker Edit Parameters window Here can be defined the following Priority Input Channel up to 4 check boxes can be checked for choosing up to 4 channels which will have priority on the unchecked ones Once selected the Priority Channels in order to make the Priority effective need to confirm the selection pressing the Confirm button Gating Threshold it is the threshold defining the limit has to b...

Page 33: ...the all linked channels the same parameters adjustments To link 2 or more channels it is enough to press the related buttons within the Input Linked and Output Linked frames The Main output Level can also be adjusted from this Utilities window This is the same Level control used by the Wall Panel Remote Control Through the Setup button a selection window can be accessed allowing to set the DMX8008...

Page 34: ...es can be set as 0 boxes unchecked or 5V boxes checked The switches controlled by this window actually set as 0V or 5V the physical 4 output switch lines available on the DMX8008 back panel and useful for controlling remote devices From this editing window up to 10 different presets can be created where a specific Switches configuration is assigned In order to create the presets need first to pres...

Page 35: ...re to Device button The preset related to the currently active Switch Preset button will be stored in the equivalent preset location within the DMX8008 In order to store the all 10 presets need to make active one by one the all Switch Preset buttons and for anyone of them press the Store to Device button Once stored within the DMX8008 the 10 presets controlling the S x switches status can be recal...

Page 36: ...le to define with the Configure Mode option if the Input Switch signal has to be considered active on its High or Low level detected Furthermore it is also possible in case more Events related to the Input Switches are occurring at the same time so activating at the same time more than one Switch to assign a Priority in serving the events related to the active Switches see below 34 DMX 8008 ...

Page 37: ...Page To anyone of the 4 External Switches Events can be related a specific process This process is corresponding to a Input Output specific Configuration Preset that has to be recalled ONLY if the related Event Switch Active is occurring So 4 Extra Presets other than the 6 available for the normal operations can be created and stored so to be recalled ONLY when the related event is occurring Once ...

Page 38: ...e saved the Extra Presets they can be anytime recalled for check using the Read button For Leaving the Remote control Sw it is enough to click Exit on the file option on the top left corner of the Main Editing Environment Once left the Pc Sw Remote Control the DMX8008 will go back to the Stand Alone Mode and the LCD will display the currently running preset 36 DMX 8008 DMX8008 01 Current Preset Na...

Page 39: ... channels NOM attenuation Gain sharing algorithm and priority ducking processing 6 user presets 4 by using S1 S4 digital input ports 2 x 24 character LCD display with white blue LED backlight 6 LED status indicators Line Mic Mute I O Signal Clip Limiter 1 LED indicator Phantom power 6 x front push button Preset recall Setup USB type B connector 2 x 12 pin Phoenix connector Mic Line inputs 2 x 12 p...

Page 40: ...DMX8008 Pro Digital Matrix 8 in x 8 out with Feedback Elim OR EQ Auto mix and Priority Ducker 5 BLOCK SCHEME 38 DMX 8008 ...

Page 41: ...0 GATEWAY IP 0 IP 1 IP 2 1 FRAME PROTOCOL The REMOTE CONTROL must be send to the DEVICE the following frame TX STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX Where STX F0H Start message ID_M 46H Id device ID_N 0 64 Id number device 0 only for USB TCP IP connection 1 64 for RS485 CMD xx Command type DATA0 7 xx Data byte ETX F7H End message When the DEVICE receive this frame it evaluate the command t...

Page 42: ...D 66H UPG_DUCKER_HOLD_CMD 67H UPG_DUCKER_REL_ATK_CMD 68H UPG_DUCKER_THR_CMD 69H VUMETER_OUT_CMD 36H VUMETER_LIM_CMD 37H VUMETER_CMP_CMD 38H READ_VERSION_CMD 39H CLOSE ALL DEVICES 8FH READ_MAC_ADDRESS_CMD B2H VUMETER_IN_CMD 55H COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICE AND REMOTE CONTROL READ_VERSION_CMD CMD 39H TX RX The SyncMos version is V1 0 so the user can read Sm0 0 Sm1 1 Sm2 0 The current STM8S version i...

Page 43: ...pG Output Bypass Gain 8 bit where LSB Output1 MSB Output8 Value 0 1 where 0 not bypass 1 bypass Mute Output Mute 8 bit where LSB Output1 MSB Output8 Value 0 1 where 0 Unmute 1 Mute Phase Output Phase 8 bit where LSB Output1 MSB Output8 Value 0 1 where 0 direct 1 invers VolH VolL Output Gains 16bit from 0 to 1450 127dB to 18dB step 0 1dB RX This is the acknowledge UPG_ONLY_GAINS_CMD CMD 34H STX ID_...

Page 44: ...80H Val RX This is the acknowledge CLOSE SINGLE DEVICE CMD 0FH to unlock the hardware interface TX RX STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 34H Chn 00H 00H VolL 00H 00H 00H VolH F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 34H Chn 00H 00H VolL 00H 00H 00H VolH F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 08H Chn 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Nin Val F7H STX...

Page 45: ...kip this command and return in D0 the value FFH CMD_UPG_BALANCED CMD 1FH TX Chn 0 7 Channel selected 0 7 In1 In8 STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 16H CHN 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H ValH ValL F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 16H CHN 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H ValH ValL F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 1AH 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H ...

Page 46: ...ID_M ID_D CMD Data0 Data1 Data2 Data3 Data4 Data5 Data6 Data7 ETX F0H 46H XX 3DH 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Val F7H STX ID_M ID_D CMD Data0 Data1 Data2 Data3 Data4 Data5 Data6 Data7 ETX F0H 46H XX 3DH 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Val F7H STX ID_M ID_D CMD Data0 Data1 Data2 Data3 Data4 Data5 Data6 Data7 ETX F0H 46H XX 3EH 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Val F7H STX ID_M ID_D CMD Data0 Data1 Data2 Data3...

Page 47: ...riority is 4 RX STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 64H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H LEV 00H 00H F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 6AH Mic1 Mic2 Mic3 Mic4 Mic5 Mic6 Mic7 Mic8 F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 6AH Mic1 Mic2 Mic3 Mic4 Mic5 Mic6 Mic7 Mic8 F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 3EH 00H 00H 00H 00H ...

Page 48: ...0H 46H XX 67H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Hold F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 67H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Hold F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 68H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Rel Atk F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 68H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H Rel Atk F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX ...

Page 49: ... are the value already in dB of the output signal dB 60 InX 2 18 max level 18 inX 0 120 step dB 0 5 STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 38H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 38H In1 In2 In3 In4 In5 In6 In7 In8 F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 42H XX 8FH 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H 00H F7H STX ID_M ...

Page 50: ... then the level will be increased decreased of 0 1dB if Value 0Ah then the level will be increased decreased of 1dB if Value x then the level will be increased decreased of 0 1 x dB ChLink 8bit one bit for each input or output with 1 input output selected Examples to increase the level of 1dB on input1 and input5 the user must send the following frame STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX ...

Page 51: ...se level if Value 01h then the output master level will be increased decreased of 0 1dB if Value 0Ah then the output master level will be increased decreased of 1dB if Value x then the output master level will be increased decreased of 0 1 x dB RX STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX F0H 46H XX 2FH Sel IO Flag ChLink 00H 00H 00H 00H Value F7H STX ID_M ID_N CMD D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 ETX ...

Page 52: ...the applicable provisions of law Paso will repair the product covered by this warranty free of charge if it is faulty provided the defect has occurred during normal use The warranty does not cover products that are improperly used or installed mechanically damaged or damaged by liquids or the weather If the product is found to be faulty it must be sent to Paso free of charges for shipment and retu...

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