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AVB Networking
2.1
System Overview
StudioLive™ Series III
AVB Networking Guide
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AVB Networking
2.1
System Overview
AVB networks behave very much like an analog audio system.
Like an analog audio system, audio networks consist of sources,
destinations, and intermediate processing along the way.
Let’s look at a simple live-sound setup:
mic
stagebox
mixer
active sub
active
loudspeaker
In the above example, an audio signal goes out of the microphone and into the stage
box. It then goes to the mixer, where the microphone signal is amplified, routed to
the appropriate output, and sent to an active subwoofer, where it is finally passed
through to the full-range loudspeaker. All of this is readily apparent to any audio
engineer just by looking at the diagram—a good thing because the skills required to
configure an analog system are nearly identical those needed by a network engineer.
Let’s compare the audio system above with components in a network:
mic
mic
mixer
Stage Box
AVB Switch
Input, Processing,
& Output
Input & Output
Link
PoE
Blue= PoE On
(Hold to toggle)
White= PoE Off
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SW
5E
AVB SWITCH WITH P
o
E
PoE
Link
PoE
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In our network example, the microphones connected to the mixer and stagebox
can be freely available on either or both, depending on the routing.
