Quartz Q16/Q32 System Manual
18 May 2004
Issue 5.00
Page 33
A1 main
crosspoint bank
D50 Connector
A1 I/P’s 1-16
A2-to-A1 soft
crossover
crosspoints
A2 main
crosspoint bank
A1-to-A2 soft
crossover
crosspoints
D50 Connector
A2 I/P’s 1-16
D50 Co
nnect
or
A1 O
/P
’s 1-
16
D5
0 Con
nect
or
A2 O/
P’s
1-
16
Hard Crossover
Routers in the Q32-AA-xxxx-S range (part numbers ending in –S) have a hardware crossover feature
as standard. The main modules have additional circuitry to allow a choice of normal audio output or
audio from the adjacent main module. With this option the control system allows stereo left/right
swap, left to both outputs, or right to both outputs (check with Quartz as to which modes are currently
supported by the firmware).
Products that support hard crossover are:
Q16-AA-3208-S used as 32x8 stereo
Q16-AA-3216-S used as 32x16 stereo
Q16-AA-3232-S used as 32x32 stereo
AES/EBU Digital Audio Routing
The Q16 router card provides a 16x16 matrix. For the Q32 this is joined to an input expansion card
to provide a 32x32 matrix.
The AES/EBU digital audio matrix is capable of handling signals in the following formats:
32KHz
Broadcast standard e.g. NICAM
44.1KHz
Compact
disk
48KHz
Professional standard
96KHz
Professional standard, DVD authoring (non-reclocked versions only)
The 1U Q16 16x16 frame for balanced signals (D-type connectors) is shown in schematic form
below
Inputs 1-16,
outputs 1-16, and
processor
(PC-158 / PC-215)
PS-0009
The 2U Q32 frame is shown in schematic form below
