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About RockNet
RockNet is a real-time, low latency audio distribution network tailored to tour and installed sound ap-
plications.
RockNet provides a universal solution to almost any imaginable audio distribution challenge and be-
haves very much like a traditional analog active split system. It conveys 160 channels of 24bit/48kHz
audio based on CA T.5 interconnections.
RockNet products are designed for heavy duty road use. Their ruggedized steel enclosures resemble
the look and feel of a modular stagebox.
The net work consists of various 19”/1RU I/O devices and a particular interface card for Yamaha host
products which make those Yamaha products part of the RockNet audio net work.
There is no particular order of I/O devices required within a RockNet audio network. Any device can
be placed at any location.
Any input signal is anywhere available in the RockNet audio network.
The 160 channels are inputs into the network from either RN.301.MI microphone preamp/line input,,
RN.333. DI AES/EBU inputs or the input section of the RN.341.MY Yamaha interfac e cards.
The number of outputs is in practical terms unlimited although limited to 768. This offers the opport u-
nity to do as many splits as required in real world applications.
All connectors (except power, wordclock BNC and GP IO) are entirely gold-plated
The circuit design is streamlined to ultra low noise and minimum distortion to meet the highest de-
mands in audio quality.
Auto-addressing
RockNet 300 works auto-addressing.
As soon as the devices are powered-up and the Network Sections are connected via CA T.5 (from Link
Output to Link Input of the neighbour device) the c onnected devices start communicating with each
other. The communication is based on internal unique device addresses that are similar to MA C ad-
dresses. By using t hese internal addresses the devices of a network “learn” what devices the network
consist of.
The front panel has a display named DEV ICE ID. The setting of the devic e ID on the front of the de-
vice has no technical meaning. The net work works with no device ID assigned or with several (or all)
devic es having the same device ID. The DEV ICE ID display is used to visually identify the devices of a
RockNet audio network.
Furthermore this ID is used by the included online remote control software RockWorks to identify indi-
vidual devices on the screen.
The auto addressing functionality allows extremely flexible net work build-up and extension in combina-
tion with the ring redundancy and the fact that there is no particular order of device types to build a
RockNet audio network.
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