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MADI Bridge User Guide

 

Contents

 

 

Options Menus 

 

The Options menus include parameters to be changed from the front panel and display information 

that needs to be known when changing options. These menus are: 

 

 

 

The Options menus are accessed by individual buttons to instantly navigate to the desired settings 

page on the OLED Display. The front panel must be unlocked for these buttons to function. 

 

Within each Options menu the OLED display is divided into four focus sections: 

 

 

The lower half of each focus box displays the option to be changed, the upper half displays the 

parameter it is currently set to. Turning the  SELECT  encoder moves the focus window across the 4 

sections.  

 

The action taken when pressing the  SELECT  encoder differs depending on the colour of the box in 

the lower half of the focus window: a yellow option toggles through the parameters, a grey option 

requires a press and hold (3 seconds) to engage a detect routine or to force a special state, a solid 

black option indicates information only ( SELECT  has no function). 

 

Error Indication 

 

Errors will cause the appropriate Options menu button LED to flash, indicating which menu needs 

attention or where information relating to the error’s cause can be found. If an error occurs the 

MADI Bridge front panel will automatically unlock and be prevented from entering the screensaver 

mode until the the error is resolved. Causes for error indication are shown in the following  

REDU 

, 

CLOCK 

 and  

SRATE 

 sections. 

 

 

 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for MADI Bridge

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Page 2: ...produced in any form or by any means whether mechanical or electronic without the written permission of Solid State Logic Oxford OX5 1RU England As research and development is a continual process Solid State Logic reserves the right to change the features and specifications described herein without notice or obligation Solid State Logic cannot be held responsible for any loss or damage arising dir...

Page 3: ...re Features 10 Info Menus 10 LOCK 10 MON 11 Options Menus 12 Error Indication 12 MADI 13 REDU 14 CLOCK 15 SRATE 16 MODE 17 Dante Controller 18 Network Config 18 Device Info 18 User and Control Bit Pass Through 19 Brooklyn Reset 19 Clocking Scenarios 20 Network of Consoles With House Sync 20 Clocking from the Network 20 Appendix A Specifications 21 Physical 21 Ventilation 21 Group Delay 21 Appendix...

Page 4: ...k The MADI Bridge features a front panel headphone socket with rotary level control and inbuilt headphone monitor routing to replace traditional patchbay routing and fault finding functionality with equivalents in the IP audio domain Simple front panel controls facilitate routing mono or stereo paths from MADI In MADI Out Dante In or Dante Out directly to the headphones A front panel OLED screen p...

Page 5: ...DI and Dante ports It replaces patchbay based routing with a digital network whilst retaining confidence and fault finding tools Audio Channel Names The name of the signal as set in Dante Controller being transmitted or received over the network can be displayed in the status and monitoring window for the selected channels Page 5 of 30 ...

Page 6: ... consoles The MADI Bridge can also be used as a clock master for the Dante network or to provide external TDM devices with a clock source Dante Network I O Integration for MADI Consoles This allows the addition of Dante networked devices to existing MADI infrastructure Leveraging Existing Network Infrastructure Up to 8 MADI streams can be transmitted through 1Gb bandwidth 512 channels at 48 kHz in...

Page 7: ... The secondary MADI input can be used as a redundant backup of the primary input or as a second MADI input when in Split Mode Here the MADI channel allocation is divided between the ports dependant on the MADI and Dante sample rates Full Split Mode channel allocation details are shown in Appendix C Page 7 of 30 ...

Page 8: ...parate power circuits to provide redundancy of incoming AC power Dante Connections MADI Bridge has two redundant sets of network connections Note Some Dante devices allow Dante ports to be set to Switched mode rather than Redundant mode MADI Bridge uses the extension ports to provide this functionality without loss of redundancy Never connect Primary and Secondary ports to the same single Dante ne...

Page 9: ...p details and Clocking Scenarios for additional information GPIO 4 General Purpose opto coupled inputs and 4 General Purpose relay outputs allow embedding and de embedding of logic signals across the network See Appendix D for pinout information Page 9 of 30 ...

Page 10: ...on MON Metering and headphone monitoring LOCK The LOCK button is dual function it both locks the front panel and displays the info screen on the OLED Display MADI Bridge automatically locks out the front panel after 60 seconds of the SELECT encoder or button inactivity After a total of 2 minutes of inactivity the OLED display enters a screensaver mode To unlock the front panel press and hold the L...

Page 11: ...ing the monitoring page the encoder will adjust the headphone volume Pressing the SELECT encoder will move the focus to alter Signal Location The options are M I MADI Input M O MADI Output D I Dante Input D O Dante Output When Channel Number is in the focus box rotating the encoder moves through the channels This is displayed both by the channel number and the focus box around the signal present m...

Page 12: ...e focus window across the 4 sections The action taken when pressing the SELECT encoder differs depending on the colour of the box in the lower half of the focus window a yellow option toggles through the parameters a grey option requires a press and hold 3 seconds to engage a detect routine or to force a special state a solid black option indicates information only SELECT has no function Error Ind...

Page 13: ... 192 96 or 88 2 kHz is not supported N B It is not advised to use two devices with auto detect modes at either end of a MADI link Turning the encoder clockwise moves the yellow focus box to the SRC option Pressing the encoder toggles the sample rate converters on and off In the MADI SRATE window pressing the encoder has no function The MADI sample rate is derived from the primary clock input see C...

Page 14: ...hannel allocation details refer to Appendix C Turning SELECT clockwise moves the focus box to the MADI R State option pressing SELECT has no function The option reports the MADI redundancy state and as such the MADI input bridged to Dante Pri Sec Pri Error Split Mode When in GPI mode this reports the GPI state When in SSL mode this reports the active MADI port or if both are active reports Pri Err...

Page 15: ... the Auto Detect will determine if the attached clock is video or wordclock If the source is wordclock it will determine the sample rate if the source is video the video sample rate will need to be set in the SRATE menu Turning SELECT again moves the focus to Sec Clk pressing SELECT cycles through the options Ext B MADI Dante None None should be used to disable the secondary clock input if nothing...

Page 16: ... Sec Clk Info If the secondary clock is MADI Dante or wordclock it automatically detects the sample rate using the secondary clock Auto Detect routine enabled in the CLOCK menu If the secondary clock source is video this option becomes manual signified by being highlighted yellow pressing SELECT toggles through the sample rate options 44 1 48 88 2 96 176 4 and 192 kHz With the focus box on MADI In...

Page 17: ...o transport the user and control bits from the AES10 signal Pressing the MODE menu button brings up the Control Mode page If 32 bit encoding is enabled then pressing the SELECT encoder cycles through the available options SSL AES10 SSL mode is for use with SSL devices such as the Alpha Link LIVE control data is transferred in the upper audio channels N B For SSL Control Mode and any other manufact...

Page 18: ...ll always be able to access the device regardless of what mode the network ports are set to Device Info The Device Info tab shows an overview of all devices on the Dante network including name product type software version IP address link speed and status Device Device View provides configuration and diagnostics for each device including Tx and Rx subscription and signal status software and firmwa...

Page 19: ...ng PCM 32 This is set within the Encoding section of the Device Config tab Brooklyn Reset Resetting the Dante Brooklyn card to default settings is performed from Dante Controller Under the Device Config tab for a device select Clear Config This clears the device name channel labels IP address settings sample rate latency and existing audio routes Page 19 of 30 ...

Page 20: ...twork with redundant master clock sources referenced to the house synchronisation One device would be elected as the Grand Master Clock for the Dante network if that were to fail another MADI Bridge would take the role of Grand Master Clocking from the Network In this example a MADI Bridge receives a redundant external sync signal This MADI Bridge is set to Sync to External within Dante Controller...

Page 21: ...ight 3 1kg 6 8 lb Power 20 W Boxed Size 630 x 310 x 130mm 25 x 12 x 5 5 Boxed Weight 4kg 8 8 lb Ventilation Ventilation is from the side of the unit Group Delay Parameter Value Notes Group delay no SRC 8 samples MADI to Dante module Group delay with SRC 51 samples MADI to Dante module Group delay does not include the deterministic Dante device latency which can be specified in Dante Controller Pag...

Page 22: ...p 60 Hz 60 60 1080p 59 94 Hz 59 94 59 94 1080p 50 Hz 50 50 1080p 30 Hz 30 30 1080p 29 97 Hz 29 97 29 97 1080p 25 Hz 25 25 1080p 24 Hz 24 24 1080p 23 976 Hz 23 976 23 976 1080PsF 24 Hz 1080i 48 Hz 24 24 1080PsF 23 976 Hz 1080i 47 95 Hz 23 976 23 976 720p 60 Hz 60 60 720p 59 94 Hz 59 94 59 94 720p 50 Hz 50 50 Unsupported Rates Video Format Field Rate Hz PAL 23 976 720p 30 720p 29 97 720p 25 720p 24 ...

Page 23: ...it redundant mode The diagram to the right indicates the number of channel slots available for audio or silence in each operating mode SRC can be on or off In split mode operation the break between the channels is indicated by the dotted line the first channel of the lower section becomes channel 33 or 29 and is the start of the secondary MADI port The channel number mapping between MADI and Dante...

Page 24: ...MADI Bridge User Guide Contents SRC can be on or off Page 24 of 30 ...

Page 25: ...MADI Bridge User Guide Contents SRC can be on or off Page 25 of 30 ...

Page 26: ...32 Split 32 32 28 Split 28 28 176 4 192 16 Redundant 16 16 14 Redundant 14 14 88 2 96 32 44 1 48 64 Redundant 32 32 56 Redundant 32 32 64 Split 32 0 56 Split 32 0 88 2 96 32 Redundant 32 32 28 Redundant 28 28 32 Split 32 0 28 Split 28 4 176 4 192 16 Redundant 16 16 14 Redundant 14 14 176 4 192 16 44 1 48 64 Redundant 16 16 56 Redundant 16 16 64 Split 16 0 56 Split 16 0 88 2 96 32 Redundant 16 16 2...

Page 27: ...e of between 4V and 24V The current drawn is approximately 10mA Minimum input pulse duration 50mS GP Inputs Outputs Connector Type 25 way D type male Pin Description Notes 1 14 2 15 3 16 4 17 5 18 6 19 7 20 8 21 9 22 10 23 11 24 12 25 13 Input 1A Input 1B Input 2A Input 2B Input 3A Input 3B Input 4A Input 4B 12V Output Chassis Output 1A Output 1B Output 2A Output 2B Output 3A Output 3B Output 4A O...

Page 28: ...onnel Seek immediate service if I The unit has been exposed to moisture II The unit has been dropped III The unit does not operate normally 12 Do NOT modify this unit alterations may affect performance safety and or international compliance standards 13 SSL does not accept liability for damage caused by maintenance repair or modification by unauthorised personnel Installation Notes 1 When installi...

Page 29: ... unit GB The apparatus shall be connected to mains socket outlets with a protective earthing connection DEN Apparatets stikprop skal tilsluttes en stikkontakt med jord som giver forbindelse til stikproppens jord FIN Laite on liitettävä suojamaadoituskoskettimilla va rustettuumpistorasiaan NOR Apparatet må tikoples jordet stikkontakt SWE Apparaten skall anslutas till jordat uttag ATTENTION This equ...

Page 30: ...er equipment Failure to use high quality shielded cables or to follow the installation instructions may cause magnetic interference with appliances such as radios and televisions and will void your FCC authorisation to use this product in the USA 3 Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits ...

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