TC Electronic DB6, Manual

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Getting to know DB6
14 DB6 Single / Multi / AES – Firmware version 1.30
The Ethernet ports are used exclusively for con-
necting a controller (namely a computer running
TC Icon software). No audio signals are transmit-
ted for processing over Ethernet ports.
SDI In Port(s) – (1 / 3 / none)
DB6 Single has one SDI In port, while DB6
Multi has either one, two or three SDI In ports,
depending on the number of 3G Transmission
cards installed. DB6 AES has no SDI In ports.
Connect the upstream SDI device to an SDI In
socket on DB6. Use a coaxial cable with BNC
connectors with a nominal impedance of 75
Ohms.
SDI Out Port(s) – (1 / 3 / none)
DB6 Single has one SDI Out port, while DB6
Multi has either one, two or three SDI Out ports,
depending on the number of Transmission 3G
cards installed. DB6 AES has no SDI Out ports.
Connect the downstream SDI device to an SDI
Out socket on DB6. Use a coaxial cable with
BNC connectors with a nominal impedance of
75 Ohms.
AES-3id In Ports – (none / none / 8)
DB6 AES has 8 AES-3id In ports on BNC con-
nectors with one channel pair per connector.
DB6 Single and
DB6 Multi have no AES In ports.
AES-3id Out Ports – (none / none / 8)
DB6 AES has 8 AES-3id Out ports on BNC
connectors with one channel pair per connec-
tor. DB6 Single and
DB6 Multi have no AES Out
ports.
Back panel connectors on a DB6 AES
About AES channels
DB6 AES comes fully loaded with 16 channels
of unbalanced AES I/O, and by default the first 8
channels are active. Should you need even more
channels, you can purchase a separate license
for activating channels 9-16.
GPIO Port(s) – (1 / 3)
Connect a controller to this port to control vari-
ous DB6 features remotely.
For more information on GPI, see “Setting up
GPI” on page 30 and “Appendix 2: DB6 GPI/O
page” on page 64.