Wheatstone E-SAT, Technical Manual

Page: 11 / 126

G E N E R A L I N F O R M A T I O N
page 1 – 4
E-Series Network / Apr 2007
E-Series Micro Satellite Digital Network Router
MCS-8
The MCS-8 is a rackmount unit occupying one 19” wide rack space (total height
1 3/4”) with 16” depth.
The MCS-8 accepts up to 8 discrete stereo analog or AES-3/SPDIF digital audio
sources, and 8 stereo analog or digital outputs. Integral, high quality SRCs on the
digital inputs resolve sample rates up to 96kHz. The MCS-8 may be fitted with up to
2 input cards, and 2 output cards. It uses the same input/output card family as the
E-SAT and is pre-configured at the factory. Hardware is described in the next chapter.
All audio input and output connections are made via DB-25 PCB-mounted
connectors located on the rear of chassis. The factory supplied hand crimping tool is
used for all DB-25 connections to and from the router (see instruction on page 1-24).
There are also two RJ-45 connectors for audio network (“AT LINK” RJ-45—see
pages 1-8 and 1-10 for pinouts) and GPIO logic (LOGIC RJ-45) connections. See the
following section (page 1-5a) for logic details.
Cage-to-cage network connections can be made by UTP CAT5 crossover cables
terminated with RJ-45 connectors (see page 1-9 for pinouts).
Assuming the MCS-8 is correctly rackmounted, you may now energize it by
connecting the factory supplied power cord to the rackmount unit and then plugging
it into the AC mains.
Front panel LED indicators AC PWR and DC PWR should light up to indicate the
presence of their respective voltages.
The LINK1 LED indicates a good connection to the S-16 E-WHEATNET. Use
of the LINK2 LED is reserved.
Note: To de-energize the MCS-8, unplug its AC cord from the AC mains.
E-Series Network / Nov 2008