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PCX1221HR 

PCX1222HR 

 

Professional Multichannel 

Sound Cards 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

User’s manual 

 

Summary of Contents for PCX1221HR

Page 1: ...D i g i g r a m PCX1221HR PCX1222HR Professional Multichannel Sound Cards User s manual ...

Page 2: ... 4 76 52 55 01 Fax 33 0 4 76 52 53 07 E mail info digigram com Digigram Inc 2101 Wilson Boulevard Suite 1004 Arlington VA 22201 USA Tel 1 703 875 9100 Fax 1 703 875 9161 E mail input digigram com Digigram Asia Pte Ltd 350 Orchard Road 19 07 Shaw House Singapore 238868 SINGAPORE Tel 65 6291 2234 Fax 65 6291 3433 E mail info_asia digigram com ...

Page 3: ...ation 20 Inputs 20 Outputs 21 Connectors 21 Audio specifications 21 Audio Performance 22 Development environments 22 APPENDICES 23 PCX1221HR Schematic Diagram 23 PCX1222HR Schematic Diagram 23 Layout 24 PCX1221HR cable diagram 25 PCX1221HR wiring diagram 25 PCX1222HR cable diagram 26 PCX1222HR wiring diagram 27 PCX1221HR cable pinout 28 PCX1222HR cable pinout 28 Copyright 2005 Digigram All rights ...

Page 4: ...e interference by one or more of the following measures reorient or relocate the receiving antenna increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver consult the dealer or an experienced audio television technician Note Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with CLASS B requi...

Page 5: ...cards for PCI bus They are Universal PCI 64 bit 66 MHz which means they can be plugged in 32 bit 33 MHz 5 V PCI slots as well as in 64 bit 66 MHz 3 3 V keyed PCI slots The cards are also compatible with PCI X interfaces PCX1221HR main hardware features 1 digital AES EBU stereo input with hardware sample rate converter up to 96 kHz and programmable digital gain 6 digital AES EBU stereo outputs up t...

Page 6: ... using the np SDK real time mixing of several PCM and MPEG audio streams direct monitoring level adjustment panning cross fades punch in punch out scrubbing time stretching pitch shifting 3 band parametric equalizer maximizer format and frequency conversions Low latency DirectSound Wave and ASIO drivers Under DirectSound and ASIO the cards operate in PCM mode only nevertheless an application can i...

Page 7: ...LATION The card has to be installed in the computer prior to installing its driver Installing the card Gently plug the card in a free PCI slot and press it down to position it firmly Tighten the screw Interrupt and memory address Hardware interrupt and addresses are automatically set up at start up by the PCI PnP BIOS SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Please visit the Digigram web site at www digigram com for...

Page 8: ...l install the application files pcxnp by default Note that the driver files are installed in windows system32 Drivers Digigram PCXHR Click Next In the Select components window make sure that the Driver for the HR boards has been selected Check the drivers to be installed in addition to DirectSound and Digigram np Wave MME ASIO Select the program folder where the program icons will be added default...

Page 9: ...nabled the latency of the Wave driver is optimized in this case the PCX HR on board MPEG encoding decoding is disabled To access this control panel go to Start Programs Digigram Digigram Control Center Removing the driver under Windows 2000 and XP Open the Windows Control Panel and double click on the Add Remove Software icon Select Digigram HR Runtime and Change Remove Select Remove in the np Run...

Page 10: ...have installed If the card you have installed is listed Right click on the icon of the card Select Diagnostics and Play sine This plays in loop a sine wave signal on the outputs of the card You can also select Play file to play in loop a file of your choice PCM If the playback is accurate the card is correctly installed and works To stop the playback right click on the card icon and select Stop Ac...

Page 11: ...o analog I Os on PCX1221HR Whenever reference is made to these inputs or outputs in the following chapters it refers exclusively to the PCX1222HR Playback controls To adjust the playback parameters open the Volume Control application go to the Options menu and select Properties Select the mixer device to be parameterized and select Playback in the Adjust volume for area In the Show the following v...

Page 12: ...ce output Volume control Volume and Balance use the analog output gain Mute is digital The stream coming from the application Wave Windows applies all controls to the digital stream coming from the application The Monitoring the controls use the cards digital output gains ...

Page 13: ...rameters open the Volume Control application go to the Options menu and select Properties Select the mixer device you want to control and select Recording in the Adjust volume for area In the Show the following volume controls section select the controls you d like to adjust Click Ok ...

Page 14: ...Input Volume and Balance can also be used when the Analog Input is selected Digital Input Volume and Balance use the digital input gains SYNC Input This input is available only with the Mixer device 1 2 selected On this device digital data can be recorded either from input AES EBU IN 1 or from the AES EBU SYNC input Volume and Balance use the digital input gains Note It is possible to select the a...

Page 15: ... to be controlled and select Other in the Adjust volume for section then Board Clock from the pull down menu In the Show the following volume controls section select the controls you d like to adjust Click Ok Note If the selected digital source has a clock other than the clock selected in this Properties dialog the on board sample rate converter is used except for AES EBU Sync ...

Page 16: ...d Clock window you can then choose the clock that will be used for both recording and playback by selecting the corresponding check boxes Note Checking the Select boxes is only possible with a signal present on the corresponding I O ...

Page 17: ...e Volume Control application go to the Options menu and select Properties Select the mixer device you d like to control and select Other in the Adjust volume for section then select Digital output from the pull down menu In the Show the following volume controls area select the controls you want to adjust Consumer and Professional Click Ok ...

Page 18: ...his interface go to Start Programs Digigram ASIO HR Settings For details regarding its use please refer to the on line help of this interface WAVE CONTROL PANEL When the card is used through the Wave interface its parameters can be adjusted from the Digigram Wave mixer This mixer can be found in the Windows task bar or it can be started from Start Programs Digigram For help on how to use this Wave...

Page 19: ...90 Storage temp humidity non condensing 5 C 70 C 0 95 Inputs PCX1221HR PCX1222HR Analog line inputs mono 2 balanced Maximum input level impedance 24 dBu 10 kΩ Digital input stereo 1 AES EBU with hw Sample Rate Converter 1 3 to 3 1 up to 96 kHz Programmable input gain digital from 110 dB to 18 dB analog from 94 5dB à 15 5 dB digital from 110 dB à 18 dB Other inputs AES EBU Sync up to 192 kHz Word c...

Page 20: ... 96 kHz Connectors PCX1221HR PCX1222HR Internal connectors Inter board Sync and Companion Board Link External connector 62 pin Sub D Digigram accessories available Breakout cable or 2U 19 Breakout Box Audio specifications PCX1221HR PCX1222HR Sampling frequencies available Programmable from 8 to 192 kHz A D and D A converter resolution 24 bits Supported audio formats PCM 8 16 24 bits Float IEEE754 ...

Page 21: ...alog Out 98 dB Crosstalk Analog in or out 1 kHz at 22 dBu 100 dB 15 kHz at 22 dBu 90 dB Development environments PCX1221HR PCX1222HR Digigram management np SDK HR Runtime PCM only Other management Wave PCM MPEG ASIO and DirectSound PCM only OS supported Windows 2000 and XP Main on board processing features with np SDK PCM play rec Float IEEE754 and MPEG layer 1 et layer 2 layer 3 in playback direc...

Page 22: ...Clock CRYSTAL Video LTC AES EBU IN 1 RECEIVE SRC Bypass TRANSMIT AES EBU OUT 1 6 RECEIVE PCX1222HR Schematic Diagram PCI BUS AES EBU IN 1 DAC Level adjust TRANSMIT AES EBU OUT 1 6 CLOCK GENERATION DSP INTERFACE RECEIVE ADC ANALOG LINE IN 1 2 LINE OUT 1 12 Video Word Clock CRYSTAL SRC LTC Bypass AES EBU Sync RECEIVE ...

Page 23: ...PCX1221HR PCX1222HR User s Manual 23 LAYOUT J1 PCX1221HR PCX1222HR Inter board sync Companion board connector J1 Digital cable PCX1221HR Analog digital cable PCX1222HR ...

Page 24: ... 4 AES EBU OUT 3 AES EBU OUT 2 AES EBU OUT 1 WORD CLOCK OUT WORD CLOCK IN 2 2 2 2 AES EBU OUT 5 AES EBU OUT 6 J12 Your cable may look different if it is not a Digigram cable PCX1221HR wiring diagram J8 J11 J13 J12 J10 J9 J7 J6 J4 J5 J3 J1 J2 Shell Shell 9 27 30 39 42 33 36 22 24 45 23 4 3 49 50 6 5 28 8 46 7 47 48 26 29 25 Outside Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell 1 Outside Center Outside ...

Page 25: ...J9 2 1 J12 J13 J14 1 J11 2 OUT 2 OUT 12 OUT 11 OUT 10 OUT 9 OUT 1 3 3 3 3 AES EBU SYNC LTC IN VIDEO IN 3 3 AES EBU OUT 4 AES EBU OUT 3 AES EBU OUT 2 AES EBU OUT 1 WORD CLOCK OUT WORD CLOCK IN 3 3 3 3 3 IN 2 IN 1 3 3 3 RCA Female BNC Female XLR 3P Male XLR 3P Female J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J16 J17 J18 J21 J22 J24 J25 J27 J23 AES EBU OUT 5 AES EBU OUT 6 J26 J20 J19 Your cable may look different if it is n...

Page 26: ... 2 1 3 Center Outside Center J26 2 1 3 J25 1 J23 3 3 2 1 2 2 1 3 J22 J20 2 3 2 1 J21 3 J19 35 44 43 10 11 13 12 52 51 J1 53 54 17 55 15 14 16 56 31 58 57 34 32 62 40 38 37 41 20 21 61 2 Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell Shell 1 3 1 2 J18 3 1 2 J15 3 2 3 1 1 2 3 2 J14 2 J12 3 2 1 3 1 J13 1 2 3 J11 J9 3 2 3 1 1 J10 1 2 3 J8 Shell Shell Shell Shell 2 J2 3 J5 J6 1 3 1 2 J7 2 3 1 J4...

Page 27: ...C 18 NC 39 GND 60 NC 19 NC 40 NC 61 NC 20 NC 41 NC 62 NC Analog 21 NC 42 GND PCX1222HR cable pinout Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 NC 22 GND 43 AES EBU IN 1 2 NC 23 Vidéo IN 44 AES EBU IN 1 3 AES EBU SYNC 24 GND 45 AES EBU OUT 3 4 AES EBU SYNC 25 AES EBU OUT 5 46 AES EBU OUT 3 5 AES EBU OUT 4 26 AES EBU OUT 5 47 AES EBU OUT 1 6 AES EBU OUT 4 27 GND 48 AES EBU OUT 1 7 AES EBU OUT 2 28 AES EBU O...

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