NetWave DirectView Broadcast Console Operations & Technical Manual
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1 - Introduction
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activate the built-in VistaMax Link connector. The Link, a single CAT-5e or CAT-6 crossover cable, connects
the NetWave console to a VistaMax system Hub card facet. This connection allows any VistaMax system
source (audio signals or audio with logic signals) to be routed to any NetWave channel and to either or both
external monitor selectors. The VistaMax Link also carries a number of NetWave signals to the VistaMax
system:
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One local audio input from each channel (either the analog or digital input can be chosen)
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All four stereo program buses
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All mix-minus outputs (with both a clean feed and an IFB feed)
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The two channel Telco record output
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The stereo cue bus
Any of these signals can be routed to any VistaMax system destination, as required by the application.
To further enhance a Linked console, a Dual Router Kit, PRE99-1424, Dual Fader panel upgrade is also
available. This kit adds VistaMax source selection ability to both faders on any Dual Fader panel. Typically
one or both of these kits are installed, depending on console size and application.
The NetWave DirectView console display has these parts:
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Two or four stereo bar graph meters (PGM 1 and Auxiliary; or PGM 1, PGM 2, PGM 3, and Auxiliary)
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A digital clock which can be slaved to an ESE or a SMPTE master clock
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A count-up event timer
The console display sits just behind the channel fader panels and fastens to the console chassis.
A single 48-volt DC output power supply is used to power the NetWave console:
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A rackmount supply (PRE99-1205), also used with VistaMax card frames and RMXd consoles, comes with
the NetWave-24 console.
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An in-line supply (PRE99-1206) comes with the NetWave-8 and -16 consoles. (A PRE99-1205 supply is
an option for these size consoles.)
An optional Power Coupler (PRE90-1995) allows any on-air NetWave console to be redundantly powered by
coupling a second, matching, 48-volt DC supply to the console.
The NetWave console is constructed using an all-aluminum chassis that fully contains all circuit board
electronics for strength and RFI immunity. To ensure silent operation, there are no fans used in any
NetWave component. The console, control panels, console display, and power supplies are all convection
cooled.
All end-user audio, logic, power, and network connections are made along the top rear section of the console
chassis. Connector access is made via a removable flip-open cover which hides the cabling and connectors
during normal operation.
NetWave Connections
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Monitor & Output Card (Figure 1-2):
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Four stereo Program bus outputs – with separate analog and AES digital outputs
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Three stereo analog control room outputs – for a room monitor amp and for separate host and guest
headphone amps
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Three stereo analog studio outputs – for a studio monitor amp and for separate host and guest
headphone amps
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Two stereo analog External Monitor inputs
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Two mono analog Mix-Minus outputs with IFB
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Separate control room and studio logic connectors – warning interface output, logic I/O for dim and
mute control, talk logic output