Software
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16 : 1.Armonía Pro Audio Suite
Armonía Pro Audio Suite™
has been specifically de-
signed to be used with K Series amplifiers as an easy to
use configuring interface that allows system setting and
customization.
Communication between the software and the ampli-
fier is established via an RS-485 or Ethernet connection,
depending on the available ports on the units.
Armonía provides control and monitoring of a wide range
of amplifier functions, such as attenuation, mute, internal
temperature and voltage rail monitoring.
On K Series equiped with the KDSP board Armonía of-
fers full control on all signal processing features, including
input and output equalization, alignment delays, FIR filters
and load impedance monitoring, etc.
Armonía is scalable: it allows control of a single
Powersoft amplifier or a very large system containing many
amplifiers. For large fixed or touring installations, Armonía
gives the operator the ability to monitor and control all am-
plifiers in the system from a single location, regardless of
the amplifiers’ positions.
daisy-chaining. A looped Ethernet topology is also per-
missible, which will provide redundancy in the event of a
network failure.
An amplifier system using an RS-485 network can
either be daisy-chained throughout or use the Powersoft
PowerHub as a local switch.
16 : 2.Third party software
The K Series provides plug-ins for different third party
control software.
Developed for Powersoft by independent consultants
specialized in systems integration designs, these plug-ins
provide monitoring and control of K Series amplifiers when
integrated in proprietary network environment, such as:
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Q-Sys™
: it provides integrated monitoring and control
of Powersoft K Series and Duecanali Series amplifiers
through a QSC Q-Sys system.
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Crestron
®
macros
: it provides integrated monitoring
and control of Powersoft amplifiers through a Crestron
control system. These macros allow you to expand
the flexibility of Powersoft’s products in audio video
integrated Systems.
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AMX
®
module
: it provides AV system integrators with
an interface control solution to take full advantage of
the performance and flexibility of Powersoft’s products
in fixed install applications.
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MediaMatrix
®
NWare™
: it provides integrated moni-
toring and control of Powersoft K Series.
Powersoft’s Armonía Pro Audio Suite™ software will be
required for initial setup and management of the amplifiers.
Further information is available on the software section
of Powersoft website
www.powersoft-audio.com
.
This software has been designed to accept software
plug-ins to enable third-party product control.
Armonía is freely available on Powersoft website: it can
be downloaded after signing up for the user forum: further
information is available on the software section of Powersoft
website
www.powersoft-audio.com
.
16 : 1.1. Networking
Powersoft amplifiers can connect to a PC running
Armonía in two ways: with an RS-485 serial connection or
via Ethernet.
Systems employing both categories of amplifiers may
use both methods simultaneously: an Ethernet network be-
ing implemented for some amplifiers, and RS-485 for the
others (bear in mind that Ethernet is a faster communica-
tions protocol than serial RS-485).
The range of network topologies which can be used in
wiring a real system varies between the two communica-
tions methods.
Ethernet provides a slightly greater degree of freedom,
as standard IT network switches may be used to create
multiple hub systems as well as a single hub and linear
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