Tie Line Management - Studer Vista 9 Operating Instructions Manual

Vista 9 Digital Mixing System
8.5.6

Tie Line Management

8- RELINK
On every Vista console, tie lines need to be configured with the OnAir con-
figuration tool. They may be any type of I/O, the most efficient of them are
HD links giving 96 channels in both directions per Cat5 cable pair. Further-
more, MADI interfaces with a maximum channel capacity of 64/64 are quite
popular for tie lines. MADI tie lines may also be configured to use less than
64 I/O – any desired number smaller than 64. AES/EBU or Line interfaces
can also be used as tie lines if only a small number of audio channels needs
to be shared, such as for transmission lines.
Tie line management is dynamic, therefore only the maximum number of
audio channels used simultaneously needs to be considered.
The total amount of configured tie lines is displayed in the I/O Sharing area of
the general patch in the GC, with the number of the currently free tie lines.
SW V4.5 Date printed: 29.0.0