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Important Safety Instructions Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with dry cloth. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
Safety symbols Familiarize yourself with the safety symbols in Figure 1: Safety symbols. These symbols are displayed on the apparatus and warn you of the potential danger of electric shock if the system is used improperly. Figure 1-1: Safety symbols PG32-AES-FX User Guide...
Device Description Optocore TECHNOLOGY Optocore™ is a technology platform for sending large amounts of audio, with very low latency around a fiber-based network. This transport (and management system) is of very high quality, suitable for concerts, recording studios, and broadcast applications. SANE™ is a spin-off technology that adapts this same technique to a smaller network (Ethernet) and at a lower cost.
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front / rear panels can be used. The FPGA (field programmable gate array) based concept of the internal logic circuitry allows updating of the firmware ensuring a continual state-of-the-art device. OPTOCORE CONTROL software provides all configuration and control tools including naming, gain setting and phantom power activation for attached devices, storage and recall of configurations on the computer, off- and online operational modes, as well as real-time level display of the individual channels when in online mode.
Front Panel Word Clock LED: Indicates the selected word clock source: INT: Internal word clock BNC: External via BNC Input NET: Word clock received from network AES status LED: Indicates that the entire port (exit on the rear panel) is ready for data transmission of: LED ON: AES/EBU digital audio LED OFF: Data...
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LAN LINK: Indicates the Ethernet link status S1: Ethernet communication is established via SANE 1 (rear panel) S2: Ethernet communication is established via SANE 2 (rear panel) There is other device with physical Ethernet port enabled on the network L1: Ethernet communication is established via LAN 1 (rear panel) L2: Ethernet communication is established via LAN 2 (rear panel) Sample Rate LED: Indicates the selected sample rate...
Rear Panel RS485/GPIO plug: D-Sub-9 RS485 AUXILIARY PORT for data transmission Word Clock IN: BNC Word clock input allows synchronization of ProGrid devices to an external word clock source Word Clock OUT: BNC Word clock output for synchronization of external devices Video IN: BNC Video input for composite video Video OUT:...
Device Details Fiber Optic Connection The ProGrid Signal Transport Solution uses a digital Time Division Multiplex technology (TDM) with a fiber channel based 8B10B-NRZI-coding. Static time slots guarantee the synchronous transmission of all channels at any time with no demand for dynamic bandwidth. All signals attached to the audio, video, word clock and auxiliary ports of the device are transmitted simultaneously on one fiber.
Transmission Delay The ProGrid system delay including the matrix is fixed to 41,6 µs @ 48 kHz for all channels. The transport delay per ProGrid unit (<200 ns) in the network is insignificant. The transmission delay is constant from any point to any point. Overall delay depends on converters and fiber cable length, with ‘normal’...
PC. Third party control Third party protocols for device controlling can be used, if previously adapted by Clear-Com. It is possible to control ProGrid preamps directly from Yamaha, Studer/Soundcraft, SSL and Lawo with Special Emulation Mode configured.
Channel Allocation: FX The standard channel allocation is as follows: 256 Channels @ 48 KHz – 1 Gbit network Audio 768 Channels @ 48 kHz – 2 Gbit network RS485 Data 32 Channels Video 3 CVBS Video Channels * Ethernet 100 MBit Fast Ethernet * * If the network is used for the transport of Ethernet compatible data the capacity is reduced to one CVBS video channel plus 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet.
Channel Allocation: SANE The standard channel allocation is as follows: Audio 64 Channels @ 48 KHz Ethernet 100 MBit Fast Ethernet PG32-AES-FX User Guide...
Connectors and Cables SANE Ports Use shielded twisted-4-pair-cable (Cat-5, Cat-5e, Cat-6), with RJ-45 connector. SANE technology utilises all 4 pairs of Cat-5 cable – two for standard Ethernet transmission, two for SANE. Maximum distance between two devices connected by SANE is 100m. Optical Connection The dual optical LINK-interfaces are equipped with duplex LC connectors.
9.10 Video-Connection Use 75 Ω-coaxial-cable with BNC-connector. 9.11 Mains-Connection Standard power cords with IEC C13 socket can be used. PG32-AES-FX User Guide...
Clear-Com support team. OPTOCORE CONTROL for configuration and remote controlling, and OPTOCORE UPGRADE for firmware upgrading are installed on a PC or Laptop by double- clicking on the 785G041X_PROGRID_CLIENT_SERVER_X_XX.EXE. The set-up executable program is self- extracting and provides the OPTOCORE CONTROL SETUP WIZARD.
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input acts as word clock master of the network, when present. • Clock Setup: All devices in the network must work with the same sample rate. CLOCK SOURCE allows the selection of Auto (BNC priority), INT (internal) or BNC (external) word clock signal. •...
Hardware Connection The PG16 units are connected to a PG32-AES-FX using BI-B cables as shown in Connection Tables. The word clock is transmitted by the word clock I/Os and standard 75 Ω cables. The following figure demonstrates the configuration of a 48 send and 16 return system with two PG16units using two input cards each, two PG16 units with one input and one output card each and one PG32-AES-FX.
Connection Tables Pin-out Principal Ports A - D AES/EBU In or Output AES/EBU In or Output Special use Channel Audio 9+10 11+12 13+14 15+16 Channel 10, 12, 13, 23, D-Sub-25- female Locking system acc. to 4-40 UNC Pin-out Auxiliary Ports 4 x RS485 RS485 Channel Please assure correct polarity “+”...
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Pin-out USB-Port Channel VBUS USB device-connector PG32-AES-FX User Guide...
Dimensions and Weight Front panel: width 483 mm / 19 inch height 44 mm / 1.73 inch depth 200 mm / 7.87 inch Rear panel: width 438 mm / 17.25 inch Weight 2.7 kg ≡ 4.41 lbs Modifications that serve the purpose of technical improvement of the device may be carried out without prior notification.
(manufacturers, distributors and/or retailers) to take-back electronic products at the end of their useful life. The WEEE Directive covers most Clear-Com products being sold into the EU as of August 13, 2005. Manufacturers, distributors and retailers are obliged to finance the costs of...
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recovery from municipal collection points, reuse, and recycling of specified percentages per the WEEE requirements. Instructions for Disposal of WEEE by Users in the European Union The symbol shown below is on the product or on its packaging which indicates that this product was put on the market after August 13, 2005 and must not be disposed of with other waste.
Warranty and Liability The Clear-Com product that you have purchased is covered by the Clear-Com Standard Limited Warranty, the terms and conditions of which can be found at www.clearcom.com/support/warranty-support-policies. We encourage you to review the Standard Limited Warranty to determine its coverage, exclusions from coverage and duration.
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