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Networked AoIP Broadcast Console
Designed and built in the U.S.A.
by the Wheatstone Corporation
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  • Page 1 Networked AoIP Broadcast Console Designed and built in the U.S.A. by the Wheatstone Corporation...

  • Page 2: Publication Information

    English without the written consent of Wheatstone Corporation. All others uses are illegal.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    EMX Surface Setup App ..............20 PR&E Navigator ..................32 PR&E System Configuration Tool ............44 Software Updates ................45 4 – EMX Board Operations and EMX Applications ..........46  5 – EMX Service Information ................59  Appendix A – Creating a PRE-IP Network ............61...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Emx Console

    Chapters 2 and 3, prior to installing the EMX console. For those in a hurry, there is an EMX Quick Guide which summarizes the PR&E Mix Engine’s connections and EMX Surface controls. Each EMX console has these main components: The EMX Surface - Commonly referred to as the “console”...

  • Page 6: Emx Overview

    Razor I/O Interface (1RU, FCC and CE certified) – Adds audio and logic I/O to an EMX console or to a PRE-IP network. Each Interface has sixteen RJ45 jacks for audio: eight for 8 stereo/16 mono inputs and eight for 8 stereo/16 mono outputs;...
  • Page 7 The PR&E System Configuration Tool, supplied with the EMX console, is information. used to add new EMX or DMX consoles and Razor I/O Interfaces to your EMX console. This app changes the new device’s default settings to unique When the encoder is rotated—while...

  • Page 8: Specifications

    Figure 2-4 on page 12 has wiring pin outs for the RJ45 connectors used to connect analog audio, digital audio, and logic to/from the EMX console. Figure 1-5 EMX Meter Bridge The level meters display from left-to-right: Program 1; Program 2;...
  • Page 9 EMX SPECIFICATIONS (CONTINUED) Surface Dimensions EMX-16: 5 1/4” x 32 1/8" x 18 5/8" (H, W, D) Logic GPIO EMX-16W: 5 1/4” x 38 1/4" x 18 5/8" (H, W, D) Six per RJ45 connector: Connection assignments made using PR&E EMX-20: 5 1/4”...

  • Page 10: Warranty Statement

    2. This Warranty is subject to the following restrictions and conditions: a) The owner must have filled out the enclosed Warranty Card and returned it to Wheatstone Corporation; or at the time of servicing the owner must provide proof of purchase from an authorized Wheatstone Corporation dis- tributor or dealer.

  • Page 11: Emx Hardware Installation

    LOCATING THE EMX COMPONENTS Depending upon how the cabinet is braced, a steel support strut (1-5/8" The EMX Surface is designed to be set into a cutout in the studio x 1-5/8" slotted strut channel, 12 gauge, or similar) may need to be...

  • Page 12: Pr&E Mix Engine Connections

    Failsafe Interface. Connect the two short DC cables supplied with your own CAT5 cables, UTP has an advantage because it’s a lot easier to the FSI-DMX/EMX between the two DC IN connectors on the Failsafe crimp than STP wiring. To simplify audio wiring, standard length straight- Interface and the DC Out jacks on each 1620 Supply.
  • Page 13 PR&E Navigator Device > Sources tab to adjust Logic jacks to screw terminals so “old school” hardware wired peripherals, the input gain. Every EMX input can be increased by up to +18 dB. like warning lights and hot mic LEDs, can easily be connected.

  • Page 14: Emx Power Up

    Ethernet switch on the Mix Engine, on a stand-alone EMX When AC power is first applied, it takes about 90 seconds for each EMX the three green LEDs will be lit on the Engine’s front panel (Figure 2-5).
  • Page 15 After the Mix Engine’s physical input signal names you’ll see the internal or balances the signal to the left or right of center. Readjust the encoder signals within the EMX. Many, if not most, of these signals are typically not so CENTER is shown then double-click the encoder again.
  • Page 16 HDPN fader. Its level has a headphone icon (bottom bar channel. Figure 2-8 identifies this jack on the back of the Mix Engine. graph in the left display). This level also affects the output from the EMX Surface’s headphone jack.

  • Page 17: Pr&E Mix Engine Signal Notes

    EMX signal lists. Inputs 2, 3, and 4 can also be separated into two level. Since any EMX fader channel can have EQ and Dynamics Processing mono inputs using PR&E Navigator to allow two independent mono signals,...
  • Page 18 EMX has built-in cue speakers, if external cue speakers are not needed the audio automatically switch from the OL bus to the PGM 1 bus. Of course, if CUE OUT could be used to connect the Telco Mix to a call recorder output.

  • Page 19: Razor I/O Interface Notes

    The list of sources that used simultaneously because all eight audio streams would already can be assigned to the buttons is set using the EMX Surface Setup app’s be consumed by the eight mono signals.

  • Page 20: Pr&E Apps And Emx Configuration

    PC. Select the correct NIC then click Okay twice to close the window. If the Surface. Double-click its desktop icon (shown at right) to start NIC is changed you must close and reopen the EMX Surface Setup app. the app. The app opens displaying the Device Properties tab.
  • Page 21 See page 44 for information on using the Configuration Tool. System Scanning—Selecting Mix Engine & Surface Up to this point the EMX Surface Setup app is simply showing a list of the devices it’s detected on the network. To add the signal names and...
  • Page 22 EMX, this can be done to save a backup of the settings so you can recover all your settings if the Surface must be replaced. It can also be used to “clone” a new Surface so it has the same settings as the current Surface so that you don’t have to start setting up a new console from...
  • Page 23 Surface. Meters On EMX-16 and EMX-16W Surfaces the entry should be 16. On EMX-20 When Switched Meter Auto Cue is checked, the cue bus level is shown in and EMX-20W Surfaces the entry should be 20. On EMX-24 or EMX-24W the switched meter while cue is active overriding whatever source is Surfaces the entry should be 28.
  • Page 24 2000. The date is always shown as Month Day Year. Note: The date and time must be reset, using PR&E Navigator, each time the EMX is power cycled. Source Select The default selection is Source Names. When the channel encoders are used to select a new channel source, all visible source names are listed alphanumerically with the name of the Blade they’re connected to listed in...
  • Page 25 When Allow Take Events is checked, the board operator can take any of If the EMX Surface Setup app is installed on a PC in a studio, make sure the four events. When unchecked, the Take button is not active. If Allow a user password (File >...
  • Page 26 VDips Page Tab EMX console controls and logic features that are associated with audio sources are made on this page tab (Figure 3-9). Mix Engine and Razor source signals are manually added to the Signals list. Clicking on a signal row both highlights that signal name and displays its current settings in the seven assignment sections on the right half of the page tab.
  • Page 27 Machine Start Pulsed – Sets the type of logic commands sent to the source’s remote logic output when the channel is turned on and off. When checked, a momentary closure (pulsed logic) is sent. When unchecked, a sustained logic closure (tally logic) is sent. EFS (Electronic Fader Start) –...
  • Page 28 Telco device which is typically that channel’s bus-minus signal. Studio 4 In-Use commands can also drive SLIO commands to trigger any WNIP device connected to the EMX. See page 41 for details on assigning When a Telco Source is taken on a fader channel, one bus assignment LIO and SLIO output logic in PR&E Navigator.
  • Page 29 Direct Out Pre On operator and guests. In this case the Surface headphone jack would not be When enabled for the same channel numbers as set in the Bus-Minus / used since it would also be at a fixed level. Direct Out section, the direct out audio is not affected by the channel on/off status.
  • Page 30 Visibilities Page Tab Each EMX source selector: fader channel; CR monitor; Studio monitor; Selecting Toggle Mode also differs in operation since each Soft button and Switched Meter, has its own Visibilities List to set which alternate press changes the channel Mode setting, shown in orange below the sources are displayed while using the various source selectors.
  • Page 31 (the default setting for a new EMX console). Clicking on a right-facing arrow expands that device (the arrow then points down). Sub-categories (Blade, User, Surface, etc.) are expanded in like manner until you reach the...

  • Page 32: Pr&E Navigator

    PR&E NAVIGATOR Visibility Selection List Figure 3-14 shows the signals for the Mix Engine, Surface, and a Razor The PR&E Navigator app is used initially to name and configure the PR&E I/O Interface. Two other devices, a PC and another console, are shown Mix Engine and Razor audio and logic signals.
  • Page 33 Two dots at a 45° angle indicate a stereo source connected to a stereo destination. If there are two dots stacked vertically the source is mono but the destination is stereo. Likewise, two horizontal dots indicate a stereo source connected to a mono destination.
  • Page 34 Check Use this PC’s time then click Apply to adjust the clock and time on being the next unused Salvo number. Any existing connections from the the EMX monitor control panel displays. When the admin PC is also previous Salvo are removed so you have a clean slate. As soon as you connected to the internet, click NTP to assign a remote time server to make a connection “(empty)”...
  • Page 35 Connections: section of the tab. This opens the Add Triggered Connection dialog box where a source and destination are selected. In the example, PHONE 1 taken on channel 12 on the EMX Surface. Clicking OK adds that entry to the Triggered Connections list.
  • Page 36 Multiple Associated Connections can be assigned to occur with a single If you manually rename the crosspoint files (they get named by the trigger connection. Once all of the Associated Connections are assigned, saved date and time) by an activity or daypart, one can use the Restore clicking the all-important Apply button tells the Blade with the Triggered function as an alternative to using a salvo, but with one very important Destination to monitor the system waiting for the triggered connection to...
  • Page 37 Figure 3-23 Version Manager Tab Once the Blades you want to update are checked, click Update… to open a dialog box to select the binary code file with the updated code. In most cases there will only be one file in the directory. Select the file and click Open to load that file.
  • Page 38 Navigator was last started. Figure 3-26 Locator Tab Just as with the EMX Surface Setup Locator screen clicking on a device lists its properties in the Set Selected Device Properties section where the settings can be manually edited.
  • Page 39 (Figure 3-28). To see this tab, click on the Mix Engine icon (Blade01) in the System Dock then click the Sources tab. Figure 3-27 Blade Tabs Sources & Destination Tabs These two tabs have identical sections and are used to name the Source or Destination signals;...
  • Page 40 Once you add alias names and complete editing the source and +100 (full right) are valid. Press Enter to set the new number destination names, use the EMX Surface Setup app to run a new System The top of the average signal bar graph on an active audio signal should Scan (as shown on page 21).
  • Page 41 Program bus (with no other channels assigned to that bus). The EMX Surface meter’s bar graph should light up all of the green LEDs and one yellow LED, which is the -20 dBFS point on the EMX Surface meters.
  • Page 42 Momentary/Surface LED (so its button lights up when pressed) in Note: Even though most users assign a spare button to one the EMX Surface Setup Buttons page tab. In the LIO Info tab, double-click action, they can be set to do any combination of: Fire a Salvo;...
  • Page 43 EMX console and a DMX console when the Host mic is taken Override is unchecked the source to destination connection is not made on a specific channel on either console. On the EMX, when the Host mic is when the destination is locked.

  • Page 44: Pr&E System Configuration Tool

    EMX or DMX consoles, then you can leave the EMX set to its default settings and not have to even open up this app. To identify any device, click the “I” button in that device’s window.

  • Page 45: Software Updates

    Version Manager tab in PR&E Navigator (Figure 3-41). The Software Version column lists the code build currently running The Surface code is downloaded to the admin PC as part of the EMX on each Blade (the PR&E Mix Engine and each Razor I/O Interface). Blades Surface Setup app installation.

  • Page 46: Emx Board Operations And Emx Applications

    EMX CONSOLE OPERATION channel’s “Hot Source.” EMX operation is identical, regardless of which size EMX Surface is being used—only the number of fader channels available and the number of Sources can automatically be optional control panels installed in the Surface will differ. Figure 4-1 is an...
  • Page 47 the highlighting down through the list of names. Turning it counter- channel audio on the Off Line or OL bus is not controlled by the channel clockwise (CCW) moves the highlighting up through the list of names. The On button. If the OL bus is also set to be pre-fader then the fader also list wraps around for a continuous display.
  • Page 48 There are three other cue features which may be active on the console: source name for the channel shown in Figure 4-4). If there is no source connected to the channel NoSource is shown in green. • Cue audio levels can be auto-switched to appear in the switched The area above the white line in the display is used to indicate that meter while cue is active Advanced Channel Features are active on the channel.
  • Page 49 PR&E Mix Engine, which is the rack- destination in the Navigator app) is typically connected to the mounted device with the EMX console’s audio inputs and outputs. board operator or host mic. If there is no talkback audio when pressing the TB button, then it’s a good chance the talkback...
  • Page 50 The -20 to -8 levels use orange LEDs to indicate safe peak levels. The bar graphs should only extend occasionally into the orange LEDs. Figure 4-7 Feature summary, EMX Monitor Control Panel Red LEDs are used to indicate levels from -8 up to 0. An occasional...
  • Page 51 Typically, the same source is assigned across each programmable Note: The board operator headphones plug into a recessed 1/4" selector button, like EXT 1 set for a pre-delay processed air signal; EXT 2 TRS jack in the Surface’s right side panel. set for an off-air tuner to verify you’re still broadcasting;...
  • Page 52 EMX does not have a dedicated “external monitor” output, this button be set to combine several mics so several people can talk into the studio.
  • Page 53 Once those Console Event Controls channels are all turned off, retake the event to update those EMX supports four Console Events. Each console event can setup the channels’ settings. console for a specific show, day part, or activity by changing channel...
  • Page 54 If double-clicking the channel encoder shows MODE above the white line EQ & Dynamics in the channel display then channel Mode control is enabled. You can then When EQ & Dynamics is enabled, along with Mode and Pan, double- view the next enabled Advanced Channel Feature by double-clicking the clicking the channel encoder while Pan is active brings up the EQ &...
  • Page 55 Audio Graphs Adjusting the channel encoder for the channel with the LPF screen adjusts the frequency where the higher frequency or brighter sounds begin The audio graph (Figure 4-14) will show different displays depending to be attenuated. The frequency range is from 20 kHz down to 1 kHz. This upon which EQ and Dynamics control is active.
  • Page 56 The compressor in the EMX is a soft knee compressor which means its EQ Lo Shelf allows one to boost or cut all low frequencies below the operation is less noticeable for most settings. Of course, if the controls are frequency set by the FREQ control.
  • Page 57 EMX APPLICATIONS Network Origination The EMX console is most often used in an on-air studio to control the Flagship stations for sports teams often need to have a second output audio going to a transmitter, feeding a syndication network, and/or from their main air signal to function as a regional sports network feed.
  • Page 58 The Razor’s front panel has the same OLED display and large knob channels, although for the most part remotes are used to go live-to-air, selector as used on the EMX fader channels. Rotating the encoder displays but they might also be recorded for later broadcast.

  • Page 59: Emx Service Information

    Table 5-1. The control panel assemblies and the 520149 Black 20mm Rotary Encoder Knob various circuit boards used on the EMX Surface and Mix Engine are not 520154P Fader Knob readily field-serviceable due to the extensive use of surface-mount...
  • Page 60 1. Use a 1/16” hex driver to remove four hex mounting screws. when an accessory panel is installed in the right-most accessory slot. 2. Unplug the 1620 power supply for the EMX Surface. If the Surface is Mix Engine Status LEDs using redundant power, unplug both supplies.

  • Page 61: Appendix A - Creating A Pre-Ip Network

    AoIP switch. It is advisable have every device that will connect to your PRE-IP network: Mix however, to edit the switch IP address to assign a unique IP to each EMX Engines, Surfaces, Razors, M4IP-USB Blades, PCs, audio servers, switch when creating a PRE-IP network.
  • Page 62 IP addresses assigned to the Mix Engine’s internal switches For a single station facility, which might have an EMX console in an on- should not be assigned addresses in the .240 to .254 range. air studio and a DMX console in a production room along with several Rather they could be assigned with the AoIP switches, in the .1 up...
  • Page 63 and TOC equipment is being connected, the Core Network Switch might But this can lead to users changing the return feed for a codec that is physically consist of several medium-sized (24-port) network switches still actively being used. To prevent this from occurring, many users opt to rather than a single larger 48-port switch.

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