Glensound AOIP22 Product Details

Dante/ aes67 network audio 2 input 2 output line level analogue interface

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AoIP22
®
DANTE
/ AES67 NETWORK AUDIO
2 INPUT 2 OUTPUT LINE LEVEL ANALOGUE
INTERFACE
PRODUCT DETAILS
6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND.
TEL: +44 (0) 1622 753662
Visit our Website at www.glensound.com
FAX: +44 (0) 1622 762330

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  • Page 1 AoIP22 ® DANTE / AES67 NETWORK AUDIO 2 INPUT 2 OUTPUT LINE LEVEL ANALOGUE INTERFACE PRODUCT DETAILS 6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND. TEL: +44 (0) 1622 753662 Visit our Website at www.glensound.com FAX: +44 (0) 1622 762330...
  • Page 2 Glensound Electronics Ltd Thank you for choosing a new Glensound product. All rights reserved. Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice, if in doubt please contact us for the latest product information. If you need any help with the product then we can be contacted at: Glensound Electronics Ltd 1 –...
  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This symbol is intended to highlight that there This symbol is intended to warn that are important operating & maintenance dangerous voltages within the product are instructions in the literature accompanying present and constitute a risk of electric shock. this unit.
  • Page 4: Product Warranty

    PRODUCT WARRANTY: All equipment is fully tested before dispatch and carefully designed to provide you with trouble free use for many years. We have a policy of supporting products for as long as possible and guarantee to be able to support your product for a minimum of 10 years. For a period of one year after the goods have been despatched the Company will guarantee the goods against any defect developing after proper use providing such defects arise solely from faulty materials or...
  • Page 5 Two channel AoIP, Analogue I/O interface This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer. This equipment is manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is marked and conforms to the...
  • Page 6 RoHS DIRECTIVE EC directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of the hazardous substances listed below in electrical and electronic equipment. This product conforms to the above directive and for this purposes, the maximum concentration values of the restricted substances by weight in homogenous materials are: Lead 0.1%...
  • Page 7 WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS 2006 (WEEE) Glensound Electronics Ltd is registered for business to business sales of WEEE in the UK our registration number is: WEE/JJ0074UR Page 7 of 29...
  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    AOIP22 RIGHT SIDE PANEL LAYOUT ................... 13 AOIP22 LEFT SIDE PANEL LAYOUT ....................14 SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM ...................... 15 CONNECTING THE AoIP22 TO A DANTE NETWORK ..............16 Getting Dante Controller ....................... 16 Connecting AoIP22 To the Network ....................16 Audio Over IP Network .........................
  • Page 9: Overview

    OVERVIEW The Glensound AOIP22 is an analogue to digital and digital to analogue converter ® designed to connect line level analogue audio circuits to a Dante audio network. ® Dante network audio is a common protocol for distributing high quality linear audio over standard IP networks and it is widely used by many audio equipment ®...
  • Page 10: Examples Of Use

    Audio routing only needs to be configured by Dante® Controller The Glensound GS-CU008A is a popular and widely used on the first time the AoIP22 is connected to the network as all commentary unit by broadcasters. It provides a programme routes are stored locally on the device.
  • Page 11 CAT5/6 direct connection (up to 100m) The AoIP22 is the perfect choice for installing in the back of a rack Two return clean feed output circuits are routed across the for interfacing legacy analogue audio equipment to your Dante network from the desk to the AoIP22s outputs. These are then network.
  • Page 12: Aoip22 Front Panel Layout

    AOIP22 FRONT PANEL LAYOUT 1. Analogue Audio Inputs 2. Analogue Audio Outputs 1. Analogue Audio Outputs ® The two balanced analogue XLR outputs provide outputs from the Dante AES67 network. They are electronically balanced and set to a line up level whereby full scale (0dBFs) on the digital network equates to an analogue output of +18dBu.
  • Page 13: Aoip22 Right Side Panel Layout

    AOIP22 RIGHT SIDE PANEL LAYOUT 3. Link Status 4. Network Connection 3. Link Status LED The status LEDs flash to show when data is being correctly communicated with the attached switch. 4. Network Connection The Ethercon connector can mate with Neutrik XLR based network cables and standard RJ45s.
  • Page 14: Aoip22 Left Side Panel Layout

    AoIP22 to be updated…..Please see the ‘Updating Firmware’ section of this handbook for more information. 6. Micro USB Connector The Micro-USB connector is used for connecting the AoIP22 to a PC when updating its firmware…. Please see the ‘Updating Firmware’ section of this handbook for more information.
  • Page 15: Simplified Block Diagram

    DANTE/ AES67 NETWORK AUDIO +12V NETWORK -12V DC:DC CONVERTER AUDINATE ULTIMO CHIPSET ANALOGUE DIGITAL TO TO DIGITAL ANALOGUE ANALOGUE AUDIO IN ANALOGUE AUDIO OUT CONVERTER CONVERTER MICROPROCESSOR...
  • Page 16: Connecting The Aoip22 To A Dante Network

    Connecting AoIP22 To the Network The AoIP22 can be connected to the network that you are going to use for your audio distribution simply by plugging in the network connection on the front panel. Once connected to the network it will be possible to see the AoIP22 from within the ®...
  • Page 17: Running Dante Controller

    ® At the time of writing this manual the Dante Controller looks as per the screenshot below: The AoIP22 will have been named at the factory during test to allow them to be ® identified by the Dante controller. The format used for the factory name is: ‘AOIP22-sn-105-903ef5’...
  • Page 18: Aes67 Mode

    AES67 support for the unit. AES67 support should be sought directly from Audinate. 1. Turning On AES67 Mode If you want to use your AoIP22 on an AES67 network and it has not been set to ® AES67 mode then this can be set in Dante...
  • Page 19 View. Tick the AES67 Flow check box, then select up to 8 channels to be included in the flow then click ‘Create’ (The AoIP22 only has 2 channels so no more than that can be created). Once set the flows can be seen in the transmit tab of the device view.
  • Page 20 3. Receiving AES67 Audio ® Once a compatible AES67 stream is detected on the network by Dante Controller the AES67 flows will appear in the Dante Transmitters section in the Routing tab. 4. AES67 Restrictions AES67 flows can only be generated with the following constraints: ...
  • Page 21: Updating Firmware

    UPDATING FIRMWARE The AoIP22 is a digital audio system comprising of a Micro Controller and ADC and DAC converters. These items run software and may need to be occasionally updated. Equipment needed  A windows based PC  USB Type A to Micro B cable ...
  • Page 22 USB device. 5. Loading the firmware Now open DfuSe Demo. If the AoIP22 successfully entered DFU mode then it will appear as ‘STM Device in DFU Mode’ under the ‘Available DFU Devices tab’. Figure 3 Device successfully recognised...
  • Page 23 Figure 4 Choose .dfu file Click choose and then select the .dfu file that you downloaded from the Glensound website. This will be located in your downloads folder by default. If the file loads successfully then it will read along the bottom ‘File correctly loaded’.
  • Page 24 6. Upgrading the AoIP22 firmware The firmware is now ready to be put on to the AoIP22. Tick the ‘Verify after download’ box first and then click ‘Upgrade’. Figure 6 Upgrade Click yes to proceed. Figure 7 Start upgrade Figure 5 .dfu successfully loaded...
  • Page 25 The progress bar along the bottom will show the status of the operation.If the operation was successful, DfuSe Demo will report that “Targery 00: Verify Successful!”. Figure 8 Upgrade status You may also see that it will report how much data was successfully transferred. Figure 9 Successful upgrade! Page 25 of 29...
  • Page 26 7. Final steps Now click “Leave DFU mode” to finish the procedure. Figure 10 Final step You may now disconnect the USB cable and continue to use the AoIP22 with the freshly updated firmware! Page 26 of 29...
  • Page 27: Updating The Ultimo Chipset

    Dante/ AES67 network audio streams. There is one Ultimo Chipset in each AoIP22. We supply special code (a .dnt file) that sets up/ initiates the Ultimo Chipset and makes it work in particular way that is compatible to the AoIP22.
  • Page 28: Wiring Information

    Domestic devices generally work on different audio levels than professional devices such as ours. This may mean that the output of the AoIP22 seems a little high and the input seems a little low when the AoIP22 is interfaced to a domestic device.
  • Page 29: Specification

    SPECIFICATION AUDIO POWER Frequency Response ≤ 20Hz to 22k ± 0.25dB 2.6 Watts Maximum Input Before Clip Source +18dBu PoE Enabled Switch or Mid-Span PoE Injector Maximum Output Level +18dBu Input Impedance NETWORK AUDIO >20 kΩ Compatible Audio Networks Output Impedance Dante®...

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