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Studer Compact InfinityCore 300 Operating Instructions Manual

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  • Page 1 Studer Compact Infinity Core (For Vista 5, Vista V and Vista X Systems) Operating Instructions...
  • Page 2 Prepared and edited by Copyright by Studer Professional Audio GmbH Studer Professional Audio GmbH Technical Documentation Order no. 5057249 Riedthofstrasse 214 CH-8105 Regensdorf - Switzerland http://www.studer.ch Subject to change Studer is a registered trade mark of Studer Professional Audio GmbH, Regensdorf...
  • Page 3 Note: It is recommended that all maintenance and service on the product should be carried out by Studer or its authorised agents. Studer cannot accept any liability whatsoever for any loss or damage caused by service, maintenance or repair by unauthorised personnel.
  • Page 4 Safety Information • Protective Earth (Ground): Green/Yellow (US: Green or Green/ Yellow) • Neutral: Blue (US: White) • Live (Hot): Brown (US: Black) As the colours of the wires in the mains lead may not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: •...
  • Page 5 Safety Information Conforming to this directive will minimise the risk of hearing damage caused by long listening periods. A simple rule to follow is: The longer you listen, the lower the average volume should be. Please take care when working with your audio system –...
  • Page 6 Installation / EMC General Installation Instructions Please consider besides these general instructions also any product-specific instructions in the “Installation” chapter of this manual. Unpacking Check the equipment for any transport damage. If the unit is mechanically damaged, if liquids have been spilled or if objects have fallen into the unit, it must not be connected to the AC power outlet, or it must be immediately disconnected by unplugging the power cable.
  • Page 7 Installation Class I Equipment (Mains Operation) Should the equipment be delivered without a matching mains cable, the latter has to be prepared by a trained person using the attached female plug (IEC 320 / C13 or IEC 320 / C19) with respect to the applicable regulations in your country.
  • Page 8 ESD / Repair • Use a system grounding concept that satisfies the safety requirements (class I equipment must be connected with a protective ground conduc- tor) and that also takes into consideration the EMC requirements. When deciding between radial, surface, or combined grounding, the advantages and disadvantages should be carefully evaluated in each case.
  • Page 9 EMC / Maintenance / ESD • When performing a repair by replacing complete assemblies, the removed assembly must be sent back to the supplier in the same packing material in which the replacement assembly was shipped. If this should not be the case, any claim for a possible refund will be null and void.
  • Page 10 Repair / Disposal SMD Components Studer has no commercially available SMD components in stock for service purposes. For repair, the corresponding devices have to be purchased locally. The specifications of special components can be found in the service manual. SMD components should only be replaced by skilled specialists using appro- priate tools.
  • Page 11 Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Also refer to relevant information in this manual. CE Declaration of Conformity Studer Professional Audio GmbH, CH-8105 Regensdorf, declare under our sole responsibility that the product Studer Compact Infinity Core...
  • Page 12 Beyond these specifications, possible problems are described below. Ambient Temperature Units and systems by Studer are generally designed for an ambient tempera- ture range (i.e. temperature of the incoming air) of +5 °C to +40 °C. When rack mounting the units, the intended air flow and herewith adequate cooling must be provided.
  • Page 13 Appendix evaporation (sublimation) may be expected; otherwise the system must be heated and dried while switched off. A system without visible internal formation of ice or condensation should be heated up with its own heat dissipation, as homogeneously (and subsequently as slow) as possible;...
  • Page 14 Appendix Appendix 2: Mains Connector Strain Relief For anchoring connectors without a mechanical lock (e.g. IEC mains connec- tors), we recommend the following arrangement: Procedure: The cable clamp shipped with your unit is auto-adhesive. For mounting please follow the rules below: •...
  • Page 15 The following Terms and Conditions grant the right to use all programs of Studer that are part of the System and/or its options at the time of its delivery to the Customer, as well as the installation software on the original data disk and the accompanying documentation (‘License Material’).
  • Page 16 Reverse engineering is only permitted with the express consent of Studer. The consent of Studer can be obtained but is not limited to the case in which the interface software can not be provided by Studer. In any case Studer has to be informed immediately upon complete or partial reverse engineering.

  • Page 17: Table Of Contents

    Appendix CONTENTSCONTENTS General ................................2 Utilization for the Purpose Intended ........................2 First Steps ................................2 Unpacking and Inspection ............................2 1.2.1 Installation ................................2 1.2.2 Adjustments, Repair, Cleaning ..........................4 1.2.3 Introduction ..............................5 Key Features ..............................6 Hardware ................................7 Connections ...............................

  • Page 18: General

    Compact Infinity Core GENERAL Utilization for the Purpose Intended The Studer Compact Infinity Core system is intended for professional use. It is presumed that the unit is operated only by trained personnel. Servicing is reserved to skilled technicians. The electrical connections may be connected only to the voltages and signals designated in this manual.
  • Page 19 Compact Infinity Core Heat dissipation The following table lists the required heat dissipation which is depending on the type of the Compact Infinity Core ( Core 300, Core 600) : Required Heat Compact Infinity Core Type Dissipation Core 300 140 W Core 600 250 W If the unit is mounted in a climatised rack, please note that air intake must be...

  • Page 20: Adjustments, Repair, Cleaning

    The primary fuse is located within the power supply module and cannot be changed. In case of failure, the complete power supply unit must be replaced. Please ask your nearest Studer representative. Cleaning Do not use any liquids to clean the exterior of the unit. A soft, dry cloth or brush will usually do.

  • Page 21: Introduction

    Compact Infinity Core INTRODUCTION The Compact Infinity Core system makes use of standard x86-CPUs for audio signal processing. This has the great benefit that every new generation of CPU increases the channel-count that can be processed by this system. While audio processing is calculated by the CPUs, the actual mixing (sum- mation) is done on a fast FPGA hardware module.

  • Page 22: Key Features

    Compact Infinity Core Key Features • Configurable DSP Core via provided configuration tool • Supported Channel Count: Core 300: 300 MEQ+ Core 600: 600 MEQ+ • Supported Bus Count Up to 768 summation busses • Tie line patching does not consume DSP (Direct input to output patching) •...

  • Page 23: Hardware

    The mainboard within the Compact Infinity Core is a high-end, standard form factor industrial server mainboard with an Intel chip-set. It is fitted with up to two Intel® Xeon® CPUs and one STUDER PCIe I/O card (Core Link Card). Dual power supplies are fitted, with two separate AC inlets.

  • Page 24: Connections

    Compact Infinity Core Connections Ethernet The two Ethernet control connections are normally directly linked to the two Ethernet switches of the desk. A-Link There are 4 A-Link ports to bring audio in-, as well as out of the Compact Infinity Core.

  • Page 25: System Setup

    It is often the case that several consoles will be connected together via Eth- ernet for resource sharing (such as Studer’s Relink). It is therefore necessary that each element must also have a second Id to allow each element to know which mixing system it is a part of;...
  • Page 26 Compact In inity Core Multi system network configuration overview Compact Infinity Core 10 Document generated: 13.06.18...
  • Page 27 Compact Infinity Core Setting up the Desk All system relevant settings of the Vista desk are configured in the D950Sys- tem.ini file. With a new ordered Vista Mixing System these settings are already configured correctly. This section is only to explain the single lines in the file that are important for the correct configuration: [d950systeminfo] ...
  • Page 28 Compact Infinity Core Setting up the Infinity Core Setting up a Infinity Core is done by using the browser based “Infinity Panel” - which normally is started from the Vista desk. Any Web browser can be started and the address of the core can be entered : 192.168.1.42:4000 (e.g.
  • Page 29 Compact Infinity Core Network Primary and secondary LAN network address can be viewn and configured on this page. Software This is the portal for software updates and information about the currently installed SW. A software version that has been uploaded onto the Core but is not currently installed, can also be deleted here by clicking the trashbin icon.
  • Page 30 Compact Infinity Core Control On this page, the Infinity Core software service can be restarted, or a hardware reboot of the Infinity Core can be executed. Here, the log files of the system can be shown or deleted. The level of details of the log files is depending on the parameter Log Level which can be set on the Settings page.
  • Page 31 Compact Infinity Core Node Name The name of this D23m frame. Cloud Id The Cloud Id of the IO Cloud. Node Id The Node Id of this D23m frame. Communication Port As a default, the communication Port for the communication with IO frames is Port 3001.

  • Page 32: Clocking Concept Of Infinity Core

    Compact Infinity Core Clocking concept of Infinity Core The Sync source of the Infinity Core is always provided by a D23m frame. The Sync signal of the D23m system is etiher internally generated by one of the D23m frames, or an external sync signal is connected to one of the D23m frames.

  • Page 33: Service Mode

    Compact Infinity Core • Is the core currently controlled (e.g. by a desk) ? Or has it no control ? • Are all SFP equipped A-Link ports active ? • Are dropouts occuring in the audio processing ? If at least one of these criterias is not met, the QoS of the A-Link signal gets reduced.

  • Page 34: Session Configuration Tool

    Compact Infinity Core Session Configuration Tool The Infinity Core uses almost the same concept of user configurable channel/ bus structures (Session Configurations) as the SCoreLive. In this chapter, the most obvious and most important differences to the Ses- sion Configuration Tool of the SCoreLive are explained. Differences to the Session Configuration Tool of the SCoreLive The Session Configuration Tool of the Infininty Core is not generating DSP program code - as needed for the SCoreLive - but it is generating a number...
  • Page 35 Compact Infinity Core Core Version As a big change to the SCoreLive-version of the Session Configuration Tool, here, the Infinity Core Version has to be chosen. This is an important setting. The Core Version must match the actual Core HW, as the load balancing of the Session Configuration Tool is set to this specific core size.

  • Page 36: Vista Surveyor Information

    Compact Infinity Core Vista Surveyor Information The status of the Infinity Core can be monitored through the Surveyor tool on the Vista console. The core specific information shown in the Surveyor tool is explained in this chapter. The following lines are giving status information that is related to the Infinity Core : VMC Config Shows the currently loaded Session Configuration that the title loaded on the...
  • Page 37 Compact Infinity Core Clicking on the item Infinity Cores brings up the detailed state of the one or two connected Infinity Cores : Infinity Core Name1 Here the status of the first connected Core is shown (lower IP Address). Please note that Name1 is the name which has been configured via Infinity Panel.
  • Page 38 Compact Infinity Core CPU Type Shows the physical CPU type and specifications. Software Version The version of the currently active software of the Core is listed here. Hardware type Shows the hardware type of the fitted Core Link Card. Hardware revision Shows the revision of the fitted Core Link Card.

  • Page 39: Modules

    Compact Core Link card. A-Link STUDER has designed a digital audio interface called A-Link. This fibre based audio interface uses a 3 Gb data rate to offer up to 1536 channels of 24 bit audio per connection. The Compact Core Link card is fitted with 4 A-Link interfaces.

  • Page 40: Primary Power Supply

    D23m and D21m I/O Subsystem The Compact Infinity Core connects via A-Link to the new Studer D23m I/O system. From there, also MADI links to D21m frames are possible.

  • Page 41: Dimensions

    Compact Infinity Core DIMENSIONS Compact Core 300 Compact Core 600 25 Compact Infinity Core Document generated: 13.06.18...
  • Page 42 Copyright by Studer Professional Audio GmbH Studer Professional Audio GmbH Technical Documentation Order no. 5034313 (1014) Riedthofstrasse 214 CH-8105 Regensdorf / Switzerland http://www.studer.ch Subject to change 4 Meterbridge Installation Studer is a registered trade mark of Studer Professional Audio GmbH, Regensdorf Document generated: 13.06.18...

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