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  • Page 1 Hydra2 I/O Product Guide Your Route to Success calrec.com...
  • Page 2 Fax: +44 (0)1422 845244 usage. of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All other trade marks Email: enquiries@calrec.com are acknowledged. Calrec Audio Ltd reserve the right to change calrec.com specifications without notice. E & O.E. © 2018 Calrec Audio Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS Introduction I/OOptions–FixedFormat I/OOptions–Modular DiGiCoOrangeBox-Hydra2Interface EG6266-2AoIPinterface ProcessingCore–Apollo,ArtemisShine&Beam ProcessingCore–ArtemisLight,Summa Hydra2-Hub ExampleNetworks...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    In the Apollo, Artemis and Summa consoles, and the Hydra2 network, Calrec provides intelligent solutions for easily sharing network I/O resources and control data. This Product Guide provides detailed descriptions for Calrec’s full range of fixed format and modular Hydra2 units and both 8U and 4U console core options.

  • Page 5: I/OOptions-FixedFormat

    I/O OPTIONS – FIXED FORMAT AD5782 ANALOGUEMIC/LINE12IN/4OUT–XLR UNIT SPECIFICATIONS Format Analogue Inputs 12 Mic / Line Level, Electronically Balanced Outputs 4 Line Level, Electronically Balanced (20 Hz–20 kHz Better than -35 dB, typically -45 dB Audio Connectors XLR (Inputs – Female, Outputs – Male) Input Gain Range -18 dB to +78 dB, remotely controlled per port Phantom Power...
  • Page 6 9” (230 mm) Depth inc. rear mating connectors 12” (300 mm) Approximate Weight 12.5 lbs (5.7 kg) Input Power 100-240 V AC, 0.6-0.31 A RMS, 50/60 Hz Acoustic Noise 26 dB-SPL A-Weighted, 1 m from source CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 7 AD5780 ANALOGUEMIC/LINE48IN/16OUT–XLR UNIT SPECIFICATIONS Format Analogue Inputs 48 Mic / Line Level, Electronically Balanced Outputs 16 Line Level, Electronically Balanced (20 Hz–20 kHz Better than -35 dB, typically -45 dB Audio Connectors XLR (Inputs – Female, Outputs – Male) Input Gain Range -18 dB to +78 dB, remotely controlled per port Phantom Power 48 V, remotely controlled per port...
  • Page 8 9” (230 mm) Depth inc. rear mating connectors 12” (300 mm) Approximate Weight 11.5 lbs (5.2 kg) Input Power 100-240 V AC, 1.05-0.51 A RMS, 50/60 Hz Acoustic Noise 27 dB-SPL A-Weighted, 1 m from source CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 9 8 x Digital AES O/Ps. side of the front panel of the unit connects the elements (flight-cases / covers / the I/O to the optional Hydra2 module in general protection). The Audio Specifications for the Analogue a Brio 36 system either directly or via a and Digital inputs and outputs are the H2Hub.
  • Page 10 Hydra2 or AoIP. Please ensure this switch connector has a retaining clip that can that can be individually swapped out is set to the Hydra2 position for normal without interrupting operation. operation. hold some types of IEC cables in place.
  • Page 11 Output balance > 45 dB AoIP (Rear) Lights green if set Output impedance <40 Ohms to connect to a non Hydra2 network GPIO None Pri / Sec Indicates network SFP (Rear) activity Height < 1U - 40mm (1.6’) Width 220mm (8.7’)
  • Page 12 Depth inc rear mating connectors 12” (300 mm) Approx Weight 8.6 lbs (3.9 kg) Input Power 100–240 V AC, 0.24–0. 1 3 A RMS, 50/60 Hz Acoustic Noise 26 dB-SPL A-Weighted, 1 m from source 12 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 13 JB5783 DIGITALAES332IN/32OUT–BNC UNIT SPECIFICATIONS Format Digital AES3 unbalanced Inputs Outputs Audio Connectors Impedance 75 Ω Input Signal Range 0.3–1.2 V Pk–Pk Output Signal 1 V Pk–Pk (nominal) Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) 22 Hz to 20 kHz – Better than -120 dB Digital to Digital (AES3) Distortion -1 dBFS, 20 Hz to 10 kHz –...
  • Page 14 9” (230 mm) Depth inc rear mating connectors 12” (300 mm) Approx Weight 14.3 lbs (6.5 kg) Input Power 100–240 V AC, 0.38–0.20 A RMS, 50/60 Hz Acoustic Noise 26 dB-SPL A-Weighted, 1 m from source 14 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 15 JM5736, JM5831, JM5890 DUALMADI UNIT SPECIFICATIONS Format MADI (AES10) Inputs 2 x MADI (2 x 64 / 56 channels) Outputs 2 x MADI (2 x 64 / 56 channels) BNC and: JM5736 – Multimode SC Fibre Audio Connectors JM5831 – Singlemode SC Fibre JM5890 –...

  • Page 16: I/OOptions-Modular

    Hydra2 interface card. range of I/O cards, allowing for a to ground using earth cable of at least This card connects the I/O to a Hydra2 custom selection of I/O quantities cross-section (10 AWG). network. Unlike fixed format I/O, the and formats.
  • Page 17 Card Type Code Connector Type Inputs Outputs 8 Analogue Line Inputs AD5838 D-Type 8 Analogue Mic/Line Inputs AD6057 D-Type 4 Mic/Line Inputs AD5840 4 Transformer Mic/Line Inputs AD6365 2 Mic/Line Inputs + Splits AL5870 Waves Soundgrid BI6218 RJ45 Dante with Network Redundancy BI6192 RJ45 8 Analogue Line Outputs...
  • Page 18 The AD5838 provides 8 balanced line FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION level analogue inputs to the Hydra2 network in a 1 slot-wide module. 37 Pin Male D-Type - Wiring side of connecting cable The audio interface is via a 37 pin female D-Type connector.
  • Page 19 FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION mic / line level analogue inputs to the Hydra2 network in a 1 slot-wide 37 Pin Male D-Type - Wiring side of connecting cable module. The audio interface is via a 37 pin female D-Type connector.
  • Page 20 The AD5840 provides 4 balanced FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION mic / line level analogue inputs to Connector side Wiring Side Function Pin the Hydra2 network in a 2 slot-wide Positive module. The audio interface is via 4 Negative female XLR connectors. Female Ground...
  • Page 21 FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION / line level analogue inputs to the Connector side Wiring Side Function Pin Hydra2 network along with a pre-gain Positive analogue ‘split’ output for each input Negative in a 2 slot-wide module. The 2 Input Female...
  • Page 22 48 V phantom power is on. The standard modular I/O status LED flashes green once the card has booted and lights solid green once a connection between the card and the Hydra2 interface has been established. SPECIFICATION Format Analogue...
  • Page 23 BI6218 WAVESSOUNDGRID(RJ45) The BI6218 provides 64 outputs from FRONT PANEL VIEW the Hydra 2 network to the SoundGrid network, and 64 inputs to Hydra 2 from SoundGrid at 48 kHz via a single Ethernet cable. . SoundGrid is an Audio-over-Ethernet networking and processing technology developed by Waves.
  • Page 24 BI6192 DANTEWITHNETWORKREDUNDANCY(RJ45) The BI6192 provides an interface for FRONT PANEL VIEW routing audio in and out of a Hydra2 network into a Dante network. The interface is via RJ45 connectors housed within a 1-slot wide module. Dante is a self-configuring, plug and play, digital audio networking technology developed by Audinate.
  • Page 25 The DA5839 provides 8 balanced FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION analogue line level outputs from the Hydra2 network in a 1 slot-wide 37 Pin Female D-Type - Wiring side of connecting cable module. The audio interface is via a 37 pin male D-Type connector.
  • Page 26 The DA5867 provides 4 balanced FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION analogue line level outputs from Connector side Wiring Side Function Pin the Hydra2 network in a 2 slot-wide Positive module. The audio interface is via the Negative 4 male XLR connectors. Female Ground...
  • Page 27 JB5860 4XDIGITALAESINPUT(BNC) The JB5860 provides 4 unbalanced FRONT PANEL VIEW digital AES3 inputs to the Hydra2 network in a 1 slot-wide module. The audio interface is via the 4 BNC connectors. Front panel LEDs indicate AES signal presence for each input, lighting green when receiving a valid AES carrier signal (irrespective of audio content).
  • Page 28 JX5869 4XDIGITALAESINPUT(XLR) The JB5896 provides 4 balanced FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION digital AES3 inputs to the Hydra2 Connector side Wiring Side Function Pin network in a 2 slot-wide module. The Positive audio interface is via the 4 female XLR Negative connectors.
  • Page 29 INPUT WIRING INFORMATION OUTPUT WIRING INFORMATION card provides 8 inputs and 8 outputs to / from the Hydra2 network in a 1 25 Pin Male D-Type - Wiring side of connecting cable 25 Pin Female D-Type - Wiring side of connecting cable slot-wide module.
  • Page 30 JB5837 4XDIGITALAESOUTPUT(BNC) The JB5837 provides 4 unbalanced FRONT PANEL VIEW digital AES3 outputs from the Hydra2 network in a 1 slot-wide module. The audio interface is via the 4 BNC connectors. Front panel LEDs indicate audio presence for each output, lighting green when outputting signal over -60 dBFS.
  • Page 31 JX5868 4XDIGITALAESOUTPUT(XLR) The JX5868 provides 4 balanced FRONT PANEL VIEW WIRING INFORMATION digital AES3 outputs from the Hydra2 Connector side Wiring Side Function Pin network in a 1 slot-wide module. Positive The audio interface is via the 4 XLR Negative connectors.
  • Page 32 Connection Information from page 30 for more details. SPECIFICATION Format Digital Type MADI (AES 10) Input 1 x 64/56 channel input stream (at 48KHz) Output 1 x 64 channel output stream (at 48KHz) Audio Connector BNC+SFP 32 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 33 FRONT PANEL VIEW into which audio can be embedded As Hydra2 links are limited to 512 from the Hydra2 network. This is a 1 channels of audio in each direction, each slot-wide module with SDI interfacing I/O box can be populated with cards that via BNC connectors.
  • Page 34 = 512 channels). embedded and distributed across the Hydra2 network. This is a 1 slot-wide Any input cards fitted in the remaining 4 module with SDI interfacing via BNC slots will not pass audio or GPIO signals, connectors.
  • Page 35 LEDs The Status LED strobes to indicate that the local software is running. The LED illuminates solidly when connection is established to the Hydra2 Interface Module in the same modular I/O chassis. GPInputs 8 opto-isolated inputs allow for remote control of console functions. Applying between 3 and 50 Volts, AC or DC across the + &...
  • Page 36 LEDs The Status LED strobes to indicate that the local software is running. The LED illuminates solidly when connection is established to the Hydra2 Interface GP OUTPUT PINS Module in the same modular I/O chassis. Function GPInputs NO +...

  • Page 38: DigicoOrangeBox-Hydra2Interface

    DMI (DiGiCo Multichannel Interface) modules The DMI-HYDRA 2 module interface DMI-HYDRA2 MODULE - FRONT PANEL for the Orange Box is shown right. It currently provides up to 56 Inputs and 56 Outputs when format converted to MADI using the DMI-MADI-B / DMI-MADI-C modules.

  • Page 39: Eg6266-2AoipInterface

    ON. IP Stream management is achieved The AES sync O/P on the rear of the unit The Hydra2, AoIP 1 & AoIP 2 primary through a WEB UI. provides a PTP clock reference derived and secondary interface LEDs illuminate from the Internet stream.

  • Page 40: ProcessingCore-Apollo,ArtemisShine&Beam

    <40dB acoustic noise. All connections, including power, are made to the front of the core which is recessed from the racking angles to allow cable clearance within the bay. 40 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 41 UN5713 CONTROLPROCESSORCARD Slots 4 and 5 are for control processor modules, slot 4 for the primary / normally active card, slot 5 for the secondary / hot-spare. The active Master Controller is the central processor in the system, handling all control parameters and directing data between control surface, DSP and router.
  • Page 42 All audio and data is passed to / from the Master Controller and router cards via the core backplane. UD5709 – Apollo UD5927 – Artemis Shine UD5928 – Artemis Beam 42 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 43 7. As an option, slots 1 and 8 can be fitted with additional router expander modules of the same type to double the number of Hydra2 connections in the core. The Apollo and Artemis (Shine and Beam) router card...
  • Page 44 Both slots share the power load for the whole core. One PSU module is sufficient to power the whole core, two are fitted to provide redundancy. Each card has an IEC AC mains input connector, requiring 100–240V AC. 44 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...

  • Page 45: ProcessingCore-ArtemisLight,Summa

    PROCESSING CORE – ARTEMIS LIGHT, SUMMA ED6207 JN6209 RESETANDSYNCINTERFACECARD 4UCOREENCLOSURE The Artemis Light and Summa processing This module fits in the central, 5th card core is a 4U 19” rack mount unit slot of the Artemis Light / Summa designed for installation into standard processing core.
  • Page 46 (Artemis only) and a maintenance PC. Redundancy is optional when a Summa with 128 channels is chosen. Secondary cards are replaced with blanking plates in non-redundant systems. 46 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 47 UD6180 DSPCARD The primary, normally active DSP card fits in slot 3, to the immediate left of the primary Control Processor. The secondary, hot-spare DSP card fits in slot 7, to the immediate right of the secondary Control Processor. This audio signal processing card has no front panel connections.
  • Page 48 The Artemis Light / Summa router card has 8 SFP ports that can be fitted with copper or fibre SFPs to allow connection of Hydra2 I/O boxes and connections to other consoles or Router Cores. A single RJ45 port labeled...
  • Page 49 ZN6177 PSUCARD Card slots 1 and 8 are for PSU modules. Both slots share the power load for the whole core. One card is sufficient to power a fully populated core, two are fitted to provide redundancy. Each card has an IEC AC mains input connector, requiring 100–240 V AC.

  • Page 50: Hydra2-Hub

    ID to manage the other to be clipped in place. to routers in a Hydra2 network. Various paired connection for mission critical I/O fibre and copper SFP modules can be redundancy. Note that in ‘Spilt’ Mode , supplied.
  • Page 51 FIGURE 2. H2 HUB - REAR VIEW only the Upper row of SFP’s are used for both Primary and Secondary connections. The Front Panel LEDs indicate the mode of operation and which SFP’s are active. ConfigPort A Cat 5e connector on the rear of the unit is used for factory setup and diagnostics.

  • Page 52: ExampleNetworks

    HYDRA2 - EXAMPLE NETWORKS Single Brio36 with external I/O External Meter Bridge Brio36 - Rear Brio36 - Front H2 Hub Key: H2 Pri H2 Sec Modular I/O Surface Pri Surface Sec Br.IO 52 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 53 Small Network - Artemis Console Master with Brio Slave Artemis Surface Artemis Light Core Dual MADI Modular I/O Analogue EDAC Brio36 - Front...
  • Page 54 Large Network with Router Core Summa Surface Summa Core Modular I/O Key: H2 Pri Summa Surface H2 Sec Surface Pri Surface Sec Summa Core Analogue - XLR 54 CALREC Hydra2 I/O Product Guide...
  • Page 55 Artemis Surface Artemis Light Core Router Core Dual MADI Modular I/O Analogue - XLR Dual MADI Analogue EDAC...
  • Page 56 CalrecAudioLtd Nutclough Mill Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire England UK HX7 8EZ Tel +44 (0)1422 842159 Fax +44 (0)1422 845244 Email Enquiries@calrec.com calrec.com...

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