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  • Page 1 REMOTE PRODUCTION RP1 SYSTEM MANUAL V1.1 Remote Production System calrec.com...
  • Page 2 England UK equipment without notice. Any changes we make Apollo, Artemis, Summa, Brio 36, RP1, Hydra2 HX7 8EZ will be reflected in subsequent issues of this Audio Networking and Bluefin High Density document.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Hydra2connection CleaningOpticalTransceivers HeadphoneConnection CleaningProcedure PowerSupplyUnits HeadphoneSocket/LevelControl Hydra2ExpansionOptions DisconnectingthePSUs Hydra2I/OBoxIDs PowerDistribution GPIOConnections IDconfigurations ChanginganI/OBox’sHID SystemSoftwareUpdates DuplicateHIDs UpdatingSystemSoftware Spare/ReplacementI/OBoxes SettingHydra2IDsforFixedFormatI/O ConfiguringLANPorts&Connectivity Address2 SettingHydra2IDsforModularI/O ConnectingaLaptoptoRP1forSetup,CalrecAssist&H2O 42 Synchronisation ConfiguringtheEthernetadapterinthePC/Laptop SmallForm-FactorPluggable(SFP)Overview ConfiguringEthernetadapters ConfiguringRP1LANPorts SFPSlotOrientation ConfiguringApollo/ArtemisLANPorts SFPLatchingandExtraction SFPSlotCovers COMeLANAdapterConfiguration LooseSFPStorage RedundancyandHot-SwapResilience CopperSFPConnectivity OlderGenerationETXControlProcessorLANConfiguration ConnectingaHostConsoletoRP1viaanIPNetwork ShieldedCablesandConnectors MaximumCableLength...
  • Page 4 SetupViaCalrecAssist AccessProcessing CalrecAssistforRP1 AccessOverview AccessCompressor StartingCalrecAssist SystemSettings Compressor/LimiterControls GeneralSettings DynamicsPositioninPath AccessExpander SurroundLabelSuffixes RPUnitSettings Expander/GateControls AccessEqualiser GatherLogs DateandTime EqualiserandFilterControls AccessFader LANConfiguration Synchronisation FaderControls AccessInput RequiredI/OBoxes SystemID InputControls ViewingResources AccessRouting Shows AccessAuxSends&Pan ShowsListInCalrecAssist AuxSend&PanControls AccessDirectOutput AccessingtheShowsList NewShow DirectOutputControls EditShowLabel Buses&Outputs LoadShow AuxBuses...
  • Page 5 ConnectingtoRP1fromtheHostConsole ManagingRemoteNetworksAccess ReservingConnectivitybetweenanRP1unitandaHostconsole LinkingOfHostTransmissionFadersandRemoteFaders PairingTXandRemoteFaders BlockingControlFromRP1attheHostConsole BlockingRP1ControlAccess IndependentOperationofRP1fromtheHostConsole SettingtheRP1tobeindependent VCAControlofRP1PathsfromtheHostConsole RemoteFaderControlusingVCAs LoadingShows/MemoriesontheHostConsole/RPunit 107 LoadingaShowfromtheMemoriesScreen,CueListorEmberfromthe HostConsole WhathappenswhentheHostConsolebootsuporisreset? LoadingaMemoryfromtheMemoriesScreen,CueListorEmberfrom theHostConsole LoadingaShow/MemoryfromtheRP1Unit WhathappenswhenIndependenceisturnedOFFontheRP1unit? 107 WhathappenswhentheHostConsole‘Hot-Swaps’? ViewingPathsontheHostConsoleSurface RemoteFaders&RemoteAuxesonAssignDisplays RemoteFaders&RemoteAuxesonMeterDisplays RemoteFaders&RemoteAuxesHostConsolecontrollimits. RemoteFaderInputControlsonFader/WildAssignPanels RemoteFaderAuxSendControlsonFader/WildAssignPanels RemoteFaderInputStripControlsonFader/WildAssignPanels RemoteFaderAuxSendStripControlsonFader/WildAssignPanels 111 RemoteFaderWildControlsonFader/WildAssignPanels RemoteFader&RemoteAux:-Equaliser,Dynamics&DirectOutput ControlsonHost Stereo/SurroundSpillofRemotePaths AccessingtheSpillFaders SpillControlLayout CurrentSpillPanelAssignment RemotepathparametercontrolfromtheHostConsole FunctionTableforParameterControlofRemotePaths...
  • Page 6 Remote Production System...

  • Page 7: Information

    INFORMATION calrec.com...

  • Page 8: Information

    Calrec product Ireland,shippingviathedistributorsaves AllunitsproducedbyCalrecaregiven please contact your regional Calrec customersfromdealingwithexportation aserialnumberandarebookedinto distributor. Customers within the paperwork.Ifthereisaneedtosend acentralrecordsystematthetime UK or Ireland should contact Calrec directtoCalrec,contactusbeforehandto ofmanufacture.Theserecordsare directly. logtheincomingrepairandforassistance updatedwheneverapieceofhardwareis withexportationdocuments. dispatchedtoorreceivedfromacustomer. For a complete list of worldwide distributors by region, go to www.
  • Page 9 InordertocomplywithEuropeanRoHS rigorousandthoroughreviewofCalrec’s (ReductionofHazardousSubstances) internalandexternalcommunicationand powersystem.ItisessentialthatBOTH ACpowerIECcouplersaredisconnected legislation,CalrecPCBandcable businessprocedures. topreventexposuretohazardousvoltage assembliesareproducedwithlead-free withintheunit. (tin/copper/silver)solderinsteadoftin/ leadsolder. ThirdPartyEquipment Integratingthirdpartyequipmentinto Intheunlikelyeventofacustomerhaving tocarryoutanyre-solderingonany aCalrecsystemmaycompromisethe product’sabilitytocomplywiththe Apollo,Artemis,Summa,Brio36,RP1 radiatedemissionlimitssetinthelatest orHydra2hardware,itisimperativethat EMC(ElectroMagneticCompatibility) lead-freesolderisused;contaminating standard. lead-freesolderwithleadedsolderislikely tohaveanadverseeffectonthelong-term CalrecAudioLimitedcannotbe reliabilityoftheproduct.Circuitboards assembledwithlead-freesoldercanbe responsibleforanynonconformance duetouseofthirdpartyequipment.If identified(inaccordancewithIPC/JEDEC indoubt,pleasecontactCalrecAudio standards)byasmallovallogo(see Limitedforguidancepriortointegrating below)onthetop-sideofthecircuitboard anythirdpartyequipment. nearthePCBreferencenumber(8xx-xxx). ...

  • Page 10: HealthAndSafety

    FCC Rules. Operation is subject to • Beforestartinganyservicingoperation, ALTITUDE WARNING SYMBOL equipmentmustbeisolatedfromthe the following two conditions: ACpowersupply.Thedisconnect devicesarethe2xIECconnectors 1.  T hisdevicemaynotcauseharmful (IEC60320-1C13/C14couplers). interference. • Donotallowventilationslotstobe 2.  T hisdevicemustacceptany blocked. interferencereceived,including • Donotleavetheequipmentpowered interferencethatmaycauseundesired operation. upwiththedustcoverfitted. 10 RP1 Information Remote Production System...

  • Page 11: PackageContents

    PACKAGE CONTENTS There are a number of options when ordering RP1 systems: connectivity type and I/O options. Everysystemincludesthe2Uunitwhichcontainstheprocessingcore.Smallformatpluggabletransceivers(SFPs)arerequiredfor Hydra2I/Oboxconnectionswiththebuilt-inHydra2module.I/Opackagesareoptional.ThefollowingtableshowstheRP1options: Control & Core Pack RP1iscontrolledfromtheCalrecAssistapplicationwhichrunsonausersuppliedPCorLaptop. RP1has72virtualfadersarrangedas1-36Aand1-36B.CalrecAssistisusedtoassigninputsand outputsontothesevirtualfaderssothattheymayberemotelycontrolled.Inadditiononceconnected RP1 Assist toaHostConsoleoverIP,theinputsandoutputsmayalsobecontrolledfromRemoteFadersonthe HostConsole. InadditiononthebackofeachunitisaMeterDisplayDVI-Dconnectorwhichcanbeconnectedtoa usersuppliedmonitortodisplaythemeteringdataforthevarioussystempaths. Power,Router,ControlProcessor,andDSPareallselfcontainedwithintheunitwhichhas2xIEC connectorstoprovidePSUredundancy.Thecoreoperatesat48kHzandsupports: 32legsasmono,stereoor5. 1 Inputchannels RP1 Core 36legsasmono,stereoand5. 1 Mains&Groups,(Maxof4Mainsand8Groups)
  • Page 12 12 RP1 Remote Production System...

  • Page 13: GettingStarted

    GETTING STARTED calrec.com...

  • Page 14: RemoteProductionConcept

    Therearethreemajorbarriersto RP1unitprovidesconnectivitytoany TheRP1corecanembedallthe effective,reliableandmanageable CalrecHydra2I/Obox,includingCalrec’s remotebroadcasting:speed,controland ultra-compactFieldboxandH2Hub, transmissionaudiointoexistingvideo infrastructure:- providingcost-effectivewaystoadaptto transportmechanisms,andusingan therequirementsofanysituation.Such establishedvideotransporttoembed 1.Speed,orlatency connectivitygivesbroadcastersaccessto theaudioensuresthatthereareno Thebiggestsingleissueislatency. Hydra2’sinherentmanagementfeatures. synchronisationissues. Broadcastaudioworkflowsrelyonquality RP1seamlesslyembedsaudiointo monitormixeswithnolatency.It’svital- Fundamentally,italsoenables andit’sverydifficulttoachievewhenyour broadcasterstocoveragreaternumber existingvideo-transportmechanisms, studioishundredsoreventhousandsof ofspecialisedevents,suchasregionalor whileitsModularI/Obackboneaccepts milesaway. collegesportsandsmallerentertainment anyofCalrec’sI/Ocards. 14 RP1 Getting Started Remote Production System...

  • Page 15: ExampleOfRp1InUse

    TYPICAL SPORTS VENUE SHOWING DETAILED SETUP ThisversatilitymeanstheRP1can connectviaanalogue,AES,MADI,SDI, andthelatestAoIPsolutionsfromAES67, RavennaandDante. Onthetransmissionconsole,allthese remoteI/Oresourcesappearlike anyotherlocalI/Obox,soworkflows areexactlythesameasonanyother broadcastwhichmeansthereisno operatorlearningcurve. ExampleofRP1inuse Remotebroadcastingprovidespowerful audioprocessingwithfeweron-site resources.Theimagetotherightshows howtheRP1canbesetuptoprovidethis. Remoteproductiontechnologiesallow moreefficientutilisationofequipment andskilledon-sitepersonnel.Thereis norequirementforafullteamofaudio engineerson-siteatthevenue;justa techniciantocheckon-siteconnections. Audioconnectionscanbemadeand testedinadvanceofabroadcast,and monitorfeedsforon-sitecommentators canalsobemadeinadvance. TheremotestudiomixercanmapRP1 controlsontothestudioconsole,andeven committhisconnectivitytomemoryto recallthesameconfigurationatalater dateTheRP1coreallowsthecreation ofverylow-costHydra2networksforall audioroutingrequirements. RP1providesconnectivityforanyCalrec Hydra2I/Obox,includingCalrec’sultra-...

  • Page 16: AboutThisManual

    Pairing of Transmission and Remote upcorrectlyreadyforconnectiontothe Faderssothatanyfader/cutchangesare hostconsole. appliedtobothpaths.Thislinksfaders 3.RP1OperationviaHostConsole andcutssothatanylevelchangesapplied Thissectionisanoperatormanual toeitherareappliedtothelinkedpair. showinghowtheRP1isconnectedto Blocking RP1 controltopreventthe anditsvariousparametersandfunctions controlledviaahostconsole. RP1unitfromaffectingthePaired TransmissionFaders.Thisprevents unwantedcontrolchangesfromtheRP1 endaffectingthetransmissionfaders. Independent modesothattheRP1 canoperatestandalonefromtheHost whenrequired.ThisallowstheRP1to workindependentlyfromtheHostwhen neededasaseparatemixer. Note this release needs the Host Console either Apollo or Artemis to be running v8.2 or higher to support the...

  • Page 17: Installation

    INSTALLATION calrec.com...

  • Page 18: Connections

    There are a number of connections,the2xWordclock,2AES RP1unit.Togethertheyprovidepower external connections that are provided &2VideoBNCportsaresetupfromthe redundancy.TheIECinputsshouldbe to interface to other equipment such SystemSettings>Synchronisationscreen fedfromseparateACsourcestoprotect as I/O, IP Networks and Calrec Assist onCalrecAssist. againstexternalpowerloss.Intheevent which is used as a remote controller thatonlyoneACoutletisavailable,power interface. 2xHydra2SFPinterfaceconnections shouldbefedviathesuppliedIECY-Split arelocatednexttothesyncconnectors...

  • Page 19: ConnectingRp1ToTheOutsideWorld

    CONNECTING RP1 TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD In order for RP1 to connect to Host See“ConnectingaHostConsoletoRP1 ThisallowstheusertoconfiguretheRP1 consoles or remotely to Calrec viaanIPNetwork”onpage47for unitinstandalonemodei.e.whenitisn’t Assist/H2O they should be connected informationonhowtodothis.Fordirect connectedtotheoutsideworldviathe to either Ethernet/LAN port 1 or 2 or controloftheRP1theusercanconnect IPnetworkservice.See“Connectinga...

  • Page 20: AudioI/OConnections

    AUDIO I/O CONNECTIONS There are a number of ways to get Onbootingthesystem,anyexpansion TheHydra2modulecanalsobeused audio in and out of a RP1 unit. There cardsfittedareautomaticallydetected inconjunctionwithaH2Hubtoallow are 3 single width Modular I/O card andmadeavailabletotheuser. multipleI/Oboxconnections.See”Hydra2 slots which can use any of the cards ExpansionOptions”onpage22.

  • Page 21: HeadphoneConnection

    I/O list in SLOT M. asshownbelow.Thiscanbeisconnected fixedtothefrontrightoftheunitnextto totheconsolemonitorLandRoutputsor theSetup/LAN3port. They DONOTappear as external otherpathoutputs,ifrequired. audio port connections. LOCATION OF HEADPHONE SOCKET AND ITS LEVEL CONTROL ON THE FRONT OF RP1 PATCHING CONSOLE MONITOR OUTPUT TO RP1 INTERNAL HEADPHONE OUTPUT...

  • Page 22: Hydra2ExpansionOptions

    HYDRA2 EXPANSION OPTIONS CONNECTING RP1 TO AN EXTERNAL I/O BOX CONNECTING RP1 TO I/O BOXES VIA H2HUB 22 RP1 Installation Remote Production System...
  • Page 23 FIXED FORMAT I/O REAR CONNECTIONS Connectionfromprimary     Hydra2SFPonRP1 Connectionfromsecondary Hydra2SFPonRP1 Noconnection FIXED FORMAT MADI HYDRA2 I/O, REAR INTERFACE ConnectionfromprimaryHydra2SFPonRP1 ConnectionfromsecondaryHydra2SFPonRP1...

  • Page 24: Hydra2I/OBoxIds

    Note, Some customers may find portmaybechosen. that their I/O boxes have been pre- Asanexample,considertwoCalrec configured with unique HIDs at the Secondly,therewillbeconfusionbetween  systems,eachwithseveralI/Oboxeswith Calrec factory, prior to dispatch. differentI/Otypes.Forexample,inthe HIDsstartingat‘1’andsetinascending numericalorder.Ifyoulaterdecideto scenarioaboveoneI/Oboxmaybe networkthesetwosystemstogetheryou ChanginganI/OBox’sHID analogueandtheotherdigital. willhavemultipleI/Oboxeswiththesame Ifyouhavealreadyconnectedand HIDsonthenetwork....

  • Page 25: SettingHydra2IdsForFixedFormatI/O

    0 and a switch set in the up/on position represents a binary 1. Eachswitch/binary-bitequatestoa decimalvalue,startingat1,fortheleast significantbit.Theremainingswitches aredoublethevalueoftheirless significantneighbour,makingthe8th/ mostsignificantbitequatetoadecimal valueof128. AllfixedformatI/OboxIDswitchesare orientatedthesameway,thoughsome boxes,suchasMADIunits,useadifferent styleswitchwithmorepronounced labelling.Ignoreanylabelsontheswitch itselfandalwaysrefertotheCalrec labellingonthesurroundingpanelwhich willshowthemostsignificantbitswitchon theleftandthebinary1positionasup. Address2 SomeI/Oboxes,suchasMADIunits, arefittedwith2banksofDIPswitches Address1andAddress2,.pleasenote thatAddress2shouldallbesettotheoff ‘0’position.

  • Page 26: SettingHydra2IdsForModularI/O

    Refer to the Hydra2 installation manual and ensure ESD precautions are observed before removing any Modular I/O box cards. IgnoreanylabellingontheDIPswitch itselfandrefertotheCalreclabelling printedonthecircuitboardaroundthe switchtoclarifyitsorientation. Whenviewingthecardfromtheside,the mostsignificantbitisontheleftandthe leastsignificantbitontheright.Pullinga switchtowardsyousetsitasabinary1, awayfromyouasabinary0. ThefollowingillustrationshowstheID switchontheModularI/Ocontrollercard. Adecimalvalueof39isusedforthe example.Theseillustrations,alongwith simpleinstructions,aredisplayedonthe topoftheModularI/Oboxitself. 26 RP1 Installation Remote Production System...

  • Page 27: Synchronisation

    SYNCHRONISATION The RP1 has 6 BNC connections for SYNC INPUTS Theunitwillalwaysattempttoboottothe external synchronisation:- highestprioritysyncselected,andmove 2 x Wordclock inputs, 2 x AES inputs downtheprioritylistuntilitfindsavalid and 2 x Video inputs. If no external sync. sync is connected and selected, the unit will free-run on its own internal Ifavalidsynclaterfails,itwillmovedown clock generated by the system.

  • Page 28: SmallForm-FactorPluggable(Sfp)Overview

    SMALL FORM-FACTOR PLUGGABLE (SFP) OVERVIEW MODULAR I/O BOX SFP CONNECTIONS Connections between the RP1 unit SFPmodulesplugintorearpanelslotson (which includes the processing core) RP1&FixedFormatI/Oboxes,andinto H2 I/F and all Hydra2 network connections frontpanelslotsonrouterandModular STATUS between I/O boxes are all made via I/Ocontrollercards.Themodulescan RESET SFP modules.

  • Page 29: SfpLatchingAndExtraction

    ThefibreSFPsshownintheorientation dry,andanti-staticenvironment.Fibre diagramsandonthispageareofthistype SFPsshouldalwayshaveadustcover fittedintotheiropticaltransceiverend SFP WITH HANDLES - LATCHED whennofibreisconnectedtothem. Calrec will not be liable for lost or missing SFP modules, or damage due to poor storage. SFPdesignvaries dependingonthemanufacturer,please ensurethatSFPsarecorrectlylatched • BothSFPsshownarelockedin inplaceafterfittingthem.Intheevent place-latch/extractionhandles inouterposition(or‘down’position thataconnectionisnotautomatically forfibre).

  • Page 30: CopperSfpConnectivity

    SFPs must support LOS (Loss of cablesis90m/295ft.Thisisthe hook-and-loopcablestrapscanbea Signal) detection - these are not absolutemaximumandneedstoinclude goodalternativetoplasticcableties. standard for copper SFPs, but are anypatchpointsandcablesthatmaybe • Whilstneatlybundledparallelcable commonly available, Calrec supplied inthepath.Hydra2cablerunscanNOT runsaretidyandaestheticallypleasing, copper SFPs do support LOS. theycanincreasecross-talk,whichcan beextendedusingEthernetswitches, hubsorrepeaters.Ifarunbetween impactonperformance.Avoidneat Calrecdonotsupplycoppercablesasit...

  • Page 31: Termination-Pin-Out

    Cablingthatisnotpartofapermanent infrastructure,suchastemporaryruns thejacketisstrippedbackinrelationto thecoresneedstobeaccurate.Cables usedforoutsidebroadcasts,shouldbe withexposeddatacoresshouldnotbe carefullycoiledanduncoiledtoavoid usedastheywillbeunreliable. kinkingandtheyshouldberegularly tested.Cablesshowinganysignof Termination-Pin-Out damageshouldbereplaced. Hydra2networkcablesusethestandard gigabitEthernetpin-out.Performance RJ45 PIN NUMBERING reliesonthepositiveandnegativeleg ofeachsignalpairusingcoresthatare twistedtogether.Calrecrecommendsthat ‘straight-through’or‘pin-for-pin’cables areused.‘Cross-over’stylecablescan beused,howevertheymustbegigabit standardcross-over.Olderpin-outs, designedforusewithslowerEthernet standardsonlyusetwoofthefourpairs, eventhoughallfourpairsareterminated. Cross-overvariantsofthisstyleonlycross thepairsthatareused(A&B).Gigabit Front cross-overcablesrequirethattheblue(C) pairiscrossedwiththebrown(D)pairas wellastheorange(A)pairbeingcrossed withtheblue(B)pair. STANDARD HYDRA2 RJ45 PIN-OUT Testing/certification Colour...

  • Page 32: FibreSfpConnectivity

    DuplexConnectors/Terminations includinginterconnectsbetweenpointsof finecoreandlighttravelsinasingle,direct StandardCalrecfibreSFPs,both SFPtransceiverconnection.Lossesneed tobelessthantheopticalpowerbudget pathfromoneendtotheotherwithout MultimodeandSinglemode,useduplex affectingpulselength.Theresultisthat LCconnectors. oftheSFPtransceiversbeingused. DUPLEX LC FIBRES CORRECTLY TERMINATED A TO B & B TO A BI-DIRECTIONAL LC FIBRE CORRECTLY CONNECTED, TYPE A TO TYPE B 32 RP1 Installation Remote Production System...
  • Page 33 SFP/FIBRE SPECIFICATIONS SFP Type Connector Power Budget Fibre Type Max Distance 62.5/125µm 275m SX Multimode LCDuplex 7.5dB 50/125µm 550m LX Singlemode LCDuplex 8dB 8/125µm 10km LX Singlemode bi-dir LCSimplex 11.5dB 9/125µm 10km LH Singlemode LCDuplex 23dB 8/125µm 70km...

  • Page 34: Fibre-GeneralRules

    Aswellasspliceandconnectorloss,the tensiononterminations,howeveruseof • Cannedcompressedair—itisimportant fibreitselfhasinherentlossoverdistance, plasticcabletiescancrushtheinternal tousespecialistfiltered,clean,dryair, freeofcontaminantsandmoisture. typicallyfibrelosswillvaryfrom3.5dB constructionofthecable.Hook-and- perkmforMultimodedownto0.4dB loop‘Velcro’strapsarehardertoover- • Isopropylalcohol—Usewithcotton perkmforSinglemode.Poorinstallation tightenandoffermoregentlesupport swabsorlint-freewipestoensureno practiseandlackofcarecandamagethe andagreatersurfaceareatodissipate residueisleft. fibreandresultinsubstantiallyincreased thepressure. • Lintfreewipes/longfibre,lowashlens losses. • Crushing—neverplaceheavyitemson paper—needstobefreefromchemical topofunprotectedfibre. additives. • Ensurewipesandswabsarestored inacleanenvironmentandarenot reused. 34 RP1 Installation Remote Production System...

  • Page 35: CleaningFibreOpticCablesAndConnectors

    • Donottouchtheinnersurfacesofthe cable,placethewetportionofthelens moduleincludingtheOpticalSub- ExaminethesurfaceoftheOSAlens tissueontheopticalsurfaceandslowly Assemblies(OSA),orinsertanyforeign underhighintensitylightusingan objectsintotheports. inspectionmicroscope.Ifcontaminants dragitacross. 4.  E xaminethesurfaceofthefibreend • Useoffingercotsorpowderfree stillremain,repeattheprocess. underhighintensitylightusingadirect surgicalglovesarenotrequiredbut magnifyinginspectionmicroscope maybeusedforcleanliness. Followingtheseguidelinesshould oranindirectvideoinspectiontoolif provideasuccessfulinstallationand available.Ifstreaksorcontaminants ensureoptimumreliabilityandsystem stillremain,repeattheprocessusinga performance. freshlenstissue. 5.  I mmediatelyinstallaprotectivecover Forfurtherinformationoradviceplease overtheendofthecabletoavoidre- feelfreetocontactCalrec. contaminationorinsertthefibreback intothepreviouslycleanedreceptacle forimmediateuse.

  • Page 36: PowerSupplyUnits

    PSU fails, the other will asshownbelow. Calrec products. automatically take over the full load with no loss of audio or operation. PowerDistribution AlthoughRP1willrunwithonlyonePSU Thepowersupplymoduleconnectstoan poweredon,itisrecommendedthat,to internalpowerdistributionboardproviding ensurepowerredundancy,thesetwoIEC 12vDC&48vDCpowertoRP1’sinternal inletsshouldbesuppliedbyseparateAC components. powersupplies. RP1 REAR VIEW SHOWING PSU MAINS CONNECTIONS 36 RP1 Installation Remote Production System...

  • Page 37: GpioConnections

    RP1 GPIO CONNECTIONS - 8 IN, 8 OUT 25 Pin Female D-Type - Wiring side of connecting cable 25 Pin Male D-Type - Wiring side of connecting cable 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14...
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  • Page 39: SystemSoftwareUpdates

    SYSTEM SOFTWARE UPDATES calrec.com...

  • Page 40: UpdatingSystemSoftware

    UPDATING SYSTEM SOFTWARE Users can carry out software updates UPDATING SOFTWARE INSTRUCTIONS on RP1 systems, running version 1.0 or higher via a web browser on a laptop/PC connected to the RP1 unit. Forguidanceoncarryingoutasoftware upgradetoaRP1system,pleasereferto theupdatingsoftwareinstructionsshown ontheright.Userswillneedtoconnecta laptop/PCtotheunitandunderstandhow tosetastaticIPaddressontheirdevice. See“ConnectingaLaptoptoRP1for Setup,CalrecAssist&H2O”onpage 42and“ConfiguringRP1LANPorts”...

  • Page 41: ConfiguringLanPorts&Connectivity

    CONFIGURING LAN PORTS & CONNECTIVITY calrec.com...

  • Page 42: ConnectingALaptopToRp1ForSetup,CalrecAssist&H2O

    CONNECTING A LAPTOP TO RP1 FOR SETUP, CALREC ASSIST & H2O TheSetup/LAN3portonthefrontof CONTROL PROCESSOR SETUP/LAN PORT 3 ON THE FRONT OF RP1 RP1isintendedtobeusedforsetup purposesonsitewherealaptopor PCisconnectedinasshownbelow, sothatCalrecAssistorH2Ocanbe accessedtosetupthesystemready forwhenthehostconsolecomes ‘online’withthehostconsole accessingthesystemviatheLAN portsontherearoftheRP1unit. Beforethehostconsolecanbeconnected toRP1theLANportsoftheRP1that areusedtoconnecttothehostconsole mustbesetup.Inordertodothistheuser mustfirstconnecttotheRP1unitviathe LAN3portonthefrontoftheunittoa PCorlaptopconnection. A laptop can be used with RP1 to...

  • Page 43: ConfiguringTheEthernetAdapterInThePc/Laptop

    CONFIGURING THE ETHERNET ADAPTER IN THE PC/LAPTOP ConfiguringEthernetadapters TheEthernetadaptercardintheLaptoporPCneedtobeconfiguredtothesameSubnettoconnecttotheRP1unit. OnthePC/LaptopgotoControlPanel>NetworkandSharingCenter,clickonthechangeadaptersettingsandclickonthe connectioncalledCalrecDeskConnection.ThisopenstheCalrecDeskConnectionStatuswindow(shownaboveleft). ClickingonthePropertiesbuttoninthatwindowaccessestheCalrecDeskConnectionPropertieswindow(shownabovemiddle). InthiswindowonlytheInternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)boxshouldbetickedalltherestshouldbeunticked. ClickingonthisoptiontohighlightitandthenonthePropertiesbuttonaccessestheInternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4) Propertieswindow(shownaboveright). Clickon‘UsethefollowingIPaddress:’radiobuttonandenteranIPaddressinthesamesubnetofthesystembeingconnectedto e.g.192.168.1.2 Theotherfieldthatneedschangingisthe‘SubnetMask’whichshouldbesetto255.255.255.0thiscompletestheEthernet adapterconfiguration. TheIPaddressenteredshouldbecompatiblewiththeaddressoftheportontheRP1unititisbeingconnectedto,forinstance, enteringanIPaddressof192. 1 68. 1 .2withasubnetmaskof255.255.255.0willallowtheusertoconnecttotheRP1unitvia CalrecAssistbysimplytypingintheIPaddressoftheRP1LAN3port192. 1 68. 1 . 1 intoawebbrowser. CurrentlyweuseChromeforthispurpose.Note,oncetheIPaddressisentered,theCalrecAssisthomepagewillbeshown. See“StartingCalrecAssist”onpage43....

  • Page 44: ConfiguringRp1LanPorts

    CONFIGURING RP1 LAN PORTS TheRP1unithastwo1GBports CONTROL PROCESSOR ETHERNET/LAN PORTS 1 & 2 ON THE REAR OF RP1 labelledLAN(orEthernet)1and2, ontherearoftheunitanda3rd Setup/LAN3portonthefrontwhich isgenerallyusedtodirectlyconnecta computertoRP1tosetupandcontrol CalrecAssist. Therearportscanbeusedtoconnect theRP1unittooneofthethreeethernet portslabelledeitherMAC3,MAC4,MAC5 forolderETXprocessorsorforCOMe processorsLAN1,LAN2,LAN3portson theHostconsolecontrollercardsviathe IPnetwork.Theportscanalternativelybe PORTS AVAILABLE FOR IP ETHERNET CONNECTIONS ON APOLLO/ARTEMIS usedtoconnecttoaCalrecAssist/H2O webbrowserrunningonaPC/Laptopaway PrimaryCalrec fromtheRP1site....

  • Page 45: ConfiguringApollo/ArtemisLanPorts

    CONFIGURING APOLLO/ARTEMIS LAN PORTS COMeLANAdapterConfiguration RedundancyandHot-Swap See“ConnectingaHostConsoletoRP1 Resilience Allnewergenerationcontrolprocessors viaanIPNetwork”onpage47foran (COMe)havethreeexternalethernetports exampleconnection. Eachnetworkadapter(LANport)can labelledLAN1,LAN2andLAN3.These beindividuallyconfiguredbasedonthe arethreeseparatenetworkadaptersthat Pleasecontactyourregionaldistributor, controlprocessorposition(primary/ canbeconfiguredindependentlywithIP orCalreccustomersupportforfurther secondary)andtheadapternumber address,subnetmask,gatewayandstatic guidanceonconfiguringtheCOMe (LAN1,LAN2,LAN3).Itisnotnecessary routes. LANportsforApolloandArtemistothe toconnecttothesecondarycontrol requiredaddressesforinterfacingtoRP1 processorinordertoconfigurethe EachLANportoneveryindividualcontrol units. secondarycontrolprocessor’sLANports. processorhasauniqueMACaddress. Theconnectiondiagramsatthebottom AllLANinformationiswrittento SummaandBriohaveaUItoconfigure ofthispageshowthevariouslevelsof thehome/MasterControl/Options/ theLANports,howeverApolloand redundancyavailableforCOMeprocessor LanSettings.pbfile,howeverthisisa...

  • Page 46: OlderGenerationEtxControlProcessorLanConfiguration

    ItshouldbenotedthattheolderETX processorsonlyhaveasinglenetwork Theconnectiondiagramsatthebottom adaptertheydonotofferthesamelevel ofthispageshowthevariouslevelsof ofredundancyfortheLANportsthatthe redundancyavailableforETXprocessor cards. COMeprocessorsprovide. ETX PROCESSOR ETX PROCESSOR & CABLE ETX PROCESSOR, CABLE & IP SWITCH WITHOUT REDUNDANCY REDUNDANCY REDUNDANCY 46 RP1 Configuring LAN Ports & Connectivity Remote Production System...

  • Page 47: ConnectingAHostConsoleToRp1ViaAnIpNetwork

    CONNECTING A HOST CONSOLE TO RP1 VIA AN IP NETWORK SettinguptheLANportstoconnectaHostConsoletoRP1 TheIPaddressesoftheLANconnectionsontheMCScontrolprocessorcardshavetobesetupbeforethehostconsolecan communicatewiththeRP1usingtheLANaddresseswhichhavebeensetup.Theimagebelowshowsafairlytypicalexample connectionusingahostconsoleandaRP1unitoveranIPnetworkwithRouterbetweenthem. ItshouldbenotedthateverynetworkconfigurationisdifferentandtheIPaddresses,subnetmasks,staticroutesandgateways willallbedeterminedbytheuser’snetworkadministrator. CONNECTING A HOST CONSOLE TO RP1 OVER AN IP NETWORK Inthisexample,ontheprimaryMCScardtheIPaddressforLAN1isaredefinedas:- ‘lansettings00ip10.10.10.1255.255.255.0staticroute192.168.69.0255.255.255.010.10.10.100’ ThisconfigurationiscurrentlyenteredusingthevariouscommandsasdescribedintheCOMeLANadapterconfigurationdocument, andfortheRP1unittheIPaddressfor LAN1issetusingtheLANconfiguration LAN CONFIGURATION SCREEN IN CALREC ASSIST screeninCalrecAssistasshownright. IPAddress 192.168.69.1 SubnetMask 255.255.255.0...
  • Page 48 48 RP1 Remote Production System...

  • Page 49: SetupViaCalrecAssist

    SETUP VIA CALREC ASSIST calrec.com...

  • Page 50: CalrecAssistForRp1

    Minimum Storage Required: 3.5GB Setup- FaderLayoutandFaderSurface freediskspaceisrequiredforthe CalrecAssistinstallation. displays,MemoriesandPatchingis controlledfromhere. StartingCalrecAssist System Settings -Allowstheuserto OpenyourWebbrowsere.g.Chrome andbrowsetotheaddressoftheLAN configurevariousRP1generalfunctions, portyouareconnectedtoe.gSetup/ LANconfiguration,theRequiredI/OBox LAN3onthefrontoftheunitbydefaultis listmanagementandsynchronisationis 192. 1 68. 1 . 1 .ThiswillthenlaunchCalrec appliedfromhere. Assist.OnceCalrecAssistislaunched, thesystemopenstheCalrecAssisthome screenasshownaboveright. 50 RP1 Setup Via Calrec Assist Remote Production System...

  • Page 51: SystemSettings

    SurroundLabelSuffixes Thesecanbeenteredtobeautomatically displayedattheendoftheindividuallegs of5. 1 surroundpathportlabelswithinthe I/OPatchingscreen.Suggestedsuffixes areL,R,C,LFE,LsandRs.These suffixeshelptokeepthesurroundlegs togetherandinthecorrectorderwhen sortingtablesintheI/Opatchingscreen. RPUnitSettings WhenusedinConjunctionwithahost consolethesethreesettingsenablethe RP1tooperateindifferentmodes. RP Unit independent from Host USBmemoryforforwardingthefilesto DateandTime Settings:- allowstheusertodisconnect CalrecSupportintheeventthatdetailed Showsandmemoriesandlogfilesare fromthehostandoperateindependently. troubleshootingisrequired: time-stamped,makingthemeasierto identify.WhenyoufirststartupyourRP1 Fader & Cut Control for Paired Faders Gather Logs Procedure: InsertaUSB...

  • Page 52: LanConfiguration

    192. 1 68. 1 . 1 whichcanbealteredbythe userifrequired,butitisrecommendedto writedownthenewIPaddressifchanged.   See“ConfiguringRP1LANPorts”on page44forfurtherinformation. Synchronisation SYNCHRONISATION Thisscreenletstheusersetthesources usedtosynchroniseto. Itisrecommendedthatbackupsync sourcesandpathsareconsideredto maintainfullfunctionalityintheeventof thelossofanypartofthefacility’ssync distributionsystem. Externalsyncsourcescanbefedto theBNCconnectorsontherearofthe consoleasshownaboveright.Twoinputs areavailableforvideoformats,aswellas twoinputsforTTLWordclockandtwo inputsforAES3digitalaudioreference. SeeSynchronisationSourcePrioritytable, rightand“Synchronisation”onpage27 forinformationonhowtosetup synchronisationpriority. 52 RP1 Setup Via Calrec Assist Remote Production System...

  • Page 53: RequiredI/OBoxes

    ‘RequiredI/OBox’listprovidesawayto narrowthescopeforindividualconsoles, speedingupwork-flowandmakingport identificationeasier. OnlyI/Oresourcesinthe‘RequiredI/O Box’listshownontherighthandside 256=257inordertopreventconflictwith Hydra2patchbayIDsaretakenfromH2O ofthescreen(seeaboveright),willbe otherI/Oonthenetwork. andarerelatedtofoldernames. availableforpatchingtoandfromtheRP1.             IfnotconnectedtotheHydra2network, ViewingResources AddingandRemovingResources onlytheExpansionI/Oboxwillbeshown ClickonSYSTEMSETTINGS inthe Clicktoselectasingleonlineresource intherequiredlist.RP1’sinternalI/Ois toprightoftheHomescreen,thenselect ontheleft(holdanddragordraghandles identifiableasaRP1imageasshown ‘RequiredI/OBoxes’.Theuserwillsee toselectmultipleresources)thenclick...
  • Page 54 54 RP1 Remote Production System...

  • Page 55: Shows

    SHOWS calrec.com...

  • Page 56: ShowsListInCalrecAssist

    SHOWS LIST IN CALREC ASSIST SHOWS LIST EMPTY AccessingtheShowsList OnceCalrecAssisthasopenedontheHome Screen,theusercanaccesstheShowsList viatheMenuinthetopleftoftheCalrecDesk Informationscreen. See“StartingCalrecAssist”onpage50. Ifthisisthefirstusagethentherewon’tbeany showsonthesystemandthe‘Shows List’screen willappearasshownaboveright. Alongthefooterofthisscreenareshownthe variousactionsthattheusercanperform:-create aNewshow,Edittheshowlabelandshow description,Loadtheshow,makeaDuplicateof theshow,Deletetheshow,Importashowtypically fromaUSBmemorystickpluggedintothePC/ laptoporExportashowagaintypicallyfromaUSB CREATE NEW SHOW STEP 1 memorystickpluggedintothePC/laptop.When noshowsareavailableintheShowsListonlythe NewandImportactionsarepossible. NewShow AspartofthesystemaTemplatesfolder containingdefaultshowscanbemadeforthis desktypeandcanbeusedtocreateanynumber ofnewshowsasrequired. Notethereisalwaysatleast1DefaultTemplate whichcannotbedeletedavailableforusetocreate aShow.

  • Page 57: EditShowLabel

    Note: In order to ‘Save Changes’ the Show Label must be edited and not just the Show Description. LoadShow LOAD SHOW InordertoLoadaShowtheuserselectstheshow tobeloadedbyclickingonitandthenclickingon the‘Load’iconinthefooter. ThisopenstheLoadSelectedShowpop-upand theuserclicksthe‘Load’buttonasshownright. ThisloadstheshowintoCalrecAssistwhichthen changestotheSetup>FaderLayoutscreen. DuplicateShow DUPLICATE SHOW Sometimesitisusefultohaveanuneditedor differentcopyorduplicateofashow. InordertoDuplicateaShowtheuserselectsthe showtobeduplicatedbyclickingonitandthen clickingonthe‘Duplicate’iconinthefooter. ThisopenstheDuplicateShowpop-upwhich allowstheusertochangetheClient,Series,Show Label&ShowDescriptionfieldsasrequired. Oncethesefieldshavebeeneditedtheuser clicksonthe‘Duplicate’buttonandthiscreatesa...

  • Page 58: DeleteShow

    ‘Ask where to save each file before downloading’ option in the Chrome://settings> show advanced settings> downloads section, so that the exports are saved to the users preferred destination e.g. a USB memory stick rather than the default destination onthePC/laptop. 58 RP1 Shows Remote Production System...

  • Page 59: Templates

    SHOW TEMPLATES Templates Onceashowexistsintheshowslistit canbeusedasatemplate.Thisisdone byloadingtheselectedshowtotheRP1 thenclickingonthetemplatesbutton atthetopleftoftheshowsscreen.This opensatemplateswindowasshown aboveright. NewTemplate NEW TEMPLATE TheUserclickson‘New’andisprompted toaddClient,SeriesandTemplateLabel asshownright.Oncethe‘Create Template’buttonisclickedthecurrently loaded‘ActiveShow’becomesanew templateandtheshowisnowsavedasa .CalrecShowTemplatefile. EditTemplateLabel EDIT TEMPLATE LABEL Onceatemplateexistsinthetemplates listtheusercanedititstemplatelabeland makeitmoremeaningful.Thisisdone byselectingthetemplatebyclickingonit andthenclickingthe‘Edit Label’iconin thetemplatelistfooter. Thisopenstheeditlabelpop-upandthe usereditsthe‘Client’,‘Series’and‘Show Label’asrequiredasshownbelowright. Note: In order to ‘Save Changes’ the...

  • Page 60: DeleteTemplate

    DELETE TEMPLATE DeleteTemplate Whentemplatesarenolongerrequiredtheusercan selectanddeletethem.Inordertodeletetemplates theuserselectsatemplatetobedeletedbyclicking onitandthenclickingonthe‘Delete’iconinthe footer.Thisopensthedeletedialoguewhichprovides informationaboutdeletingmultipleshowsbyCtrl- clickingonalltheshowstobedeleted. N.B. The Calrec default template cannot be deleted. Oncethetemplatestobedeletedhavebeenselected theuserclicksonthe‘Delete’buttonandthisdeletes thosetemplates,asshownaboveright. ImportTemplate InordertoImportatemplatetheuserclicksonthe ‘Import’iconinthefooter.Thisopenstheexplorer tofindtheshowsdirectoryonforexampleaUSB memorystickpluggedintothePC/laptopwhichhave IMPORT TEMPLATE previouslybeenexportedfromtheRP1. Theshowfilesdisplaythefilenameofthetemplate andalsohavethesuffix‘.CalrecShowTemplate’the userclicksthe‘Open’buttonasshownright.This importsthetemplateintothetemplateslistreadyto beusedandeditedasrequiredasshownright. ExportTemplate Inordertoexporttemplatestheuserselectsa templatetobeexportedbyclickingonitandthen clickingonthe‘Export’iconinthefooter.Thisopens theexportdialoguewhichprovidesinformationabout exportingmultipletemplatesbyCtrl-clickingonallthe templatestobeexported....

  • Page 61: SetupPathsForActiveShow

    SETUP PATHS FOR ACTIVE SHOW calrec.com...

  • Page 62: FaderLayout

    FaderLayoutscreenfromtheMenu. Thefirststageofpassingaudiointothe RP1systemistoattachachanneltoa fader.Audiofeedstoinputportsmust thenbeattachedtochannelsinorderto beprocessedandrouted;channelsmust beattachedtofaderstoexist.Faderscan alsobeassignedtocontrolauxoutputs. TheFaderlayoutscreenforRP1hasup to72virtualfadersarrangedasFaders 1A-36AonLayer1AandFaders1B-36B onLayer1B.Thefadersarefurther dividedintoblocksof12faderstoemulate CREATE NEW PATH aphysicalconsolesuchasBrio36. AttachingaPathtoaFader Toattachapathtoasinglefader: Clickonanemptyfaderspacetoselectit, thenclickonNEWinthecontrolscreen footer.Apop-upopenstoshowallpath options,fordifferentwidthsofchannels andauxesasshownbelowright. Clicktoselectthedesiredwidth/type andclickonCREATEthenthepop-up closes,orclickonCANCELtoreturnto thefaderlayoutscreenwithoutmaking anychanges. 62 RP1 Setup Paths For Active Show Remote Production System...

  • Page 63: EditingFaderLabels

    POPULATED FADER LAYOUT Toattachpathstomultiplefaders: Eitherholdanddragorclickanddrag selectionhandlestoselectthedesired rangeoffaders.ClickonNEW andselect yourpath/widthchoicefromthepop-up. Allselectedfaderswillthenbepopulated withthechosenpathtype/width.Ifan auxischosen,theselectedfaderswillbe populatedwithbusesinconsecutiveorder.  Forexample,ifyouselectfourfaders,and thenchooseauxmaster1,thefaderswill bepopulatedwithauxmasters1.2.3&4. Theimageaboverightshowsthefader layoutscreenpopulatedinthiscasewith 16monochannels,1stereochanneland 1surroundchannelplacedonLayer1A and2monoand2stereoauxoutputs thathavejustbeenplacedonfaders1-4 onLayer1B. EditingFaderLabels FADER LABEL EDITING Onceapathhasbeencreated,theuser canedititsfaderlabelandmakeitmore meaningful. To edit a fader label: 1. Selectoneormorefadersandclick onFADERLABEL.Thefooter changestodisplayatextentryfield andfourbuttons,PREVIOUS, NEXT,DONE,CANCELasshown belowright.

  • Page 64: LabelDisplaySettings

    SystemLabelIDe.g.24-02whichisthe BoxIDandtheportnumberinthatbox. MovingPaths MOVE PATHS Thisallowstheusertomovepathsto differentfadersasfollows: 1. Selectoneormorefaders,atleast oneofwhichmustcontainapath. 2. ClickonMOVEinthecontrolscreen footerandclickonthefaderthatyou wishtomovetheselectedpathsto. 3. ClickonMOVEagaintoconfirmyour choice. Iftheuserhasselectedamove destinationthathasexistingpathson ityouarepresentedwiththreeoptions: CANCEL;SWAP-whichswapsthe originalpathswiththoseonthechosen destinationfaders;andOVERWRITE- whichreplacesthedestinationpath withtheoriginalselectionandremoves thedestinationpathsfromthesurface. Aschannelsdon’texistoncetheyare removedfromafader,apop-upappearsif thereisanattempttooverwriteachannel, askingforconfirmation. 64 RP1 Setup Paths For Active Show Remote Production System...

  • Page 65: DeletingPaths

    DeletingPaths DELETE PATHS Toremoveapathfromafader: 1. Selectoneormorefaders,atleast oneofwhichmusthaveapath attached. 2. ClickonDELETEinthescreen footer. 3. Apop-upappearsaskingfor confirmationthattheselectedpaths aretobedeletedandadvisingthat thisoperationcannotbeundone. 4. ClickonDELETEinthepop-upto removethepathfromthefaderor clickonCANCELtoreturntothe faderlayoutscreenwithoutmaking anychanges. LayerLock LAYER LOCK This allows the user to ensure that some faders are always present on the fader surface, regardless of which layer A or B is selected as follows: 1. Selectoneormorefaders(withor withoutpathsattached.

  • Page 66: FadersSurface

    FADERlevelwhichcanbeclickedand becomethecurrentlyaccessedselection highestsignallevelshownifthepathis draggedupanddowntochangeitslevel highlightedin(Blue).Theotherpathson stereoorsurround. theAsublayerhighlightin(Green)oron Numericallevelindicatortogiveamore theBsublayerhighlightin(Yellow)and Note:Thissignalpresencemeteris accuratevalue show,furtherinformationaboutthose notmeanttoreplacethemoredetailed selectedA/Bpaths. meteringinformationthatappearsonthe PFLbuttontochangethemonitoring externalmeteringdisplayattachedtothe listen(locally)tothePreFaderpositionof InbetweentheAandBsublayerbuttons RP1unit. theselectedpath(s). isshownastatusareawhichprovides furtherinformationaboutthepathbeing AFLbuttontochangethemonitoring displayedthisincludesitsportnamesee listen(locally)totheAfterFaderposition aboveexamplefader2,orifunpatchedit oftheselectedpath(s). displays‘Noinput’seeaboveexamples faders5-8. 66 RP1 Setup Paths For Active Show Remote Production System...

  • Page 67: Memories

    MEMORIES Usermemoriesarefileswhichstore NEW USER MEMORY processing,routingandpatching informationwhichcanberecalledat anytime. CreatinganewUserMemory To create a new user memory with current surface settings: 1. Click on NEWin the memories screen footer. 2. Enter a name and a short description for the new user memory. 3.

  • Page 68: UpdatingAUserMemory

    CreatingMultipleUserMemories Bestpracticeistocreateone‘default’ usermemory,testit,makeanynecessary changes,andthenusethisasthebasis forallotherusermemorieswithinthe show.Thisspeedsuptheprocessby reducingtheneedtomakethesame changestomanydifferentusermemories. StorageCapacity Todothis,create,testandupdatewhatis Thecapacityindicatorshowstheamount tobethe‘default’usermemoryas Thereisacapacityindicatorhighlightedat ofspaceavailableonthecontrollercard describedabove,then,withthisuser thetoprightofthememoriesscreen forstoringshowsandmemories,however, memorystillloadedonthesurface, whichshowstheavailablestoragespace. thecontrollercardmemoryisalsoused clickonNEW,andtheinformationwillbe Ifmorespaceisrequired,deleteanyold forotherfilesandfoldersandsothe savedintoanewusermemory,effectively showsandusermemorieswhichareno capacitymayvary. duplicatingit. longerneeded. 68 RP1 Setup Paths For Active Show Remote Production System...

  • Page 69: InputAndOutputPatching

    INPUT AND OUTPUT PATCHING RP1inputsandoutputscanbe I/O PATCHING SELECTING DESK INPUTS AS DESTINATIONS patchedtophysicalI/Oportsor virtualHydrapatchbayports,or toeachother.ToentertheI/O patchingscreen,clickon‘I/O patching’intheActiveShowmenu. Patches are made between sources and destinations. • AdestinationcanbeanI/Ooutput port,Hydra2patchbayinput,or consoleDSPinputsuchasaChannel orTalkbackinputfromtheRP1. • AsourcecanbeanI/Oinputport, Hydra2patchbayoutput,orconsole DSPoutputsuchasanAuxor MonitoroutputfromtheRP1. Eachsourcecanbepatchedtomultiple destinationsbutadestinationcanonly haveonesource.Whenpatchingan inputporttomultipleinputchannelsit isimportanttorememberthatphantom power(48V),inputgainandsamplerate...
  • Page 70 I/OBoxesonlineoutputports. Portgroupingsaredisplayedwithin sortabletablesunderthefollowing headingsonthatscreen. PortNumbers Theportnumberisacombinationofthe I/OboxhardwareID(HID)andtheport numberwithinthebox.SeeH2Ouser guideformoredetailedinformation.This istheport’snativelabelandisgenerated directlyfromtheI/Oboxitself. PortLabels AUX BUS PATCHING TO LINE OUTPUTS Theinputandoutputportlabelscanbe eithertheportuserlabelorthesystem label. ConnectedSource/Destination Thelabelofthesource/destinationthatis connectedtotheportisdisplayed. WithintheI/Opatchingscreen,sources anddestinationshaveseparatesettings, whichareaccessiblefromtheleftand rightofthecontrolscreenfooter.The availablesettingsvarydependingon whichporttypeisinview. 70 RP1 Setup Paths For Active Show Remote Production System...

  • Page 71: Hydra2Patchbays

    Thisisshownbelowright. ConnectedDestination Theusercanviewconnecteddestinations fromsourcesandviewconnectedsources fromdestinations.Botharedisplayed withinthecentrecolumnswiththisoption selected. Hydra2Patchbays Intheimagestotherightyoucanseethe useofHydra2patchbays.Theupperone HPB TO DESK INPUTS PATCHING AND DESTINATION SETTINGS showsinputsmicsconnectedtoHydra2 patchbayinputsandthelowerimage showsHydra2patchbayoutputsbeing connectedtodeskinputs. HPBsarevirtualpatchbayswithinthe Hydra2domain.Likephysicalpatchbays, HPBshaveanumberofinputportswhich are‘hardwired’tooutputports.Forport patchingpurposes,Hydra2patchbay inputsaredestinationsandHydra2 patchbayoutputsaresources. Hydra2patchbaysallowtheusertopatch consoleinputsandoutputs(whichhave beenpatchedtoHydra2patchbayports) tophysicalI/Oports.H2Ouserscan choosephysicalinputportstoconnect toRP1’sHydra2patchbayinputs,and physicaloutputportstoconnecttoRP1’s Hydra2patchbayoutputsallowingthemto chooseandchangeRP1feedsandoutput destinations.

  • Page 72: ProtectAPatchFromMemoryLoads

    Toremoveapatchfromthesystem: 5. ClickonCONNECT. 1. Selecteitherthesourceor MovingaDestination destination(oroneofthedestinations Onceapatchhasbeenmade,the ifthesourceispatchedtomorethan destinationcaneasilybechanged: one). 2. ClickonREMOVEinthescreen footer.Thepatchisautomatically 1. Selectadestination. 2. ClickMOVEinthescreenfooter. removed,unlessitis‘fixed’onthe 3. Selectanalternativedestination, surfaceorwasmadebyanother (atthispointyoucanselectanew Hydra2user,inwhichcaseapop- destinationtype). upappearsrequiringconfirmation 4. ClickonMOVEoncemore. oftheremoval . 72 RP1 Setup Paths For Active Show Remote Production System...

  • Page 73: AccessProcessing

    ACCESS PROCESSING calrec.com...

  • Page 74: AccessOverview

    NexttothisistheFaderInformationblock whichshowstheLayer/FaderNumber, UserLabel&UserPortofthecurrently SELECT FADERS TO ACCESS selectedpath.Insetintheblockisa statuswindowshowingthewidthand variousotherstatussymbolssuchassuch aspathwidth,layerlockandfaderopen asrequired. IfthepathiswiderthanMonothenadrop downbuttonisshownlabelledFullPath. Accessingthisallowstheusertoselect thelegsthatmakeupastereoor5. 1 path forindependentoperation. BelowtheAccessHeaderRowisshown theFunctionHeadersuchas‘Input’as shownaboveright. ClickingontheFaderInformationblock allowstheusertoselectadifferentpath asshownbelowright.Afterclickingon thefaderinformationblockacopyofthe faderlayoutscreenappearsallowingthe usertoselectanyoftheexistingLayer/ Faderpathstobecomethecurrently accessedpathortheusercancancelif theydecidetoreturntotheexistingpath accessselection. 74 RP1 Access Processing Remote Production System...

  • Page 75: AccessCompressor

    ACCESS COMPRESSOR EveryRP1channelinputand ACCESS COMPRESSOR auxiliarybusoutputhastwo dynamicsmodulesavailabletoit: Module1isaCompressor/Limiter processorwhichhasanassociated 2bandsidechainequaliserwith sidechainlisten.Module2isan Expander/Gateprocessor.Either oftheseprocessorscanbeplaced PreEQ/PreFaderorPostFaderand eitherrunstandaloneorbelinked tothefourGainReductionbuses available. Compressor/Limiter Compressor/limitersprovidecontrols forreducingandsmoothingthedynamic rangeofanaudiosignal.Compressors proportionallyreducethegainofasignal asitexceedsadefinablethreshold. Whenthecompressorissettobealimiter (byselectingaratioof50:1),theinput signalmustincreasebyamassive50dB abovethethresholdinorderfortheoutput toincreasebyanegligible1dB. Release:Timetakentoremovegain Whenlookingatadynamicsmodule, Theresultantnumericalvaluesareshown anycontrolsituatedwithinthefunction inthetoprighthandcornerofeach reductiononcethesignalfallsbackbelow headeraffectsthewholemoduleifnot controlandalsoreflectedonthegraph. thethreshold.Shortreleasetimescan independent. leadtoa‘pulsing’effect,withonlyaudio The following controls are available:- peaksbeingcompressed.Alonger...

  • Page 76: DynamicsPositionInPath

    WithComp/Lim1processingselected, BypassSidechainEQ:allowstheuser TheotherSCEQparametercontrols,i.e. Response, Band, Frequency, Gain & Q clickontheSidechainEQtabwithinthe toswitchtheSCEQcontrolsinandout controlscreentoseetheSCEQcontrols. forbothSCEQbands,allowingtheuser arethesameastheEQcontrolsandare SidechainListen:thissliderswitch tohearthedifferenceSCEQprocessing explainedinmoredetailintheEQsection, allowstheusertolistentothesidechain makes.TheSettingsdropdownbutton see“AccessEqualiser”onpage78. signalwhilstalteringSCEQparameters. allowstheusertoresettheparametersof NotethattheSCEQfunctioniscurrently theSCEQtotheirdefaultvalues. onlyavailabletotheCompressor/Limiter ofeachpath. 76 RP1 Access Processing Remote Production System...

  • Page 77: AccessExpander

    ACCESS EXPANDER Expander/Gate ACCESS EXPANDER Anexpanderactsintheoppositewaytoa compressor:Whenasignalexceedsthe expanderthresholditispassedthrough unchanged,andwhenitfallsbelow thethresholditisreduced,effectively increasingthedynamicrangeofthesignal andreducingunwantedaudiocontent. Agateiseffectivelyanextremeversion ofanexpander,withaveryhighratio, resultinginthegainoftheinputsignal beingsignificantlyreducedalmost immediatelyasitfallsbelowthethreshold.  Gatesareoftenusedtominimise unwantedaudiocontent. Calrec’sexpander/gateprocessing has6dBofbuilt-inhysteresistoavoid unwanted‘chatter’(constanton/off switching)resultingfromaninputsignal residingonoraroundthethreshold. ACCESS GATE TheGainreductionbargraphsareagain shownontheleftoftheprocesswindow. Expander/GateControls AfterpressingExpander/Gatefromthe AccessedPathProcessingsectionofthe Menu,thecontrolscanbeadjustedina numberofways:- • Draggingtheslidersleftandright • Usingthe+and-buttonsattheend ofthesliders. • Draggingthethresholdcontrolcircle onthegraph.

  • Page 78: AccessEqualiser

    CopyEQAToEQBandCopyEQ Bypass EQ switch: Thisisshowninthe Q: Setsthewidthofthefrequencyband BToEQAallowstheusertoduplicate functionbannerandswitchesalltheEQ fortheselectedresponse.Thehigher EQsettingswhichcanbeusefulin bandsinoroutofcircuit. theQ,thenarrowerthebandwidth. auditioningsubtledifferencesinEQ. Response:SelectthedesiredEQ EQ Settings: Allowstheusertocompare ModifyeitherEQAorB,copythese responsecurvefortheselectedband, twoEQset-ups,simplyclicktoswitch settingstotheotherEQmoduleanduse fromhighcutfilter,highshelf,notch, betweenEQAandEQBandchangethe theEQA/Bswitchingbuttontowards bell,lowshelf,lowcutfilter.SeeAccess parameterswithineach.Thenclickto thetoprightoftheEQscreenheaderto Responsetypebelowright. switchbetweenthetwotocompare. quicklyswitchbetweenthetwo. 78 RP1 Access Processing Remote Production System...

  • Page 79: AccessFader

    ACCESS FADERS SHOWING DOWNMIX FADERS pathiscutonastereoor5. 1 pathallits legsarealsocut. Note:Alongsideeachfaderisshownan associatedaudiolevelmeter. Theimagebelowrightshowsthedownmix faderspageforthecurrentlyassigned path.Theusercanclickanddraginthe fadercolumnstomodifythelevelsofeach ofthosefadersincludingtheseparate LoRooverallstereomixdownfaderlevel. Notethatdownmixfadersdonothave AFL,PFLorCutfunctions Alongthetop,abovethefadersfunction banner,isshowntheusualsetofnudge buttonswhichletstheuserselecta differentaccesspathandtotherightof thatisshownthefaderinformationblock showingthecurrentlyaccessedpath alongwithfurtherinformationsuchas pathwidth,layerlockedandfaderopenas wellasitslabelshownfurthertotheright. TheFullpathdropdownboxusually NotethatonceRP1isconnectedtoa See“BlockingControlFromRP1atthe associatedwithStereoand5. 1 paths hostconsoleotherdisplaysappearonthe HostConsole”onpage103alsosee isnotrequiredhereastheuserhasfull accessfaderandfadersurfacescreens, “VCAControlofRP1PathsfromtheHost accesstoallthelegsofthechosenpath. thesearedescribedinthe‘Operationvia Console”onpage105formoredetailed HostConsole’sectionofthismanual. information.

  • Page 80: AccessInput

    Various Input Switches:Totheright oftheTrim,BalanceandWidthcontrols isasetofchannelinputswitcheswhich include,polarityinvertswitch(es)andif stereo:-MSdecoderandLtoLRandRto LRswitches. TheimagebelowrightshowstheAccess InputscreenforInput2which,inthiscase hasnotyetbeenported.Inaddition,the toneswitchhasbeenturnedon,which greysoutthepageanda‘TurnoffTone toregainControl’pop-upappears.Also ForStereopathsthelegsarearranged trackeachother. shownistheinputsettingspop-upwhich Note,thatifthepathiswiderthanmonoa asLeftOnly&RightOnly. allowstheusertolinkinput1&2trims. drop-downboxlabelled‘FullPath’opens For5. 1 pathsthelegsarearrangedas Thisiscommonlyusedwhereabackup asshownwhichallowstheusertoaccess LROnly,COnly,LFEOnly&LsRsOnly. micisputoninput2,sothatthetrimscan eachlegs’controlparameters. 80 RP1 Access Processing Remote Production System...

  • Page 81: AccessRouting

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  • Page 82: AccessAuxSends&Pan

    1 pathandroutejust thoselegstotheaux.Thispartialrouting isshownbythecorner‘cutoff’onthe routingdisplayandtheroutingboxes underneatheachAuxRow,seeAux2in theimageabove. SendLevel:Slidethelevelcontrolorclick onthe+or-iconstoalterthelevelofthe AuxSendbetween‘off’and+10dB.The sendlevelvalueisshowninthetopright cornerofeachSendlevel. Send Position: AuxSendscanbetaken atdifferentpointsintheassociatedpath’s signalflow,prefaderorpostfader. Pan Position: Forstereoauxsendsan additionalpancontrolisavailablewhich allowstheusertoadjustthepositionof thesourcetotheleftorrightofcentre. Note:Iftherearemoreauxsendsthan canbefittedonthescreenascrollbar appearsontherighthandsideallowing theusertotraversetotheirrequiredbus. 82 RP1 Access Routing Remote Production System...

  • Page 83: AccessDirectOutput

    ACCESS DIRECT OUTPUT Directoutputsarepathspecific ACCESS DIRECT OUTPUTS CREATE deskoutputs,availabletoChannels whichareavailableforpatching. RP1hasapoolof32resources, whichissharedbetweendirect outputsandmixminusoutputs. DirectOutputControls AfterpressingDirectOutputfromthe AccessedPathRoutingsectionofthe Menu,theimageaboverightisdisplayed, readyforaDirectOutputtobecreated. Notethatthenumberofavailableoutputs isshownonthepageoncethepoolis emptynofurtherDirectOutputscanbe created.OnceaDirectOutputhasbeen createditappearsastheimagebelow, whichinthiscaseisa5. 1 directoutput froma5. 1 channelattachedtoFader3A. Note:only1directoutputisavailableper pathonRP1. The following controls are available:- Tone:Selecttoinjecttoneintothedirect output,replacingthedirectoutputfeed withthecorrecttoneforthepathwidth. ACCESS DIRECT OUTPUTS...
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  • Page 85: Buses&Outputs

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  • Page 86: AuxBuses

    Talkback:Replacestheauxoutputfeed ‘FaderClosed’isselectedforauxoutput1,   witheitherthecutwhenfaderopen withwhateverisroutedtothetalkback thepre-fadersendsfromeachpathrouted orfaderclosedoptions,howeverother input.Atalkbackbuttonallowstheuserto toAux1willbemutedwhilsttheirfaderis combinationswouldconflictwitheach talktothatoutput.NotethataTalkback closed. otherandassuch,selectingonewill inputshouldbesetupintheI/Opatching cancelothers. forthistowork. Assoonasthefaderisopened,thepath Tone:Selecttoinjecttoneintothedirect willsendaudiototheauxatpre-fader Note:Iftherearemoreauxsendsthan output,replacingthedirectoutputfeed level.Pre-fadersendswhosefadersare canbefittedonthescreenascrollbar withthecorrecttoneforthepathwidth.A open,aswellasanypathsfeedingpost appearsontherighthandsideallowing tonebuttonappliesatonesignaltothat theusertotraversetotheirrequiredbus. faderwillstillbepassingaudiotoAux1. output. 86 RP1 Buses & Outputs Remote Production System...

  • Page 87: Monitoring

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  • Page 88: ConsoleMonitoring

    Theremainingscreenareaissplitintotwo pagesthefirstlabelled‘MonitorSources’ letstheuserselectwhichAuxisbeing monitoredasshownaboveright.The secondpageshownbelowrightshowsthe console‘MonitorSettings’arrangedas:- Misc Functions:Legroutingoptions L+R>LL>L+R&R>L+R,Polarity InvertRight(whichallowsmonitoring ofstereoonlycontentofthesourceby cancellingoutthemonocontent),LFE on/offandPhantomCentre(whichroutes theCmonitorfeedtobothleftandright speakers). Solo Legs:Eachlegofthemonitorsource Listen Modes: Allowtheusertomonitor APFL Settings:Thereisan‘APFL hasitsownsolocheck-box,checkingany thesourceateitheritscurrentpath clear’buttontoclearalltheactiveAFLs ofthesedisablesallotherlegs,soeach width(full),usetheleft,rightandcentre &PFLs.Note:TheAPFLclearfunction legcanbeauditionedindividually. speakersfor(3stereo),orlisteninstereo alsoappearsintheHeaderBannerRow orinmono. nexttotheSystemStatusblock. 88 RP1 Monitoring Remote Production System...

  • Page 89: SystemStatus

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  • Page 90: SystemStatus

    Errormessagescanonlybeclearedby Themessageshouldbechecked thebuttonsabovethelist. correctingtheerrorandrestoringthe asthesystemmayberunningonits systemtoitsnormaloperationalstate. secondarycomponents. Inadditionitemsthathavebeen“Fixed” • Information Messages-Informthe canbeincludedorexcludedfromthe IntermittentCableFailures userwhencertainactionstakeplace. statusdisplayusingthe“Fixed”filter. Iftheseexistonthesystem,theSystem Theydonotreporterrors,andno Statusscreennowdisplaystheseand actionneedstobetakentorespondto Selectingamessageinthelistwillupdate whentheuserclicksonthemessage,a them.Theimagetotherightshowsthe the‘SelectedEventDescription’window 30secondtimerstartswhichclearsthe informationmessagethathostArtemis areaonthebottomrightofthedisplayto intermittenterrorfromthemessagelist automatically. 199. 1 00hasconnected. showthemessageingreaterdetail. 90 RP1 System Status Remote Production System...

  • Page 91: ExternalMeteringDisplay

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  • Page 92: ExternalMeteringDisplayOnRp1

    EXTERNAL METERING DISPLAY ON RP1 RP1providesahighresolution Theexampledisplayshowsanumberof ThebottommetershowsthePFLbus meteringdisplayoutputwhich whichwhenanyPFLbuttonisactivated channelsassignedtofadersandthefirst displaysthemeteringofupto32 threehavebeendefinedasmono,stereo ontheRP1showsthepre-faderlevelof channelsand12auxbusmasters. and5. 1 pathsrespectively.Notethat thatpathorsumofpaths. Thisisanofftheshelf1920x1080DVI the‘NoInput’textisreplacedbytheport monitorwhichconnectsviatheDVI-DOut numberwhenportedorbytheuserlabel ThemiddlemetershowstheAFLbus connectoronthebackoftheRP1unit toaidpathidentification. whichwhenanyAFLbuttonisactivated markedas‘Meters’. ontheRP1showstheafter-faderlevelof The12auxbusmastermetersarealways thatpathorsumofpaths. Asthechannelsareassignedtofaders presentontherighthandsideofthe theRP1placesthosefadersontothe displayandchangebuswidthsbetween:- ThetopmeteristheRP1ConsoleMonitor Not assigned(e.g.Auxes10, 1 1&12),...

  • Page 93: SetupRemoteNetworksOnHostH2O

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  • Page 94: AddingAndDeletingRemoteNetworksInH2O

    ADDING AND DELETING REMOTE NETWORKS IN H2O CALREC ASSIST INFORMATION PAGE OncetheRP1unithasbeensetupat theremotesiteitcanbeaccessedand controlledfromthesurfaceofanApolloor Artemisconsoleatthehoststudioeitheras astandalonesystemoraspartofaHydra2 network,butfirstithastobeconnectedto ahostconsolewithanIPaddresssetforits LANportsthatwillbecompatiblewiththe LANportoftheRemoteNetworkandthen addedintothehostnetworksH20. ConnectingRP1physicallytotheHost InorderforthehostconsoletocontrolanRP1unit, theRP1primaryandsecondary(forredundancy) LANconnectionsonthebackoftheunit,needto beconnectedtotheApollo/Artemisprimaryand secondaryLANconnectorsonthefrontoftheMCS processorcardsonthefrontoftheCoreviatheIP EMPTY REMOTE NETWORKS PAGE networkbetweenthem,see“ConnectingaHost ConsoletoRP1viaanIPNetwork”onpage47. SortingouttheHost&RP1LANaddresses PriortoaddingintheremotenetworkintoH2Othe userneedstoensurethattheLANportaddresses tobeusedarecompatible,forinstanceusingthe sameSubnet.Thatinformationcanbetakenfrom theconsolePCintheSystemSettings>Calrec...

  • Page 95: DeletingARemoteNetworkFromTheHost

    REMOTE NETWORKS PAGE Theuserthenfillsoutthefollowingfieldswhichare usedtosetupcommunicationbetweenthehost consoleandtheRP1unit:- • UserenterstheNameoftheRP1unitwith H2Ocheckingforduplicates. • UserenterstheIPaddressoftheprimary connectionontheRP1unit. • UserenterstheIPaddressofthesecondary connectionontheRP1unit. • UserentersthenumberofRemoteAuxes (monoequivalent)totheRP1unit. • UserentersthenumberofRemoteChannels (monoequivalent)fromtheRP1unit. Note,thatvalidationwillberequiredaseachfield isedited,theIPaddressesmustbeenteredinthe correctnumericformat,theremoteauxbusesand DELETE REMOTE NETWORK POP-UP remotechannelinputsarenumericfieldsthatcanbe settoamaximumof12and32respectivelyforthe initialreleaseofRP1. • UserpressesOktoacceptorCanceltoreject. IfCancelpressedpop-upcloses. • ThePop-upclosesandtheremote networkspageshowsthenewremote networkentryasshownaboveright. Notethatthenamecolumnmaybeusedto changethesortorderA-Z/Z-Aifrequired.

  • Page 96: EditingARemoteNetworkInH2O

    EDIT REMOTE NETWORK POP-UP (monoequivalent)fromtheRP1unit. Note,thatvalidationwillberequiredaseachfield isedited,theIPaddressesmustbeenteredinthe correctnumericformat,theremoteauxbusesand remotechannelinputsarenumericfieldsthatcanbe settoamaximumof12and32respectivelyforthe initialreleaseofRP1. • UserpressesOktoacceptorCanceltoreject. IfCancelpressedpop-upcloseswithout update. • IfOkthePop-upclosesandtheremote networkspageshowstheeditedremote networkentryasshownbelowright. Notethatthisalterstheentriesonthe Apollo/ArtemisPCapplicationintheHydra2 Settings>RemoteNetworkspage. EDITED REMOTE NETWORKS PAGE Alsonote,thatifthenumberofauxbuses/channel inputsarereduceditshouldbenotedthatanypaths usingthoseremovedauxbuses/channelinputswill havetheirrelatedconnectionsremoved. 96 RP1 Setup Remote Networks On Host H2O Remote Production System...

  • Page 97: OperationViaHostConsole

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  • Page 98: PlacingRp1PathsOnTheHostConsole

    PLACING RP1 PATHS ON THE HOST CONSOLE FADER SETUP SCREEN NEW PATH Inordertoremotelycontrolaudiopaths ontheremoteproductionunitRP1,the usermustfirstplacethosepathsonthe fadersurfaceofthehostconsoleusingthe Operate>FaderSetupScreenontheConsole PCapplication. Thereare2typesofpaththatcanbeplacedonthe surfaceofthehostconsole‘RemoteFaders’-which controlmono,stereoor5. 1 inputchannelparameters usuallyfrommicrophonesattheremotelocationon thevariousRP1unitsand‘RemoteAuxMasters’ whichcontrolmonoorstereoauxiliaryoutputbuses typicallyusedasIFBoutputstoinearscommentary monitoringoutofthevariousRP1units. Theuserselectswhichlayer/fadertheremotefader orremoteauxmaster’willbeplacedbyfirstselecting FADER SETUP REMOTE NETWORK POP-UP anewpathplacementontheOperate>FaderSetup screenonthehostconsoleasshownaboveright. Thiswillopenthenewpathpop-upshowinga selectionofnewpathtypesandtheuserselectsthe ‘Remotes’optionwhichforeachRP1unitdisplays...

  • Page 99: SelectingRemoteAuxMasters

    FADER SETUP REMOTE AUX MASTERS POP-UP SelectingRemoteAuxMasters Iftheuserselectstheremoteauxmastersblock fortherequiredRP1fromtherighthandcolumn,a furtherpop-upshowingalistofremoteauxmasters appears.Theuserthenselectswhichremoteaux mastersaretobeplacedattheselectedlayer/fader onthehostconsoleshownright. Itshouldbenotedthattheseremoteauxmaster assignmentsarenotdependentontheirplacement ontheRP1unitfaderlayoutscreenanddon’tneed tobemappedontoRP1unitfaders. Ifremoteaux1masterisplacedonaparticular layer/faderonthehostconsolethatiswhatwill appearinthepatchingscreenandtheconsole surfaceofthehost.Howeverforeaseofcontrol FADER SETUP SCREEN WITH REMOTE FADER & AUX ASSIGNED fromtheRP1unittheyaregenerallyplacedonthe BLayeroftheRP1unitusingCalrecAssist. Themaximumnumberofremoteauxmastersthat canbecontrolledfromthehostiscurrentlyfixedat 12andasthe36LayerAfadersoftheRP1unitare generallyusedtoplaceinputpathsforremotefader usage,itisrecommendedthatoutputauxmasters arenotplacedonLayerA.Ifcontroloftheaux mastersisrequiredfromtheRP1unittheyshould beplacedonanyofthe36LayerBfaders.Note ifstereoauxmastersareusedthiswillreducethe numberofavailableauxesfromthepoolof12.

  • Page 100: DeletingRemoteFaders&AuxMasters

    DeletingRemoteFaders&AuxMasters FADER SETUP SCREEN WITH REMOTE FADER & AUX SELECTED Theuserselectstheremotefaderand/orremote auxmastersthattheywishtodeletefromthehost consoleviathefadersetupscreenwhichopensup theselectactionpop-upwindow.Seeaboveright. Clickingonthedeletebuttonopensafurther pop-upshowingtheselectionofremotefaders and/orremoteauxmastersreadytobedeletedas shownbelowright.. Thiswillremovethemfromthefadersetupscreen andthehostconsoleremovingthecontrollinksto thosefadersontheassociatedRP1unit. Ondeletionthefreedupresourcesaremade availableforotherusage. FADER SETUP SCREEN WITH DELETE PATHS POP-UP 100 RP1 Operation Via Host Console Remote Production System...

  • Page 101: ConnectingToRp1FromTheHostConsole

    CONNECTING TO RP1 FROM THE HOST CONSOLE ManagingRemoteNetworksAccess REMOTE NETWORKS SCREEN SHOWING CONNECTIVITY STATUS Inordertodetermineand/oralterthe connectedstatusofremotelynetworked RP1units,theuserselectstheHydra2 Settings>RemoteNetworksscreen. Thelistofremotenetworksasshownright areidentifiedbytheRP1unitnameand itsprimary/secondaryIPaddressesas enteredinH20see”RemoteNetworks SetupPage”onpage96. Everythingotherthanthe‘TrytoConnect’ fieldandthe‘BlockFader/CutControl’ fieldfromRP1isreadonlyandthe‘Status’ and‘Latency’fieldsfortheprimaryand secondaryIPaddressesareupdatedby occasionalpollingofeachoftheremote networksbutnoconnectionisestablished bythehostuntilthe‘TrytoConnect’ switchisselected.Thelatencyfields representthecurrenttimetakentosend commandsfromtheconsoleandgetan acknowledgement(Ping).Thestatus fieldshaveoneof5states:-‘Offline’, ‘Available’,‘Connected’,‘InUse’or Ifthe‘BlockFader/CutControl’switch Ifthe‘TrytoConnect’fieldisstillinthe ‘Incompatible’.

  • Page 102: LinkingOfHostTransmissionFadersAndRemoteFaders

    Pairing and Unpairing Procedures: COMPLETE THE PAIRING GotoOperate>Fader SetupandclickontherequiredTXfader,the ‘SelectAction’pop-upappearsasshowninthestartpairingimage aboveright. Clickon‘Pair’thenselecttheremotefaderthattheTXfaderisto bepairedwithasshownintheCompletethePairingimageright. Clickon‘Pair‘againtocompletethepairing. Notethatoncethepairinghasbeenmadethepairsymbolisshown onbothfaders. ToUnpairaTXFaderandaRemotefaderclickoneitherfader (withthepairsymbolonit),the‘SelectAction’Pop-upappears. Clickingonthe‘Unpair‘buttonwillseparatethemagain. Notethatwhenpairingthecontrols,ifthe‘BlockFader/CutControl’ isofftheRemoteFaderwillcopyitsFaderandCutvaluestotheTX Faderbutifthe‘BlockFader/CutControl’isonthentheTXFader willcopyitsFaderandCutvaluestotheRemoteFader.‘ UNPAIRING TX FADER FROM REMOTE FADER 102 RP1 Operation Via Host Console Remote Production System...

  • Page 103: BlockingControlFromRp1AtTheHostConsole

    1.Itisusedtodeterminethedata directionoftheRP1settingsduringsetup andduringnormaloperationasdescribed intheprevioussection. 2.ItisusedonceSetupiscompleteto effectivelymakethehostconsolethe MasterandpreventtheRP1controlling pairedfadersfromtheremoteend. TheimagesrightfortheAccessedPath Processing>Fadersandbelowrightfor theFaderSurfacepagesofRP1shows theresultwhenapairedFader&Cuthas beenblockedbythehost. ItcanbeseenthatboththeFaderand Cutforpairedfadersaregreyedoutand RP1 FADER SURFACE SHOWING BLOCKING CONTROL ON FADERS 1 & 2 cannotbecontrolledfromtheRP1when theBlockingswitchisapplied. ThefactthattheRP1hasbeen ‘BlockedbyHost’ratherthan‘Allowed’ isalsoshownintheRP1System Settings>GeneralSettings>RPUnit SettingswithastatusflagforFader& CutControlforPairedfadersonhost. See“RPUnitSettings”onpage51. Note:AlthoughRP1isblockeditstill respondsanddisplaysallchangesmade tothoseblockedcontrolsfromthehost console.TheRP1userispreventedfrom alteringthosecontrols,butcanalterallthe...

  • Page 104: IndependentOperationOfRp1FromTheHostConsole

    INDEPENDENT OPERATION OF RP1 FROM THE HOST CONSOLE SettingtheRP1tobeindependent RP1 GENERAL SETTINGS SHOWING INDEPENDENCE SET Undercertainoperationalconditionsitis desirabletoallowtheRP1unittobecome temporarily‘Independent’ofthehost. ThisisconfiguredfromtheRP1unit. Set RP1 Independent Procedure: GotoMenu>System Settings>General Settings>RP Unit Settingsandclickon the‘Independent’buttonwhichmakesthe RP1unitindependentofthehostsettings andcontrol.Note:onceindependenceis establishedthe‘Independent’statusflag isshownintheSystemstatusareainthe headersothattheusercanseethison everypageasshownaboveright. Thehostconsoleisalsoinformedthat theRP1isconnectedbut‘Independent’ RP1 SHOWN AS INDEPENDENT ON HOST CONSOLE inHydra Options>Remote Networks...

  • Page 105: VcaControlOfRp1PathsFromTheHostConsole

    VCA CONTROL OF RP1 PATHS FROM THE HOST CONSOLE RemoteFaderControlusingVCAs ACCESS FADERS SCREEN ON RP1 SHOWING VCA MASTER FROM HOST Thereisarequirementtobeableto controlRemotefadersonanRP1unit fromthehostconsoleaspartofaVCA group. TheexistingmechanismforcreatingVCA groupshasbeenextendedtoallowVCA controlofRemoteFadersonanRP1unit byselectingapathorblankfaderonthe hostconsoleastheVCAMaster,pressing andholdingdownitsAssignbuttonon theconsolesurfaceandthenpressingthe assignbuttonsofthoseRemoteFader pathsthataretobeVCAslavestothat VCAmaster. TherearerulesaboutconnectingTX andRemotefadersthatdifferfromthe normalVCAsystemandvariouscases havetobehandledonConnectionand Disconnectionbetweenthehostconsole andtheRP1unitandhowtohandlethe...
  • Page 106 When the connection is re-made, or the Independence is turned off: Ifthe‘BlockFader/CutControl’switchis ON(theusualcaseduringtransmission) theSL&MRvalueswillbeappliedfrom thehostforthepairedfaders. Ifthe‘BlockFader/CutControl’switchis OFF,theRP1fadervalue(SLvalue)will beappliedtotheremotefaderforpaired faders(andthiswillalteranyPairedhost faderbythesameoffset). However,anyMRvaluesonthehostwill TheMRvaluesfromRP1canneverbe Othersettings(Auxsends,Micgain,etc) beappliedtotheMRvaluesontheRP1. appliedtotheMRvaluesonthehost. forpairedfadersarealwayssentfromthe ThismayresultintheRP1audiojumping OtherthanVCAMR,allsettingsfornon- RP1unitandneverblockedontheRP1 iftheMRfadershavebeenmovedsince pairedRemotefadersarealwayssentand unitbecausethesesettingsarenotpaired. theconnectionwaslost. neverblockedfromtheRP1unit. 106 RP1 Operation Via Host Console Remote Production System...

  • Page 107: LoadingShows/MemoriesOnTheHostConsole/RpUnit

    LOADING SHOWS / MEMORIES ON THE HOST CONSOLE / RP UNIT LoadingaShowfromtheMemories LoadingaMemoryfromthe ItisonlywhentheIndependenceisturned Screen,CueListorEmberfromthe MemoriesScreen,CueListor offthatthesettingofthe‘BlockFader/ EmberfromtheHostConsole HostConsole CutControl’switchbecomesrelevant. ForeachRP1unit,theuserofthehost ForeachRP1unit,theuserofthehost consolecanreviewandalterthestateof consolecanreviewandalterthestateof WhathappenswhenIndependence the‘TrytoConnect’,and‘BlockFader/Cut the‘TrytoConnect’,and‘BlockFader/Cut isturnedOFFontheRP1unit? Control’switchesbeforeloading,asthe Control’switchesbeforeloading,asthe Ifconnectedtothehostconsole,and stateoftheseswitchesdetermineswhat notindependent,thestatusofthe‘Block stateoftheseswitchesdetermineswhat happensduringashowload. happensduringamemoryload. Fader/CutControl’switchistested. Oncehappywiththese,theusercan Oncetheyarehappywiththese,the TheeffectthatanyhostVCAmaster...

  • Page 108: ViewingPathsOnTheHostConsoleSurface

    FADER ASSIGN DISPLAYS SHOWING RP1 DISCONNECTED AssignDisplays PriortoconnectingtotheRP1unit,the remotefaders/remoteauxmastersappear asshownintheFaderAssigndisplays (aboveright).Theremotenetworkname appearsinthecentreofthedisplayinRed  showingthattheRP1unitisnotcurrently connected.Notethepathwidthsmaybe unknownatthistimeandshownas‘?’ FADER ASSIGN DISPLAYS SHOWING RP1 I/O PORTS DISCONNECTED IftheRP1unitisconnectedbutit’sI/O isnotavailablethelabelisasshownright andared‘!’symbolappears. Theimagetothelowerrightshowsthe samedisplaysbutnowconnectedwith theI/Oonline.ThewidthdisplayM,STor 5. 1 oftheremotefadersandMorSTof theremoteauxeswillshowcorrectlyonce FADER ASSIGN DISPLAYS SHOWING RP1 PATHS CONNECTED connectedtothehost.

  • Page 109: RemoteFaderInputControlsOnFader/WildAssignPanels

    Processingmodeforthecurrentassign displaystheinputparametersthatcanbe controlledfromthehost. Animportantpointtonotehereisthatthe micgainandphantompowerparameters are‘Protected’fromchangeusingthe normalprotectionschemeasappliedto ApolloandArtemis. Inordertochangetheseprotected parameterstheuserisrequiredtohold downthepath’scurrentassignbutton. Theimagetotherightshowsthedisplay withtheassignbuttonhelddown. RemoteFaderInputControlson CURRENT ASSIGN TFT DISPLAY SHOWING RP1 INPUT CONTROLS FROM HOST Fader/WildAssignTFTDisplays TheTFTprocessingdisplayintheWild AssignofApolloorFaderpanelofArtemis appearsasshownrightforremotefaders atthehost. Asanexample‘RemFdr26’onthe RP1unitnamed‘Rasputin’isthecurrent assign,itisastereopathandhas microphonesportedtoit,whichiswhy itisshowingnotonlytheToneandM-S decoderbuttonsbutalsothe48vLand 48vRbuttons.Notethatthesephantom powerbuttonsareshownas‘Protected’. ThecentreoftheTFTshowseither ‘RemoteAuxMasterAssigned’ifa remoteauxisselectedasthecurrent assignedpathor‘RemoteFaderAssigned’...

  • Page 110: RemoteFaderAuxSendControlsOnFader/WildAssignPanels

    RemoteFaderAuxSendControlson CURRENT ASSIGN DISPLAY SHOWING RP1 AUX SEND CONTROLS FROM HOST Fader/WildAssignPanels WhenastereoRP1pathisaccessedas shownherefor‘RemFdr26’pressing ‘Sends&Routes’forthecurrentassign displaysauxsendparametersthatcanbe controlledfromthehost. Upto12remoteauxsendscanbeset forthisremotefader.Theimagetothe rightshowsthat9remoteauxesare availableandthataux2isswitchedonfor thisremotefader.Inthismodethepanel allowscontrolofthesendlevel,itson/ offstateanditspre/postfaderpositionin theremotefaderpath.Iftheremoteaux isstereolikeaux2shown,apancontrol withOn/Offisalsoprovided.Pressing theswitchdownonanyauxrotarycontrol changesthefocuswindowbelowtothat auxasrequired.Notethefocuswindow alsoshowsthenetworknameoftheRP1 unitbeingcontrolled. RemoteFaderAuxRouteControls CURRENT ASSIGN DISPLAY SHOWING RP1 AUX ROUTING CONTROL FROM HOST...

  • Page 111: RemoteFaderInputStripControlsOnFader/WildAssignPanels

    RemoteFaderInputStripControls CURRENT ASSIGN DISPLAY SHOWING RP1 INPUT STRIP CONTROLS FROM HOST onFader/WildAssignPanels Whenasurfacepanelisplacedintostrips mode,andthe‘Input-Pan’stripbuttonis selectedthedisplayappearsasshown right.Thebuttoncelldisplayatthebottom ofthepanelshownrightdisplayseither theIP2selectorbuttononanApolloor theIP2selectorbuttonanda‘MoreIP’ buttononanArtemis. Thestripsshownareformono,stereo and5. 1 remotefadersrespectivelyfrom lefttoright.Thestereostripoffersmore controlsthantheothersincludinganST WIDEcontrolandanIP1/2Balance controlwhichappearseitheronthetop rowoftheApolloorasanalternatedisplay onArtemiswhenthe‘MoreIP’buttonis active. Alsonotethatthestereopathmicgain control(incolumn2)isshownwithits valuesastheimagewascapturedwiththe Assignbuttonhelddowntoby-passthe protectionsystem. RemoteFaderAuxSendStrip CURRENT ASSIGN DISPLAY SHOWING RP1 AUX STRIPS CONTROLS FROM HOST...

  • Page 112: RemoteFaderWildControlsOnFader/WildAssignPanels

    RemoteFaderWildControlson CURRENT ASSIGN DISPLAY SHOWING RP1 WILD CONTROLS FROM HOST Fader/WildAssignPanels Theabilitytoputwildcontrolsonthe verticalstripaboveeachfaderhasbeen extendedtoallowwildcontrolsonRP1 paths.Thepanelimagetotherightshows acollectionofcontrolsasanexample. Notethatnotallthecontrolsthatare ‘Wildable’onApolloandArtemiscan beappliedtoRP1paths,howeverin subsequentreleases,thehostinterface willhavefunctionsaddedtoitallowing greatercontrolofRP1asvariouscontrols areaddedtothewildablecontrolslist. Thefollowingcontrolscanbeassignedas wildcontrolsofRP1onthehostconsole:- WildInputControlsforRP1 remotefaders Trim,micgain,48v(phantompower), polarityinvert,+/-6dBgainsteps,input balanceforstereo,stereowidth,leftto both,righttobothandinput1/input2 changeoverwithtrimlinking. WildAuxSendControlsforRP1 remotefaders Levelwithon/cutforeachofthe12aux sendsandpanwithon/offforstereo auxes. NotethatApollohasanextrasetofwild controlsinthefaderpanelconsistingof abuttoncellandarotarycontrolcelland thesemayalsobeusedforRP1wildsif required.

  • Page 113: Stereo/SurroundSpillOfRemotePaths

    Spill faders on Apollo & Artemis. broughtbacktothehostfromtheRP1 unit. Whethercontrollingremotemono,stereo orsurroundsignals,onlyonemaster TheSpilllegscanbeselectedasthe faderisrequiredonthesurfaceforglobal currentlyassignedpathinthesame manipulationandapplicationofsignal wayasanyotherfaderandbydoingso, processingtothecompletecollectionof individualcontroloftheinputprocessing pathsthatmakeupthatsignal....

  • Page 114: RemotePathParameterControlFromTheHostConsole

    1 remotefadertypes andmono&stereoremote auxmastertypesarrangedin columns. Eachoftherowsacrossthetable representadifferentparameter thatcanbecontrolledfromthe hostconsole. Itissplitintothevariousmodes thatcanbeselected. Thetopsectionrelatestothe faderandcutcontrols.This isfollowedbythedisplaysin processingmodeoverviewfor thecurrentassignment,thenthe sendsandroutesmodeforthe currentassignmentfollowedby thestripsmodewhichisanin-line representationofcontrolsper path. Theabilitytoputparameter controlsforremotepathsin Wildsmodeonthehostconsole isshownseparately.Allthemain controlsthatarerelevanttothe RP1remotefadershavebeen madeavailable. See“RemoteFaderWildControls onFader/WildAssignPanels”on page112forasamplelayout andlistofRP1wilds. 114 RP1 Operation Via Host Console Remote Production System...

  • Page 115: Specifications

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  • Page 116: GeneralSpecifications

    Input Delay 5.4sperChannelfromapoolof64delayblocks Path Delay 5.4sforeverypathfromapoolof64delayblocks Output Delay 5.4sperOutputincludingDirectOutputsfromapoolof64delayblocks CONTROL INTERFACE Virtual Faders Headphone Output Stereo,1/4’TRSJack Weight ( excl Expansion Cards ) 7.5kG ROUTER Integral Router 1+1redundantconnectionforconnectingI/Oboxes Hydra2 Connections viathebuilt-inHydra2Module Audio Channels Per Port Upto512 116 RP1 Specifications Remote Production System...

  • Page 117: Power/EnvironmentalSpecifications

    0.98A Power Factor 0.68 0.79 0.80 Power Dissipation (Heat) - 78.3W 78.4W 78.4W TheRP1iscooledbyaquietouttakefanontherearoftheunit. Theairintakeisonthesideventsoftheunit. Cooling Atleast50mm(2’)clearanceshouldbemaintainedforthesevents. Ifthesidesareobstructed,thetrimswillpullairfrombelowandrear. Operating Ambient Air 0°C-40°C Temperature Note that RP1 is a self contained unit and the processing core is built into the unit.
  • Page 118 TheheatoutputfromFixedFormatHydra2I/Ounitsdependsonthesupplyvoltageand loading.Typicallyitis0.55timestheRMSVA(VoltsxAmperes)at230Vand0.7timesthe RMSVAat115V.HeatoutputfiguresareavailableforalltypesofI/Obox. Heat Output and Efficiency ThelowpowerPSUefficiencyisagaindependantonsupplyvoltageandloading,generally >70%. AllfixedformatHydra2I/Ounitsof2Uorgreaterarecooledundercontrolwithfanassistance. Operationisnotdependantonthefan;itistheretoextendtheoperatinglifeoftheunit.There isan80mmlowpower,lowspeedandlownoisefanmountedtotherighthandsidepanelof eachunitventingair.Fanspeedismonitoredandsystemstatuswarningsaregeneratedif fanssloworfail.Airisdrawninthroughthelefthandsidepanel. Cooling 1UHydra2I/Oboxesdonotrequirefanassistancehavingsufficientsurfaceareatoradiate heatadequately. ThesidepanelsofallFixedFormatHydra2I/Ounitsshouldbeunobstructedwithatleast 50mm(2’)clearancetoallowairflow.Noclearanceisrequiredaboveorbelowtheunit. I/Ounitsmaybemountedinanopenbayprovidingtheambientairtemperatureiswithinlimits (seebelow).Theunitsmayalsobehousedinanyairconditionedbay. Acoustic Noise <27dBSPL(A-weighted,1mfromfront). Operating Ambient Air 0°C-40°C Temperature Relative Humidity 5%-80%Non-Condensing 118 RP1 Specifications Remote Production System...
  • Page 119 HYDRA2 MODULAR I/O Hydra2 Modular I/O ModularHydra2I/Oframesarefittedwithdualpowersuppliesandhave2IECACpower inputconnectors.UnitswillbefullyfunctionalononePSU,howeverbothshouldbefedwhere possiblefromseparatesourcestoprovideredundancyagainstbothPSUfailureandexternal powerloss. TheoperatingACsupplyvoltageis100V-240V+/-10%. Power Thepeakinrushcurrentislimited(coldstart).Thisreducesthechanceofanuisancetripor fuseblowfrompowerup.TheRMSquiescentandpeakinrushcurrentfiguresaredependant uponthequantityandtypeofI/Ocardsfitted.PleaserefertotheHydra2installationmanual formoredetailsonModularI/O. Note:the3cardslotsintherearofRP1aredesignedtofitI/OcardsfromtheModularI/O rangeandtherelevantaudiospecificationsstatedbelowalsoapplywhenusedinRP1. TheHeatoutputfromModularHydra2I/Ounitsdependsuponthequantityandcardtypes Heat Output and Efficiency fitted,pleaserefertotheHydra2installationmanualformoredetailonModularI/O. FansmountedtothePSUsatthebackofthecoredrawairthroughthePSUsandthecore itself.Airisdrawnupthroughthebaseofthecorewhichisrecessedtoallowairtoenter throughtheside,andfortheunitstobemountedwithnoclearanceaboveorbelow.The bottomofthesidesoftheModularI/Oboxshouldbeunobstructedwithatleast50mm(2’) Cooling clearancetoallowairflow. ModularI/Ounitsmaybemountedinanopenbayprovidingtheambientairtemperatureis withinlimits(seebelow).Theunitsmayalsobehousedinairconditionedbays. Acoustic Noise <27dBSPL(A-weighted,1mfromfront). Operating Ambient Air 0°C-35°C Temperature...

  • Page 120: AudioPerformanceSpecification

    Analogue - Digital 24Bit Conversion Input Electronicallybalanced 2kOhmsatmiclevelgainsettings Input Impedance 10kOhmsatlinelevelgainsettings Sensitivity +18/-78dBformic/lineInputs Equivalent Input Noise -127dB(150Ohmsource) -1dBFS@1kHz-Betterthan0.003% Distortion -20dBFS@1kHz-Betterthan0.006% -60dBFS@1kHz-Betterthan0.3% Frequency Response 20Hzto20kHz+/-0.5dBonmic/lineInputs Input CMR >75dB(Typical85dB)onmic/lineinputs (Common Mode Rejection) Analogueinputfor0dBFScanbepre-setgloballyto+28,+24,+22,+20,+18or+15dBU Pre-faderheadroomonmicinputsisadjustablegloballyfrom+24to+36dBin2dBsteps Notes Foranalogueinputs/outputsthesystemcanhandleanaloguelevelsofupto+27dBufrom analogueinputtoanalogueoutputatlineup Theselevelsmustbeattenuatedinthesystembeforetheyarefedtodigitaloutputs 120 RP1 Specifications Remote Production System...
  • Page 121 HYDRA2 ANALOGUE OUTPUT SPECS Digital - Analogue 24Bit Conversion Output Balance Electronicallybalanced.20Hzto20KHz,betterthan-35dB,typically-45dB Output Impedance <40Ohms -1dBFS@1kHz-Betterthan0.006% Distortion -20dBFS@1kHz-Betterthan0.003% -60dBFS@1kHz-Betterthan0.3% Frequency Response 20Hzto20kHz+/-0.25dB Notes Analogueoutputfor0dBFSmatchesinputsettinginto>1kOhms(+24dBumaxinto600Ohms) AUDIO PERFORMANCE DATA Digital to Digital -1dBFS,20Hzto10kHz-Betterthan0.0001% (AES3) Distortion Digital to Digital -1dBFS,20Hzto10kHz-Betterthan0.0002% (AES3 with SRC) Distortion Frequency Response 20Hzto20kHz+/-0.5dB (Analogue Input to Output)
  • Page 122 SRConI/P SRConI/P INPUTS (Modular I/O ONLY) 138dB 130dB to Digital Outputs with 0 dB gain +18dBu=0dBFS off 111dB 111dB to Analogue Outputs with 0 dB gain +24dBu=0dBFS off 117dB 117dB *Theanaloguetoanaloguedynamicrangeisachievedbecausethesystemcanacceptanaloguesignalsofupto+28dBufrominput tooutputat0dBgain.Obviously,ananalogueinputofupto+28dBumustbeattenuatedtooutputthisdigitally,butthisattenuation willmaintainthedynamicrangeoftheinput,astheanalogueinputnoisewillbeattenuatedbythesameamountasthesignal,andthe analogueinputnoisewillstillbedominantabovethenoisefloorofthedigitalsystem. 122 RP1 Specifications Remote Production System...
  • Page 123 DYNAMIC RANGE FOR HYDRA 2 ANALOGUE AND AES3 (OUTPUTS) systemsetfor SRConI/P SRConI/P HYDRA2 Analogue OUTPUTS +18dBu=0dBFS off 111dB 111dB from Digital Inputs with 0 dB gain +24dBu=0dBFS off 117dB 117dB 118dB from Analogue Inputs with 0 dB gain * HYDRA2 AES3 UNBALANCED systemsetfor SRConI/P SRConI/P...
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