1. Manuals
  2. Brands
  3. Unika Manuals
  4. Accessories
  5. NBB-1616
  6. Manual

Unika NBB-1616 Manual

Networked break-in/break-out box, expansion box
Hide thumbs
Table of Contents

Advertisement

Quick Links

Download this manual
NBB-1616 Networked Break-in/Break-out Box
NBB-1616e Expansion Box
Overview:
The NBB-1616 is a fully digitized 16 x 16 Break-in/Break-out box which bidirectionally streams multi-
channel audio throughout off-the-shelf Ethernet cables and switches. The NBB-1616 is designed to be
operated friendly and installed easily as well as system scalable and upgradable. The front panel features 16
clip-hold PPM meters for all the input or output channels. You have control over the audio volume and phase
as well as the phantom power engagement individually for all the input channels locally on the front panel.
Features:
16 x 16 fully digitized Break-in/Break-out box
Dante-enabled networked breakbox or stagebox
Streaming audio in robust standard Ethernet cable (a.k.a., Digital Snake)
Supports Layer 3 of IEEE 802.3 Ethernet standard, which means
Streaming through Layer-3 Ethernet switch is feasible
Easily organize network topology with regular Ethernet switches
Redundant networking mode for fault tolerant audio distribution, or
Daisy-chain networking mode for easy coverage extending
Audio routing can be set by Dante-enabled audio console, or
Dedicated Dante Controller software for Windows and Mac OS
24-bit PCM coding with sample rate up to 192KHz
PPM meter with clip hold for input/output level monitoring
Option to double channel capacity with a NBB-1616e expansion box
Support of the latest feature of DDM with router involved
AES3 Digital I/O expansion box available on request

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading
Need help?

Need help?

Do you have a question about the NBB-1616 and is the answer not in the manual?

Questions and answers

Summary of Contents for Unika NBB-1616

  • Page 1 NBB-1616e Expansion Box Overview: The NBB-1616 is a fully digitized 16 x 16 Break-in/Break-out box which bidirectionally streams multi- channel audio throughout off-the-shelf Ethernet cables and switches. The NBB-1616 is designed to be operated friendly and installed easily as well as system scalable and upgradable. The front panel features 16 clip-hold PPM meters for all the input or output channels.
  • Page 2 24dBu. In addition to the high- level of drive capability on outputs, all inputs of NBB-1616 breakbox accept signal of level from mic to line with individual input gain and phantom power control. The NBB-1616 also equipped with 16 PPM meters with clip hold functionality for all the input or output channels.
  • Page 3 Getting Started Guide: Powering On During power-on, the meter panel is blanked initially. The whole system is ready to work after a UNIKA (see the picture below) shown on the meter panel for about 3 seconds. Do not power on the device immediately following a power off. At least wait for 10 seconds before you re- power the device.
  • Page 4 The default latency for the NBB-1616 is 1 msec, which make the audio latency in whole signal path (i.e., from audio input of one NBB-1616 to the audio output of the other NBB-1616) less than 1.5ms typical. This is very acceptable in a live sound situation.
  • Page 5 Word Clock of digital audio is distributed throughout whole Dante Network from a clock master. There is one and only one device can distribute the master clock in the whole Dante network. The NBB-1616 breakbox by default starts up itself as slave device and to be synced by the clock extracted from the Dante network.
  • Page 6 Similarly, if you have the NBB-1616 to work with Soundcraft Dante-enabled console, you need to make sure the source of word clock of the console is set properly by accessing the Sync tab in the console's main MENU screen on master bay. Here is the example of setting for Soundcraft Vi3000 console.

  • Page 7: Frequently Asked Questions

    Simple press the P2P Pairing button and try again should be able to have all channels paired with the channels on the remote site successfully. After I long press the P2P Pairing button, the channels in the NBB-1616 are paired to the channels on the device which is not expected.
  • Page 8 Dante device. All the settings can only be changed via Dante Controller with DDM password. If you need to control the settings with the three buttons on the rear of NBB-1616, you need to specially allow the local and remote access right to the NBB-1616 device by configuring it via the DDM control interface.

  • Page 9: Front Panel

    Front Panel: The front panel of NBB-1616 breakbox features 16 clip-hold PPM meters, 5 status LEDs, and several useful audio control capabilities. Clip-Hold PPM Meters To gain the most from digitized transceiving with high dynamic range and low noise floor, audio technicians always need to keep the audio level at decent large while avoiding over clip.
  • Page 10 Input Audio Control To accommodate different audio sources with various signal properties, under the 16 PPM meters, it comes with several useful audio control facilities for every input signal path, +48V: phantom power to power condenser microphone or other accessories such DI box.

  • Page 11: Rear Panel

    Ethernet link by simply plug-in cable from previous NBB-1616 and plug-out cable to the jack in the next NBB-1616 in the same route. Since both primary and secondary of the RJ45 interfaces are virtually equal in switch mode, it does not matter whether you plug-in into primary or secondary RJ45 jack first.
  • Page 12 Ethernet cable and pressing the P2P pairing button on one of the NBB-1616s. Note: During pairing process, the NBB-1616 waits for 2 seconds to see if there is any other Dante-enabled device in the network. Sometimes, the NBB-1616 does not receive any response from the network in the time frame and can fail to complete the pairing process, even there is actually one or more than one Dante-enabled devices in the network.
  • Page 13 After determine the required sample rate with DIP switch 1 and 2, long-press the set button for longer than 2 seconds or until a SET shown on meter panel, the NBB-1616 set the audio sample rate accordingly. You can check whether the sample rate set expectedly by observing the 192KHz/96KHz/48KHz status LEDs on the front panel.
  • Page 14 Clear Configuration setting and System Reset: For whatever reason, you may want to clear all the configuration setting to your NBB-1616 and reset the device to factory default. To do so, simply press the three set buttons (P2P Pairing, Redundant, and Sample Rate) on the rear panel momentarily and simultaneously.

  • Page 15: Dante Controller

    Dante Controller: Dante Controller is a free software application that enables you to route audio and configure devices on a Dante network. With automatic device discovery, one-click signal routing and user-editable device and channel labels, setting up a Dante network couldn’t be easier. Dante Controller is much more than just a configuration and routing matrix.
  • Page 16 About Dante Dante audio networking utilizes standard IP networks to transmit high- quality, uncompressed audio with near-zero latency. It's the most economical, versatile, and easy-to-use audio networking solution, and is scalable from simple installations to large-capacity networks running thousands of audio channels. Dante can replace multiple analog or multicore cables with a single affordable Ethernet cable to transmit high quality multi-channel audio safely and reliably.
  • Page 17 Ethernet cable. Stagebox With a Dante-enabled audio console, you can have the NBB-1616 to work as a stagebox. The console can then route multi-channel audio to/from NBB-1616 on remote site with a single Ethernet cable. Similarly, you can also have your DAW software to transceive multi-channel audio to/from NBB-1616 if your DAW software also supports Dante networking or if you have Dante Virtual Soundcard installed along with your DAW software.
  • Page 18 NBB-1616s through switch with minimum of data collision. System Scaling Up Computer network can be further expanded with more than one Ethernet switch, so does NBB-1616 audio network. You can use more than one switch between NBB-1616s to greatly expand your audio distribution.
  • Page 19 System Scaling Up with Redundancy By configuring all the NBB-1616s to work in Redundant mode, you can simultaneously stream your audio to two virtually independent networks to significantly improve fault tolerance. Extending Coverage with Fiber Optic To break the 100m limitation of Cat5.e Ethernet cable, the switches with fiber optic support can be adopted to extend the coverage to more than several hundreds of meters or even several kilometers.

  • Page 23: Specifications

    Construction 3U Rack-Mount Chassis Dimensions (HxWxD) 133mm x 480mm x 250mm Weight The above information is subject to change without notice. UNiKA Electronic Co., Ltd. www.unikapro.com 6F, No.168, XinHu 2nd Road, NeiHu Dist., Taipei 11494, Taiwan (R.O.C.) ☏ +886-2-27933017 ✉ info@unikapro.com...
  • Page 24 UNiKA products are designed and manufactured in the Taiwan to the highest quality standard. However, if something does go wrong with a product, UNiKA Electronic Co., Ltd. will repair or replace such product in accordance with this warranty policy in any country served by an authorized UNiKA distributor. This warranty complements any national or regional law obligations of dealers, partner or national distributors and does not affect your statutory rights as a consumer.

This manual is also suitable for:

Nbb-1616e

Table of Contents