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  • Page 1 Networked AoIP Broadcast Console Manufactured by Wheatstone Corporation...

  • Page 2: Publication Information

    English without the written consent of Wheatstone Corporation. All other uses are illegal.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Publication Information ............2 ❖ Safety Instructions & Hazard/Warning Labels ..... 4 ❖ 1 – Introducing the DMX Console .......... 5 ❖ DMX Overview .............. 6 DMX Specifications ............7 Warranty Statement ............ 9 FCC Compliance Statement ......... 9 2 –...

  • Page 5: Introducing The Dmx Console

    Audioarts products designed, manufactured, and supported by Wheatstone Corporation. Throughout our long history we’ve endeavored to provide the finest quality products, documentation, and support. To obtain the maximum benefit from the DMX console’s capabilities, please read through the Introduction, and Chapters 2 and 3, prior to installing the DMX console.

  • Page 6: Dmx Overview

    ● Installation Kit – The DMX ships with a USB flash drive with PDF the audio source for each fader channel. A channel status display, just documentation files and the installers for Navigator and DMX Surface above the on and off buttons, shows the name of the audio source that’s Setup, the two software apps used configure the DMX.

  • Page 7: Dmx Specifications

    The right column has the four Event buttons; two large Timer control quality low-noise Mic Preamps (with gain control and 48-volt phantom buttons; a studio monitor source selector (EXT); and a large Talk to Studio powering); Signal Processing with EQ and dynamics (applied on a fader button (TB).
  • Page 8 Mic Preamp Digital I/O (continued) Source Impedance: 150 – 600 Ω, balanced Signal Format: AES-3, S/PDIF (inputs only) Nominal Input Level: -50 dBu AES-3 Input Compliance: 24-bit (uses SRC to support incoming sample Input Range: -70 to -31 dBu (using trim control to reach nominal level) rates of 32 –...

  • Page 9: Warranty Statement

    2. This Warranty is subject to the following restrictions and conditions: a) The owner must have filled out the enclosed Warranty Card and returned it to Wheatstone Corporation; or at the time of servicing the owner must provide proof of purchase from an authorized Wheatstone Corporation dis- tributor or dealer.

  • Page 10: Dmx Hardware Installation

    below the countertop to allow the six-foot DC cable to plug into the Surface and the six-foot AC cord to plug into an AC outlet. The Surface Ethernet port connects to Port 4 on the Mix Engine’s rear ach DMX Surface is 17” (43.2 cm) deep and 4 1/4" (11 cm) panel Ethernet switch using a straight-thru category cable (customer supplied CAT5e or CAT6 cable).
  • Page 11 Here are the steps to drilling the cable access hole: 1. Position the Surface on the countertop so that the palm rest is parallel to the countertop edge and is setback the desired amount (typically, between six and twelve inches). 2.

  • Page 12: Mix Engine Connections

    5. This step requires two persons. One person inserts and holds the two long #6 screws (each with lock and oversize washers) through the countertop from below with the appropriate screwdriver for the two screws. A second person sets the two feet onto the screws and then aligns the Surface over the screws, holding it in position as the two long #6 screws are tightened.

  • Page 13: Dmx Power Up

    An unbalanced output device can directly connect to a DMX analog DMX device to boot up, connect to the WNIP network, and be ready for input by connecting its low (-) signal wires (pin 2, ORG, and/or pin 6, use. If the DMX-16 Surface is powered up without being networked to a GRN) to GND on the unbalanced device.

  • Page 14: Checking Out The Dmx Features

    these signals are typically not set as “visible” on fader channels, but on a CHECKING OUT THE DMX FEATURES new console every source signal is set visible to ease installing and Once the Mix Engine and Surface are connected to Ports 4 and 5 on the configuring the DMX.
  • Page 15 Pan is then shown above the white line. Now, rotating the encoder pans (Figure 2-8). Adjust the CR encoder to set the volume of CR Out. Its or balances the signal toward the left or right channel. Readjust the relative output level is indicated by the bottom bar graph, with the speaker encoder so CENTER is shown then double-click the encoder again.

  • Page 16: Mix Engine Signal Notes

    LOGIC - The Mix Engine and Razor Interfaces each have one RJ45 Logic MIX ENGINE SIGNAL NOTES jack for connecting logic to non-IP external devices like a Henry warning This section covers each Mix Engine connection and how the apps are light interface, a Mic Arm LED, or a CD player.

  • Page 17: Additional Dmx Features

    Note: The four AES/EBU outputs can only connect to balanced function instead as Off Line bus assignment buttons. The Off Line bus is an AES/EBU inputs. Connecting an AES/EBU output to an unbalanced internal bus that’s used solely to create the To Network signal for callers S/PDIF input does not work.
  • Page 18 assign the highlighted source to the blinking button, which then stops 4-Wire Device Connections blinking. Each caller/remote device’s From Network signal typically connects to a Mix Engine or Razor analog or digital input with two devices sharing a Two sources can be assigned to the Studio EXT button: one is set while common RJ45 jack input (use Navigator to set that input as two mono the button is lit, the other is set while it’s unlit.

  • Page 19: Razor Interface Notes

    destination or for toggling a destination between two sources), be setup as mono sources come from less than eight Blades, there won’t be an an indicator to show the hotline phone is ringing or some other status, or issue in feeding 16 mono signals to the 16 mono destinations. to control a logic output with button illumination like a Dump button for a If one does exceed mono sources from eight Blades, a Navigator profanity delay unit with the LED functioning as a safe indicator.

  • Page 20: Dmx Apps And Console Configuration

    the DMX Surface. Figure 3-2 shows that a talent station and a Razor Interface are also connected to the built-in switch. he DMX console’s factory-default configuration settings allow it to be powered up and used straight out of the box. But, to setup the console for your specific application, the default configuration settings must be edited using the software apps on the USB flash drive included with the console.
  • Page 21 If no devices are listed, verify the correct IP address is shown above the showing the default save location. Click Save then Yes to save the Select NIC… button. If the wrong NIC is listed, click Select NIC… to open sysinfo.wnsi3 data file, which saves your system information to the PC.
  • Page 22 To now connect to that DMX Surface, click on its row to highlight it then Note: We recommend unchecking Do not show this warning click the small square next to Remove (“X” the box). This instructs the again during this session before clicking Yes or No so that you admin PC to contact that Surface.
  • Page 23 for ten minutes, the OLED displays automatically dim down to the AutoDim Machine Logic Level. When an operator touches any control, the dimmed OLED This sets whether there is a logic output (either a tally or a start/stop brightness umps back to the Normal Level. pulse) when remote channel on/off commands are received.
  • Page 24 It’s important that one applications all four buttons are checked to allow the board operators to selectively limits access to freely turn any bus assignment button on/off, as required. Advanced Channel Unchecking one or more Allow PGM Bus Assign selections (and then Features prior to releasing clicking Apply) means the PGM button settings, as currently set on the console...
  • Page 25 Default Settings This section’s controls allow one to Before adding any signals to the Signals List, read through the pull and save the equalization and descriptions of the various logic settings over the next few pages. You may dynamics settings from any channel find selections which should be applied to multiple sources.
  • Page 26 Repeat this process (click Add…, click the Picker button, double-click on Machine Start Pulsed – Sets the type of logic command sent to the signal’s another source row then click OK) for each source you need to configure. remote logic. When checked, a Start Pulse is output. When unchecked, a Fortunately, this repetitive process only needs to be done once.
  • Page 27 Note: The PGM4 Pre-Fader and PGM4 Pre-On settings affect both producer position, call screener, newsroom, etc. Assigning a Tally activates PGM 4 and the Off Line audio. This means the PGM 4 output, which two Surface displays when a mic channel is on: a red On-Air indicator is still active even when PGM4 Off Line is checked, could have lights up in the Meter Bridge;...
  • Page 28 For a caller or a remote device, no channel boxes should be checked so Cue Defeat checked for the Control Room and Studio and unchecked for that a bus-minus signal is created when that those devices are taken on a the Headphone output (as shown in Figure 3-11, left illustration).
  • Page 29 Spare01 is then connected to the new Logic-only destination in the taking any of them connects the BL05MIC1 mic signal to the channel but Crosspoint tab. When that logic input is triggered, the Soft button the OLED display shows the alias or talent name. LED lights up.
  • Page 30 The default Visibility setting, for every selector, is to display all sources. visibility settings are shown in the Visibility Pane. The Visibility Pane title This is fine for setting up the console, but before it’s released for daily shows the highlighted selector’s name (Figure 3-13). operations, it’s essential that the list of visible sources on the channels be When the app is opened, Channel 1 is selected, and the system devices edited—if only to prevent a Program bus from being taken on a channel.

  • Page 31: The Navigator App

    The Source Selector: channel, switched meter, and monitor selectors THE NAVIGATOR APP each have a right-click context menu (Figure 3-13) to allow the visibility Navigator is initially used to edit the names and configure the input and setting from one selector to be copied and pasted into another selector. output signals on all the Mix Engines, Razors, and Blades networked After setting a selector’s visibility list, right-click on its highlighted selector together to form a WheatNet-IP system.
  • Page 32 System Tabs The System > Crosspoint tab is the most often used tab, which is why it’s shown when the app starts. Clicking on a different tab; on a different Page Tab; or on a Blade, a Surface, or other device icon in the System Dock, switches the window from showing...
  • Page 33 Connecting Signals Salvos/Macros Tab When the mouse pointer is moved over the grid, purple XY crosshairs Clicking the System > Salvos/Macros tab shows a display that looks point to a source and a destination to better identify which signals will be like an unpopulated Crosspoint grid.
  • Page 34 previous Salvo are removed so you have a clean slate. As soon as you make the first connection “(empty)” is removed from the name indicating that Salvo is in-use. There’s no Save Salvo button since the active Salvo is updated with every edit. When you select a Salvo in the drop-down list, its connections are shown in the Salvo Edit Screen in read-only mode.
  • Page 35 Associated Connections Tab This tab is used to create, view, and edit Associated Connections. An Associated Connection can be used to automate common system connections by monitoring for a Trigger Connection to occur. When this occurs one or more Associated Connections are then made. A typical use for an Associated Connection (AC) is to automate connecting a bus-minus signal to a caller or remote by creating an AC for each channel that a caller or a remote is visible on.
  • Page 36 the Meter Source and Destination Signals lists. Since the remaining meters are not rearranged, you’d need to checkmark another signal to fill in any gaps opened by deleting meters. This tab is especially useful when accessing the system remotely since one can see signal levels from multiple devices immediately, as opposed to having to select a Blade and then view the Sources or Destination tab to view signal levels.
  • Page 37 Clicking Save saves the current crosspoints to a file, named by the version of that code in its name. Select the file and click Open to load that saved date and time, in: Documents > Wheatstone > Navigator > file. A warning dialog box pops up asking the age-old question: Are you Connections.
  • Page 38 the Default Salvo button can be pressed to return it back to its “stock” settings. The Logger section is only shown when Enable Advanced Controls is checked in the General section. These settings affect the System Log operations and the Log tab. We recommend using the default settings, but if a change is made, clicking Set applies the updated settings.
  • Page 39 The log information shown in Navigator is generated by the WheatNet IP Blade Tabs Logger service which runs on any PC that has Navigator installed. Although When a Mix Engine, Razor I/O Interface, Blade, or a PC or audio server Navigator doesn’t have to be running to save the log, a PC with Navigator with a WNIP driver icon is clicked on (selected) in the System Dock, the installed on it would need to be connected to the WNIP network, and...
  • Page 40 Changing the Signal Type If you aren’t planning on using the two built-in mic preamps on a Mix Engine, or on an Analog-only Razor, two other mono sources, like a pair of phone hybrids, or a phone hybrid and a codec, could alternately connect to Analog In 1.
  • Page 41 the channel displays instead of the generic names (MIC 1, MIC 2, and so on) as set in Navigator. To create an Alias, click on a Source name (you can also set up an Alias on a Destination or on a logic signal, but most often an Alias is created for a Source) then click Add Alias….
  • Page 42 unbalanced match box or a balanced-to-unbalanced transformer shown in Figure 3-30. The first open pin is highlighted which is Pin 2 in be used to connect any Blade’s analog output to an unbalanced Figure 3-30. Clicking on another row allows that pin to be configured. To device.
  • Page 43 Using the Soft Button The large white Soft button can be set to manually trigger external logic and/or to light up in response from an external logic input, by adding a new LIO-only Destination, as outlined in the previous section with the Output Function: Switch 1 and/or the Input Function: Switch LED 1.

  • Page 44: Software Updates

    All the Associated Connections that should be made in response to that trigger connection are then defined on the right half of the tab. Highlight your new Triggered Connection then click the Add... button in the Associated Connections side of the window. This opens the Add Associated Connection window (Figure 3-34, right illustration) where a source-to-destination connection, which should be made when the triggered connection is detected, is assigned.
  • Page 45 on the folder where the code downloaded with the Surface Setup app gets the code installed with it. If the code file was downloaded separately, then saved. If the code was downloaded separately, then navigate to that the code file may be in a “Downloads” folder so use the file search window folder.

  • Page 46: Dmx Operation And Applications

    Meter Bridge Features There are three VU/Peak Program meters in the Meter Bridge. The left meter shows the Program 1 (PGM 1) bus level while the middle meter shows the Program 2 (PGM 2) bus level. The right meter is switched to his chapter covers DMX operations for the board operator.
  • Page 47 To select a new source, highlight its name then press down once or For an on-air studio, PGM 1 is typically used to create the on-air signal. “click” the encoder knob. This “takes” the new source and its name then This means that all channels assigned to PGM 1, turned on, and potted up appears in green in the middle of the display.
  • Page 48 interrupt that audio at any time by pressing the caller or remote channel’s is lit, that channel’s source feeds the cue system. If it’s not lit, then that TB (Talkback) button in order to give them a cue. channel’s audio source does not feed the cue system. Even though every channel has a TB button, it has no function—even The default connection is the cue bus goes to a Cue monitor output.
  • Page 49 off, press the Off button. For most channel sources, a control state. When the lock icon is Gray it indicates that signal has no yellow LED lights up the Off button to indicate the channel is logic control by any channel. When it’s Blue, as shown in Figure 4-3, it off.
  • Page 50 The six Monitor Source Selector buttons (PGM 1, PGM 2, PGM 3, PGM 4, EXT 1, EXT 2) set which signal feeds the Control Room monitor speakers and the Control Room headphone jack. The current source is shown in green in the middle of the left CR Display. Note: A “wild”...
  • Page 51 indicates that source is assigned to a selection button. A red name Here’s an example of how the four Event buttons might be used: indicates a “wild” monitor source, not assigned to any of the source select EVENT 1 – Sets up the console for a multiple mic buttons, is the active source.

  • Page 52: Using The Advanced Channel Features

    the timer to 00:00 press/hold the S/S button. If running, the timer resets Board Operator Headphone Level to 00:00 and begins counting. If stopped, the timer just resets to 00:00. The HDPN encoder controls the volume of the board operator’s headphones.
  • Page 53 During console setup the auto-timeout feature can be disabled which The active channel number is listed above the white line (Figure 4-8). simplifies setting up the EQ and Dynamics. To prevent the auto-timeout, Rotate the channel 8 (or 16) encoder to step through the list of control uncheck the Enabled option in the Timeout section of the Talent Access screens which also changes what’s shown in the other seven EQ &...
  • Page 54 click the Push EQ/Dyn settings to button. A file find dialog box opens so a saved EQ Config file can be selected to apply to that channel. Note: The EQ and Dynamics settings assigned to faders 1 and 2 from the factory are saved in the EQ file: WNIP_mic.dmx_eq. Figure 4-10 EQ Out, EQ In, and Dynamics Graphic Screens The four parametric EQ controls are color-coded.
  • Page 55 hum, nearby traffic, footsteps, cabinet noises being picked up by the mic Typically, the parametric equalization is adjusted prior to adding any arms, etc. compression or expansion since the EQ settings and the compression and expansion settings interact with one another’s operation. Adjusting the channel encoder on the channel with the LPF display adjusts where the higher frequency or brighter sounds are attenuated.

  • Page 56: Dmx Applications

    To adjust the Compressor (Figure 4-13 shows the compressor screens), set the Compressor RATIO to 1.0:1 (no compression) and the Compressor MAKEUP level to 0.0 dB (no added gain). The Threshold (THRESH) point sets where the compressor begins to act upon the audio (which can be from -40 dB up to +10 dB).
  • Page 57 the guest headphones. It also gives the board operator the ability to talk Ethernet for both recording and playback. WNIP audio drivers are available into the guest headphones using the TB (studio talkback) button. to support play and record of one stereo channel up to twenty-four channels of stereo playback and stereo record.

  • Page 58: Razor I/O Interface

    the caller on the other channel. The easiest method to do this is to equipment with the DMX console and other devices on the WNIP network. dedicate PGM 3 for call recording. Each Razor has eight stereo/16 mono inputs and eight stereo/16 mono outputs.

  • Page 59: Dmx Service Information

    To contact the Wheatstone/ Technical Support department, to request an RA number or for installation and other technical support for the DMX console, call 252.638.7000 (8:30–5:30, east coast time) or send an email to: techsupport@wheatstone.com. ll DMX consoles are designed to yield many years of DMX Parts trouble-free 24 / 7 operation, which is why there’s no Wheatstone #...
  • Page 60 serviced. The button settings are maintained when the DMX Surface is Surface and for an admin PC which only has only one or two stereo signals powered down and the Mix Engine will continue to deliver audio. When the going over its Ethernet connections. Surface is powered up after a replacement control panel is plugged in, all fader positions will update.
  • Page 61 ny DMX console can be networked with up to three other WNIP-compatible devices (PC or audio server, Razor I/O Interface, a Blade, a talent station, etc.) using the five- port Gigabit switch built into each Mix Engine. When additional AoIP devices need to be networked with your DMX, or if you want to network your DMX with additional WheatNet consoles, one or more Wheatstone-approved AoIP Gigabit Ethernet switches must be used to support the additional audio streams...

  • Page 62: Appendix A - Creating A Wnip Network

    panels, etc. Every device must be assigned a unique IP address since a Creating a Small WNIP Network WNIP network, like every AoIP network, does not support DHCP. Once the built-in network switch in the Mix Engine is full, the only way to add additional WNIP or WNIP devices is to add a Wheatstone- Navigator can be used to assign a new IP address, and to setup default recommended AoIP switch and connect the built-in Mix Engine switch...
  • Page 63 Multi-Station Network Expansion Signal Connection Control When two or more stations share a single facility, we recommend you Most users have several types of codecs which may be shared between follow the small WNIP network expansion model for each station where all studios or even between different stations in a cluster.

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