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  • Page 1 Networked AoIP Broadcast Console Installation Guide and User Manual Manufactured by Wheatstone Corporation...

  • Page 2: Publication Information

    E = Clarified note on using mono signals on the Razor along with other minor changes and clarifications. January 2019 F = Updated manual with Audioarts Engineering logo and new DMX Setup & support for WNIP Navigator, January 2020 G = Updated Gigabit Ethernet switch model and information on changing the Mix Engine’s IP address and Device number, March 2020...

  • 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

    Your DMX console has these main components: ● DMX-8 or DMX-16 Surface – This part is commonly referred to as the “console” since it sits on the countertop and has all board operator controls. Figure 1-1 shows a DMX-8 Surface. Each DMX Surface has...

  • Page 6: Dmx Overview

    Navigator demo license. encoder. When touched the channel display changes to show alternate The DMX-8 and DMX-16 Surfaces use an in-line DC power supply so source names set for that channel, with one name highlighted. Rotate the two IEC AC power cords are supplied for the Mix Engine and the Sur- encoder until the desired source is highlighted then tap once, or “click”...

  • Page 7: Dmx Specifications

    All Surface controls are on a single field-replaceable Control Panel which connects to an internal host board using one (DMX-8) or two (DMX-16) Figure 1-5 Mix Engine, rear panel plug-in ribbon cables. This allows for rapid field replacement, with minimal...
  • Page 8 Type: Internal switching supply on the Razor and the Mix Engine; the (±18 dB of level gain/trim control available in Navigator) DMX-8 and DMX-16 control surfaces use a separate in-line +16 VDC Output Source Impedance: <10 Ω balanced power supply Output Load Impedance: 600 Ω...

  • Page 9: Warranty Statement

    WARRANTY STATEMENT LIMITED WARRANTY BY WHEATSTONE CORPORATION 1. All equipment sold and shipped to final destinations within the USA and its possessions warranted for one (1) full year from the date of purchase against defects in material and workmanship. All equipment sold and shipped to final destinations outside the U.S.A.

  • Page 10: Dmx Hardware Installation

    The DMX Surface is typically just set onto the countertop since its weight 1. Position the Surface on the countertop so that the palm rest is (16 lbs. for DMX-8, 26 lbs. for DMX-16) and four large rubber feet should parallel to the countertop edge and is setback the desired amount hold it in place.
  • Page 11 2. Use a pencil to mark the countertop at the center of the front edge of the palm rest (for the DMX-8, this is the center line between fader channels 5 and 6, as shown in Figure 2-1). 3. Move the Surface out of the way and mark a point 13” behind the palm rest mark, perpendicular to the countertop edge.

  • Page 12: Mix Engine Connections

    5. This step requires two persons. One person inserts and holds the two long #6 screws (each with a lock and oversize washer) through countertop from below, with appropriate screwdriver for the two screws. A second person sets the two rubber 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 On the DMX Surface, plug in the Surface power supply using the input by connecting its low (-) signal wires (pin 2, ORG, and/or pin 6, included IEC AC cord. Plug the IEC AC cord into the Mix Engine. Plug in the GRN) to GND on the unbalanced device.

  • Page 14: Using Common Dmx Features

    these signals are typically not set as “visible” on fader channels, but on a USING COMMON DMX FEATURES new console every source signal is set visible to ease installing and Once the Mix Engine and Surface are powered up and connected to Ports configuring the DMX.
  • Page 15 Pan is then shown above the white line. Now, rotating the encoder, pans (Figure 2-8). Rotate the CR encoder to adjust 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

    voice level” adjust the mic Gain pot so the top of the green bar graph MIX ENGINE SIGNAL NOTES signal is around -20 dBFS and the peak LED is bouncing around -8 dBFS This section covers each Mix Engine connection and how the DMX apps with the Navigator gain set to 0.0 dB.

  • Page 17: Additional Dmx Features

    and the default Monitor sources to the four Monitor outputs, When the DMX will have phone callers and/or live remotes connected, whenever the Mix Engine or DMX Surface is rebooted or powered. the PGM 4 bus assign buttons are typically reconfigured to be Off Line bus assignment buttons.
  • Page 18 Once you’ve assigned the PGM 4/Off Line settings the board operator’s There are four user-set source selectors (Meter EXT, CR EXT 1 and EXT mic channel is assigned to the Off Line bus by lighting the PGM 4 button. 2, and Studio EXT) and a square white SOFT button. The Soft button can While the caller/remote channel is off, and assigned to cue, the board be assigned to a simple function, like being set as a talk-to-producer operator/host can hear the caller/remote in the cue speakers (or in their...

  • Page 19: Razor Interface Notes

    To take an Event, press/hold an Event button until it begins to blink then audio streams this can restrict the total number of simultaneous release the button. This arms the Event. Tapping the blinking button takes mono signals that Razor can receive, depending upon their that event which quickly updates the DMX Surface settings.

  • Page 20: Dmx Apps & Console Configuration

    DMX APPS & CONSOLE CONFIGURATION he DMX console’s factory-default configuration settings allow it to be powered up and used straight out of the box. To configure the DMX for your specific application these default settings are edited using Navigator and the DMX Surface Setup app.
  • Page 21 If no devices are listed, verify the correct IP address is shown above the with Source names, as was shown in Figure 3-1 on the last page. Clicking Select NIC… button. If the wrong NIC is listed, click Select NIC… to open on the other tabs: Destinations, Salvos, and Blades will show the scanned the Network Setup window to select the correct NIC.
  • Page 22 View the Engine page tab on the Device Properties tab. At the upper left corner is the Mix Engine Blade’s Info section. Verify that Blade ID: 1 and IP Address: 192.168.87.101 are displayed (Figure 3-4). If those fields are empty, you’ll need to manually assign the Mix Engine as this Surface’s “host device.”...
  • Page 23 indicate the highest instantaneous audio level, typically 6 – 12 dB above The AutoDim Timeout entry sets how many minutes, from one to 59 the average level bar graph. Note that the Peak decay time is fixed. must pass after a Surface control was last touched, before the OLED displays switch from the Normal Level to the AutoDim Level.
  • Page 24 While configuring the When Allow Take Events is checked, the board operator can take Events. console all selections When unchecked the four Event buttons have no function. If Allow Take are checked except for Events is unchecked, then Allow Save Events should also be unchecked. Timeout entry.
  • Page 25 settings in the seven assignment sections on the right half of the page tab. Timeout These settings can then be edited as required. To see/hear the effect of Unchecking Enabled allows any Advanced Channel Feature to remain the new selections, click Apply to transmit the updated settings to the DMX displayed until manually changed by the user—a very useful function for Surface.
  • Page 26 most settings pre-assigned. For example, changing CR Mute and Tally 1 to Options Studio Mute and Tally 2 would then allow you to add multiple Studio Mics These nine settings affect which will each have those settings. fader channel operation when the selected signal is the Be sure to edit the Default settings after you’ve added signals since any active...
  • Page 27 the PGM 4 Off Line selection unchecked. This would allow the PGM 4 bus to caller/remote this means they always hear the bus assigned in the Bus feed an FX unit or an air skimmer. Minus/Base Mix selection (default setting is PGM 1 for all sources). When callers and/or remotes (any Telco or 4-wire signal from a hybrid, Studio Mutes codec, two-way device, etc.) will connect to the console, the PGM 4 Off...
  • Page 28 Direct Out section, the direct out channel. For a DMX-8 Surface there are audio is not affected by the channel on/off status. The audio is always eight check boxes, for a DMX-16 Surface there are sixteen check boxes.
  • Page 29 output. Uncheck Level Locked then click Apply to return level control to Visibilities Page Tab that encoder. At the top of each DMX fader channel is a channel encoder which is used to select a new source for that channel. There are also three source Checking Level Locked might be used when a studio-mounted volume selectors in the monitor section used to set the sources for the Switched control (like that found in a TS22 talent station) is available, checking the...
  • Page 30 From the factory the Visibility list for every selector includes all sources exclude the Surface signals and sources like off-air tuners and processed which is desirable when installing and configuring the console, but for daily pre-delay monitor signals. operations it’s essential the Visibilities lists—especially those for the fader channels, be edited to remove all signals which shouldn’t be listed, like the Caller &...

  • Page 31: Navigator

    To expand a device, click its right-facing arrow. The arrow then points When Global Alpha Sort is unchecked, sources are sorted and listed down and sub-categories (Blade, Surface, etc.) are shown, as in Figure 3- alphanumerically by each device. The devices are listed in Blade ID 12 on page 29.
  • Page 32 WheatNet IP Navigator, commonly called Navigator, opens on its Crosspoint Tab (Figure 3-14). A Login popup box is also shown. When first using Navigator click OK to close the Login popup since there is no password set by default. We do recommend setting a Navigator password (click Set Password…...
  • Page 33 that Mix Engine’s switch is not configured correctly. In either case, Note: This monitoring feature is very handy when you remote into Appendix A (page 61) covers how to use the Netgear switch configuration the system from home or the road since the audio should then utility to edit the Mix Engine’s switch configuration to either turn on or turn play back on the remote PC to confirm the correct audio is present.
  • Page 34 characters, like: RAZOR IO, DanceRMT, SuperPre, or GrdnShow, or at The remaining sections on this tab are not applicable to a stand-alone least make sure the first eight characters will allow one to identify the DMX. Refer to the WheatNet-IP System User Manual about the other Salvo which can offer more details in the rest of a longer name.
  • 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 bus-minus signals to callers/remotes by creating an AC for each channel that the caller or remote is visible on.
  • Page 36 A meter is created when a signal is checked in the Meters Sources and Destinations lists, so it’s best to map out how to group the meters prior to selecting them. To remove a meter, uncheck the signal in the Meter Source and Destination Signals lists.
  • Page 37 The Current Crosspoint section of this tab allows the current Blades you want to update are checked, click Update… which opens a crosspoints to be saved to a file which can later restore those crosspoints. dialog box to select the binary code file holding the updated code files. In Note that the Save button is not shown unless the option Enable Advanced most cases there will only be one file in the directory which has the Controls is checked in the System >...
  • Page 38 Blade. Since System Announcer log messages are black, we don’t The Default Crosspoint button allows you to return the settings to their recommend assigning that color to a Blade. defaults if you find that “customizing” the crosspoint tab didn’t work out the way you thought it would.
  • 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 Selecting a Mix Engine, Razor I/O Interface, Blade, or PC Blade (a Navigator doesn’t have to be running to save the log, a PC with Navigator PC/server running the WNIP driver) by clicking on its icon in the System installed on it would need to be connected to the WNIP network, and Dock, changes the list of tabs from those shown when System is selected.
  • 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 channel displays show the talent names rather than the generic names, Levels are adjusted using any of these methods: like MIC 1, MIC 2, and so on, which you set in Navigator. • Click/drag the level “knob” or BAL control to adjust level/balance To create an Alias, click on a Source name (you can also set up an Alias •...
  • Page 42 Assigning Logic select the Function from the drop-down menu. A CR WARN command typically uses the Function: Studio 1 In-Use. Clicking Apply sets that logic Blades have six LIO (Logic Inputs or Outputs) ports on each RJ45 Logic command. Click Close then Finish to close the signal edit window. jack (there’s one jack on the Mix Engine and Razor Interfaces and two on WheatNet-IP Blades).
  • Page 43 connected directly to Hot Mic or Warning LED lights but could also go to a Salvo: drop down list. Choose which Salvo to fire then click OK to close the warning light interface, to mic arm LEDs, to a mic skimmer, etc. window.
  • Page 44 trigger connection is assigned. In Figure 3-35 on the next page, left illustration, shows the source set for PHONE 1 and the destination is fader channel 8 (DMXIn08). Clicking OK in the dialog box adds that connection to the Triggered Connections list (like that shown in Figure 3-34). All the Associated Connections that should be made in response to that trigger connection are then defined on the right half of the tab.

  • Page 45: Software Updates

    will not be available during the minute or so it takes the Surface to SOFTWARE UPDATES complete rebooting and again be ready for use. Software revisions for the DMX Surface, Mix Engine, Razor I/O Interfaces, Blades, and other WNIP devices may be released. The DMX Note: The PGM bus levels and the monitor outputs may Surface software is updated using the DMX Surface Setup app’s Hardware momentarily duck or change levels as the Surface regains control...

  • Page 46: Dmx Operations And Applications

    (either eight or sixteen) differs audio source assigned to it. The source between the DMX-8 and DMX-16. Figure 4-1 is an overview of a DMX-8 name is shown in green in the middle of Surface listing its main component parts.
  • 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. Its name then This means that all channels assigned to PGM 1, turned on, and potted up appears in green text in the middle of the display.
  • Page 48 The audio that’s sent to the caller or remote is often called an IFB or Interruptible Fold Back signal since, while the caller/remote listens to the When the Cue button is lit that channel’s pre-fader and pre-on fold back audio (e.g., their bus-minus audio), the board operator can switch audio is sent to the cue system to verify the correct audio interrupt that audio at any time by pressing the TB (Talkback) button on is present on a satellite feed or a remote as well as for hands-free...
  • Page 49 both left and right channels), but alternate settings: Left, Right, or Mono Channel Control may also be shown. To turn a channel on, press the On button. Red LEDs light up the button to show that channel is on. To turn the channel To either side of the Mode name are icons to indicate channel status.
  • Page 50 sources that can be assigned to the EXT button. Rotate the Cue/Source blinking button. The blinking EXT, EXT 1, or EXT 2 button then turns off Encoder to highlight the desired source name in the display. Tap or “click” indicating the source was assigned. the Cue/Source encoder to assign the highlighted source to the EXT button.
  • Page 51 Note: Whether cue is auto-switched into the board operator Events are saved, the Event Save function is typically locked out from headphones is a console setup option. Cue can also be setup to go operator use by engineering, so that board operators can only take Events. to the CR or Studio monitors.

  • Page 52: Using The Advanced Channel Features

    Note: If you press/hold an Event button and nothing happens that To set the lit EXT button source, press/hold the lit EXT button (for about indicates both the Take Event and Save Event functions are locked three seconds) until it begins blinking. Use the Studio encoder to select the out.
  • Page 53 The EQ & Dynamics Advanced Channel Feature takes over all eight channel displays on a DMX-8. On a DMX-16, when EQ & Dynamics is active on channel 1 to 8, the displays on channels 1 - 8 show the EQ & Dynamics screens.
  • Page 54 active. When Dynamics (Compression and/or Expansion) is set In, DYN is EQ & Dynamics Screens shown above the white line in that channel’s normal display to show that While the EQ controls are active, the channel 7 / channel 15 display Dynamics control is active.
  • Page 55 The frequency pass band is shown graphically as the controls are showing EQ Lo (which shows both the EQ Lo and the EQ Lo Mid controls) adjusted: a red line represents the HPF or low frequency cutoff while a and EQ Hi (which shows both the EQ Hi Mid and the EQ Hi controls). blue line represents the LPF or high frequency cutoff.
  • Page 56 Compression The RELEASE control sets how fast the compressor “un-compresses” the audio signal once the audio drops below the THRESH level. Release can be A Compressor controls the overall loudness of an audio signal. A small set from 50 mS up to 3.00 seconds. Again, using settings in the middle of amount of compression is often applied to mics and phone callers to “even the range allows for the most transparent compression.

  • Page 57: Dmx Applications

    This output is typically identical to the broadcast signal except it doesn’t DMX APPLICATIONS have local commercial spots and liners. It may also require adding special The DMX console is most often used in an air studio to control the audio signal tones or other logic.

  • Page 58: Razor I/O Interface

    although for the most part remotes are used to go live-to-air, but they channel). Typically, the board operator mic is assigned to PGM 4/OL, but may also be recorded for later broadcast. a producer mic could be assigned as well to allow the board operator and the producer to talk with the caller/remote without having to press any If the callers will not go live-to-air, the caller channel’s PGM 1 button buttons for a hands-free conversation.

  • Page 59: Dmx Service Information

    Razor 16AD (8 Analog and 8 AES I/O 044303 DMX Mix Engine and obtaining repair services. 083402 Complete DMX-8 console (Mix Engine & Surface) 083401 Complete DMX-16 console (Mix Engine & Surface) PARTS AND REPAIR SERVICES 059920 Control Surface Ribbon Cable...
  • Page 60 Host Card. There’s one cable on a DMX-8, two cables on a DMX-16. Tools Required 4. If the fader panel is being replaced “hot” make sure the faders on...

  • Page 61: Appendix Admx & Wnip Networking

    If you are networking multiple DMX consoles you may need to connect APPENDIX A DMX & WNIP NETWORKING directly to each Netgear switch to change its default IP address since all have the same IP address. When you highlight the switch row, as shown in Figure A-1 and click Apply, a log-in window opens.
  • Page 62 Navigator or other apps, PC Blades running the WNIP audio driver, AES67 devices, talent stations, source selector panels, etc. Each device must be assigned a unique IP address since a WNIP network, just like every AoIP network that uses multicast, does not work with nor support DHCP. When multiple DMX consoles and Razors are ordered at the same time you can have the factory assign unique ID# and IP addresses to those units so they can be networked without needing to change any ID# or IP...
  • Page 63 they should be assigned along with the network switches, using the .1 up .20 range skipping over .11 assuming it’s assigned to the PC running Navigator and the DMX Setup app. Networking Multiple DMX consoles The DMX Mix Engine’s switch works fine to network one DMX console with three other WNIP devices.
  • Page 64 else call or email Wheatstone tech support to get a list of the currently Multi-Station Network Expansion recommended switches. When two or more stations share a single facility, we recommend you follow the small WNIP network expansion model for each station where One current Cisco switch (as of December 2021) that we can that station’s studios connect to one “Edge Switch,”...
  • Page 65 Signal Connection Control Most users have several types of codecs which may be shared between studios or even between different stations in a cluster. These codecs might include older ISDN interfaces along with newer Tieline and Comrex codecs, but no matter what type of codec, hybrid or other two-way device is used, Navigator’s Associated Connections feature can be used to automatically connect a bus-minus or a mix-minus signal to each codec when it’s taken on a console to simplify codec connection.

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