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User’s Manual Artist T88D/T88 Audio Matrix Revision A0-2021-11...
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7.Always operate the unit with the AC ground wire connected damaged. to the electrical system ground. Precautions should be taken 18.To obtain service, contact your nearest AUDIOCENTER so that the means of grounding of a piece of equipment is not service centre, distributor or dealer.
Table of Contents Introduction Unpacking Installation Front Panel Rear & Side Panel Introduction of Front & Rear Panel Function Software Operation Instructions Software Connection Software Interface Function Interface Preset Management Camera Tracking GPIO and Central Control Instruction Appendix 1 Common Central Control Protocol Instructions Appendix 2 Specifications Audio Matrix...
Only the shipper may file a damage claim with the carrier for damage incurred during shipping. Be sure to save the carton and all packing materials for the carrier’s inspection. If you ever need to ship the unit back to AUDIOCENTER or an authorized service center, you should use only the original manufacturer’s packaging.
Artist T88D Introduction of Front & Rear Panel Function Artist T88 Introduction of Front & Rear Panel Function 1.USB port 10.GPIO interface The computer control software can be connected through USB port. GPIO control extension 2.Power LED 11.RS 485 interface...
Software operation instructions “BrainCoreNet” is a software for users to quickly interact with the parameters of one or more devices. Configuration parameters of the device can be stored in the disk file. It provides a very convenient means for the preset configuration of multiple devices or different applications and the switching and returning of parameters.
Software connection Artist T88D/T88 audio matrix can be connected to “BrainCore Net” management software in a variety of ways. USB connection Users can quickly connect to the “BrainCore Net” management software through the USB interface of the processor panel. First of all, the user needs to set the connection port as "USB" port, and the software will scan the currently connected device and connect it.
HOME (1)Menu (4)Link (7)Module (2)Scan (5)Device (8)Module function (3)Setting (6)Computer IP address (9)Listofinputandoutputchannels Menu column File : File 1.New project: the software can create the model of each device in this menu when the New Project device is not connected, 2.Demo device: add virtual devices will not affect existing devices, Demo Device 3.Open: open an existing device management project from the computer disk,...
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For details, please refer to "Preset Management" on page 20. Device Preset 2.Channel Preset: Click the preset management interface for output channel, and the users can load Audiocenter standard presets or Channel Preset customized presets for the speakers through this function. For details, please refer to "Preset Management"...
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System System 1.Language: multi languages switch. Language 2.About: for the current firmware and device version information. About 3.Upgrade: upgrade the firmware of the device. 4.Help File Upgrade Help File Scan Click the "Scan" button to directly scan all devices currently in connection mode, and display the scanning progress as shown in the right figure.
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Devices List Device Scan Setting Link Device When the software scans or you add a simulation device, the corresponding device will 1.T88D be automatically added to the device list, which is convenient for users to interact with M.VOL the required devices and operate multiple devices at the same time. 169.254.184.20 T88D 2.T88D...
Introduction to function interface INPUT Mute Click INPUT in the module button, and the channel input module shown on the right will pop up. Analog LINE As shown in the figure on the right, the polarity, mute and input mode of the corresponding input channel can be operated.
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Input equalizer (PEQ-X) PEQ-X Click in the module button, and then the PEQ setting interface as shown in the following figure will pop up. The button at the upper right corner of the module can enlarge the module, which can make the interface more clear. Phase: display the phase curve of the current channel.
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DELAY DELAY Click in the module button to enter the I / O delay setting module. DELAY Bypass Bypass Bypass Bypass In 1 0.00 ms 0.00 ms Out1 Bypass Bypass In 2 0.00 ms 0.00 ms Out2 Bypass Bypass In 3 0.00 ms 0.00 ms Out3...
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MATRIX MIX MATRIX MIX Click in the module button, and then the matrix mix setting module as shown below will pop up. In the figure above, the left is output channel, and the upper is input channel. The value box with the value is the input / output channel mixing key.
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LIMITERS LIMITERS Click in the module button, and then the output setting module as shown in the following figure will pop up. OUTPUT OUTPUT Click in the module button, and then the output setting module as shown in the following figure will come out. As shown in the figure above, the polarity and mute setting of the corresponding output channel can be controlled.
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Input channel On the list of input and output channels in the software homepage, the left part is the input channels, as shown in the figure below. Channel name In 1 Input mode of the current channel LINE Input volume control Input level status display Display and control of input volume Mute button...
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<1> M .VOL 0 dB is the device name (user can change the device name in the software) Device 1 Artist T88D is the product name (user cannot modify, this example picture shows Artist T88D Artist T88D) <2> Device 2 is the connection mode used by the device (USB, TCP, COM, this example M .VOL...
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设备列 Devices management Click " Device "→" Device " in the menu bar of the main interface of the software, and then the interface of device management as shown in the figure below will pop up. Software Info: display the version number and date of the upper and lower computer of the current device. Device Info:...
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Output channel preset management(Channel Preset) Artist audio matrix T88D/T88, according to the characteristics of Audiocenter speaker, is built-in rich speaker presets. Users can load a preset for each output channel separately according to the speaker equipped with the system.
Whole device preset management After debugging the system, user can save the presets of the whole device through "Preset", and a total of 30 preset gears are available. As shown in the figure above, the left side of the archive interface shows gears, where "0 Auto" is the system gear and cannot be used directly;...
Firmware upgrade Click the main interface menu of the software, you will access to the firmware upgrade interface as shown in the pictures. When firmware is updated, you can access to the firmware upgrade interface once got the upgraded file. After selecting the corresponding upgrade file in the “Update File”...
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Camera settings The camera setting is a camera debugging interface. Generally, the camera position is adjusted before the tracking starts, and finally the parameters of this part will remain on the camera. First, set up the serial port. There are 2 serial ports (232, 485), which correspond to the backplane port connected to the PTZ, next is the camera address and protocol type.
Microphone tracking settings SetMic Tracking Active CameraTrack Serial 232 Mic No. Camera Addr PELCO-D Priority Protocol Preset Apply Mic NO. : corresponding to the input channel of the device, that is, the channel number to which the mic is connected. (Parameters need to be set separately for each channel) Priority :...
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For the method of generating the falling edge, the circuit schematic diagram is shown in the figure on the right. + 5V can use output 5V from GPIO V port. GPIO X represents the GPIO port that you want to operate. A touch switch is connected below. When you press the switch, a falling edge is generated.
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GPIO 3. For example: when set GPIO side to output, as shown in the right GPIO figure, click "Submit" below to make it effective. When the "input GPIO3 channel 3" of the device is set to "mute", the GPIO 3 port output low GPIO Side electrical level can be obtained by changing the output electrical level Output...
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GPIO 7. For example: when set GPIO side to input, as shown in the left figure, GPIO GPIO1 click "Submit" below to make it effective. When the rising edge is opened, input channel 1 decreases by 0.5dB. The same effect can be GPIO Side Input obtained by changing the channel type and step number.
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Central control protocol 1. Serial port parameters Baud rate: the default value can be set to 115200 (it can be set to 2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 or 115200 through the firmware) Check bit NONE Data bit Stop bit The instruction sending interval is more than 200ms.
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3 Function description 3.1 Scene (archive) call function code: 0x02 Data length Scene number End of frame Frame header Read-write bit Function code 0x02 0x01 0xA5 0xC3 0x3C 0x5A 0xFF 0x36 0x01-0x1F 0xEE Read-write bit:0x36. Scene number: the value range is 1 to 30 (0x01-0x1f), in which scene 1 is the factory default setting. Example: A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 02 01 01 EE stands for calling scene 1.
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Input channel 1 volume gain reduce by 1.0 DB A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 05 04 01 01 0A EE Input channel 2 volume gain reduce by 1.0 DB A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 05 04 01 02 01 EE Input channel 3 volume gain reduce by 1.0 DB A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 05 04 01 03 01 EE Input channel 4 volume gain reduce by 1.0 DB...
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Input channel 4 sets Line input A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 06 02 04 01 EE Input channel 5 sets Line input A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 06 02 05 01 EE Input channel 6 sets Line input A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 06 02 06 01 EE Input channel 7 sets Line input A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 06 02 07 01 EE...
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Set input channel 5 phantom power off A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 07 02 05 00 EE Set input channel 6 phantom power off A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 07 02 06 00 EE A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 07 02 07 00 EE Set input channel 7phantom power off Set input channel 8phantom power off A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 07 02 08 00 EE...
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Set feedback suppression level 5 for input channel 5 A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 08 02 05 01 EE Set feedback suppression level 6 for input channel 6 A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 08 02 06 01 EE Set feedback suppression level 7 for input channel 7 A5 C3 3C 5A FF 36 08 02 07 01 EE Set feedback suppression level 8 for input channel 8...
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9. Camera position return The camera should be rotated back to the default position A5 C3 3C 5A FF 63 0A 01 00 EE The camera should turn to the corresponding position of channel 1 A5 C3 3C 5A FF 63 0A 01 01 EE The camera should turn to the corresponding position of channel 2 A5 C3 3C 5A FF 63 0A 01 02 EE The camera should turn to the corresponding position of channel 3...
Appendix 2 Specifications Artist T88D Artist T88 DSP chip 32-bit fixed/floating - point DSP 300MHz Signal processing <1ms (analog in - analog out) Audio system delay AD / DA converter 24-bit Sampling rate 96KHz Analog audio input and output 8-channel electronic balanced microphone,...
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