Physical Requirements; Console; Patchbay - Solid State Logic Duality SE Installation Manual

Section 3

Physical Requirements

Console Control Surface Layout
Consoles are available in sizes of 24, 48, 72 or 96 input channels. Other channel quantities or blank bays are not available.
The centre section can only be located to the right of any 24 channel bay (ie. not at the left-hand end of the console). An
angled corner section (12°) can be positioned at any 24-channel or centre section frame border.
A 19" mechanical frame section equipped with 12U of racking is available as an option. These sections may be used to
locate outboard equipment or used to install an internal console bantam patchbay – see 'Patchbay Options' below.
A frame section fitted with a Producer's table may also be specified. This bay is 603mm wide and is fitted with a flat, full-
depth table. Cable access covers are located at the rear corners of the table.
Producer's tables or patch sections cannot be placed directly to the left of the Centre section.
The console is a self-contained system; there are no remote power supplies or I/O racks. The frame is not fitted with
cooling fans.
Power, audio and control connections are all made to the rear of the console. A cable tray is fitted along the rear lower
edge of the frame to support connecting cables. Console legs are fitted with a removable rear panel so that cables can be
routed inside so can be hidden. Corresponding floor ducting will be necessary to take full advantage of this feature. (The
48-channel console is also fitted with a centre leg. This leg is of reduced depth which is insufficient to accommodate the
number of cables from a 24-channel bay).
See Appendix E page 52 for console footprint drawings showing the cable exit locations.
Patchbay options
The console may optionally be supplied with a bantam patchbay. Patchbays can be fitted internally to the console or may
be remotely mounted.
The number of patchrows supplied is dependant upon the number of channels specified. A 24 or 48-channel console will
require a single 19" section whereas the patch for 72 and 96 channel frames will require 2 off 19" sections. See Appendix
D, page 35, for patchbay layouts. These layouts are not customisable.
Patchbays are constructed using enclosed, 1U Bantam patch modules. All connections are made to the modules using leads
fitted with 25-pin D-type male connectors.
Each 1U patchrow is a self-contained connectorised unit. The normalling between each pair of upper and lower jacks is set
using internal switches. This allows user-option jack normalling to be configured as required. Information showing how to set
the normalling links is printed on the cover of each patchrow unit and in Appendix D on page 51.
To simplify the integration into a facility with existing cabling, patchbays may optionally be wired out to female DL96
connectors mounted at the rear of the patch section.
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