Chassis; Power Supply; Quad Bus Cards - Euphonix MixView CS3000 Software Manual

Inputs from Channel
(usually Dir1 & Dir2)

Chassis

Power Supply

Quad Bus Cards

Euphonix CS3000/2000 MixView 3.0 Software Supplement
The Audio Cube System is comprised of four (4) major components: the
chassis, the power supply, the Quad Bus Cards (QBCs) and the interconnec-
tions which include patchbays and cabling.
Patchbays
Cube Audio Signal Flow
The Audio Cube chassis is a 14U high rack-mountable unit. A chassis can
support up to 48 inputs and up to 48 output buses.
The power supply is a 6U unit and is generally rack mounted just beneath the
Audio Cube chassis in the same rack. One PSU will drive up to 6 QBCs. Driving
more than 6 QBCs with gain elements requires a second power supply.
In the front of the Audio Cube you will see 12 "slots" that hold removable
circuit cards called Quad Bus Cards, or QBCs. The number of QBCs installed in
the chassis is optional and depends on the number of additional auxiliary
buses or Hyper Surround panning buses you want in your system. Each QBC
receives all inputs to the chassis and adds 4 output buses to the system. An
Audio Cube system can be expanded in groups of 4 output buses up to a
maximum of 48. For example, a chassis loaded with 1 QBC has 4 output buses,
a chassis loaded with 2 QBCs has 8 output buses, and a chassis loaded with 3
QBCs has 8 output buses. A fully-loaded Audio Cube (12 QBCs), will have 48
buses, the maximum number possible.
Fully loaded Cube
chassis with 12 QBCs
Cube Chassis
POWER POWER POWER POWER POWER POWER
RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN
COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM
CH1 CH1 CH1 CH1 CH1 CH1
CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2
CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3
CH4 CH4 CH4 CH4 CH4 CH4
+5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG
+5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA
+18 +18 +18 +18 +18 +18
–18 –18 –18 –18 –18 –18
+12 +12 +12 +12 +12 +12
–12 –12 –12 –12 –12 –12
GND GND GND GND GND GND
Section 4: The Audio Cube
Outputs to Cube Patchbay
CUBE BUS INSERT SENDS 1-24
CUBE BUS INSERT RETURNS 1-24
Fully Half Normalled Patchbay
QBC Cards
PSU
POWER POWER POWER POWER POWER POWER
RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN
COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM COMM
CH1 CH1 CH1 CH1 CH1 CH1
CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2 CH2
CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3
CH4 CH4 CH4 CH4 CH4 CH4
+5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG +5 DIG
+5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA +5 DCA
+18 +18 +18 +18 +18 +18
–18 –18 –18 –18 –18 –18
+12 +12 +12 +12 +12 +12
–12 –12 –12 –12 –12 –12
GND GND GND GND GND GND
CUBE BUS MSTR OUTS 1-24
USER EQUIPMENT INPUTS
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