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- Page 1 PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual PCX-IP LW881e PCX-IP LW1221e Professional Multichannel Sound Cards with Livewire connectivity User’s manual Version 1.00 April 2013...
- Page 2 PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual For technical support, please contact your system supplier. Digigram S.A. Parc de Pré Milliet, 38330 Montbonnot FRANCE Tel: +33 (0)4 76 52 55 01• Fax: +33 (0) 4 76 52 53 07• Email: info@digigram.com Digigram Asia Pte Ltd. 60 Albert Street #1911OG Albert Complex Singapore 189969, Singapore Tel : +65 6291 2234 • Fax : +65 6291 3433 • Email : info_asia@digigram.com...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual Table of Contents INFORMATION FOR THE USER IMPORTANT NOTICE FEATURES PCXIP LW881 main hardware features PCXIP LW1221 main hardware features Main software features REQUIREMENTS Supported operating systems Minimum hardware requirements Software requirements HARDWARE INSTALLATION Installing the card Interrupt and memory address SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Standard installation XTopology installation ASIO driver configuration Wave driver configuration Removing the driver HOW TO CHECK THE INSTALLATION THE “DHS” CONTROL PANEL CONFIGURATION OF LIVEWIRE PARAMETERS Configuration of sources Configuration of destinations Configuration of GPIOs Vu_meters System parameters... - Page 4 PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual SPECIFICATIONS Configuration Inputs/Outputs Sampling frequency Connectors Development environments & supported operating systems APPENDICES Schematic diagrams GPIOs connector pinout...
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Page 5: Information For The User
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual INFORMATION FOR THE USER This device complies with part of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: ( ... -
Page 6: Features
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual FEATURES ™ ® PCXIP LW881e and PCXIP LW1221e are sound cards for use with Axia Livewire systems, with PCI EXPRESS (PCIe ) bus interface. They are in PCI EXPRESS x1 format and can thus be plugged into any PCIe ® slot (x1, x4, x8, x16). PCXIP LW881 main hardware features ● 1 RJ45 Ethernet port allowing for extraction of up to 8 mono channels from the Livewire network, and insertion of up to 8 mono channels in the Livewire network ● 1 SubD 9 pin connector for 5 physical GPI / 5 physical GPO transmitted through the Livewire network. ● 48 kHz sampling frequency ● Several cards can be plugged in one PC PCXIP LW1221 main hardware features ● 1 RJ45 Ethernet port allowing for extraction of up to 2 mono channels from the Livewire network, and insertion of up to 12 mono channels in the Livewire network ● 1 SubD 9 pin connector for 5 physical GPI / 5 physical GPO transmitted through the Livewire network. ● 48 kHz sampling frequency ● Several cards can be plugged in one PC Main software features ● Realtime, simultaneous record and playback in PCM (8, 16 and 24 bits) as well as in MPEG Audio Layer I, Layer II and Layer III*, Float IEEE754 conversion supported (with 24bit fixedpoint dynamic range) ●... -
Page 7: Requirements
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual REQUIREMENTS Supported operating systems PCX Livewire cards run under the following operating systems: ● 32bit OS: Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8 ● 64bit OS: Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8. Minimum hardware requirements One PCI EXPRESS™ (PCIe®) slot per card (x1, x4, x8, x16). Required CPU power and memory mainly depend on the operating system and on the audio application used. Software requirements To use your card under Windows, please install the driver from the HR Runtime package version 1.74 or higher. This package ... -
Page 8: Hardware Installation
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual HARDWARE INSTALLATION Due to the reduced length of the PCI EXPRESS™ bus connector and the resulting lack of mechanical stability, we strongly advise ... -
Page 9: Software Installation
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual SOFTWARE INSTALLATION The installation of the driver package requires administrator rights on your computer. Please visit the Digigram web site at www.digigram.com for the most recent driver. In case you run a specific application developed or installed by a Digigram Partner, this application might require the use of a specific ... -
Page 10: Topology Installation
In the “Custom Setup” window, the “Drivers for the HR boards” that can be installed are listed. The WDM DirectSound driver and the Digigram np driver are automatically installed. Items that can be optionally installed are: ● Digigram Hardware Settings panel (DHS): installed by default. The DHS control panel allows for adjusting digital level for input/ouptut channels, and monitoring... -
Page 11: Wave Driver Configuration
be optimized by enabling the option “PCM only” in the Digigram control panel (CPL). To access this control panel, go to <Start>, ... -
Page 12: Removing The Driver
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual Removing the driver Open the Windows Control Panel and doubleclick on the Add/Remove Software icon or Programs and Features icon, depending on the Windows flavour. ● Select “Digigram HR Runtime …”, and Change/Remove. ● Select Remove in the HR Runtime window. ● Follow the instructions to finish to remove the driver. HOW TO CHECK THE INSTALLATION Once the card and the driver have been installed according to the procedure described in this manual, you can check that the PCX card is properly installed and works fine as follows. ● From <Start> <Programs> <Digigram>, select <Digigram Control Center>. ● Select the ‘General Information’ tab. In the “Modules Information” window, you can see the HR Runtime modules that have been installed, and their versions. ● Select the ‘Diagnostics’ tab to display the installed card(s). If the card is not displayed: ● Make sure that during the HR runtime installation the “Driver for the HR boards” has been selected in the “Select components” window. ● Open the Windows Device Manager (from Control Panel, System). The card should be listed in “Sound” or “Sound, video, and games” controllers. If it is listed with no warning symbol, the card is well recognized by the system. In case there is a warning symbol : make sure that the card is correctly inserted in the PCI slot, and screwed on the PC chassis. ● If necessary, uninstall the HR runtime package as described in this manual, and reinstall it. If the card is displayed: ● Right click on the icon of the card. ● Select ‘Diagnostics’, and ‘Play Sine’. This plays in loop a sine signal on all the output channels of the card. You can also select ‘Play file’ to play in loop a file of your choice (PCM only). - Page 13 PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual OUT 1+2 (Digigram PCXIP LW881e) / OUT 1+2 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) IN 1+2 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) / (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) OUT 3+4 (Digigram PCXIP LW881e) / OUT 3+4 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) IN 3+4 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) OUT 5+6 (Digigram PCXIP LW881e) / OUT 5+6 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) IN 5+6 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) OUT 7+8 (Digigram PCXIP LW881e) / OUT 7+8 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) IN 7+8 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) OUT 5.1 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) / OUT 9+10 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) IN 5.1 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) OUT 7.1 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) / OUT 11+12 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) IN 7.1 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) / OUT 5.1 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) IN 5.1+2 (Digigram PCXIP LW881) / OUT 7.1 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) / OUT 5.1+2 (Digigram PCXIP LW1221e) If the Wave driver has been installed, and for OS older than Windows 7: ● Go to menu <Start>, <Settings>, <Control panel>, <Sound and Multimedia>, tab “Audio”, Default device (Playback device, Recording device). The card’s channels can be selected. The card can be used with any Wave application. Available Wave MME devices that can be selected from a Wave MME based application are: Wave playback devices Wave recording devices PCXIP LW881e (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e 5.1 (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e 5.1 (Wave) PCXIP LW881e 7.1 (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e (Wave) PCXIP LW881e 7.1 (Wave) PCXIP LW881e 5.1+2 (Wave) / PCXIP LW1221e 5.1 (Wave)
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Page 15: The "Dhs" Control Panel
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual THE “DHS” CONTROL PANEL Digigram Hardware Settings (DHS) is an application allowing to configure the hardware resources of Digigram cards for all audio ... -
Page 16: Configuration Of Livewire Parameters
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual CONFIGURATION OF LIVEWIRE PARAMETERS To be able to configure the Livewire parameters from the WEB pages of the PCX card, it is necessary to connect a NIC card of the ... -
Page 17: Configuration Of Gpios
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual To configure the Livewire Destinations, click on “Destinations”. The following page is displayed. From this page, you can : ● Give a name to each local output to the Livewire node: Name (16 printable characters max). This can typically be the name given to a channel of a recording application running on the PCXIP card (ex: PCXIP Rec1). ● Select one of the available Livewire channels to be extracted and assign to the corresponding PCXIP input. ● Set the Type for each selected livewire channel: From source: To source: Configuration of GPIOs Vu_meters This page displays the vumeters of the signals available on the Livewire sources (typically audio coming from software players) and destinations (typically Livewire channels to be recorded by software recorders). Click on “Meters” to display the vumeters page. -
Page 18: Qos
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual In most of the cases, the parameters of the “QoS” page should not be changed. In case you need to modify them, you may refer to documents available from Axia WEB site. System parameters The “System” page allows setting the network parameters of the PCXIP card. These parameters are the usual parameters of a network interface like: ● Host name: used to identify the PCXIP card on the network. ● Network address: IP address of the PCXIP card on the network. There must be no other node with the same IP address. ● Netmask: mask to identify the sub network the nodes belongs to ● .. -
Page 19: Specifications
PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual SPECIFICATIONS Configuration PCXIP LW881e / PCXIP LW12121e Bus/Format PCI Express™ (PCIe x1) (x2, x4, x8, x16 compatible) 168 mm x 111 mm x 20 mm Size 2.5 A / 0 A / 0.1 A / 0 A Power requirements (+3.3V/+5V / +12V / –12V) 0°C/+50°C . 5%/95% Operating: temp / humidity (noncondensing) 5°C/+70°C . 0%/95% Storage: temp / humidity (noncondensing) Inputs/Outputs PCXIP LW881e PCXIP LW12121e Livewire input mono channels Livewire output mono channels Programmable input/output digital from –110 dB à +18 dB from –110 dB à +18 dB gain General Purpose Inputs & Outputs Sampling frequency Sampling frequencies available 48 kHz Connectors Ethernet RJ45 GPIO SubD 15 pins Development environments & supported operating systems Digigram management... - Page 20 PCX-IP LW881e, PCX-IP LW1221e User’s manual Schematic diagrams GPIOs connector pinout The pinout of the GPIOs on the SubD 15 pinconnector of the PCX card is identical to the GPIO connector used in Axia nodes.
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