AEQ Audio Over IP
Routing System
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3.2.2. Installation of FR14 boards into a FORUM o GRAND FORUM console.
If the console has been provided with the AoIP option installed from factory, they will have
updated firmware and should be ready to be connected to the Ethernet network/s and readily
operate. The FORUM and GRAND FORUM AoIP option consists on one or two FR14 boards,
with 32 input and output channels each. If only one FR14 board is installed, it should be in slot
14, and if two are installed, slots 13 and 14 are used, substituting the MADI port for routing
purposes (the AoIP uses its routing resources so it can be no longer used).
The firmware must be updated according to the procedure described in the user’s manual for
existing consoles.
Then a FORUM or GRAND FORUM configuration must be created in the following way:
1. Physically assemble the FR14 board in slot 14, and optionally install a second one in
slot 13.
2. Enable AoIP functionality by means of the "Forum Setup" application.
3. Configure up to 32 AoIP channels (or up to 64 if a second FR14 board is installed).
They are automatically labeled as AOIP01 to AOIP16 (16 stereo channels) or as
AOIP01 to AOIP32 (when 64 channels are configured).
4. Configure the AoIP input and output routing.
5. Assign to faders those channels that are required to be readily available. Those
channels that are not initially assigned can be selected afterwards from the
corresponding menu for association of input channels to fader.
3.2.3. Installation of the CAPITOL IP BOARD on a CAPITOL IP console.
The CAPITOL IP consoles have their own CAPITOL IP BOARD installed and configured from
factory to provide 16 Audio over IP inputs and outputs through a DANTE network. The user
manual provides all necessary information regarding this. If the console had a special
configuration (such as a MADI board instead of AoIP) and it is necessary to substitute the type
of multichannel board, AEQ SAT will guide you in the steps to follow.
3.3. Installation of a DANTE network with AEQ mixing consoles and NETBOX.
The installation will be described using two examples.
3.3.1. AEQ Audio over IP System for two digital studios and a Central Control.
This drawing represents a proposed installation for a small, two-studio radio station. The "Daisy
Chain" IP wiring is represented in pink, running from one PC to the audio interface located in the
central control, to the mixing console in studio one, from here to the shared studio interface and
from there to the console in studio two.
The program audio for both studios as well as other required signals for the central control
(such as clean-feeds for telephone systems, etc) are sourced from the NETBOX 8 audio
outputs. The signals necessary for the studios, such as satellite downlink, audiocodecs, tuners,
etc. are routed to the NETBOX 8 inputs. Each console will also receive not only the NETBOX 8
incoming audio but also the aux and program sends from the other console. The two controls
will share Studio and in this a NETBOX 4 MH will be installed to provide the connectivity for the
common microphones to consoles and their Headphone outputs. ON-AIR signalling and the
programmable keys of the Studio remote panel will also be using the system network.
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