AUDAC M2 - Chapter 5: Peripheral Interfaces; Peripheral Device Connectivity

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Chapter 5
Peripheral interfaces
TheM2offersthepossibilitytoconnectinputandcontrolunitsinadditiontothestandard
providedinputsandcontrols.
TheconnectionsofthoseadditionalunitsshouldbemadewiththePeripheralInterface
(PI)portsprovidedonthebacksideoftheM2.Furtherdescribedinthisusermanual,the
PeripheralInterfaceportswillbereferedtowiththeletters‘PI’followedbyanumber
rangingfrom1to10.EachrepresentingonePIportonthebacksideoftheM2,which
areimplementedusinganRJ45connector.8oftheseports(PI1toPI8)arecapableof
transportingBidirectionalaudioanddata,whiletheremainingtwoports(PI9andPI10)
areonlycapableoftransportingBidirectionaldata(noaudio).
Available peripheral devices for M2:
DW3020/4020 Basic wall panel with routing and volume control (PI 1 to PI 10)
TheDW3020/4020arebasicwallpanelsofwhichtheroutingandvolumeforone
specificoutputcanbecontrolled.Thesewallpanelscanbeconnectedinabusstructure,
connectingmultipleDW3020/4020WallpanelstoonePIinput.Theassignmentofthewall
paneltoaspecificzonecanbedonebysoftwareassignment.(Howthisshouldbedoneis
describedlaterinthischapter)
DW5065 All-In-One wall panel with graphic display, Line & Mic input (PI 1 to PI 8)
TheDW5065wallpanelcanbeusedtocontrolthevolumeandroutingforoneoutput,but
alsoprovidesthepossibilitytocontrolsomeadditionalfunctionslikemute,tonecontrol
andphantompower.ThemostimportantadditionalfeatureoftheDW5065isthatit
containsanadditionalLineandMicrophoneinputwhicharelocallymixedandcanbeused
asanadditionallocalinputfortheM2.ThesignalcomingfromtheDW5065istransferred
inadigitalwayandcanbemixed/patchedtoanyoftheoutputs.OnlyoneDW5065wall
panelcanbeconnectedtoaPIport,whilemultiplebasic(DW3020/4020)wallpanelscan
beaddedtothebusstructureoftheDW5065.
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APM Paging consoles (PI 1 to PI 8)
TheAPMPagingconsolescanbeusedforannouncingmessagestotheoutputsoftheM2
orforcontrollingsomespecialfunctions(e.g.switchrelay,...).Dependingontherequired
amountoffunctions/outputs,associatedpagingconsoleswith1,4,8or16buttons
areavailable.MultipleAPMpagingconsolescanbeconnectedtoonePIport,usingbus
structure.Whenconnectedinbusstructure,onlyoneAPMcanmakeannouncementsat
thesametime.Inthiscase,thepagingwillbecomeprioritybased.Pagingwithseveral
pagingconsolessimultaneouslycanbedonewhenAPMconsolesareconnectedto
separatePIinputs.
IMPORTANT
Alwaysmakesurethedeviceispoweredoffwhenconnectingordisconnectingdevices
tothePIports.
IncaseadigitalaudiosignalshouldbetransferredtothePIports(DW5065orAPM
connected)theusedcablingshouldalwaysbeUTP/FTPCAT6cableorbetter.