Fairlight Merlin - Engine Rear Panel Connections

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2.3 ENGINE REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS
The Engine rear is split into two distinct sections; the System I/O Panel, located to the right
and the Audio I/O section, located to the left.
The System I/O Panel contains all the synchronization needed to allow communication
with external devices including RS-422, Midi, LTC, AES Sync, Serial and GPIO.
To allow communication with other Fairlight products including Fame and Prodigy, a
Mixer port is provided.
To allow comunication with the Merlin Console, a Controller port is provided.
The System I/O Panel also contains the VGA Output, Word Clock and Video sync In
connectors.
The Audio I/O Section can contain up to a maximum of 4 QDC cards, which perform all
analog and digital I/O Connections and Processing.
Each QDC card can contain a maximum of :-
 16 Analog Inputs and 32 Analog Outputs
or a maximum of :-
 32 Digital Inputs and Outputs
 16 Analog Inputs.
Depending on what configuration is ordered, the system can allow for more QDC cards to
be configured. Please contact your local Fairlight office or Distributor for further information
regarding the maximum inputs and outputs which can be configured within the system.
Please refer to the Appendix page 53 for further details on the Audio I/O and System I/O
Panels.