Midas XL8

156 Chapter 8: Connections, Setting Up And Powering Up
XL8 Control Centre
Operator Manual
Cable type and function
Table 3 below shows the type, terminations and function of the XL8 system’s
interconnecting cables. Please read the table in conjunction with the network
interconnections diagram on page 154.
Table 3: System interconnecting cables - type and function
Key Socket and
Connector
Cable
Type
Socket and
Connector
Description
Control centre
Cat5
I/O unit
AES50 audio, X - X.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 24 channels of
96KHz audio plus 5Mbs of control
data.
Control centre
Cat5
I/O unit
AES50 audio, Y - Y.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 24 channels of
96KHz audio plus 5Mbs of control
data.
Control centre
Optical
Router
Optical ‘snake’.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 192 channels of
96KHz audio plus 200Mbs of
control data.
Control centre
Cat6e
Router
Cat6 ‘snake’.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 192 channels of
96KHz audio plus 200Mbs of
control data.
Router
Cat5
DSP
AES50 audio - bank 1 - X.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 24 channels of
96KHz audio plus 5Mbs of control
data.
Router
Cat5
DSP
AES50 audio - bank 1 - Y.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 24 channels of
96KHz audio plus 5Mbs of control
data.
Router
Cat5
DSP
Ethernet control - X.
Carries standard 100bs Fast
Ethernet data.
Router
Cat5
DSP
Ethernet control - Y.
Carries standard 100bs Fast
Ethernet data.
Router
Cat5
Mic splitter
AES50 audio - bank 0 - Y.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 24 channels of
96KHz audio plus 5Mbs of control
data.
Router
Cat5
Mic splitter
AES50 audio - bank 0 - X.
Carries a bi-directional
combination of 24 channels of
96KHz audio plus 5Mbs of control
data.
DSP
3M
cable
DSP
link 0 - link 1.
Carries a proprietary data format
for connecting the DSP units
together to form the DSP loop.
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
Neutrik Opticon Neutrik Opticon
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
RJ45 XLR RJ45 XLR
1
50-way
connector
50-way
connector