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INSTALLATION ORBAN MODEL 8685
12. Complete Station ID (optional).
The Station ID is an optional setting that you can provide to name a given 8685.
The name can be up to eight characters long. It is used to identify your 8685 to
Orban’s 8685 PC Remote application and appears on the Main Screen when PC
Remote is controlling the 8685. It is also displayed on the Meters screen of the
8685 unit.
A) L
OCATE to SETUP > PLACE/DATE/TIME > STATION IDENTIFIER (PLACE/DATE/TIME 3).
B) Use
LOCATE to select each character in the ID and ENTER to confirm the selec-
tion.
C) When finished entering your name, L
OCATE to SAVE. Then press ENTER.
D) When you select S
AVE, you will return to the Setup main menu. If you press
E
SCAPE, you can see the station name on the main screen.
13. Set up the 2.0 processors’ response to and transmission of AES3id status
bits (optional).
The default behavior of the 8685 is to ignore AES status bits because many pieces
of external equipment handle these incorrectly. However, the 8685 allows the
AES3 “channel mode” determine its 2.0 channel processing operating mode (ste-
reo or dual-mono). The AES3 channel mode specification provides for “two-
channel mode” (corresponding to 8685 dual-mono mode) with bits 1-4 in byte 1
in the pattern “0001,” and “stereophonic mode” (corresponding to 8685 stereo
mode) with these bits in the pattern “0100.”
The 8685 can also emit these status bits at its digital output to control down-
stream equipment.
A) L
OCATE to INPUT/OUTPUT > 2.0 OUT (INPUT/OUTPUT 3) and set the 2.0 OUTPUT
FORMAT to AES.
SPDIF cannot be used to handle status bit because the specification does
not allow it.
B) To enable the 8685 to change its operating mode in response to AES status
bits received at its AES input:
a) L
OCATE to SYSTEM SETUP > NETWORK/REMOTE > AES STAT BITS
(NETWORK/REMOTE 4).
b) Set I
N>MODE to ON.
Unless you are sure that upstream equipment will correctly format these
bits, set
IN>MODE to OFF.
c) Make sure that the equipment driving the 8685 is formatting its output as
AES3. SPDIF will not work.
C) To send “two-channel mode” and “stereophonic mode” bits indicating the
8685's current operating mode, set M
ODE>OUT to ON.
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