powersoft Duecanali 3904 User Manual

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Duecanali User Guide
18.4 Control Software
18.4.1 Powersoft’s Armonía Pro Audio Suite
Armonía is Powersoft’s application software specically designed
to be used with Duecanali Series ampliers. Communication
between the software and the amplier is established via an RS-
485 or Ethernet connection, depending on the available ports.
Armonía provides control and monitoring of a wide range of
amplier functions, such as attenuation, mute, internal temperature
and voltage rail monitoring. Ampliers in the Duecanali series
may also be tted with the optional Powersoft DSP card allowing
Armonía to control a greater range of features, including input
and output equalization, alignment delays, FIR lters and load
impedance monitoring.
Armonía is scalable: it allows control of a single Powersoft amplier
or a very large system containing many ampliers. For large xed
or touring installations, Armonía gives the operator the ability
to monitor and control all ampliers in the system from a single
location, regardless of the ampliers’ positions.
This software has been designed to accept software plug-ins
to enable third-party product control. Further information is
available on the website (www.armoniasuite.com) as plug-ins
become available.
Powersoft amplifers can connect to a PC running Armonía in
two ways: with an RS-485 serial connection or via Ethernet.
Duecanali Series ampliers can be equipped with either or both
methods of connectivity. Please bear in mind that Ethernet is a
faster communications protocol than serial RS-485. Systems
employing both categories of ampliers may use both methods
simultaneously: an Ethernet network being implemented for
some ampliers, and RS-485 for the others. The range of network
topologies which can be used in wiring a real system varies
between the two communications methods. Ethernet provides
a slightly greater degree of freedom, as standard IT network
switches may be used to create multiple hub-and-spoke systems
as well as a single hub-and-spoke and linear daisy-chaining. A
looped Ethernet topology is also permissible, which will provide
redundancy in the event of a network failure. An amplier system
using an RS-485 network can either be daisy-chained throughout
or use the Powersoft PowerHub as a local switch.
Armonía is free. It can be downloaded after signing up for our user
forum: see the “Armonía Support Forum” section at
http://www.powersoft-audio.com/
18.4.2 Third Party Controls
The Duecanali Series provides plug-ins for different third party
controls, developed for Powersoft by independent consultants
specialized in systems integration designs. These plug-ins provide
integrated monitoring and control of Duecanali ampliers, leading
to the possibilities of setting up complex integrated systems.
These plug-ins can be downloaded from www.powersoft-audio.
com at our “Software/Third Party Plug-Ins” section.

powersoft Duecanali 3904 Specifications

General

Brand	powersoft
Model	Duecanali 3904
Category	Amplifier
Language	English