powersoft X4 - Audio Connections; Input Connections

Audio connections
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12 : 1.Input connections
Powersoft X8 and X4 implement up to four audio in-
put connetions per channel: one analog and three digital
streams.
12 : 1.1. Analog input
X8. Analog input is provided by means of eight Neutrik
XLR female connectors, one per channel input. Signal po-
larity is shown in FIGURE 17.
X4. Analog input is provided by means of four Neutrik
XLR female connectors, one per channel input. Signal po-
larity is shown in FIGURE 17.
12 : 1.2. Digital input
Digital input is supported via AES3 (aka AES/EBU) and
Dante™ standard protocols.
The AES3 connection carries a channel pair through a
110 Ω nominal impedance wire in the form of a balanced
(differential) digital signal: in AES3 XLR connectors the iden-
tication of hot and cold pins is not an issue; take care to
never tie pin 2 or pin 3 (balanced signals) to pin 1 (ground).
Avoid the use of microphone cables in AES connections:
impedance mismatch can result in signal reections and
jitter, causing bit errors at the receiver.
X8. The X8 amplier platform implements four physical
AES3 Neutrik XLR female connectors (one per channel pair),
allowing eight discrete AES3 input streams.
X4. The X4 amplier platform implements two physical
AES3 Neutrik XLR female connectors (one per channel pair),
allowing four discrete AES3 input streams.
Two Neutrik etherCON ports are located on the right-
most side of the X8 and X4 rear panels. Fast Ethernet (IEEE
802.3u, 100 Mbit/s) and Gigabit Ethernet (IEEE 802.3ab,
1 Gbit/s) network protocols are supported; Cat5e or Cat6
standard twisted pair cables shall be used for connections
up to 100 meters (328 ft).
EtherCON or RJ45 must comply to TIA/EIA-568-B and
adopt the T568B scheme pinout, as show in TABLE 3.
For more details about the network conguration, refer
to Section: Networking (p. 15).
RJ45 connector
seen from
the front end
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Color code (TIA/EIA-568-B) Pin
ORANGE / WHITE 1
ORANGE 2
GREEN / WHITE 3
BLUE 4
BLUE / WHITE 5
GREEN 6
BROWN / WHITE 7
BROWN 8
TABLE 3: EtherCON/RJ45 T568B scheme pinout.
Analog input
XLR-F pinout
Pin 1 GND
Pin 2
HOT
Pin 3
COLD
HOT
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3
COLD
GND
FIGURE 17: Analog input connector pinout.
FIGURE 16: X4 - analog input XLR connectors.
FIGURE 15: X8 - analog input XLR connectors.
FIGURE 18: X8 - AES3 input XLR connectors.
FIGURE 19: X4 - AES3 input XLR connectors.
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