R2User Manual

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Index Introduction 5

Environment 7

Safety requirements 9 Caution servicing 9

Chapter 1: Pin connections and connectors 11 Attention 11

Chapter 2: Overview front and rear panel 13 Front description 13 Rear description 14 Audio in- and outputs 14 Priority, S/PDIF & Fiber link inputs 14 Peripheral interfaces 15 Control ports 15 Chapter 3: Wire up the system 15

Chapter 4: R2 Quick start guide 16 Connecting the R2 16 Configuring the R2 17 Chapter 5: User interface & configuration 19 Open the user interface 19 Login screen 19 Main screen 20 Zone settings 21 Sound settings 22 Test signals 23 Zone linking 24 Input selection 25 Configuration settings screen 26 Digital input selection 26 Timer settings 27 Time settings 28 Network settings 29 Paging settings 29 Priority settings 30 System configuration 31 R2 Address settings 32 Fiber settings 33 Amplifier bridging 34 Password settings 34 Factory settings 35

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Lite User Interface 36 Login screen 36 Main screen 36 iPhone + iPad 37 Chapter 6: Peripheral interfaces 38 Wall mounted control panels 39 DW3018/4018 Basic wall panel 39 DW5065 All-in-one wall panel 40 Connection possibilities 41 Chapter 7: Paging 43

Chapter 8: Cascading the R2 46 Principle 48 Fiber audio flow 48 Setting up the project 50 Connection possibilities 39 Chapter 9: Additional information 53 IP Basics 53 Updating the R2 54 Technical specifications 55 Personal notes 56

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IntroductionMulti-Zone Audio Matrix SystemTheR2isaMulti-Zoneaudiodistributionsystemwhichisatrulypolyvalentsolutionforcommercialandresidentialapplications,withtheflexibilityofamultizonerouter.Itdeliversacomprehensiveandexpandablepowerfulsolutionfornearlyeverysituation.Withitslargenumberofextensionmodulesandconfigurationmodes,itprovidesasolutionforanuncountableamountofinstallations–largeorsmall,simpleorcomplex.

Ingeneral,itisan8x8digitalaudiomatrixsystem,whichisbasedonapowerfulDSPprocessor.Itisfullydigitallycontrollable,andthebuilt-indigitalmatrixmakesitpossibletopatchanyoftheinputsignalstoanyoftheoutputsignals.

Itisstandardequippedwith8analoglineinputsand8analoglineoutputs,buttheflexiblestructureofthedevicemakesiteasytoextendthisnumbertoanappropriatesolutionforeachspecificsituation.

Ifdesired,itiseasytocascademultipleR2’swiththefiberinterconnectionmodules.Thismakesitpossibletotransferupto8stereochannelsandtoextendtoannearlyunlimitednumberofzones.

Butitismuchmorethanthat,duetotheextremelypowerfulDSPprocessor,itprovidesgreaterflexibility,higherreliabilityandlowerlatencythananyotheramplifierofitskind.Moreover,it’scapableofdoingcomplexcalculationsonthedigitalaudiosignals,whichmakesitpossibletointegratedigitalfiltersintothesystemandgeneratecomplexaudiosignals.

Inaddition,areal-timeclockisprovidedwhichmakesitpossibletocreatetimescheduleswithupto256pre-programmedevents,singleandrecurring.

EveryR2isstandardequippedwithanintegratedEthernetcontrolinterfacewhichmakesitpossibletoconfigureandcontroltheR2fromanyPC,laptoporPDAwhichisconnectedtotheinternet.Justuseyourbrowser,gototheappropriatewebsiteandyouhavecompletecontroloftheR2.

Anoptionaltouchscreencanbeinstalledinthefrontoftheamplifierandthereareoptionalwallcontrolpanelswherebythedesiredmusicsourceandvolumecanbeselectedforaspecificzone.

AnRS232interfaceisprovidedforconfigurationandcontrolwithperipheralsfromothermanufacturerswhichmakeuseofanRS232connection,likeAMX,Crestron,…thecontrolcommandsarefreelyavailablewhichmakesiteasytodevelopspecificapplicationsthatworkincombinationwiththeR2.

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Environment

Donotplacethisunitinanenclosedenvironmentsuchasabookshelforcloset.Ensurethereisadequateventilationtocooltheunit.Donotblocktheventilationopenings.

Donotplacetheunitinenvironmentswhichcontainhighlevelsofdust,heat,moistureorvibration.

Donotusetheunitnearwaterorotherliquids.Makesurenowaterorotherliquidscanbespilled,drippedorsplashedontheunit.

Theunitisdevelopedforindooruseonly.Donotuseitoutdoors.

Donotplaceobjects(books,vases,…)ontopoftheunit.

Placetheunitonastablebaseormountitinastablerack.

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Safety requirements

Alwayshandletheunitwithcare.

Onlyuseagroundedsocketoutletandapowercordwithgroundingplugtoplugintheunit.

Thisunitisnotatoy.Itshouldnotbeoperatedbychildren.

DonotstickobjectsthroughtheventilationopeningsoftheR2.

Donotopentheunit.(riskforelectricalshock)

TheR2containsseveral‘jumpers’whichcanbeset.Thesesettingsmayonlybedonebyqualifiedpeople.

CAUTION - SERVICING

Thisunitcontainsnouserserviceableparts.Referallservicingto qualifiedservicepersonnel.Donotperformanyservicingunless youarequalifiedtodoso.

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This produc t conforms to the fo l lowing European S tandards:EN50081-1:1992,EN50082-1:1992,EN60065:1994

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Chapter 1Pin connections and connectors

Cinch (RCA):Forlineinputconnections

Tip= Signal Sleeve= Ground White=Left Red= Right

RJ45 (RS485, Digital Audio, +24V DC): ForconnectiontoWallPanels

Pin 1 White-Orange AUDIOTXA Pin 2 Orange AUDIOTXB Pin 3 White-Green +24VDC Pin 4 Blue RS485A Pin 5 White-Blue RS485B Pin 6 Green GND Pin 7 White-Brown AUDIORXA Pin 8 Brown AUDIORXB

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Thetwistedpaircablingmustalwaysbe‘straight’.Incaseofself madecabling,itmustbewiredasdescribedabove,tomakethe systemworkproperly.

RS232 (serial connection interface): Forconnectionwithhomeautomationsystems,orotherremotecontrolequipment

Connection StandardRS232 PIN 2 R2TX PIN 3 R2RX PIN 5 GND

Settings 19200Baud 8Bit 1Stopbit Noparity NoHandshaking

RS232 / RS485 / TCP/IP

TheR2amplifierhasRS232,RS485andTCP/IPportswhichallacceptthesamecommands.ThecompletecommandsettocontroltheR2amplifierisavailableintheR2commandsusermanualwhichisfreelyavailableonwww.audac.eu/download.

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Chapter 2Overview front & rear panel

R2

OnthefrontoftheR2amplifierareapowerbutton,fourUSBconnectionportsspaceforanoptionaltouchscreen(R2DIS)provided.

Thepowerbuttonisalatchingtypeandshouldbeusedforpowering-upthesystem.Whenthepowerbuttonispressed,theR2willstartup.Whenthestartupprocedureistakingplace,theLEDonfrontoftheamplifierwillblinkblue.Afterthestartupprocedureiscompleted,theLEDwilllight-upblue,andtheR2willbereadyforoperation.

Therectangularareaonthefrontoftheamplifieristhelocationwheretheoptionaltouchscreenshouldbeinstalled(R2DIS).ThistouchscreencanbeusedforcontrollingandconfiguringallthefunctionsoftheR2amplifier.Thisunitconsistsofa7”touchscreenwithaformatof16/9andaresolutionof800x480px.Asmallintegratedcomputercontrolsthefunctionsofthetouchscreen.

ThelowerUSBconnectionportonfrontoftheamplifierisdedicatedforsoftwareupdates.Whenthetouchscreenisinstalled,theotherthreeUSBconnectionscanbeusedtoconnectseveralperipheralstotheamplifierlikeanUSBkeyboardormouse.

Whentheoptionaltouchscreenisnotinstalledandthelowerusbconnectionisconnectedtoyourpc,theotherthreeUSBportsactasahubtoyourcomputer.TheperipheralsconnectedtotheUSBportswillbeconnectedtoyourPC.

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8linelevelin-andoutputsareprovidedinitsstandardconfiguration.EachlineinputisfittedwithstereoRCAinputconnectorsandaclippingLEDwhichilluminateswhenthesignalreachestheclippinglevel.Bymeansofthegaincontrolpotentiometers,theleveloftheinputsignalscanbecontrolled.

EachzoneoutputisfittedwithRCAstereoconnectorsfortheconnectionofexternalamplifiers.Whentheoptionalpoweramplifierkitisinstalled(R2POW),eachoutputzonehasanamplifiedstereowithapowerof2x40Watt@4Ohmor2x20Watt@8Ohm.Theamplifiedzoneoutputscanbebridgedinthegraphicaluserinterfacetoobtainapowerof80Watt@8Ohmforeachoutputzone.

Audio in- and outputs

Priority, S/PDIF & FiberTwoaudiopriorityinputsandtwoprioritycontactinputsprovided.Dependingoftheconfiguration,4prioritysignalscanbeused.Theactionsthatneedtohappenwhenaprioritysignaloccurscanbefreelyprogrammed.Therecanbeautomaticallyswitchedtothepriorityaudioinputswhenaaudiosignalisapplied,ortheinternalroutingcanbeadaptedwhenasignalisavailableonthecontactinputs.

AdigitalS/PDIFin-andoutputconnectionisprovided,whichisbothcoaxialandopticalimplemented.Thedigitalinputsignalscanberoutedjustliketheanaloginputstothedesiredoutputzone.Thedigitaloutputscanbeprogrammedinawaythatthereisafreelyselectablezoneoutputavailableonthischannel,withoutavolumecontrol.Thiscanbeusefulformakinglosslessrecordings.

Thelinkin-andoutputsareopticalfiberconnectorswhichcanbeusedforcascadingmultipleR2’s.Forthisfeature,theoptionalfiberinterconnectionmodulehastobeinstalled.

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Peripheral interfaces

10RJ45connectorsforexpansionwithadditionalwallpanelsandin-andoutputmodulesareprovided.AlltheseconnectorscarryRS485signals.Thisallowsthecontroloftheamplifierfrom10differentlocations.

8oftheseconnectorsareabletocarrydigitalaudiosignals(PI1toPI8)forexpansionwithadditionalwalllineinputunits.

TheRJ45remotecontrolinputshouldbeconnectedtoaLANnetwork.ThismakesitpossibletocontroltheR2systemoverEthernet,bymeansofaweb-browseroranyotherdevicesupportingEthernet.

TheRS232connectioncanbeusedtocontroltheR2withexternalcontrolequipmentsupportingRS232.ThisallowstocoupletheR2withyourhomeautomationsystem,andcontrolitthroughhardwareofothermanufacturers,likeAMX,Crestron,….

Control ports

Chapter 3Wire up the systemThewiringofthesystemmustbedoneaccordingtothefollowingrules,toguaranteeaproperfunctioningofthesysteminallcircumstances.

1. Speakercableforamplifiedzoneoutputs:minimum2x1.5mm² (distance>15m:2x2.5mm²)

2. WallMountedInput&Controlunits: DW3018/4018 UTP/FTPCat5cableorbetter DW5065 UTP/FTPCat6cableorbetter APM UTP/FTPCat6cableorbetter3. Musicsourcesandlinelevelzoneoutputs:mustbeconnectedwithhighqualityaudiocableand connectors.

4. Ethernetconnection:UTP/FTPCat5cableorbetter

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Chapter 4R2 Quick start guide

This chapter guides you through the setup process of a basic project with one R2 audio matrix and 8 standard DW3018/4018 wall panels.

Overview of the R2 setup

Connecting the R21) Connecting audio sources Connectallyouraudiosources(CD-players,tuners,...)tothelineinputs(RCAconnectors)ontherearpaneloftheR2.Adjustallinputgainstotheappropriatelevelsonoclippingoccurs.

2) Connecting amplifiers and/or speakersConnectamplifiers(100Vorlowimpedance)tothelineoutputs(RCAconnectors)ontherearpaneloftheR2.Whentheoptionalpoweramplifierkitisinstalled,lowimpedanceloudspeakerscanbeconnectedtotheloudspeakeroutputs(Euro-Terminalblockconnectors)ontherearsideoftheR2.

3) Connecting wall panels ConnecttheDW3018/4018wallpanelstothePI(PeripheralInterface)inputs(RJ45connectors)onrearpaneloftheR2.MultipleDW3018/4018wallpanelscanbeconnectedtoonesinglePIinputbyusingbuscabling(connectingallthewallpanelsinparallel),oreachwallpanelcanbeconnectedtoanPIinputbyaseparatecable.Itdoesn’tmatterwhichPIportisusedforwhichzone,thesettingsforwhichwallpanelshouldcontrolwhichzonecanbemadeintheuserinterface.

4) Connecting a computerAcomputercanbeconnectedtotheR2throughtrueethernet.IfthecomputerisdirectlyconnectedtotheR2,acrossednetworkcableisnecessary.IftheR2isconnectedtoalocalLANnetwork(connectedtoarouter/switch/hub)astraightnetworkcableisnecessary.AskyourITadministratorforhelp.Togetaccesstotheuserinterface,enterthefollowingaddressinyourinternetbrowseraddressbar:“http://192.168.0.191”(ThisisthefactorydefaultIPaddressoftheR2,canbechangedintheuserinterface).Thedefaultadministratorpassword(givesyouaccesstoallfunctions)is“R2”andthedefaultuserpassword(givesyouonlyaccesstothebasicfunctions)is“user”.Ifyouwanttomakeanychangestothesettings,youshouldlog-inwiththeadministratorpassword.

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Configuring the R21) Changing the IP address YoucanskipthisstepwhenthedefaultIPaddress“192.168.0.191”isnotusedbyanotherdeviceinyournetwork,andisOKforyou.IfyouliketochangetheIPaddress,gotothe“Setup”menu(clicktheiconintheupperrightcornerofthemainscreen)andclick“NetworkSettings”.NowyoucanchangetheIPaddress,andclick“OK”toapplythechangesandsave.Afterwards,yourbrowserwillbeautomaticallyredirectedtothenewIPaddressoftheR2,andthedefaultIPaddressisnotlongervalid.

2) Changing the passwordYoucanskipthisstepifthedefaultpassword“R2”foradministratorand“user”forusersisOKforyou,buywealwaysrecommendtochangethesepasswords,especiallywhenyourR2isconnectedtoapublicnetworkwhereexternalusershaveaccessto.Ifyouliketochangethepassword,gotothe“Setup”menuandclick“Passwordsettings”.Hereyoucanchangethepasswords.First,theoldpasswordneedstobeentered,andsubsequentlythenewpasswordneedstobeenteredtwice(Max10characters).Pressthe“OK”buttontosavethenewpassword.Now,youalwaysneedtolog-inwiththenewpasswordsandthedefaultpasswordsarenotlongervalid.

3) Configuring wall panels and sources Gotothe“Setup”menuandclick“Systemconfiguration”.Nowyouhavethepossibilitytochoosebetween“Paging”,“DW5065”and“DW3018/4018”.ToconfigurethesettingsfortheDW3018/4018wallpanels,clickthecorrespondingbutton.Bythedropdownlistontheleftside,youcanchooseforwhichzoneyouwanttoconfigureawallpanel.Afterthedesiredzoneisselected,youcanassignoneoftheconnectedwallpanelswiththatparticularzonebyclicking“SetAddress”.Thedisplaysonallwallpanelswillstartblinkingwiththeselectedzonenumber.Pushthe“Program+”buttononthewallpanelifyouwanttoassignthatparticularwallpanelwiththeselectedzone.Afterthe“Program+”buttonispressed,thewallpanelwillbelinkedwiththeselectedzone,andthedisplaywillstopblinking.

TheR2containsmanydifferentinputswhichcanbeselectedtolinkwithazone.8ofthoseinputsareaccessiblethroughthe“Quickmenu”(dropdownlistonthemainpage).Thesameinputswhichareavailableinthe“Quickmenu”canbeselectedontheDW3018/4018wallpanels.Theotherinputsareaccessiblethroughthesettingsmenuifyouarelogged-inasadministrator.Youcanchoosetheinputswhichareselectableinthe“Quickmenu”andwiththeDW3018/4018wallpanelsthroughthe“Inputselection”menuinthe“ZoneSettings”window(Standardarelineinputs1to8selected).Simplyselectthedesiredinputsignalsbythedropdownlistsonthecorrespondinglocation.Afterthedesiredinputchannelsareselected,clickthe“Setinputs”buttontosavethechanges.Theselectedinputsarenowselectableinthe“Quickmenu”andbymeansofthewallpanel.

ReadyYoursystemisnowreadyforusewiththewallpanels.

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Chapter 5User interface & configurationTogetaccesstothecontrolandconfigurationsettings,theR2shouldbeconnectedtoacomputeroranEthernetLANnetwork.Formoreinformationaboutnetworkconnectionsandsettings,seeIPbasicsinchapter8.

Thestandard(factorydefault)IPaddressoftheR2is192.168.0.191,makesurethisaddressiswithintheIPrangeoftheconnectedEthernetLANnetwork(subnetmask255.255.255.0).IfthedefaultnetworkaddressisnotwithinrangeofyourLANnetwork,contactyournetworkspecialist.ThenetworkaddresscanbechangedwiththeStandardWebBasedUserInterfacebutthereforeanetworkconnectionhastobemadefirst!

Anydevice(PC,Laptop,PDAorevenaSmartphone)withawebbrowserandtheMacromediaFlash8.0plug-in(orhigher)installed,canbeusedtocontrolthewebbaseduserinterface.

Formobiledevices,suchasPDA’s,smartphonesoreveniPhonesoriPads,specialapplicationsaredevelopedtocontrolthestandardfunctionsoftheR2Matrix.

Open the user interface Start your default web browser and enter in the address bar the IP address of the embedded web server of the R2. (The factory default IP address is http://192.168.0.191).

If multiple R2’s are cascased with each other through the fiber interconnection interface, first a selection screen will be displayed whereby the R2 should be selected which you want to control.

Login screenFirsttheloginscreenwillbedisplayed.ApasswordshouldbeenteredtogetaccesstothewebinterfaceoftheR2amplifier.Therearetwodifferentaccesslevels,administratorlevelanduserlevel.

Ifyoulog-inusingtheadministratorpassword,yougetaccesstoallfunctionsandconfigurationoptionsoftheR2Amplifier(Thefactorydefaultpasswordforadministratoraccesis“R2”).

Whenyoulog-inusingtheuser password,youonlygetaccesstothebasicfunctionsoftheR2Amplifier,suchaschangingthevolumeandchangingtheroutingforaparticularoutputzone.(Thefactorydefaultpasswordforuseraccesis“user”).

Aftertherightpasswordisentered,clickthe“OK”button,andyouwillberedirectedtothemainscreenoftheR2interface.

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Main screenThemainscreendisplaysall8outputzonesoftheR2withfadervolumecontrols.

Volume control Thevolumeofeachchannelcanbesetbymovingthefaderofthecorrespondingchannelupordown.Atthetopandbottomsideofeachfaderisabuttonwithanarrowdisplayedwherebythevolumecanberaisedorloweredinstepsof1dB.Atthebottomisa“Mute”buttonprovidedwhichmutesthevolumeofthecorrespondingoutputchannelinoneclick.Afterthevolumeismuted,thismutebuttonwillbecomeRed,andthevolumecanbeunmutedafterclickingitagain.

Assign zone names Forabetteroverviewofalloutputchannels,everyfadercanbeassignedbyaspecificzonenameasshownintheexamplebelow.Thenameofthezonecanbechangedbydoubleclickingonthenamewhichisdisplayedabovethecorrespondingfader(indicatedinthepicturebelowwith“ZoneName”).Whenacursorcomesup,removetheexistingnamewiththebackspacekey,andjustchangethenameinthedesiredname.Clickonthe“SaveZoneSettings”buttonandconfirmtosavethechangedzonesettings.Thenameofthecorrespondingzonewillbechanged,andnexttimeyoulogintothewebbaseduserinterfaceoftheR2thesamezonenamewillbedisplayed.

Connection statusInthetopleftcornerofthewindowisthe“ConnectionStatus”displayed.TohavecommunicationwiththeR2,theconnectionstatusmustbe“ONLINE”.

Input channel selectionThedesiredinputsignalforaparticularzonecanbeselectedbyusingthedropdownlistboxbelowthezonename.Thisdropdownlistshows8audioinputsignalswhichareselectedasstandardinputsinthe“SystemConfiguration”menu,togetherwiththenoptions“Off”and“Other”.Whennoinputsignalisselected,theoption“Off”willappear.Whenaspecialinputneedtobeselectedwhichisnotselectedasoneofthe8standardinputsinthe“SystemConfiguration”menu,thisshouldbedonebymeansofthe“Settings”menu,whichcanbeobtainedbyclickingthe“Settings”buttonbelowthe“InputSelection”dropdownlist.Inthiscase,theoption“Other”willappear.Inthe“Settings”menu,othersettingssuchastonecontrolordigitalfiltersettingscanbemadetoo.

Configuration menuInthetoprightcornerisa“Setup”buttondisplayed.Afterclickingthisbutton,youwillberedirectedtothegeneralconfigurationmenuoftheR2.

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Zone settingsAfterclickingona“Settings”button,displayedbyafaderofaspecificzone,youwillberedirectedtothe“ZoneSettings”window.Thiswindowgivesanoverviewofallthesettingsthatcanbeappliedtoonespecificzone.

Input channel selectionThefirstwindowgivesanoverviewofallinputchannelswhichcanbepatchedtothatparticularoutputzone.Thefirstdisplayedoptionis‘NoInput”,whichmeanswhenthisoptionisselected,noinputsignalwillberoutedtothatparticularoutputzone.AtthesamelevelistheS/PDIFselectionbuttondisplayed.Whenthisbuttonisselected,thedigitalS/PDIFinputwhichisbothopticalandcoaxialprovided,willberoutedtothatparticularoutputzone.(Theselectionbetweentheopticalorcoaxialinputshouldbemadeinthe“SetupMenu”under“DigitalInputSettings”)Belowarefromlefttorightthe“Cinchinputs”,the“Wallinputs”andthe“Fiberinputs”displayed.The“CinchInputs”arethedirectlineinputswhichareprovidedontherearpaneloftheR2bymeansofRCAconnectors.Inthesecondtablearethe“WallInputs”displayed.Thesearealladditionalinputsignals(LineorMicrophone)whichareconnectedtoanoptionalwallinputunitbymeansoftheperipheralRJ45inputsontherearsideoftheR2.Inthethirdtablearethe“FiberInputs”displayed(OnlyfunctionalwhentheoptionalR2OPTmoduleisinstalled).Thesearethedigitalaudiochannelswhicharetransferredoverthefiberinterconnectioninterface,andcanbepatchedtotheselectedoutputzone.

Toselectthedesiredaudioinputsourcewhichhastobepatchedwiththeselectedoutputchannel,simplyclickthebuttonnexttothedesiredinputsource.TheselectedinputsignalwillbeindicatedinGreen.

Atthebottomofthiswindow,fouradditionalselectionbuttons“SoundSettings”,“TestSignals”,“ZoneLinking”and“Inputselection”aredisplayed.Inthe“SoundSettings”menu,specificconfigurationsettingssuchasapplyingadigitalfilterortonecontrolcanbemade.Inthe“TestSignals”menucanbeselectedwhichkindoftestsignalshouldbepatchedtotheparticularoutputzone.Inthe“Zonelinking”menucanbesetwhichzonesshouldbelinkedwitheachotherandinthe“Inputselection”menucanbeselectedwhichinputsignalsshouldbeshownintheinputpresetmenu.

BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktothemainwindow.

Save zone settings TomakesurethechangedzonesettingsarestilleffectiveaftershutdownandrestartoftheR2,the“Save”buttononthemainscreenoftheR2needtobepressed.Atthesametime,thevolumeandroutingsettingswillbesaved.

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Zone settings >> Sound settingsThe“SoundSettings”windowoffersthepossibilitytoapplyadigitalfiltertotheselectedoutputzone,andtoadjustthesoundsettingsbymeansofthetwo-bandtonecontrol.

Digital FilterToapplyafiltertotheselectedoutputzone,tickthe“EnableFilter”checkboxandselectthedesiredfiltertypebetweenHigh-Pass,Low-PassandBand-Pass.WithaHigh-Passfilter,thefrequenciesbelowthecrossoverfrequencywillbesupressed,withaLow-Passfilter,thefrequenciesabovethecrossoverfrequencywillbesupressed,andwithaBand-Passfilter,thefrequencieshigherthantheuppercrossoverpoint,andbelowthelowercrossoverpointwillbesupressed.

Afterthedesiredfiltertypeisselected,theslide-barstoadjustthecrossoverfrequencieswillbedisplayed.Thecrossoverfrequencycanbeadjustedbyslidingthebuttononthesliderscaletotheleftandtheright.Thefrequencycanbesetbetween10Hzand22kHz,andtheexactsetcrossoverfrequencyisdisplayedontherightsideofthesliderscale.

Two band tone controlAlongthefiltersetings,twofadersdisplayedontherightsidewhicharemeanttoadjustthesoundsettingsthroughtwo-bandtonecontrol.Theleftmostfaderindicatedwith“Bass”offersthepossibilitytoadjustthelevelofthelowfrequencies,whiletherightmostfaderindicatedwith“Treble”offersthepossibilitytoadjustthelevelofthehighfrequencies.Thesoundlevellevelforbothlowandhightonescanamplifiedorattenuatedbetween+9dBand-9dB.Thiscanbeeasilydonebyslidingthefadersupanddowninthesamewayasthevolumecontrolonthemainscreen.

BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktothepreviouswindow.

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Zone settings >> Test signalsThetestsignalswindowgivesanoverviewofallspecialinputsignalswhichcanbepatchedtotheselectedoutputzone.TheR2hasaninternaldigitalsignalgeneratorwhichcangeneratewhitenoise,pinknoiseandsinusoidalsignalswithaselectablefrequency.Eachofthosesignalscanbepatchedtoanyoutputzone.

Signal SelectionForpatchingthosesignalstotheselectedoutputzone,simplyclickthebuttonwhichisdisplayednexttothedesiredsignal,andtheselectionbuttonwillbecomegreenwhenthesignalisselected.

Whenthe“SineGenerator”isselected,theoutputfrequencyofthegeneratorcanbeadjustedbyclickingtheupanddownarrowsdisplayednexttotheselectedfrequency.

Whenoneofthetestsignalsisselected,“Other”willappearinthe‘InputSelection”boxonthemainscreen.

BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktothepreviouswindow.

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Zone settings >> Zone linkingThe“ZoneLinking”windowoffersthepossibilitytolinkseveralzoneswitheachother,makingthezonesettingslikevolumeandroutingcoupledwitheachother.Thereisthepossibilitytomakeapermanentlinkingoralinkingundercertainconditions(prioritycontact)betweenthedifferentzones.

LinkingAllzoneswhichcanbelinkedtotheselectedoutputzoneareshowninalistunderneatheachother.Nexttoeachzonename,adropdownlistisshownwherebythelinkingcanbeselected.Thestandardsettingissetto“Notlinked”,andthelinkingmethodcanbeselectedbetween“LinkedbyPriocontact1”,“LinkedbyPriocontact2”,and“FixedLinked”.

Whenseveralzonesarelinkedwitheachotherandanychangeismadetothevolumeorroutingsettingsfromoneofthelinkedzones,theotherlinkedzoneswillautomaticallyfollowthesamechangesmadetothesettings.

Linked by priority contact Whenthe“LinkedbyPriocontact1”or“Linkedbypriocontact2”optionsareselected,thezoneswillbelinkedwitheachotherwhenaconnectionismadebetweentheprioritycontactswhichareprovidedontherearsideoftheR2.Thelinkingbetweenthezoneswillremainaslongasthecontactisestablished.Forexample,thiscanbedonebymeansofaswitchorrelay.

Fixed Linked Whenthe‘FixedLinked”optionisselected,thelinkingbetweenthezoneswillbepermanentlypresent.

Slave Whenazonealreadyislinkedwithanotherzone,thelinkedzonewillbecalledthe“Slave”fromthe“Master”zoneandthelinkingsettingsforthiszonewillbeunavailable.Whenselectingthe“ZoneLinking”forthiszone,themessage“Zoneisalreadyslaveofanotherzone”willappear.

BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktothepreviouswindow.

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Zone settings >> Input selectionThe“InputSelection”windowallowsyoutomakeaselectionoutofallavailableinputsignalsforthe“QuickSelectionMenu”.Thisisdisplayedonthemainscreenjustbelowthezonename.Itisconvenienttoaddthe8commonusedandmostimportantinputsignalstothe“QuickSelectionMenu”.

Moreover,theinputsignalsselectedinthismenuarealsothe8signalswhichareselectablebytheDW3018/4018wallpanelslinkedwiththiszone.

SelectionThiswindowgivesanoverviewof8listboxes,eachcorrespondingwithanumberfrom1to8.Whenclickingthislistbox,allinputsignalpossibilitieswillbeshown,rangingfromthedirectlineinputstothefiberandwallpanelinputsaswellastheinternaltestsignals.Afterthe8inputsareselected,clickthe‘Setinputs’buttonandtheselectedinputswillbeassignedwiththiszone.

BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktothepreviouswindow.

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Configuration settings screenTheconfigurationsettingscontrolpanelcomesupafterclickingthe“Setup”button.Thisbuttonisalwaysshownintheupperrightcornerofeverywindow.(OnlyonAdministratorlevel)

Inthiswindow,allthesettingsoftheR2canbemade,suchasselectingthedesireddigitalinputsource,changingthetimesettings,configuringthebuilt-intimer,adjustingthenetworksettings,adjustingthepagingvolume,changingtheprioritysettings,makingthesystemconfigurationforexternalconnecteddevices,makingthefibersettings,settingtheaddress,bridgingtheoutputchannels,changingthepassword,andrestoringthesettingstofactorydefault.

Ifyouwanttochangesomesettings,justclickonthecorrespondingicon.

Save configuration Allconfigurationsettingschangesmadeinthiswindowwillbesavedautomaticallyandarestilleffectiveaftershutdownofthedevice.

BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktothemainscreen.

Settings

Settings >> Digital input selectionThedesireddigitalS/PDIFaudioinputcanbeselectedinthiswindow.

TheS/PDIFinputisbothco-axialimplementedwithanRCAconnectoraswellasopticalimplementedwithaToslinkconnector.

Theselectedinputsignalwillbepatchedtothedigitalaudiointerface,andwillbepatchedtoanoutputzonewhenitisselectedinthe“ExtraInputs”menuoftheoutputchannelsettings.

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Digital Input Settings

Settings >> Timer SettingsUp to 256 pre-programmed timer presets can be made in the “Timer Settings” window.Therecanbechosenforbothchangingthesignalrouting,oradjustingofthesignalvolumeatpre-programmedmoments.Theactionwhichneedstobeperformedshouldbeselectedbymeansofthe“ACTION”dropdownlist.Tosetaneventatapre-programmedmoment,youneedtopassthroughthe“TimerSettings”window.

Change RoutingTochangetheroutingofasignalatapre-programmedmoment,select“Routing”inthe“ACTION”dropdownlist,andselecttheinputsignalinthe“INPUT”dropdownlist.Theinputdropdownlistshowsallthedirect“CINCHINPUTS”aswellastheadditional“WALLINPUTS”,(optional)“FIBERINPUTS”andspecial“TESTINPUTS”.Bymeansoftheselectionbuttonsnexttothedropdownlist,theoutputchannelswhichshouldbeaffectedbytheactioncanbeselected.Theoutputchannelscanbeselectedthroughclickingtheselectionbuttons.Theircolorwillchangetogreenwhentheyareselected.

Change VolumeForchangingtheoutputvolumeofazoneatpre-programmedmoments,select“Volume”inthe“ACTION”dropdownlist.TheamountofdB’swherebythevolumeshouldbereducedcanbeselected.Thezoneoutputwherethevolumeadjustneedstotakeeffectoncanbeselectedbyclickingthemonandoffbythe“OUTPUTS”section.

Single and recurringTherecanbeprogrammedsingleeventsthatonlyhappenonce,buttherecanalsobeprogrammedrecurringeventsthatrepeatonaweeklybasis.Thiscanbeselectedbytogglingtheselectionboxbetween“Day”and“Date”.Forsingleeventswechoose“Date”,andthenselectthedesiredtimeanddatebythedropdownlists.Forrecurringevents,clickonthecheckboxesforthedaysoftheweekwhentheeventhastotakeplace,andfillthedesiredtimeinthedropdownlists.

Toaddthesetactionstothetimeschedule,clickthe“Add”buttonandtheprogrammedactionwillappearinthe“ACTIONS”windowbelow.

Forchangingtheevents,clickontheeventwhichshouldbeadjustedinthe“ACTIONS”window.Afterthedesiredactionisselected,clickthe“Edit”buttonontherightsideofthewindow,andtheactioncanbechanged.BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktotheconfigurationscreen.

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Timer settings

Settings >> Time settingsTheactualtimeanddateoftheR2canbesetinthiswindow.

Thiscanbedoneontwodifferentways,theclocksettingscanbemademanuallybyselectingtherightvaluesfromadropdownlist,orwhenconnectedtotheinternet,thecurrenttimeanddatecanberetrievedfromatimeserver.Justselectthetimezoneinwhichyouarelocated,andthecurrenttimeanddateisautomaticallyupdatedbythetimeserver.

Clickthe“OK”buttontoconfirmthetimesettings.

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Settings >> Network settingsInthiswindow,thenetworksettingsoftheR2canbeadjusted.TheIPaddresscanbesetmanuallyorcanbeautomaticallyassignedbyaDHCPserver.

TheIPaddressisstandardsetto192.168.0.191andthesubnetmaskisstandardsetto255.255.255.0.

Be aware:WhenaDHCPserverisusedinthenetwork,andtheDHCPfunctionoftheR2isenabled,theDHCPserverautomaticallyassignsanIPaddresstotheR2.

InsomecasesthiscancauseproblemsbecausetheIPaddressisnotalwaysknownfortheuser,andtheIPaddressisrequiredtoaccessthewebbaseduserinterface.Ifyoudon’tknowtheIPaddress,theR2willbelostinyournetwork.

Oneadditionalproblemisthat,whentheR2bootsthenexttime,theIPaddressthattheDHCPserverassignscanbedifferent.

Clickthe“OK”buttontoconfirmthenetworksettings.

Network Settings

Settings >> Paging settingsInthiswindow,thepagingvolumeforeachindividualzonecanbesetbymeansofthedropdownboxesdisplayednexttothezonenames.Thepagingvolumecanbesetinstepsof-1dB,startingby0dB,goingto-∞.Whenthevolumeissetto0dB,announcementsforthecorrespondingzoneswillbemadeonmaxiumvolume.

BackClickthe“Back”buttontogobacktotheconfigurationscreen.

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Paging Settings

Settings >> Priority settingsTheprioritysettingsmenumakesitpossibletoconfiguretheprioritychannels.Ontopofthiswindow,allpriorityinputsaredisplayedrangingfromPriority1toPriority4.

Priority input selectionYoucanselectthedesiredprioritychannelbyclickingonthecorrespondingbuttonontopofthewindow,andswitchingthemonandoffcanbedonebyclickingthe“Enabled”button.Whenthepriorityisenabled,thisbuttonwillturngreen.

Ontheleftsideofthiswindow,therearea“Trigger”anda“Input”dropdownlistdisplayed.Inthe“Trigger”dropdownlistarealltheinputsshownonwhichtheprioritycanbetriggered.Thisrangesfromthedirectlineinputstothefiberandwallpanelinputsaswellastheinternaltestsignals.Inadditiontotheseinputsignalsfourpriorityinputsaredisplayed(twoprioritysignalinputsandtwoprioritycontactinputs).Hereyoucanselectonwhichinputsignalthepriorityneedstobetriggered.Whenanpriorityaudioinputisselected,therewillbeswitchedtoprioritywhenanaudiosignalispresentontheseinputs.Whenacontactinputisselected,therewillbeswitchedtoprioritywhenacontactismadebetweenthosetwopins.

Inthe“Input”dropdownlistbelow,therecanbeselectedwhichinputsignalhastobepatchedwhenaprioritysituationoccurs.Inthislist,thetwodirectpriorityaudioinputs,theregulardirectRCAinputs,theWallpanelinputs,theFiberinputs,butalsotheDSPandotherinputsignalsaredisplayed.

Ontherightsideofthewindowisalistofalloutputchannelsdisplayed.Inthislistcanbeselectedtowhichoutputzonestheprioritychannelneedstobepatched.Thiscanbedonebysimplyclickingthebuttonnexttothechannel.Whentheprioritysignalforthiszoneisenabled,thebuttonwillturngreen.

Nexttoeveryoutputzoneisadropdownlistdisplayedwherebythevolumecanbeselectedinstepsof-1dB.

TheswitchingtoandfromaprioritysignalisdoneaccordingtotheHARDIN - FADEOUT principle.Thismeanswhenaprioritysituationoccurs(signalpresentonthepriorityaudioinputsorconnectionbetweenpriorityinputcontacts),immediatelywillbeswitchedtotheselectedpriorityaction.Whentheprioritysituationisover(nomoresignalpresentonthepriorityaudioinputsornomoreconnectionbetweenthepriorityinputcontacts),thestatusoftheR2willreturntothepreviousstatusbyfadingthesoundin.

Clickthe“OK”buttontoconfirmtheprioritysettings.

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Priority Settings

Settings >> System configurationInthiswindow,theconfigurationsettingsforexternalconnecteddevicessuchaspagingconsolesandwallpanelscanbemade.Thiswindowshowsthreebuttons,eachofthemforconfiguringonekindofexternalconnecteddevices.Clickthe‘Paging’buttonwhentheconfigurationfortheAPM1xxpagingconsoleshastobemade,whilethe‘DW5065’buttonenablestoconfigurethesettingsfortheAll-in-onewallpanels,andthe‘DW3018/4018’enablesyoutoconfigurethesettingsforthebasicwallpanels.

Justclickthecorrespondingbuttontoproceedtothesettingsmenu.

Formoreinfiormationabouttheconnectionandconfigurationpossibilitiesforexternalconnecteddevices,refertoChapter 6: Peripheral Interfacesofthisusermanual.Inthischapterisextensivelydescribedhowtheconnectionandconfigurationforperipheralequipmentshouldbedone.

Back Clickthe“Back”buttontogobacktotheconfigurationscreen.

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System configuration

Settings >> R2 Address settingsInthismenu,theaddressoftheR2canbeset.Thisaddressisfactorydefaultseton“001”andisselectablebetween“001”and“999”.WhenonlyoneR2isavailable,thedefaultaddresscanbelefttoitsdefaultvalue.

WhenmoreR2’sarecascadedthroughthefiberinterconnectionbus,thereneedstobeassignedauniqueaddressforeveryR2.ThefirstR2startswithaddress“001”,andeverysubsequentR2shouldbeassignedanaddresswithahighervalue.

Clickthe“OK”buttontoconfirmtheaddresssettings

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Settings >> Fiber settingsInthiswindowcanbesetwhichaudiosignalsoftheR2shouldbetransmittedoverthefiberinterconnectioninterface.

NOTE

ThefiberinterconnectioninterfaceisanoptionalmodulefortheR2.(R2OPT)ThesettingswhicharemadeinthiswindowwillonlyaffectwhentheinternalfiberinterconnectioninterfaceoftheR2isinstalled.

ThesoftwareoftheR2amplifiersupportstotransferupto8stereochannelsoverthefiberinterconnectioninterface.

Inthe“FiberSettings”windowofthewebbaseduserinterfaceisanoverviewgivenofallthechannelswhichcanbetransmittedoverthefiberinterconnectioninterface,numberedfrom“FiberChannel1”to“FiberChannel8”.Nexttoeachchannelisadropdownlistdisplayedwherecanbeselectedwhichoftheaudiochannelsshouldbetransmittedoverthecorrespondingfiberbuschannel.

Inthisdropdownlistarealldirectlineinputs,allwallpanelinputs,allpriorityinputsandalladditionalDSPgeneratedsignalsdisplayed.

Whenanaudiochannelshouldbetransmittedoverafiberchannel,simplyclicktheaudiochannelinthedropdownlistofthedesiredfiberchannel.

Clickthe“Back”buttontogobacktotheconfigurationscreen.

FormoreinformationaboutcascadingtheR2andthefiberinterconnectioninterface, refertoChapter 8: Cascading the R2ofthisusermanual.

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Settings >> Amplifier bridgingInthiswindowtheamplifieroutputsoftheR2canbebridged.

Justclickonthebuttoncorrespondingwiththezonewhichyouwanttobridge,andtheamplifiedLeftandRightoutputchannelsoftheoutputzonewillbebridged,becomingapowerof80Watt@8ohminsteadof2x40Watt@4Ohmor2x20Watt@8Ohm.(OnlywhentheR2POWpoweramplifierkitisinstalled).

Whenthebridgingfunctionisturnedon,the“LEFT”inputsignalwillusedforbothleftandrightoutputsignals.Theloudspeakershouldbeconnectedbetweenthe+terminaloftherightchannelandthe-terminaloftheleftchannel.

Clickthe“Back”buttontogobacktotheconfigurationscreen.

Amplifier Bridging

Settings >> Password settingsInthiswindowthepasswordsfortheR2canbechanged.Therearetwodifferentpasswordlevels.AdministratorlevelwhichhasfullaccesstoallfunctionsandUserlevel,whichhasonlyaccesstothebasicfunctions.

OntheleftsideofthewindowthesettingsfortheAdministratorpasswordcanbechanged,whileontherightsidethesettingsfortheUserpasswordcanbechanged.

Forchangingthepassword,entertheoldpasswordintheprovidedfield,andenterthenewpasswordtwiceintheprovidedfields.Afterthisalliscompleted,pushthe“OK”button.

Whentheoldpasswordiscorrect,andthenewpasswordfilledinbothfieldsmatch,theoldpasswordwillbechangedintothenewpassword.

Thefactorydefaultpasswordfor Administratorlevelis“R2”andforUseris“User”.

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R2 Password Settings

Settings >> Factory settings

ATTENTION

BE CAREFULLtopressthisbutton.ItreallywillrecalltheORIGINALfactorysettings!!!

Itdoesnotrecallthepreviouslysavedsettings,butitrecallstheoriginalfactorysettingandthepreviouslymadesettingswillbelost.

Clickthe“OK”buttontoresetthesettingstofactorydefault.

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Lite User Interface TheSmallwebbaseduserinterfaceoftheR2isespeciallydesignedtohaveaccesstoallbasicfunctionsoftheR2withanymobiledevicewithasmallscreen,suchasSmartphones,PDA’s,iPod/iPhone,..ToaccesstheLiteWebinterface,adevicewithawebbrowserandFlashplayer8ofhigherisrequired.

TheLiteWebBasedinterfacecanbeaccessedbytyping“/small.htm”aftertheIPaddressoftheR2.IftheIPaddressisthefactorydefaultIPaddress,youcanaccesstheLiteWebBasedUserinterfacebytypinghttp://192.168.0.191/small.htminyourwebbrowsersaddressbar.

Lite User Interface >> Login screenFirsttheloginscreenwillbedisplayed.EnterthepasswordtogetaccesstothelitewebinterfaceoftheR2amplifier.Afterthepasswordisentered,clickthe“OK”button,andiftheenteredpasswordiscorrect,youwillproceedtothemainscreenoftheR2.

Lite User Interface >> Main screenOntheMainscreenofthe“Lite”webbaseduserinterfaceisalwaysonlyoneoutputzonedisplayedatatime.Theconfigurednameofthecorrespondingoutputzoneisalwaysdisplayedontop.Thevolumecanbeadjustedbymovingthefaderupanddown,andthedesiredinputsignalcanbeselectedinthedropdownlistlocatedabovethefader.Theinputsignalsdisplayedinthisdropdownlistarethosewhichareconfiguredinthe“WallPanelSettings”menuforthatcorrespondingoutputzone.

Belowthefaderisabuttonprovidedwherebytheoutputsignalcanbemutedbysimplyoneclick.

Toproceedtothenextoutputchannel,simplyclickonthearrowsshownonthesideofthewindow.Withtherightarrowyoucangoonezonefurther,andwiththeleftarrowyoucangoonezoneback.

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iPhone + iPadTheapplicationwhichisavailablefromtheappstoreturnsyouriPhoneoriPadintoafullyfledgedaudiomatrixcontrollerwhenusingitincombinationwithwiththeR2Matrix.SimplyconnectittoyourLANnetworkbyusingawirelessaccesspoint,andafterinstallingtheapponyourmobiledevice,itisreadytobeused.

Toinstalltheapponyourmobiledevice,justtapthe appstorebuttonanddownloadthe‘R2Remote’appbyAUDAConyourmobiledevice,ordownloadtheapplicationfromiTunes®.(Ifit’sdownloadedbyiTunes,youfirstneedtosynchroniseitbeforethe‘R2Remote’logowillappearonyourdisplay)

Aftertheappisinstalled,makesureyourmobiledeviceisconnectedtoyourwirelessnetworkandruntheappbytappingthe‘R2Remote’appbutton.Whenstarting-up,itwillaskfortheIPaddressofthedevicewhereitshouldbeconnectedtoandthepasswordshouldbeentered.Themobileapplicationsonlyoffersyouthepossibilitytochangebasicconfigurationsettingslikevolumeandroutingcontrol,sothe‘Administrator’and‘User’passwordbothofferyouthesamerightshere.

Afterthepasswordisentered,youwillberedirectedtothemainscreenoftheapp,showingonefaderforonespecificzone.Thevolumeforthisspecificzonecanbesetbymovingthefaderupanddownwardsandtheinputsignalcanbeselectedbytappingontheinputsignalsname.Thenalistwillbeshownwhereoutthedesiredinputsignalcanbeselected.Thegreenbuttononthebottomcanbeusedtomutethevolumeforthecorrespondingzone,andwillturnredwhenthevolumeismuted.Toswitchbetweenseveraloutputzones,justsweepoveryourdisplayfromlefttoright,orrighttoleft.

TheiPadappisworkingsimilarandveryintuitivejustastheiPodandiPhoneapp,theonlydifferenceisthatmultiplefaderswillbeshownbesidesoraboveeachother.Inhorizontalposition,all8faderswillbeshownnexttoeachother,whileinverticalpositiontworowsoffourfaderswillbeshownaboveeachother.

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Chapter 6Peripheral interfacesTheR2offersthepossibilitytoconnectmanyadditionalinputandcontrolunitsinadditiontothestandarddirectlineinputs.Toconnectthoseadditionalunits,peripheralinterfaceportsareprovidedontherearsideoftheR2.Inthefurtherexplanationsofthisusermanual,wewillrefertotheperipheralinterfaceportswiththeletters“PI”,followedbyanumberrangingfrom1to10,eachrepresentingonePIportontherearsideoftheR2.Asthisalreadysuggests,thereare10PIportsavailableontherearsideoftheR2,eachofthemperformedwithanRJ45connector.8ofthesePIportsarecapableoftransportingbi-directionalaudioanddata(portsPI1-8),whiletheremainingtwoportsareonlycapableoftransportingdata(portsPI9-10).

Devices possible to connect to the PI ports: DW3018/4018 Basic wall panel with routing and volume control MutlipleDW3018/4018wallpanelscanbeconnectedinabusstructure.Thiswallpanelisonlyusingdigitaldatatransferandnoaudiotransfer,soitcanbeconnectedtoallperipheralinterfaceportsfromPI1toPI10.Theassignmentofthewallpanelwithazoneshouldbedoneintheuserinterface.

DW5065 Advanced wall panel with graphic display stereo line input and microphone input ThiswallpanelcancontrolmultiplezonesandhasadirectdigitalaudiolinktotheR2.OnlyoneDW5065wallpanelcanbeconnectedononePIport,andonlyPI1toPI8canbeusedforconnectingDW5065wallpanels.

APM Paging systemTheAPMpagingsystemcanbeusedtopagetodifferentpagingzonesoftheR2.PagingtozonesonotherR2’sisalsopossiblewhenmultipleR2’sarelinkedwitheach-otherthroughthe(optional)fiberinterface.APMpagingconsolescanonlybeconnectedtoPIportsPI1toPI8.MultipleAPMpagingconsolescanbeconnectedtoonePIport,usingabusstructurewithARJ03junctionboxes.WhenmultipleAPMpagingconsolesareconnectedtoonePIport,onlyoneAPMconsolecanannouncemessagesatatime,sothepagingisprioritybased.PagingwithdifferentAPMconsolesindifferentzonesispossiblewhentheAPM’sareconnectedtoseparatePIinputs.

Connection possibilities

Workingconnections:-MultipleDW3018/4018’sononePIinput(PI1toPI10)-OneDW5065andmultipleDW3018/4018’stoonePIinput(PI1toPI8)-OneAPMandmultipleDW3018/4018’stoonePIinput(PI1toPI8)-MultipleAPM’s(priority)andmultipleDW3018/4018’stoonePIinput(PI1toPI8)

Connectionsthatdon’twork:-DW5065andAPMtoonePIinput-DW5065toPI9orPI10-APMtoPI9orPI10-MultipleDW5065toonePIinput

Important

AlwaysmakesuretheR2ispoweredoffwhenconnectingordisconnectingdevicestothePIports.Whenanaudiosignalistransmittedtotheperipheralinputsfromanexternalinputdevice(e.g.DW5065wallpanelorAPMpagingconsole)theusedcablingshouldalwaysbeUTP/FTPCAT6cableorbetter.

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Wall mounted control panelsTheR2installationcanbeexpandedwithadditionalwallcontrolpanels.Therearetwokindsofwallpanelsavailable,onestandardwallpanel(DW3018/4018)whichallowstoadjusttheroutingandvolumeforaparticularoutputzone,andoneAll-In-Onewallpanel(DW5065),whichprovidesthepossibilitytoconnectanadditionalLineofMicrophonesignalsourceinaspecificzone.

DW3018/4018 (Left) & DW5065 (Right) Wall panels

ThewallpanelsshouldbeconnectedwiththeperipheralportsontherearsideoftheR2,bymeansofTwistedpairUTP/FTPCAT5(orbetter)cablingforDW3018/4018andUTP/FTPCAT6(orbetter)cablingforDW5065.Itispossibletoconnectmultiplestandard(DW3018/4018)wallpanelsononesingleperipheralport(Upto32wallpanelsaccordingtoRS485specification).OnlyoneAll-In-Onewallpanelwithaudioinputs(DW5065)canbeconnectedtoeachperipheralport.

DW3018/4018 Basic wall panelFunctionsTheDW3018/4018isthebasicwallpanelwhichallowstocontroltheroutingandthevolumeoftheR2.Aselectionoutofupto8inputsignalscanbemadebymeansoftheDW3018/4018wallpanel.Theinputswhichareselectablebymeansofthewallpanelcanbeconfiguredintheuserinterfaceunder‘Zonesettings’and‘InputSelection’.Howthisworksisextensivelydescribedinanearlierchapterofthisusermanual.FirstreadthePIconnectionprinciplesinthebeginningofthischapterbeforemakinganyconnections.

Change routingInnormalconditions,theDW3018displaywillshowtheroutingbyindicatingthenumberoftheselectedinputsignalwhichisroutedtotherelatedzone.Ifthe“Prog+”buttonispressed,thenextpre-definedinputwillbeselected,ifthe“Prog-”buttonispressed,thepreviouspre-definedinputwillbeselected.Change volume Thevolumeinthecorrespondingoutputzonecanbechangedbypressingthe“Vol+”and“Vol-”buttons.Logically,thevolumewillbeincreasedafterpressingthe“Vol+”buttonwillbedecreasedafterpressingthe“Vol-”button.Whenthevolumeischanged,thedisplaywillshowthevolumelevelfortwoseconds,andafterthosetwoseconds,theroutingwillbedisplayedagain.

ConfigurationBeforetheDW3018/4018wallpanelscanbeused,thewallpanelsneedstobeassignedtooneparticularzone.Performtheproceduredescribedbelowtomakesurethisisdonecorrectly.

Gotothe“Setup”menuandclick“Systemconfiguration”.Nowyouhavethepossibilitytochoosebetween“Paging”,“DW5065”and“DW3018/4018”.ToconfigurethesettingsfortheDW3018/4018wallpanels,clickthecorrespondingbutton.Nowawindowwithadropdownlistisshown,displayingalltheavailablezonenames.Selectthezonewheretoawallpanelshouldbeassigned,andclickthe‘SetAddress’button.Allconnectedwallpanelswillstartblinking,andafterpressingtheupperbuttononthedesiredwallpanel,itwillbelinkedtotheselectedoutputzone.Ifmultiplewallpanelsshouldbeassignedtoonezone,simplyrepeatthisaction.

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LINE IN

MIC IN

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Maximum cable lengthThemaximumcablelengthdependsofthenumberofconnectedwallpanel.Whenonlyonewallpanelisconnected,amaximumcablelengthof600meterscanbereached.Thetablebelowgivesanoverviewofthemaximumcablelength,dependingoftheconnectedwallpanels.

No. of DW3018/4018 Wall panels Maximum cable length

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600meter600meter400meter300meter200meter150meter120meter100meter

DW5065 All-in-one wall panelFunctions TheDW5065istheadvancedAll-in-onewallpanelfortheR2.Thiswallpanelhasagrahicdisplayandcancontroltherouting,volume,bass,trebleandmuteformultiplezones(upto8)ononeR2.Besidesthosecontrolfunctions,italsoprovidesthepossibilitytoconnectamicrophoneandastereolineinputsource.TheDW5065wallpanelshouldbeconnectedtotheR2bymeansofaUTP/FTPCat6(orbetter)cable.FirstreadthePIconnectionprinciplesinthebeginningofthischapterbeforemakinganyconnections.

ThefollowingfunctionsofmultiplezonesoftheR2canbecontrolled: -Volumewithinarangeof0dBto-70dB -Allinputscanbeselected -Mutecanbeactivated -Basswithinarangefrom-9dBto+9dB -Treblewithinarangefrom-9dBto+9dB

ConfigurationBeforetheDW5065canoperate,theconfigurationsshouldbemade.Firstofall,anaddressneedtobeassignedandtheavailableinputsneedtobedefined.

Followthesestepstoconfigure:1)Gotothe“Setup”menuandclick“Systemconfiguration”.Nowyouhavethepossibilitytochoosebetween“Paging”,“DW5065”and“DW3018/4018”.ToconfigurethesettingsfortheDW5065wallpanels,clickthecorrespondingbutton.NowawindowisdisplayedwhichprovidesalltheconfigurationpossibilitiesfortheDW5065.Ontheleftside,adropdownlistisdisplayedwherebytheaddressfortheDW5065canbeselected.Theaddresscanbeselectedbetween“W001”and“W008”.Logically,youstartwithaddress“W001”forthefirstwallpanel,andincreasesforeveryadditionalwallpanel.Afterthedesiredaddressisselected,clickthe“Setaddress”button.Afterthisbuttonispressed,theDW5065willstartblinking.Toconfirmtheselectedaddresswiththewallpanel,clickthebigrotarybuttononthefrontofthewallpanel.Whenthisbuttonispressed,theaddresswillbeassignedtotheselectedwallpanel.

2)Thezoneswhichyouwanttocontrolwiththeselectedwallpanelcanbeselectedbymeansofthe“Controlledzones”dropdownlist.Whenselectingazoneinthisdropdownlist,thezonenamewillappearinthelistboxbelow.Thezonescanberemovedagainfromthislistboxbyselectingthem,andclickingthe“RemoveZone”button.

3)Theinputswhichareselectablewiththeselectedwallpanelcanbeselectedbymeansofthe“Selectableinputs”dropdownlist.AllinputswhichavailableontheR2canbeselectedinthisdropdownlist,suchasthedirectlineinputs,theperipheralinputs,thefiberinputs,thepriorityinputsandtheintegratedDSPsignals.Whenselectinganinputsignalinthislist,thesignalnamewillappearinlistboxbelow.Theinputsignalscanberemovedagainfromthislistboxbyselectingthem,andclickingthe“RemoveInput”button.Amaximumof24signalinputscanbeselected.Theinputswhichareselectedinthislistbox,areavailableforallzoneswhichcanbecontrolledbythisDW5065wallpanel.ThoseinputsarenotlinkedwiththequickmenuliketheinputsontheDW3018/4018are.

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4)CertainactionssuchasVolumechange,Inputchange,Mutechange,Tonecontrolchangeandsettingschangecanbeblockedbycheckingthecheckboxes.

5)Themicrophoneinputhasthepossibilitytoprovide+15Vphantompowerforpoweringcondensermicrophones.ThepantompowercanbeswitchedONandOFFbyclickingthe“EnableMicPhantom”checkbox.ThissettingcanalsobechangedintheDW5065settingsmenu.(If“Blocksettingsmenu”isnotchecked)

6)TheBacklightlevel,screensaverandscreensaverdelaycanbesetbymeansofthreedropdownboxes.ThissettingcanalsobechangedintheDW5065settingsmenu.(If“Blocksettingsmenu”isnotchecked)

7)Whenthesettingsaremade,pressthe“SavetoWallpanel”buttonandthesettingswillbesendtotheselectedDW5065wallpanel.

Previouslymadesettingscanberetrievedfromthewallpanelbyclickingthe“LoadfromWallpanel”button.Hereby,thesettingswhicharestoredinthewallpanelwillbedisplayedinthiswindow,makingitpossibletomakeanychangestothecurrentsettings.

Maximum cable length for DW5065 ThemaximumcablelengthfortheDW5065wallpanelis300meter.

Connection possibilities

Prog.

Vol+

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LINE IN

MIC IN

Prog.

Vol+

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Multiple DW3018/4018 Wall panels on one PI Port (PI1 to PI10)

Prog.

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Multiple DW3018/4018 and one DW5065 Wall panel on one PI Port (PI1 to PI8)

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Chapter 7Paging1 Zone paging example ThemostbasicexampleofanR2pagingsystemisanR2audiomatrix,incombinationwithanAPM101pagingconsole.Thissetupmakesitpossibletoannouncemessagesin1ormorepre-definedzones,andwithapre-definedvolumeforeveryzone.

8 Zone paging exampleAsecondpagingexampleofanR2pagingsystemisanR2audiomatrix,incombinationwithanAPM108pagingconsole.Thedifferencebetweenthepreviousexample(withAPM101)aretheamountofpagingzones.TheAPM108consolecontains8zoneselectionbuttons,whichmakesitpossibletopageseparatelytoallzones,ortopagetomultiplezonesatatime.

Priority Pagingisalwaysprioritybased.WhenmultipleAPMconsolesareconnectedtooneR2,andmultipleAPM’sgiveacommandtoannounceamessageatthesametime,itdependsoftheprioritysettingswhichmessagewillbeannounced.TheprioritylevelisrelatedtotheaddressoftheAPMtable,whichisunique.TheAPMwiththelowestaddresshasthehighestpriority.Thismeans,whentwoAPM’sareconnectedandAPMwithaddress“002”isannouncingamessage,whileatthesametimeAPMwithaddress“001”wantstoannounceamessage,themessagefromAPM“002”willbeinterrupted,andthemessagefromAPM“001”willbeaudible.ForvoicefilesandmessageswhicharestoredinsidetheAPMmemory,thepriorityworksdifferent.Aprioritynumbercanbeassignedtoeachstoredmessage,makingitpossibletogiveemergencymessagesahigherpriority.

Connection possibilities TwodifferentconnectionmethodsarepossibleforconnectingmultipleAPM’stooneR2.

1)BusstructureMultipleAPM’scanbeconnectedinabusstructure,onthesamePIInput.OnlyoneAPMpagingconsole

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2)SeparatePIinputMultipleAPM’scanbeconnectedtotheR2,eachofthemusingaseparatePIInput.Iftheselectedpagingzonesaredifferent,pagingtodifferentzonescanbedoneatthesametime.IfmultipleAPM’saretryingtopagetothesamezoneatthesametime,thenpagingisprioritybased,andonlythemessagecomingfromtheAPMwiththehighestpriority(lowestaddress)willbeannounced.

Paging over fiber WhenmultipleR2’sarecascadedwitheachotherthroughthefiberinterconnectioninterface,pagingmessagescanbetransferredoverthefiberconductor,makingpagingpossibleinmultiplezonesofmultipleR2’s.Whenthisoptionisenabled,audiochannelone(FB1)isdedicatedforpagingpurposes,wherebythischannelcan’tbeusedforotherpurposes.Pagingoverfiberisalwaysprioritybased,andonlyoneAPMcanpagetomultipleR2’satthesametime.

Limits WhenmultipleAPM’sareconnectedononePIportusingabusstructure,amaximumof6APM’scanbeconnectedtoonePIport,withamaximumcabledistanceof300meterforthetotalAPMbus.

Connection limits summary

-Maximum6APM’sononePIport-Maximum100mwhenCat5cableisused-Maximum300mwhenCat6cableisused-AlwaysuseARJ03PjunctionboxeswithexternalpowersupplywhenmultipleAPM’sareconnectedusingBusstructure.-UseARJ03PwithexternalpowersupplywhenthecablelengthforoneAPMexceeds133meter.

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ConfigurationTomaketheentirepagingsystemworkacordingtotheneedsofyourproject,aconfigurationprocedureshouldmustbefollowed.

Paging volume Thepagingvolumecanbedifferentforeveryzone,andshouldbeconfiguredindividualforeachspecificzone.Toconfigurethepagingvolume,gotothe“Setup”menu,andclickthe“Pagingvolume”button.Bymeansofdropdownboxes,thepagingvolumeforeveryspecificzonecanbeset.

APM configuration ThepagingsettingsarestoredinsidetheAPM’sinternalmemory.Forconfiiguration,theAPMshouldbeconnectedtotheR2,andtheconfigurationshouldbedonethroughthewebbaseduserinterfaceoftheR2.Youcanfindthepagingconfigurationsettingsinthe“Setup”menu,under“Systemconfiguration”,and“Paging”.OntheleftsideofthewindowarethesettingsforconfigurationofARU’sshown,whileontherightsidethesettingsforconfigurationoftheAPM’sareshown.Followtheprocedurebelowtomakeyourpagingsystemworksuccessfull.

1)Selecttheaddresswhichyouwanttoassigntoyourpagingconsole.Selecttheaddressbythedropdownbox,andclickthe“SetAddress”button.Now,thelightsonallconnectedAPM’swillstartblinking.Afterpushingthe“PTT”(Pushtotalk)buttontheaddresswillbeassignedtotheselectedAPM.FormoreinformationregardingtheAPMaddress,see“Priority”.WhenmultipleAPM’sareconnectedtooneR2,it’sbettertoassignanuniqueaddresstoeveryAPM,beforecontinuingwiththeconfigurationprodure.

2)SelecttheAPMandtheamountoflayersforyourconfiguration.Press“NewConfiguration”.Afterpressingthisbutton,youwillberedirectedtoanewwindowwhereyoucanselectwhichAPMyouwanttoconfigure.Twodropdownboxesareshown,bymeansoftheupperonetheR2wheretotheAPMisconnectedshouldbeselected.WhenonlyoneR2isused,only“R001”willbeshown.Bythelowerdropdownlist,theperipheralportonwhichtheAPMisconnectedcanbeselected,rangingfromRS485(1)toRS485(8).WhenAPM108orAPM116areconnected,thenumberoflayersforyourAPMconfigurationcanbedeterminedbymeansofthedropdownlistontherightsideofthiswindow.

WhenthedesiredAPM(andtheamountoflayers)isselected,clickthesavebutton,andyoucanproceedtothenextwindow.

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3)ConfiguretheAPMbuttonsThiswindowgivesanoverviewofyourAPMkeypad.ThenumberofbuttonsdisplayedinthiswindowdependsofthetypeofAPMwhichisconnectedtoyoursystem.Ontheleftside,adropdownlistallowsyoutobrowsebetweenthelayers(whenavailable).Justclickthebuttontowhichyouwanttoassignafunction.

Afterthisbuttonisclicked,awindowscomesupallowingyoutoselectthefunctionwhichshouldbeperformedafterpressingthisbutton.Theavailablefunctionsshowninthedropdownlistontheleftsideare“ZoneSelect”and“PlayMessage”.

Zone Select:Thisfunctionshouldbeselectedwhenthebuttonismeantforpagingpurposes.Thezoneswherethemessageshouldbeaudibleafterpressingthebuttonaredisplayedinthe“SelectedZones”listbox.Zonescanbeaddedtothislistboxbyselectingtheminthetwodropdownlistsontherightsidefollowedbyclickingthe“Add”’button.Zonescanberemovedfromthislistboxbyselectingthem,andclickingthe“Remove”button.Upto40zones,from5cascadedR2’scanbeprogrammedunderonebutton.ThepriorityofpagingisbasedontheAPMaddressconfiguration.

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Play message:Bymeansofthisfunction,messagesstoredintheAPMmemory,suchasemergencyorcommercialannouncementscanbeannounced.Thestoredmessagesareshowninthe“Message”dropdownlistwhereoutthedesiredmessagecanbeselected.Thepriorityofthemessageisbasedontheprioritynumberwhichcanbesetinthe“Priority”dropdownlist,andisnotrelatedwiththeAPMaddress.Thisway,high-priorityemergencymessagescanbeplayedwithalow-priorityAPM.Thelowertheprioritynumberis,thehigherthepriorityoftherelatedmessage.

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Chapter 8Cascading the R2ThischapterexplainsthefiberinterconnectionpossibilitiesbetweenseveralR2amplifiers,andguidesyouthroughasetupprocessofaprojectwith5R2’scascadedwitheachotherbymeansofthefiberinterconnectioninterface.

Principle The(optional)fiberinterconnectioninterfacemakesitpossibletotransfer8stereoaudiosignalsandonedatachanneloveronesinglefiberopticconductor.Thedatachannelistransmittedautomaticallyandcan’tbeconfiguredbytheuser.The8stereoaudiochannelswhichshouldbetransferedoverthefiberconductorcanbeconfiguredbytheuser.

ThefiberinterconnectioninterfaceoftheR2workslikearingnetwork.ThismeansthateveryR2hasonefiberinputandonefiberoutput.ThisringmustbeclosedinallcasesandthiscanbedonebyconnectingtheoutputofthefirstR2withtheinputofthesecondR2.TheoutputofthesecondR2shouldbeconnectedwiththeinputofthethirdR2,andsoon.Attheend,theoutputofthelastR2hastobeconnectedwiththeinputofthefirstR2.Thisway,aringisclosedandthenetworkiscompleted.

TocontrolallthefunctionsofalltheR2’sinonenetwork,onlyoneconnectionwiththeethernetnetworkofoneR2intheringnetworkisrequired.WhenmultipleR2’sareconnectedinaringnetwork,firstaselectionboxwillbedisplayedwherebycanbeselectedwhichR2youwanttocontrol.

EachR2cantransferoneormultipleofhisinputchannelsthroughthefiberringnetwork.ThiscanbeanyinputoftheR2(Lineinput,PIaudioinput,Digitalinput,...).Theselectionofwhichinputsignalshouldbetransferedoverthefiberringnetworkcanbeselectedinthe“Setup”menu,afterselectingthe“Fibersettings”window.

Everysignalwhichisreceivedthroughthefiberringnetworkcanbeusedasaregularinputjustasalltheotherinputs,canbeselectedthroughthewallpanels,andcanbepatchedtoanyoftheoutputzones.

WhenanR2transfersanaudiosignaloverthefiberringnetwork,thereisthepossibilitytotransferthesignaltoallR2’sinthesameringnetwork,ortotransferthesignalonlytothenextR2intheringnetwork.IfthesignalisonlyneededforthenextR2intheringnetwork,thesecondR2canusethischanneltotransferanothersignaltothethirdR2,andsoon...

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Fiber audio flowThediagramshownbelowshowsanaudioflowofanexampleprojectwith5R2’scascadedthroughthefiberinterconnectioninterfacewhereeveryR2hasanaddressgoingfrom“R001”to“R005”.NexttoeveryR2areshownwhichsignalsarereceivedandtransmittedoverthefiber,whilenexttotheconnectionlineisshownwhichsignalsthefiberiscarryingatthispoint.

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Diagram explanationEveryR2isindicatedwithadifferentcolour,andnexttoeveryR2isatableshownwith8incomingfiberaudiochannelsand8outgoingfiberaudiochannels.Betweentwodevices,aconnectionlineisshownrepresentingthefiberconductor,andnexttothisconnectionlineisalwaysatableshownwhichindicatestheaudiochannelsthefiberconductoriscarryingatthispoint.Theaudiochannelsbetweentheoutputfromthepreviousdeviceandtheinputofthenextdevicearealwaysunchanged.Thisisclearlydisplayedbymeansofthetextcolourinsidethetables.WhenAPMpagingconsolesareconnectedandpagingoverfiberenabled,thenchannel“Fb1”isdedicatedforpaginguseandcan’tbeusedtoexchangeotheraudiochannels.Forthisreason,channel“Fb1”isalwaysmarkedwith“Paging”.

Anoverviewoftheaudiosignalstransmittedoverthefiberinterface:

- Fiber channel 1 (Fb 1): Thischannelisdedicatedforpagingpurposes

- Fiber channel 2 (Fb 2): TheRedR2(R005)transmitsanaudiosignaloverfiberchannel“Fb2”. Thissignalreachesalldevicesandcanbeusedbyalldevices.

- Fiber channel 3 (Fb 3): Sameaschannel“Fb2”,theRedR2(R005)transmitsanaudiosignalover fiberchannel“Fb3”.Thissignalreachesalldevicesandcanbeusedbyall devices.

- Fiber channel 4 (Fb 4): TheYellowR2(R001)transmitsanaudiosignaloverfiberchannel“Fb4”. Thissignalreachesalldevicesandcanbeusedbyalldevices.

- Fiber channel 5 (Fb 5): TheBlueR2(R003)transmitsanaudiosignaloverfiberchannel“Fb5”. Thissignalreachesalldevicesandcanbeusedbyalldevices.

- Fiber channel 6 (Fb 6): Channel6isusedbytwoR2’s.TheOrangeR2(R004)transmitsanaudio signaloverfiberchannel6“Fb6”,andthissignalreachestheRedR2(R005), theYellowR2(R001)andtheGreenR2(R002).TheGreenR2(R002) replacesthesignalonfiberchannel“Fb6”byanotheraudiosignal,andthis audiosignalreachestheBlueR2(R003)andtheOrangeR2(R004).

-Fiber channel 7 (Fb 7): Fiberchannel7(Fb7)isusedbyallR2’s.EveryR2receivesandtransmitsan audiosignaloverthischannel.Thisway,everyR2canuseasourceofthe previousR2andreplaceitbyanothersignalwhichcanbereceivedbythe nextR2intheringnetwork.

- Fiber channel 8 (Fb 8): Sameaschannels“Fb2”and“Fb3”,theRedR2(R005)transmitsanaudio signaloverfiberchannel“Fb8”.Thissignalreachesalldevicesandcanbe usedbyalldevices.

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Setting up the projectThischapterdescribesastepbystepsetupprocedurewhichteachesyouhowtoconfigureanR2setupwithmultipledevicesasshownonthepreviouspages.

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Don’tmakeanyethernetorfiberconnectionsuntilthispoint.Thesetupshouldbeconfiguredinthesamesequenceasdescribedinthisstepbystepguide.

1) Configuration of R2 Address Thefirstthingwhichshouldbedone,isconfiguringtheIPandbusaddressesofalldevicesusedinyoursetup.Whendevicesarecascadedthroughfiber,thecontrolcanbedoneintwodifferentways:

Method 1: ConnectonedevicetoEthernet,andcontroltheotherdevicesinyoursetupthroughthesameIPaddress.Thedatawillbetransferredbetweenthedevicesoverthefiberconductor.Theadvantageofthismethodis:OnlyoneEthernetconnectionisnecessary.Thedisadvantageofthismethodis:youcanonlyseetheVUmetersintheuserinterfaceoftheR2whichisdirecltlyconnectedtotheEthernetnetwork.(Allothersettingscanmemade,excepttheVUmeterbargraphwhichisonlyvisibleforthedirectconnectedR2)

ToconfigureyoursystemaccordingtoMethod1,proceedwiththefollowingprocedure:

1) ConnectthefirstR2ofyoursetuptoyourEthernetnetwork2) SettheaddressforthefirstR2to“R001”,thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”menu,under“R2 AddressSettings”.3) DisconnectthefirstR2ofyoursetupfromtheEthernetnetwork4) ConnectthesecondR2ofyoursetuptoyourEthernetnetwork5) SettheaddressforthesecondR2to“R002”,thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”menu,under“R2 AddressSettings”.6) DisconnectthesecondR2ofyoursetupfromtheEthernetnetwork7) RepeatthisprocedureforallR2’sinyoursetup,andassignanuniquebusaddresstoeveryR2in yoursetup.8) Afterthisisdone,allR2’sshouldhaveanuniquebusaddress,andnoR2islongerconnectedto theEthernetnetwork.9) ConnectoneoftheR2’sinyoursetuptotheEthernetnetwork.(Itdoesn’tmatterwhichone youconnecttotheEthernetnetwork,butmindyoucanonlyseetheVUmeterbargraphmoving oftheconnectedR2)10) ConnecttheR2’switheachotherthroughfiberconductors,usingtheloopprincipleasshownin Figure1.11) RestartallR2’s12) AllR2’sshoulddisplaynow“FiberOK”ontopoftheirmainpage,nexttotheconnectionstatus.

Method 2: ConnectalldevicestoEthernet,andcontrolthembytheirownIPaddress.Theadvantageofthismethodis:youcanseetheVUmetersofallconnectedR2’s.Thedisadvantageofthismethodis:everydeviceneedshisownEthernetconnectionandIPaddress.

ToconfigureyoursystemaccordingtoMethod2,proceedwiththefollowingprocedure:

1) ConnectthefirstR2ofyoursetuptoyourEthernetnetwork2) SettheaddressforthefirstR2to“R001”,thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”menu,under“R2 AddressSettings”.3) ChangetheIPaddressforthefirstdevicetoonewhichisavailableinyourethernet network(Forexample192.168.0.191).Thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”menu,under“Network Settings”.4) DisconnectthefirstR2ofyoursetupfromtheEthernetnetwork5) ConnectthesecondR2ofyoursetuptoyourEthernetnetwork6) SettheaddressforthesecondR2to“R002”,thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”menu,under“R2 AddressSettings”.

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7) ChangetheIPaddressfortheseconddevicetoonewhichisavailableinyourethernet network(Forexample192.168.0.192).Thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”menu,under“Network Settings”.MakesurethisIPaddressisdifferentfromthefirstdevice’sIPaddress.8) DisconnectthesecondR2ofyoursetupfromtheEthernetnetwork9) GivealltheR2’sinyoursetupanuniquebusandIPaddress.Thiscanbedonebyrepeatingstep 5to8ofthisprocedure.MakesureeverydevicehasanuniquebusandIPaddress.10) Now,alldeviceshaveanuniquebusandIPaddress,andnodeviceisconnectedtotheEthernet network.11) Connectalldevicestoyourethernetnetwork12) ConnecttheR2’switheachotherthroughfiberconductors,usingtheloopprincipleasshownin Figure1.13) RestartallR2’s14) AllR2’sshoulddisplaynow“FiberOK”ontopoftheirmainpage,nexttotheconnectionstatus.

Example setup with 5 R2’s, on the left side with only one Ethernet connection (Method 1) while on the right side every R2 has a separate ethernet connection (Method 2)

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2) Configuration of Fiber channels Thenextstepistheconfigurationoftheaudiochannelstransmittedoverthefiberconductor.Thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”menu,under“Fiberettings”.Below,we’llgiveastepbystepguideaboutthefiberconfigurationforonedeviceinyoursetup.Let’sstartwiththefirstR2withaddress“R001”(indicatedinYellow)inyoursetup.

1) OpentheuserinterfaceoftheselectedR2“R001”.2) Openthe“Settings”menuandclickthe“FiberSettings”button.3) Asshowninfigure1,“R001”transmitsaudiosignalsoverfiberchannel“Fb4”and“Fb7”.For alltheotherfiberchannels,“R001”justsendtheincomingdatatothenextR2.Soasource signalshouldbeselectedforfiberchannels“Fb4”and“Fb7”.AllsignalsavailableontheR2 canbeselectedbymeansofthedropdownlist.Forallotherchannelswheretheincomingdatais justsendtothenextR2,status“off”shouldbeselectedinthedropdownlist.

4) RepeatthisprocedureforallR2’sinyoursetup5) Afterthisisdone,allselectedaudiosignalsaretransmittedoverthefiberconductor,andcanbe usedbyotherR2’sinyoursetup.

3) Set passwords Youcanskipthisstepifthedefaultpassword“R2”foradministratorand“user”forusersisOKforyou,butwealwaysrecommendtochangethepasswords.Adetailleddescriptionhowthepasswordscanbechangedcanbefoundinsideanearlierchapterofthisusermanual.It’sconvenienttogivealltheR2’sinyoursetupthesameadministratorpassword,makingitpossibletoswapbetweenR2’swithoutconstantlyreenteringthepassword.Atuserlevel,it’salwaysnecessarytoreenterthepasswordafterswappingbetweenR2’s.

4) Connecting sources Connectallyouraudiosources(CD-players,Tuners,...)tothelineinputsonthebackoftheR2.Adjustallinputgainssothereisnoclipping.Moreinformationaboutconnectingsourceisextensivelydescribedinanealierchapterofthisusermanual.

5) Connecting wallpanels ConnectallyourwallpanelstothePeripheralinputsontherearoftheR2.Adetaileddescriptionaboutconnectingwallpanelsisextensivelydescribedinanearlierchapterofthisusermanual.

6) Ready Yourprojectisnowreadyforuse.

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Chapter 9Additional information

IP BasicsManyAUDACproductsarecontrollablebyEthernet.TheEthernetconnectionwhichisusedontheAUDACproductsisTCP/IPbasedlike99%ofthecomputernetworks.TherearesomebasicswhichyouneedtoknowtosuccessfullymakeaTCP/IPEthernetconnection.

ThedatainTCP/IPnetworksisalwayssendinpackages,allthesepackagesmustbedeliveredatanuniqueaddress,justlikethemailmandeliversmailatyourhomemailbox.InTCP/IPnetworks,thisaddressiscalledthe“IPaddress”.TheIPaddressisalwaysanumberinthefollowingformat“192.168.000.001”.Asyoucansee,thisaddressconsistsof4separatenumbersrangingfrom“000”to“255”.

Insimpleterms,onlythelatestnumberofanIPaddresscanbedifferentwithinanetwork,sothereisamaximumof256uniqueaddresseswithinanetwork,rangingfrom“xxx.xxx.xxx.000”to“xxx.xxx.xxx.255”.Thefirstthreenumbersmustbethesametomakecommunicationbetweenseveraldevicespossible,elsethedevicescannotcommunicatewitheachother.Example: Device1: IPaddress: 192.168.000.001Device2: IPaddress: 192.168.000.002Device3: IPaddress: 192.168.001.003

Inthisexample,Device1cancommunicatewithDevice2,butnotwithDevice3,becausethefirstthreenumbersmustbethesame.Thesefirstthreepartsarecalledthe“IPrange”,sothedevicesmustbeinthesame“IPrange”tocommunicatewitheachother.

The“IPrange”ofhomeandofficenetworksaredefinedbythenetworkadministrator,thismeansthattheIPrangeofyourhomeorofficenetworkcanbedifferentfromanothernetwork.AUDACproductshavethefollowingIPaddressasdefault:“192.168.0.xxx”,thismeansthestandardIPrangeofAUDACproductsis“192.168.000.xxx”.IfyournetworkisusingadifferentIPrange,theAUDACproductswillnotbeaccessiblefromyournetwork.YoucanchangetheIPaddressoftheAUDACproductstomakethemworkproperlyinyournetwork.Thiscanbedoneinthesettingsmenu,andisdescribedextensivelyinthe“Settings”chapterofthisusermanual.

Ofcourse,tomakechangestothesettingsmenuoftheAUDACproducts,youmusthaveaccesstotheuserinterfaceontheproductswebpage.ThiscanbedonebytemporarilygivingyourcomputeranIPaddresswithintheIPrangeoftheAUDACproduct,forexample“192.168.0.200”.AftertheIPaddressofyourcomputeriswithintheIPrangeoftheproduct,theuserinterfaceisaccessibleandtheIPaddressoftheproductcanbechangedtoanIPaddresswithintheIPrangeofyournetwork.IftheIPaddressoftheproductiswithintheIPrangeofyournetwork,youcanchangetheIPaddressofyourcomputeragaintoit’sformerIPaddressandtheproductshouldworkproperlyinyourhomeorofficenetwork.Askyournetworkadministratorforhelpifyouarenotfamiliarwithnetworks.

Summary

-AlldevicesmusthaveanuniqueIPaddress-AlldevicesmustbewithinthesameIPrange

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Updating the R2OverviewTheR2updateconsistsofthreesteps:1) DSPupdate2) FPGAupdate3) Websiteupdate

Required software Alltherequiredsoftwaretoaccomplishasoftwareupdateisavailableintheziparchivewhichcanbedownloadedfromthewebsite.

Step 1: DSP update 1)TurntheR2poweron2)ConnectacomputerwiththelowerUSBport(USBB)onthefrontoftheR2amplifier

3)Ifthedriverisrequested,theninstallthesupplieddriverfromtheziparchive4)Run“DSP2.exe”frommap“DSP&FPGA”5)Press“F6”6)Enter“R2S33H1.ldr”asfilename7)Waitforfinish,don’tclosetheapplication

Step 2: FPGA update 8)Press“F9”9)Enter“R2F11H1.rpd”asfilename10)Waitforfinish11)Press“Esc”toclosetheapplication12)DisconnecttheUSBcable13)R2poweroff->poweron

Step 3: Website update 14)ConnecttheR2networkcable15)Run“MPFS2.exe”frommap“Website”16)Inpoint1selectmap“1.7”inmap“Website”17)Inpoint2selecy“BIN”18)Press“settings”inpoint4andentertheR2IPaddressinthebox“DeviceAddress”.Ifyoudo’tknowtheIPaddressuse“MicrochipEthernetDiscover”inthemap“Website”tofindtheIPaddressoftheR2.19)Press“GenerateandUpload”tostartuploadingthenewwebsite20)Clearyourinternetbrowsercache.Ifyoudon’tdothis,yourbrowserwillloadtheoldwebsitefromhiscache.21)Finished

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Technical specificationsSensitivityLineinput -20/+4dB25kOhm

Frequencyresponse 20Hz–20kHzTHD+Nat1kHz lessthan0.02%SignaltoNoiseratio 100dB@1kHzSlewrate +/-13V/µsec

Digitalcontrol RS-232Remotezonecontrol RS-485Webbasedcontrol Ethernet

Zoneoutputs1-8 +3dB100Ohmunbalanced

PowerSupply 240VAC,50-60Hz

Weight 10kg

Dimensions(WxHxD) 482x132x350mm

Unitheight 3HE

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