Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto System Controller NetMax N8000 del fabbricante Electro-Voice
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OWNER’S MANUAL.
Contents 2 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Description of the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep t hese i nstruc tions . 3. Heed all warni ngs. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus n ear w ater . 6. Cle an only with a dry c lot h.
4 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual HF-Interference This equipment has been tested and foun d to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pu rsuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are desi gned to pr ovide reasonable pr otection agains harmful interference in a re sidential insta llation.
Introduction 5 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 1 Introduction First of all we want to express our thanks a nd of fer our congratulations that you have selected the NetMax N8000 System Controller from Electr o-V oice.
Introduction 6 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 1.2 N8000 features NetMax N8000 is an all-purpose digital aud io s ystem controller with outst anding performance features.
Introduction 7 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The NetMax N8000 is equipped with a ll relevant interfaces by default in order to provide t he connection to the network and e xternal components. The Ethe rnet port makes the connection to existing building networks (intranet ) and communicatio n via the Internet possible .
Introduction 8 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 1.4 Inst allation instruction The N8000 has to be set up and inst alled so that both air supply and ventilation are ensured on both sides of the device. The direction of ventilation is from lef t to right when you look at the front faceplate.
Introduction 9 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 1.6 Browser Interface Some of the configuration and opera tion options of the N8000 which are availa ble in IRIS-Net are also provided by the N8000 browser interface. An y standard Internet browser with activat ed JavaScript and CSS can be utilized in order to use the browser interface.
Control Elements and Connections 10 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 2 Control Elements and Connections 2.1 Front Faceplate The front faceplate of the N8000 has level and st atus displays and it offers also the possibility to connect a PC via a USB interface.
Control Elements and Connections 11 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual clock master breaks down or is removed from t he network, another N8000 will t ake over this function automatically . SYSTEM ST A TUS-LEDs These LEDs indicate device or system st ates.
Control Elements and Connections 12 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 2.2 Rear Panel There are all connections for analog and digit al audio signals, control interfaces and the power supply at the rear pa nel of the N8000. AUDIO SLOT s The AUDIO SLOT s 1 - 4 are module slot s for th e inst allation of NetMax audio modules.
Control Elements and Connections 13 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual N8000 automatically detect s an installed network mo dule. The module can be configure d in the PC software IRIS-Net . ETHERNET Interface A computer and/or other N8000 devices can be connected via the Ethernet interface for 100Base-TX / 10Base-T Ethernet networks.
Control Elements and Connections 14 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual seconds. The duration of the flash ing within these 2 seconds depends on the b us load. The higher the bus load is the longer the duration of the flashing within these two seconds will be .
Preparations 15 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 3 Preparations 3.1 Mounting 1. Inst all the expansion cards . If you have purchased exp ansion cards (AI-1, AO-1, CM-1, DSP-1, etc.) for your N8000 system controller , please inst all them.
Preparations 16 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual • 1 DSP expansion module (DSP-1) for the exp ans ion of the storage capa city and signal pro- cessing System exp ansion with analog/di.
Preparations 17 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 3.3 Interface description Ethernet Interface By connecting the N8000 system controll er via the Etherne t interface, the communication between the N8000 and one or several PC is possible.
Preparations 18 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The maximum length of a connected cable segment is 100 meters in both Ethernet st andards, in which two twisted pairs are used in one cable. Category 3 (unshielded CA T -3) can be used for 10Base-T communication.
Preparations 19 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The CAN-bus makes it possible to use differen t data transmission rates, in which the boud rate is indirectly proportional to the length of the bus. If the network is only slightly extended, higher baud rates up to 500 kbit/s are possible.
Preparations 20 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual USB connection The USB interface on the front p anel of the N8000 uses the USB 1.1 standard. Accordingly , the low speed (1,5 MBit/s) and full speed (12 MBit/s) transfer rates are supported.
Preparations 21 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The pins of the RS-232 interface used in the N8000 are ind icated in the following illustration and table.
Preparations 22 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The following figure shows an exam ple application for the "analo gue circu it" on the control inp ut s of the N8000. A voltage which can be changed via a potentiometer is connected at the control input 1.
Preparations 23 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The two lef t connections of the RELA Y OUTPUTS are the READY/F AUL T output of the N8000. This floating output is closed when the N8000 is ready for operation a nd no error has occurred.
Preparations 24 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual Digit a l audio connecting cable It is advisable to choos e balanced cables (2 signal conductors + shield) with XLR connectors as digital audio connection s. Alt hough all N8000 digital audio inputs can b e used unbalanced, balanced audio cable is the better choice.
Network configuration 25 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 4 Network configuration 4.1 Introduction The N8000 system controller can be connected to a TCP/IP-network via the Ethernet int erface at its rear pan el (see page 13).
Network configuration 26 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual IP address 192.168.1.100 would exist four times in the network. Because of this, the preset IP address of three NetMax N8000s must be replaced with a unique ad dress.
Network configuration 27 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 4.2 Configuration Configuration and testing of an Ethernet conn ection with N8000 The purpose of this procedure is to build a connection between a PC and a N8000 with factory network settings (see pa ge 25) via Ethernet and to check the proper function of this connection.
Network configuration 28 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 3. Click on Properties in the context menu. The pop-up window Local Area Conn ection Properties appears. 4. Double click on I nternet Protocol (TCP/IP) . The pop-up window Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties appears.
Network configuration 29 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 8. Close the window Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties by clickin g on the OK button. The IP configuration of the PC is now comple t e. In the following step s the connection of the PC with the N8000 will be est ablished and checked.
Network configuration 30 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 12. Enter ping 192.168.1.100 and t ap the return button. The PC is now checking the connect ion with t he N8000. For t his four net work p acke t s are sent to the N8000 via Ethernet then th e N8000 has to confirm these p ackets.
Appendix 31 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 5 Appendix 5.1 Application Example Inst allation in a multi-purpose hall The following figure shows an exam ple for the application o f a N8000 system controller in a multi- purpose hall. Four microphones, on e CD pla yer and o ne tun er are the conn ected signal so urces.
Appendix 32 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 5.2 T roubleshootings Problem: It is not possible to est ablish a connection with the N8000 via IRIS-Net.
Appendix 33 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual Check Network Configuration of PC: Check the network configuration of the u sed PC. Remember that the network part of th e used IP addresses that is used and the subnet mask of the PC and the N8000 have to be identical.
Appendix 34 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual • 100Base-TX (IEEE 802.3u): T wo twisted wire pairs a re used for the connection (see above ). However , in this case, a CA T -5 cable has to be used . 100Base-TX has a transfer rate of 100 M Bit/s and is the standard Ethernet implementation nowadays.
Appendix 35 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual For example, a network could e.g. split the 4 By te (32 bit) of an IP address in a 3 Byte long network p art and in 1 Byte long host part. The exact p artitioning between network part and host part is given in the form of subnet masks.
Appendix 36 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 5.4 CAN-Bus Principles The network topology used by the CAN bus is ba s ed on the so-called “bus or line topology”, i.
Appendix 37 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual bus signals. The internal running time of the repea ters of approx. 150 ns corresponds to an extension of the bus over approx.
Appendix 38 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual System Examples The following illustrations show examples of th e data-bus wiring for dif ferent sizes of CAN-bus networks.. . System with 5 power amp s and 1 N8000 at the be ginning of the bus.
Appendix 39 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual Performance Specifications According to the ISO 1 1898-2 st andard, CAN-bus data transfer cabling has to be carried out using T wisted-Pair cables with or without shie lding providing a characteristic impeda nce of 120 Ω .
Appendix 40 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 5.5 IP Address T able Project: ___________________________ _____ _ Subnet mask Gateway Device IRIS-Net Device Name Loc ation / Description I.
41 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual / Bedienungsanleitung 6.1 S pecifications/T echnische Daten GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES N8000 System Controller Modular NetMax sys tem man ager .
42 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual / Be dienungsanleitung SIGNAL PROCESSING Sample Rate 48 kHz internal 32 kHz - 192 kHz external Data Format 24 Bit linear A/D and D/A conversion, 48 B.
43 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual / Bedienungsanleitung 6.2 Block Diagram/Blockschaltbild AUDIO CARDS 8 Channels Analog I/O Digi tal I/O AUDIO CARDS 8 Channels Analog I/O Digital I/O AUDIO CARDS 8 Channels Analog I/O Digital I/O SIGNAL PROCESSING DELAY SRAM CLOCK CIRCUIT 12.
44 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual / Be dienungsanleitung 6.3 Dimensions/Abmessungen.
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Notes USA: T elex Communicatio ns Inc., 12000 Portland Ave. South, Burnsville, MN 55337, Phone: +1 952-884-4051, FAX: +1 952-884-0043 Germany: EVI Audio GmbH, Hirschberger R ing 45, D 94315, S traubin.
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