D21m System
6-34 D21m Modules Date printed: 30.08.07
6.3.10 EtherSound
®
Card (please contact www.digigram.com for further details)
The EtherSound
®
card allows connecting the Vi console to an Ether-Sound®
network. From the desk's viewpoint, it acts in a similar way to a MADI card
combined with a GPIO card. The number of audio channels used can be
con gured with DIP switches. The included, virtual GPIO card allows, e.g.,
routing a GPO of the mixing console to the GPO of a distant EtherSound
®
device on the network. Con guration of the EtherSound
®
network is per-
formed either through the ETH CTRL connector or from a remote location on
the EtherSound
®
network, e.g. using the EtherSound
®
EScontrol software.
The EtherSound
®
card works with EtherSound
®
ES-Giga System Transport
networks or with EtherSound
®
ES-100 Audio Transport networks. The operat-
ing mode of the card (ES-100 or ES-Giga) is selected by setting jumper J22
(see opposite page). The selected mode will be displayed on the front panel
LEDs.
The audio clock of the EtherSound
®
network must be synchronous with the
Vi console’s audio clock. This is ensured either by using the Ether-
Sound
®
card as clock source of the EtherSound
®
network, or by feeding the
device that is actually the EtherSound
®
network clock source with a word
clock synchronous with the Vi console’s audio clock.
The card is available for both Local Rack and Stagebox.
Current consumption (5 V) 750 mA max.
Operating temperature 0...40° C
ES*
In
Ethersound
Audio Framer/Deframer
Ethersound Controller
Backplane Connector
Ch
Number
Selector
DIP
Switch
ES*
Out
ES*
Ctrl
up to 64 Ch**
up to 64 Ch**
Sync
8 × GPI**
8 × GPO**
* For more information on network topology and possible connections, please
refer to the Ethersound documentation (www.ethersound.com
).
** GPIs are GPOs on the Ethersound network, and vice versa. Audio outputs are
audio inputs on the Ethersound network, and vice versa.
Note: only available via Digigram distribution network. Please contact www.digigram.com for further details.
