Clear-Com AES-6 - Manual (Page 7)

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AES-6 Digital Interface Instruction Manual 1 - 1
OPERATION
INTRODUCTION
This chapter describes how to use the AES-6 Digital Interface. You can
use this chapter once the Eclipse matrix system has been correctly
installed and configured with the Eclipse Configuration System. To
configure an Eclipse system with AES-6 interfaces Eclipse
Configuration System (ECS) software V4.2 or later is required.
Some of the facilities described in this manual require the AES-6 to be
running Eclipse V5.0 or later firmware.
For information on configuring the AES-6 please refer to Chapter 2
“Installation”.
DESCRIPTION
The AES-6 digital interface consists of a front card with indicators for
power, status and connectivity and four DIP switches for configuration.
A 3.5mm jack socket for software update and a recessed reset button
are also present on the front card. Two rear cards also form part of the
AES-6 digital interface; the AES-6-RJ and the AES-6-CX. The
AES-6-RJ rear card provides twelve RJ-45 ports and the AES-6-CX
rear card provides six RJ-45 ports and six BNC ports. Each rear card
requires a separate AES-6 front card.
The AES-6-RJ rear card is used to connect up to six AES sources with
RJ45 interfaces to an Eclipse system using CAT5 cable.
The AES-6-CX rear card is used to provide up to six mono connections
between digital panels fitted with coax interfaces and an Eclipse
system. Coax cable is used from the panel to the AES-6-CX and CAT5
cable from the AES-6-CX to the Eclipse matrix card. Only V-Series
panels fitted with the AES-3 options card and Eclipse 4000 panels
fitted with the PDE4536 options card are supported by AES-6. Digital
ICS panels (designated by “T” number) such as the ICS-52T and
ICS-92T are not supported by the AES-6 interface.
The AES-6 front card will auto-detect the type of rear card fitted and
adapt to driving a panel interface or 3rd party interface accordingly.
The AES-6 interface will also automatically detect whether a 96KHz
AES data stream is being received or a data stream at 48KHz or lower
and adjust the codecs transparently.
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