Nexo NUAR - Manual (Page 111)

DPU DIGITAL PATCHING UNIT FOR NXAMP
DPU Digital Patching Unit for NXAMP
The Digital Patching Unit (DPU) is a 1U 19” accessory for NXAMP4x1 and NXAMP4x4
powered TDcontrollers.
This device is intended to set up automatically the power outputs of an NXAMP4x1 or
NXAMP4x4 Powered TDcontroller to the correct pins on speakON® 4 and speakON® 8
connectors. Thus connecting any of the NEXO speakers is very straight forward. More over
it is easy to connect several DPU together in case you need multiple amplifiers to feed a
unique speaker system.
Front panel description
1 2 3
(1) SpeakON® 4 poles output
There are four connectors like this on the front panel. These connectors will be used to
connect any Nexo speaker that uses the same type of connector.
(2) SpeakON® 8 poles output
There are two connectors like this on the front panel. These connectors will be used to
connect the Nexo speaker of your choice, if it uses the same type of connector of it is uses
EP6 connector. The use of speakers with EP6 connectors means the use of external pin to
pin adaptor from speakON® 8 to Amphenol EP6 with the following arrangement.
SpeakON® 8 input EP6 output
1 - 1
1 + 2
2 - 3
2 + 4
3 - 5
3 + 6
4 - NC
4 + NC
(3) LCD display
There are four LCDs like this one on the DPU. These LCDs indicate which speaker should be
connected on which output. See further in the manual to have the actual displayed
information.
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