Allen&Heath ME-U - Manual (Page 5)

User Guide – AP9209_1 5 ALLEN & HEATH
2.
Introduction to
The ME Personal Mixing System is a
uniquely flexible yet intuitively easy to operate
solution giving individual musicians,
performers and presenters the freedom to
control their own monitor sound on stage.
ME-1 is a stand-alone digital personal mixer
receiving up to 40 sources via a single Cat5
cable from the main console and mixing
these to a stereo and mono output to drive
headphones, in-ears, loudspeakers or other
monitoring devices.
Connecting mixers in series - ME-1 can be
daisy chained where the Link Output of one
feeds the Link Input of the next. Any number
can be connected in this way. Each mixer
requires its own power unit.
Connecting mixers in parallel - ME-1 can
also be connected in parallel where each has
its own cable back to an Ethernet switch
(hub) which connects to the source.
Advantages are that unplugging one cable
does not affect other mixers, and that each
mixer can get its power via its Cat5 link cable
if the hub provides PoE (power over
Ethernet).
You can use a standard Ethernet switch or
the dedicated ME-U Personal Mixer Hub.
ME-U is a touring grade, 10 port PoE hub for
use with Allen & Heath ME-1 personal mixers.
It provides power and up to 40 channels of
audio to connect to multiple ME-1 mixers.
ME-U comes with a standard input card to
interface with Allen & Heath digital mixers or
Aviom
® A-Net ® sources. The standard input
can be replaced with an option card to
interface the ME with third party mixing
systems via Dante, MADI or EtherSound.
Features:
 10 ports to connect to ME-1
 Hubs can be linked for more ports
 Power (PoE) available on all ports
 Locking EtherCon connectors
 Dedicated input in addition to the 10 ports
 Standard ME-D input card
dSNAKE (GLD and Qu mixers)
ACE (iLive system)
Aviom
® A-Net ® 16
 Option cards to interface to other systems
Dante
MADI
EtherSound
 Network port for setup
 Names and stereo links can be received
 Names and links can be manually set
 Rugged 2U rack mount construction
 Quiet fan cooling