User`s manual

ADX-32B / ADX-64B-PRO
12. SPECIFICATIONS
Parameter ADX-32B ADX-64B-PRO
Number of ADAT connections
(audio channels)
4 (32) 8 (64)
Number of MIDI connections
1 1 (2 available on request)
Wordclock input/output
None (available on request)
Standard BNC connector
Configured as input:
“H”-level: ≥ 1.6 V
“L”-level: ≤ 1.1V
Configured as output:
“H”-level: ≥ 3.1V an 75 Ω
“L”-level: ≤ 0.1V
Short-circuit protected
Termination (75 Ω) built-in, switchable
Pin assignment Cat5 cable
Jacks A+B are paralleled
Pin Standard wire color
(TIA/EIA 568B)
Cat5 Connection 1 Cat5 Connection 2
(ADX-64B-PRO only)
1 orange/white ADAT1/MIDI1+ ADAT 5/MIDI2/Wordclock +
2 orange ADAT1/MIDI1— ADAT 5/MIDI2/Wordclock —
3 green/white ADAT2+ ADAT 6+
4 blue ADAT3+ ADAT 7+
5 blue/white ADAT3 — ADAT 7—
6 green ADAT2 — ADAT 6—
7 brown/white ADAT4+ ADAT 8+
8 brown ADAT4— ADAT 8—
All pins are short-circuit protected
ESD protection:±15 kV according to IEC 61000-4-2
Cat5 cable connectors Neutrik EtherCon®, compatible with standard RJ45 connectors
ADAT Input/Output connectors Optical connector F05 type (TOSLINK ®)
MIDI connectors Standard 5-pin DIN
Transmission media
Twisted-Pair cable (100 ohms) according to Cat5 specification or higher
(e.g. Cat5e, Cat6, Cat7).
Maximum distance (end-to-end distance
of daisy-chain)
330ft (100m)
For longer distances, additional ADX-64B-PRO units can be used as repeaters
Maximum number of ADX Extenders
on a daisy-chain 32
Supported data formats
 ADAT Lightpipe ® up to 48kHz 24bit
 ADAT Lightpipe ® 96kHz 24bit (S/MUX, DS)
(when using 2 optical connections per 8 channels)
 ADAT Lightpipe ® 192kHz 24bit (S/MUX4, QS)
(when using 4 optical connections per 8 channels)
 other formats (S/PDIF up to 96kHz/24bit, AC3/Dolby Digital 5.1®, DTS ® etc.)
available on request
All 4 transmission lines work completely independent of each other. This means
different sample rates, resolutions etc. can be transmitted at the same time.
ADAT Latency
<1µs (entire system)
<1µs in „local loop-back” mode
Jitter (measured at output) 330ft (100m) Cat5 cable: ±1.5ns typ.
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