User`s manual

CONTENTS
1. DEVICE OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1. Front panel......................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.2. Rear panel.......................................................................................................................................................... 3
2. TYPICAL APPLICATION.............................................................................................................................................. 4
2.1. Digital snake (32 channels) with ADX-32B........................................................................................................4
3. IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES.................................................................................................................................... 5
3.1. Cat5 connections............................................................................................................................................... 5
4. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................... 5
4.1. Features.............................................................................................................................................................. 5
4.2. Available models................................................................................................................................................ 6
4.3. Input and Return channel configuration............................................................................................................ 6
4.4. Daisy-chaining.................................................................................................................................................... 6
5. FRONT PANEL............................................................................................................................................................ 7
5.1. Cat5 Connection 1.............................................................................................................................................. 7
5.2. Cat5 Connection 2 (ADX-64B-PRO only)...........................................................................................................7
6. REAR PANEL.............................................................................................................................................................. 8
6.1. POWER Connections......................................................................................................................................... 8
6.2. ADAT 1-4............................................................................................................................................................ 8
6.3. ADAT 5-8 (ADX-64B-PRO only).......................................................................................................................... 9
6.4. MIDI1.................................................................................................................................................................. 9
6.5. MIDI2 (optional in ADX-64B-PRO)..................................................................................................................... 9
6.6. Wordclock (ADX-64B-PRO only)...................................................................................................................... 10
7. DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION................................................................................................................................... 11
7.1. General concept............................................................................................................................................... 11
7.2. Synchronization over ADAT............................................................................................................................. 11
7.3. Synchronization over coaxial cable................................................................................................................. 11
8. CABLE RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................................................................. 12
8.1. Cat5 cable......................................................................................................................................................... 12
8.2. Toslink (Lightpipe) cable.................................................................................................................................. 12
9. DIGITAL SIGNAL QUALITY...................................................................................................................................... 13
9.1. Latency............................................................................................................................................................. 13
9.2. Jitter.................................................................................................................................................................. 13
10. EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS..................................................................................................................................... 14
10.1. Digital 24/8 multicore.................................................................................................................................... 14
10.2. Digital 48/16 multicore with monitoring and recording splits......................................................................15
11. SETTINGS OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................... 16
12. SPECIFICATIONS.................................................................................................................................................... 17
13. APPENDIX.............................................................................................................................................................. 19
13.1.Warranty.......................................................................................................................................................... 19
13.2. Contact........................................................................................................................................................... 19
13.3. Recycling........................................................................................................................................................ 19
13.4. About this document..................................................................................................................................... 19