Snake Card for VENUE Systems PN 9321-62795-00 REV A 08/10
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Contents Chapter 1. Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Snake Card Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Snake Card Features and Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter 1: Overview The Snake card allows you to connect a Stage Rack to your FOH Rack via a Digital Snake cable, transmitting a maximum of 48 inputs and outputs to and from your console. Adding a second Snake card to your FOH Rack allows you to add a second Stage Rack, expanding your system’s I/O capacity to a maximum of 96 inputs and outputs. Two Snake cards are also required to enable redundant outputs for HDx and VENUE MADI recording option cards.
Conventions Used in This Guide All Avid guides use the following conventions to indicate menu choices and key commands in VENUE and Pro Tools: : Convention Action File > Save Session In Pro Tools, choose Save Session from the File menu Options > System Config In the VENUE software screen, click Options to display the Options page, then click the System Config tab.
Chapter 2: Installing a Snake Card Adding a second Snake card expands your VENUE system’s I/O capacity by allowing you to connect a second Stage Rack to your FOH Rack. You also need a second Snake card in order to use a second HDx or VENUE MADI card (for enabling redundant outputs, for example), even if you are not using a second Stage Rack.
5 Remove the Snake card from its packing material. Hold the card by its edges. Mounting bracket Ribbon cable port 7 When the card is seated in its slot, secure both sides of the Snake card to the inside of the FOH Rack chassis with the two provided mounting screws (accessible from the open front panel of the FOH Rack). Power cable port Securing the Snake card to the FOH Rack chassis 8 Secure the Snake card to the back panel of the FOH Rack us- ing four of the provided mounting screws.
Make sure the keyed connector is oriented correctly in each socket. Secure each connection by moving the tabs on each side of the connector inward. Check to make sure the cable is connected securely. Confirming Snake Card Installation After installing the Snake card, you should confirm that you have installed it properly. You can confirm installation by checking your system hardware status. To complete and confirm installation: 1 Reattach the FOH Rack faceplate.
Connecting the Stage Rack to the FOH Rack The Stage Rack is connected to the FOH Rack with the Digital Snake cable (purchased separately) via the Snake card. It is recommended that you use a second, redundant Digital Snake cable connected to the Snake card’s Snake 2 ports. To connect a Stage Rack to the FOH Rack: 1 Connect the send snake to the Stage 1 Out port of the Stage Rack to the Stage 1 In port on the FOH Rack.
Connecting Two Stage Racks When connecting two Stage Racks with redundant snake connections, make sure each Stage Rack is connected to a single Snake card on the FOH Rack, as shown in the following figure.
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Chapter 3: Digital Snake Cables You can purchase 250-foot Digital Snake cables from Avid for use with VENUE systems. For more information on purchasing a Digital Snake cable, visit the Avid website at www.avid.com. Alternatively, you can build your own snake cable assembly using various brands of copper coaxial cable and BNC connectors.
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Appendix A: Compliance Information Environmental Compliance Disposal of Waste Equipment by Users in the European Union EMC (Electromagnetic Compliance) This model Snake Card complies with the following standards regulating interference and EMC: • FCC Part 15 Class B • EN 55103-1 E3 • EN 55103-2 E3 • AS/NZS CISPR 22 Class B • CISPR 22 Class B FCC Compliance for United States Radio and Television Interference This symbol on the product or its packaging indicates that this product must not be disposed of wi
Australian Compliance Important Safety Instructions 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. Avid 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. Canadian Compliance 5) Do not use this equipment near water. This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada.
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