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10 DIGITAL SNAKE S16 User Manual 11 DIGITAL SNAKE S16 User Manual
4.1 Standard Operation
The S16 is in Standard (default) mode when all the conguration STATUS LEDs
on the front display are o. This is useful for using the unit as a digital snake
along with the X32 console to conveniently transfer 16 channels from the
stage to FOH, andsend40 total channels back to the stage. The sends to the
stage are arranged as AES50 channels 1-8 which appear on the 8 analog XLR
OUTPUTS, AES50 channels17-24 and 25-32 which appear on the ADAT OUTPUTS,
andAES50channels 33-48 appearing at the P16 OUTPUT. The specic routing
ofthe AES50 channels can be congured on the X32.
4.2 Cascaded Operation
To make use of the S16’s full potential, up to 3 units can be cascaded to allow
48channels of bidirectional audio. Any AES50 signals cascaded from one S16’s
port A to another S16’s port B are automatically shifted up 16 channels,
allowingthe last S16 in the chain to transmit all audio channels to and from the
stage via its AES50-A port. The X32 Routing home page allows selection of the
incoming AES50 signals that can be connected to the channel processing.
Therouting of the audio sent from console to stage box can be adjusted on the
X32 Routing AES50 pages, respectively.
Signals sent from the X32 to the stage are seen the same on all S16 units in the
chain. AES50 channels 1-8 will appear on the XLR OUTPUTS of each unit.
Toachieve maximum output to the stage, the 2nd and 3rd units in the chain
must have their physical OUTPUTS set to OUT +8 and OUT +16 respectively.
The following chart details the signal ow to and from the stage when
using3S16 units.