Manual

BroaMan MUX22
Operating Manual
Rev. 2.1
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Device Description
Congratulations on your purchase of a MUX22 - 3G/HD/SD-SDI electrical-optical converter with integrated
Wavelength Division Multiplexer (CWDM/DWDM) and interface to Optocore® and SANE® for joint transport of
video, audio and data over a duplex fiber connection. This manual will quickly demonstrate the advantages of the
device and help ease your day-to-day workload in the professional audio-visual environment.
BroaMan provides scalable and protocol independent routing, repeating, transport and distribution of multiple
professional video, audio and data signals via optical fiber.
BroaMan systems are built from a collection of modules that includes: coaxial and optical I/O, routers, repeaters,
and optical multiplexers. Using BroaMan modular building blocks, any system configuration can be realised.
BroaMan systems are specified and built to provide an engineered system solution, tailored to the requirements of
the customer. The modular nature of BroaMan paves the way for construction of fully cost optimised systems.
MUX22 is an application engineered electrical-optical/optical-electrical converter and Wavelength Division
Multiplexer (WDM) for 3G/HD/SD-SDI signals seamlessly integrating in Optocore® and SANE® digital audio
networks. SDI signals are transported asynchronously to provide low latency, whilst audio and data as well as
sync signals are transmitted via the synchronous Optocore Network.
MUX22 can be populated with up to four (in a special version without audio/intercom functionality up to 8) dual
channel 3G/HD/SD-SDI modules that can convert electrical to optical or optical to electrical signals.
For (optionally redundant) SDI point to point connections, IVT with two 3G/HD/SD-SDI BNC inputs or outputs,
which will be converted to/from fiber and can be configured redundantly
MUX22 can be ordered with different types of audio/intercom connections.
For ClearCom intercom systems:
IC422 with 4 Clear-Com compatible four-wire intercom ports with serial control.
For RTS intercom systems:
IC485 with 4 RTS compatible four-wire intercom ports with serial control.
For systems requiring line level I/O and GPIO:
IC444 with 4 Line Level inputs and outputs, 4 GPI in and 4 GPI out and auxiliary power output.
For AES connectivity (for e.g. AES/EBU based intercoms)
ICAES with 4 AES3 inputs and outputs.
For MADI connectivity:
FO with 4 Duplex SC MADI Ports
BNC with 4 Bi-directional BNC MADI Ports
IC422 and IC485 modules provide 4-wire intercom ports with line level audio inputs and outputs along with serial
data links on RJ45 connectors for communication between intercom matrices and auxiliary devices. Serial control
is routed with the audio, requiring audio to be routed to and from each port in order to establish bi-directional
audio and serial communication between matrices, user key-panels and/or interfaces.
Each IC422 and IC485 four-wire intercom port can be used as an independently routed line level input and output
using an adaptor from RJ45 to a connector such as XLR.
The ICAES module provides a fully 32-bit transparent AES3 input and output on each RJ45 connector for
communication of AES3-based intercom systems or can be used as AES3 input/output with a proper cable
adapter.
IC422, IC485 and ICAES RJ45 intercom ports are duplicated with reversed wiring so that either matrices (TO
MATRIX) or intercom key-panels (TO PANELS) can be connected to the unit using standard CAT cables, making
cabling simple and cost-efficient.
The IC444 module provides line level audio inputs and outputs, GPIO (General Purpose Inputs and Outputs) and
auxiliary +5V DC and +12V DC power outputs, to power external circuits, on 37 pin D-Sub connectors. GPIOs are
routed with the corresponding audio inputs and outputs, requiring audio to be routed to and from each port in
order to establish bi-directional audio and GPIO links.
The FO/BNC MADI I/O module is equipped with four MADI input ports and four MADI output ports, each
transmitting or receiving up to 64 audio channels. This amounts to a total number of up to 256 input channels and
256 output channels per device. The interfaces are SC multi/singlemode or dual BNC.
MUX22 is equipped with a built-in redundant power supply with an automatic switchover.