HYDRA2 ORGANIZER USER GUIDE H2O Gigabit Ethernet Networking calrec.
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H2O CONTENTS Information Important Information Health and Safety Introduction - Hydra2 Networking Overview Single Console Networks Multi-Console Networks Router Cores IP Address Management Patching to a Protected Output 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 Confirming IPs Changing IPs 15 15 Master Routers 16 Configuring Master & Slave Routers Sync in Multi-Router Systems I/O Box Identification Fixed Format I/O boxes Address 2 Modular I/O box ID setting I/O Port Identification Default / Native
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H2O INFORMATION calrec.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION Should you require any technical assistance with your Calrec product please contact your regional Calrec distributor. Customers within the UK or Ireland should contact Calrec directly. For a complete list of worldwide distributors by region, go to www. calrec.com or contact us for more information. For pre-delivery technical enquiries, UK and Ireland customers should contact the Calrec project manager assigned to their order.
After Sales Modifications Please be aware that any modifications other than those made or approved by Calrec Audio Limited or their agents, may invalidate the console’s warranty. This includes changes to cabling provided by Calrec and variations to the recommended installation as detailed in Calrec documentation. Modifications to this equipment by any party other than Calrec Audio Limited may invalidate EMC and safety features designed into the equipment.
HEALTH AND SAFETY Important Safety Instructions: • Read these instructions. • Keep these instructions. • Heed all warnings. • Follow all instructions. • Do not use this apparatus near water. • Clean only with dry cloth. • Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. • Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.
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OVERVIEW The Hydra2 system is designed to provide seamless, scalable audio networking of Calrec audio consoles with Calrec audio I/O interfaces. Hydra2 allows large numbers of audio inputs and outputs to be easily connected, shared and controlled, irrespective of their location, as well as providing comprehensive built in redundancy. Audio consoles and I/O can be physically added to the network as and when needed.
SINGLE CONSOLE NETWORKS Apollo, Artemis and Summa consoles rely on the Hydra2 system for all audio routing. A single, standalone console uses a simple Hydra2 network with all I/O boxes having direct connections to the router card in the console’s processing core. This creates a star formation, in that all elements connect to a central point; the router card. can then be patched directly to multiple output ports if the raw signal is required by other equipment.
MULTI-CONSOLE NETWORKS Routers from different processing racks can be connected together. Networking consoles in this way gives access to all I/O from all control surfaces and system PCs on the same Hydra2 network. Each console’s access to I/O can be managed from the Hydra2 Organizer (H2O). Individual consoles can be denied access to I/O by groups of I/O boxes, specific I/O boxes, specific ports, or groups of ports. Inputs can be used simultaneously by multiple consoles on the same network.
FIGURE 4 - EXAMPLE OF A THREE CONSOLE NETWORK System A System B Control Surface Control Surface Router / Processing Rack INPUTS OUTPUTS INPUTS PSU FAN 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 48V 1L SIG 48V 1R SIG 48V 2L SIG 48V 2R SIG 48V 3L SIG 48V 3R SIG 48V 4L SIG 48V 4R SIG 48V 5L SIG 48V 5R SIG 48V 6L SIG 48V 6R SIG 1L SIG 1R SIG 2L SIG 2R SIG RESET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 INPUTS FAN 2 3 5 6 7 8 SIG 48V 1R SIG 48V 2L SIG 48V 2R SIG 48V 3L SIG 48V
ROUTER CORES Standalone router racks, called Router Cores, that have no DSP and no control surface attached, can be used to increase the capacity of I/O connections by providing an extra 16 or 32 router ports with each additional rack. Router Cores can be used as a central point for shared I/O resources and console router connections.
IP ADDRESS MANAGEMENT In an Apollo/Artemis/Summa/Hydra2 system, each hardware element is allocated a unique IP address, be it a router card, Control Processor card, or an I/O box. IP addresses follow the format of: AAA.BBB.XXX.Y YY. FIGURE1 - MULTI-ROUTER IP’S Broadcast Facility Control Room 1 Control Room 2 IP Address 001.001.xxx.yyy IP Address 001.002.xxx.yyy AAA is given a value unique to the customer / owner of the system.
MASTER ROUTERS In any Hydra2 network there needs to be a Master Router. In a single router / processing rack system, there is only one active router card. All router cards fitted within such a rack will be factory pre-configured as Master Routers so that whichever card is active will be the master. In a multi-rack system, one of the racks needs to be dedicated as the Master Router and the router cards in this rack should be configured as such.
SYNC IN MULTI-ROUTER SYSTEMS In a multi-rack system each router / processing rack requires its own sync connection. The router in each rack provides sync over the network in turn to the I/O boxes connected to it. Equipment Room It is vitally important that all router / processing racks on the same network are locked to a sync derived and locked from the same source.
I/O BOX IDENTIFICATION Each I/O box on the Hydra2 network needs to be given a unique ID in the form of a number between 0 and 255. The Hydra ID, or “HID” for each box is set using a DIP switch accessible from the rear of fixed format I/O boxes, or on the side of the controller card within a modular I/O box. Label pockets are fitted to the front panel of I/O boxes to aid visual identification.
I/O PORT IDENTIFICATION Default / Native Labels Each Hydra2 input and output port has a default label beginning with the HID number of the I/O box the port is located in, followed by the number of the port within that box. For example, a port in a source list labelled 12-08 would be the 8th input in the I/O box with the HID of 12. The same port label in a destination list would be the 8th output of the same I/O box 12.
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CONNECTION AND LOGIN H2O is the ‘Hydra2 Organizer’—a standalone user interface providing administrator-level control over the Hydra2 network. FIGURE 1 - CONNECTION Web Browser Master Router Rack h y dr a CONTROL SYSTEM ROUTER 1 DSP 1 Connection H2O runs in a web-server environment on the Control Processor card, which is fitted in the Master Router rack. If the Master Router rack has its own console, H2O can be accessed from that console’s PC.
I/O BOXES AND PORT LABELS H2O can be used to manage box labels, port names and port descriptions. Custom labels entered in H2O are relayed to all control surfaces on the network, replacing their default labels. FIGURE 1 - I/O BOX & PORT LABELS SCREEN Custom labels entered on a console are not overwritten by H2O labels, only default console labels are replaced. Labels provided by H2O can be edited locally on each console if ports require different labels depending on where they are being accessed from.
A full port list is shown in the table beneath the box details, where user defined port labels and descriptions can be entered. The order the ports are displayed in can be changed by clicking on the column headers at the top of the table. FIGURE2 - ADD BOX SELECTION SCREEN After editing box or port information, click APPLY CHANGES or CANCEL CHANGES at the bottom of the table for the new information to take affect or be discarded.
ACCESS RIGHTS Consoles can be denies access to I/O resources on a folder or port by port basis. FIGURE 1 - ACCESS MANAGEMENT The ‘Access Management’ screen shows the folder structure containing the I/O on the left. “+” symbols indicate branches of the folder tree that can be expanded, “-” symbols allow branches to be collapsed. Each console in the client database has a column next to the folder tree. Consoles have access to I/O folders or ports marked with a tick in the checkbox.
MANAGE FOLDERS Before access rights to I/O from consoles can be restricted, and before port patching can be carried out using H2O, I/O ports need to be added to folders. Folders are a means of organizing ports into lists and sublists. FIGURE 1 - MANAGE FOLDERS SCREEN Organizing Folders The right hand pane shows the folder structure and the ports within those folders. Figure 1 shows an example viewing the contents of a folder labelled “IO 1”.
desired ports and click the “remove from folder” button at the bottom of the folder’s content list, as shown in Figure 3. FIGURE 5 - MANAGE FOLDERS, SHOWING BOX CONTENT “+” symbols within the folder tree indicate branches that have been collapsed to compact the displayed view. Clicking the “+” expands the view. Clicking. “-” symbols will collapse branches. Ports can be added to multiple folders. If access to a port is restricted, all folders containing that port will show the port being restricted.
MANAGE CLIENTS The Manage Clients screen shows all the consoles and standalone racks on the Hydra2 network that H2O is aware of. FIGURE 1 - MANAGE CLIENTS LIST To manage console access rights to I/O, or sync settings on consoles and standalone racks, the consoles/racks need to appear in the ‘Manage Clients’ list.
PORT PATCHING The Port Patching screen allows Hydra2 inputs to be patched to Hydra2 outputs directly from H2O. FIGURE 1 - PORT PATCHING, FOLDER TOP LEVEL VIEW As well as making cross-point patches of physical I/O ports, H2O can also patch to/from Hydra patchbays. The left hand side of the screen shows source folders and the right hand side shows the destination folders, as shown in Figure 1. FIGURE 2 - PORT PATCHING, PORT LEVEL VIEW Making a Patch Double click on folders to find the required ports.
SOURCE SETTINGS H2O can be used to manage source settings—including mic gain and phantom power (48V) when using analogue I/O boxes and SRC when using digital I/O boxes. SOURCE SETTINGS — MIC/LINE BOX Accessing from the Port Patching Screen When viewing I/O boxes within H2O’s port patching screen, depending on which box type you are viewing, you will see a SOURCE SETTINGS button at the bottom of the window. Pressing this repopulates the screen with the relevant source settings.
PORT PROTECTION Output port protection is a system that notifies users when they are attempting to patch to outputs that are already in use and provides information to assist in deciding whether to go ahead with each overpatch individually, or as a group. PORT PROTECTION POP-UP - H2O All output destinations are available to all users across the Hydra2 network if permitted within H2O, but only one audio feed can be routed to each individual output at any one time.
SALVOS Salvos are predetermined collections of source to destination patches that can be executed as a whole, saving time when multiple configurations are needed quickly and frequently. Viewing and Adding To Salvos Salvos are accessed using two buttons at the bottom of the Port Patching screen: ADD TO SALVO, and VIEW SALVO SALVO ACCESS BUTTONS VIEW SALVO POP-UP SAVE SALVO POP-UP of patches ready for execution within the View Patch List pop-up.
SYNC SOURCES The Sync Sources page displays the synchronization settings for each console and standalone rack in the H2O client database. FIGURE 1 - SYNC SOURCES Each client is shown on the left. Selecting a client brings up the sync details for its rack on the right. The currently active sync within the priority list is shown as “Locked” in the Current column. H20 allows the selected sync sources to be changed and reset if required.
METADATA AND EMBER CONTROL SMPTE2020 metadata can be inserted into chosen Hydra2 SDI output streams using a 3rd party EMBER controller. The EMBER controller can choose from a list of metadata sets stored by H2O. To make a metadata set available for selection by the EMBER controller, the metadata set needs to be imported into H2O in the form of an XML file. The Manage metadata page in H2O displays a list of the metadata sets available for selection.
HYDRA PATCHBAYS Hydra patchbays (HPBs) allow console operators to make selected DSP audio outputs available on the Hydra2 network, allowing other Hydra2 users to access them as well as allowing console input sources and output feeds to be changed remotely. HYDRA PATCHBAY - PATCHING OPTIONS HPBs are virtual patchbays within the Hydra2 domain. Like physical patchbays, HPBs have a number of input ports which are ‘hard wired’ to output ports.
Port Sharing Input and output port protection works as normal when dealing with Hydra Patchbays for both console and H2O users. In situations when two or more consoles are using the same feed from a Hydra Patchbay it is possible for one console to change the patching of the other by changing the I/O box port which is feeding the shared Hydra Patchbay input, either through a Memory load, or through changing the individual patch.
LABEL & SW-P-08 DATA IMPORT / EXPORT Labels and SW-P-08 mapping data for physical I/O ports and for Hydra patchbays can be imported and exported to / from H2O, reducing the need for the same data to be manually entered repeatedly on different systems. Clicking on the TOOLS button at the bottom of the IO Box & Port Labels screen, or the Hydra Patchbays screen brings up import/export menus. When exporting, you must select the I/O boxes/Hydra patchbays to be included.
SW-P-08 CONFIGURATION Input to output cross-point matrix routing of Hydra2 ports and Hydra Patchbays can be performed remotely from 3rd party equipment supporting the SW-P-08 protocol. The SW-P-08 connection is made to the router card in the processing rack configured as the Master Router (the same processing rack as the H2O connection, but to the router card rather than the Control Processor). Please refer to the Hydra2 installation manual for more detail on the SW-P-08 protocol and connection.
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