Installation guide

DirectOut Technologies

M.1k2 Hardware & Installation Guide - Version 1.1

CHAPTER 4: Operation

User data (Serial, MIDI, GPO)

For remote application and signalling purposes there are connec-

tion possibilities for RS 232 / 422 / 485, MIDI and General Purpose

Output (GPO).

Serial signals can be routed either by using userbits

of a MADI

frame. 4 GPOs can be triggered manually or automatically by a sys-

tem event.

RS 232 DSUB-9 socket (male)

Connect RS 232 signal here. Observe

the correct pin assignment.

For safe operation lock the

connection using the jack bolts.

RS 422 / 485 DSUB-9socket(female)

Connect RS 422 or RS 485 signal here.

Observe the correct pin assignment.

For safe operation lock the

connection using the jack bolts.

GPO DSUB-9socket(female) -

4 x General Purpose Output

Connect GPO signals here. Observe

the correct pin assignment.

For safe operation lock the

connection using the jack bolts.

MIDI OUT DIN socket

connect MIDI output signal here.

MIDI IN DIN socket

connect MIDI input signal here.

The USB port may be used as serial port too - see „Remote Opera-

tion“ on page 19.

1 Tunneling of MIDI signals is compatible to the protocol used by RME, tunneling of

RS232 and RS4xx data is compatible to the protocol used by Studer / Soundcraft.