Eline User Manual E-Line B User Manual Version 1.
Eline User Manual Description Featuring a mic/line input stage, phantom power and software configurable trim, E-Line fits the requirements of both commercial A/V and I.T. installations. As a Power-over-Ethernet device, a single CAT5/6 cable on a 100Mb connection provides audio, control and power to the device. Hardware isn’t the only innovative element of this product.
Eline User Manual Table of Content 1 Product Overview......................................................................................................................................................................4 1.1 Front Panel Description...................................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Rear panel description ......................................................................................
Eline User Manual 1 1.1 Product Overview Front Panel Description 1 2 3 1. Line outputs on Phoenix style Plug-in terminal. Provides connectivity for balanced audio outputs 2. Network connection #1 on RJ45 connector with Power over Ethernet enabled. Connect to your Ethernet network. 3. Network connection #2 on RJ45 connector. It provides connectivity for future redundant or daisy chain link. 1.2 Rear panel description 1 2 1. Mic/Line inputs on Phoenix style Plug-in terminal.
Eline User Manual Terminology for AVB streaming goes as follow: o Audio Video Bridging (AVB): General descriptive for a group of protocols providing audio/ video streaming, timing, synchronization, Quality of service (QoS) , control and discovery. o AVB Endpoint: AVB powered device, capable of transmitting and/ or receiving audio streams using P1722/ P1733 transport protocol. o Talker: AVB endpoint transmitting audio to the network. (Source) o Listener: AVB endpoint receiving audio from the network.
Eline User Manual 2 Setup guide 2.1 E-line Box content Box Content E-line module in steel enclosure Removable wall mount ears Step-by-step startup guide Phoenix style terminal plug-in terminal blocks Mounting instructions The E-line unit ships with removable ears allowing wall/ceiling mount installation. Remove the 4 x M3 screws to modify the configuration of your unit. The following drawing illustrates the dimension of the box and keyhole locations. 2.2 Connectivity 2.2.
Eline User Manual 2.2.2 Analog audio connectivity E-line can accept two Balanced and Unbalanced audio inputs/ outputs. See the instructions below for audio connectivity: Balanced connection S = > Cable Shield + = > Positive cable - = > Return cable S 2.2.
Eline User Manual K6®/AMD Athlon®/AMD Duron® family, or compatible processor recommended. 256 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher recommended USB 2.0 port Keyboard and mouse or compatible pointing device - Step1: Pre-installation steps Install .net framework and .Air environment on your PC. Step2: Getting AVBStreamer Tools install package Get the latest version of AVBStreamer tools from www.dsp4you.com. Login with your user account to gain access to the secure section of the website.
Eline User Manual Tabbed Structure Device info: Provides overall view of the current settings of E-line device including the model number, firmware version, IP settings. Audio settings: Digital Signal Processing section of the interface. Provides control to the basic gain control and advanced DSP algorithms running on the on board Digital Signal Processor. Note that the digital signal processing section will only be enabled if this feature was purchased. 3.
Eline User Manual 3.2.1.2 Firmware upgrade E-line firmware and Digital Signal processing embedded inside the device can easily be upgraded to new version over the Ethernet. Click Browse to select the firmware you would like to upgrade the unit with. Make sure not to un-plug the device during the firmware upload to prevent any corruption of the device. 3.2.2 Audio Video Bridging (AVB) stream configuration The E-line AVB configuration requires limited setup.
Eline User Manual With the talker and listener selected, the next step in building a stream is to select the source channels from the talker channel section. You can select one or multiple audio channels (press the CTRL key) from the Talker list. Simply ‘drag&drop’ them to the Listener channel list as shown below: Although the user interface will automatically pack up the talker channel in consecutive order on the listener side, audio channels can be re-arranged.
Eline User Manual To configure a new stream with a new device, simply drag the Talker/ Listener into the garbage bin. 3.2.3 Audio settings The audio setting page has two different layouts depending if the DSP optional feature was purchased or not. If the DSP feature was purchased, the Audio setting layout will provide a structure as shown below. Each button controlling a specific algorithm of the on Digital Signal Processor.
Eline User Manual 3.2.3.1 Analog input control Fader controlling the digital input gain RMS meter displaying the input level in dBu Input mute Polarity Invert Analog Gain control. Selection from 0/36/48dB Phantom Power control. Toggles phantom power for both input channels 3.2.3.2 Analog output control Digital Output gain control RMS output meter in dBu Output mute Polarity Invert Output delay: 0 to 7.5ms 3.2.3.
Eline User Manual Band selection by radio button 3.2.3.4 Bandpass filter At the output of the matrix mixer, a bandpass filter made up of 1 x Low pass filter and 1 x high pass filter provides all the flexibility required for multi-way speaker processing applications.
Eline User Manual 4 4.1 Technical specifications E-line Technical specifications Item Description Processor 400MHz Quad-Core processor for AVB network stack and TCP/UDP discovery and control Digital Signal Processor Fixed point 28/56bit processor Audio Over Ethernet Audio Video Bridging (AVB) for streaming of low latency, un-compressed audio over Ethernet networks Supported IEEE standards: 802.1as (timing & synchronization), 802.
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