MINFERNO DANTE® NETWORK AUDIO SINGLE USER COMMENTARY BOX PRODUCT DETAILS 6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND. Visit our Website at www.glensound.
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PRODUCT WARRANTY: All equipment is fully tested before dispatch and carefully designed to provide you with trouble free use for many years. We have a policy of supporting products for as long as possible and guarantee to be able to support your product for a minimum of 10 years.
EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR: MMINFERNO Dante®/ AES67 Network Commentary Box This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of the manufacturer. This equipment is manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is CE marked and conforms to the following Union harmonisation legislation: Low Voltage Directive: Emissions: Immunity: EN60065 and EN62368-1:2014 BS EN55032:2015 BS EN55035:2017 Signed for and on behalf of Glensound Electronics Ltd.
This product conforms to the above directive and for this purposes, the maximum concentration values of the restricted substances by weight in homogenous materials are: Lead Mercury Hexavalent Chromium Polybrominated Biphenyls Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers Cadmium 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% 0.
GLENSOUND MINFERNO Handbook Contents Issue 1 Description Page No. Contents PRODUCT WARRANTY: ................................................................................................................................................................ 3 OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 7 IP ADDRESSES ............................................
OVERVIEW The Glensound MMinFerno is a single user commentary box designed to connect to a Dante® audio network. The MMinFerno provides all the talkback and monitoring circuits required by a commentator whilst incorporating a very high quality microphone amplifier and compressor limiter circuit designed specifically for the requirements of commentators equipment. The audio inputs and outputs of the MinFerno are Dante® network audio circuits.
IP ADDRESSES IMPORTANT The MinFerno uses a different IP address for the webserver than the Dante® interface.
REAR PANEL LAYOUT & FUNCTIONS PLEASE NOTE AS THE UNIT IS CONFIGURABLE IT IS POSIBLE TO CHANGE THE OPERATION OF SOME OF THE CONTROLS SHOWN HERE. THEREFORE THE FOLLOWING IS MEANT AS A GUIDE ONLY. 1) Mic/Line 2) PH PWR 3) Input Gain 9) Reset 8) USB 4) Power Status 12) Headphones 11) Input 10) Identify 7) EXT DC 6) SFP 5) Ethercons 1. Mic/ Line Select Pressing the switch toggles the coarse input gain between mic and line as indicated by the LEDs 2.
The ‘HIGHER’ / ‘LOWER’ LEDS indicate where the current gain setting is in relation to line up Holding BOTH up/ down gain controls for a few seconds returns the input gain to factory lineup levels. 4. Power Status LEDs For redundancy purposes the MinFerno can be powered from multiple power sources. It can be powered from any of the following. A. EXT DC (12V) B. Power Over Ethernet (PoE) on the primary Ethernet network connection C.
FRONT PANEL LAYOUT & FUNCTIONS 13) Headphone 17) Sidetone 14) L-B-R 18)Program Switch 15) PPM 19) Talkback Switch 16) Power On 20) Level controls 13. Headphone Routing Indication This picture/ LEDs indicate the selection choice of the routing of a source to the commentator’s headphones. The first time one of the L-Both -R switches are pressed the LEDs illuminate to show the current routing state of that source.
14. L-Both-R Controls Left-Both-Right headphone routing. This control routes the associated headphone source to either the left only, right only or both (centre) of the commentator’s headphones. The first time the switch is pressed the ‘Headset’ picture (see no 16) illuminates to indicate the current routing state. The next time the switch is pressed the source is toggled to the next available state. 15.
WEB PAGE FOR SETTINGS 1. General The MinFerno has a built in web server to allow an operator to control the unit remotely and to change the units settings. To access the web page a web browser running on a computer on the same network as the MinFerno is connected to just needs to connect using the unit’s web page IP address or its DNS name. 2. DNS Name The DNS (Domain Name System) name allows a name to be inserted in a web browser rather than an ip address for navigation to the MinFernos web page.
APPLE COMPUTERS Please note that when using a browser on an Apple Mac or a Macbook, ‘.local’ must be added to the end of the name in the browser’s bar, to access the Minferno’s web server. For example, ‘minferno000106.local’. IP ADDRESSES 1. General The MinFerno uses two IP addresses on the primary Dante® network. The first is the standard Dante® IP address, the second is the MinFerno web interface IP address. These addresses must be different. 2.
CONNECTING THE MINFERNO TO A DANTE® NETWORK The MinFerno is a network audio device utilizing the reliable and versatile Dante® audio over IP protocol. Dante® is a proprietary system (although very widely used) the originators of which are Audinate. The information below is only meant as a very basic guide. Full details of the power of Dante® network audio and instructions for using it can be found at www.audinate.
Running Dante® Controller At the time of writing this manual the Dante® Controller looks as per the screenshot below: The MinFernos will have been named at the factory during test to allow them to be identified by the Dante® controller. The format used for the factory name is: ‘MinFerno-sedrial-103-II-ob7a2c’ Where ‘MinFerno-serial-103’ refers to the Glensound product i.e. MinFerno and its serial no (in this case 103) and ‘II-ob7a2c’ refers to the units Dante® Brooklyn II module MAC address.
Device Not Showing Up In Dante® Controller If your Dante®TM device does not show up in Dante®TM Controller then the most likely issue is that the device’s IP Address is not appropriate for your network. A) It maybe that the device is set to obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP (this is the default configuration) and your network is setup for fixed IP addresses only and does not have a DHCP server.
AES67 MODE The MinFerno uses a module from Audinate called a Brooklyn Module for its network audio interface. Audinate are the company behind Dante®TM and as such the module’s primary network audio protocol is Dante®, however Audinate have enabled their module to comply with AES67 and therefore the MinFerno can be set to AES67 mode for interaction with other AES67 devices.
2. Sending AES67 Audio To transmit AES67 audio to the network a multicast flow must first be setup. This is done by selecting the ‘Create New Multicast Flow’ Icon View. in the Device Tick the AES67 Flow check box, then select up to 8 channels to be included in the flow then click ‘Create’ Once set the flows can be seen in the transmit tab of the device view.
3. Receiving AES67 Audio Once a compatible AES67 stream is detected on the network by Dante® Controller the AES67 flows will appear in the Dante® Transmitters section in the Routing tab. 4. AES67 Restrictions AES67 flows can only be generated with the following constraints: Multicast Only Non-redundant Destination address in range 239.nnn.0.0 to 239.nnn.255.255 (239.
UPDATING FIRMWARE The MinFerno is a network audio device utilizing the reliable and versatile Dante® network protocol. It may be necessary to install the latest version of MinFerno Firmware from time to time. The firmware is the code that runs internally in the MinFerno and provides the structure for the Microcontroller. The firmware can be updated without the need to return the unit to Glensound. 1.
3) Make sure you know where the latest version of the MinFerno’s firmware is located on your pc (this is a .dfu file). This is a file that you downloaded in step 1. 4) Connect the USB port on the rear of the MinFerno that you want to update to a USB port on your PC. 5) Press and hold the ‘IDENTIFY’ button. While pressing the ‘IDENTIFY’ button press and release the recessed ‘RESET’ button (you’ll need a pencil or pointed object to push the recessed reset button.
UPDATING THE BROOKLYN MODULE The Brooklyn module is a device supplied by Audinate that does most of the processing for the actual Dante®/ AES67 network audio streams. There is one Brooklyn module in each MinFerno. We supply special code (a .dnt file) that sets up/ initiates the Brooklyn module and makes it work in particular way and we also run extra code on its internal microprocessor to make it work correctly with the MinFerno. 1.
WIRING INFORMATION 2 1 STANDARD XLR AUDIO PINOUTS: 3 1: Ground/ Earth XLR SOCKET (FEMALE) 2: INPHASE/ POSITIVE/ MIC + 3: MATE/ NEGATIVE/ MIC - 1 2 3 STANDARD HEADPHONE WIRING: XLR PLUG (MALE) TIP: A/ LEFT Ear RING: B/ RIGHT Ear SLEEVE: Common/ Earth RING TIP SLEEVE MinFerno External DC power input: 2.