Hardware manual
Table Of Contents
- Cover Page
- Contents
- About this guide
- Safety Instructions and safety warnings
- Before you start
- Introduction to NION
- Setting up the NION
- Introduction
- Configuration
- Updating the firmware
- Using the front panel
- Using the web interface
- Using XDAB clusters with VLANs and CobraNet
- Introduction
- Important concepts
- Use cases
- Scenario 1 - Basic network
- Scenario 2 - Network using VLAN
- Scenario 3 - Network with VLAN and analog interconnects
- Scenario 4 - Network with VLAN and digital interconnects
- Scenario 5 - Network with an XDAB cluster
- Scenario 6 - Network with VLAN and XDAB
- Scenario 7 - Network with VLAN and XDAB
- Scenario 8 - Network with VLAN and two XDAB clusters
- Scenario 9 - Network with VLAN and three XDAB clusters
- Setting conductor and XDAB priority in NWare
- Further examples
- Troubleshooting
- Connector ports
- Technical specifications
- Reference Information
- Warranty statement
Appendix C - Technical specifications
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Rear panel connections
Mains Power 100v > 240v 50/60 Hz 300W A/C. Terminated to rear panel IEC connector.
LAN Female RJ-45 - transports control and communications via Ethernet on
Category 5e (CAT5e) cabling.
XDAB Dual Female RJ-45 Connector - proprietary LVDS signaling via shielded
Category 6 (CAT6) cable terminated with shielded male RJ- 45 jacks, max.
length 10 feet (3m). NION n3, n6 only.
RS-232 Serial Female DB-9 - supports general purpose RS-232 communications.
RS-485/422
Serial
Female DB-9 - supports bi-directional RS-485 half-duplex and RS-422 full
duplex multidrop serial communications.
Audio Network
Module
CobraNet CM-1 Module with 2 Female RJ-45 connectors -
transports digital audio via CobraNet audio network
on Category 5e (CAT5e) cabling terminated with
male RJ-45 jacks.
Dante DLM Module with 2 Female RJ-45 connectors -
transports digital audio via Dante audio network on
CAT-5 or better cabling terminated with male RJ-45
plugs.
GPIO Female DB-25 - breaks out configurable general purpose logic and status
connections to external DIN terminating block (optional).
I/O Bays Proprietary I/O card slots. Support for proprietary audio and interface
cards, available separately.