Owner's Manual

Introduction to the DME64N/24N
Signal Types
DME64N/DME24N Owner’s Manual
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Signal Types
DME64N/24N audio system signals can be broadly categorized as follows.
1 Audio
The DME64N/24N will be required to send and receive audio signals to and from other DME series units as
well as other audio equipment.
Audio signal transmission and reception will occur primarily via the [INPUT] and [OUTPUT] connectors on
the DME24N.
2 Device group control
Device group control signals control all DME series devices in the group.
There are two types of device group control signals, as follows:
• Control signals between the computer and the group master DME series unit
• Control signals between the group master DME series unit and the other DME series
units
You can use the DME Designer application to control the entire device group, such as sending components to
the devices and setting the parameters as required.
3 Device control
These signals provide communication and control between individual devices.
Included in this category are MIDI messages transferred between [USB] connectors, GPI signals transferred be-
tween [GPI] connectors, and remote head amp control signals handled via the [REMOTE] connector.
Type of signals handled by the DME64N/24N
Connector Audio Signal Device Group Device Control Word Clock Page
[USB]
Connector
– Control signals from
computer to Device Group
master DME series unit.
Transmission/reception of
control signals (MIDI
commands) between
computer and DME64N/
24N.
–22
[NETWORK]
Connector
–
• Control signals between the
computer and the group master DME
series unit
• Control signals between the group
master DME series unit and the other
DME series units
Transmission/reception of
control signals between
computer and DME series
units
–23
[MIDI]
Connector
––Transmission/reception of
control signals (MIDI
commands) between MIDI
controller and DME64N/
24N.
–29
[GPI]
Connector
––Input/output of GPI control
signals between GPI device
(GPI controller, etc.) and
DME series unit
–32
[CASCADE]
Connector
(DME64N
only)
32 channels of
input/output.
Control signals from mixer to
Device Group master
DME64N.
–Word clock transmission
and reception to and from
other devices.
30
[WORD
CLOCK]
Connector
–– –Word clock transmission
and reception to and from
other devices.
31
[REMOTE]
Connector
––
• Transmission/reception of control
signals to/from an external device
(such as AD8HR head amplifier)
• Transmission/reception of MIDI
messages
–28
(Audio I/O
Connectors)
(DME24N
only)
8 channels of
input and
output.
–––26
(I/O Slot) Number of I/O
channels
depends on
card.
– Serial signal transmission/
reception (depending on
function of card).
Word clock transmission
and reception to and from
other devices (depending
on function of card).
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