Electro-Voice NetMax N8000 - Manual

Introduction 5 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 1 Introduction First of all we want to express our thanks and offer our congratulations that you have selected theNetMax N8000 System Controller from Electro-Voice. Before operating the NetMax N8000please read this instruction manual atten...

Introduction 7 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The NetMax N8000 is equipped with all relevant interfaces by default in order to provide theconnection to the network and external components. The Ethernet port makes the connection toexisting building networks (intranet) and communication...

Introduction 8 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 1.4 Installation instruction The N8000 has to be set up and installed so that both air supply and ventilation are ensured onboth sides of the device. The direction of ventilation is from left to right when you look at the frontfaceplate. D...

Introduction 9 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 1.6 Browser Interface Some of the configuration and operation options of the N8000 which are available in IRIS-Net arealso provided by the N8000 browser interface. Any standard Internet browser with activatedJavaScript and CSS can be utili...

Control Elements and Connections 10 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 2 Control Elements and Connections 2.1 Front Faceplate The front faceplate of the N8000 has level and status displays and it offers also the possibility toconnect a PC via a USB interface. SIGNAL / PEAK-LEDs exist for ...

Control Elements and Connections 11 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual clock master breaks down or is removed from the network, another N8000 will take over thisfunction automatically. SYSTEM STATUS-LEDs These LEDs indicate device or system states. The READY-LED is on when the device has ...

Control Elements and Connections 12 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 2.2 Rear Panel There are all connections for analog and digital audio signals, control interfaces and the powersupply at the rear panel of the N8000. AUDIO SLOTs The AUDIO SLOTs 1 - 4 are module slots for the installat...

Control Elements and Connections 13 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual N8000 automatically detects an installed network module. The module can be configured in thePC software IRIS-Net. ETHERNET Interface A computer and/or other N8000 devices can be connectedvia the Ethernet interface for ...

Control Elements and Connections 14 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual seconds. The duration of the flashing within these 2 seconds depends on the bus load. Thehigher the bus load is the longer the duration of the flashing within these two seconds will be. CONTROL PORT The CONTROL PORT co...

Preparations 15 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 3 Preparations 3.1 Mounting 1. Install the expansion cards. If you have purchased expansion cards (AI-1, AO-1, CM-1, DSP-1, etc.) for your N8000system controller, please install them. In this regard, please note the paragraph page 15 aswe...

Preparations 16 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual • 1 DSP expansion module (DSP-1) for the expansion of the storage capacity and signal pro-cessing System expansion with analog/digital inputs or outputs There are four slots at the rear of the N8000 which are intended to expand the system...

Preparations 17 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 3.3 Interface description Ethernet Interface By connecting the N8000 system controller via the Ethernet interface, thecommunication between the N8000 and one or several PC is possible. This allowsthe configuration of N8000 via IRIS-Net so...

Preparations 18 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The maximum length of a connected cable segment is 100 meters in both Ethernet standards, inwhich two twisted pairs are used in one cable. Category 3 (unshielded CAT-3) can be used for10Base-T communication. Category 5 (CAT-5) must be use...

Preparations 19 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The CAN-bus makes it possible to use different data transmission rates, in which the boud rate isindirectly proportional to the length of the bus. If the network is only slightly extended, higherbaud rates up to 500 kbit/s are possible. I...

Preparations 20 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual USB connection The USB interface on the front panel of the N8000 uses the USB 1.1 standard.Accordingly, the low speed (1,5 MBit/s) and full speed (12 MBit/s) transfer rates aresupported. According to USB specifications, the cable which is...

Preparations 21 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The pins of the RS-232 interface used in the N8000 are indicated in the following illustration andtable. Connections which are not given are internally connected in the N8000 so that thecommunication between the N8000 and the connected de...

Preparations 22 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The following figure shows an example application for the "analogue circuit" on the control inputsof the N8000. A voltage which can be changed via a potentiometer is connected at the controlinput 1. The N8000 can be configured via...

Preparations 23 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual The two left connections of the RELAY OUTPUTS are the READY/FAULT output of the N8000.This floating output is closed when the N8000 is ready for operation and no error has occurred. Itis possible in IRIS-Net to configure which kind of err...

Preparations 24 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual Digital audio connecting cable It is advisable to choose balanced cables (2 signal conductors + shield) with XLR connectors asdigital audio connections. Although all N8000 digital audio inputs can be used unbalanced,balanced audio cable i...

Network configuration 25 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 4 Network configuration 4.1 Introduction The N8000 system controller can be connected to a TCP/IP-network via the Ethernet interface atits rear panel (see page 13). For further information on the principles of Ethernet and TCP/IP...

Network configuration 26 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual IP address 192.168.1.100 would exist four times in the network. Because of this, the preset IPaddress of three NetMax N8000s must be replaced with a unique address. It is advantageous and strongly recommended to list all devices ...

Network configuration 27 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 4.2 Configuration Configuration and testing of an Ethernet connection with N8000 The purpose of this procedure is to build a connection between a PC and a N8000 with factorynetwork settings (see page 25) via Ethernet and to check...

Network configuration 28 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 3. Click on Properties in the context menu. The pop-up window Local Area Connection Properties appears. 4. Double click on Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). The pop-up window Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties appears. 5. Choose the...

Network configuration 29 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 8. Close the window Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties by clicking on the OK button. The IP configuration of the PC is now complete. In the following steps the connection of thePC with the N8000 will be established and checked...

Appendix 31 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 5 Appendix 5.1 Application Example Installation in a multi-purpose hall The following figure shows an example for the application of a N8000 system controller in a multi-purpose hall. Four microphones, one CD player and one tuner are the conn...

Appendix 33 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual Check Network Configuration of PC: Check the network configuration of the used PC. Remember that the network part of the used IPaddresses that is used and the subnet mask of the PC and the N8000 have to be identical. Ruling Out Duplicate IP-A...

Appendix 34 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual • 100Base-TX (IEEE 802.3u): Two twisted wire pairs are used for the connection (see above). However, in this case, a CAT-5 cable has to be used. 100Base-TX has a transfer rate of 100 MBit/s and is the standard Ethernet implementation nowadays...

Appendix 35 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual For example, a network could e.g. split the 4 Byte (32 bit) of an IP address in a 3 Byte longnetwork part and in 1 Byte long host part. The exact partitioning between network part and hostpart is given in the form of subnet masks. In this cas...

Appendix 36 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 5.4 CAN-Bus Principles The network topology used by the CAN bus is based on the so-called “bus or line topology”, i.e.all participants are connected via a single two-wire cable (Twisted-Pair cable, shielded orunshielded) with the cabling runn...

Appendix 37 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual bus signals. The internal running time of the repeaters of approx. 150 ns corresponds to anextension of the bus over approx. 45 meters. • Creation of alternative network topologies By using one or several repeaters, not only the above-mention...

Appendix 38 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual System Examples The following illustrations show examples of the data-bus wiring for different sizes of CAN-busnetworks.. . System with 5 power amps and 1 N8000 at the beginning of the bus. Termina- tion plugs at the N8000 (first unit on the ...

Appendix 39 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual Performance Specifications According to the ISO 11898-2 standard, CAN-bus data transfer cabling has to be carried outusing Twisted-Pair cables with or without shielding providing a characteristic impedance of 120 Ω . Both ends of a CAN-bus ne...

Appendix 40 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual 5.5 IP Address Table Project: _________________________________ Subnet mask Gateway Device IRIS-Net Device Name Location / Description IP Address

41 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual / Bedienungsanleitung 6.1 Specifications/Technische Daten GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND FEATURES N8000 System Controller Modular NetMax system manager including signal proces-sing, routing, system control and supervision Audio 32 Audio Channels4 Audio Slots...

43 NetMax N8000 System Controller Owner’s manual / Bedienungsanleitung 6.2 Block Diagram/Blockschaltbild AUDIO CARDS 8 Channels Analog I/O Digital I/O AUDIO CARDS 8 Channels Analog I/O Digital I/O AUDIO CARDS 8 Channels Analog I/O Digital I/O SIGNAL PROCESSING DELAY SRAM CLOCK CIRCUIT 12.288 MHz FLA...