Appsys ProAudio ADX-32B User manual

CONTENTS
1. DEVICE OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.1. Front panel......................................................................................................................................................... 4
1.2. Rear panel.......................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. TYPICAL APPLICATION.............................................................................................................................................. 5
2.1. Digital nake (32 channel ) with ADX-32B........................................................................................................ 5
3. IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES.................................................................................................................................... 6
3.1. Cat5 connection ............................................................................................................................................... 6
4. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................... 6
4.1. Feature .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
4.2. Available model ................................................................................................................................................ 7
4.3. Input and Return channel configuration............................................................................................................7
4.4. Dai y-chaining.................................................................................................................................................... 7
5. FRONT PANEL............................................................................................................................................................ 8
5.1. Cat5 Connection 1.............................................................................................................................................. 8
5.2. Cat5 Connection 2 (ADX-64B-PRO only)...........................................................................................................8
6. REAR PANEL.............................................................................................................................................................. 9
6.1. POWER Connection ......................................................................................................................................... 9
6.2. ADAT 1-4............................................................................................................................................................ 9
6.3. ADAT 5-8 (ADX-64B-PRO only)........................................................................................................................ 10
6.4. MIDI1................................................................................................................................................................ 10
6.5. MIDI2 (optional in ADX-64B-PRO)................................................................................................................... 10
7. WORDCLOCK........................................................................................................................................................... 11
7.1. Function in ADX-32B (optional).......................................................................................................................11
7.2.Function in ADX-64B-PRO................................................................................................................................ 11
7.3.Wordclock termination on other device .........................................................................................................12
8. DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION................................................................................................................................... 13
8.1. General concept............................................................................................................................................... 13
8.2. Synchronization over ADAT.............................................................................................................................13
8.3. Synchronization over coaxial cable................................................................................................................. 13
9. CABLE RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................................................................. 14
9.1. Cat5 cable......................................................................................................................................................... 14
9.2. To link (Lightpipe) cable.................................................................................................................................. 14
10. DIGITAL SIGNAL QUALITY.................................................................................................................................... 15
10.1. Latency........................................................................................................................................................... 15
10.2. Jitter................................................................................................................................................................ 15
11. EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS..................................................................................................................................... 16
11.1. Digital 24/8 multicore..................................................................................................................................... 16
11.2. Digital 48/16 multicore with monitoring and recording plit ......................................................................17
12. SETTINGS OVERVIEW........................................................................................................................................... 18
13. SPECIFICATIONS.................................................................................................................................................... 19
14. APPENDIX.............................................................................................................................................................. 21
14.1.Warranty.......................................................................................................................................................... 21
14.2. Contact........................................................................................................................................................... 21
14.3. Recycling........................................................................................................................................................ 21
14.4. About thi document..................................................................................................................................... 21

1. DEVICE OVERVIEW
1.1. Front panel
The connector “Cat5 Connection 2“ are only available in the 64 channel ver ion (ADX-64B-PRO).
1.2. Rear panel
The connector under “Cat5 Connection 2” are only available in the 64 channel ver ion (ADX-64B-PRO).
A BTermination
1 (A/ B)
2 (A+B)
Cat5 Connection 1
ADX-32B / ADX-64B-PRO
32/64-ch ADAT® M lticore Extender
with MIDI and wordclock
Made in Switzerland
www.appsys.ch
ADAT is a registered trademark of Alesis Corp.
A BTermination
1 (A/ B)
2 (A+B)
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Cat5 Connection 2
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2. TYPICAL APPLICATION
2.1. Digital sna e (32 channels) with ADX-32B
The diagram below how a typical application of the ADX device : One Cat5 cable i u ed for both the
tran mi ion of 24 channel from the tage to the mix con ole, and 8 channel in the oppo ite direction. All 32
channel are al o fed into a monitor con ole and into a multi-track recorder. The additional MIDI tran mi ion
capability allow remote control of the device (e.g. the multi-track recorder, or the gain control of the preamp).
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3. IMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES
3.1. Cat5 connections
U e the Cat5 cable ONLY between ADX device .
NEVER connect an ADAT Multicore Extender to any Ethernet networking device (PC, Switch, other
network equipment)! The ADX device and/or the networking device may be DAMAGED!
4. INTRODUCTION
4.1. Features
The ADAT Multicore Extender (ADX) allow you to extend and bundle everal ADAT connection into tandard
Cat5 cable, covering up to 100m (330ft) in di tance. One Cat5 cable carrie up to four ADAT connection (32
channel ), one channel of MIDI data, and a wordclock ignal.
Thi make the ADX a perfect co t-effective digital nake y tem. It eamle ly integrate with indu try tandard
ADAT equipment and provide a lightweight replacement for bulky and heavy analog multicore .
Thank to it dai y-chain capability, it can al o erve a di tribution backbone for monitoring or recording.
The ADX y tem i uperior to an analog nake in many way :
Improved sound quality and reliability
No noi e, hum, crackling etc. thank to digital tran mi ion and galvanic i olation
Very low latency (<1µ )
Redundant power upply (optional)
Preci ion clock recovery for be t jitter performance
Quality product „Made in Switzerland“
Versatile connectivity
Up to 8 ADAT connection for the tran mi ion 64 channel
Direction can be et individually for every ADAT connection
Dai y-chaining po ible for ea y ignal plitting and di tribution
Local loop-back duplicate input on the output , no plitter needed
Bi-directional MIDI tran mi ion (two bi-directional channel in the ADX-64B-PRO)
Wordclock di tribution over CAT5
Wordclock ignal extraction from ADAT derive a coaxial wordclock ignal from any ADAT data tream.
Thi i e pecially u eful if your ma ter clock ha no BNC output
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Upgrade module available for y tem exten ion (ADX-32B to ADX-64B-PRO)
Easy setup and operation
Lightweight Cat5 cable replace a heavy analog nake
Simple, reliable and robu t de ign
Rugged 19“ aluminum rack ca e
Seamless integration
Compatible with all ADAT device and ample rate up to 24bit/48kHz,
ADAT S/MUX (Double Speed/DS, up to 24bit/96kHz),
ADAT S/MUX4 (Quad Speed/QS, up to 24bit/192kHz)
Other data format (SPDIF, AC-3, DTS etc.) are upported on reque t
Clock cleaner upport even not completely ADAT compatible equipment (e.g. JetPLL device )
4.2. Available models
ADX-32B ADX-64B-PRO
Number of ADAT
connections
4 8
Number of MIDI connections 2 (1 per direction) 4 (2 per direction)
Wordcloc Can work a output (extracted from ADAT1' embedded clock), or a Ma ter Clock Input
Required Cat5 cables 1 2
Redundant power supply no ye
4.3. Input and Return channel configuration
The y tem i de igned with maximum flexibility in mind: The direction of data tran mi ion can be elected
individually for each ADAT connection. Thu , the ADX-32B can be operated in 32/0, 24/8, 16/16, 8/24 or 0/32
TX/RX channel configuration, and the ADX-64B-PRO can be configured to 64/0, 56/8, 48/16 etc. to 0/64 of TX/RX
channel .
4.4. Daisy-chaining
For audio di tribution to everal place , up to 32 ADAT Multicore Extender can be dai y-chained together. Thi
feature can be u ed for complex etup , e.g. multi-room audio di tribution or the connection of additional
monitoring equipment. Each ignal input can be located at an arbitrary ADX device in the chain, and i then
di tributed to all other ADX device . Thi allow very flexible etup for recording and monitoring.
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5. IMPORTANT SETUP NOTES
6. FRONT PANEL
6.1. Cat5 Connection 1
Connection 1 for Cat5 cable (ADAT signals 1-4 and MIDI1 data)
LED 1-4 how the current tatu of the channel 1-4.
OFF No ignal
ON ADAT ignal detected, valid ma ter clock detected, „clock cleaning“ active
Blin ing ADAT ignal detected but no valid ma ter clock . No tran mi ion po ible!
Plea e make ure that you have
•an ADAT ignal coming from the clock ma ter on ADAT1, and DIP witch 6 i et to „OUT“
or
•an external wordclock ignal connected to the WORDCLOCK jack, and DIP witch 6 i et to „IN“
Jack “A” and “B” are electrically paralleled.
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A B
Termination
1 (A/ B)
2 (A+B)
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The witch “Termination” mu t be et depending on the the number of cable plugged in:
1 cable = “ON”, 2 cable = “OFF”. If you u e only two device (point-to-point connection), the termination
mu t alway remain witched on.
Wrong termination etting are, depending on the cable length, not alway immediately noticeable and
the y tem appear to function properly. But reliability and immunity to noi e i ignificantly decrea ed,
becau e either ignal reflection occur with mi ing termination or tran mitter get overloaded by too
many termination .
If you're u ing the y tem in the ame etup all time, you may u e cotch tape to fix the pu h button (or
remove the pu h button cap) in order to prevent unwanted operation.
NOTE: Redundant connection (the connection of two unit with two cable over A and B at the ame time) are
not upported! Thi would lead to ignal loop cau ing undefined current flow.
6.2. Cat5 Connection 2 (ADX-64B-PRO only)
Connection 2 for Cat5 cable (ADAT signals 5-8 and MIDI2 data)
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A B
Termination
1 (A/ B)
2 (A+B)
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7. REAR PANEL
7.1. POWER Connections
Connect the supplied DC adapter(s) here.
The input „SECONDARY POWER“ i only available in the ADX-64B-PRO and allow you to connect a econd
(redundant) power upply. Both power upplie work independently, and if one of them fail , the other one
take over. Thi i particularly u eful to make the y tem immune to failure of a ingle AC pha e in 3-pha e
upplie . The tatu of the re pective upply i hown on the corre ponding front panel “Power” LED .
U e only the upplied DC adapter, or a replacement with the indicated voltage, power, polarity and matching
connector ( ee 12. Specification ). The input ha a rever e-polarity protection.
7.2. ADAT 1-4
The transmission direction (TX or RX) must be set using the DIP switches 1-4:
Input (DIP witch in lower po ition = OFF): The ADAT connection i configured a input,
the received data i ent to the Cat5 cable.
The input ignal i pa ed-through to the output along ide ("local loop-back"). You can u e thi
output to connect additional monitor or a wordclock ource, a hown in7.2. Synchronization
over ADAT.
If you're u ing a dai y-chain of ADX device , make ure that there i exactly one “Input” per ADAT connection
in the chain.
Output (DIP witch in upper po ition = ON): The ADAT connection i configured a output.
Data received from the Cat5 cable i output on the “Output” jack. The input jack i inactive.
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1 2 3 4 5 6
ON
Cat5 Connection 1
1
IN OUT/THRU
MIDI1
IN OUT/THRU IN OUT/THRU IN OUT/THRU IN OUT/THRU
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7.3. ADAT 5-8 (ADX-64B-PRO only)
The transmission direction (TX or RX) for channels 5-8 must be set using the DIP switches 1-4
( ee 6.2. ADAT 1-4).
7.4. MIDI1
The ADX can tran mit MIDI in a bi-directional way. Becau e thi feature make u e of the „U er Bit“ in the ADAT
data tream, a valid ADAT ignal in the ame tran mi ion direction i required. The ADX pick the fir t ADAT
connection which i et to „IN“ for the MIDI TX, and the fir t ADAT connection which i et to „OUT“ for the MIDI
RX:
If you want to end MIDI data, at lea t one of the ADAT connection 1-4 mu t be et to „IN“ and mu t carry a
valid ignal
If you want to receive MIDI data, at lea t one of the ADAT connection 1-4 mu t be et to „OUT“ and mu t
carry a valid ignal
7.5. MIDI2
Work like MIDI1, except that ADAT5 i u ed for data tran mi ion.
If you want to end MIDI data, at lea t one of the ADAT connection 5-8 mu t be et to „IN“ and mu t carry a
valid ignal
If you want to receive MIDI data, at lea t one of the ADAT connection 5-8 mu t be et to „OUT“ and mu t
carry a valid ignal
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MIDI2
Cat5 Connection 1
IN OUT/THRUIN OUT/THRU IN OUT/THRU IN OUT/THRU IN OUT/THRUIN OUT/THRU
Cat5 Connection 2
OUT
CH5/WC/MIDI
OUT CH6 OUT CH7 OUT CH8
75Ω WC TERM
MULTI CH5 MODE
IN IN IN IN
OFF
WC
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7.6.Wordcloc
The wordclock jack can be operated in two mode , which can be et with DIP witch #6:
OUTPUT: In thi mode, the ADX derive it clock ignal from the ignal on ADAT1. The extracted wordclock
ignal i additionally available on the WORDCLOCK jack and can be u ed to clock other device (ADC etc.).
Plea e note: DIP witch 5 (WCK Term) hould be et to „OFF“ in thi operating mode.
This mode is recommended in most cases. The only thing you need to care about is that the signal on ADAT1
comes directly from your clock master (e.g. the mixing console).
INPUT: In thi mode, the ADX expect a clock ignal on the WORDCLOCK jack (which i configured a an
input). If the clock i mi ing, the device doe not work (LED are blinking if ADAT ignal are pre ent but no
wordclock).
This mode is recommended if you are using an external master clock. The ADX on the other side of the Cat5
should be set to ordclock output – the master clock ill be transmitted over the Cat5 cable and is available
on the BNC jack on the remote ADX.
Note: WCK Termination (DIP witch #5) hould be et to „ON“ if you are connecting an coax cable directly to
the ADX. When the ADX i connected via a „T“- haped adapter and the wordclock cable continue to other
device , WCK Termination hould be witched off.
Wordcloc termination on other devices
The wordclock ma ter device (the ender) hould be located at the end of the BNC cable chain. If there i any
termination witch or jumper, it mu t be “OFF”.
All device in the middle of the cable (which are u ually connected by “T”- haped adapter mu t have their
wordclock termination et to “OFF”.
The last device on the chain (where the cable end ) mu t have the wordclock termination et to “ON”. Thi
can either be done by etting the appropriate witch or jumper on the device, or, if there i no uch thing, by
in talling a “T”- haped BNC adapter with a 75 ohm re i tor attached. Different manufacturer handle word-
clock termination differently, plea e refer to the manual of the re pective device for in truction .
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8. DEVICE SYNCHRONIZATION
8.1. General concept
For all ignal ource and ink within a digital audio y tem, it i required to hare a common clock. Thi
en ure that data proce ing on all channel and on all device happen at exactly the ame rate. Otherwi e, the
individual clock would drift apart with time, cau ing the number of ample generated by one device to differ
from the number of ample expected by another – a common ymptom for thi are to drop-out , crackle and
dropped ample .
To prevent thi , one device (u ually the mix con ole) i the clock ma ter. All other device operate in lave mode,
following the ma ter' clock ignal when generating ample .
Two way exi t to di tribute the clock ignal from the ma ter to the lave :
8.2. Synchronization over ADAT
Any ADAT ignal can be u ed for wordclock ynchronization a it carrie an embedded clock ignal. The ma ter
clock device output ADAT tream with the ma ter clock timing embedded, and lave can extract the
embedded wordclock from the tream. Plea e refer to your equipment' manual how to et the ynchronization
to ADAT. If thi type of ynchronization i u ed, no additional cabling i required.
U e the "local loop-back” feature to break out additional ADAT ignal output which can be u ed a
wordclock ource. An example configuration u ing ADAT ync i hown under 10.1. Digital 24/8
multicore.
8.3. Synchronization over coaxial cable
For larger in tallation , it i often not convenient to u e ADAT for ynchronization becau e of it limitation :
ADAT connection cannot be plit ea ily, and length re triction may prevent you from reaching all device . In
uch ca e , it i better to tran mit the wordclock ignal over a dedicated, eparate connection. For thi purpo e, a
coaxial cable with BNC plug i commonly u ed, combining long reach (>100m) with the po ibility to di tribute
the ignal to everal lave device u ing “T”- haped connector .
The wordclock feature eliminate the need for running an extra coaxial cable be ide the Cat5. Refer to
10.2. Digital 48/16 multicore with monitoring and recording plit for an example.
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9. CABLE RECOMMENDATIONS
9.1. Cat5 cable
Cable Quality
Cat5 cabling i commonly u ed, cheap, with a huge election on the market to choo e from. With the ADX
device , any cable that meets Cat5 or higher (e.g. Cat5e, Cat6, Cat7) can be used. A higher “Cat” number cable
ha no electrical advantage over a ba ic Cat5 type, becau e the parameter where the higher graded one
perform better are only important for much fa ter y tem , like Ethernet application .
However, if mechanical robu tne i an important i ue, it i recommended to u e a ruggedized Cat5 cable with
Neutrik® EtherCon® connector . Ready-to-u e cable drum are available from everal vendor ; good value for
money, tage-proven Cat5 cable drum are made by Adam Hall, for example.
Technology
Cat5 cable con i t of four twi ted pair , each made up of two ingle wire . One pair can carry one ADAT tream
(8 channel ), yielding a total tran mi ion capacity of 32 channel . The tran mi ion method u ed on the media
i called “differential pair ignaling” or “balanced tran mi ion”. Thi mean that each ignal i tran mitted over a
wire pair, where one wire carrie the inverted ignal of the other one. In contra t to unbalanced (ground-
referenced) y tem , differential ignaling provide very good noi e immunity, becau e coupled noi e affect
both wire the ame way and can be canceled out at the receiver' ide by ubtracting one wire' ignal from the
other. Additionally, EMI i greatly reduced becau e the electric and magnetic field urrounding the two wire
cancel each other out.
The technology u ed in the ADAT Multicore Extender (RS-485) ha been u ed for a long time, e.g. for lighting
application (DMX) or har h indu trial environment (Profibu ). The commonly u ed AES/EBU tandard work in
a imilar manner, but i , due to it relatively low data rate, only able to tran mit two audio channel over one pair.
State-of-the-art technology i u ed in the ADAT Multicore Extender to en ure reliable operation at the higher
data rate required by the ADAT protocol.
9.2. Toslin (Lightpipe) cable
To link cable are generally not critical if you don't exceed their length limit of 5m (16ft). Quality cable u ually
provide a tighter fit (=better latching) in the jack than cheaper one , and may perform better on longer run .
Pla tic Optical Fiber (“POF“) cable are cheap and immune to electromagnetic interference, but are limited in
reach. Larger run cau e problem a the light pul e are attenuated too much, leading to data error which
u ually re ult in drop-out or crackle . Furthermore, POF are al o very en itive to break and harp bend
which may be a problem in har h tage environment .
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10. DIGITAL SIGNAL QUALITY
10.1. Latency
Latency ha – in contra t to traditional analog y tem – alway been a topic in digital audio technology. High
latency can lead to unwanted effect , uch a pha ing, hall, echo etc. and can eriou ly affect audio performance.
By de ign, other digital nake olution (e.g. Ethernet ba ed y tem ) have a relatively high propagation delay,
becau e audio data ha to be ampled, buffered, converted, tran mitted, buffered and then finally converted back
to the original format. The e delay can ea ily add up to everal ten or hundred of milli econd which make
them unu able for many application , e pecially for monitoring purpo e .
One de ign goal of the ADX wa to create a y tem with one of the lowe t latencie on the market. Thi i
achieved by performing no conver ion at all, and only minimal buffering with clock alignment.
These measures allow an excellent overall latency of less then 1µs, which is not noticeable (sound waves
travel only 0.3mm during this delay)!
10.2. Jitter
In any digital audio tran mi ion, the clock ignal pick up a certain amount of jitter (clock pha e noi e). Jitter can
affect audio performance (SNR) if a jittered clock i directly u ed for D/A or A/D conver ion, and can even lead to
drop-out or data error if the jitter value i o high that it i impo ible to determine the correct value of a bit.
For proper operation of ADAT connection , jitter i al o an important i ue becau e the duration of the “ tart of
frame” mark i u ed to calculate the ample point of the ub equent bit in the data tream. In contra t to bi-
pha e-mark encoding u ed by SPDIF and AES/EBU, the ADAT ignal u e NRZ encoding which allow the double
data rate, but make it more difficult to extract the proper bit timing.
To cope with jitter, each ADAT ignal i fed to a PLL circuitry which clean the jitter by recovering proper timing
characteri tic before the ignal i output. The overall jitter of an ADAT signal transmitted over 100m (330ft)
Cat5 cable is only ±1.5ns typ. and i in the ame range of the jitter u ually introduced by a tandard hort fiber
optic connection. Thi feature allow eamle integration even with “picky” equipment (like the Pre onu
Digimax FS microphone preamp, or Yamaha con ole at 48kHz) which refu e proper clock tracking when there
i a higher amount of jitter in the ignal.
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11. EXAMPLE APPLICATIONS
11.1. Digital 24/8 multicore
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ADAT Lightpipe connection
ADAT Lightpipe (used only or wordclock sync)
MIDI connection
Cat.5 connection
Analog connection
ADC / DAC (Wordclock slave)
ADC / DAC (Wordclock slave) ADC / DAC (Wordclock slave) ADC / DAC (Wordclock slave)
(unused)
ADC / DAC (Wordclock slave)
ADC / DAC (Wordclock slave)
(unused)
FOH
Stage
Mix console
(Wordclock Master)
Mix console
(Wordclock Master)
ADX-32B
ADX-32B
ADAT1
In Out
ADAT2
In Out
ADAT3
In Out
ADAT4
In Out
A Cat.5 B
MIDI
In Out
ADX-32B
ADX-32B
In Out
ADAT1
In Out
ADAT2
In Out
ADAT3
In Out
ADAT4
A Cat.5 B
In Out
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11.2. Digital 48/16 multicore with monitoring and recording splits
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12. SETTINGS OVERVIEW
Switch location Label Function ON
(upper position)
OFF
(lower position)
Front panel
“Cat5 Conn.1”
Termination Cat5 cable
termination
One cable connected to
“Cat5 Connection 1”
Two cable connected to
“Cat5 Connection 1”
Front panel
“Cat5 Conn. 2”
Termination Cat5 cable
termination
One cable connected to
“Cat5 Connection 2”
Two cable connected to
“Cat5 Connection 2”
Rear panel
“Cat5 Conn.1”
1ADAT1 direction ADAT1 i output ADAT1 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
2ADAT2 direction ADAT2 i output ADAT2 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
3ADAT3 direction ADAT3 i output ADAT3 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
4ADAT4 direction ADAT4 i output ADAT4 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
5Wordclock
termination
75 Ohm termination active Termination inactive
6Wordclock mode Output (extracted from ADAT1).
ADAT1 mu t come from the clock
ma ter device!
Input. A ma ter clock mu t be
connected to the WORDCLOCK
jack.
Rear panel
“Cat5 Conn.2”
(ADX-64B-PRO)
1ADAT5 direction ADAT5 i output ADAT5 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
2ADAT6 direction ADAT6 i output ADAT6 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
3ADAT7 direction ADAT7 i output ADAT7 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
4ADAT8 direction ADAT8 i output ADAT8 i input
duplicated on “OUT/THRU” jack
5unu ed
6unu ed
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13. SPECIFICATIONS
Parameter ADX-32B ADX-64B-PRO
Number of ADAT connection
(audio channel ) 4 (32) 8 (64)
Number of MIDI connection 2 (=1 bi-directional) 4 (=2 bi-directional)
Wordclock input/output
Standard BNC connector
Configured as input:
“H”-level:  1.6 V
“L”-level:  1.1V
Configured as output:
“H”-level:  3.1V an 75 Ω
“L”-level:  0.1V
Short-circuit protected
Termination (75 Ω) built-in, witchable
Pin a ignment Cat5 cable
Jack A+B are paralleled
Pin Standard wire color
(TIA/EIA 568B)
Cat5 Connection 1 Cat5 Connection 2
(ADX-64B-PRO only)
1 orange/white ADAT1+ ADAT 5+
2 orange ADAT1— ADAT 5—
3 green/white ADAT2+ ADAT 6+
4 blue ADAT3+ ADAT 7+
5 blue/white ADAT3 — ADAT 7—
6 green ADAT2 — ADAT 6—
7 brown/white ADAT4+ ADAT 8+
8 brown ADAT4— ADAT 8—
All pin are hort-circuit protected.
ESD protection:±15 kV according to IEC 61000-4-2
Cat5 cable connector Neutrik EtherCon®, compatible with tandard RJ45 connector
ADAT Input/Output connector Optical connector F05 type (TOSLINK ®)
MIDI connector Standard 5-pin DIN
Tran mi ion media Twi ted-Pair cable (100 ohm ) according to Cat5 pecification or higher
(e.g. Cat5e, Cat6, Cat7).
Maximum di tance (end-to-end di tance
of dai y-chain)
330ft (100m)
For longer di tance , additional ADX-64B-PRO unit can be u ed a repeater
Maximum # of ADX per dai y chain 32
Supported data format
ADAT Lightpipe ® up to 48kHz 24bit
ADAT Lightpipe ® 96kHz 24bit (S/MUX, DS)
(when u ing 2 optical connection per 8 channel )
ADAT Lightpipe ® 192kHz 24bit (S/MUX4, QS)
(when u ing 4 optical connection per 8 channel )
ADAT Latency <1µ (entire y tem)
<1µ in „local loop-back” mode
Jitter (mea ured at output) 330ft (100m) Cat5 cable: <0.5n typ.
Power upply
12V DC 1.0 A, Polarity: (center po itive),
Plug type: ID=2.5mm, OD=Ø 5.5mm, Length=9mm
Supplied DC adapter are i olated from earth
Shielding / Grounding
Ca e i floating (unearthed)
Cat5 hield i connected internally to power upply GND
Wordclock jack outer conductor to power upply GND
*) Power upply GND i unearthed
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ADX-32B / ADX-64B-PRO
Temperature range Operation: 32°F...140°F (0°C...+60°C)
Storage: 14°F...140°F (-10°C...+60°C)
Dimen ion 19“ rack 1HE
60 mm in depth
Weight 900 gram approx.
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U er' Manual
14. APPENDIX
14.1.Warranty
We offer a full two (2) year warranty from the date of purcha e. Within thi period, we repair or exchange your
device free of charge in ca e of any defect.*
If you experience any problem , plea e contact u fir t. We try hard to olve your problem a oon a po ible -
even after the warranty period.
* Not covered by the warranty are any damage re ulting out of improper u e, willful damage, normal wear-out
(e pecially of the connector ) or connection with incompatible device (including, but not limited to, Ethernet
equipment and third-party power upplie ).
14.2. Contact
App y ProAudio
Rolf Eichen eher
Bullinger tr. 63 / BK241
CH-8004 Zürich
Switzerland
www.app y .ch
info@app y .ch
Phone: [phone]
Mobile: [phone]
14.3. Recycling
According to EU directive 2002/96/EU, electronic device with a cro ed-out du tbin may not be
di po ed into normal dome tic wa te.
Plea e return the product back for environment-friendly recycling, we'll refund you the hipping fee .
14.4. About this document
ADAT® i a regi tered Trademark of Ale i Corp.
TOSLINK® i a regi tered Trademark of To hiba Corp.
EtherCon® i a regi tered Trademark of Neutrik AG
All information provided here i ubject to change without prior notice.
Document Revi ion: 3
2014-06-18
Copyright © 2010-2014 App y ProAudio
Printed in Switzerland
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