Glensound BEATRICE B4 Installation guide

BEATRICE
B4, D4 & R4
4 Channel Network Audio Intercom
PRODUCT DETAILS
6 ROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND. TEL: [phone]
Visit our Website at www.glensound.com FAX: [phone]

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Glensound Electronics Ltd
Thank you for choosing a new Glensound product.
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Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice if
in doubt please contact us for the latest product information.
If you need any help with the product then we can be contacted at:
Glensound Electronics Ltd
1 – 6 Brooks Place
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1HE
United Kingdom
Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
EMAIL ADDRESSES
General enquires: off[email protected].uk
Technical enquires: [e-mail]
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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.
For a period of one year after the goods have been despatched the
Company will guarantee the goods against any defect developing after
proper use providing such defects arise solely from faulty materials or
workmanship and that the Customer shall return the goods to the
Company’s works or their local dealer.
All non-wear parts are guaranteed for 2 years after despatch and any
defect developing after proper use from faulty materials or workmanship
will be repaired under this warranty providing the Customer returns the
goods to the Company's works or their local dealer.

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CE
This equipment manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks
Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is CE marked and conforms to:
Low Voltage Directive: EN60065
Emissions: EN55103.1
Immunity: EN55103.2
WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS 2006 (WEEE)
Glensound Electronics Ltd is registered for business to business sales of
WEEE in the UK our registration number is:
WEE/JJ0074UR
RoHS DIRECTIVE
EC directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of the hazardous substances
listed below in electrical and electronic equipment.
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
0.1%
Mercury
0.1%
Hexavalent Chromium
0.1%
Polybrominated Biphenyls
0.1%
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers
0.1%
Cadmium
0.01%

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GLENSOUND EATRICE 4, D4 & R4
Handbook Contents
Issue 2
Description Page No.
Contents
PRODUCT WARRANTY:................................................................................................................... 3
OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................... 6
FOUR AUDIO CHANNELS TWO NETWORK LOCATIONS ............................................................... 7
D4 PANEL LAYOUT .......................................................................................................................... 8
Front & Rear Panels ....................................................................................................................... 8
R4 PANEL LAYOUT .......................................................................................................................... 9
Front & Rear Panels ....................................................................................................................... 9
B4 PANEL LAYOUT ........................................................................................................................ 10
Front Rear & Side ....................................................................................................................... 10
FEATURES ..................................................................................................................................... 11
CONFIGURATION MENU ............................................................................................................... 14
FACTORY PRESETS ...................................................................................................................... 21
AUDIO BLOCK DIAGRAMS (analogue representation of digtal circuits) ........................................... 22
CONNECTING THE BEATRICE UNITS TO A DANTE NETWORK .................................................. 24
Getting Dante Controller ............................................................................................................... 24
Connecting Beatrice To The Network ........................................................................................... 24
Audio Over IP Network ................................................................................................................. 24
Running Dante Controller ............................................................................................................. 25
Dante Controller TIP .................................................................................................................... 25
WIRING INFORMATION ................................................................................................................. 26
XLR & JACK Wiring ..................................................................................................................... 26

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OVERVIEW
This manual covers 3 very similar 4 channel BEATRICE IP intercom units. All 3 units
share a common internal DSP and Network interface card and all 3 also share the
same software.
The 3 units are:
BEATRICE B4: 4 Channel Beltpack
BEATRICE D4: 4 Channel Desktop
BEATRICE R4: 4 Channel 1RU Subrack
The BEATRICE range of IP intercoms was designed for broadcast theatre and
professional audio applications.
Our Beatrice intercom system utilises the reliable and proven Dante
TM
network audio
transmission protocol to allow real time distribution of uncompressed audio across
standard networks. As such the BEATRICE 4 channel units are also fully compatible
with other manufacturers’ equipment using the Dante
TM
protocol. A future firmware
update will make the Beatrice AES67 compliant.
All units in the system are designed to be very easy to use for the operator and
simple to setup for the technician. They includes all the basic functionality required
for small intercom systems and none of the overly complex installation requirements
normally associated with large systems.
The name Beatrice was chosen for our intercom range as she was the love of Dante
Alighieri:
‘Dante had fallen in love with another, Beatrice Portinari (known as Bice),
whom he first met when he was only nine.’ Source Wiki edia.

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FOUR AUDIO CHANNELS TWO NETWORK LOCATIONS
The 4 channel Beatrice units have a network audio interface chipset called ‘Ultimo’
that is supplied to Glensound under licence by Audinate (The Australian company
behind the brilliant Dante newtork audio protocol).
The Ultimo chipset is a 4 audio channel interface however it has 2 fundemental
limitations.
1) 4 Outgoing Channels:
The chipset can only provide 2 Unicast outgoing circuits to provide 4 outgoing audio
circuits 2 of the channels must be set to multicast.
2) 4 Incomming Channels:
Although 4 incoming audio channels can be received these can only be sent to the
Ultimo chipset from 2 discreet locations on the newtork as the chipset can only
receive 2 network data streams.

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D4 PANEL LAYOUT
Front & Rear Panels
Volume/ Setup Knob Power On LED Panel icrophone
External icrophone
Input
Audio Presence LED
Call Light
Speak Key
Headphone Jack
Headset
Connector
Network RJ45
USB Update
IEC ains
Enter Setup

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R4 PANEL LAYOUT
Front & Rear Panels
Power On LED Volume/ Setup
Knob
Panel icrophone
External icrophone
Input
Audio Presence LED
Call Light
Speak Key
Headphone Jack
Network RJ45 USB Update
IEC ains
Enter Setup
Headset
Connector

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4 PANEL LAYOUT
Front, Rear & Side
Volume/ Setup Knob
Power On LED
Talk Keys
Call Light Audio
Presence LED
Headphone Jack
USB Update
icrophone In Network RJ45 Enter Setup