Outline NEWTON User manual

OPERATING MANUAL
NEWTON
FPGA-based processing platform
Outline Dashboard v. 1.9.2
Device Firmware: 0.95
Document Review: 1.7

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CONTENTS
1. NEWTON | IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS..................................................................................5
1.1. DISPOSAL OF WASTE MATERIALS .........................................................................................................5
1.2. CONFORMITY AND WARRANTY ..............................................................................................................5
2. NEWTON | WELCOME TO OUTLINE WORLD ....................................................................6
2.1. MAIN FEATURES .....................................................................................................................................6
2.2. GENERAL OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................................6
2.3. SIGNAL FLOW..........................................................................................................................................6
2.4. CLOCKING NEWTON ...............................................................................................................................7
2.5. ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLE RATE CONVERTERS................................................7
2.6. BROADCASTING INTEROPERABILITY AND VIDEO REFERENCE ...........................................................7
3. NEWTON | INSTALLATION...............................................................................................8
3.1. COOLING..................................................................................................................................................8
3.2. CLEANING ...............................................................................................................................................8
3.3. AC MAINS SUPPLY ..................................................................................................................................8
3.4. REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY ...............................................................................................................8
3.5. MOUNTING IN A RACK ............................................................................................................................9
4. NEWTON | SPECIFIC OVERVIEW......................................................................................10
4.1. FRONT PANEL AND LED CHART ............................................................................................................10
4.2. REAR PANEL ...........................................................................................................................................11
5. NEWTON | CONNECTION AND PROCESSING...................................................................13
5.1. AES3.........................................................................................................................................................13
5.2. MADI COAXIAL AND MADI OPTICAL .......................................................................................................14
5.3. ETHERNET SWITCHED 100/1000 BASE-T AND DANTETM NETWORKING..............................................15
5.4. ANALOG I/O FOR NEWTON 16+4/16+8 ...................................................................................................15
5.5. 19” RACK CABLING PANELS ..................................................................................................................16
6. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | INSTALLATION .........................................................................17
7. NEWTON AND CONTROL PC SETUP .................................................................................18
7.1. AUTOMATIC MODE ..................................................................................................................................19
7.2. MANUAL MODE .......................................................................................................................................19
7.3. NETWORK SERVICE ORDER ...................................................................................................................20
7.4. OUTLINE DASHBOARD NETWORK MANAGER .......................................................................................21
7.5. FIRST CONNECTION TO NEWTON WITHOUT DHCP SERVER ................................................................21
8. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | OVERVIEW ................................................................................22
8.1. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................22
8.2. STARTING OUTLINE DASHBOARD..........................................................................................................22
8.3. STARTING A NEW PROJECT ...................................................................................................................23

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8.4. LIBRARY ..................................................................................................................................................23
8.5. WORKSPACE ...........................................................................................................................................24
8.6. INSPECTOR .............................................................................................................................................25
8.7. USING THE RIGHT NETWORK INTERFACE ............................................................................................25
8.8. FINDING ONLINE DEVICE .......................................................................................................................26
8.9. SYSTEM NOTIFICATION AND DASHBOARD WARNINGS........................................................................27
8.10. HELP......................................................................................................................................................27
9. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | NEWTON CONTROL ..................................................................28
9.1. CHANGING NEWTON’S GENERAL PARAMETERS..................................................................................28
9.1.1. FIRMWARE UPDATE ..................................................................................................................................................................28
9.1.2. NEWTON DATE AND TIME SYNCHRONIZATION ......................................................................................................................29
9.1.3. NETWORK STATUS: VIRTUAL, ONLINE, OFFLINE ...................................................................................................................29
9.1.4. NETWORK SETTINGS ................................................................................................................................................................30
9.2. DEVICES ALIGNMENT .............................................................................................................................31
9.3. NEWTON WORKSPACE MENU (COPY, PASTE, FLAT DSP, FLAT GROUPS, RESTORE DEFAULT, RESET
INPUT STATES) .................................................................................................................................................32
9.4. NEWTON MAIN WINDOW ........................................................................................................................33
9.4.1. INPUT DSP PATCH.....................................................................................................................................................................34
9.4.2. INPUT DSP PATCH.....................................................................................................................................................................40
9.4.3. HOME TAB AUX MIXER ..............................................................................................................................................................43
9.4.4. INPUT DSP CHANNELS EQ.......................................................................................................................................................44
9.4.5. MATRIX MIXER ...........................................................................................................................................................................46
9.4.6. HOME TAB: OUTPUT DSP..........................................................................................................................................................48
9.4.7. OUTPUT DSP CHANNELS EQ ...................................................................................................................................................49
9.4.8. HARDWARE OUTPUT PATCH ....................................................................................................................................................52
9.4.9. CLOCK TAB.................................................................................................................................................................................55
9.4.10. DANTE WORDCLOCK - NEW DANTETM FIRMWARE UPDATE ................................................................................................59
9.4.11. IO CONFIG ................................................................................................................................................................................60
9.5. DIRECT TRANSFER .................................................................................................................................63
9.6. SMAART®API v8 INTEGRATION..............................................................................................................65
9.7. NEWTON CONTROL AND MONITORING FROM THE WORKSPACE........................................................68
10. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | LINKING CHANNELS ...............................................................69
10.1. TEMPORARY LINKS...............................................................................................................................69
10.2. PERMANENT LINKS..............................................................................................................................71
11. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | OUTPUT GROUPS ....................................................................73
11.1. ADDING A NEW GROUP.........................................................................................................................73

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11.2. EDIT GROUP PARAMETERS ..................................................................................................................74
11.3. CHECKING GROUP SETTINGS FROM NEWTON’S HOME TAB .............................................................74
11.4. GROUPS OVERVIEW ..............................................................................................................................76
11.5. NOT ALIGNED GROUPS.........................................................................................................................77
11.6. REMOVING A CHANNEL FROM A GROUP.............................................................................................77
12. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | CUSTOM PANELS ....................................................................78
12.1. ADDING A CUSTOM PANEL TO THE WORKSPACE...............................................................................78
12.2. ASSIGN CHANNEL STRIPS TO A CUSTOM PANEL...............................................................................78
12.3. EDITING CUSTOM PANELS ...................................................................................................................79
13. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | TIPS AND TRICKS ....................................................................80
13.1. SHOW MODE / EDIT MODE....................................................................................................................80
13.2. USING MAC GESTURES FOR EASY WINDOWS HANDLING..................................................................80
13.3. WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES AND WINDOWS.........................................................................81
13.4. WORKING WITH MULTIPLE DEVICES AND WINDOWS.........................................................................83
13.5. OTHER SHORTCUTS..............................................................................................................................84
13.6. OUTLINE DASHBOARD PREFERENCES ...............................................................................................84
13.6.1. MISCELLANEOUS....................................................................................................................................................................84
13.6.2. PALETTE AND SECURITY ........................................................................................................................................................85
13.6.3. SMAART....................................................................................................................................................................................86
13.6.4. USING A PROJECT TO APPLY THE SETTINGS TO A REAL UNIT............................................................................................87
14. OUTLINE DASHBOARD | TABLET MODE .........................................................................88
15. HARDWARE DETAILS......................................................................................................90
15.1. MOUNTING DIMENSIONS .....................................................................................................................90
15.2. WIRING PINOUT DIAGRAMS .................................................................................................................91
A: DANTE CONFIGURATION.....................................................................................................92

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1. NEWTON | IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
1.1. DISPOSAL OF WASTE MATERIALS
Your product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components,
which can be recycled and reused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to
a product, it means the product is covered by the European Directive 2012/19/EU and subse-
quent amendments. This means that the product must NOT be disposed of with other house-
hold-type waste. It is the users’ responsibility to dispose of their waste electrical and electronic
equipment by handing it over to an approved processor. For more information about where you can
send your equipment for recycling, please contact your local distributor. The correct disposal of
your old product will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human
health.
1.2. CONFORMITY AND WARRANTY
All the Outline electro-acoustic and electronic devices are in conformity with the provisions
of EC/EU directives (as stated in our CE declaration of conformity).
The CE declaration of conformity is attached to the product warranty certificate and is
shipped with the product.
In order to avoid risks for the user's and other people's safety, as well as annulling the warranty, it is
advisable to read the suggestions in this section for the correct use of the product.
Do not expose the unit to rain and don’t use it in locations with a high humidity level. Ensure that no
liquids or solid objects accidentally enter the unit; should this occur, stop using the unit and contact
Outline or qualified service personnel.
When connecting the unit, ALWAYS check the ground connection as required by technical and safety
norms. If the original power cord is worn or damaged, it must be replaced with a new one of the same
type. The connections should be carried out by skilled staff only. Move the unit only when disconnect-
ed.
Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel only. Servicing is required when the apparatus has
been damaged in any way, such as power supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or
objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not
operate normally, or has been dropped.
For any technical issues please contact Outline.

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2. NEWTON | WELCOME TO OUTLINE WORLD
Welcome to our large family! Congratulations on choosing Newton for your audio processing, indeed
as you will see Newton is out of the ordinary!
So please, take the necessary time to read this operating manual which contains the information
required to safely install and deploy the product. In case you have any questions, please contact your
local dealer or distributor.
2.1. MAIN FEATURES
2.2. GENERAL OVERVIEW
2.3. SIGNAL FLOW
Outline is proud to introduce Newton, the next generation in audio system control and networking.
Newton advances the management of sophisticated audio systems by combining new filter technol-
ogy, multi-channel audio signal routing, multi-format standards conversion and digital signal syn-
chronization in a single 1RU networkable chassis. Powerful processing features and multiple audio
network standards combine to make Newton the ideal control core for any audio system from Touring
to Live Broadcast Events and Fixed Installations.
Newton comes in three hardware
versions: Newton 16, Newton
16+4 and Newton 16+8. Newton
16 offers simultaneous signal
connections over DanteTM (AES67
compliant), AES3, MADI Optical
and MADI Coaxial, with the capa-
bility of fully processing up to 16
inputs and 16 Outputs simulta-
neously. Each Newton processor com-
bines powerful WFIR filters (unique to Outline), clock
management and a very high number of hardware input and output
sources (up to 216 x 216). Internal synchronous and asynchronous sample rate
converters manage all I/O operations and Newton can be synchronized with any one of the 14
available clock sources.
Newton processing offers the possibility to handle up to 216 input and output sources on various pro-
tocols. Newton offers the possibility to define, for each processed input, a priority backup strategy.
The full processing involves 16 input channels and 16 output channels. Newton offers a high flexibility
in terms of output routing, allowing to feed to the outputs also signals in the middle of the processing
path. These points in-between the processing are called pick-off points .
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It’s possible to upgrade the units by just adding the analog i/o cards and changing the front
label (i.e. from Newton 16 to Newton 16+4 or Newton 16+8)

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INPUT
PATCH
HARDWARE
INPUT
(216 ch)
HARDWARE
OUTPUT
(216 ch)
OUTPUT
PATCH
PICK OFF POINTS
ANALOG
MATRIX
MIXER
18 x 16
AUX MIXER
INPUT DSP
x 16
OUTPUT DSP
x 16
2.4. CLOCKING NEWTON
2.5. ASYNCHRONOUS AND SYNCHRONOUS SAMPLE RATE CONVERTERS
2.6. BROADCASTING INTEROPERABILITY AND VIDEO REFERENCE
Newton can be synchronized with any valid 48 kHz-based clock. A fail-over backup strategy is avail-
able both for the input sources and for the clock selection. Newton can also be used to distribute
clocks to other devices, having two completely independent wordclock outputs (section 9.2.9).
Newton accepts different digital sources, each with its own clock domain. ASRC (Asynchronous Sam-
ple Rate Converters) are used for input signals, and SSRC (Synchronous Sample Rate Converters) are
used for the output signals. This advanced capability ensures seamless synchronization and reliable
operation between Newton and all external devices.
ASRC are required for digital sources with a clock that is different from Newton’s Master Clock and
are used for the input signals to ensure that any digital incoming signal, regardless of its clock, can
be accepted by Newton.
SSRC are used to down-sample the outputs from 96 kHz (Newton fixed sample rate) to 48 kHz. This
results in the possibility to use Newton to feed 64 signals of Madi and Dante to other devices, as well
as driving longer cable lengths with AES3 protocol.
Newton offers the possibility to work together with broadcasting and video systems: it accepts video
clock references, and this clock source can be used as Newton’s master clock. Newton can also de-
liver through the Wordclock out 1 & 2 any of the incoming clocks for recording or reference purposes
with other devices.

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3. NEWTON | INSTALLATION
Carefully open the shipping box and check for any damage to the device or the supplied accessories.
If you find any damage, please do not hesitate to notify your dealer or distributor. Each Outline prod-
uct leaves the factory only after an accurate testing procedure.
In addition to the device unite, the shipping carton includes the following items:
• two VDE power cables;
• one cat.5e ethernet cable;
• warranty certificate.
Please keep the original box and associated packaging to facilitate the shipping of the device in case
of need.
3.1. COOLING
3.3. AC MAINS SUPPLY
3.4. REDUNDANT POWER SUPPLY
3.2. CLEANING
Airflow for cooling the device is from and to the side panels. Please ensure that no objects,
such as rack doors or covers, obstruct the correct air flow. It is recommended to keep the
ambient temperature from 0°C to 45°C.
Despite this, Newton is equipped with a sophisticated temperature sensing system. Tem-
perature can be monitored directly from Outline Dashboard through the device inspector
(chapter 8.6).
In order to clean the vent filters, please use a vacuum cleaner directed to the main fans.
Warning: disconnect the AC mains source before attempting to clean any part of Newton!
Newton offers worldwide AC acceptance and direct connection to any regional power line
configuration. All the Newton models incorporate a universal power supply operating from
100 V to 240 V (nominal), without requiring any adjustment. Just connect the mains cable
(AC cord) to an AC source.
This device should be powered exclusively by earth connected mains sockets in electrical networks
compliant to the IEC 364 or equivalent.
If you do not feel confident about replacing the mains plugs (AC plug), please contact qualified per-
sonnel. Once an AC power supply is connected, the device will automatically power on. Once the
device is turned on, the power LED(s) will change from red (Standby) to green (Active).
There are two independent power supplies in redundant configuration, meaning that they are both
feeding the main board and they are isolated one from the other.
In case of power supply failure, Newton will continue working without suffering any kind of
power cycle.
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3.5. MOUNTING IN A RACK
Newton has been designed for 19" standard rack mounting and occupies one unit (44.5 mm). It is very
important to keep the ventilation ports free.
Newton has front and back ears that should be used in case of transportation or high vibration in-
stallations (such as cruise ships). Anyhow we strongly recommend using them regardless the appli-
cation.

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4. NEWTON | SPECIFIC OVERVIEW
The front panel offers a quick and easy to consult experience, thanks to its simplicity. As for the rear
panel, to facilitate reliable temporary portable connections, Outline also offers an optional series of
cabled expansion rack panels, providing access to all the analog and digital signals available on rug-
ged, industry standard connectors.
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4.1. FRONT PANEL AND LED CHART
a. Power LEDs: when the device is turned on, the power LED change from red (Standby) to green
(Active). You can also hear a sound (like a little “click”) which confirms that the device is starting.
c. User LEDs: reports the actual processing LEDs configuration.
d. Processing LEDs: I/O processing metering references, depending on actual User LEDs configura-
tion. The colours green, yellow or red are a reference to understand if the signal is present or if it is
approaching or reaching 0 dB FS.
b. Home button: this button is used to change the User LED configuration (the key is recessed in or-
der to avoid unwanted changes and something thin is required to operate it). Keep on pressing this
button to cycle the User LEDs configuration.