About Connections

The diagram below shows typical connections for the RIVAGE PM series. Equipment can be combined in various ways to construct small systems or large systems.

• Connecting the control surface and DSP engine (Console Network)

A DSP engine has a dedicated connector (TO CONSOLE) for connection to the control surface. A network created by the control surface and a DSP engine is called a “Console Network.” The Console Network is connected as a ring. This provides redundancy for both audio signals and control signals.

• Connection between DSP engines and I/O racks (TWINLANe Network)

A DSP engine and an I/O rack are connected via a TWINLANe network, using HY card slot 1. The TWINLANe Network is connected as a ring. For each ring, a maximum of four (in a DSP mirroring configuration, a maximum of eight) DSP engines and a maximum of eight I/O racks can be connected.

About the HY card slots

a

Each HY card slot 1 – 4 is 256-in/out. A TWINLANe network card will work exclusively in HY card slot 1 or 2 on the DSP engine (or HY card slot 1 on the CSD-R7). The multitrack recording function will work exclusively in HY card slot 4 (or HY card slot 3 on the CSD-R7).

b

HY card slot 1 of the I/O rack is only for a TWINLANe network card. HY card slot 2 is reserved for Dante/MADI/WSG-HY128. HY card slot 1 is 256-in/out, and HY card slot 2 is 128-in/out.

Ethernet connection

Ethernet cable (CAT5 or better) (maximum 100 meters)

Console Network

Ethernet cable (CAT5e or better) (maximum 100 meters)

* etherCON connectors made by Neutrik are recommended.

TWINLANe Network

Multi-mode optical fiber cable (maximum 300 meters between devices)

Single-mode optical fiber cable (maximum 2km between devices)

* LC Duplex connectors compatible with Neutrik’s opticalCON are recommended.

System configuration example

The ID settings of components are shown below.

CS-R10, CS-R10-S, CS-R5

Console ID

DSP-RX, DSP-RX-EX, DSP-R10

Unit ID

CSD-R7

Unit ID

CSD-R7

INTERNAL DSP ID

RPio

Unit ID

1, 2

1, 2, 3, 4 (In a DSP mirroring configuration, 1A/1B–4A/4B)

1

1, 2, 3, 4

M1, M2…M8

S1, S2…S8