Status (I/O USB Bridge)

The I/O USB Bridge is a Q-SYS peripheral that converts Camera and Audio IP streams to USB. In the peripheral Properties, enable the USB Video Bridge and USB Audio Bridge to expose components for this capability.

Note: Audio Bridges allow you to use the volume controls on a Mac that is running 10.12.6 or higher and has the IO USB Audio Bridge selected.

I/O USB Bridge

Name

User-defined network name given to the I/O USB Bridge. The Name may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen. Names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted.

Location

User-defined name that groups the component with other components in the same physical location, or in the same organizational scheme.

Is Network Redundant

Indicates that the USB Video Bridge is connected to redundant networks. LAN B information is displayed in the Audio Streams section of the Control Panel.

Is Required

  • When Is Required is set to Yes, an error displays if the hardware does not exist on the network. This is the default behavior.
  • When Is Required is set to No, the device is identified as not present, its status state is Not Present which is not considered an error. The color displayed for "Not Present" equipment is gray.

Note: If a device is dynamically assignable but has not been assigned, it is considered Not Present" even if it is required.

Dynamically Paired

Indicates that this virtual component can be paired with the same type of hardware without changing the network id of the hardware, or the name of this component. Refer to the Q-SYS Core Manager Dynamic Pairing topic for more information.

External USB Audio

When enabled, you can connect an external audio device to the USB input and route audio to and from that device. See External USB Audio Device In and Out.

Verbose

When set to Yes, the Control Panel displays Audio Stream Input and Output Statistics along with a Reset button to reset the statistics to zero.

Note: This field displays only when you have the I/O USB Status component in the design and selected. All other Properties are the same whether you have the USB Video Bridge or the I/O USB Bridge Status component selected.

USB Bridging – Common Properties

These properties appear based on the USB bridging capabilities of the Q-SYS device. Refer to the USB Video Bridge and USB Audio Bridge topics to see what Q-SYS Core processors and peripherals support USB bridging.

USB Bridge Name

User-defined name given to the USB Bridge, from 1 to 24 characters. The Name may contain ASCII letters 'a' through 'z' (case-insensitive), the digits '0' through '9', and the hyphen. Names cannot begin or end with a hyphen. No other symbols, punctuation characters, or blank spaces are permitted.

Zoom Compatibility

If you are using the HID Conferencing component to control a remote computer running Zoom, set this property to 'Enabled.' Otherwise, when controlling another conferencing app such as Skype for Business, set to 'Disabled' (default). When this property is enabled, the USB Bridge Name property is disabled, and the USB Bridge automatically uses the name of the device for compatibility with Zoom's allowed device list – for example, "Q-SYS Core 110f" or "Q-SYS NV-32-H".

Tip: Enabling Zoom Compatibility may improve the user experience with macOS conferencing solutions.

USB Video Bridge

Enable the USB Video Bridge to bridge Q-SYS Mediacast streams to USB, enabling you to view Mediacast video on a connected computer. This exposes the USB Video Bridge component in the I/O-USB Bridge Inventory tree. To see what Properties are available when the USB Video Bridge is enabled, see USB Video Bridge.

USB Audio Bridge

Provides the capability of passing audio via USB. When this is set to anything except 'Disabled', you can drag the Speakerphone and/or Sound Card components from the device's Inventory tree into your design. To see what Properties are available when the USB Audio Bridge is enabled, see USB Audio Bridge.

  • Disabled: (Default)
  • Speakerphone (1 x 1): Provides a speakerphone with an input and output component, each having 1 audio connection.
  • Sound Card (2 x 2): Provides a sound card with an input and output component, each having two (stereo) audio connections.
  • Speakerphone and Sound Card: Provides one speakerphone and one sound card with the same capabilities as described above.
  • Advanced – If supported, allows up to any combination of four speakerphone / sound cards.

Speakerphone Mode

This selection is available only when Speakerphone or Speakerphone and Sound Card is selected in the USB Audio Bridge property. Indicates if the Q-SYS design has Echo Canceling (EC) or Non-Echo Canceling (NEC). This information is provided to the PC or Mac operating system so it can determine whether or not to use its own echo canceling.

I/O USB Bridge Status

ID

When the ID/Identify button, in the Q-SYS Designer Status component, or the Configurator's Network Configuration for the hardware, or on the physical hardware is pressed, the ID buttons in the Configurator and Status component flash, and the LCD on the physical Hardware flashes to indicate the association between the three.

The indicators will flash for 5 minutes unless you stop them by pressing any one of the buttons.

Status LED

This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the Core. See Status for the meanings of the various colors.

Status

Component status is conveyed with the Status LED and Status box, which uses both color and text to indicate the current condition:

  • OK: The device is functioning normally.
  • Initializing: The device is in the process of a firmware or configuration update, or the design is starting.
  • Compromised: The device is functioning, but a non-fatal problem exists. Refer to the Status box for details.
  • Missing: The device cannot be discovered.
  • Fault: The device is malfunctioning or is not properly configured. Refer to the Status box for details.
  • Unknown: This status appears during a Core reboot (for example, during a firmware update), or when a design is being uploaded to the Core and before it has started running.
  • Not Present: If applicable to the device, this status appears when the device is not connected to the network and its Is Required component property is set to 'No'. This status also appears if the device component's Dynamically Paired property is set to 'Yes', pairing has not been assigned in Core Manager, and the device component's Is Required property is set to 'Yes'. See Dynamic Pairing.

Network

Clock Master

LED indicating if the Core is the Master Clock for the Q-SYS system or not. The Core can be the Master Clock even if the clock is synchronized to an external clock.

Grandmaster

Displays either the Q-SYS Core processor name or the PTP Clock GUID. Note that:

  • There can only be one Grandmaster for a Q-SYS design (for all LAN interfaces of the device). It is possible for Q-SYS to resolve to a PTP Grandmaster present on LAN B, if enabled and present.
  • If available, the Core Name is displayed instead of the raw PTP clock GUID. (The Core Name is not available in some clocking topologies – for example, when a higher priority boundary clock between systems is present or with some Software Dante configurations, as when the Core syncs indirectly to another device via Software Dante’s boundary clock.)
  • A PTP Clock GUID can look similar to a MAC address, but is not the same and may not be related to a device’s actual MAC address.
  • If the PTP Clock GUID is derived from a MAC address (whether a Q-SYS Core processor or third-party device), it can be any MAC address on that device (any LAN interface, including those without a network connection).

PTPv1 (Dante)

Used specifically for Dante audio networking integration within the Q-SYS ecosystem

Clock Offset

Indicates how much of an offset exists, in microseconds, between the device and the network Grandmaster.

Parent Port

The clock Parent Port is the device and interface name to which the device is syncing. Typically, this is the Grandmaster.

Link

When the LED is lit, it means the interface is "UP," signifying that the network connection is active and functioning properly. Conversely, when the LED is not illuminated, it indicates that the interface is "DOWN," suggesting that there may be issues with the network connection.

IP Address

Displays the IP Address the Core is connected to.

Mode

Determines how device operates within the network environment.

Auto: The network interface automatically negotiates it settings with the network infrastructure.

Static: The network interface's settings are manually configured by the user, including the IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and other parameters.

Off: Disables the network interface, preventing it from sending or receiving network traffic.

PTPv2 State

Refers to the operational state or role of a network device or interface.

Passive: A device in the passive state is not actively transmitting or receiving data.

Slave: A device in the slave state is subordinate to another device, known as the master.

Master: A device in the master state holds authority or control over one or more slave devices in a network.

Uncalibrated: The uncalibrated state indicates a transition state between modes.

Speed

Refers to the data transfer rate supported by a network interface or connection. Speed indicates the transfer rate of megabits per second (Mbps).

Audio Streams

Input / Output OK LED (LAN A / LAN B)

You must have "Is Network Redundant" set to Yes in the Properties to see LAN B.

This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the I/O USB Bridge. See Status for the meanings of the various colors.

Suppress button

If the "Is Network Redundant" property is set to 'Yes', but the redundant network is not connected, an error is displayed. This button suppresses the error caused by LAN B not being connected.

Reset Details

The following details are available:

connected=1 (=1 connected / =0 not connected)

dscp=34 (Differentiated services code point) You can change this number in the Design Properties dialog (Menu > File > Design Properties).

accept_count= (number of packets accepted)

USB Reset

USB Reset

(Only available on the Core 110f, Core Nano, NV-32-H Core and Peripheral Mode, NV-21-HU, Core 8 Flex, and TSC-G3 Touch Panels) This reinitializes the USB driver without the need for a full design redeploy, restoring connections and USB functionality after a few seconds.

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Clock Grandmaster Name

Text box indicating the network name of the Network Clock Grandmaster

Output

Clock Offset From Master

–

0 ms to n ms

–

Output

Clock Parent Port Name

Text box indicating the network name of the Parent port, usually the same as the Clock Grandmaster with the LAN appended.

Output

I/O USB Bridge Status

Text field displaying the current status of the I/O USB Bridge

Output

Identify

0

1

false

true

0

1

Input / Output

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

LAN A (LAN B) Input Stream Details

Read-only text field listing details about the Input audio streams.

Output

LAN A (LAN B) Input Stream OK

0

1

false

true

0.00

1.00

Output

LAN A (LAN B) Output Stream Details

Read-only text field listing details about the Output audio streams.

Output

LAN A (LAN B) Output Stream OK

0

1

false

true

0.00

1.00

Output

LAN B Suppress button

0

1

false

true

0.00

1.00

Output

The following control pins are available on the Speakerphone In and Out, Sound Card In and Out components.

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Active

0

1

Off

On

0

1

Output

Reset Counters

Trigger button

 Input / Output

SRC-

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

 Output

SRC+

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Output

Total Samples

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Output

USB Connected

0

1

Off

On

0

1

Output

USB Speed

Text Field

Output

The following control pins are available when the Status component or the USB Video Bridge component is selected.

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

IP Streams 1 and 2

Bitrate

0.0000 and up

0.0000 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Output

FPS

0 to 30

0 to 30

0.00 to 1.00

Output

Frame Count

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Output

Packet Count

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Output

Packet Loss Percentage

0.00 to 100

0.00% to 100%

0.00 to 1.00

Output

Packets Lost

0 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Output

Test Stream 1, 2

0

1

false

true

0

1.00

Input / Output

USB

Active

0

1

false

true

0

1.00

Output

Bitrate

0.0000 and up

0 and up

0.00 to 1.00

Output

Bridge Name

(text)

Output

Encoding

(text)

Output

FPS

0 to 30

 0 to 30 0.00 to 1.00

Output

SRC-

 0 and up

0 and up

 0.00 to 1.00

Output

SRC+

 0 and up

0 and up

 0.00 to 1.00

Output

USB Speed

(text)

Output

Video Format

(text)

Output

Input Active

0

1

false

true

0

1.00

Output

Input Connection

(text)

Output

Reset

0

1

0 or false

1 or true

0.00

1.00

Input / Output