AVB Input Component

The AVB Input and Output are on the same physical card but are represented in the Q-SYS design by an AVB Input Component and an AVB Output Component.

The AVB Intput component provides connections for inputs up to 32 channels in 4 streams for devices supporting the AVB protocol. Other combinations of input/output are described in the Properties section below. Connection is made with CAT-5 / RJ-45 connector.

Type 2 Hardware

Type 2 hardware provides new cables and connectors between the I/O cards and main boards in Cores and I/O Frames. Due to this change, the Type 2 hardware is not physically compatible with the older hardware. You can still integrate the new I/O Frames and Cores in the same system with older hardware, but the I/O cards are not interchangeable. Type 2 hardware can be identified by a yellow label on the back of the Core and I/O Frame, and the bottom of the I/O cards.

Controls

The controls listed below are divided into sections to match the Control Panel sections.

Once you establish the initial settings for a component, you can save those settings, along with all the other component's settings, in a Snapshot.

AVB

Control	Function	Default/Range
Peak Input Level (dBFS)	Meters for each channel indicating the peak AVB input level. The measurement is taken before the Digital Gain.	Default = N/A Range = -120 to 20

Control

Function

Default/Range

Peak Input Level

(dBFS)

Meters for each channel indicating the peak AVB input level. The measurement is taken before the Digital Gain.

Default = N/A

Range = -120 to 20

Digital

Control	Function	Default/Range
Invert	Toggle button to invert the digital output of the AVB input card.	Off/On
Mute	Mutes the output signal.	Off/On
Gain (dB)	Controls the Gain of the digital input signal.	Default = 0 Range = -100 to 20

Control

Function

Default/Range

Invert

Toggle button to invert the digital output of the AVB input card.

Off/On

Mute

Mutes the output signal.

Off/On

Gain

(dB)

Controls the Gain of the digital input signal.

Default = 0

Range = -100 to 20

Status

Control	Function	Default/Range
Status	Displays the current status of the card both in text and color. The following is a list of possible status colors, and some example conditions. OK – Green – (0) – Audio is good, hardware is good. Compromised – Orange – (1) – Audio is good but a redundancy mechanism is active (one LAN down but the other is still up) or a non-fatal hardware problem exists (fans too slow, temperature higher than expected, etc.) Fault – Red – (2) – Audio is not passing, or hardware is malfunctioning or mis-configured (amplifier power off, audio streams broken, wrong type of I/O Card installed, loudspeaker short circuit, etc.) Missing – Red – (3) – A piece of hardware, defined in the design, has not been discovered. Audio is not passing through that piece of hardware. Initializing – Blue – (5) – In the process of firmware, configuration update, and design start. Audio is obviously bad. Not Present – Gray – A virtual component in the design, that is designated as Dynamically Paired, and Not Required ,has no hardware assigned to it.	N/A

Control

Function

Default/Range

Status

Displays the current status of the card both in text and color. The following is a list of possible status colors, and some example conditions.

OK – Green – (0) – Audio is good, hardware is good.

Compromised – Orange – (1) – Audio is good but a redundancy mechanism is active (one LAN down but the other is still up) or a non-fatal hardware problem exists (fans too slow, temperature higher than expected, etc.)

Fault – Red – (2) – Audio is not passing, or hardware is malfunctioning or mis-configured (amplifier power off, audio streams broken, wrong type of I/O Card installed, loudspeaker short circuit, etc.)

Missing – Red – (3) – A piece of hardware, defined in the design, has not been discovered. Audio is not passing through that piece of hardware.

Initializing – Blue – (5) – In the process of firmware, configuration update, and design start. Audio is obviously bad.

Not Present – Gray – A virtual component in the design, that is designated as Dynamically Paired, and Not Required ,has no hardware assigned to it.

N/A

Listener Stream Connections

There are two ways you can connect an AVB Listener to an AVB Talker:

AVDECC (1722.1) (see https://avb.statusbar.com/article/1722.1-features/): This is the typical method and it involves a 3rd-party AVB management software for example: Riedel AVB Manager or Pivitec’s AVDECC Controller. There are others available.
Directly via “Full Stream ID”: Each stream on the network has a unique 64-bit stream ID (Full Stream ID). If you know the Full Stream ID you can just tell your Listener to listen to that stream and bypass AVDECC and any related 3rd party software.

Control	Function	Default/Range
Clear (Momentary button)	Removes all Listener/Talker mapping (AVDECC or Full Stream ID), disconnects the Listener from the Talker and audio stops.	N/A
AVDECC Entity and Unique ID	Read Only. IEEE-defined 64-bit Extended Unique Identifier of an AVDECC Entity. These codes are automatically derived from the Talker Stream connected to the Listener.	N/A
Full Stream ID	Read/Write. Enter the Unique 64-bit stream ID of the Talker Stream. When this information is entered, it removes the AVDECC information for that stream.	N/A

Control

Function

Default/Range

Clear

(Momentary button)

Removes all Listener/Talker mapping (AVDECC or Full Stream ID), disconnects the Listener from the Talker and audio stops.

N/A

AVDECC Entity and Unique ID

Read Only. IEEE-defined 64-bit Extended Unique Identifier of an AVDECC Entity. These codes are automatically derived from the Talker Stream connected to the Listener.

N/A

Full Stream ID

Read/Write. Enter the Unique 64-bit stream ID of the Talker Stream. When this information is entered, it removes the AVDECC information for that stream.

N/A

Properties

Property	Function	Choices
Input/Output Count	2x2 - 2 channels in, 2 channels out 4x4 - 4 channels in, 4 channels out 8x8 - 8 channels in, 8 channels out 16x16 - 16 channels in, 16 channels out 32x0 - 32 channels in, 0 channels out (no Output Component) 0x32 - 0 channels in, 32 channels out (no Input Component)	2x2 4x4 8x8 16x16 32x0 0x32
Talker Channels / Stream	You can have from 2 to 32 channels per stream. If you select 32 (in or out) channels, and 2 channels per stream, the maximum number of channels is 24. If you select 16 x 16 channels and 1 listener channel per stream, the inputs are limited to 14.	1, 2, 4, 8, 16
Listener Channels / Stream	You can have from 2 to 32 channels per stream. If you select 32 (in or out) channels, and 2 channels per stream, the maximum number of channels is 24. If you select 16 x 16 channels and 1 talker channel per stream, the outputs are limited to 14.	1, 2, 4, 8, 16

Property

Function

Choices

Input/Output Count

2x2 - 2 channels in, 2 channels out

4x4 - 4 channels in, 4 channels out

8x8 - 8 channels in, 8 channels out

16x16 - 16 channels in, 16 channels out

32x0 - 32 channels in, 0 channels out (no Output Component)

0x32 - 0 channels in, 32 channels out (no Input Component)

2x2

4x4

8x8

16x16

32x0

0x32

Talker Channels / Stream

You can have from 2 to 32 channels per stream.

If you select 32 (in or out) channels, and 2 channels per stream, the maximum number of channels is 24.

If you select 16 x 16 channels and 1 listener channel per stream, the inputs are limited to 14.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16

Listener Channels / Stream

You can have from 2 to 32 channels per stream.

If you select 32 (in or out) channels, and 2 channels per stream, the maximum number of channels is 24.

If you select 16 x 16 channels and 1 talker channel per stream, the outputs are limited to 14.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16

Control Pins

The available Control Pins depend on settings in Properties.

Per Channel Controls

Each channel on the AVB Input card has the following Control Pins.

Pin Name	Value	String	Position	Pins Available
Gain	-100 to 20	-100 dB to 20 dB	0.000 to 1.00	Input / Output
Invert	0 1	normal invert	0 1	Input / Output
Mute	0 1	unmute mute	0 1	Input / Output
Peak Input Level (dBFS)	-120 to	-120 to	0.00 to 1.00	Output

Common Control Pins

Pin Name	Value	String	Position	Pins Available
Clear Stream 1 and 2	0 1	false true	0 1	Input / Output
Input Status	0 1 2 3 4	OK (green) Compromised (orange) Fault (red) Unknown (red) Updating (blue)	0 0.250 0.500 0.750 1.00	Output

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Clear Stream 1 and 2

false

true

Input / Output

Input Status

OK (green)

Compromised (orange)

Fault (red)

Unknown (red)

Updating (blue)

0.250

0.500

0.750

1.00

Output

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