The I/O USB Bridge is a physical piece of equipment that converts Camera and Audio IP streams to USB. The I/O USB Bridge is located in the peripherals section of the "add new inventory" list. Click the I/O USB Bridge to add it to the Inventory. The I/O USB Bridge and Core 110f both have a USB Video Bridge component and a USB Audio Bridge with Speakerphone and / or Sound Card components that need to be enabled in their respective Properties. Once the USB Video and USB Audio Bridges are enabled, drag the components into your design.
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.
Property |
Function |
Choices |
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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. |
User-defined |
Location |
User-defined name that groups the component with other components in the same physical location, or in the same organizational scheme. |
User-defined |
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. |
Yes / No |
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. If a device is dynamically assignable but has not been assigned, it is considered Not Present" even if it is required. |
Yes / No |
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. |
Yes / No |
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. |
Disabled / Enabled |
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. |
Yes / No |
Property |
Function |
Choices |
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USB Bridge Name |
User-defined name given to the 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. The USB Bridge Name is the same as the I/O USB Bridge Name and will change if you rename the I/O USB Bridge Name. If you change the USB Bridge Name, it no longer changes with the I/O USB Bridge Name. |
User-defined |
USB Transfer Mode |
Select how video data is transferred through the USB bridge:
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Bulk Isochronous |
UVC Camera Control |
The USB Video Bridge must be enabled. When this is enabled, the camera can be controlled by far-end third party applications which support Relative Movement Commands. When disabled, the cameras cannot be controlled by the applications. The default setting is enabled. |
Enabled / Disabled |
USB Video Bridge |
Provides the capability of converting IP video to USB video. When enabled, drag the USB Video Bridge component from the I/O USB Bridge inventory tree into your design. |
Enabled or Disabled |
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 Core's Inventory components into your design. Refer to USB In and Out Disabled – Default selection. 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. |
USB Audio Bridge |
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 Cancelling (EC) or does not have Echo Cancelling (NEC). This information is provided to the PC or Mac operating system so it can determine whether or not to use its own echo cancelling. |
Echo Cancelling (EC) Non-Echo Cancelling (NEC) |
Control |
Function |
Default / Range |
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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. |
Off / On |
Status LED |
This LED changes color to indicate the current status of the Core. See Status for the meanings of the various colors. |
N / A |
Status |
Displays color-coded messages indicating the current status of the active Core. OK – Green – (0) – Audio and / or Video is good, hardware is good. Compromised – Orange – (1) – Audio and / or Video 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 and / or Video 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 and / or Video is not passing through that piece of hardware. Initializing – Blue – (5) – In the process of firmware, configuration update, and design start. Audio and Video are 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 |
Clock Offset |
Indicates how much of an offset exists between this Core and the Master Clock. If this Core is the Master Clock, the offset is zero. |
No default Microseconds |
Grandmaster |
The clock master of the network. See ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Time_Protocol#Architecture) |
N / A |
Parent Port |
The device and interface name that this device is syncing to when it's not the clock master. Usually it is the same as the Grandmaster name. |
N / A |
You must have USB Audio Bridge, in Properties, set to anything except Disabled to see the following.
Control |
Function |
Default / Range |
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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. |
N / A |
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. |
Off / On |
Input / Output 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) |
N / A |
The following information is available only when the USB Audio Bridge, in the Properties, is set to anything except Disabled, and one or more of the USB Audio components are in the schematic.
Control |
Function |
Default / Range |
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Connection |
Green LED indicating that the USB Out component is connected to a computer. |
Off / On |
USB Speed |
Speed of the USB Connection. For example: High (2.0) |
N / A |
Active |
Green LED indicating that signal is streaming. |
Off / On |
More button |
Click to show or hide the details listed below. (Samples, SRC+, SRC-) |
N / A |
Samples |
Total number of samples since the audio started, or since the count has been reset. |
N / A |
SRC+ |
The number of samples added in order to match the USB clock with the Q-SYS PTP clock |
N / A |
SRC- |
The number of samples removed in order to match the USB clock with the Q-SYS PTP clock |
N / A |
Reset |
Resets the Sample count for the associated audio device. |
N / A |
The following information is available only when the USB Video Bridge, in the Properties, is set to Enabled, and the USB Video Bridge component is in the schematic. This applies to both the I/O USB Bridge and the Core 110f.
Control |
Function |
Default / Range |
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Note: In order to see the data in the fields listed below you must have a network connection between the camera and the I/O USB Bridge, and a USB connection to an output device. The output device must be receiving and displaying the video. If there is no signal flow, there are no statistics. |
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Input LED |
Indicates whether or not there is active input to the I/O USB Bridge. |
N / A |
Video Bridge Input Connection |
The network Name of the input device (camera). |
N / A |
IP Stream 1 and IP Stream 2 |
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Test (button) |
Test the network setup for the Q-SYS video streaming implementation without having a PC or any USB connection. This tests QoS and IGMP on multicast. |
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Frames per Sec |
Number of frames per second being sent by the camera |
N / A |
Bitrate (Mb/s)Src |
Speed of the connection in Mb/s |
N / A |
BMcast IP Src |
Bad Multicast IP Sources (IP Stream 1 only) |
N / A |
Packets Lost |
Number of packets lost since the last reset. |
N / A |
Packet Loss% |
The percentage of packets lost based on Packets Lost and Packet Count. |
N / A |
Packet Count |
Total number of packets since the last reset. |
N / A |
Frames Lost |
Total number of frames lost since the last reset. |
N / A |
Frame Count |
Total number of frames sent. |
N / A |
USB Active LED |
Video Bridge USB Active: Indicates if the USB is active or not. |
N / A |
Video Bridge USB Format (text field under USB LED) |
Displays the format of the Video present on the USB (ex. 1080P30 MJPEG) |
N / A |
Frames per Sec |
USB Frames Per Second |
N / A |
Bitrate (Mb/s) |
USB Bitrate |
N / A |
Buf Depth |
USB Buffer Depth |
N / A |
SRC- |
The number of samples removed in order to match the USB clock with the Q-SYS PTP clock |
N / A |
SRC+ |
The number of samples added in order to match the USB clock with the Q-SYS PTP clock |
N / A |
Reset Button |
Clears the readings, and restarts monitoring. |
N / A |
Pin Name |
Value |
String |
Position |
Pins Available |
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Clock Grandmaster Name |
Text box indicating the network name of the Network Clock Grandmaster |
Output |
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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 |
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I/O USB Bridge Status |
Text field displaying the current status of the I/O USB Bridge |
Output |
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Identify |
0 1 |
false true |
0 1 |
Input / Output |
Pin Name |
Value |
String |
Position |
Pins Available |
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LAN A (LAN B) Input Stream Details |
Read-only text field listing details about the Input audio streams. |
Output |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Input Active |
0 1 |
false true |
0 1.00 |
Output |
Input Connection |
Text Field <name of camera connected to the USB Video Bridge> |
Input/Output |
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Reset |
0 1 |
0 or false 1 or true |
0.00 1.00 |
Input / Output |
IP Streams 1 and 2 |
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Bad Multicast IP Sources
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0 and up |
0 and up |
0.00 to 1.00 |
Output |
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 |
Frame Loss |
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 |
USB |
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Active |
0 1 |
false true |
0 1.00 |
Output |
Bitrate |
0.0000 and up |
0 and up |
0.00 to 1.00 |
Output |
Buffer Depth |
0.0000 and up |
0 and up |
0.00 to 1.00 |
Output |
Format |
1080P30 MJPEG | 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 |
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