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<h1 class="firstHeading">AVB Network Card</h1>
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<p> </p>
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<p><a name="Overview" id="Overview"></a></p>
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<h2>AVB Overview</h2>
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<p class="hcp1"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">The
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Soundweb London BLU-805 and BLU-325 are capable of sending and
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receiving Ethernet AVB audio.  AVB, or Audio/Video Bridging,
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is a common name for a set of IEEE standards that ensure the transmission
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of high quality streaming audio and video over a standard Ethernet
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connection.</span></p>
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<p class="hcp1"><i class="hcp2"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Note: Soundweb London devices cannot
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send, receive, or process video data.</span></i></p>
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<p class="hcp1"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">As
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a networked audio transport, AVB is similar to <a href="Cobranet Information.html">CobraNet</a>
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in many ways, with a few key differences:</span></p>
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="hcp1"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Non-proprietary, based on open
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standards</span></p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Guaranteed delivery of media</span></p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="hcp1"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">No need to specify <20>multicast<73>
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or <20>unicast<73> transmissions. Any transmitted AVB stream can
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have 1 or more receivers. Unlike CobraNet multicast bundles,
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AVB streams with multiple receivers will only transmit to
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those receivers, and they will <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i>
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needlessly broadcast across the entire network</span></p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="hcp1"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Simplified network switch management
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due to the above three bullets</span></p></li>
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="hcp1"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Reduced latency</span></p></li>
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<li class="hcp4"><ul style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="hcp1"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Latency range for CobraNet
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in Soundweb London: 1.33ms <20> 5.33ms</span></p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Latency range for AVB in
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Soundweb London: </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"
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style="mso-tab-count: 1;">       </span><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"> 0.5ms <20> 2.0ms</span></p></li>
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</ul></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p style="mso-ansi-language: IT;
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font-size: 10pt;"><span
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lang="IT" xml:lang="IT">Increased audio I/O capability per
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device</span></p></li>
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<li class="hcp4"><ul type="circle" class="hcp3">
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="hcp1"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Max CobraNet audio channels
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in Soundweb London: 32x32 per device</span></p></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
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color: #000000; font-size: 10pt;"><p class="hcp1"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Max AVB audio channels in
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Soundweb London: 64x64 per device</span></p></li>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">The AVB standards were created
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through a consortium of industry experts which was then ratified
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and accepted by the IEEE industry standards body. This means that
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AVB is not just another proprietary non-standard protocol that
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floats on top of the Ethernet layers. AVB is the Ethernet. The
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big difference between AVB and previous solutions for network
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streamed media (such as CobraNet) is that the IEEE controls the
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Ethernet standards, which allowed for the specifications of not
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just the endpoints, but more importantly the switches. This allows
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an entire network to be designed to accommodate audio and video,
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with compatibility between AVB devices that are made by different
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manufacturers.</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">The standards specify a
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means to provide time synchronized low latency audio and video
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over standard CAT5e cable. The majority of the bandwidth across
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the network is reserved to carry audio and video, and to guarantee
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the arrival of a signal</span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">.<img src="75 bandwidth reserved.jpg" alt="" width="332" height="157" border="0" class="hcp5"></span></p>
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<p class="hcp6"> </p>
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<p class="hcp6"><span lang="EN-US"
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xml:lang="EN-US">In order to accomplish transporting the large
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amount of information required by both audio and video across
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a network, bandwidth is reserved and defended throughout the network
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by the switches. By default the switch will reserve and defend
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75% of network bandwidth to be exclusively used for AVB media,
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both audio and video. This will guarantee precisely synchronized
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audio/video without interruption from non-time sensitive data
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and communication, such as email or control protocol traffic (also
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known as <20>Best Effort<72> traffic). By design, the switch will not
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allow for the audio or video to become corrupted.</span></p>
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<p class="hcp1"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp7">Each
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audio/video sample is time-stamped with exactly what time to play,
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and a</span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp8">ll
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AVB devices are synchronized to a common clock known as the Grand
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Master clock.</span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp8">This
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allows for the synchronization of multiple streams of audio and
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video to be rendered at</span> <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp7">the
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correct time with respect to each other.</span></p>
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<p class="hcp9"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">An AVB network inherently supports
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multiple simultaneous sample rates and (sample) clock sources
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which allow video and audio streams to be synchronized even though
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they travel on different paths with different sample rates.</span></p>
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<p style="line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;
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color: #000000;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Details
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for the six IEEE audio/video bridging standards (802.1AS, 8021.Qat,
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802.1Qav, 802.1BA, 1722, and 1733) are available at <a href="http://www.ieee.org/index.html">IEEE.org</a>
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and <a href="http://www.avnu.org/">AVnu.org</a></span></p>
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<p> </p>
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<h2>Soundweb London AVB Module</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp10">T</span><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">he <a href="BLU-805.htm">BLU-805</a>
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and <a href="BLU-325.htm">BLU-325</a> devices are fitted with
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an AVB module. The module offers a Primary and a Secondary AVB
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port. Under normal operation, only the Primary port transmits
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and receives data to and from the network. Should the Primary
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port or connection fail, the AVB module automatically switches
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to receive from and transmit with the Secondary port. This must
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be considered in the network design. It may be appropriate to
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connect the Primary AVB port to a Primary network and the Secondary
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AVB port to a Secondary, backup network. In this event, it should
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be noted that the backup network should in some way be bridged
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to the Primary network in order for the audio data to be present
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on the Secondary network should the module switch over.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><i class="hcp2"><span class="hcp10">NOTE:</span></i> <i><span class="hcp10">The
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secondary port is not currently enabled.  It will be enabled
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in a future release of HiQnet London Architect.</span></i></p>
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<p> </p>
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<p><a name="Hardware_Configuration" id="Hardware_Configuration"></a></p>
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<h2>Network Connections</h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"
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xml:lang="EN-US">Devices can only be connected together through
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switches which support AVB. Examples of such switches are the
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BSS Audio / NETGEAR GS724T Ethernet Switch or the LABX Titanium
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411 Ruggedized AVB Ethernet Bridge Switch. Do not connect the
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AVB ports to any switch which does not support AVB.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"
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xml:lang="EN-US">The AVB devices can be wired in London Architect
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as shown.</span></p>
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<p><img src="AVB connections.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
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<p> <br>
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<span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Note
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that the standard Ethernet ports (labeled <20>Control<6F> in London
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Architect) must also be physically connected to ensure communication
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between the devices. In the same way that Soundweb London CobraNet
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ports send and receive audio only (not control data), the Soundweb
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London AVB ports send and receive audio only.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"
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xml:lang="EN-US">In 2-device systems, it is possible to connect
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the AVB ports directly together, as shown</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"
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xml:lang="EN-US">.</span><img src="2 device system.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
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<h2>Cable Requirements</h2>
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<p class="hcp9"><span
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lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">CAT5e or better cable may be used,
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allowing cable runs of up to 100m per connection. If more distance
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is required, Gigabit fiber converters<72>such as the BLU-MC1<43>can
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be used. 100Mb (<28>Fast Ethernet<65>) fiber converters <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;
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font-weight: bold;">cannot</i> be used for the Soundweb London
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AVB ports, because they are Gigabit ports.</span></p>
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<h2><b class="hcp11"><a name="AVB_Audio_Channels_per_Device"></a>AVB
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Audio Channels per Device</b></h2>
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<h3>Audio channel rules</h3>
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font-size: 10pt; margin-left: 0px;"><span class="hcp13">The Soundweb London AVB</span><span
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</span><span class="hcp13">module can
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transmit 64 channels and receive 64 channels <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;
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font-weight: normal;">simultaneously</b> </span><span class="hcp13">(64x64).  </span></p></li>
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<li class="hcp12"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
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font-size: 10pt;">The card cannot
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transmit more than 64 channels or receive more than 64
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channels in total.</p></li>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<h3>Stream rules:</h3>
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font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp10">An
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AVB stream may contain between 1 and 32 channels (inclusive).</span></p></li>
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<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp10">Each
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AVB card can transmit up to 64 streams</span></p></li>
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<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
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font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Each AVB
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card can receive up to 62 streams with a further 2 streams
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reserved for MCN</p></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp14">Talker
|
||
(Transmit)</span></p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp14">Example</span><span class="hcp15"> </span><span class="hcp14">A</span><span class="hcp15">:</span> <span class="hcp15">2
|
||
streams of 32 channels</span></p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example</span> <span class="hcp16">B</span>:
|
||
32 streams of 2 channels</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example</span> <span class="hcp16">C</span>:
|
||
29 streams of 2 channels, plus 1 stream of 5 channels plus 1 stream
|
||
of 1 channel</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example</span> <span class="hcp16">D</span>:
|
||
61 streams of 1 channel plus 1 stream of 3 channels</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example E</span>: 64 streams of 1 channel</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;
|
||
font-weight: bold;">Listener (Receive)</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example
|
||
A</span>: 2 streams of 32 channels</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example</span> <span class="hcp16">B</span>:
|
||
32 streams of 2 channels</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example</span> <span class="hcp16">C</span>:
|
||
29 streams of 2 channels, plus 1 stream of 5 channels plus 1 stream
|
||
of 1 channel</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example</span> <span class="hcp16">D</span>:
|
||
61 streams of 1 channel plus 1 stream of 3 channels</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; margin-left: 40px; text-indent: -40px;"><span class="hcp16">Example E</span>: 62 streams of 1 channel</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">There are thousands of permutations
|
||
as long as the total number of channels transmitted is 64 or less.
|
||
Similarly, the total number of channels received must be 64 or
|
||
less.</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span class="hcp17">Note:
|
||
It is advised to configure and use (multi-channel streams) vs.
|
||
(single channel streams). This is the most efficient transport
|
||
method for transmitting and/or receiving</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;
|
||
font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="hcp17"> AVB audio channels across a network
|
||
switch.</span><span class="hcp18">  </span></p>
|
||
<h3 style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span
|
||
style="mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"><a
|
||
href="MAINCompiling.htm">Resource Meter</a></span></h3>
|
||
<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;
|
||
mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The
|
||
configuration view of a BLU-805 or BLU-325 contains a second resource
|
||
meter which displays the AVB resources only. This AVB resource
|
||
meter shows the % of streams and channels used for a particular
|
||
configuration</span> as shown below.
|
||
<p><img src="AVB resource meter.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
|
||
<p class="hcp19">In the above example, 32 AVB input channels
|
||
are enabled, and 32 AVB output channels are enabled. 32x32 is
|
||
exactly half of the BLU device<63>s AVB I/O capability. Therefore
|
||
50% is displayed in the AVB resource meter (which is the same
|
||
shade of purple as the AVB input/output objects).  </p>
|
||
<p class="hcp19">In a design where, for example, 32 AVB input
|
||
channels are enabled,<span class="hcp17">
|
||
</span> 50% will still be displayed even though no output
|
||
channels have been enabled. As output channels are enabled the
|
||
resource meter will continue to display 50% until the number of
|
||
outputs channels enabled exceeds 32.</p>
|
||
<p class="hcp19">In a design where, for example, 33 AVB input
|
||
channels are enabled and no AVB<span class="hcp17"> </span>output
|
||
channels are enabled then 51% will be displayed on the resource
|
||
meter.  Again as output channels are enabled the resource
|
||
meter will continue to display 50% until the number of outputs
|
||
channels enabled exceeds 32.</p>
|
||
<p class="hcp19">The above examples also apply to the resource
|
||
meter where it is the output channels which have been assigned.</p>
|
||
<h2><b class="hcp11">Creating Streams</b></h2>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">In the <a href="MAINConfiguration_Window.htm">configuration
|
||
window</a> of a BLU-805 and a BLU-325, by default there is one
|
||
AVB Input processing object (Rx, Listener) and one AVB Output
|
||
processing object (Tx, Talker).  Initially they have no nodes
|
||
on them.</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><img src="AVB Files/Listener.PNG" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5">
|
||
            <img src="AVB Files/Talker.PNG" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">You can add or remove as many AVB processing
|
||
objects as you wish inside a BLU-805 and BLU-325 although the
|
||
<a href="AVB.htm#AVB_Audio_Channels_per_Device">number of streams</a>
|
||
is limited as described.</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">Streams are defined system-wide. They can
|
||
be created using the dialog which can be accessed in several ways:</p>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">The <a href="System Menu.html">System
|
||
Menu</a> - <20>System->AVB Streams...<2E> </p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">When creating a new AVB Input or
|
||
Output object - the dialog pops up when the object is created</p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">By opening the dialog from the AVB
|
||
input or output properties by clicking on an AVB Input or
|
||
Output object, then accessing the Stream ID parameter from
|
||
the properties.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><img src="AVB Files/StreamDialog.PNG" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">Use the above dialog to view details of,
|
||
add, delete and edit streams.  </p>
|
||
<h3>Define AVB Stream</h3>
|
||
<p>Click on the 'NEW' button to open the 'Define AVB Stream' dialog
|
||
shown below.</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"><img src="AVB Files/Define_Stream.PNG" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></span></p>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp16">N</span><span class="hcp16">ame</span> - The name of the stream.
|
||
This is used within London Architect only.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp16">ID
|
||
Type</span> - Full or Harman.  A stream is given a system
|
||
wide unique ID. There are 2 types of ID :-</p></li>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp16">Full</span> - The full 8 byte
|
||
AVB stream ID. This is usually displayed in hexadecimal
|
||
and is used to connect up to non-Harman AVB equipment.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp16">Harman</span> - A simpler,
|
||
smaller stream ID which is used instead of the full stream
|
||
ID within a Soundweb London system. This number is simply
|
||
shorthand for a range of full 8-byte IDs reserved by Harman.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp16">ID </span>- If the ID Type
|
||
is <20>Full<6C> then the ID is a 16 digit Hexadecimal number.
|
||
E.g.000FD4001E710000. If you are interfacing to non-London
|
||
AVB equipment you should find the stream ID from the 3<sup>rd</sup>
|
||
party user interface or software interface.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
margin-left: 0px; text-indent: -36px; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp16">Description</span>
|
||
- A longer description of the stream for documenting the
|
||
design. This is used within London Architect only.</p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0px; text-indent: -36px;
|
||
mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><span class="hcp16">Number
|
||
of Channels</span> - The number of channels in the stream.
|
||
Changing this number will add/remove channels from the
|
||
stream</p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
margin-left: 0px; text-indent: -36px; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Channel
|
||
List</span><span style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;"> :- The list of
|
||
channels within a stream. Channels can be added, deleted,
|
||
moved using the buttons on the right. To edit the name
|
||
of the strea</span><span style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -36px;">m
|
||
click on the channel name.</span></p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">Channel names are displayed on the Stream
|
||
Tx and Rx objects after the signal name.</p>
|
||
<h3><b class="hcp11">Stream Restrictions</b></h3>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">Streams are subject to the following restrictions
|
||
:-</p>
|
||
<ul style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;" type="disc">
|
||
<li class="hcp12"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">An AVB card
|
||
cannot receive a stream that it is transmitting. (See example
|
||
A)</p></li>
|
||
<li class="hcp12"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">An AVB card
|
||
cannot receive the same stream more than once. (See example
|
||
B)</p></li>
|
||
<li class="hcp12"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">An AVB stream
|
||
ID must be unique within an AVB network. (See example C)</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt;">If London Architect detects a problem with
|
||
a stream the AVB Input and AVB Output objects are drawn in red.
|
||
In this state a tooltip will show what the error is:-</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;">Example A:</p>
|
||
<p class="hcp20"><img src="stream error - loopback.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
|
||
<p class="hcp21">Example B:</p>
|
||
<p class="hcp20"><img src="stream error - talker conflict.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
|
||
<p class="hcp21">Example C:</p>
|
||
<p class="hcp20"><img src="stream error - multiple identical receives.jpg" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
|
||
<h2 class="MsoNormal">Control Panel</h2>
|
||
<p><img src="AVB Files/805_DefaultPanel.PNG" alt="" border="0" class="hcp5"></p>
|
||
<h3>PTP (Precision Time Protocol)</h3>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><h4><span class="hcp10">PTP Grand master
|
||
- </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This
|
||
indicator will be amber when the device has arbitrated as
|
||
the PTP clock grand master for the cloud.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="MsoNormal"><span class="hcp10">PTP
|
||
Locked - </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';
|
||
font-weight: normal;">This indicator
|
||
will be green when</span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22"> the
|
||
device is grand master for the cloud or if the device has
|
||
synchronized with the grand master clock.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="MsoNormal"><span class="hcp10">PTP
|
||
Grand Master ID - </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This
|
||
is the ID of the PTP clock that has arbitrated as grand master
|
||
for the cloud.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="MsoNormal"><span class="hcp10">PTP
|
||
Priority 1 - </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This value
|
||
controls the most significant value of the BMCA (Best Master
|
||
Clock Arbitration) priority vector that is used in arbitration
|
||
of the clock grand master.  </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp23">Set
|
||
the priority of the PTP Grand Master here.  The device
|
||
with the highest priority will be Grand Master.  A priority
|
||
setting of 0 is the highest priority and a setting of 255
|
||
has the lowest priority.</span></h4></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><h4><span class="hcp10">PTP Priority
|
||
2 - </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This value controls
|
||
the least significant value of the BMCA priority vector.</span></h4></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><h4 class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">AVB
|
||
Peer Primary - </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This indicator
|
||
will be green when the device has recognized that it (the
|
||
primary port) is a member of the AVB cloud.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;
|
||
mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp16">AVB Peer Secondary</span><span
|
||
lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US"> - This indicator will be green
|
||
when the device has recognized that it (the Secondary port)
|
||
is a member of the AVB cloud.</span></p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3>Media Clock</h3>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">Media Clock Master
|
||
- <span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This
|
||
indicator is amber when the device is the Media Clock Master
|
||
for this media clock domain.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">Media Clock ID -
|
||
<span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This
|
||
identifier is used by London Architect to ensure that signals
|
||
routed from one device to another are synchronized to the
|
||
same media clock.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4><span class="hcp10">Media Clock
|
||
Locked - </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This indicator
|
||
is green when the device is listening to the house clock stream
|
||
for this domain and the house clock has been successfully
|
||
recovered from it.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4><span class="hcp10">Media Clock
|
||
Priority - </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">This value is
|
||
compared during Media Clock Master Arbitration to determine
|
||
which device should be the Media Clock Master.</span><span
|
||
lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;
|
||
mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;
|
||
mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-spacerun: yes;
|
||
font-weight: normal;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22"> A
|
||
lower value corresponds to higher priority clock, so setting
|
||
this SV to 0 would make the device win most often and 255
|
||
would make the device win least often.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">MCN Pilot Stream
|
||
ID - <span class="hcp23">The full stream ID
|
||
of the current pilot stream.</span></h4></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h3>The following parameters can be accessed from the <a href="MAINDesign_tree.htm">Design
|
||
Tree</a></h3>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">MCN Primary MAC -
|
||
<span class="hcp23">S</span><span class="hcp23">hows
|
||
the MAC address of the current MCN clock master.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">MCN Reserve MAC -
|
||
<span class="hcp23">S</span><span class="hcp23">hows
|
||
the MAC address of the reserve MCN clock master.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4><span class="hcp10">PTP Path Delay
|
||
Primary - </span><span class="hcp25">D</span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">elay
|
||
(in nanoseconds) between this device and its immediate peer
|
||
on the network.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4><span class="hcp10">PTP Path Delay
|
||
Secondary - </span><span class="hcp25">D</span><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" class="hcp22">elay
|
||
(in nanoseconds) between this device and its immediate peer
|
||
on the network.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">VLAN ID - <span class="hcp23">The
|
||
ID of the VLAN used by the AVB traffic.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">Primary Port MAC
|
||
- <span class="hcp23">T</span><span class="hcp23">he
|
||
MAC address of the primary Ethernet port of the AVBX card.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">Secondary Port MAC
|
||
- <span class="hcp23">T</span><span class="hcp23">he
|
||
MAC address of the secondary Ethernet port of the AVBX card.</span></h4></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2>Transmitter Object (Talker) Properties</h2>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">Stream ID - <span class="hcp23">The ID of the stream. Either
|
||
a full 8 byte stream ID or a shorter Harman ID.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">State (Stream Active)
|
||
- <span class="hcp23">True when the stream
|
||
is being transmitted to at least one listener.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">Presentation Offset
|
||
- <span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The
|
||
latency setting of the talker (in nanoseconds). The default
|
||
setting is 2ms (2,000,000ns). When set to 2ms, the stream
|
||
is guaranteed to be delivered to the receiving device exactly
|
||
2ms after transmission, but only if there are 7 or less network
|
||
switch hops in between the transmitter and receiver. This
|
||
setting can be reduced, at the expense of fewer allowed switch
|
||
hops.</span></h4></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2>Receiver Object (Listener) Properties</h2>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">Stream ID -<span class="hcp23"> The ID of the stream. Either
|
||
a full 8 byte stream ID or a shorter Harman ID.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4 class="hcp24">State (Stream Active)
|
||
- <span class="hcp23">True when the stream
|
||
is being received.</span></h4></li>
|
||
<li><h4><span class="hcp10">Force Pilot
|
||
Stream - </span><span class="hcp23">When 'on'
|
||
the RX stream is used as the AVB pilot stream. The pilot stream
|
||
is the stream that the London BLU device recovers the audio
|
||
clock from. Therefore, if you are interfacing to a 3rd party
|
||
device which does not support MCN, you will need to set the
|
||
BLU-805 or BLU-325 to sync its audio clock to the stream coming
|
||
from that device. So, to receive an audio stream from an AVB
|
||
console, you use the full stream ID and set force pilot stream
|
||
to On.</span></h4></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<h2>Clocking</h2>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hcp10">The
|
||
device will clock from the AVB under any of the following conditions</span></p>
|
||
<ul type="disc">
|
||
<li><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;"><span class="hcp10">It is an MCN slave and it
|
||
is locked to an MCN pilot stream.</span></p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;"><span class="hcp10">It is an MCN master and
|
||
another device is receiving its MCN pilot stream.</span></p></li>
|
||
<li><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It is clocking off one
|
||
of the RX streams using the <20>Force Pilot Stream<61> option.</p></li>
|
||
</ul>
|
||
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">See <a href="BLU_link.html#Mastership">BLU
|
||
link Mastership</a> for further clocking scenarios where the device
|
||
is not clocking from the AVB..</p>
|
||
<h2><b class="hcp11">AVB vs CobraNet I/O Comparison</b></h2>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Users already familiar with
|
||
CobraNet will perhaps find it useful to compare the two transports<74>
|
||
I/O capabilities.</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Whereas CobraNet-capable
|
||
BLU devices can simultaneously send and receive up to 32 channels
|
||
of CobraNet audio (32x32), AVB-capable BLU devices can simultaneously
|
||
send and receive up to 64 channels of AVB audio (64x64).</p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Whereas up to 8 channels
|
||
of audio can be packaged into 1 CobraNet <20>bundle,<2C> up to 32 channels
|
||
of audio can be packaged into 1 AVB <20>stream.<2E></p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;
|
||
mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;
|
||
font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;">Whereas CobraNet-capable
|
||
Soundweb London devices can simultaneously transmit up to 4 CobraNet
|
||
bundles and receive up to 4 CobraNet bundles (4x4), AVB-capable
|
||
Soundweb London devices can simultaneously transmit up to 64 streams
|
||
and receive up to 62 streams (62x64).</p>
|
||
<h2>PTP (Precision Time Protocol)</h2>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Precision
|
||
Time Protocol is used to synchronise time in the AVB cloud. One
|
||
device is elected as Grand Master and each device uses PTP to
|
||
calculate the exact time. Once the devices have agreed on the
|
||
current time they can then create synchronised audio clocks using
|
||
Media Clock Negotiation.</p>
|
||
<h2>MCN (Media Clock Negotiation)</h2>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hcp10">Media
|
||
Clock Negotiation is used to synchronise audio clocks between
|
||
devices in a single audio clock domain.</span> <span class="hcp26">AVB
|
||
allows multiple media clocks on the network with multiple sample
|
||
rates co-existing. Each talker stream must specify which media
|
||
clock it is using. There can be 256 different media clocks on
|
||
an AVB network.</span></p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="hcp26">Individual
|
||
AVB devices will have a number of audio clocks that it uses. Typically,
|
||
there is one audio clock used by a device and all the audio within
|
||
the device uses that clock.</span></p>
|
||
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" style="mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri;
|
||
mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;
|
||
mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Media
|
||
clocks are propagated throughout the AVB network using streams.
|
||
These streams may also contain data (audio), but that is not a
|
||
requirement. For each media clock domain, primary and secondary
|
||
clock masters are negotiated using the MCN protocol. If the MCM
|
||
priorities for all devices in a given PTP cloud are the same,
|
||
the device with the lowest MAC address wins. The primary and secondary
|
||
clock masters create media clock streams which all devices can
|
||
listen to. Devices monitor the primary and secondary media clock
|
||
streams, and if the primary fails the secondary will be promoted
|
||
to primary and a new secondary media clock master will be negotiated
|
||
based on the defined priority or lowest MAC address.<span class="hcp18"> </span></span></p>
|
||
<h2><b class="hcp11">Suitable Switches</b></h2>
|
||
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
|
||
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span
|
||
lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">BSS Audio / NETGEAR GS724T Ethernet
|
||
Switch</span></li>
|
||
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;
|
||
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000;"><span
|
||
lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">LABX Titanium 411 Ruggedized
|
||
AVB Ethernet Bridge Switch</span></li>
|
||
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|
||
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|
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