Nexo NXAMP4X1 User Manual

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NXES104 EXPANSION BOARD AND REMOTE CONTROLBi-directional, non ES100 devicesMore sophisticated Ethersound™ devices are bi-directional, non ES100. These devicesfeatures two ports (ES IN and ES OUT) and can be connected to both mono and bi-directional networks (2 x 64 channels of 24 bits/48 KHz). Do not use them in a networkwhere ES100 functions are used.NB: The NEXO NX242-ES4 Digital TDcontroller is a bi-directional, non ES100 devices.ES100 devicesThese devices compatible with the ES100 variant of the Ethersound™ network are bi-directional devices (compatible with both mono and bi-directional networks) that offer newfunctionalities (we called them the ES100 functions). Here is a list of the new ES100functions:• Device to device communication: With classical Ethersound implementation,only the remote control computer can communicate with the various devices or thenetwork, and only audio data can be exchanged between devices. With ES100,devices can send non-audio data between them without passing through the remotecontrol computer.• Ring topology: Instead of the classical daisy-chain Ethersound™ network, youcan now connect the last OUT port of the network to the IN port of the primarymaster, that has to be defined as the Preferred Primary Master through ESmonitor(every other device should be set as a loop back device). See ESmonitor User Manualincluded with this software for details. Thus one of the network cables can failwithout any lost on the network integrity. To control the network, at least one of theES100 devices inside the network should have a “Remote ES100 port” (see bellow).• 3rd communication port: Optionally, a 3rd Ethernet port can be added on theES100 device (this is the “Remote ES100 port” that you can find on the NXES104).From this port you can take control over the connected device, but also over thewhole Ethersound™ network. To do so, connect a computer running the ESmonitorsoftware, just like you were connecting to the IN port of the Primary Master device ofthe network.N.B.: You can easily recognize the ES100 devices thanks to this logoES100/spkr devicesThe ES100/spkr implementation is a light implementation of the ES100 above: ES100/spkris compatible only with mono-directional Ethersound™ network, and can only extract amaximum of four outputs.Ethernet Additional hardwareHubsA hub (also known as repeater) is a central connection point for computers on a star-topology-based network. Any data it receives is broadcasted to all ports, and then only thePAGE 52 OF 80