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Calrec BRIO 36 Installation Manual

Manual is about: Audio Production System with Optional Networking

Summary of BRIO 36

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture audio production system with optional networking brio 36 installation manual.

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    Calrec audio ltd nutclough mill hebden bridge west yorkshire england uk hx7 8ez tel: +44 (0)1422 842159 fax: +44 (0)1422 845244 email: enquiries@calrec.Com calrec.Com no part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying...

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    Brio 36 contents information 5 information 6 healthandsafety 8 packagecontents 9 gettingstarted 11 rearconnections 12 expansionoptions 13 expansioni/ocards 13 optionalhydra2module 13 hydrai/oboxids 14 idconfigurations 14 changingani/obox’shid 14 portlabelsandsw-p-08settings 14 duplicatehids 14 spare...

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    4 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking remotecontrolandproductionautomation 49 sw-p-08sourcetodestinationrouterremotecontrol 50 networkconnection&redundancy 50 brio36connectionconfiguration 50 sw-p-08i/omappingconfiguration 50 emberremotecontrol 51 brio36connectionconfiguration 5...

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture brio 36 information.

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    6 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking information information should you require any technical assistance with your calrec product please contact your regional calrec distributor. Customers within the uk or ireland should contact calrec directly. For a complete list of worldwide...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 7 installation inmanyinstallationstheacpower connectorswillnotbereadilyaccessible, effectivelymakingtheequipment permanentlyconnected.Theinstallation shouldbecarriedoutinaccordancewithall applicableinstallationrulesandregulations. Servicepersonnel theacpowerdiscon...

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    8 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking information health and safety importantsafetyinstructions: • readtheseinstructions. • keeptheseinstructions. • heedallwarnings. • followallinstructions. • donotusethisapparatusnearwater. • donotblockanyventilationopenings. Installinaccordanc...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 9 package contents there are a number of options when ordering brio 36 systems: connectivity type and i/o options. Everysystemincludesacontrolsurfacewhichcontainstheprocessingcore.Smallformatpluggabletransceivers(sfps)arerequired forhydra2i/oboxconnectionswiththeo...

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture brio 36 getting started.

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    12 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking getting started rear connections the brio 36 surface is designed to be a self-contained compact mixing console however there are a number of external connections that are made to interface to other equipment such as i/o, networks and oem eq...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 13 expansion options expansioni/ocards brio36has3xexpansioni/oslots accessiblefromtherearofthesurface. Eachofthethreeslotscanbefittedwith anycardfromcalrec’smodulari/orange, “single”,or“double-wide”cards.Refer tothehydra2installationmanualfora completelistofthecar...

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    14 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking getting started hydra i/o box ids hydra2 i/o boxes with valid hydra ids (hids), are automatically detected and added to the hydra database when first plugged in to the network. This database entry will remain until it is manually deleted vi...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 15 setting hydra ids for fixed format i/o the 8-way dip switch on the rear of all fixed format i/o boxes is set as an 8-bit binary representation of the hid value with the left hand switch used for the most significant bit, and the right hand switch for the least ...

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    16 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking getting started setting hydra ids for modular i/o the hid for modular i/o boxes is set by a dip switch on the controller card and is only accessible by removing the card. Refer to the hydra2 installation manual and ensure esd precautions ar...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 17 connecting brio 36 to a router core in order to connect to other consoles that you wish to use with a brio 36 system it should be connected to the core router card(s) using fibre or copper cable connected via the correct sfp for your connection type. Note that ...

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    18 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking getting started hardware power connections power connections to the brio 36 surface power connections to the 2015 core brio 36 and hydra2 hardware requires mains power via standard iec connections. Whilecalrechardwarecanberunoffonepowerconn...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 19 setting the date and time shows and memories and log files are time-stamped, making them easier to identify. When you first start up your brio 36 system it is important to set the current date and time. Todothis: tapsystemsettingsinthetop righthandcorneroftheto...

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    20 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking getting started connecting a laptop to brio 36 a laptop can be used on brio 36 to access h2o for i/o port management and labelling, and to carry out software updates. Thelaptopwillneedtohaveatleastone ethernetport(orusblanconnector) whichsh...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 21 configuring lan ports the brio 36 control processor has two ports labelled lan (or ethernet) 1 and 2, on the rear of the unit. These ports can be used to connect the brio 36 system to third party controllers for production automation (mixer remote control) and ...

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    22 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking getting started software updates users can carry out system wide software updates on brio 36 systems running version 1.0 or higher. Forguidanceoncarryingoutasoftware upgradetoabrio36system,pleaserefer tothesystemsettings>softwarescreen onth...

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture brio 36 control surface.

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    24 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking control surface top view thefollowingdiagramsshowthesurfacemeasurementsallinmillimeters(mm). Surface measurements.

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 25 front view side view.

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    26 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking control surface d ia gra m s ho w in g h ow b rio 3 6’ s i nt er na l c om po ne nt s a re c on ne ct ed t og et her . Component connections.

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 27 surface layout the brio 36 surface is built as 2 panels top and bottom. It is made up from 3 x 12 fader sections, 2 across the bottom and one top left and one access panel placed top right which contains the access display area complete with touchscreen tft, 8 ...

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    28 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking control surface the built-in talkback microphone and the headphone socket, are patched to dedicated internal ports in (slot m) and donotappear as external audio port connections on the rear panel. Thebuilt-intalkbackmicappearsas asourceini/...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 29 power supply units brio 36’s power supply unit (psu) contains two power supply units which are supplied with ac power by two independent male iec inlets. These dual power supplies provide full power redundancy, a feature of all calrec products. Althoughbrio36wi...

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    30 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking.

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture brio 36 connection information.

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    32 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information synchronisation the brio 36 has 6 bnc connections for external synchronisation:- 2 x wordclock inputs, 2 x aes inputs and 2 x video inputs. If no external sync is connected and selected, the console will free-run on i...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 33 audio i/o connections there are a number of ways to get audio in and out of a brio 36 system. There are built in analogue and digital inputs, 3 double width modular i/o card slots which can use any of the cards from the modular i/o box range and it can also con...

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    34 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information modular hydra2 i/o, controller card front interface connectfromprimary hydra2sfponbrio36 connectfromsecondary hydra2sfponbrio36 connectionfromprimary hydra2sfponbrio36 connectionfromsecondary hydra2sfponbrio36 noconne...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 35 fixed format madi hydra2 i/o, rear interface connectionfromprimaryhydra2sfponbrio36 connectionfromsecondaryhydra2sfponbrio36 processing 2015 core—hydra 2 router i/o ports for connecting to brio 36 from v2.0 onwards primaryi/oports secondaryi/oports.

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    36 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information small form-factor pluggable (sfp) overview connections between the brio 36 control surface (which includes the processing core) and all hydra2 network connections, connections between i/o boxes and routers and router-...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 37 1 2 1 2 sfps with handles - latched • bothsfpsshownarelockedin place-latch/extractionhandles inouterposition(or‘down’position forfibre). Sfps with handles - unlatched • bothsfpsfreetoremove-latch /extractionhandlesininner(or ‘lifted’forfibre)position. Auto-latc...

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    38 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information copper sfp connectivity hydra2 network connections can be made via copper sfp modules. Copper connections require shielded f/utp category 5e or category 6 cables with shielded rj45 mating connectors. Surface to core c...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 39 inordertobeabletocrimpthecable jacketinsidetherj45andlandthedata coresontheterminals,theamountthat thejacketisstrippedbackinrelationto thecoresneedstobeaccurate.Cables withexposeddatacoresshouldnotbe usedastheywillbeunreliable. Termination-pin-out hydra2network...

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    40 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information fibre sfp connectivity optical sfp modules for fibre connectivity can be used for console to processing core, router to router, and router to i/o connections. Fibreconnectivityisrequiredwhenthe cablerunbetweenunitsexc...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 41 sfp type connector power budget fibre type max distance sx multimode lcduplex 7.5db 62.5/125µm 275m 50/125µm 550m lx singlemode lcduplex 8db 8/125µm 10km lx singlemode bi-dir lcsimplex 11.5db 9/125µm 10km lh singlemode lcduplex 23db 8/125µm 70km sfp/fibre speci...

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    42 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information fibre - general rules testing/certification calrecstronglyrecommendsthatallfibres areproperlytestedorcertifiedpriorto on-sitecommissioningofthesystem. Acertainamountofsignallossoccurs overthelengthofafibrepath.Iftheto...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 43 warning never look into the end of an optical transceiver or fibre when in use. Laser radiation can be harmful to the human eye and should be avoided. Remember that when disconnecting a fibre, the transmitting device at the other end may still be active. Cleani...

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    44 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information gpio connections internal fixed - gpio, 4 inputs + 4 isolated/dry closure outputs function pin gpi 1/5 + 1 0v 6 gpi 2/6 + 2 0v 7 gpi 3/7 + 3 0v 8 gpi 4/8 + 4 0v 9 ground 0v 5 function pin gpo 1/5 no+ 1 no- 6 gpo 2/6 n...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 45 externalgpiointerfaces multipleboxescanbefittedwithgpio cardstomakeuptherequiredquantity ofgpioports.Thephysicallocationof i/oboxeswithintheinstallationshould beconsideredwhenchoosingwhichtofit withgpiocards. Afixedformati/oboxfittedwithagpio cardhastwod25conne...

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    46 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information fixed format gpio connections - 8 in, 8 out function pin opto 1 + 1 - 14 opto 2 + 15 - 3 opto 3 + 4 - 17 opto 4 + 18 - 6 opto 5 + 7 - 20 opto 6 + 21 - 9 opto 7 + 10 - 23 opto 8 + 24 - 12 +5v 2 5 8 11 ground 16 19 22 2...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 47 function pin gpi 1 + 1 - 34 gpi 2 + 18 - 2 gpi 3 + 35 - 19 gpi 4 + 3 - 36 gpi 5 + 20 - 4 gpi 6 + 37 - 21 gpi 7 + 5 - 38 gpi 8 + 22 - 6 supply +5 v 17 supply 0 v 50 50 pin male d-type - wiring side of connecting cable 50 34 18 33 17 1 wy5859 - modular gpio, 8 in...

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    48 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking connection information wy5858 - modular gpio 8 in + 8 out status 8 in / 8 out changeover gpio function pin gpi 1 + 1 - 34 gpi 2 + 18 - 2 gpi 3 + 35 - 19 gpi 4 + 3 - 36 gpi 5 + 20 - 4 gpi 6 + 37 - 21 gpi 7 + 5 - 38 gpi 8 + 22 - 6 supply +5v ...

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture brio 36 remote control and production automation.

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    50 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking remote control and production automation sw-p-08 source to destination router remote control the hydra2 router allows for 1-to-n source to destination routing of hydra2 inputs to hydra2 outputs, without using console dsp, or control surface...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 51 ember remote control the ember protocol is a sophisticated data exchange mechanism that has potential for controlling many functions across varied equipment types. Embercontrolhasbeenincorporated intocalrec’sproductrangetoallow remotecontrolfunctionalityoverbot...

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    52 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking remote control and production automation remote control–calrec serial control protocol the calrec serial control protocol (cscp) allows for remote control over mixing console operational functions by 3rd party systems such as video switcher...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 53 ports available for sw-p-08, ember & cscp connections on the brio 36 rear panel.

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    54 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking.

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture brio 36 br-io external i/o rack.

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    56 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking br-io external i/o rack br-ioisa4uhydra2basedexternal i/orackallowingforcosteffective expansionofi/oforusewithbrio 36consoles. Itisintendedtobeplacedincontrol/ equipmentrooms,trucks,studios,and evenoutdooruseprovidingtheuser providesappropr...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 57 br-ioboxidsetting theidforbr-ioboxesissetusingthe dipswitchesonthecontrollercardand isonlyaccessiblebypoweringthebr-io unitoffandremovingtheaccesspanel onthelidofthebr-iobox.Ensureesd precautionsareobservedbeforehandling anybr-ioboxcards. Idswitchesonthei/ocont...

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    58 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking.

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    Calrec.Com putting sound in the picture brio 36 specifications.

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    60 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking specifications control surface brio 36 physical faders 36 talkback microphone built-in headphone output stereo,1/4’trsjack weight ( exc expansion cards ) 30kg brio 36 integral router 1024 2 hydra2 connections 1+1redundantconnectionforconnec...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 61 power/environmental specifications both the control surface and external i/o rack have two iec ac power inlets feeding two sets of internal power distribution. Although both the control surface and external i/o rack will operate with one inlet supply we recomme...

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    62 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking specifications hydra2 fixed format i/o fixed format i/o power allfixedformathydra2i/ounitshavetwoiecacpowerinletsandarefittedwithdualpower supplies.Unitswillbefullyfunctionalononepsu,howeverbothshouldbefedwherepossible fromseparatesourcesto...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 63 hydra2 modular i/o hydra2 modular i/o power modularhydra2i/oframesarefittedwithdualpowersuppliesandhave2iecacpower inputconnectors.Unitswillbefullyfunctionalononepsu,howeverbothshouldbefedwhere possiblefromseparatesourcestoprovideredundancyagainstbothpsufailure...

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    64 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking specifications audio performance specification built-in aes3id unbalanced digital inputs built-in aes3id unbalanced digital outputs built-in analogue input specs format aes/ebu(aes3)24-bit.Alsosuitableforusewithspdif(iec958type2)signals int...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 65 built-in synchronisation inputs built-in audio performance data digital to digital (aes3) distortion -1dbfs,20hzto10khz-betterthan0.0002% digital to digital (aes3 with src) distortion -1dbfs,20hzto10khz-betterthan0.0002% frequency response (analogue input to ou...

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    66 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking specifications dynamic range for built-in analogue and aes3 (inputs) built-in analogue inputs systemsetfor to digital outputs with 0 db gain +18dbu=0dbfs 108db +24dbu=0dbfs 114db to analogue outputs with 0 db gain * n/a 112db built-in aes3 ...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 67 built-in analogue outputs systemsetfor srconi/p srconi/p from digital inputs with 0 db gain +18dbu=0dbfs off 109db on 109db +24dbu=0dbfs off 115db on 115db from analogue inputs with 0 db gain * n/a n/a 112db dynamic range for built-in analogue and aes3 (outputs...

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    68 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking specifications hydra2 aes3id unbalanced digital inputs hydra2 aes3id unbalanced digital outputs hydra2 analogue input specs format aes/ebu(aes3)24-bit.Alsosuitableforusewithspdif(iec958type2)signals interface, input sensitivity 75ohmunbalan...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 69 hydra2 synchronisation inputs hydra2 audio performance data hydra2 analogue output specs digital - analogue conversion 24bit output balance electronicallybalanced.20hzto20khz,betterthan-35db,typically-45db output impedance ohms distortion -1dbfs@1khz-betterthan...

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    70 brio 36 audio production system with optional networking specifications dynamic range for hydra 2 analogue and aes3 (inputs) hydra2 analogue inputs systemsetfor to digital outputs with 0 db gain +18dbu=0dbfs 110db +24dbu=0dbfs 116db to analogue outputs with 0 db gain * n/a 118db hydra2 aes3 unbal...

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    Calrec putting sound in the picture 71 hydra2 analogue outputs systemsetfor srconi/p srconi/p from digital inputs with 0 db gain +18dbu=0dbfs off 111db on 111db +24dbu=0dbfs off 117db on 117db from analogue inputs with 0 db gain * n/a n/a 118db dynamic range for hydra 2 analogue and aes3 (outputs) h...

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