Calrec BRIO 36 Installation Manual - page 33
CALREC
Putting Sound in the Picture
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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 connect to Hydra 2
networks via the optional H2 module.
TheoptionalHydra2Moduleallows
furtherI/Otobeconnectedintheform
ofanyHydra2I/Obox,fixedformat
ormodular.MultipleI/Oboxescanbe
connectedviaH2Hubs,andfromBrio
36V2.0,Brioconsolescanconnectto
routerportsonApollo/Artemis/Summa/
Routercorestoshareaudiooverawider,
multiconsoleHydra2network.
Built-InAudioInterfaces
TheimagebelowshowstheAudio
interfacesavailabletoheuserwithoutthe
optionalHydra2interfacemodule.
Thereare:-
8xDigitalAESI/Ps,withSRC,
8xDigitalAESO/Ps,
24xAnalogueMic/LineI/Ps,
16xAnalogueLineO/Ps
3doublewidthModI/Ocardslots.
Notethattheimagealsoshowsthebuilt-
inGPIOconnectors,thereare4x9-pin
D-Typeconnectorseachofwhichcarry
either4GPIor4GPOcircuits,thisgives
Brio36atotalof8xGPIsand8GPOs.
OptionalHydra2AudioFormats
Hydra2I/Ounitscomeinavarietyof
formatsandconnectortypes,including
MADIandSDIembedders/de-embedders,
AESdigitalandmic/lineanalogue
formats,allwithavarietyofconnector
types.PleaserefertotheHydra2
installationmanualforfulldetailsonI/O.
Power
AllExternalHydra2I/Ounitsarefitted
withdualpowersuppliesandIECAC
powerinputconnectorsoperatingfrom
100-240VAC.Bothpowerinputsshould
befed,preferablyfromtwoseparateAC
sources,toprovidefullredundancy.
IEC‘Y’cordscanbesuppliedtoallow
bothinputstobefedfromasinglecable
source,intheeventthatonlyonesupplyis
available,toensurebothPSUscanalways
befed.
IDconfiguration
EachI/Oboxinasystemneedsto
begivenauniquehydraID(HID),see
“HydraI/OBoxIDs”onpage14
forfurtherinformation.
ModularI/Ocardslots
Pleasenotethatchangingthecardtype
fittedinamodularI/Ocardslotrequires
theusertoremoveitfromtherequired
I/OListhoweverifonanetworkitalso
needstoberemovedfromthenetwork
configurationusingH20andresetting
themasterrouterisrequiredtoaddthe
replacementcardsinH2O.
ForguidanceintheuseofH2Oreferto
theH2OUserGuidewhichcanbefound
ontheCalrecwebsite
Iftheorderthatcardsarefittedina
modularframeisimportantinyour
installation,pleasediscussthiswithyour
supplierpriortodelivery.Ifforanyreason
thecardorderneedstobechangedpost
delivery,pleasecontactourCustomer
Supportteamoryourlocaldistributorfor
guidance.Cardsofthesametypecan
beinterchangedwithnoconfiguration
changerequired.Additionalcardscan
befittedinpreviouslyemptyslotswithout
furtherconfiguration.
Hydra2connection
LiketheHydra2portsontheroutercard,
Hydra2connectionsonthebackofthe
Brio36andI/OboxesareSFPsand
thereforetheconnectiontyperequired
(copper/singlemodefibre/multimode
fibre)needstobespecifiedduringthe
orderingprocess.
Note, any fixed RJ45s on the rear of
External Hydra2 I/O boxes are not
functional, if copper connections are
required, copper SFPs should be
specified.
BUILT-IN AUDIO CONNECTIONS