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Fair Light Fame 2 User Manual

Manual is about: Fairlight ESP FAME 2

Summary of Fame 2

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    1 installation manual software version 16.2 part number: dfm2100-a document number: 158 manual by: owen p walker copyright © 2000

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    2 i mportant n otice copyright the material in this document is copyright to fairlight esp pty ltd, and may not be quoted or reproduced in any form without written permission from the company. Limited warranty policy all the software and hardware provided with, or purchased especially for, fairlight...

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    3 t able of c ontents i mportant n otice ......................................... 2 c ertificates & c ompliances ........................... 5 cc e mission c ontrol .................................. 5 s afety s ymbols ............................................ 6 m ains p lugs & m ains p ower c o...

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    4 devices .................................................... 40 5.3 setting up removable media ................. Devices .................................................... 40 s ection 6 - r outine m aintenance ................ 41 6.1 cleaning the exterior of the units ..... 41 6.2 cleaning the m...

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    5 cc e mission c ontrol this equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class a digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the fcc rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial enviro...

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    6 s afety s ymbols the lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of un-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure; that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. L’ecl...

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    7 m ains p lugs & m ains p ower c ords the following lists the recommended mains plugs and leads for use in various countries throughout the world. Standards applicable for mains plugs rating country asta bs1363 1984 10a @ 250vac uk bs546, 1950 10a @ 250vac india, kenya, nigeria, kuwait, parts of as...

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    8 o btaining t echnical s upport users requiring technical support should contact their local fairlight office or distributor. Information can also be found on the world wide web at :- http://www.Fairlightesp.Com united kingdom usa – w est coast fairlight esp lim ited u nit 12, spectrum h ouse 32-34...

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    9 s ection 1 - i ntroduction 1.1 p roduct d escription the fairlight esp fame 2 system is the first of a new generation of non-linear audio recording, editing and mixing solutions from fairlight esp. The system marries together the mfx user interface and fame 2 surface with the technology of the lat...

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    10 1.3 s ystem o verview the fame 2 is made up of five interconnecting components, the fame 2 control surface, a pc, a surround monitor, an x-point (sometimes refered to as the matrix) and an engine which contains all the electronic circuitry, disk drives and audio i/o necessary run the system. Fame...

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    11 1.5 e quipment s upplied 1.4 u npacking it is advisable that before any installation work is attempted the system be unpacked and the contents verified. A sizeable area approximately 3 meters square should be suitable. Using the basic packing list attached, record the items you have received and ...

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    12 1.6 s ystem o verview fame 2 consists of the following 5 elements: 1.6.1 fame 2 e ngine this 8u rack contains all of the digital processing, audio inputs and outputs, synchronization functions, vtr remote control ports, timecode ports, ethernet and the disk sub system for fame 2. For detailed ins...

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    13 1.6.6 a udio i/o fame 2 comes configured as standard with :- 24 analog - physical inputs and outputs 24 digital physical inputs and outputs fame 2 can also be ordered with the option of :- • 32 analog - physical inputs and outputs • 32 digital physical inputs and outputs the physical i/o connecti...

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    14 1.7 fame 2 c ontrol c able i nterconnections the following diagram shows the interconnections which need to be made when connecting the various hardware devices..

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    15 1.8 s tatic p recautions please take note that all fairlight manufactured electronic modules are static sensitive and should be handled under anti static conditions. When working on a system always ensure that you have an anti static lead connected and that the system is connected to ground throu...

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    16 s ection 2 - p hysical i nstallation - e ngine the engine, takes up 8 ru, when fitted into a 19" rack. It operates from either 100-120v or 200-250v, 50-60hz with the mains input being auto-switching, as such there are no switches to be set. When used on mains supplies of 220 to 240 volts, the iec...

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    17 4 retaining screws 4 retaining screws engine front facia 2.2 e lectrical i nstallation the engine is designed to run from a single phase power source with one of its current carrying conductors at or near ground earth ground potential ( the neutral conductor). Only the line (live) conductor is fu...

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    18 2.3 e ngine r ear p anel c onnections the engine rear is split into two distinct sections; the system i/o panel, located to the right and the audio i/o section, located to the left. The system i/o panel contains all the synchronization needed to allow communication with external devices including...

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    19 qdc card system i/o panel fame 2 engine back panel 2.4 c abling once the mechanical installation of the engine is complete, a number of cables must be connected. Some of these connect various components together and may have been supplied with the fame 2 system, others provide connection to the r...

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    20 2.6 c onnecting t he v arious e ngine c omponents once cabling issues have been dealt with the various engine connections need to be made. 1 connect an iec power lead to the back of the fame 2 engine. 2 connect the 15 way d connector of a vga monitor cable to vga 1 connector on the system i/o pan...

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    21 s ection 3 p hysical i nstallation - c ontrol s urface 3.1 i ntroduction the fame 2 and mfx console provides a control surface to allow the engineer to work quickly and efficiently. For more information regarding the operational use of the console please refer to the fame 2 edit user manual and t...

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    22 3.3 i nstalling the f ame 2 c onsole there are 3 frame sizes available for the console in standalone version only. These are: n 48 fader n 40 fader n 32 fader there are 3 frame sizes available for the console in standalone or drop through versions. These are: n 24 fader n 16 fader n 8 fader the d...

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    23 5. From slot 3 on the pc, connect the 25 way flat ribbon cable to the rear connector panel on the fame 2 console. This is the surface control cable. 6. From slot 2 on the pc, connect the 44 way hi density cable to the rear connector panel on the fame console. This is the tft display cable. 7. Fro...

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    24 13. An external vga monitor can be used to provide an additional display. This cable is not supplied, but should be connected to slot 2 on the pc. This is a 15 way hi den- sity connector, the pin out information is in the appendix of this manual. 14. A 15 way hi density vga cable, should be conne...

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    25 3.5.1s tandard c onnections - i nputs 3.5 m onitor b ox the monitor box provides all the monitoring and meter switching for the fame 2 engine. It offers a total of 8 speaker feeds plus extra inputs and outputs for metering, dolby(r) encoder/ decoder insertion and nearfield speakers. The main spea...

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    26 3.5.2 s tandard c onnections - o utputs name description location destination speaker 1a feed for speaker 1 edac 8 main monitor amplifier l speaker 2a feed for speaker 2 edac 8 main monitor amplifier r speaker 3 feed for speaker 3 edac 8 main monitor amplifier c speaker 4 feed for speaker 4 edac ...

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    27 there is a 25 way d type connector on the rear of the unit. This connector provides the return talkback switch as shown in the following diagram. When a switch closure is made as shown, any signal present on the "ret.Tb" connections on the monitor box will be routed to the main monitors.: m ain i...

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    28 3.6 e lectrical i nstallation - s urface it is recommended that both the engine and control surface are connected to the same electrical supply or ring main which ideally should be regulated and smoothed. If the power source is likely to be unexpectedly cut then both the units should be fed from ...

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    29 3.6.4 f uses when used on mains supplies of 220 to 240 volts, the iec mains connector should be fitted with an 5 amp mains input fuse. A 10 amp fuse should be used for supply voltages of 100 to 120 volts. Only 20mm anti surge (t) types should be fitted opening the power supply. To gain access to ...

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    30 additional 3.5” drive bay 3.7 i nternal and e xternal scsi d evices the fame 2 engine has been designed to accept two 3.5 inch drives and 2 5.5” drive bays internally which can take either kingston technology drive enclosures or an exabyte enclosure. The system typically comes configured with one...

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    31 4.2 s witching on the e quipment 4.2.1 e ngine 1. Ensure all scsi cables and terminators are connected. 2. Power up all scsi devices. 3. Verify monitor cable is connected and then power up the monitor. 4. Ensure all sync input/output cables are connected and secure. 5. Turn down the master faders...

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    32 front panel power switch back panel power switch fame 2 engine back panel fame2 engine front panel.

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    33 power switch fame 2 console back panel 4.2.2 fame 2 c onsole 1. Turn on the power switch on the back of the fame 2 and the console will boot up. 2. Turn on the power switch on the front of the pc..

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    34 4.3 fame 2 e ngine b oot up at this point the system should be booting up and the following text should be seen on the graphical interface. 1. Take note of the scsi devices being found in case a problem is encountered. 2. If the fame 2 engine has been configured to be part of a network, check tha...

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    35 3. As the boot up process continues check that the mfx console is being seen. 4. If a problem is encounter with audio i/o check that the system is logging the qdc card or cards within the system. 5. If problems persist please contact a local fairlight office or distributor..

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    36 4.4 s oftware i nstallation from time to time software will need to be installed onto the fame 2 engine. The following describes the steps which need to be taken to install software. 4.4.1 i nstalling s oftware f rom e xabyte to update software from exabyte when no release files are available; 1....

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    37 s ection 5 - c onfiguring d isk d rives 5.1 e xternal h ard d isk d rives an additional scsi controller can be added to the system and fitted in one of three pci slots on the pxy main processor board. With the controller physically installed an additional 7 scsi devices can be connected to the sy...

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    38 5.1.2 c onfiguring t he e ngine f or n arrow u se connect disk drives to external scsi buss port. Power on the disk drives and engine when the bios screen appears press the space bar, before the - “press key to display boot menu” countdown ends. Under booting procedure press rc and press enter . ...

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    39 5.1.3 m ixing w ide a nd n arrow d isk d rives wide and narrow based disk drives can be mixed on the same scsi buss at the same time - narrow based scsi disk drives must always be the last in the chain after any wide disks are connected. If the engine is configured to run in wide mode, a quality ...

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    40 5.2 c hecking for n ewly i nstalled scsi d evices once you have mounted all external and internal scsi devices, the following will aid you in determining if they are all detected. 1. Ensure that the fame 2 engine is completely reassembled and that there are no loose cables. 2. Power up the engine...

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    41 to ensure good airflow through the engine, the air filter in the front panel must be periodically cleaned. It is usually sufficient to simply remove accumulated dust using a vacuum cleaner to suck it out of the front panel grille. From time to time, however, the front panel will have to be remove...

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    42 4. Reverse the above steps to attach the front dress panel back into place. Air filter n ew a ir f ilters if the filter cannot be cleaned properly or is worn out, a new one should be ordered. Please contact your local fairlight office or distributor for further assistance. Fame 2 engine front pan...

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    43 s ection 7 - m atrix c onfiguration the x-point is a 256 relay switcher box which can be controlled from the fame 2 surface via the matrix page. It is possible to connect 15 x-point boxes to a single fame 2. While the x-point is normally used for routing audio (both analogue and digital) an x-poi...

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    44 7.2 c onfiguring r acks the first step is to configure all the x-point racks connected. The possible types of x-points are; 16x16, 24x8, 8x24, 32x8, 8x32, dual 16x8, 16x8 / 8x16, 8x16/16x8, dual 8x16, quad 8x8. To do this, press the button in the left column entitled rack select. When you do this...

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    45 7.3 b uilding a m atrix now that all the physical boxes are defined, it is possible to build "virtual" matrices from the rack matrices defined. The virtual matrix is displayed in the left side of the matrix selection page. The virtual matrix is "built" by selecting inputs and outputs from various...

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    46 a ppendix - c onnection s pecifications i ntroduction the following information contains all the wiring details to allow users to connect peripheral devices to the back panel of the engine. A1 - a udio i/o c onfiguration fame 2 uses a fairlight esp designed proprietary card called the qdc, for al...

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    47 a1.1 a nalog a udio i/o s pecifications connector 50 way 3 row d female input balanced input level +24dbu max input sensitivity +4dbu nominal (adjustable) input attenuation range impedence > 10k ohms output electronic balanced differential output level +24dbu max at 0dbfs, nominal +4dbu output im...

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    48 qdc c onfiguration each qdc card comes with three connectors, each housing 50 pins. The following table shows the audio i/o configuration - the connectors and pinouts for fame 2. In the standard configuration more than one qdc card is required to enable all analog and digital i/o. Qdc pin outs co...

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    49 a n a log i n pu ts a n a log o u tp ut s d ig ita l in p u ts d ig ita l o u tp u ts po rt q d c c o n pi ns + gnd - p o rt q d c c on pi ns + g n d - po rt q d c c o n p ins + g n d - por t q d c c on p ins + g n d - a in 1 1 1 1 7 3 3 5 0 a o u t 1 1 1 9 2 5 4 2 d in 1 - 2 1 2 17 33 50 d o u t...

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    50 a n al og i nput s a n al og o u tput s di g it a l i n p u ts d igi ta l o u tputs por t q d c c on pi ns + gnd - por t q d c c o n pi n s + g n d - port q d c c on pi ns + gnd - port q d c c o n pi ns + g n d - a in 1 1 1 1 7 3 3 5 0 a o u t 1 1 1 9 25 42 d in 1 - 2 1 2 1 7 33 5 0 d o u t 1 - 2...

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    51 a ppendix - c onnection & s ignal s pecifications a2 c ontrol & r eference p inouts fame 2 engine system i/o panel.

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    52 a3 g eneral p urpose i nterface connector 37 pin d male input ttl (1 ls load) output/bank ttl (max 5 ttl loads) +5v fused current gpio 1 g n d 2 g p io 6 3 g p io 5 4 g n d 5 g p io b o 2 6 g p io b o 1 7 g n d 8 g p io in 6 9 g p io in 5 1 0 g n d 11 g p io in 2 1 2 g p io in 1 1 3 g n d 1 4 g p...

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    53 a4 m ixer connector 25 pin d female 1 gnd 2 rxffn 3 rxclkn 4 rxdatn 5 rxwrn 6 nc 7 nc 8 txffn 9 txclkn 10 txdatn 11 txwrpn 12 hssldetn 13 syncn 14 rxffp 15 rxclkp 16 rxdatp 17 rxwrp 18 nc 19 gnd 20 txffp 21 txxclkp 22 txdatp 23 txwrp 24 gnd 25 syncp.

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    54 a5 c ontroller connector 25 pin d male at engine 25 pin d type connector signal 37 pin d type connector signal pin 1 gnd pin 1 gnd pin 2 contx pin 7 contx pin 3 conrx pin 24 conrx pin 5 h_txdata pin 6 h_txdata pin 7 gnd pin 10 gnd pin 9 gnd pin 33 gnd pin 10 contxpos pin 13 contxpos pin 11 conrxp...

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    55 a6 p rinter connector standard 25 pin d female pin 1 pstroben pin 2 pdr0 pin 3 pdr1 pin 4 pdr2 pin 5 pdr3 pin 6 pdr4 pin 7 pdr5 pin 8 pdr6 pin 9 pdr7 pin 10 prackn pin 11 prbusyn pin 12 prerror pin 13 prselect pin 14 prautofdn pin 15 prfaultn pin 16 printitn pin 17 prselinn pin 18 gnd pin 19 gnd ...

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    56 a7 9-p in a connector 9 pin d female pin 1 gnd pin 2 9arxa pin 3 9atxb pin 4 gnd pin 5 nc pin 6 gnd pin 7 9arxb pin 8 9atxa pin 9 nc a8 9-p in b connector 9 pin d female pin 1 gnd pin 2 9brxa pin 3 9btxb pin 4 gnd pin 5 nc pin 6 gnd pin 7 9brxb pin 8 9btxa pin 9 nc.

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    57 a9 9-p in s lave connector 9 pin d female pin 1 gnd pin 2 9btxa pin 3 9rrxb pin 4 gnd pin 5 nc pin 6 gnd pin 7 9btxb pin 8 9brxa pin 9 gnd a10 ltc - i/o connector 9 pin d male input level -20dbm to +10dbm output level 0dbm important note: unbalanced loads connected to ltc out should not ground th...

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    58 a11 s erial p ort connector standard 9 pin d male pin 1 ser_dcd pin 2 ser_rx pin 3 ser_tx pin 4 ser_dtr pin 5 gnd pin 6 ser_dsr pin 7 ser_rts pin 8 ser_cts pin 9 nc a12 m idi i/o connector 9 pin d female pin 1 not connected pin 2 midi in negative midi in din pin 5 pin 3 midi out negative midi out...

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    59 a13 aes s ync i/o connector 9 pin d male pin 1 gnd pin 2 aes in negative pin 3 aes out positive pin 4 biphase tach pin 5 bip direction pin 6 aes in positive pin 7 gnd pin 8 aes out negative pin 9 not connected a14 m odem connector 9 pin d male pin 1 mod_dcd pin 2 mod_rx pin 3 mod_tx pin 4 mod_dtr...

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    60 pin 1 red pin 2 green pin 3 blue pin 4 gn d pin 5 gn d pin 6 gn d pin 7 gn d pin 8 gn d pin 10 gn d pin 11 gn d pin 12 n c pin 13 hsyn c pin 14 vsyn c pin 15 n c a15 vga connector 15 pin high density d female resolution 1024(h) x 768(v) frequency hsync: 60khz vsync: 75hz svga standard a17 w ord c...

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    61 in s sen d 1 -4 in s r e t 1 -4 r e tu rn t/b s tudio t /b ex t. I/ps 7 & 8 ( s tu d io f eeds - m 1 ) ex t. I/ps 1 to 6 (moni to r e x t ) s tereo i /p 1& 2 (p os t dolby in se rt ex t m o n ito r) m e te r o/ps 1 -8 speaker 7 , 8 speaker 1 b , 2 b speaker 1 a , 2 a , and 3-6 m a in i/ps 1 to 6 ...

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    62.

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    63 b2 - edac c onnections each edac can have up to 18 circuits, numbered 1 to 18..

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    64 b3.2 - 24 x 8 x-point connections b3 m atrix c onnection d etails b3.1 - 16 x 16 x-point connections b3.3 32 x 8 x-point connections.

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    65 b4.1 - 16 x 16 c ross p oint.

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    66 b4.2 - 24 x 8 c ross p oint.

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    67 b4.3 - 32 x 8 c ross p oint.

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    68 c1 fame 2 pc c onfiguration c1.1 - s lot 1 g raphics d river c ard . This card is a cirrus logic vga adapter. It has tft and vga display outputs. 26 way hi density - tft display end 15 way hi density - pc external vga display end, resolution 640 x 480 pin function pin 1 b1 pin 2 b2 pin 3 b3 pin 5...

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    69 ultraview 635 ultraview 635 ltm10c209a ltm10c209a analogue vga output. (use is optional) tft screen high voltage inverter uv receiver uv transmitter uv receiver may be fitted either immediately outside or immediately inside the chassis. F ame 2 pc to m ixer v ideo c onnector eters f ame 2 pc to m...

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    70 c1.2 - s lot 2 c ontrol s urface c ommunications this card is known as the '979 card. It has two connections. One is used to communicate with the control surface master scan processor card, the other is used to output midi data. 25 way f/m d-type flat ribbon pin function pin1 screen pin2 xmt -ff ...

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    71 c1.3 - s lot 3 o ptional gpo f ader s tart c ard this card provides 40 general purpose outputs, software defined. Pin function pin function 1 0v 26 gpo 21 2 gpo 2 27 gpo 24 3 gpo 5 28 gpo 25 4 gpo 8 29 gpo 28 5 gpo 9 30 gpo 31 6 gpo 12 31 gpo 36 7 gpo 15 32 gpo 39 8 gpo 34 33 +12v 9 gpo 19 34 0v ...

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    72 c1.4 - s lot 4 s urround m onitor , m atrix & rcma c ontrol b us this card is called the 1609 serial expansion. It provides communications between the pc and the ancillary units. The communication protocol used is unique to amek, and is named x- link. Each device on the bus must have a unique id ...

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    73 d1 d imensions d1.1 - fame 2 e ngine 360mm 500mm 460mm.

  • Page 74: D1.2 Fame 2 S

    74 d1.2 fame 2 s urface d imensions max height: 996mm max width: 24 fader stand alone 1852mm 16 fader stand alone 1486mm 8 fader stand alone 1120mm 24 fader drop through 1764mm 16 fader drop through 1398mm 8 fader drop through 1032mm depth: 990mm stand alone 676mm drop through weight: 24 fader stand...

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    75 notes :.