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1. Li Note Every node is a stereo point Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 64 Appendix 19 2 Appendix B Lyra ActiveX Scripts Properties Unsigned char IP lleg Format XXX XXX XXX XXX Bool Visible Makes the object 1 Visible 0 Invisible Bool Active Specifies whether the object is active and has focus Bool Enabled Controls whether the object responds to mouse events Int Left Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the left edge of a component relative to its parent Int Top Specifies the Y coordinate of the top left corner of a control relative to its parent or containing control in pixels Int Width Specifies the horizontal size of the control or form in pixels Int Height Specifies the vertical size of the control in spixels Events OnFaderOn ModuleNr IN hen a fader opens this event is generated OnFaderOff ModuleNr IN hen a fader closes this event is generated OnChannelOn ModuleNr When a On switch is turned ON this event is generated OnChannelOff ModuleNr IN hen a On switch is turned OFF this event is generated OnCUEOn ModuleNr AN hen a CUE switch is turned ON this event is generated OnCUEOff ModuleNr IN hen a CUE switch is turned OFF this event is generated OnConnect W hen Connection is made to a Lyra this event is genera
2. All channel remotes are isolated on relays and interfaced on 9 pin Sub D connectors More info isolated PhotoMOS Relays Ron max 12ohm Imax 200mA 24Vmax 15 10Dimensions and Weight Desktop layout Width 260mm Height 85mm Depth 370mm 19 rack in output unit Width 485mm Height 88 5mm Depth 300mm Notes 0dBu 775 mV All measurements were made on an Audio Precision system Two For more info on this and many other broadcast consoles contact your nearest dealer or D amp R HQ D amp R Electronica Weesp b v Rijnkade 15B 1382GS Weesp The Netherlands Phone 31 294 418 014 Fax 31 294 416 987 Website http www d r nl Mail to info d r nl D amp R reserves the right to change these specs at any time due to new product improvements and new components Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 58 0241 WUGT Ep LOTT WWTO 82 Mm 00 H 3 3 ra am ES Q CO 0 2 WWE9I B9I eee eee OO eee 00000 eee eee OQO eee eee YO eee eee OO eee eee OO o GI SE TI WWO0 682 LVol W400 60 e LIL e LIL e eo0606000000000900 VS 91 WuWw00 der SNOISN3AIQ eobjns joauoo Japp g DIAT Declaration of Conformity DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY Manufacturers Name D amp R Electronica Weesp b v Manufacturers Address Rijnkade 15B 1382 GS Weesp The Netherlands Declares that the product Lyra series conforms to the follo
3. 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 13 Network Basics 7 Network Basics This chapter gives you a short overview on the network basics This chapter is meant to give you some information about networking When reading this chapter its more easy to understand the technical backgrounds of the network possibilities In general we can divide the network possibilities of the Lyra in two types WAN Wide Area Network LAN Local Area Network The first WAN is mostly based in TCP IP also known from the internet The second LAN is in our application 10 100 Mbit Ethernet based 7 1 Network Layers In the network theory they often make use of layers to create a visualisation of a network connection This is called the OSI model Open System Interconnect It will be too much information at this point to explain the complete OSI model Below you will get some basic information regarding layers Figure 2 OSI Model Physical amp Data Link Layer Ethernet Network Layer Internet Protocol or Cobranet Transport Layer TCP or Cobranet In higher layers we will find protocols like HTTP FTP SNMP etc Actually we are now looking at the protocol stack which contains the Ethernet protocol TCP IP protocol HTTP FTP Cobranet etc 7 2 The Layer Implementation For the Lyra we always use the Ethernet protocol for the Data Link amp Physical layer You can imagine this Ethernet protocol as an envelope The info
4. CRM Dim CUE to CRM Dim EQ Range Aux Pre JAR Global Settings of t Analog 7 Analog 7 Digital Digtal Z MCI MICI Figure 27 Global Settings Clock source lets you choose the clock to which you want to synchronize the Lyra You can choose the following sources 32 kHz internal 44 1 kHz internal 48 kHz internal Extern 48 kHz Cobranet The clock frequency chosen is also the clock which is on the Word clock OUT Note f you are using Cobranet you have to select 48 kHz Cobranet clock If not the Cobranet input selections menu options will be disabled Lets you adjust the headroom for the digital outputs See also chapter 6 This option resets the CUE when a channel goes on air When this option is enabled you need to set per channel if you want a local or a total CUE reset When this option is set the CUE buss will automatically be routed to the CRM buss when the CUE is activated on a channel If this option is enabled you can only route one buss at a time to the CRM buss You can set the amount of dimming you want on the CRM buss when pressing the DIM button one the Control surface 0 to 144dB When activating a CUE when CUE to CRM is active the signal level on the CRM buss will be dimmed by the specified value 0 to 144dB The EQ range indicates the range that the three EQ levels can be adjusted 0 to 18dB Determines if Aux signal is retrieved pre fader or post fader Lyra Digita
5. Long GetEQLow long ModuleNr lreturns 18 dB till 18 dB Long GetEQMid long ModuleNr Ireturns 18 dB till 18 dB Long GetEQOn long ModuleNr lreturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetGain long ModuleNr returns 20 dB till 20 dB Long GetMono long ModuleNr lreturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetProg long ModuleNr lreturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetSub long ModuleNr lreturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetAux long ModuleNr lreturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetDynamics long ModuleNr lreturns 0 till 100 Long GetFader long ModuleNr lreturns 1400B till 10dB Long GetPan long ModuleNr lreturns 511 till 512 Long GetOn long ModuleNr Ireturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetMasterLevel long LeftRight ILeftRight 0 gt Left LeftRight 1 gt Right Ireturns 1400B till 10dB Long GetModuleLevel long ModuleNr Ireturns 1400dB till 10dB Long GetCRMLevel Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r n Page 68 Appendix returns 1400B till 10dB Long GetProgToCRM Ireturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetSubToCRM Ireturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetAuxToCRM returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetCUEToCRM returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetExt1ToCRM Ireturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetExt2ToCRM Ireturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetCRMDim returns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetTB returns 1 ON 0 OFF Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info Qd r nI Page 69 Disclaimer 20 Disclaimer Due to
6. will always contain module 1 4 and the surface connected to connector TO CNTRL UNIT 2 will always control module 5 8 TO CNTRL UNIT 2 b TO CNTRL UNIT 1 Figure 19 Control Surface connection at rear side Pin 1 TX Pin 9 TX Pin 2 RX Pin 10 RX Pin 3 5v Pin 11 5v Pin 4 5v Pin12 5v Pin 5 GND Pin 13 GND Pin 6 GND Pin 14 GND Pin 7 PHONE GND Pin 15 PHONE LEFT Pin 8 PHONE RIGHT Table 8 Pinning Control Surface connector The power supply for the control surface comes through the 15 pin cable It s very important to never extend the cable any further than the maximum specified length of 5m This is also the length of the cable delivered with the package If the voltage drop on the 5 volt lines becomes too large the control surface won t function properly Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 27 Hardware Connections CobraNet operates on a switched Ethernet network or on a dedicated Ethernet repeater network the last is not recommended CobraNet provides the possibility to send and receive real time digital audio data over an Ethernet network The CobraNet interface has provisions for carrying and utilizing control and monitoring data such as Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP through the same network connection as the audio This makes it compatible to different manufactures so t
7. 3 band fully parametric equalizer The gain can be adjusted on the control surface The gain for each band can be set independently on each channel The other two parameters Frequency and Bandwidth are adjustable but are the same for all the channels To adjust the frequency and bandwidth parameters you can use the Lyra EQ Toollocated on the COROM E Lyra EQ Creator Eile Figure 42 Lyra EQ Tool You can use your mouse to rotate the potmeter which changes the EQ parameters It s also possible to use your mouse to pick up a white spot and move it around until you reach the EQ settings you want If you reach the preferred EQ setting you can save it to a file by using the File gt Save menu To implement the settings in the Lyra you have to use FTP to place the file inside the Flash directory The EQ settings for each channel have to be altered at least once to take over the new EQ settings Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 55 ActiveX Application 14 ActiveX Application The ActiveX application is a utility which allows you to control the Lyra from a remote area The application is a graphical user interface which displays a combination of the 2 control surfaces You have exactly the same options as 2 control surfaces together 8 Modules Source Mono SYNNE a N Bi i Gain Version Number User EQ Hi EQ Mid EQ Low VU bars EQ On Off Dyn yA AD RB YAY AY i NM
8. AA ennt nnn nnns 26 Figure 19 Control Surface connection at rear aide 27 Figure 20 Cobranet Option at rear side sssssssssssssseeeeeenm KR RAKA ARKA RR AR RAKA KARA RR AR RR RR RA RA 28 Figure 21 The 4 fader Control Surface of the Lwra nennen 29 Figure 22 The 8 fader Control Surface of the Lyra nennen 30 Figure 23 Openingscreen of the WebPpaOC ssssssesssesssrrssrsrrosrssrrssssrsnsrssrrss nr Anns AR tenni AR RAKA ARKA RA AR RAKA KARA tasas 34 Figure 24 System Information ossssessssesssssrersssrersssrersssrrsssrsr ss ses nn nana 35 Figure 25 Network Settings mnsmsssessssseerssseersssrerssseersssrersssrsr ss ser sn ses sr RSA AR RASA KR KARA AR RASA KR RAR RAR RASA KR RASA ARR SR nnns 36 Figure 26 Cobranet Settings EE 38 Figure 27 EE CEET 40 Figure 28 General Purpose Input GGPI scs cssemeessersserssedseeroeeisedsssi der rand ne dere er bd rs tn naar nannten antra 41 Figure 29 General Purpose Output GPO rena 42 Figure 30 Input Settings itd punica ee eire A Ae 43 Figure 31 Advanced input settings ssid nannaa AAA ANN PANASARAN nnns nnns ASKA ANA AK ERNA 43 Figure 32 Cobranet Input Settings enemies 45 Figure 33 Output Settings eene ene ARKA A AN nennen nennen nennen nennen nnns 46 Fig re 34 Cobraret Output Settings snoad cett aii daa Y da dE PY ua Yen 47 Figure 35 Security SENGS se O 48 Figure 36 User and Level Settings oooonnciciinnnnnicinnnncn ARSA ERAS ENARE R SR AASKR AAA A 48 Figure 37
9. Maximum resistance when connection made 12 Ohm Maximum Voltage 24V GPO A GPOB Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 22 Hardware Connections For easy and versatile monitoring there are two headphones outputs implemented on the Lyra On the control surface the phones is directly connected to the CRM buss On the surface itself you have a level control for the phones Below you see the phones connector which is located at the front side of the 19 rack This phones connection can be used for example as a studio phones output With the remote software you can select the source for the studio phones STUDIO PHONES PHONES B LEVEL Figure 11 Phones output at 19 rack Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 23 Hardware Connections 9 2 Digital Inputs Outputs The Lyra holds 7 digital inputs and outputs At the rear side of the 19 rack you will find digital I O 1 6 and at the front side is Digital I O 7 located The digital inputs at the rear side can receive either Coax SPDIF or XLR AES3 digital audio SC DIGITAL INPUTS OUTPUTS Figure 12 Digital Input Output at rear side Pin 1 RXIN Pin6 RXIN Pin 2 GND Pin 7 TX OUT Pin 3 TX OUT GS Pin8 GND Pin4 GPOA Pin9 GPOB Pin 5 Not Connected Table 6 Pinning Dig 1 0 1 6 GPO A and GPO B make connec
10. NM H KKH i MAN AY H NSR H MAN AD 4 MA eros B DB Proof Source Select ET EE Eau sub Kal sub EET sub Elke sub Eli sub CUE HE ERE EE EE cue cue CRM Volume Control ON Lon Rate ou Lon Raid ou Ela ou Flag on j Dim TB Figure 43 The ActiveX application In the picture above you can see an overview of all the module settings from both of the control surfaces together The application works parallel with the control surfaces All the settings made through software or control surface affect the other real time To set the potmeter just left click your mouse on it and hold your left button Now move the mouse in the direction in which you want to move the potmeter To reset the potmeters or fader to O dB position just double click on it All the functionalities of the application are also programmable into scripts This is very helpful for example to program multiple presets side by side You need to have some knowledge about using the mixing console and about programming and or scripting e g Visual Basic You can find all the script functions with explanation in the appendix and on the CDROM Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 56 Specifications 15 Specifications 15 1 General system parameters Level specs in dB Full Scale for digital and dBu for analog data OdBu 0 775Vrms Sampling rate 32kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz 50ppm when internally synchronized Headroom 20 dB
11. User SONS visi dida 49 Figure 38 Chipcard Settings TEE 50 Figure 39 Control Surface ET 51 Figure 40 Input Pool Levels eene eem nnnm nennen nennen erret nennen nnns 52 Figure 41 Network Levels sunssssssssesrsssrersssrersssrersssesr snar ss rss sn sas ennemi en RASA KR KARA KR RASA KR RAKA KR RASA KR RASA KRA SR nant 53 Figure 42 Lyra EQ TOOL EE 55 Figure 43 The ActiveX application 56 Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 61 List of Tables 17 List of Tables Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7 Table 8 Level Definitions M KRK RR RR RR ARR non 12 Pinning MIC Input 4 3 and MIC Input 2 20 linn fe IMS CMS honrada 20 Pinning for Stereo Input 1 4 and Mono Input bp 21 Pinning for PROGRAM SUB AUX and CRM ssssussrsssssrrssseesssssersssesrsssrsrss ser snar sn sar snar sn enne 22 PINNING DO VOT C EE 24 PINNING GPIO TEEN 25 Pinning Control Surface Connechor ss sees snar sn eene RAR AR RAR KR RAR ARR RASA nnne 21 Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 62 Index 18 Glossary BFS iia 12 Network Addressing cseceeceeeeeeeteees 15 fo EE 12 phantom ee 19 DHCP escitas odias 17 DING E 16 aere S 21 SUDM CU M 16 IP POP q ditt EAT 9 15 Subnet Mask 16 SE 15 IG ll EE 15 levels dio e eatis 12 telephone bvd 21 microphones siiin dur ande
12. connection which can be used for synchronization purposes If the Lyra is the last in the synchronization chain you can use the TERM switch to terminate the line 75 Ohm Termination Figure 15 Word Clock In and Out at rear side Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 25 Hardware Connections The GPO on the CRM connector responds only to the Redlight1 buss See Table 5 Pinning for PROGRAM SUB AUX and CRM for the pinning of the connector OL JO Figure 16 Red light GPO The RS232 port located on the backside of the Lyra is for future use Figure 17 RS232 at rear side The Ethernet connection of the Lyra enables you to connect the device to your local network or directly to your PC Note When connecting directly to the PC you will need a Crosslink cable One crosslink cable comes with the Lyra By entering the IP address of the Lyra in the internet explorer you will receive the Lyra webpage onto your screen Through the webpage you can make all kind of settings and view all kinds of log files Further you can use the ActiveX application to control the Lyra from remote locations Figure 18 Ethernet connection at rear side Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 26 Hardware Connections The control unit s can be connected to the control unit 1 and 2 connector The surface connected to connector TO CNTRL UNIT 1
13. is a password protection against read requests through the SNMP protocol Read Write Community The read write community is a password protection against read or writes requests through the SNMP protocol Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 38 Webpage The table displays the status and settings for the CobraNet module There are 4 transmitting channels TX and 4 receiving channels RX Each channel consists of 8 sub channels Inside each sub channel we can store 1 mono audio source at 48kHz The bundle number represents an addressing number This number can vary between 256 and 65535 unicast bundles Status Dropouts Bundle Dropouts Bundle Sub channels Rx section The status of a channel tells you whether the channel is active or inactive Displays the number of frames that didn t reach destination properly Let s you choose the bundle number that you want to receive 256 65535 Tx section Displays the number of frames that didn t reach destination properly Let s you choose the bundle number that you want to transmit 256 65535 Displays the number of sub channels per channel that are routed in use Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 39 Webpage 11 5 Global Settings In the global setting screen you can make all kinds of basic settings Clock Source Digital Nominal Level Auto CUE Reset CUE to CRM CRM interlock
14. nr AR ska 19 Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 63 Appendix 19 Appendix 19 1 Appendix A Blockdiagram of the Lyra The picture below represents the Lyra Basically there are two main blocks The Mixing Console and the I O Matrix The Mixing console is the section where all the audio processing takes place The I O Matrix is a very advanced matrix which gives you not only the possibility to route the busses to the outputs but also the possibility to route any input directly to an output without interference from the Mixing Console The modules external 1 2 come from the UO Matrix and enter the Mixing Console where the audio is processed and routed to the busses The busses exit the Mixing console to there dedicated outputs and back to the I O Matrix where they can be routed to any output Mixing Console 3 bands EQ OM Fader Module1 EQ Module8 EQ F Extern1 Fixed Analog Outputs Extern2 B Prog U Sub S Aux s CRM MODULES E N 1A s N 1B EXT1 2 I O Matrix INPUT FROM CONNECTORS 4MIC 7 Analog 7 Digital 16 Cobranet I Ethernet Inputs t Feueua s3ndyng 3eue4q02 gL SHOLO3NNOO OL LAdLNO
15. officers directors employees agents affiliates subsidiaries collectively Indemnified Parties from and against any and all liability incurred by or made against the Indemnified Parties in connection with any claim arising from or related to your use Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 70
16. 0 in binary and the host address is 2 or 00000010 in binary If the network needs to be divided into 13 subnets the first 4 bits of the host address 0000 would be reserved for identifying the subnet This would allow for a total of 16 possible subnets as subnets can only be created in blocks of powers of two The first 4 bits of our host address could then be changed to indicate the subnet number nnnn0010 Once the network is divided into subnets the IP nodes must be told where the division between the extended network number and the host address occurs This is done using a subnet mask The subnet mask is the network number plus the bits reserved for identifying the subnet To come up with a subnet mask the bits for the network number including the new subnet number are all set to 1 In our example the subnet mask would be 11111111 11111111 11111111 11110000 or 255 255 255 240 Switch configuration is usually only necessary if you are using managed switches in your design In most cases using the factory defaults will be sufficient and only an IP address and subnet mask needs to be assigned Probably the quickest and easiest way to determine that all the devices are connected to the network is to ping the devices Ping is a utility that is used to determine whether or not a specific IP address is accessible which makes it very handy for troubleshooting network connections When the ping command is issued an ICMP Interne
17. 15 2A D and D A Converters A D Burr Brown Texas Instruments 24 bit Delta Sigma Dynamic range typically 112 dB THD Noise lt 102 dB D A Burr Brown Texas Instruments 24 bit Advanced Segment Dynamic range typically 113 dB THD Noise lt 100 dB 0 001 15 3 Microphone Inputs Mic INP Bal 2kOhm 128dBr 60dB gain range CMRR Mic input max Gain 50Hz 75dB Phantom is switchable 48volt 15 4Line Inputs Input sensitivity 20dB to 20dB Line inp bal 10kOhm CMRR Line input max gain 50Hz 50dB LINE OUTPUTS 4dBu 10dBV electronically balanced or optional transformers 15 5 Equalizer LF 18 dB 120Hz Peaking MF 18 dB 1200Hz Peaking HF 18 dB 12000Hz Peaking 15 6 Digital Inputs AES EBU AES3 S P DIF Optical Toslink 16 20 24 bit 32kHz to 96kHz built in sample rate converter THD N 105dBfs 1kHz OdBfs Frequency response 20 20kHz 0 1 dB Input impedance 110 Ohm XLR 75Ohm cinch Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 57 Specifications 15 7 Digital Outputs AES EBU AES3 S P DIF Optical Toslink active at the same time 16 20 24 bit 32kHz to 48kHz System clock Output level 2 to 5 volts Output impedance 110 Ohm Clock output 75 Ohm TTL 15 8 System Clock System clock internally 32kHz 44 1kHz 48kHz 50ppm Frame clock out BNC 75 Ohm TTL Frame clock in BNC 75 Ohm terminator switch TTL 32kHz to 48kHz 15 9 Remotes
18. 16 characters Now press Write to Chip card and the data will be written to the chip card To erase the chip card simply blank out the username field and the password fields and rewrite the chip card again Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 50 Webpage 11 12Control Surface Levels 1 Security Control Surface Level Settings of the Lyra ION IDLE UNKNOWN USER OPERATOR 1 OPERATI VISOR BREE lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt BRRSbRRRRSRRR a m mu a nu m nu n n a m a m a a a gd Ga m mu BRRSbRRRRRR Figure 39 Control Surface Levels The control surface settings enable you to assign privileges to 5 different user levels You can set the following functions for each user level Control Surface 1 Control Surface 2 Encoder Function Network Setup Input Routing Gain Mono EQ Dynamics Aux Pan Buss Routing With this option you can enable disable users to access the control surface 1 With this option you can enable disable users to access the control surface 2 When activated user acquires privilege to operate the encoders When activated user acquires privilege to setup the network through the control surface When activated user acquires privilege to operate input routing When activated user acquires privilege to operate the gain function When activated user acquires privilege to operate the mono function When activated user acqu
19. Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info Qd r nI Page 60 List of Figures 16 List of Figures Figure 1 Audio Signal Flow ssssssssssssesrrssrsrsssrersssesrsssrsr snar ss ses sn ass AR RAR AR RASA ARS AR KR RAKA KR RASA KR RSKR KR RASA KR RASA KR RSS nnns 10 Elgure 2 OSI Model atte certi e pa YER YER dE E Ra Y ur SNRA RSA AAA 14 Figure 3 Network Implementatior inttr en rna e rna V Ra ee E Ya a EY nu fedrene 14 Figure 4 St r Network e ect 18 Figure 5 9 pins temale Sub d iii cdi 19 Figure 6 Microphone Inputs at front rented etre ere ta xg add and 19 Figure 7 Microphone inputs at rear side A 19 Figure 8 Analog Line Inputs at rear side 21 Figure 9 Analog Line Front Input 21 Figure 10 Program Sub Aux CRM outputs at rear side sss emen 22 Figure 11 Phones output at 19 rack uec petri niti titt Xd ndn doen 23 Figure 12 Digital Input Output at rear Side s 0 0e sars erstedssssi sir ber As HAR AA NS enm emen 24 Figure 13 Digital Input Output at Front aide 24 Figure 14 GPIO connections at rear side m sssssssssrsrsesrsrrsrrrrssrssrrs sr rn nr RR ARA AR RAR RAKA RA AR BARAKA ARKA AR RR AR KRKA RA AR RAA 25 Figure 15 Word Clock In and Out at rear side eene eene 25 Figure 16 Red light GP 26 Figure 17 RS232 at rear side enne RR ARR RAKA RR AR RR AR RAKA ARR KRA RR KR RR a 26 Figure 18 Ethernet connection at rear Sido s 4sssessssswsmisskessassnsnsptd bass a EEEE
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21. System Information Grants user level permissions to access the System Information menu Network Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Network Settings menu Cobranet Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Cobranet Settings menu Global Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Global Settings menu Input Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Input Settings menu Output Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Output Settings menu Security Settings Grants user level permissions to access the Security Settings menu E Preset Directory Grants user levels access to the Preset directory on the FTP server Flash Directory Grants user levels access to the Flash directory on the FTP server Security Directory Grants user levels access to the Security directory on the FTP server TCP IP 20000 Connection Enables users to access the Lyra by the ActiveX application Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 53 FTP 12 FTP The Lyra also contains a FTP server File Transfer Protocol which may be used to transfer files from and to your PC The information you can exchange is stored in three directories Presets Security Flash Depending on your rights given in the security section of the web pages you are able to browse and download upload files To do so you can use a standard FTP Client or even an Internet explorer be aware you can only open ONE
22. User Manual Software version Lyra V1 0 0 5 18 Jun 2004 Manual version V1 3 13 October 2004 PRODUCT SAFETY PRODUCT SAFETY PRODUCT SAFETY This product is manufactured with the highest standards and is double checked in our quality control department for reliability in the HIGH VOLTAGE section CAUTION Never remove any panels or open this equipment No user service able parts inside Equipment power supply must be grounded at all times Only use this product as described in user manual or brochure Do not operate this equipment in high humidity or expose it to water or other liquids Check the AC power supply cable to assure secure contact Have your equipment checked yearly by a qualified dealer service center Hazardous electrical shock can be avoided by carefully following the above rules EXTRA CAUTION FOR LIVE MIC RECORDING Ground all equipment using the ground pin in the AC power supply cable Never remove this pin Ground loops should be eliminated only by use of isolation transformers for all inputs and outputs optional Replace any blown fuse with the same type and rating only after equipment has been disconnected from AC power If problem persists return equipment to a qualified service technician PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION Especially in sound equipment the following information is essential to know An electrical shock is caused by voltage and current actually it is the current that caus
23. a policy of continuous product improvement D amp R Electronica Weesp B V reserves the right to change specifications appearance and performance without prior notice Since the use of this information and the conditions by which the products are used are beyond the control of D amp R Electronica Weesp B V it is the obligation of the owner and or the equipment operator to determine the correct and safe selection settings and conditions of use of the equipment and products To the extent that the law permits any liability which may be incurred as a result of the use or future use of a product manufactured or sold by D amp R Electronica Weesp B V is limited to the cost of repairing or replacing the failed product or component at the discretion of D amp R Electronica Weesp B V either within or outside of warranty periods and does not extend to any loss or damage which may be caused as a consequence of misuse or failure of the equipment or products D amp R Electronica Weesp B V shall not in any event be liable for economic lost of profits including without limitation any incidental or consequential damage expenses or other damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product and or software even if D amp R Electronica Weesp B V has been advised of the possibility of such a damage or for any claim by another party You agree to indemnify hold harmless and defend D amp R Electronica Weesp B V its parent and their licensors suppliers
24. adjust the name and the security level of the user You can also assign a password to the user Note The password is case sensitive Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 48 Webpage Each user has the ability to store his personal settings made on the control surface and in the Global Settings menu The Store button stores your personal settings inside the Lyra Recall loads your personal setting for you Each user has an extra checkbox called Preset by Chip card When this option is set you preset will automatically be loaded as soon as you insert your chip card in the control surface Note When removing a chip card the user will change but the loaded settings will stay The following setting are stored in a user preset Module 1 8 Source Gain Mono EQ High EQ Mid EQ Low EQ On Dynamics Aux Level Panning Prog ON E Sub ON Global Settings EQ Range Aux PRE POST Extern 1 2 M vi User Settings of the Lyra Level System Administrator Figure 37 User Settings To delete a user simply empty the username and the password field and change the level back to operator There are 6 different user levels in the Lyra System Administrator This level is the absolute highest you can assign to a user This level has fixed privileges and can t be limited Supervisor This is a user definable level Operator 1 This is a user definable level O
25. again you have an equipment failure do not use it again and return it to your dealer for repair And last but not least be careful not to touch a person being shocked as you yourself could also be shocked Once removed from the shock have someone send for medical help immediately Always keep the above mentioned information in mind when using electrically powered equipment Dear Customer Thank you for choosing the Lyra mixing console The Lyra is designed by specialists in the field of radio broadcast and designed to be used as a digital desktop mixer The entire D amp R team is responsible for the design of the Lyra They always value suggestions from you once you have become familiar with your console We will certainly learn from your comments and we will very much appreciate the effort and time it will take for you to communicate your idea s and suggestions We are confident that you will be using the Lyra for many years to come and wish you a lot of success With kind regards Duco de Rijk PRESIDENT D amp R ELECTRONICA WEESP B V Rijnkade 15B 1382 GS WEESP HOLLAND The Netherlands Phone 0294 418 014 Fax 0294 416 987 Website http www d r nl E mail info d r nl Contents 1 INTRODUCTION 3 ica EN 7 2 CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE iii dat 8 3 START WORKING WITH THE LYRA entire nando donna en nna en nena Ee hh dI dansa dr nr fn rr 8 4 SYSTEM STRUCTURE tici ii edd de ee A MINE a 9 4 1 19 cw 9 4 2 CONTR
26. becomes inactive Action MIC1 4 The activation of MIC1 4 triggers the GPO Redlight1 2 The activation of Redlight1 2 triggers the GPO RemoteBuss 1 4 The activation of Remote Buss 1 4 triggers the GPO Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info Qd r nI Page 42 Webpage 11 6 Input Settings The input settings menu is displayed in the next figure BV Input settings of the Lyra LABEL ADVANGED SE MIC WC MIC3 MICA Analog 2 Analog 3 Analog 5 Analog 6 RRE zr gt 3 E3 E3 fe fee EX ED 3 a ENES Ed E3 E Ed En SLL Figure 30 Input Settings In this menu you can see all the inputs of the Lyra You can adjust the corresponding label per input Each of the inputs has its advanced settings If Cobranet is not installed the Cobranet input settings menu is not available DW Settings for input Analog 1 Betten of the Lyra saTriager Off Remote Figure 31 Advanced input settings Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 43 Webpage The Advanced Input Setting screens for the analog inputs the digital inputs and the Cobranet inputs are the same except for a few option which are grayed out if the function is not present The settings for the MIC inputs are also the same except for one section Phase Swap L R L to LR R to LR Input Correction Inverts the phase of the signal Exchanges the left and the right audio channel The
27. connection to the FTP server at the same time this causes an Internet explorer sometime times to generate not found messages because an Internet explorer tries to use more connections at the same time The Preset directory contains the file Current Preset Lyra this file contains all information of the Lyra except security and level settings If you would get a snapshot of the Lyra s current situation EQ routing remotes etc you can store this file on your FTP client If that file is restored the Lyra will immediately jump to the settings in the file which is uploaded 12 2 Security The Security directory contains two files Users Lyra and Levels Lyra The file Users Lyra stores all information like Username Password and security level So if you want to transfer the list of Users to different Lyra systems you can use the file Users Lyra The file Levels Lyra contains the information regarding the user levels This file can be uploaded to different Lyra systems to get the same security level settings The Flash Directory holds several Firmware files Those files are used for the internal software to run If you need to update those files you must carefully follow the instructions supplied by the support engineer DON T ACCESS THIS DIRECTORY WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS OF A SUPPORT ENGINEER Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 54 Lyra EQ Tool 13 Lyra EQ Tool The Lyra has a
28. d a lot of Ethernet equipment and is maintaining a list of recommended switches You can find the recommendations at their website http www peakaudio com Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info Qd r nI Page 18 Hardware Connections 9 Hardware Connections This chapter will describe all connections to the 19 rack unit in detail After this chapter you have all information to implement the system within your hardware Some connections are software dependent and can be configured by software Chapter 11 will explain everything on this settings The Lyra is equipped with Sub D connectors This way it is possible to have a lot of I O in a small space The pinning is as follows for the female Sub D connectors Figure 5 9 pins female Sub d Each section of this chapter has a table which shows how the connectors are wired 9 1 Analog In Outputs On the Lyra 19 rack you can find several different types of analog inputs Below we will describe every input type to give you an overview on the dedicated purpose of this input d MICROPHONE O o O 2 O 2 O o A zu H PHANTOM E PHANTOM a a 4 Figure 6 Microphone inputs at front You can see on the right side of the front panel the XLR connection for the microphones Here you also have the dedicated phantom power switches providing the MIC inputs with 48V phantom power Note For maximum safety it s best to connect disconnect t
29. d r nl Page 30 Using the Control Surface 10 1 Input routing The input signal can be processed as soon as it is converted into the digital domain by specifying an input source for the module Selecting the source button on the control surface can do this Now you can use the encoders to select scroll through the inputs for a module After pressing the gain button you can use the encoders to adjust the input level from 20dB to 20dB The MIC inputs have a gain range of 0dB to 60dB When pushing the encoder the level returns automatically to the default 0dB and 30 dB for MIC To make a channel mono you must select the mono button and with each press of an encoder you can switch mono ON or OFF When pressing the panning button you can adjust the balance level of the signal by turning the encoders By pushing the encoder the balance returns to center level Each module of the Lyra has a three band equalizer You can select the buttons LF MF and HF to adjust the gain for each band With the EQ On button you can activate the EQ on a module The default frequencies for the EQ bands are LF 120Hz MF 1200Hz HF 12kHz The default bandwidth is 2 octaves To adjust the EQ for your own specific purposes you can use an EQ Tool located on the delivered CDROM For explanation see chapter 13 The range for each band is adjustable from 18dB to 18dB maximum Depending on the EQ Range settings on the webpage When pushing the encod
30. default the network settings are disabled The IP address is set to 255 255 255 255 Note Whenever you set these addresses you must reboot the console for changes to take effect When you have connected the Lyra directly to a PC you must manually assign all four addresses for example Lyra Settings IP Address 192 168 1 11 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway Address 0 0 0 0 Name Server Address 0 0 0 0 PC Settings IP Address of the PC 192 168 1 10 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway Address 0 0 0 0 Name Server Address 0 0 0 0 Note The IP address of the PC and of the Lyra must not be the same When you have connected the Lyra to a network you have 2 options for setting the addresses The Lyra can auto detect the DHCP server which assigns the network settings automatically or you can manually set the addresses To let the Lyra auto detect the DHCP server change the IP address to 0 0 0 0 Now reboot the console and the Lyra will automatically search the network for the DHCP server When found the Lyra displays the assigned IP address which you can use to connect to it by webpage Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 33 Webpage 11 Webpage The control surface of the Lyra covers all the basic routing and signal processing per channel To control all the features of the Lyra we need software tools The software part of the Lyra is a dynamic webpage that is inside the brain of th
31. displays the global settings for the Cobranet module Firmware version MAC Current IP Static IP to use Name Description Location Contact J RN Cobranet Settings of the Lyra Firmware Version MAC Current IP Static IP to use Name Location Contact ublic private Read community Read write community MV Rx1 Rx2 RG R4 Status Inactive Inactive Inactive Inactive Dropouts Bundle Tx1 Tx2 Tx3 Dropouts D 0 D Bundle mm mm Sub Channels 2 2 Figure 26 Cobranet Settings Displays the current firmware version inside the Cobranet module Displays the MAC address of the Cobranet module Displays the current IP address in use by the Cobranet Module Lets you adjust the current IP address of the Cobranet module You must reset the console for changes to take effect You can enter a networking name for the Cobranet module Max 21 characters You can enter the name of the location where the Cobranet module is active Max 21 characters You can enter the name of the person here which has administrator privileges on the Lyra Cobranet module Max 21 characters Cobranet devices can be setup remotely through SNMP commands The D amp R CobraNet Manager for example uses this protocol to setup multiple cobranet devices in a network If you don t want anyone to read from or write in device configurations than you protect these with the following community strings Read Community The read community
32. dividual busses is written below The Lyra has a stereo Program and Sub buss implemented To route a channel to the Prog or Sub buss you can select the Prog or the Sub button and push the encoder on a module The Prog or Sub LED will be activated on that module The signal fed to the Program and Sub buss is always post fader and post ON switch The Lyra has a stereo AUX buss This buss accepts signals from the input module post ON switch and pre or post fader depending upon your selection on the webpage The level of the AUX buss can be set by selecting the Aux button and rotate the encoder on a module the level can be set from 140dB to 10dB When the Aux level control is above 140dB the Aux LED on the module will be activated When pressing the encoder the Aux level will jump to 0dB Pressing it another time will make the level jump back to 140dB The stereo CUE buss can be fed from one or more modules by ways of the CUE switches on the console or on the computer screen The signal from the processing channel to the CUE buss is routed pre fader and pre ON switch An alternative function of the CUE buss is to use it as a talkback communication switch This will be explained later on in the manual The Fader is used to set the level of the module before it is fed to the Prog Sub and other busses You can route multiple busses to the CRM buss Default the CRM selection is set to Interlock This means that you can only route one buss a
33. e 11 3 Network Settings The Network Settings screen of the Lyra displays the settings that can be made regarding network usage L N Network settings of the Lyra Name Description unknown Location Location Unknown Location Contact DHCP Current DHCP IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Local Date Time Last time synced 0 19 39 Server Sy HTTP Connection for 00 00 00 ai FTP Control Connection U FTP Data Connection U d i i Unuse Di ct TCP Connection Port 20000 Unused GROS ON ie metere Connection Information Figure 25 Network Settings Name Description You can enter a networking name for the Lyra Max 64 characters Location You can enter the name of the location where the Lyra is active Max 64 characters Contact You can enter the name of the person here who has administrator privileges on the Lyra Max 64 characters DHCP The DHCP option enables the Lyra to search the network for the DHCP server When found the Lyra automatically requests an IP address The Current DHCP section indicates whether the DHCP function is active or not When displaying the IP address the DHCP function is active When displaying Static Fixed IP the DHCP function is disabled and a static IP is used Note The DHCP function only works at Boot time The Boot time will be longer if using DHCP up to one minute if the DHCP server will not react IP Address This section lets you change the IP address This only
34. e console By using it inside a network or on a stand alone PC you can make all kinds of advanced settings to control and setup the Lyra In this chapter we will discuss all of the features found on the webpage Note For best viewing results for the webpage use a screen resolution from 1024x768 up to 1280x1024 11 1 Opening screen To log on to the webpage you should enter the IP address in your internet explorer You will get a logon screen The first time you logon you don t have to enter a username or password When asked for just press enter lt s best to make a System Administrator account as soon as possible to secure the Lyra Later on you can define your own users How to do this will be discussed is chapter 11 10 1 After the logon procedure you will see the next screen TA Welcome To The Lyra Figure 23 Openingscreen of the webpage The next items are displayed in the opening screen System Information Network Settings Cobranet Settings Only available if Cobranet module is installed Global Settings Input Settings Output Settings Security Settings Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 34 Webpage 11 2 System information The System information screen displays the general status of the Lyra Wi System Information of the Lyra Name Description Lyra Location Unknown Location Contact Unknown User Software Version String Ly FPGA Version S
35. eNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetCUE long ModuleNr long State Set CUE switch at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetSub long ModuleNr long State Set SUB Routing at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetProg long ModuleNr long State Set PROG Routing at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetEQOn long ModuleNr long State Set EQ On at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetMono long ModuleNr long State Set Mono at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 66 Appendix Void SetGain long ModuleNr long Value Set Gain at ModuleNr Value may be 20 dB till 20 dB For Source 0 3 MIC1 MIC4 Value may be 0 dB till 60 dB Void SetEQHigh long ModuleNr long Value Set EQ High at ModuleNr Value may be 18 dB till 18 dB Void SetEQMid long ModuleNr long Value Set EQ Mid at ModuleNr Value may be 18 dB till 18 dB Void SetEQLow long ModuleNr long Value Set EQ Low at ModuleNr Value may be 18 dB till 18 dB Void SetDynamics long ModuleNr long Value Set Dyn at ModuleNr Value may be 0 till 100 Void SetAux long ModuleNr long Value Set Aux at ModuleNr Value may be 140 dB till 10 dB Void SetPan long ModuleNr long Value Set Pan at ModuleNr Value may be 511 till 512 Void SetFader long ModuleNr long Value Set Fader at ModuleNr Value may be 1400B till 10dB Void SetCRMLevel lon
36. er the level returns to a default OdB To activate the EQ select the EQ button and press the encoder above the module Ifthe EQ on the module is ON one or more EQ bands are active the EQ led on the module will be lit 10 3Dynamic range control Every module has a dynamics controller which enables you to control the dynamic range of the present audio signal Actually it is a very intelligent automatic compressor limiter The amount of dynamic compression is set by just one control This allows you to make on the fly adjustments without having to worry about ratio s Attack and thresholds A reduction in dynamic range is exactly what you get You can adjust the dynamic by pressing the Dyn button and turning the encoder on a module In turning the encoder clockwise more dynamic control takes place The range for dynamics is 0 to 100 Mind that the amount of effective gain reduction is related to the level of the input signal As soon as dynamics is set a Dyn LED will be activated on the module When pushing the encoder the dynamic control returns to its non effective position as if it was fully anti clockwise Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 31 Using the Control Surface 10 4Buss Routing When the signal has been processed in EQ dynamics range and level it can be routed to one or more busses such as the Aux buss Program buss Sub buss and the stereo CUE buss A description of the in
37. es the shock In practice the higher the voltage the higher the current will be and the higher the shock But there is another thing to consider and it is resistance When the resistance in Ohms is high between two poles the current will be low and vice versa All three of these voltage current and resistance are important in determining the effect of an electrical shock However the severity of a shock is primarily determined by the amount of current flowing through a person A person can feel a shock because the muscles in a body respond to electrical current and because the heart is also a muscle it can be affected when the current is high enough Current can also cause the chest muscles to contract which affects your breathing At what level is current dangerous Well the first feeling of currentis a tingle at 0 001 Amp of current The current between 0 1 Amp and 0 2 Amp is fatal Imagine that your home fuses of 20 Amp can handle 200 times more current than is necessary to kill How does resistance affect the shock a person feels A typical resistance between one hand to the other in dry condition could well over 100 000 Ohm Always earth all your equipment by the grounding pin in your main plug Proper wiring and isolation input output transformers optional should only cure Hum loops PRODUCT SAFETY Replace fuses always with the same type and rating after the equipment has been turned off and unplugged If the fuse blows
38. for Cobranet are grayed out for now Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 47 Webpage 11 10Security Settings The security setting of the Lyra gives users the option to secure the Lyra against misuse of any kind It s possible to create a database of multiple users who have all kind of different access levels to the Lyra Users names can be stored on personal chip cards The chip cards can be used to allow access to the control surfaces The chip cards are fully compatible with the other D amp R products like the Sirius and the Scorpius All these settings can be made in the Security Settings menu r JARL Security Settings of the Lyra Figure 35 Security Settings WI User and Level Settings of the Lyra Preset Preset 4 Preset 4 Procat Prosot5 Preset amp Preset Preset Preset Preset 6 Preset Preset Preset 10 Preset 10 Preset 1 Preset Preset 12 Preset 12 Preset 13 Preset 13 Preset 14 Preset 14 Preset 15 Preset 15 Preset Preset 17 Preset 19 Preset 19 o LI H H D Loo IB Presets ME P ME Presets H Exa Exa ME Presets ME ee H Pesetio H ol H Loss M ee H Presetiz ol H m a ME ens H Preset Rol H D RESCH ES H D presea ME Presett9 H Figure 36 User and Level Settings The User and Level menu gives the user the option create or alter user accounts for the Lyra In the change settings menu you can
39. for trigger On Off remote Latching means that the On switch holds its state until pressed again Momentary means that the On switch changes state again at the moment of release Here you can select if the ON switch must activate a remote Buss 1 4 CUE Switch Same for On switch gt Function Same for CUE switch gt Action Here you can select if the CUE switch must activate a remote Buss 1 4 Fader With the Trigger On Off remote option you can select if you want a trigger when the fader opens fader closes fader opens and closes and fader closes Here you can select if the fader must activate a remote Buss 1 4 Cobranet Determines how the incoming cobranet remote must be treaded NOTE Because the cobranet remote always is continuous at least one option must be marked for the cobranet remote to be passed on When no options are marked the remote will not be passed through Here you can select if the incoming cobranet remote must activate a remote Buss 1 4 Input Active Generates Redlight1 2 Option to activate Redlight 1 2 when input goes on air CRM Mute Option to mute CRM when input goes on air Studio Mute Option to mute Studio output when input goes on air Total CUE Reset Option to do a total CUE reset when input goes on air Local CUE Reset Option to do a local CUE reset when input goes on air Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r n Page 44 Webpage 11 7 Cobranet input Setting
40. from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r n Page 9 Audio Signal Path 5 Audio Signal Path Input Matrix MIC 1 4 St Line1 4 7 Mono Line 5 6 Aux Pre Aux Post Digital 1 7 Cobra 1 2 31 32 Aux pre post CRM CF1 CF2 Sub Prog Aux CUE Phones Analog 7 Digital outputs 1 7 and Cobranet outputs 1 2 31 32 can select one of the buss outputs or inputs direct out Figure 1 Audio Signal Flow To give you the flexibility you need in your applications the Lyra has a full matrix before processing takes place You can assign one of your inputs to the eight modules in any way you want Furthermore you can bring one of the inputs to the external inputs to make them available at the CRM buss 5 2 Buss structure As mentioned before every module features EQ and dynamic processing This is why these channels are often referred to as processing channels The output of the 8 stereo audio processing channels can be routed to different busses Busses that are available are Stereo program buss Stereo sub buss Stereo aux buss Stereo CUE buss Automatic Mono Cleanfeed 1 Automatic Mono Cleanfeed 2 The 6 CRM sources Prog Sub Aux CUE Extern 1 Extern 2 may be summed into the CRM buss Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 10 Audio Signal Path For the Prog Sub Aux Cleanfeed 1 Cleanfeed 2 and CRM busses there are dedicated analo
41. g Level Set Fader at ModuleNr Value may be 1400dB till 10dB Void SetProgToCRM long State Set Prog to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetSubToCRM long State Set Sub to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetAuxToCRM long State Set Aux to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetCUEToCRM long State Set CUE to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetExt1ToCRM long State Set Ext1 to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetExt2ToCRM long State Set Ext2 to CRM at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetCRMDim long State Set CRM Dim at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetTB long State Set Talkback at ModuleNr 1 Switch Down 0 Switch Up Void SetRedlight long RedlightNr long State Set Redlight buss on or off RedlightNr 0 gt buss 1 RedlightNr 1 gt buss 2 Void SetRemoteBuss long RemoteBussNr long State Set Remote buss on or off RemoteBussNr 0 gt buss 1 Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 67 Appendix lle RemoteBussNr 3 gt buss 4 Long GetSource long ModuleNr Get ModuleNr Source Source may be 0 till 34 0 N C 1 4 MIC1 MIC4 1 5 11 Analog1 Analog7 1112 18 Digital1 Digital7 1119 34 Cobra1 2 Cobra31 32 Long GetCUE long ModuleNr s Ireturns 1 ON 0 OFF Long GetEQHigh long ModuleNr Ireturns 18 dB till 18 dB
42. g outputs For all Digital outputs you have a separate router which makes it possible for you too choose which buss is connected to the digital output Due to the advanced routing matrix you also have the option to route any input directly to an output Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 11 Analog Digital levels with the Lyra 6 Analog Digital levels with the Lyra Before you can start working with a digital console you need to understand all level standardization for the inputs and outputs In the Analog domain it is sometimes confusing But now we have to deal with even more formats Often we use the following parameters 0 dBu Analog level of 0 775V at 6000hm 0 dBFS FS Full Scale means maximum digital value higher clip Table 1 Level Definitions First we will give a simple example with a CD player Your home CD player plays CDs which are most of the time normalized In the mastering process the highest peak value is monitored and is set as the 0 dBFS reference Like in most common players they use a standard where the maximum output voltage is 2Vrms which means around 8 dBu An example in an analog system The analog mixing console must have enough headroom to handle your audio without clipping An often used standard of 20dB headroom is enough for most circumstances Those two examples show exactly the problem of combining the digital and analog world We w
43. he microphone s when the console is powered off This is also required for all the other in outputs Make sure you ALWAYS switch off the phantom power before patching the microphones MIC INPUT 4 3 MIC INPUT 2 1 MIC 4 MIC 3 MIC 2 MIC 1 INSERTS Figure 7 Microphone inputs at rear side Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 19 Hardware Connections The MIC connections on the backside of the 19 rack are parallel with the XLR connections at the front side of the 19 rack Warning Phantom power is also applied to these connectors Don t short pins while phantom power is on At the backside you can find the four microphone inserts on a jack type connector Pin 1 Mic IN 1 Pin6 Mic IN 1 Pin2 GND Pin 7 MicIN2 Pin 3 Mic IN 2 Pin 8 GND Pin 4 Not Connected Pin 9 Not Connected Pin 5 Not Connected Table 2 Pinning MIC Input 4 3 and MIC Input 2 1 Tip Return Ring Send Sleeve GND Table 3 Pinning Inserts Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 20 Hardware Connections The Lyra can connect 7 analog line inputs The Input numbers 1 4 and 7 front side are stereo inputs Input 5 and 6 are MONO inputs with on the same connector a cleanfeed output so these inputs can be used for a telephone hybrid You can hook up a telephone hybrid to b
44. hey can also hook up and control information of the Lyra Cobranet side CobraNet is Ethernet based in most cases data communications and CobraNet applications can coexist on the same physical network depends on the required audio bandwidth The Cobranet module is optional When the module is present then the Lyra will auto detect it Automatically the webpage will be updated with the proper menus for Cobranet nnm nnm d Figure 20 Cobranet Option at rear side Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 28 Using the Control Surface 10 Using the Control Surface Ai A A Ai 3 E A A E E Em Figure 21 The 4 fader Control Surface of the Lyra It is possible to process 8 stereo channels in parallel Every processing channel handles source selection mono EQ dynamics level and routing selection Now we shall give you a global overview of the Lyra All hands on features described here can be found on the control surface of the system Next to the 4 fader version of the Control Surface there is also an 8 fader version available This version is a combination of 2 4 fader units Figure 22 displays the 8 fader Control Surface Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 29 Using the Control Surface E EQ ONE Figure 22 The 8 fader Control Surface of the Lyra Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info
45. ients attach to the network Obviously this process doesn t happen by magic Getting DHCP to configure a client for use on a network requires several messages to be passed back and forth across the network Although these messages tend to be small if many clients are attempting to get an IP address at the same time the excessive traffic created can slow down the network One way of dealing with this problem is to limit each DHCP server to servicing only one specific subnet By doing so you ll isolate each subnet s DHCP related traffic and prevent it from flowing onto the rest of the network If you want to use static IP addresses on your servers but you like the idea of using DHCP for consistency you can use a reservation system to ensure that a client receives the same IP address each time it connects Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 17 Cobranet Basics 8 Cobranet Basics This chapter gives you information for working with Cobranet It s just a basic explanation of audio networking with Cobranet For more information you can view the website http www peakaudio com 8 1 Cobranet Device A Cobranet Device has two RJ45 connectors which you can hook up to a switch or connect with a crosswire to another Cobranet Device The reason for two RJ45 connectors is redundancy It will function without problems if you connect just one RJ45 connector Internally a Cobranet Device has 4 receive socket
46. ings In chapter 10 5 you can find how to setup the Lyra for networking Connect the power supply cable to the 19 rack and to the wall outlet Turn on the power After 3 seconds you must have control over the DSP engine You can hit ON CUE buttons to check functionality Further there are enhanced functions in the Master Section one example Hit the button SRC Source selection for this module You can turn the encoder at the channel to make your selection Pushing the encoder means the default setting The functions Prog and Sub don t have a rotating function they only respond to the pushdown action Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 8 System structure 4 System structure The Lyra system is a high tech digital system which is based on a 19 2HE rack In combination with the control surface s you will get a very easy to use console with many features that can work as a standalone unit and has a boot time of a couple of seconds if network is disabled The control surface s give you direct access to all the parameters you need to control in real time Like the Fader level routing and EQ Dynamics All other advanced settings can be done by using the web server or remote software ActiveX by Ethernet 4 1 19 Rack The 19 rack is the engine of the Lyra All audio processing and routing takes place in this unit This rack can work without Control Surface or Remote Software On
47. ires privilege to setup the EQ When activated user acquires privilege to setup Dynamics When activated user acquires privilege to setup Aux When activated user acquires privilege to use panning When activated user acquires privilege to route busses Prog Sub Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 51 Webpage 11 13Input Pool TTR Security Input Pool Level Settings of the Lyra RO H 2 m INICIE lt lt lt n lt lt lt n lt lt lt n lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt H H H H H da H H mu IR H H H da H H H H IN IN II lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt ERR BRE lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt lt Figure 40 Input Pool Levels The Input Pool Level Setting menu enables you to prevent users will access the inputs from the control surface This option is also available for the Cobranet input channels if Cobranet is available in your Lyra Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 52 Webpage 11 14Network Levels With the network levels setup you can deny users certain menus and options on the webpage You can also deny specific privileges on the FTP server and refuse connection to the ActiveX application VW Security Network Level Settings of the Lyra FUNCTION IDLE UNKNOWN USER OPERATOR 1 OPERATOR 2 SU VISOR on f Figure 41 Network Levels HTTP
48. l Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 40 Webpage Extern1 2 The Lyra has 2 extra CRM inputs onboard Extern 1 and 2 Here you can select which input source you want to assign to these inputs Talkback MIC When selecting the Talkback button the chosen input will be directly put through on all the outputs who have Conference Talkback active The GPI can receive a signal from the outside and generate an event of choice TAI General Purpose Input 1 GPI1 ae a a a m LI LI LI LI late Figure 28 General Purpose Input GPI Type Latching When a GPI is triggered the state changes and stays that way until the GPI is triggered again Momentary When a GPI is triggered the state changes but changes back to is resting state as soon as the triggering is over Action MIC1 4 Cough When triggered MIC 1 4 will be dimmed Redlight 1 2 When triggered redlight 1 2 will be activated Talkback When triggered the talkback function will be activated CRM Dim When triggered CRM will de dimmed Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 41 Webpage The GPO sends trigger signals to other devices JARL General Purpose Output 1 GPO1 meee S Figure 29 General Purpose Output GPO Type Continuous GPO is the action state If action redlight is active GPO is active On Pulse GPO pulses when action becomes active Off Pulse GPO pulses when action
49. layed Displays the time the FTP control port 21 was opened and by which user The disconnect button disconnects any user which is connected to the port Displays the time the FTP data port 20 was opened and by which user The disconnect button disconnects any user which is connected to the port The TCP connection is used for a special ActiveX application which can run inside a browser window The ActiveX application displays a virtual 8 fader control unit of the Lyra With this you are able to control the Lyra from a remote area You can see how long the connection is opened what the delay is and the maximum refresh rate of the VU bars The disconnect button disconnects any user which is connected to the port Maximum Update Speed The refresh option lets you choose the refresh rate for the ActiveX Connection Information application For optimum results please select a same value or lower for the refresh than the indicated value Choosing the refresh rate higher than the indicated value will result in an increased delay time This affects real time remote operation You can also use this option to reduce network traffic and thus save bandwidth The Lyra Connection log displays a log file with maximum of 64 entry s of the last users that logged on to the Lyra Webpage FTP or ActiveX Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info Qd r nI Page 37 Webpage 11 4Cobranet Settings The Cobranet settings page
50. n overview of the Lyra and its features In this way you can have an impression of how to implement the system in your application The next chapters will deal with interconnecting the various parts of the system and its external interfacing with your equipment when the Lyra is installed and wired you can finalize its interfacing with the instruction in the following chapters After having installed the Lyra you will have a very complete mixer with a human interface that is very logical and understandable by intuition Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 7 Unpacking 2 Contents of the package The following parts should be inside the package e 1x 19 Racks depending on the ordered configuration One or two 4 fader Control Surfaces or one 8 fader Control Surface depending on the ordered configuration 1 or 2 15Pins cable depending on the ordered configuration 1x Power cable 1x Crosslink network cable 1x CD rom This manual 3 Start working with the Lyra The internal power supply is auto sensing for the range of 85 264V 47 63Hz If the power coming from your wall outlet is not according these specs do NOT connect the Lyra Take the fader module and the 19 Rack unit out of the box Hook up the 15p sub D cable between the fader module to the 19 rack unit TO CNTRL UNIT 1 You can now also hook up the UTP cable to your ETHERNET 802 3 network if you would like to make sett
51. nfo d r nl Page 46 Webpage Source Selection You can select what kind of routing you want to the output You can select any of the inputs to be directly routed to an output You can also select a buss to be routed to an output You can select PROG SUB AUX CUE and CRM at 20dBFS For the digital outputs you can choose the buss at 20dBFS or at the user setup digital headroom level at the Global Settings of the Lyra Professional Consumer You can set this bit to determine if the digital signal is professional or consumer Copybit With this bit set you give the signal the Copy marking Original With this bit set you give the signal the Original marking Note Copybit and Original bit setting are only effective when signal is set to consumer mode 11 9 Cobranet Output Settings If Cobranet is not installed Cobranet output settings menu is not visible Int Cobranet Output Settings of the Lyra LABEL S com Cob 3 4 D STI Cob 5 6 N C 7 Dr o 1 2 RH NC 14 cob 3 14 N C 16 ENN Dr Figure 34 Cobranet Output Settings Each bundle pair represents a stereo audio signal and can be renamed for specific purposes Just like the normal Output Settings there are also three options per bundle pair available Conference Talkback Studio Mute and CRM Mute These three options are already discussed in chapter 11 8 The Advanced Cobranet Settings menu is already discussed in chapter 11 8 1 Note The bit setting
52. of this section You have the ability to adjust the input level with the potentiometer located at the left side ES ANALOG7 ay HE ai EE M LEVEL GUP FRONT O O O i 9 p a L Figure 9 Analog Line Front Input Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 21 Hardware Connections The Lyra can sum two external inputs to the CRM buss The sources for the external busses can be selected by using the web server The Lyra is a very intuitive mixer which is very similar to analog mixing consoles Therefore you also have all common outputs in the analog domain That means you can directly hook up your equipment Below you see a picture of the connections available e D oO jo oO fo SL joo Figure 10 Program Sub Aux CRM outputs at rear side OUTPUTS PROGRAM SUB AUX CRM Pin 1 Left OUT Left OUT Left OUT Left OUT Pin 6 Left OUT Left OUT Left OUT Left OUT Pin2 GND GND GND GND Pin 7 Right OUT Right OUT Right OUT Right OUT Pin 3 Right OUT Right OUT Right OUT Right OUT Pin8 GND GND GND GND Pin 4 Mono OUT Not Connected Not Connected GPOA Pin 9 Mono OUT Not Connected Not Connected GPOB Pin5 GND Not Connected GND Not Connected Table 5 Pinning for PROGRAM SUB AUX and CRM GPO A and GPO B make connection if the GPO is activated Maximum current 200 mA
53. on the most recording equipment Even if we understand the current situation with the levels we still have to overcome some problems If we connect signals and the level seems not to be correct we can easily adjust the gain on the control surface This can instantly correct the problem But for digital inputs the level problem is more related to the medium CD players and MD players are most of the time playing a medium which is normalized That means if we should connect it directly to the console we see an incoming signal of 20 dB Therefore you may set up a headroom trim for each digital input via the web server If you connect a CD player to digital input 1 you can already set the headroom trim to 20 dB in the Global Settings dialog on the webpage See also section 11 5 The Lyra will then make a level correction for this medium if assigned to a module processing channel Now you know how you can interface between the analog and digital world with the understanding of what is happening with your levels We hope this chapter gave an insight on this matter Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 12 Analog Digital levels with the Lyra To summarize things shortly 0 dB on your meter is e 6 dBu on the balanced input outputs e 0 dBu on the unbalanced inputs outputs e 20dBES fixed or 20 dBFS to 0 dBFS variable at the digital inputs outputs Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone
54. oth MONO inputs When one of the MONO inputs is routed to a module and the module is routed to the PROG SUB or both the cleanfeed function will be activated automatically When activated all of the signals on the PROG SUB or both will be added to the cleanfeed 1 mono input 5 or 2 mono input 6 buss except for the input signal Below you see a picture of the rear view Here you see all 9Pin SUBD connectors which you can use for the analog inputs MMM STEREO LINE INPUTS MONO LINE INPUTS Figure 8 Analog Line Inputs at rear side Stereo Input 1 4 Mono Input 5 6 Pin1 Left Mono IN Pin 6 Left Mono IN Pin2 GND GND E Pin 7 Right Auto Cleanfeed OUT Pin 3 Right Auto Cleanfeed OUT Pin8 GND GND i Din A GPO A GPO A Pin9 GPO B GPO B Pin 5 Not Connected GPI Table 4 Pinning for Stereo Input 1 4 and Mono Input 5 6 The GPI line on the MONO connectors can be used to connect the RING from your telephone hybrid Usually the Ring signal comes from a REMOTE on your Hybrid Consult your telephone hybrid manual for information about how to connect the RING to the GPI of the MONO input GPO A and GPO B make connection if the GPO is activated Maximum current 200 mA Maximum resistance when connection made 12 Ohm Maximum Voltage 24 V GPO A GPO B At the front side of the 19 rack you can find one additional stereo analog input Below you can see a picture
55. ould like to have headroom in our mixer because we are adding signals but we don t want too much headroom because we eat bits 20 dB headroom is more than 3 bits The Lyra supports both AES and Dolby and EBU standards for the digital outputs That means you can choose how much headroom you want on the digital output 0 dB on the meter is equivalent to 20dBFS on the digital output AES 9dBFS on the digital output EBU To achieve this you have two different headroom settings for the digital outputs One headroom setting is fixed 20dBFS The other is adjustable from 0 to 20dBFS headroom adjustable in increments of 1dBFS The default setting is 9dBFS This means you have on your digital outputs enough headroom The O dB level on the meter is 6 dBu on the balanced analog outputs Because you also need your bit resolution we interface with 24 bits and process the signal with 32 bits floating point This provides you with sufficient headroom For ease of use the console is also equipped with cinch inputs and outputs It s difficult to specify a standard for this type of connector This is because many different manufacturers use different values When the console leaves the factory the cinch outputs are trimmed to 0 dBu if the level on the meter is 0 dB That means if you connect a digital recorder with a maximum input of 2Vrms for example a calibrated input you still have 8 dB of headroom Of course you will also find a Record level
56. perator 2 This is a user definable level Unknown Unknown user is basically the same as Idle user but is used when a user logs on to the webpage with a username password that doesn t exist in the database ldle Idle level can t be selected but is automatically used when logged on to the webpage without username an password Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 49 Webpage 11 11Chipcard Settings LN Security Settings of the Lyra Surface 1 Chipcardname Chip card password Retype password Write to ChipCard Surface 2 Chipcardname MON Chip card password 1 Retype password MOM Figure 38 Chipcard Settings You can use this menu to program or reprogram chip cards When creating a user on the chip card you must make sure that the user is also in the database If not the user will be identified as Unknown In this case you will have no privileges on the control surface If you have a second control surface you can choose which modules chip card overrules the other If you have a combined 8 fader console you have to mark the setting Control surface 2 chip card determines user level for control surface 1 for correct chip card functionality To program a chip card simply type the username max 32 characters in the Chip card name field Type a password in the Chip card password field max 16 characters and re type the password in the Retype password field max
57. r dekar 57 19 53 EQUALZ R ur triks aid ia idae idea Oldies Ge dia din aia elles 57 Ne d SE EIER DAC 57 15 7 DIGITAL OUTPUTS sens EEEREN sken AE EEEREN EEEE KENE KAN RER KRA ARENA KAN AR AN nns 58 199 SYSTEM CLOCK ctra al ra dd he ek rd pea ea dd 58 at REMOTES uer ae as re 58 15 10 DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT cuota tegen daa ira 58 16 LIST OF FIGURES ccoo gaat 61 Tf JEIST OR TABLES utopia ii 62 18 GLOSSAR Vicio cit c epu cede de dui Pa ee pu tees e ebat eta dens 63 19 APPENDIX C 64 19 1 APPENDIX A BLOCKDIAGRAM OF THE LYRA ssssusssssrersssrerssseersssrsr ss ser snaran enne enne nene 64 19 2 APPENDIX B LYRA ACTIVEX SCRIPTS ser ss ser sn canon SRA RASA KR RASA enne enn 65 20 DISCLAIMER KA AK RR 70 Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 6 Introduction 1 Introduction This manual will give you a detailed explanation of the functionality of the Lyra and all its features It is advised to read this manual once before touching any control or even thinking about hooking up the system We know that that is actually the firsts thing you want to do but please do NOT and discipline yourself to read the manual first The manual gives all sorts of valuable information before getting started and it saves you from getting in touch with us for all sorts of questions You can use this manual later on as a reference In the first chapters we shall give you a
58. ress Likewise any two hosts can share the same host address as long as they have different network numbers The InterNIC Registration Service originally assigned Internet addresses from three classes where each class fixes the boundary between the network number and the host address at a different point within the 32 bit address This is known as classful addressing Class A 16 million hosts on each of 127 networks 1 xxX XXX XXX 126 XXX XXX XXX Class B 65 000 hosts on each of 16 000 networks 128 0 xxx xxx 191 255 xxx Xxx Class C 254 hosts on each of 2 million networks 192 0 0 xxx 223 255 255 xxx Unfortunately no one expected the Internet to grow as quickly as it did and the limitations and inflexibility of this method of addressing were unforeseen Adding another level to the address hierarchy the subnet helped to temporarily overcome many of these shortcomings Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 15 Network Basics A subnet is a part of a network that shares the same prefix It enables a network administrator to further divide the host part of the address Previously another network number had to be requested from the Internet before a new network could be installed at a site VVhen a network is divided into subnets a part of the host address is used to identify a particular subnet Let s look at an example The network number is 192 168 0 or 11000000 10101000 0000000
59. rmation on the envelope is Source Address or Destination Address The information inside this envelope represents the next layer In this layer you can find TCP IP data from the Lyra or Cobranet data from the Lyra Source Destination Source Destination Ethernet Figure 3 Network Implementation Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 14 Network Basics TCP IP is a protocol that is well known in WAN structures This means there are many Data Link amp Physical Layers that can carry TCP IP In WAN structures the Cobranet protocol is not known so that will only function on the Ethernet based networks What happens if a destination of a TCP IP envelope is outside the Ethernet network The TCP IP envelope will be redirected to the gateway This gateway takes the TCP IP packet out of the Ethernet envelope and repacks the TCP IP envelope in a new envelope for the new protocol for example DSL or ISDN This explains how it s possible to have TCP IP data over WANs and Cobranet only over LANs 7 3 TCP IP Network Addressing The TCP IP protocol is a higher level networking protocol and has its own system of addresses called IP addresses TCP IP like other network protocols has its own addressing scheme and data structure Thus contained within the Ethernet payload is another series of fields containing IP source and destination address information as well as another payload containing TCP da
60. s If Cobranet is not installed the Cobranet input settings menu is not visible 1 Cobranet Input Settings of the Ly SET IN ABEL Al D SETTINGS Figure 32 Cobranet Input Settings The idea behind the Cobranet Input Settings is basically the same as the normal Input Settings Each bundle pair represents one 48kHz stereo channel You can rename each label for your own purposes Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 45 Webpage 11 8 Output Settings DN Figure 33 Output Settings The Output Settings enables you to route inputs or busses to the outputs The labels of the outputs can be renamed for specific purposes If Cobranet is not installed Cobranet output settings menu is not visible Each output has three settings Conference Talkback The Talkback MIC selected in the Global Settings menu will be put through directly to the output with the Conf TB setting activated Studio Mute All of the outputs with Studio Mute enabled will be muted when Studio mute is activated CRM Mute All of the outputs with CRM Mute enabled will be muted when CRM mute is activated BV Settings for output Digitall Digitall of the Lyra The setting for the analog and digital outputs are nearly identical The only difference can be found in the bit settings of the digital outputs and the Cobranet outputs Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email i
61. s and 4 transmit sockets Every socket is able to transfer a maximum of 8 mono channels That means If we have all sockets fully loaded we can send 32 mono channels and receive 32 mono channels A receive socket can have only one transmit socket to which it is connected A transmit socket can have one receive socket and in special cases multi cast more receive sockets In short it means one Cobranet device can transmit data to 4 different devices and receive data from 4 different devices 8 2 Cobranet Bundles To setup a connection you have to give a transmit and receive socket a bundle number If a receive socket and transmit socket have the same bundle number audio is transmitted from the transmit socket to the receive socket A bundle number is a kind of identification of the link Normally the bundle numbers starts from 256 and ends at 65535 Bundle number 0 until 255 are reserved 8 3 Cobranet and Ethernet All Cobranet data is transferred within standard Ethernet packages This makes it possible to interfere with normal Ethernet data as well as to use standard Ethernet equipment For full capacity its recommended to separate Cobranet and data networks The topology of the Cobranet network is like your standard computer network A star network where all devices hook up to a switch Figure 4 Star Network If you interconnect multiple star networks you will get a tree topology Peak Audio has teste
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63. signal from the left channel is copied to the right channel The signal from the right channel is copied to the left channel Module Function Level Headroom Trim DSP The possibility to trim the level of the source from 20dB to 20dB MIC Gain MIC Only The possibility to trim the level of the MIC inputs from OdB to 60dB EQ Active Enables the EQ functionality Dynamics Active Enables the dynamics functionality Remote Type You can select continuous and pulse for the remote signal Continuous changes state only Action Local Function Action Remote Buss Local Function Action Remote Buss Local Function Remote Buss Local Function Remote Buss at action and pulse changes state shortly after action Select the action that triggers the remote Fader and ON switch means that the remote will only be triggered when both the fader is open and the channel is ON With this option disabled you get a fader or ON switch situation This means trigger occurs at fader ON and ON switch independently On switch Audio On Off enables you to disable the audio function ofthe On switch This way you can use the On switch only to trigger the remote Trigger On Remote causes a trigger when the channel is enabled by On switch Trigger Off remote causes a trigger when the channel is disabled by the On switch Note When the audio function is disabled you will get a retrigger signal when pressing the ON switch regardless the settings
64. t Control Message Protocol packet is sent to the specified address and a reply is expected If a reply is received this indicates that the remote device is reachable over the network If no reply is received this indicates a problem with communication over the network To issue a ping command open the Command Prompt and type ping XXX XXX XXX XXX where xxx XXx xxx xxx is IP address of the device you wish to contact Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 16 Network Basics DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a TCP IP service that you can use to set network clients TCP IP configurations automatically as they attach to the network This configuration is done by providing the DHCP server with one or more scopes A scope is nothing more than a range of IP addresses that may be assigned to clients on a temporary basis The length of time that a client is allowed to use an IP address from a DHCP server is called the client s lease period As you can see DHCP eliminates the need to manually configure each client it also helps to prevent duplicate IP addresses and can help to conserve IP addresses when they re in short supply However for DHCP to function correctly and efficiently on large networks proper planning is essential If it is set up improperly DHCP can cause headaches As mentioned earlier DHCP automatically configures clients for TCP IP at the time the cl
65. t the time to the CRM buss The Interlock option can be disabled on the webpage You can read this in chapter 11 5 The CRM pot on the control surface controls the volume of the dedicated CRM output on the 19 rack The DIM button dims the level of the dedicated CRM output from 0 to 144dB depending on what is set on the webpage When pressing the talkback switch the chosen input for talkback is routed to all the outputs who have Conference Talkback enabled The phones of the control surface is fixed routed from the CRM buss The phones pot controls the volume of the phones output of the control surface Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 32 Using the Control Surface 10 5Network settings through the Control Surface The Lyra is a stand alone mixer That means that there is no need for a PC during operation But before you start using the Lyra you may want to make some settings regarding output routing or GPIO usage You can connect your Lyra directly to your PC by a cross link cable or connect your Lyra to your local network Straight CATS UTP cable and use a PC on the network to connect to the Lyra To enter the special menu on the control surface you should press all encoder of control surface1 simultaneously By constantly repeating this you will see the following lines in the display of the control surface IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Address Name Server Address By
66. ta This nesting within the Ethernet payload continues until the protocol s being transported is completely defined The most important thing to understand is that the networking protocol in use is completely independent of Ethernet Ethernet is simply the delivery system and it doesn t know or care about the networking data that it s carrying in its payload This enables Ethernet to carry many different networking protocols on the same network It is left up to the networking software running on the receiving system to understand the networking protocol information extracted from the Ethernet payload field An IP address is a unique identifier for a device on a TCP IP network Within an isolated network it is possible to assign IP addresses at random as long as each address is unique However connecting a private network directly to the Internet requires using registered IP addresses called Internet addresses to avoid duplicates An IP address is a 32 bit numeric address four sections of 8 bits each written in dotted decimal notation The number in each section can range from 0 to 255 The address consists of 2 parts the network number or as it is more commonly referred to today the network prefix and the host address The host address is the unique address of the network node while the network number identifies the network on which the host resides Each host on a network shares the same network number but must have a unique host add
67. ted OnDisconnect IN hen The object is Disconnected from the Lyra this event is generated OnLoggedOn long SecurityLevel IN hen a new user logs on an event is generated and returns the userlevel 1 10 Idle Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 65 Appendix 1 Unknown user 1 2 Operator 1 1 3 Operator 2 4 Supervisor 1 5 System Administrator OnRemoteBuss1 long State If the Remote Buss 1 changes its gives the new state with this event OnRemoteBuss2 long State If the Remote Buss 2 changes its gives the new state with this event OnRemoteBuss3 long State If the Remote Buss 3 changes its gives the new state with this event OnRemoteBuss4 long State Ilf the Remote Buss 4 changes its gives the new state with this event OnRedlight1 long State If the Redlight 1 changes its gives the new state with this event OnRedlight2 long State If the Redlight 2 changes its gives the new state with this event Methods Void ConnectTolP Connects to IP Void Disconnect Disconnect from IP Void Logon unsigned char Username unsigned char Password Log on if a user and password Void SetSource long ModuleNr long Source Set ModuleNr Source Source may be 0 till 34 NO N C 1 4 MIC1 MIC4 1 5 11 Analog1 Analog7 1112 18 Digital1 Digital7 1119 34 Cobra1 2 Cobra31 32 Void SetOn long ModuleNr long State Set ON switch at Modul
68. this 19 rack you can find 4 MIC s 2 Mono analog and 5 Stereo analog Inputs 7 Stereo Digital Inputs and Outputs all with sample rate converters You have dedicated analog outputs for PROG SUB AUX CRM and PHONES All interfacing and connectors are explained in the section Hardware 4 2 Control Surface A separate unit with knobs and faders is used to control the Lyra There are two connections at the 19 rack to make it possible to have at maximum 8 stereo faders Further this control surface holds a phones jack which gives the CRM signal The Control Surface is a very simple and easy to understand interface to the Lyra engine You can use the surface for all basic functionalities such as Source select EQ settings Dynamics Settings Routing etc A separate master section gives the possibility to determine the function of the module encoders and the CRM source Of course you can adjust the CRM level and the DIM and Talkback 4 3 Software external By using the Ethernet connection you have the possibility to control the Lyra from every workplace in your network By using a crosslink cable you also can use the Lyra on a stand alone PC The Lyra can receive an IP address via a DHCP server or you can give a Fixed IP When this IP is known you are able to connect to the Lyra by software HTTP web server or ActiveX object Later we will give an overview on the options you have with the remote software web server Lyra Digital Mixer
69. tion if the GPO is activated Maximum current 200 mA Maximum resistance when connection made 12 Ohm Maximum Voltage 24V GPO A GPO BI Below you see the layout of the front side digital input You can choose which type of digital audio connection you want to use as input Coax or Optical The switch in between controls this selection The LED s will show which type is used and if a valid digital audio signal is received NO LOCK led is off when signal is valid DIGITAL 7 S P DIF DIG IN 5 D S P DIF m m DIG sl OUT D ide a IN OUT Figure 13 Digital Input Output at Front side Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 24 Hardware Connections 9 3 Global Inputs Outputs The in outputs can be used for global functionality for example synchronization remote function relay logic etc Each Sub D connector represents 2 GPIO s Figure 14 GPIO connections at rear side Pin1 GPO1A Pin6 GPO1B Pin2 Not Connected Pin7 GPO2A Pin3 GPO2B Pin8 Not Connected Pin4 GPI 1 Pin9 GPI2 Pin5 Not Connected Table 7 Pinning GPIO s GPO A and GPO B make connection if the GPO is activated Maximum current 200 mA Maximum resistance when connection made 12 Ohm Maximum Voltage 24 V GPO A GPO B On the rear side of the Lyra you can find two BNC connectors with the text FCLK OUT and FCLK IN These are the word clock in out
70. tring MAC Address System Up Time Samplerate 47961 Hz Control Surface 1 Connected User Control Surface 2 Not Connected User Cobranet Installed Internal Temperature Internal Voltage SV Figure 24 System Information Name Description Displays the networking name for the Lyra Location Displays the name of the location where the Lyra is active Contact Displays the name of the person here who has administrator privileges on the Lyra Version String Displays the version of the internal software and the release date FPGA Version String Displays the version of the FPGA software MAC Address Displays the MAC address of the Lyra Unique Lyra Ethernet identifier System Up Time Displays the online time from the last time the Lyra was activated Sample rate Displays the sample rate currently used by the Lyra Control Surface 1 Displays if a control surface is connected on channel 1 Module 1 4 User Displays which user operates control surface 1 Logon occurs by chipcard Control Surface 2 Displays if a control surface is connected on channel 2 Module 5 8 User Displays which user operates control surface 2 Logon occurs by chipcard Cobranet Displays if Cobranet is installed Internal Temperature Displays the internal temperature of the 19 rack Internal Voltage Displays the voltage of the 5V rail inside the 19 rack Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 35 Webpag
71. ue 36 11 4 COBRANET SETTINGS ouossrsrrsssersssrerssseersssrersssrersssres ss ses sn sas en RAR ener KR RASA AR RAKA KR RA RR e entren nennen nns 38 11 5 GLOBAL SETTINGS seen kan AAA AAAA ARE EEE K RA KARA ARR RASAR AKAN nnn nns 40 11 5 1 GPIT TO Dian a A AA A T ad ye 41 11 5 2 GPO TAO Dia A ii is Ogee 42 ab W enge 43 11 6 1 Advanced input settings oooonicnniniicioniccin iii 43 11 7 GOBRANETINPUT SETTINGS nici pr ple da aids be again 45 118 OUTPUT SETTINGS uti a daa 46 11 8 1 Advanced Output Settings ss si tensnsimsrsassipa mess sne skdn EEA aae ENAKE EAEEREN ERE 46 11 9 COBRANET OUTPUT SETTINGS iet icone Leben eterno eta de A 47 11 10 jzeurlu sizu lem 48 11 1011 X Usersand Levels i eiie iei iren etel iere i pea de sero ah asad 48 11 11 CHIPCARD SETTINGS aei ren attire aedi cna ei ii 50 11 12 CONTROL SURFACE LEVELS eene eene nennen inneren innen nnn neri r E 51 11 13 NS 52 11 14 NETWORK LEVELS tein reve retine ae raet 53 DA EE 54 KAN MM icc O dk rene 54 122 SECURITY M 54 Ej ae 54 13 LYRA EO RN ET 55 14 AGTIVEXAPPLIGATION iii ense tenta reae aa anda nated ete 56 15 SPECIFIGATIONS iore dee ete eerie Er en ie ir ios 57 151 GENERAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS in jes coves DEGERE E DOE Ains 57 182 ND AND D A GONVERTERS uken ed at 57 15 3 MICROPHONE INPUTS E 57 154 LINE INPUTS cocinada kende
72. wing product specifications EMC NEN EN 55103 1 1995 NEN EN 55103 2 1995 NEN EN 55013 1 1994 Supplementary Information The products herewith complies with the requirements of the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC 1989 as amended by the CE Marking Directive 93 68 EEC 1993 D amp R Electronica Weesp b v Rijnkade 15B 1382 GS WEESP The Netherlands President of Engineering The product is tested in a normal users environment Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email info d r nl Page 59 Dear Lyra owner In this manual we have tried to give you an overview of all that the Lyra has to offer As it is our policy to continuously improve on our products this manual will be updated regularly Please visit our web site http www d r nl to download the latest version of this manual If you have any questions do not hesitate to contact us We wish you many years of enjoyable mixing Best regards Duco de Rijk President D amp R Electronica Weesp b v Rijnkade 15B 1382 GS WEESP The Netherlands Phone 31 0 294 418 014 FAX 31 0 294 416 987 Website http www d r nl E mail mailto info a d r nl We hope you find this manual useful and easy to understand As always we are open to any suggestions about this manual or any D amp R products Due to a policy of continuous product improvement D amp R reserves the right to change specifications and appearance without prior notice Lyra Digital
73. works if the DHCP function is disabled After changing the IP address the Lyra needs to be restarted to make the changes permanent Current IP shows the IP address that is currently used by the Lyra Subnet Mask Lets you change the subnet mask if necessary Default value is 255 255 255 0 You can only change the Subnet mask if the DHCP option is disabled Gateway Lets you change the gateway address This address can only be changed if the DHCP option is disabled Lyra Digital Mixer from D amp R Phone 31 294 418014 email Page 36 Webpage Local Date Time Last Time Synced HTTP Connection FTP Control Connection FTP Data Connection TCP Connection Displays the time retrieved from a NTP timeserver NTP means Network Time Protocol This is a standard protocol which is used to transmit UTC time to clients For more information you can visit http www ntp time server com For the correct time to display you need to set the corresponding time zone Displays the last time the Lyra clock was synchronized by the NTP server The IP address represents the chosen NTP server to synchronize by Last section displays the time before next synchronization Setting this IP address to 0 0 0 0 disables the NTP function Displays the time that the HTTP port 80 socket was open during data transport Usually the time for retrieving a webpage is less than a second The section will display 00 00 00 Also the user that opened the port is disp

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