SoundCraft Vi Option Cards Owner's manual

Brand: SoundCraft

Model: Vi Option Cards

Category: Mixers

Type: Owner's manual

This manual is also suitable for

Soundweb London BLU-800

ViBLULinkCardUser&SetupGuideV1.0 

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ViBLULinkCardUser&SetupGuide

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TheSoundcr aft®ViBLULinkcardisa32x32interfacebetweenaVi

series console and the Soundweb London digital audio bus,

informally knownasBLULink.Thecardallowsconnectiontoawide

varietyofHarmanproductsequippedwithaBLULinkinterface,such

as BSS London BLU

 800, dbx® PMC or Crown® PIP‐BLU interfaces

amongstothers.

BLU Link is a low latency, fault tolerant digital audio bus of 256

channels which gives a distance of 100m between compatible BLU

Link enabled devices using standard CAT5e cabling.

Toincrease thedistance betweendevicestheBSSAudioMC‐

1fibre

optic media converter can be used to span over 10km (6.2 miles)

usingsinglemodefibre.

AdditionalinformationabouttheSoundwebLondonBLULinkdigital

audiobusmaybefoundontheBSSwebsitewww.bssaudio.com

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TheViBLULinkcardisavailableintwoversions,whichdifferonlyin

thesizeofthefrontpanel:

• LocalRack/CompactStageboxexpansionslotversion

(3Uhigh,single‐widthD21mcard)

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• ViStageboxversion

(6Uhigh,single‐widthstageboxslot)

Both versions of the card are shipped

 with a short Wordclock sync

cable (9‐pin D to BNC) for connection to the console's Wordclock

input whentheconsole hastoslave to theBLUlink network(Inthe

caseofacardinstalledinastagebox,anextensionBNCcablemaybe

required,dependingonrelativelocation

oflocalrackandstagebox).

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ChannelAssignSwitches

The channel assign switches dictate which group of channels on the BLU Link network the card

‘listens’toand‘speaks’to

Looking directly at the dip‐switch block are six switches numbered 1‐6 (left to right). The leftmost

three switches (switches 1‐3) are used to select the on‐ramp

 bank (card speaks to BLU Link). The

rightmost three switches (switches 4‐6) are used to select the off‐ramp bank (card listens to BLU

Link).ChannelsnotusedbytheBLULinkcardaresimplypassed‘thru’.

BLULinkOn‐Ramp(Outputsfromconsole)

SW1 SW2 SW3 SelectedChannels

OFF OFF OFF 1‐32

OFF OFF ON 33‐64

OFF ON OFF 65‐96

OFF ON ON 97‐128

ON OFF OFF 129‐160

ON OFF ON 161‐192

ON ON OFF 193‐224

ON ON ON 225‐256

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NOTE:WhenevertheOnRampandOffRampselectionsmatch,noaudioisextractedfromBLULink,

butinsteadtheaudiobeingsentoutofthecardwillbelooped backandwillappearontheBLULink

inputchannels.

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BLULinkLEDIndicators

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EachBLULinkportfeaturestwoLED’sindicatingstatus:

• YellowLED‐lightswhentheportis‘alive’indicatingthecardhasbootedandreadyforuse.

• GreenLED‐lightswhenitisconnectedcorrectlytoanotherBLULinkdevice.

BLULinkOff‐Ramp(Inputstoconsole)

SW4 SW5 SW6 SelectedChannels

OFF OFF OFF 1‐32

OFF OFF ON 32‐64

OFF ON OFF 65‐96

OFF ON ON 97‐128

ON OFF OFF 129‐160

ON OFF ON 161‐192

ON ON OFF 193‐224

ON ON ON 225‐256

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Appendix:WordclockOutconnectorPinouts

NotethatasuitablecableissuppliedwitheachBLULinkcardthatwillinterfacefromtheDB9

WordclockoutconnectorontheBLULinkcard,totheWordclockinputBNConeithertheLocal

Rack(Vi6)ortherearoftheconsole(Vi1).

Ifalongercableisrequiredor

thecableneedstobereplacedthenthefollowingpin‐outswillapply:

DB9connector'P1'

Pin Function

4 WordclockOut(TTL)

9 SignalGND

5 ChassisGND

8 ChassisGND

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SoundCraft Vi Option Cards Owner's manual

Brand: SoundCraft

Model: Vi Option Cards

Category: Mixers

Type: Owner's manual

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