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Distribution Date:
June 7, 2022
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Copyright © 2022 by Adamson Systems Engineering Inc.; all rights reserved.
This manual must be accessible to the person operating this product. As such, the product owner must store it in a safe place
and make it available upon request to any operator.
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User Manual
EU Declaration of Conformity
Adamson Systems Engineering declares that the
products stated below are in conformance with the
relevant fundamental health and safety criteria of the
applicable EC Directive(s), in particular:
Signed at Port Perry, ON. CA - July 23rd, 2021
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Brock Adamson (President & CEO)
ADAMSON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, Inc.
1401 Scugog Line 6, Port Perry
Ontario, Canada L9L 1B2
T: +1 905 982 0520, F: +1 905 982 0609
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.adamsonsystems.com
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913-0003 Gateway
Directive 2014/30/EU: Electromagnetic
Compatibility Directive
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Contents
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literature accompanying this appliance
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This symbol alerts the user that the appliance can be hot to the touch and should not be touched
without taking care and instruction
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Safety & Warnings 4
Product Overview 5
Front View 5
Rear View 5
Dimensions 5
Specications 6
SimpliedBlockDiagram 7
Connecting the Gateway 7
AVBMilanAudio 7
StreamingAVBtotheGateway 9
Clear User Data 9
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Read these instructions and keep them available for future reference.
• This manual can be downloaded from:
https://adamsonsystems.com/en/support/downloads-directory
Heed all warnings and follow all instructions.
• Clean this product with a dry cloth only.
• Never restrict the ventilation ports.
• Protectthecablingfrombeingwalkedonorpinched.
• Onlyuseattachmentsand/oraccessoriesspeciedbyAdamsonSystemsEngineering.
• Aqualiedtechnicianmustbepresentduringtheinstallationanduseofthisproduct.
AdamsonSystemsEngineeringwillnotbeliablefordamagescaused byany possible
misuse of this product.
• Inspecttheproductbeforeeachuse.Ifanysignofdefectordamageisdetected,imme-
diately withdraw the product from use for maintenance.
• Referallservicingofthisproducttoqualiedservicepersonnel.
This product contains potentially dangerous voltages.
• Do not open the unit. There are no user serviceable parts inside this product. Failure to
comply voids warranty.
• Donotusethisproductwithapowercablethatdoesnothaveapolarized,groundedplug.
Thisproductmustbegrounded/earthed.
• Do not install this product in wet or humid locations.
• Unplugthisproductfromthepowersourceduringlightningstorms.
• Besuretousecautionwhilemovingthisproducttoavoidinjury.
This product can get hot when in use for extended periods of time.
• Toreducetheriskofoverheatingtheproduct,avoidexposingittodirectsunlight.
• Donotinstallthisproductnearheatsourcessuchasradiators,heatregisters,stoves,or
other apparatus that produce heat.
Safety&Warnings
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Product Overview
AES / ANALOG INPUT
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MADE IN CANADA FABRIQUÉ AU CANADA
WARNING
MUST BE GROUNDED / EARTHED
WARNING
MUST BE GROUNDED
/ EARTHED
Serial Sticker Here
PRI
SEC
P2
AES / ANALOG OUTPUT
S1 S2 S3
P1 P3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
WORD CLOCK IN
AC
Input 100V - 240V,
50/60Hz, 1A
WORD CLOCK OUT
15 Vdc
STATUS OUTPUTS
INPUTS
1 - 8 1 - 4
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Front View
Dimensions
Rear View
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WARNING
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Serial Sticker Here
PRI
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P2
AES / ANALOG OUTPUT
S1 S2 S3
P1 P3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
WORD CLOCK IN
AC
Input 100V - 240V,
50/60Hz, 1A
WORD CLOCK OUT
15 Vdc
STATUS OUTPUTS
INPUTS
1 - 8 1 - 4
PRI
PRI
SEC
SEC USB
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USB
AC Power
Input
Primary and
Secondary
opticalCON™opticalCON™
AES/AnalogIn
AES/AnalogOut
Primary and
Secondary
etherCON™etherCON™
Primary and Secondary
etherCON™etherCON™
WordClock
In/Out
15 V DC Input
483 mm / 19 in
256 mm / 10.1 in
88 mm / 3.46 in
AES / ANALOG INPUT
ADAMSON SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
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MADE IN CANADA FABRIQUÉ AU CANADA
WARNING
MUST BE GROUNDED / EARTHED
WARNING
MUST BE GROUNDED
/ EARTHED
Serial Sticker Here
PRI
SEC
P2
AES / ANALOG OUTPUT
S1 S2 S3
P1 P3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
WORD CLOCK IN
AC
Input 100V - 240V,
50/60Hz, 1A
WORD CLOCK OUT
15 Vdc
STATUS OUTPUTS
INPUTS
1 - 8 1 - 4
PRI
PRI
SEC
SEC USB
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Product Overview
Specications
• TheGatewayactsasaMilancompliantEthernetswitch,providing6xGigabitetherCON™and2x
GigabitopticalCON™connectionpointstohandleincomingandoutgoingnetworksignals.
• TherearpanelincludesXLRconnectionsfor16xAES/EBUdigitalinputsandoutputsor8xanalog
audioinputsandoutputs.EachXLRcanbeswitchedindependentlytobeusedforanalogordigital
signal.
• TheGatewayacceptsorgeneratestwoAVBaudiostreamsenablingdigitaldata(audio,control,
etc.)tobesentoverthenetworktotheEndpoints.Italsodigitizestheanalogaudio(ifused)forthe
same purposes.
• Treelayersofredundancycanbefreelydenedfromallavailableinputs.
• EachAES/EBUdigitalinputcontainsanasynchronoussamplerateconverterallowingtoconnect
uptoeightdifferentclocksourcestotheGateway.
• 16xDSPchannelsareavailableontheGateway,eachofferingmute,gain,polarity,delayandEQ.
• Allincomingaudiocanbemixedintothe16xDSPchannelsastheGatewayfunctionsasa16x16
matrixmixer.
• The DSP outputs can be freely patched to all available outputs.
• The15VDCinputisusedforback-uppowerintheeventofACpowerloss.Useonlythesupplied
15 V DC power supply connected to a secondary power supply.
• AudioInput/OutputLEDsonthefrontpanelemitgreenwhentheassociatedrear-panelXLRcon-
nectorisprogrammedforanalog,bluewhenprogrammedfordigital/AES.
• ThefrontpaneloftheGatewayfeaturesNetworkactivityLEDsforbothPrimaryandSecondary
connections.
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Product Overview
Input
Mixer
Output
Router
16 Channel
DSP Engine
8x Analog XLR
16x AES/EBU
16x AVB
8x Analog XLR
16x AES/EBU
16x AVB
Simplied Block Diagram
TheGatewayandotherAdamsondevicescanbeconnectedtotheAIsoftwareusingstandardethernetca-
bling(minimumCat5e).Ifthenetworkisusedforcontrolonly,standardgigabitswitchescanbeusedinad-
dition to the switch-ports of the Gateway. A maximum of eight devices can be connected in a daisy-chain.
AVB Milan Audio
Fullnetworkconnectivity,includingAVBaudiotransportandcontrolrequiresAVBenabledswitches.Cur-
rentlyLuminexGigacoreSeriesandExtremeNetworksX-SeriesswitcheswithAVBlicenseweretested
toworkwithAdamsonAVBsystems.AstheGatewayincludesaMilanenabledswitchitcanbeusedfor
smallerAVBMilansetupswithoutadditionalswitches.
ConnectingtheGateway
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AdamsonAVBcomponentsuseaxedpresentationtimeof2ms(networklatency).Fromthetalkertothe
furthestlistenerinanetworkchainamaximumof2mslatencyisallowed.Ifthetotalnetworklatencyex-
ceeds2mstheaudioconnectionwillbreak.EachCS-Seriescabinetandrack-mountedequipmentincludes
switchfabricandintroducesaxedlatency.Anadditionallatencyisintroducedbythetalkerwhencreating
the stream:
• CS-Seriescabinets:0.26ms
• AdamsonGatewayandBridge:0.14ms
• CreationofStreamonanAdamsonGateway:0.12ms
• GigabitAVBSwitch:0.12ms
BelowisanexamplecalculationforasetupwithanAdamsonGatewayconvertingananalogsignaltoAVB,
connectedtoanNDSusingLuminexswitches.SixCS7areconnectedindaisy-chaintooneofthecabinet
outputs of the NDS:
AdamsonGateway(CreationofStream+Switch)  0.26ms
NDS(GigabitAVBSwitch)     0.12ms
CS7        0.26ms
CS7        0.26ms
CS7        0.26ms
CS7        0.26ms
CS7        0.26ms
CS70.26ms
Total Latency: 1.94 ms
Adamsonrecommendsdaisy-chainingamaximumofsixcabinets.Thisnumbermaybereduced,depend-
ingonthenetworksetupandresultingadditionallatency.ThetotallatencycanbeinspectedforeachAVB
patchedendpointonthediagnosepage.
AVBaudioconnectionscanbepatchedintheAIsoftwareorinathirdpartyapplicationlikeHive.
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Streaming AVB to the Gateway
TobeabletostreamAVBMilanaudiointotheGatewayadedicatedclockleaderneedstobeset,asany
sendingdevicemayactasclockleaderinthissituation.
TosynchronizetheclockstreamsandpatchaudioconnectionsHiveneedstobeused.
• SelecttheclockfollowingdeviceinthediscoveredentitieslistinHive.
• Intheentityinspectorgoto“clock_domain”.
• Inthe“dynamicinfo”select3.PrimaryClockInputstream2.(oranyotherClockorCRFstreamthat
containsthesynchronizingclock).
• Inthe“StreamBasedConnection”viewoutputstream2(thestreamoftheGatewaycontainingthe
clockstream)oftheleaderneedstobepatchedtoinputstream2ofthefollower.Avalidstream
canbeidentiedasagreensymbol(primaryandsecondaryconnected)withablackdot(validword
clockdetected)inthemiddle.
• OncethisisdonechangeHiveto“ChannelBasedConnection”viewandpatchthedesiredaudio
channels. This is possible in both directions.
Clear User Data
TheGatewaycanberesettormwaredefaultsettings,eitherthroughtheAIsoftwareonthemenupage
(allowsformultipledevicestobeclearedatthesametime),oronthediagnosepageorbyfollowingthe
powercyclesequencebelow.Clearuserdatawillclearallusersettings(EQ,gain,delay)aswellascontrol
andAVBpatch.
1. Powerupthedevice.Thefanwillbrieyrunatfullspeedbeforegoingtoidle.
2. WhenthestatusLEDashesingreenonce,disconnectpower.
3. Powerupthedevice.Thefanwillbrieyrunatfullspeedbeforegoingtoidle.
4. WhenthestatusLEDashesingreentwice,disconnectpower.
5. Powerupthedevice.Thefanwillbrieyrunatfullspeedbeforegoingtoidle.
6. WhenthestatusLEDashesingreenthreetimes,disconnectpower.
7. Powerupthedevice.Thefanwillrunatfullspeedforalongerperiodoftimethantheprevioustimes,
atthispointtheLEDashesorange.
8. ThefactoryresetissuccessfulwhenthestatusLEDcontinuouslyturnsgreen.
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