Media Technology Systems AMX 0.2 User Manual
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4.3.1.2 Link&Signals&Overview&
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The!Automix!device,!when!configured!as!a!link!master,!features!the!capability!to!receive!
link!status!inputs!from!other!Automix!devices,!combine!this!information!from!the!
multiple!sources!and!with!local!status!and!produce!operational!parameters!and!a!
Master!link!output!which!can!be!fed!back!to!the!other!Automix!devices!allowing!them!to!
all!operate!together!based!on!a!common!understanding!of!the!system!state.!!
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If!only!one!Automix!device!is!used!in!the!system,!no!link!signals!are!required.!For!
systems!with!numerous!Automix!devices,!only!one!device!in!the!system!performs!this!
service.!
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The!link!signal!carries!NOM,!priority!and!background!level!information.!The!link!signals!
can!be!routed!over!CobraNet!with!16,!20!or!24Lbit!resolution,!as!follows!
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• Priority!–!Priority!is!0!if!no!channel!is!open.!
• NOM!–!Count!of!open!microphones.!
• Background!–!Average!peak!level!measured!prior!to!gating!among!all!inputs.!
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The!values!of!the!link!output!are!calculated!as!follows:!
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• Priority!–!the!highest!priority!seen!on!all!valid!input!links.!
• NOM!–!sum!of!all!valid!incoming!NOM!values!
• Background!–!Sum!of!average!of!background!values!received!on!valid!links!
scaled!by!Internal!background!control!and!detected!peak!level!of!external!
background!input!scaled!by!External!background!control.!
4.3.2 AutoMixer&Input&and&Output&Signals&
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4.3.2.1 Audio&Input&
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Wire!microphone!&!line!signals!to!the!inputs.!Inputs!should!have!uniform!gain.!Ideally,!
unused!channels!should!have!their!inputs!should!be!muted!prior!to!reaching!the!
Automix!device!to!avoid!unnecessarily!triggering!the!gates.!
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4.3.2.2 Link&Input&
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When!this!AMX0.2CN!IS!serving!as!a!link!master!for!the!system,!connect!the!slave!Link!
outputs!from!each!of!the!other!AMX0.2CN!devices!in!the!system!to!these!inputs.!!
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4.3.2.3 Master&link&Input&
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When!this!AMX0.2CN!is!NOT!serving!as!a!link!master!for!the!system,!connect!the!Master!
link!output!from!the!AMX0.2CN!Link!master!device!in!the!system!to!the!first!of!these!
inputs.!
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