APPLICATION SPOTLIGHT

In this week’s Application Spotlight, we show you how to easily expand the capacity of a single Dante channel using a Format-A combiner.? The key product in this application is RDL’s TX-TPSA1A Three-Pair Combiner to Single-Pair Sender.? This module is designed to combine up to three inputs to a single Format-A Pair. ??

It has one Format-A RJ45 input on the front panel which accepts a CATx (CAT5 or greater) twisted pair cable coming from one or multiple Format-A Senders. This input receives and sums the signals received on the three pairs A, B and C. ?The summed output is fed to one of the OUTPUT Pairs A, B or C selected during installation using the front-panel selector. The two remaining Pairs are available for signals to pass through from other Format-A Senders connected to the LOOP IN jack. Because this module drives only one pair of the output cable, the RJ45 LOOP IN jack can accept two signals and power from other Mic, Line or Bluetooth input modules. Two Single-Pair Senders can be connected to the LOOP IN jack, or one sender that uses two pairs.

In this system example, we’re using the TX-TPSA1A Three-Pair Combiner to Single-Pair Sender to add two additional microphone signals to one pair in a Format-A system. Each of the three D-TPS1A single-pair microphone Senders is set to feed a unique pair (A, B or C). These Senders are daisy-chained on one CATx cable run connected to the INPUT of the TX-TPSA1A combiner where the three pairs are summed to feed Pair A. The TX-TPSA1A output feeds an RDL RU-FN Format-A to Dante Interface. Microphones connected to any of the mic-input senders will be sent on the first Dante output channel. Two D-TPSL1A single-pair senders (set to feed Pairs B and C) are looped together on a second cable run connected to the LOOP IN of the combiner. These sources will be sent independently on the second and third Dante channels.

DC power connected to the TX-TPSA1A powers all five Senders. Note: Up to three TX-TPSA1A modules may be daisy chained on one cable run, permitting as many as nine Senders to feed audio through a single Format-A cable and to be sent on three Dante network channels.

Format-A products are ideal for short or long cable home runs, they’re extremely reliable, they produce studio-quality audio, they have tremendous noise and hum rejection, and they’re very cost effective.? When combined with our Dante/Format-A interfaces, they let you design extremely cost-effective Dante systems without compromising any features.

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