Components

The following module boards are obligatory for operating the NEXUS STAR:

• Base Device featuring an RBP backplane and one or more XPSU power-supply units
• RCX controller board and routing matrix
• One or more RMF or RFOC interface boards

Overview

RCX Controller Board

• Main-controller board and routing matrix for NEXUS STAR routers
• Handles up to 16 lines with 256 inputs and 256 outputs each
• Transparent forwarding of 30-bit audio
• Wordclock I/O
• Controls and monitors all components of NEXUS Base Devices
• Connects the system to control computers (RS232/422, USB, or Ethernet)

XPSU Power-supply Unit

• Wide-range unit supplying all components
• Up to four power supply units connectable to a router (including redundant units)
• Space-saving back panel installation
• Output power: 100 W each

RFOC Fibre-optic Interface Board

• Communication between Base Devices and the router via duplex fibre-optic cables
• Up to 4 ports with 128 audio channels each
• Configuration-specific spanning distances of up to 5000 meters (>16,400 ft)
• Control-information forwarding
• Sync-information forwarding
• Redundant operation supported

RMF I/O Interface

• MADI-format I/O board
• Provides connectivity to multichannel audio recorders or external mixing consoles
• Extended number of channels compared to the MADI standard format (up to 64 channels)
• 4 equal ports per board
• Automatic channel-number recognition (1 to .64)
• Synchronisation to the input-signal wordclock
• Featuring either optical or electrical BNC ports
• Officially certified by Dolby® for Dolby E signal transmission

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