Signal Types - Yamaha DME4io-C Owner's Manual

Introduction to the DME Satellite

Signal Types

DME Satellite audio system signals can be broadly categorized as follows.
1
The DME Satellite will be required to send and receive audio signals to and from other DME series units as well
as other audio equipment.
Audio signal transmission and reception will occur primarily via the [INPUT] and [OUTPUT] connectors.
The CobraNet connectors can also transmit and receive digital audio signals.
2
Device group control signals control all DME series devices in the group.
There are two types of device group control signals, as follows:
•
•
You can use the DME Designer application to control the entire device group, such as sending components to the
devices and setting the parameters as required.
3
These signals provide communication and control between individual devices.
Included in this category are MIDI messages transferred between [USB] connectors, GPI signals transferred be-
tween [GPI] connectors, and remote head amp control signals handled via the [REMOTE] connector.
Type of signals handled by the DME Satellite
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Audio
Device group control
Control signals between the computer and the group master DME series unit
Control signals between the group master DME series unit and the other DME series
units
Device control
Connector Audio Signal
[USB] Connector
[NETWORK] Connector
Up to 16 channels of
CobraNet Connector
input and output.
[GPI] Connector
[REMOTE] Connector
The number of I/O
[INPUT]/[OUTPUT]
channels depends on
Connectors (audio in/out)
model.
Device Group Control
Control signals between
the computer and the
—
group master DME series
unit
• Control signals
between the computer
and the group master
DME series unit
— • Control signals
between the group
master DME series unit
and the other DME
series units
—
— —
— —
—
Reference
Device Control
Page
Transmission/reception of
control signals between
page 22
computer and DME series
units
Transmission/reception of
control signals between
page 24
computer and DME series
units
Transmission/reception of page 27
MIDI messages page 30
Input/output of GPI
control signals between
GPI device (GPI page 31
controller, etc.) and DME
series unit
• Transmission/reception
of control signals to/
from an external device
(such as AD8HR head page 29
amplifier)
• Transmission/reception
of MIDI messages
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