Sonifex AVN-PM8 8 Mic/Line Inputs & 8 Line Outputs AES67 Audio Interface

The AVN-Portal series is a group of three powerful audio mix engine interfaces (AVN-PA8, AVN-PD8 & AVN-PM8) (This model has AVN-PM8 interface) capable of audio routing, metering and equalization. They have both physical audio I/O and AES67 stream I/O and can mix and route freely from any input to any output, useful for a multitude of applications. Communication between products is via RAVENNA/AES67 AoIP allowing simple CAT 5 cabling and expansion. They advertise streams using Avahi/Bonjour and SAP so can be used for Dante AES67 enabled streams too. Webserver Software A built-in responsive web server provides complete remote configuration & control of the unit including matrix mixing and routing and also allows for firmware updates and configuration backup. Complete product configurations can be saved and loaded for use in different situations and system logs can be saved for device information. Mix Matrix The key to the success of the AVN-PM8 is the mix matrix where physical inputs can be freely mixed and routed with AES67 streams, in a simple and intuitive way to both physical outputs and AES67 streams. Front Panel Displays, Metering & Controls The AVN-PM8 can be supplied with different front and rear panels. As standard it has a front panel display to show product information and it uses XLRs and RJ45s for rear panel connectivity. Using an OLED display, the front panel provides detailed status information on device name, network addresses, PTP clocking info, power status/voltages and version information. The display and navigation controls allow editing of certain functions, limited to networking (IP addresses, friendly name, etc.) and display (brightness and contrast). The front panel controls also include user configurable buttons which can be set-up to perform actions such as activating a GPIO or as a shortcut button to jump to a specified menu on the OLED display.Front panel LEDs show the AoIP network status, synchronization status and the status of the AC and DC power supply inputs. The brightness of the OLED display and LED indicators can be continuously adjusted for low or high lighting conditions. A front panel power button is available to turn the unit on and off. The power button is disabled by default but can be enabled through the Display Settings' web page. Physical Inputs & Outputs For the microphone audio, the AVN-PM8 uses 8 x mic/line XLR sockets for the inputs and 8 x RJ45 connectors using StudioHub pinout for the stereo analogue line outputs. +48V phantom power is available for each microphone input with a red LED presence indication. There are two Ethernet RJ45 connections (control and AoIP) and there is an Ethernet SFP module that, when used, replaces the AoIP RJ45 connection, e.g. for a 1Gbit/s copper or optical SFP transceiver. When an SFP is used, this replaces the AoIP RJ45 connection.A rear panel GPIO connector provides 10 local ports which can be user configured as inputs or outputs and provide software-controlled functionality. A voltage free relay contact can be used to operate external equipment. There are virtual GPIO ports which can be used to trigger events over the network between devices. For remote operation and monitoring, SNMP V2 is supported and the units can be controlled using Ember+ commands. 8 Way Analogue Headphone Distribution System The AVN-PM8 can be combined with multiple AVN-HA1 headphone amplifiers to provide a headphone distribution system - the portal output connections can supply analogue power to satellite headphone amplifiers. The AVN-PM8 can be combined with multiple Sonifex AVN-HA1 headphone amplifiers to provide 8 separate headphone signals where each headphone amplifier can be sent a separate feed, mixed from any physical mic input or stream input.On portal units with RJ45 outputs, an AVN-HA1 headphone amplifier can be used to listen to the outputs, with the portals providing power and audio signals. The switches on the front panel of the AVN-HA1 can be used as another GPI for muting the output.