Soundcraft SiO-DANTE [15/17] Blu si blu link card user guide

Si Option Slot and Option Card User Guide V2.12 0813

BLU-Si BLU Link Card User Guide

The BLU-Si BLU link card is a 32 x 32 interface between an Si series console*

and the Soundweb London digital audio bus, informally known as BLU link. The

card allows connection to a wide variety of Harman products equipped with a

BLU link interface such as BSS London BLU-800, dbx

PMC or Crown

PIP-

BLU interfaces amongst others.

Note: Because of the clocking system architecture, it is only possible to use

one BLU-Si card/console combination on a BLU link network at any time.

BLU link is a low latency, fault tolerant digital audio bus of 256 channels which

uses standard CAT5e cabling and gives a distance of 100m between compatible

BLU link enabled devices. To increase the distance between devices the BSS

Audio MC-1 fibre optic media converter can be used to span over 10km (6.2

miles) using single mode fibre.

Additional information about the Soundweb London BLU link digital audio bus

may be found on the BSS web site

www.bssaudio.com

*1 Not Si1, 2, 3 or ‘plus’ variants