Product Details
The AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System replaces traditional analog I/O boxes with a modular digital solution. It's the ideal answer for permanent installations in theaters, schools, conference centers, and the like, as well as touring and portable live sound. By digitizing the audio input signal where it connects to the network, the AllFrame system keeps analog cabling to a minimum, reducing system complexity and labor costs while delivering improved performance and flexibility.
Instead of soldering, terminating, and testing scores of analog connections, installing conduit, and pulling separate cables for each audio signal, the AllFrame requires only a single Cat-5e or fiber connection. The unit can be powered over the Cat-5e cable or from a dedicated DC power line, using an external power supply (sold separately).
Each AllFrame device supports Cat-5e cable runs up to 400ft (120m) between devices, with no loss of fidelity. With integrated fiber optic connectivity, cable runs can be extended to over a kilometer (multi-mode fiber) or tens of kilometers (single-mode fiber).
As part of Aviom's revolutionary Pro64 Series, the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System provides robust and flexible audio connectivity. Because Pro64's Auto Mode supports any combination of serial and parallel wiring topologies—without affecting signal flow at any point—I/O points can be placed anywhere an application requires.
System Components
FRAME
The centerpiece of the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System is the F6 Modular I/O Frame, a multi-purpose network frame with six field-configurable I/O card slots and integrated Cat-5e and fiber optic connectivity. The F6 can be housed in a NEMA Type 1 enclosure and surface-mounted on the wall or flush-mounted in the wall and dressed with a custom flange. With the RK6 Rack Kit or SK6 Stage Kit, the F6 may also be mounted in a standard rack or placed directly on stage.
I/O CARDS
The C4m Mic/Line Input Card provides four remote-controllable analog mic- or line-level inputs. With the same mic preamp circuitry found in the 6416m Mic Input Module, the C4m provides clean, transparent, archival quality sound without compromise. C4m inputs can be controlled from an MCS Mic Control Surface, select Yamaha® digital consoles, or the Pro64 Network Manager software.
The C4o Output Card provides four XLR analog outputs with variable output levels.
COMING SOON: The C4dio Digital I/O Card is a 4x4 AES3 I/O card with Word Clock I/O.
POWER SUPPLY
The POA80 Power Supply allows the F6 to be powered over the Cat-5e cable.
The F6 may also be powered through Euroblock or 4-pin XLR using a third-party UL60950-1 Certified/Listed ITE power supply having a SELV (Safety Extra Low Voltage) rated output voltage between 22 and 60V DC. The F6 does not ship with a power supply.
ACCESSORIES
The RK6 Rack Kit is a set of reversible rack ears for mounting a F6 in a standard 19" rack. With the RK6 attached, the F6 requires 6U of space.
COMING SOON: The SK6 Stage Kit is a steel case that can be used to provide extra protection to a F6 in applications where the device is used as a stage box.
The LK6 Label Kit includes six patchbay-style labeling strips for four-channel AllFrame cards.
The HK6 Security Hardware Kit includes tamper-resistant Torx® pin-head screws and bits for mounting I/O cards, fan tray, and access plate to the F6, as well as for mounting the F6.
Comparison: Analog v. Aviom's AllFrame
Compare prepping an analog I/O plate with an AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System.
Traditional analog-based solutions to wiring even a simple theater require countless hand-soldered connection points and thousands of feet of conduit and wire. Worse, the result is inflexible and prone to failures.
With the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System, installation labor can be reduced by as much as 85%. In environments where installing conduit and pulling wire is difficult, labor savings may be even greater.
Even factoring in the higher hardware costs for digital equipment compared to passive analog connection plates, total installed system costs for an AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System will, in most cases, beat total installed system costs for a comparable analog system.
Consider the increased flexibility of a fully modular system, the outstanding audio performance, and the ease of maintenance, and the advantages of an AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System are dramatic.
Sample Installation
Wiring even a simple auditorium, theater, or stage—in a high school, college or university, performing arts center, or house of worship—can require hours of prepping, soldering, and testing analog audio connection points. In addition, wires must be pulled through extensive conduit runs, and the result after all the labor is a fixed system that may also be prone to noise and interference as a result of long analog runs.
Sample AllFrame Installation for
Theater or Performance Space
Conversely, the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System both reduces installation labor and enhances system performance. Each AllFrame I/O location requires only a Cat-5e or fiber connection plus DC power (which can be provided over the Cat-5e cable, with an approved power supply). The size and number of conduit runs is dramatically reduced, and all the analog cables connecting I/O points throughout the facility are replaced with Cat-5e or fiber.
At the same time, using the AllFrame Multi-Modular I/O System and the rest of Aviom's Pro64 Series audio networking products delivers consistent, reliable, outstanding audio performance over even very long cable runs. AllFrame devices are quick to configure, using the Pro64 Network Manager, and systems can be reconfigured without reprogramming. This means that a theater's installed audio wiring can deliver unmatched flexibility from show to show and over time as the facility's needs evolve.
AllFrame Sample Applications
Installed
AllFrame devices can be used in a variety of ways: surface mounted on a wall, flush-mounted in a wall and dressed with a custom flange, mounted in a standard 19" rack, or even as a throw-down stage box. The centerpiece of the system—the F6—is compatible with a standard NEMA Type 1 enclosure and can be integrated with the connection points required for the video, intercom, power, and other subsystems.
With cooling fans designed for low-noise environments, an LED disable option*, and the ability to go into a standby mode that keeps the host frame active on the network but shuts down card slots*, AllFrame devices are equally at home on the stage floor or proscenium wall as they are in the conference center or hotel ballroom.
*Scheduled for development; firmware update required.
F6 in NEMA box (Exploded)
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