QSC Audio S series user manual Introduction How It Works, Outs

Introduction: How It Works (continued)

In default mode, the signals from the first 8 audio channel in- puts will be grouped together in a bundle whose “network iden- tifier” number is specified from the front-panel hexadecimal switches or through the management interface. The bundle will then be sent over the network to the destination devices that are configured, or set to receive the bundle. RAVE models sup- porting CobraNet reception (80/88/160/188) can then receive the bundle by setting their respective front-panel hexadecimal switches (or MI variables) to the appropriate bundle number.

The received bundle is then separated into individual audio chan- nels and forwarded to the first 8 audio outputs at the rear-panel in either analog or digital format, depending upon which model Rave is used.

Signal flow for the six RAVE models are depicted below. The wide black arrows indicate the bundle direction to or from the network interface, while the thin arrows indicate individual audio channels to or from RAVE’s rear-panel connectors.

RAVE 80s: 8 AES Outs	RAVE 81s: 8 AES ins	RAVE 88s: 4 AES ins + 4 AES
		outs

RAVE 160s-24: 16 analog	RAVE 161s-24: 16 analog	RAVE 188s-24: 8 analog ins
outs	ins	+ 8 analog outs

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