dCS Verona User Manual

Manual for Software Issue 1.0x

dCS Ltd

September 2004

 

 

INDEXES AND SOFTWARE VERSION NUMBERS

Software History

This manual is for Verona software version 1.0x.

Definitions and Abbreviations

ADC

Analogue to Digital Converter, sometimes referred

AES3

to as an A/D Converter.

A standard professional stereo digital audio format

 

consisting of one serial PCM data line. It uses a

 

balanced cable to extend transmission distance

DAC

and includes a comprehensive messaging system.

Digital to Analogue Converter, sometimes referred

dB

to as a D/A Converter.

A relative signal level or ratio in decibels. The

dB0

context may indicate the reference level.

Level in decibels, referred to a full scale sine wave

dBu

in a sampled system. So, 0dB0 is full scale.

A signal level relative to 0.775V rms, making no

DDC

allowance for external loading.

Digital to Digital Converter, sometimes referred to

DSD

as a D/D Converter.

Direct Stream Digital - a single bit digital audio

kS/s

format, sampled at 2.822MS/s.

Sample rate in kilo-samples per second. This

 

replaces kHz, which is technically incorrect when

SDIF-2

referring to sample rates.

Sony Digital InterFace – a stereo digital audio

 

format consisting of 2 serial PCM or DSD data

SPDIF

lines. Usually used with a Word Clock.

Sony / Philips Digital InterFace – a stereo digital

 

audio format for consumer equipment, consisting

 

of one serial PCM data line. Similar to AES3, but

Word Clock

unbalanced and with different messaging.

A synchronisation signal consisting of a square-

 

wave, the frequency of which is the sample rate.

 

Usually transmitted through co-axial cable and

 

BNC connectors.

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