ROUTING
A RAVE network routes audio sig-
nals in groups or groups of 8 chan- nels, as the group diagram of a sample RAVE network illustrates
at right. Behind the removable panel on the face of a RAVE unit are two pairs of hexadecimal switches (see the illustration below) for
assigning network addresses to the groups. The left two switches assign the network address for the left group, which would be channels 1 through 8 on a RAVE 80, 81, 160,
or 161, or the transmitting channels (1 through 8) of a RAVE 88 or 188. Similarly,
the right pair of switches assign the network address for the group of channels on the right, i.e., channels 9 through 16 on
a RAVE 80, 81, 160, or 161, or the receiving channels (1 through
8) of a RAVE 88 or 188.
A typical RAVE network.
To make a receiving group of a RAVE unit receive a group of audio channels from a transmitting unit, set the receiving group’s switches to the same settings as the transmitting group.
•For transmission and reception, there are eight possible network channel numbers, from 01 to 08. For reception of
•Setting the switches to 00 shuts off the group, telling it to do no network transmission or reception.
One good way to see how the channels work is to have the RAVE network operating, and have one or more RAVE units transmitting (even if you don’t have any audio signals) on any channel(s) from 01 to 08. On a receiving unit attached to the network, flip through the channels 01 through 08. As you hit the channels that are being transmitted, you’ll see that the signal intensity LEDs glow (dimly, if there’s little or no audio signal, or brightly, if the audio signal levels are high enough), and are dark whenever you’re dialed in to a vacant channel.
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