Crown Audio has made the PIP-Blu Programmable Input Processor (PIP) card available for its CTs Series power amplifiers.

The PIP-Blu adds BSS Audio Soundweb London digital audio bus functionality to CTs Series amplifiers, offering a simple, cost-effective way to connct using digital audio. ‘The PIP-Blu adds the Soundweb London digital audio bus without having to use additional network switches,’ confirms Crown Audio Install Business Segment Manager, Daniel Saenz. ‘This makes installation much easier, saves time and money, greatly simplifies the cabling within an amplifier rack and provides advanced control and monitoring capabilities. With the PIP-Blu, contractors are now able to leverage the functionality and simplicity of the Soundweb London digital audio bus all the way to the amplifiers.’

The PIP-Blu is compatible with Crown CTs Series two-channel amplifiers built after April 2011. It provides BSS Audio Soundweb London digital audio bus functionality along with analogue input and output connectors, and offers two digital audio bus channels to the amplifier, an RJ45 Ethernet jack for remote configuration, control and monitoring and two digital audio bus channels back from the amplifier (for the listen bus), along with two analogue input channels and two analogue output channels. The analogue channels provide analog backup and also facilitate using the CTs amplifier as a two-channel Break-In Box (BIB). The analog outputs provide a buffered version of the inputs, allowing daisy-chaining down a rack.

The PIP-Blu card allows the amplifier to be connected into the Soundweb London digital audio bus ring, providing the sharing of digital audio, fault tolerance and greatly simplifies cabling. The PIP-Blu uses Harman’s HiQnet protocol and is configured, controlled and monitored using HiQnet London Architect.

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