Question

Hello!

I'm interested in the Presonus setup for the church I purchased that I am renovating into a studio space/ concert hall. I plan on fully networking the place with ethernet in every room/area with a server rack in the utility room.

I was hoping to have NSB (stage box) 16.8 in the recording room and also one on the stage with a Studiolive 64S as the mixing board and a few EarMix's for the artists.

Do I need to have the ethernet cables directly plugged from sound board to stage boxes/monitor mixers? (hopefully not) I was hoping to be able to plug these devices into the ethernet ports that will be on the walls that are all connected via the server rack patch bay.

Has any experienced this scenario before? Thanks so much!

Answer 1

The AVB networking protocol only works through AVB approved switches/devices.  Most of these switches are of the un-managed type.  Your AVB setup will probably need to be separate from any other networking in your church.  Sometimes, this type of networking is called a "closed-network".  All the AVB network cabling will need to be of decent quality, including anything you would put in the walls.   You should be able to connect from the console to your switches using networking ports at FOH and at the stage, however, even these ports may need to be of higher quality.

Check the AVB protocols and approved devices before actually conducting any work.