Appsys ProAudio ADX-8 Extender
ADAT/TOSLINK optical extender over Cat5
Stagebox / ExpanderPrice not published
Specifications
- Type
- Stagebox / Expander
- Description
- ADAT/TOSLINK optical extender over Cat5
- Topology
- Point-to-point optical-to-Cat5-to-optical extender pair
- Signal path
- Digital
- Channels
- 8
- Channel format
- ADAT Lightpipe / SPDIF / AC-3 / DTS (TOSLINK-compatible)
- Form factor
- Desktop transmitter/receiver pair
- Connection
- ADAT/TOSLINK optical, Cat5 (transmission medium)
- Sample rate (kHz)
- up to 96
- DSP
- no
- Powered
- yes
- Country of manufacture
- Switzerland
Details
Controls: None (passive transmit/receive pair)
I/O: TOSLINK optical in/out (F05 type) extended over standard Cat5 cable up to 100m; lossless, uncompressed 1:1 transmission; galvanic isolation
Notable use: Extends ADAT/TOSLINK optical connections beyond the standard ~5m cable limit up to 100m over Cat5, with near-zero (<1us) latency; noted incompatibilities with some Yamaha (48kHz), M-AUDIO Lightbridge, and PreSonus Digimax devices on the receiver end
Notes: FLAG device_class: 'Stagebox / Expander' as this is a signal extender, not strictly a router/bridge between two different formats - closest available category. Power stated as 9-12VDC/100mA (not wattage); power_watts left blank rather than deriving a wattage figure per golden rule (blanks over guesses). No price published.