Report of the meeting of the SC-05-02 Working Group on Audio Connectors of the SC-05 Subcommittee on Interconnections, held in San Francisco, CA., US., 2012-10-27
The meeting was convened by chair Ray A. Rayburn.
The agenda and the report of the previous meeting held in Budapest, 2012-04-27, were accepted as written.
AES59-R, Review of AES59-2012: Audio application of 25 way D-type
connectors in balanced circuits
No action requested or required.
AES-63-R Review of AES-63-2012: Data connector in an XLR connector shell
No action requested or required.
Development projects
AES-X011: Fiber-Optic Audio Connections: Connectors and Cables Being
Used and Considered for Audio
A secretariat-formatted version of this draft will be prepared ASAP
for the working group to consider, with revisions to require OM2 or
better for multimode, OS1 or better for singlemode, removal of APC,
and removal of glossary.
AES-X123: XL Connectors to Improve Electromagnetic Compatibility
J. Brown new wording for shell connections and filtering
(low-inductance capacitor and ferrite bead) is not available. BCO will
contact J Brown.
AES-X189: Connector for surround microphones
No comments were received on the posted draft. If no objection is
received by the end of 2012-11, this will proceed to CFC.
AES-X205 Application of connectors, miniature XLR-type polarity and gender
No comments were received on the posted draft. If no objection is
received by the end of 2012-11, this will proceed to CFC.
Liaisons
No liaison matters.
New projects
There was no new project.
New business
Nascent AES-X199 Pluggable terminal strips
Secretariat will send chair project initiation form with updated scope to specify the larger version of this connector. Members of the working group to be surveyed with regards the current usage of the miniature version.
The next meeting will be scheduled in conjunction with the AES 134th Convention in Rome, Italy, 2013-05.
