Mongoose Application: Atilax Hotel
RAD to DSP (or other device) using Multiple Mongeese
This hotel contains several meeting rooms, a ballroom, and a restaurant/bar. It is a prime target for the Mongoose because of the low channel count in each room and the scattered locations of each audio input and output. This system requires more than eight RADs and, therefore, requires more than one Mongoose. The specific requirements are as follows:
Meerkat Room (used for meetings, conference sessions, roundtable discussions)
- Six microphones on one side of the room
- Four powered speakers high on the wall – on the sides and in the back of the room
Cusimance Room (used mostly for presentations)
- Two microphones – one in the northwest corner and one in the southeast corner
- Amplification of audio from a computer. This computer could be located in the northwest corner or in the southeast corner of the room.
- Two to four powered speakers mounted high on the wall – in the southwest and northeast corners of the room
Atilax Ballroom (used for roundtable discussions, presentations, music performances)
- Seven microphones to be placed on the west, north, and/or south sides of the room
- Amplification of audio from a computer, DVD player, or similar device
- Four powered speakers on the north, south, and east sides of the room.
The Hotel Restaurant also contains a bar:
Carnivore Cantina Restaurant
- Connection for a satellite music service to the hotel's central audio system
- Connection for a CD jukebox to the hotel's central audio system
Botswana Bar
- Connection for cable TV to the hotel's central audio system
- Connection for a TV with DVD player to hotel's central audio system
One-line drawing for Atilax Hotel example application
Meerkat Room
- One RAD3 to accommodate a microphone mixer.
- One RAD1 to accommodate two individual microphones.
- Two RAD4s to accommodate two to four powered speakers.
Cusimance Room
- Two RAD2s, each of which accommodates a microphone and a line input (for computer audio, DVD player, etc.).
- Two RAD4s to accommodate two to four powered speakers.
Atilax Ballroom
- Three RAD1s to accommodate six microphones.
- One RAD2 to accommodate one microphone and one line input.
- Two RAD4s to accommodate two to four powered speakers.
Rack Room:
Because there are 16 RADs in this system, two Mongoose devices are required. As you can see from the illustration, the eight RADs located in the Meerkat and Cusimance rooms are connected to one Mongoose while the eight RADs located in the Atilax Ballroom and the restaurant/bar are connected to the other Mongoose. Each Mongoose is connected via CobraNet to a single DSP device.
Carnivore Cantina
- One RAD3 to accommodate a CD jukebox and a satellite music service.
Botswana Bar
- One RAD3 to accommodate cable television and a television with DVD player.
Floor plan of hotel application illustrating routing of RADs from multiple Mongoose devices to DSP equipment
Shop drawing of hotel application illustrating routing of RADs from multiple Mongoose devices to DSP equipment
This example uses two Mongoose devices and, therefore, requires two configuration files. The files can be downloaded here: atilax_hotel_a and b.mgs. Following are screen shots of the configuration's main window for each configuration file, including the routing matrix:
Configuration for Mongoose A in Atilax Hotel example application (routing RADs from multiple Mongoose devices to and from one or more CobraNet devices)
Configuration for Mongoose B in Atilax Hotel example application (routing RADs from multiple Mongoose devices to and from one or more CobraNet devices)
