Dante-MY16-AUD2 User Guide
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If your switch has a mix of Gigabit and 100Mbps ports, make you are connecting all Dante-MY16-AUD2
cards, and if possible
all
devices, to the Gigabit ports.
Note: It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED that the PC or Mac has a Gigabit Ethernet interface. This
is REQUIRED if the PC is running Dante Virtual Soundcard with more than 32 active audio channels.
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Make sure any PCs or Macs are set to automatically configure their IP address
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Power on the switch
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Connect your Cat5e or Cat6 cables from each device to the central Gigabit switch and ports
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You may need to reboot the PCs or Macs if they have active previous IP network configurations
All devices will automatically be assigned IP network configurations.
Daisy Chain Configuration
You can connect multiple Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards to each other in a daisy chain configuration. Daisy
chaining requires that up-stream Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards are configured (using Dante Controller) to use
Switched mode.
Daisy chain connections between Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards are counted as network switch hops - the
receive latency for the cards may need to be adjusted in Dante Controller (using the same guidelines as for
independent network switches) if many cards are daisy-chained together. See
for more
information.
Connection via a Redundant Network
Your Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards support glitch-free Dante Redundancy, to protect you against possible
cable disconnections or switch failures.
This configuration is applicable if you require complete glitch-free audio redundancy, for example in a live
sound environment with longer cable runs, and you might have additional Dante-enabled devices that also
support redundancy.
Dante redundancy works by using two completely independent and separate networks, the Primary
Network and the Secondary Network.
To set up and use Dante Redundancy, connect Dante Controller, your Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards and other
redundant Dante-enabled audio equipment using duplicate Gigabit switches and Ethernet cables as shown
