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Expanded Systems Guide 8
2
Push down gently but firmly until the node is
fully connected to the card. When the plug is
properly seated, the two tabs on the side of the
cable’s TDM connector click shut. To detach the
ribbon cable, squeeze the tabs on the TDM con-
nector inward.
3
Attach the remaining nodes on the TDM cable
to subsequent cards. Unused nodes, if any,
should reside after the last TDM card.
Connect the Digidesign audio interfaces:
1
Connect the primary audio interface to the
primary d24 card with the provided interface ca-
ble. The primary audio interface functions as
the clock master.
2
Connect additional audio interfaces to subse-
quent Digidesign audio cards.
You can use Digidesign’s 16-channel peripheral
cable adapter (optional) to connect two audio
interfaces to each d24 card.
3
If using multiple audio interfaces, connect the
Slave Clock Out of the primary interface to the
Slave Clock In of the second interface with the
provided BNC cable.
4
Connect the Slave Clock Out of the second in-
terface to the Slave Clock In of the next audio
interface (and so forth).
Example 2, Expanded System
Pro Tools 24 System
Power Macintosh 9500/9600
16-channel peripheral cable adapter
See “Example 2, Expanded System” on
page 8.
to Pro Tools card
to Audio
Interface
cable
to Audio
Interface
cable
Connecting multiple audio interfaces
Cards with multiple audio interfaces:
Slot Card
Slot 0 d24 (Interface #1 and #2)
Slot 1 d24 (Interface #3 and #4)
Slot 2 DSP Farm (Interface #5)
Slot 3 DSP Farm or SampleCell card
Slot 4 SCSI host bus adapter
Slot 5 VIdeo card
Computer 1
ANALOG OUTPUT ANALOG INPUT AES/EBU OUTPUT AES/EBU INPUT
Computer 2
8 CH Mode
2 x 4 CH Mode
S/PDIF
IN
S/PDIF
OUT
SLAVE CLOCK
IN
SLAVE CLOCK
OUT
7
8
5
6
3
4
1
2
7
8
5
6
3
4
1
2
5/6
7/8
1/2
3/4
5/6
7/8
1/2
3/4
Computer 1
ANALOG OUTPUT ANALOG INPUT AES/EBU OUTPUT AES/EBU INPUT
Computer 2
8 CH Mode
2 x 4 CH Mode
S/PDIF
IN
S/PDIF
OUT
SLAVE CLOCK
IN
SLAVE CLOCK
OUT
7
8
5
6
3
4
1
2
7
8
5
6
3
4
1
2
5/6
7/8
1/2
3/4
5/6
7/8
1/2
3/4
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