DARK16AO
DANTE® / AES67 NETWORK AUDIO
16 ANALOGUE OUTPUT LINE LEVEL
INTERFACE
PRODUCT DETAILS
6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND.
TEL: +44 (0) 1622 753662
Visit our Website at www.glensound.co.uk
FAX:
+44 (0)
1622
762330
Page 1: ...ANTE AES67 NETWORK AUDIO 16 ANALOGUE OUTPUT LINE LEVEL INTERFACE PRODUCT DETAILS 6 BROOKS PLACE MAIDSTONE KENT ME14 1HE ENGLAND TEL 44 0 1622 753662 Visit our Website at www glensound co uk FAX 44 0 1...
Page 2: ...bt please contact us for the latest product information If you need any help with the product then we can be contacted at Glensound Electronics Ltd 1 6 Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE United King...
Page 3: ...goods against any defect developing after proper use providing such defects arise solely from faulty materials or workmanship and that the Customer shall return the goods to the Company s works or the...
Page 4: ...his equipment is manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is marked and conforms to the following Union harmonisation legislation Low Voltage Directive EN60065...
Page 5: ...rical and electronic equipment This product conforms to the above directive and for this purposes the maximum concentration values of the restricted substances by weight in homogenous materials are Le...
Page 6: ...e 6 of 24 WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS 2006 WEEE Glensound Electronics Ltd is registered for business to business sales of WEEE in the UK our registration number is WEE JJ0074...
Page 7: ...OUT 9 DARK16AO REAR PANEL LAYOUT 11 SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM 12 CONNECTING THE DARK16AO TO A DANTE NETWORK 13 Getting Dante Controller 13 Connecting DARK16AO To the Network 13 Audio Over IP Network 13...
Page 8: ...etails of DANTE network audio can be found at www audinate com Intended for live on air broadcast applications the DARK16AO has been designed with multiple redundancy capabilities It has 2 mains power...
Page 9: ...not receiving mains power 2 Alarm status connection This 8 way female D type connector will report the failure of a link status if one is detected whilst in operation 3 USB connector and update button...
Page 10: ...und co uk for a quotation Network Note Factory default is to have the SFP RJ45 sockets set to work in redundant mode It is possible using Dante controller to set these network interfaces to work as a...
Page 11: ...internal fuse for this input The DARK16AO is designed to operate with either primary or secondary mains sources or both for power redundancy 8 Secondary IEC Mains The standard IEC mains plug accepts...
Page 12: ...SWITCH REDUNDANT BI DIRECTIONAL DANTE AUDIO UP TO 192kHz DANTE FPGA MICROCONTROLLER DAC LINE OUT LINE OUT 1 OF 8 OF OUTPUTS AC DC PSU 100 240 VAC 12VDC AC DC PSU 100 240 VAC 12VDC DC DC 12V 3 3V 12V T...
Page 13: ...Audinate This can be downloaded by visiting Audinate s web site at www audinate com Connecting DARK16AO To the Network The DARK16AO can be connected to the network that you are going to use for your a...
Page 14: ...ante Controller looks as per the screenshot below The DARK16AO will have been named at the factory during test to allow them to be identified by the Dante controller The format used for the factory na...
Page 15: ...er before then make sure that on the bottom left of the Dante controllers screen P or S is next to a green square as this indicates that it is connected to a network By clicking P or S a pop up box op...
Page 16: ...ware on to the DARK16AO It can be downloaded from the STMicroelectronics website found here https goo gl AbzhsA It is the file named STSW STM32080 Once you have downloaded this file you will need to e...
Page 17: ...lease the reset button and then release the identify button a second after Your PC should make an audible sound when this process is successful as windows is detecting a new USB device 5 Loading the f...
Page 18: ...to the DARK16AO Click choose and then select the dfu file that you downloaded from the Glensound website This will be located in your downloads folder by default If the file loads successfully then it...
Page 19: ...s now ready to be put on to the DARK16AO Tick the Verify after download box first and then click Upgrade Click yes to proceed The progress bar along the bottom will show the status of the operation Fi...
Page 20: ...ful You may also see that it will report how much data was successfully transferred 7 Final steps Now click Leave DFU mode to finish the procedure You may now disconnect the USB cable and continue to...
Page 21: ...the status tab The Firmware Version of the Brooklyn module will be found under the Device Information heading 2 Finding Out What The Latest Available Version Is Go the Dark16AO s web page at http www...
Page 22: ...67 interface and are unfortunately not able to provide full AES67 support for the unit AES67 support should be sought directly from Audinate 1 Turning On AES67 Mode If you want to use your DARK16AO on...
Page 23: ...Non redundant Destination address in range 239 nnn 0 0 to 239 nnn 255 255 239 nnn 16 port 5004 48kHz sampling rate 24 bit linear L24 encoding 1 msec packet time Up to 8 channels per stream Received AE...
Page 24: ...hen PSU2 fails LINK Primary Failure NC Pin 3 Closed Contact when Primary link fails LINK Primary Failure NO Pin 8 Open Contact when Primary link fails LINK Secondary Failure NC Pin 4 Closed Contact wh...
