Harman SoundCraft Vi3000, User Manual

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Vi3000 USER MANUAL
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4.2 4.2: Hardware > DANTE / MADI Sources
4.2: Hardware > DANTE / MADI Sources
Syncing with Dante equipment
Detailed setup of Dante network is beyond the scope of this User Guide (see user-guide documentation for Dante
Controller software for more details), but it important to understand the concept of synchronisation within a Dante net-
work, even if there are only two devices in the network. In any audio network there must be one device acting as clock
master, the others are then clients . In the Dante network, this device is known as the Primary Master. There can also
be secondary masters - these are devices that are normally clients but will take over the role of Master clock should
the designated Master fail or be disconnected from the network. The status Primary/Secondary Master/ Client must be
set for each device, including for the Vi3000, using external Dante Controller software - it cannot be done from within
the console’s software. (Note: The Vi3000’s Dante interface is set as factory default to act as Primary Master).
The status of the Vi3000’s clock config must be setup to work correctly with the Dante interface, depending on
whether the console is acting as Master or Client on the network:
Console acting as Primary Master Select INT 48kHz clock in Menu-Sync page of console. Check ‘
Client
to
ext wordclock’ in Dante Controller software for Vi3000 Dante interface
Console acting as
Client
on
Dante network.
Select DANTE external clock in Menu-Sync page of console. Check ‘
Client
to ext wordclock’ in Dante Controller software for Vi3000 Dante interface.
Note: The option ‘ Client to External Wordclock’ in Dante Controller software is confusingly named as far as Vi3000 is
concerned, it actually refers to whether the Dante interface itself within the Vi3000 is locked to an ‘external’ clock - in
this case meaning the INTERNAL w/clock of the Vi3000 itself. If the Client to Ext Worclock box is NOT checked, then
it means the Dante I/F will sync to network clock, ie the clock of the Primary Master.
See Chapter 16: Main Menu, Sync page for further info.