Getting Started Guide
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Page 2: ...ill almost always require at least one network switch Complex systems may require multiple switches Quality of Service is an important feature and function of the switch which will need to be set up for complex systems It is recommended that managed switches are used as they offer the greatest levels of configuration and monitoring Please view full details of this including switch setup guides and...
Page 3: ...roducts RedNet Control also acts as the ASIO control panel for RedNet PCIe when run in a Windows computer The following key components are installed RedNet Control application RedNet PCIe ASIO Core Audio driver Dante Controller Dante runtime support services RedNet Control can be downloaded from www focusrite com downloads Dante Controller Dante Controller offers more routing flexibility than RedN...
Page 4: ... control of units and if the system is to use RedNet PCIe or Dante Virtual Soundcard DVS Both Mac and Windows PCs are supported Full details of supported systems can be found online at www focusrite com rednet Getting audio in and out of a computer There are three methods of getting Dante audio in and out of a computer RedNet PCIe for ASIO Windows or Core Audio Mac based applications RedNet 5 for ...
Page 5: ...anual for each unit Units with two network ports Where a Dante device has two network ports one will be labelled Primary and the other Secondary These units can be switched via Dante Controller to operate in one of two ways Redundant or Switched In Redundant mode the two network ports must be connected to two separate networks to provide redundancy All units must have their Primary ports connected...
Page 6: ...e network setup Mixing redundant and non redundant devices CABLE KEY SWITCH PRIMARY LAPTOP WITH DVS REDNET 1 REDNET D16 AES REDNET D16 AES PRIMARY SWITCH SECONDARY SECONDARY PRIMARY SECONDARY CAT6 Network Setup ...
Page 7: ...ith RedNet PCIe as the audio interface it is important to reduce the channel count of the driver To do this follow these instructions Mac OS X Open Audio MIDI Setup from the Utilities folder Open Audio Window Select Focusrite RedNet PCIe Change Input channels to 32 Change Output channels to 32 Firmware Updates Your RedNet unit may require a firmware update when it is first installed and switched o...
Page 8: ...m guide Advanced routing such as between I O units on systems with multiple hosts or to set up one to many routings can be performed with Dante Controller This provides a traditional crosspoint matrix interface Troubleshooting For a list of FAQs and general troubleshooting tips our Answerbase is a valuable resource This can be found here www focusrite com answerbase If any problem cannot be resolv...
