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HPA-DAC8
Owner’s Manual
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Introduction
The HPA-DAC8 accessory card is designed to work in conjunction with HPA Series
8-channel amplifiers. The HPA-DAC8 is an 8-input Dante
®
receiver that features digital
audio transportation over standard IP networks. The HPA Series 8-channel amplifiers
come standard with eight balanced line inputs and an accessory slot to fit the HPA-DAC8.
Dante
®
input 1, and the analog balanced input levels are isolated from each other and
are electronically summed together forming a mixed output. Both the Dante
®
input and
the analog balanced input levels to the amplifier channel are controlled by the Ch-1 level
control. Channel 2 through 8 inputs are configured the same as Channel 1.
Key Features
• Dante
®
Digital Audio Platform
• 8-Channel Receiver
• Integrates with 8-Channel HPA Series Amplifiers
Dante
®
Overview
Audinate
®
created Dante
®
, an uncompressed, multi-channel digital media networking
technology, with near-zero latency and synchronization. Hundreds of Dante
®
enabled
products allow you to find the right mix of devices for your system requirements.
One cable does it all. Dante
®
does away with heavy, expensive analog or multicore
cabling, replacing it with low-cost, easily-available CAT5e, CAT6, or fiber optic cable for a
simple, lightweight, and economical solution. Dante
®
integrates media and control for your
entire system over a single, standard IP network.
Dante
®
systems can easily scale from a simple pairing of a console to a computer, to large
capacity networks running thousands of audio channels. Because Dante
®
uses logical
routes instead of physical point-to-point connections, the network can be expanded and
reconfigured at any time with just a few mouse clicks.
Since the signal audio is transmitted digitally, common analog challenges like interference
from other electrical equipment, crosstalk between cables, or signal degradation over long
cable runs is not a problem. Setting up Dante
®
networks is easy, even the most complex
networks can be set up and configured quickly and easily with Dante
®
, making system
integration simple. Dante
®
automatically handles the technical complexities.
Signal routing and system configuration with Dante
®
is fast, simple, and incredibly
flexible. Dante
®
Controller is a powerful software application that manages devices on the
network. Setting up a Dante
®
network is typically just a matter of plugging devices into
an Ethernet switch and connecting a computer to the network. All Dante
®
devices are
automatically discovered and displayed in Dante
®
Controller, so a system can be up and
running in seconds.
Visit www.audinate.com for details or to learn more on using Dante
®
. There are many
Dante
®
guides available in the industry. AtlasIED offers one in the BlueBridge
®
DSP
section of atlasied.com.
