Dante-MY16-AUD2 User Guide
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Is the switch correctly configured?
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Perhaps QoS or VLANs have been incorrectly set up
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Are you using a switch from another application with an unchecked or tested configuration?
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Consult the switch manual and check the switch configuration
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Is your switch using EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet)?
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Disable EEE if possible, or replace it with a switch that does not include EEE functionality
Computer Configuration
Before installing, a PC or Mac needs to have:
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The user logged in with administrator privileges
A PC or Mac for use on the Dante network should have:
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Dante Controller installed
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If using, Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS), Dante Via or a Dante PCIe card, and an audio application
supporting either ASIO, WDM or Core Audio
A correct PC or Mac Dante network configuration should have:
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The correct network interfaces selected
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The correct IP addresses configured
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DVS (if installed) running
before
starting the audio application
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An audio application correctly configured to use DVS, Dante Via or a Dante PCIe card as its audio
interface
Note: See
on the Audinate website for information about optimizing Windows PCs for
audio.
Dante Configuration: Sample Rate
Common configuration issues
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Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards and /or Yamaha consoles have been configured with different sample
rates, or different sample rate pull-up/down settings
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Use Dante Controller to check Dante device sample rates
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Sample rate has been changed without a power-cycling the Yamaha equipment
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Sample rate changes require the Dante-MY16-AUD2 card and its host Yamaha console to be re-
booted before the change takes effect
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If using 88.2kHz or 96kHz, the Yamaha console is using ‘double channel’ rather than ‘double speed’
for the Dante-MY16-AUD2slots
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Double channel is NOT supported by the Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards
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If the card slots are set to ‘double channel’, every second audio channel will be missing (see
below)
