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4
I
NSTALLATION AND
C
ONFIGURATION
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M
AC
OS
X
Mac OS X has native support for USB Audio class 2.0 devices, so no driver installation is required. The USBSTREAMER
will automatically be detected by Mac OS X as a compliant multichannel USB audio interface. However, depending
on your application, you may need to load different firmware.
4.1
L
OADING FIRMWARE
If the default firmware loaded into your USBStreamer as shipped is not suited for your application, you will need to
load a different firmware version. (You do not need to load firmware if the default firmware is suitable for your
application.)
•
USBStreamer B (box) has ADAT firmware loaded when shipped.
•
USBStreamer Kit has TOSLINK/I2S firmware loaded when shipped.
To load firmware using Mac OS X requires that you use the Terminal program (located in the Applications/Utilities
folder). In the examples that follow, black text is the “prompt” printed by Terminal, blue text is text typed in by you,
and red text is the program output.
It is important that you type exactly as shown including characters like “.” and “/” where noted (the
firmware version numbers may be different). Press the Tab key after typing the first two characters of
any filename, to activate auto-completion.
Download the latest software for the USBStreamer from the User Downloads area of the minidsp.com website.
Double-click on it to unzip it. Assuming you have placed it into the Downloads folder on your Mac, you will then
type:
mymac:~ myname$
cd Downloads/USBStreamer_20160225/Firmware/
mymac:Firmware myname $
ls
ADAT_I2S
LowSampleRate
miniDSP_UAC2_DFU_OSX
I2S_TOSLINK
UDAC8
readme.txt
mycomputer:Firmware myname $
The firmware files are located in the folders
ADAT_I2S
,
LowSampleRate
, and
I2S_TOSLINK
. Here is a list of those
files:
mymac:Firmware myname $
ls ADAT_I2S/ LowSampleRate/ I2S_TOSLINK/
ADAT_I2S/:
USBStreamer_Up_ADAT_v5_ID3.bin
USBStreamer_Up_ADAT_v5_ID4.bin
I2S_TOSLINK/:
USBStreamer_Up_TOSLINK_v5_ID1.bin USBStreamer_Up_TOSLINK_v5_ID2.bin
LowSampleRate/:
USBStreamer_Up_LowRate_v4_ID5.bin USBStreamer_Up_LowRate_v4_ID6.bin
mymac:Firmware myname $