User manual YAMAHA AIC128-D OPERATION MANUAL

[. . . ] Connecting your Dante Accelerator to older 100Mbit/s Ethernet devices is not supported. When connecting your Dante Accelerator to a network switch, make sure it supports Gigabit Ethernet and you are connected to a Gigabit Ethernet port. Choosing a Gigabit Ethernet Network Switch You get the best performance out of your Dante network even if you use standard Gigabit Ethernet network switches. Dante uses standard Ethernet and IP Quality of Service (QoS) to ensure its high-quality synchronization is not affected, even on loaded networks. Make sure that you choose network switches which have the following features. [. . . ] In the expanded view, wherever there is a blue cell at the intersection of a transmitting channel column and an receiving channel row, it is possible to establish an audio routing between them. Using the Network View, click on the cell at the intersection of a transmit and receive channel to configure an audio routing from the transmitting channel to the receiving channel. A green icon will appear when the routing is established. Once you have selected a particular card within Device View in the Dante Controller, you can click on the Identify icon in the Device View toolbar. This will cause all of the LEDs on the Dante Accelerator to flash green for about ten seconds. Changing the Sample Rate Audio routing can only be set up between devices that are operating at the same sample rate. It is possible to set the sample rate to any one of the following values: 44. 1, 48, 88. 2, 96, 176. 4, and 192 kHz. To do this, open Device View in the Dante Controller, select the card you wish to modify in the Device View, and change the sample rate in the Device Config tab. Pull-up/pull-down (+4. 1667, +0. 1, 0. 1, and -4. 0 %) is also supported. Please refer to the Dante Controller User Guide for more information on changing sample rates. Changing the Device Name By default the device name for the Dante Accelerator is ****nnnnnn, where **** is the name of the card and nnnnnn is a unique alphanumeric identifier consisting of the last six digits of the MAC address. This is the name the card will have when you first use it. It is possible to replace the Dante Accelerator default device name with a custom, user-defined name. To do this open Device View in the Dante Controller, select the card you wish to modify in the Device View, and change the Device Name in the Device Config tab. If you rename a device, you must re-establish any existing audio routing to and from the re-named device using its new name. Please refer to the Dante Controller User Guide for more information on renaming devices. Setting the Latency To adjust the latency setting, open a Device View for the selected device in Dante Controller, and select the Device Config tab. This allows several device settings to be viewed and modified. It shows the current receive latency setting and allows the user to change the operating receive latency for the selected device. The allowed values are: • 0. 15ms (150 microseconds) - a suitable setting for a network containing a single network switch • 0. 25ms - a suitable setting for a network containing 3 network switches • 0. 5ms - a suitable setting for a network containing where the signal path may encompass up to five network switches • 1. 0ms - a suitable setting for a network containing where the signal path may encompass up to ten network switches • 5. 0ms – a safe value for a network of almost any conceivable size Changing Channel Labels To change channel labels in Dante Controller: 1. 4. Open the Device View for the relevant device. Click the Receive or Transmit tab (depending on which channel labels you want to edit). Enter a new value. NOTE Even if you set values suited for your network, various factors may cause some noises. If a value other than the current setting is selected a message will be displayed warning the user that the effect of changing the latency is that any existing audio routing to the device will be temporarily suspended, resulting in some loss of audio data. If you wish to make the change select Yes button; otherwise select No. Tx (transmit) labels must be specific to that device. DANTE ACCELERATOR Operation Manual 10 Using the Card with an Audio Application Using the Card with an Audio Application Choosing an Audio Application The Dante Accelerator acts like a standard Core Audio device in an Apple Mac computer, and like an ASIO sound device in a PC running Windows. Mac OS X You will need to set the Dante Accelerator as the system's default sound card in order to use applications like iTunes. [. . . ] • Is the cable correctly plugged in at the network switch and the computer / device?• Is the network switch correctly configured?• Are you using a network switch from another application with an unchecked or untested configuration?• Did you read the network switch manual and check the configuration? Windows Device Manager To check the driver version, right-click the device, select Properties, and select the Driver tab. DANTE ACCELERATOR Operation Manual 14 Troubleshooting Mac OS X In Mac OS X, an installed Dante Accelerator will appear in the System Profiler. [. . . ]