Operation Manual

ViDanteCardUser&SetupGuideV1.1 
DeviceStatus–DisplaysinformationaboutdiscoveredDantedevices;doubleclickadevicenameto
enableitsconfiguration.
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ClockStatus–ViewandeditDanteNetworkclockconfiguration.
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ClockRolecolumn:
Setting a single‘Preferred Master’willensure that device is selected as the clockmaster, iftwo or
moredevicesaresetfor‘PreferredMaster’themasterwillbeelectedbytheDantesystem.
NOTE: Clock Status settings (master/slave) apply to the clocking of the Dante network, the
refore
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ached devices such as consoles must be clocked to/from the Dante network as appropriate or
requiredinanygivensystem.
Itissuggestedthatinmostsimplecaseswithoneconsoleconnectingtoperipheralequipment(ega
computerrecordingdevice)viaDantethattheconsoleissetaspreferredmaster,whichme
ansthat
the item ‘Slave to External Word Clock’ must also be checked’. If there are two or more consoles
connectedtogetherthenobviouslyonlyoneshouldbesetaspreferredmaster.
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‘SlavetoExternalWordClock’:
When checked the Dante card will clock from the console internal wo
rd cl
ock, if not checked the
console must be clocked to the Dantecard or system word clockas appropriateorrequiredin the
givensystem.NormallythisisachievedbyconnectingashortBNCjumpercablefromthewordclock
OUToftheDantecard,tothewordclockINoftheconsole.
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NoteonClo
ckstatuswhenconnectingtheDantecardtoaVi3000console’sDanteinterface
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TheVi3000consoleincludesabuilt‐inDanteinterface,andassuchhasthecapabilityfortheconsole
toautomaticallyslavetotheinternalDantecard’sclock,whentheVi3000’sDanteinterfaceissetto
‘sla
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e’ clockstatus (ieanotherdevice is setasPreferred Master), and the setting ‘Slave to External
wordclock’ is NOT checked (ie console acting as slave to Dante network clock). Therefore with the
Vi3000, an external BNC jumper cable is not required and the console will automatically switch to
ind
icate‘Dante’astheclocksource(viewableintheMenu‐SyncpageoftheVi3000).
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Failuretosetuptheclockingschemeofthenetworkcorrectlyislikelytoresultinaudioclicks
duringoperation.