AEQ BC2000D Series User Manual

AEQ Audio Over IP
Routing System
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Devices that are configured with sample rate pull-up/down (this is not the case with
AEQ equipment) are shown with the relevant pull-up/down value against their Clock
Status. For example, a device acting as master clock with +0.1% pull-up will be shown
as Master (+0.1%). See "About Clock Domains" section for more information.
Other transient clock states exist, which are not listed above.
• "AES67 Status": Indicates the state of the PTPv2 clock for AES67-enabled devices.
Possible states are identical to those of Primary and Secondary Status.
• "Preferred Master": Raises the priority of the device in the master clock election. If only
one device on a particular clock domain has this checkbox ticked, it ensures that the
selected device becomes master clock (for that clock domain). When multiple devices
have their Preferred Master checkbox ticked, the master will be elected automatically
from within that group.
If 'Slave Only' is shown instead of a checkbox, it indicates that the device is not capable
of acting as a master clock.
• "Enable Sync To External": Forces the Dante module to derive its clock from an
external source - either from a host device word clock, or from an auxiliary device. This
will also ensure that this Dante device becomes master clock for the relevant clock
domain (unless another device has 'Preferred Master' selected). It is not normal practice
to configure more than one device per clock domain with an external clock source. In
this case, the user is assumed to have synchronized external word clock sources (e.g.
house clock).
Where the checkbox is present but greyed-out (and inactive), it means that the Dante
device can be slaved to an external word clock, but it cannot be set directly from "Dante
Controller" - it must be done via the host device user interface, or via some other
method (e.g. third-party control software). If the checkbox is greyed out and populated,
it means that the Dante device is currently slaved to the external clock.
If N/A is displayed, it means that the device does not support slaving to an external
word clock.
NOTE: If no clock status information is displayed for a particular device, it can indicate a
ConMon (Dante control and monitoring service) failure on the device. The device may need to
be reset or restored.
The way to configure DANTE synchronism of an AEQ device will change depending on if the
unit will work in master or slave mode. In the case of FORUM and BC2000D (Matrix or
ARENA) it will also depend on if there is one or more DANTE boards (FR14 for FORUM and
BC2214/BC2224 for BC2000D) and in the case of NETBOX DSP if the model is NETBOX DSP
64 or one of the extended models (NETBOX DSP 96, 128 or 160, with 1, 2 or 3 additional Dante
modules respectively).
Keep it in mind that only one system device will work as master, the rest of devices will work as
slaves.
- Device NETBOX 8, NETBOX 32, NETBOX DSP 64, CAPITOL, FORUM with 1 module
FR14 or BC2000D with 1 module BC2214 or BC2224:
• Master mode: in "Clock Status" tab of "Dante Controller" mark the "Preferred Master"
and "Enable Sync To External" checkboxes.
• Slave mode: in "Clock Status" tab of "Dante Controller" don't mark the "Preferred
Master" and "Enable Sync To External" checkboxes.
In the case of NETBOX 4 MH, PHOENIX VENUS V3 and OLYMPIA 3 the configuration is
the same, except regarding the "Enable Sync To External" checkbox that is not available in
these devices.

AEQ BC2000D Series Specifications

General

Brand	AEQ
Model	BC2000D Series
Category	Network Hardware
Language	English