Vi1000 USER MANUAL
4.2 4.2: Hardware > DANTE / MADI Sources
4.2: Hardware > DANTE / MADI Sources
Syncing with Dante equipment
Detailed setup of Dante network is beyond the scope of this User Guide (see user-guide documentation for Dante
Controller software for more details), but it important to understand the concept of synchronisation within a Dante
network, even if there are only two devices in the network. In any audio network there must be one device acting as
clock master, the others are then slaves. In the Dante network, this device is known as the Primary Master. There
can also be secondary masters - these are devices that are normally slaves but will take over the role of Master clock
should the designated Master fail or be disconnected from the network. The status Primary/Secondary Master/Slave
must be set for each device, including for the Vi1000, using external Dante Controller software - it cannot be done
from within the console’s software. (Note: The Vi1000’s Dante interface is set as factory default to act as
Primary Master).
The status of the Vi1000’s clock cong must be setup to work correctly with the Dante interface, depending on whether
the console is acting as Master or Slave on the network:
Console acting as Primary Master Select INT 48kHz clock in Menu-Sync page of console. Check ‘Slave to ext
wordclock’ in Dante Controller software for Vi1000 Dante interface
Console acting as Slave on Dante
network.
Select DANTE external clock in Menu-Sync page of console. UnCheck ‘Slave
to ext wordclock’ in Dante Controller software for Vi1000 Dante interface.
Note: The option ‘Slave to External Wordclock’ in Dante Controller software is confusingly named as far as Vi1000 is
concerned, it actually refers to whether the Dante interface itself within the Vi1000 is locked to an ‘external’
clock - in
this case meaning the INTERNAL w/clock of the Vi1000 itself. If the Slave to Ext Worclock box is NOT checked, then it
means the Dante I/F will sync to network clock, ie the clock of the Primary Master.
See Chapter 16: Main Menu, Sync page for further info.
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