Yamaha CL3 Owner's Manual - Page 31

Connections About network connections About Dante This product features Dante technology as a protocol to transmit audio signals. Dante is a network protocol developed by Audinate. It is designed to deliver multi-channel audio signals at various sampling and bit rates, as well as device control signals over a Giga-bit Ethernet (GbE) network. Dante also offers the following benefits: • It transmits up to 512 in/512 out, for a total 1024 channels (in theory) of audio over a GbE network. (The CL series features 64 in/64 out with a 24/32-bit resolution.) • Dante-enabled devices will automatically configure their network interfaces and find each other on the network. You can label Dante devices and their audio channels with names that make sense to you. • Dante uses high accuracy network synchronization standards to achieve sample-accurate playback with extremely low latency and jitter. Four types of latency are offered by the CL series: 0.25 msec, 0.5 msec, 1.0 msec, and 5.0 msec. • Dante supports resilient redundant connections against unexpected network problems via primary and secondary circuits. • Connecting a Dante-enabled device to a computer using an Ethernet connection enables you to directly input or output audio signals without using any audio interface devices. By taking advantage of these benefits, you can: skip any complicated procedures to automate connections and setups of Dante-enabled devices; remotely control I/O racks or amplifiers from a mixing console; or make multi-track recordings to a DAW, such as Nuendo, installed on a computer in the network. Visit the Audinate website for more details on Dante. http://www.audinate.com/ Additional information on Dante is also posted on the Yamaha Pro Audio website: http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ Connections About connections There are two ways to connect the CL unit to a Dante network. ■ Daisy chain network A daisy chain is a wiring scheme in which multiple devices are connected together in sequence. In this way, networking is simple and requires no network switches. This connection method is suitable for a simple system with a small number of devices. However, if a large number of devices are connected, the latency value must be increased. Also, if a connection is broken in a daisy chain network, the signal flow is interrupted at that point and no signal will be transferred beyond that point. ■ Star network In a star network, each device is connected to a central hub. Using a GbE-compatible network switch enables you to configure a wide-band, large-scale network. We recommend a network switch that features various functions to control and monitor the network (such as Qos, the ability to assign priority to data flows - e.g., clock synchronization or audio transmission on certain data circuits.) With this topology, it is common to configure a redundant network so that an unexpected network problem will not affect any audio or otherwise stable communications. About redundant networks A redundant network consists of two circuits, a primary circuit and a secondary circuit. Normally, the network operates on the primary circuit. However, if the primary connection is broken, the secondary circuit will automatically take over communications. Therefore, using a redundant network with a star topology would increase resiliency against unexpected network problems relative to a daisy chain network. Owner's Manual 31