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Zen Tour Synergy Core User Manual 13
THUNDERBOLT™ 3 FUNCTIONALITY
The Zen Tour Synergy Core’s Thunderbolt™ 3 connection enables the following
functionality:
Daisy Chaining
Thunderbolt™ 3 can “daisy chain” devices. Daisy chaining means that one device can plug
into the end of a chain of devices, one after the other. A basic example would be
connecting the Zen Tour Synergy Core to an external hard drive with two Thunderbolt™ 3
ports. One port is occupied by the Zen Tour while the other connects to a computer or
another Thunderbolt™ 3 device in the chain.
The following rules are in place:
1. The Thunderbolt™ 3 specification places a limit of up to 6 devices per chain. However,
the 6-device limit does not apply to the following Apple computers:
● 2018 MacBook Pro or later
● 2018 Mac mini
● 2017 iMac Pro
These machines have dual Thunderbolt™ 3 busses and support up to 12 devices per chain.
2. Each device must be powered on for subsequent devices to operate.
3. If a USB or DisplayPort device is plugged directly into the USB-C connector downstream
from any device, the Thunderbolt™ daisy chain is terminated at that point.
4. As Thunderbolt™ bandwidth is shared between daisy chained devices, the available
bandwidth for each device inevitably decreases. Therefore, Antelope Audio cannot
guarantee optimal performance in each and every daisy chain configuration possible.