User Manual

NETWORKING
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them. You just won’t be able to create point-to-
point connects that span more than seven
switches.
Working with computers on a network
■ Computers are not required for network
operation, as you can control the network from
iPads, tablets and smart phones.
■ To add computers to the network, connect them
to any interface using Thunderbolt (which offers
the highest possible channel counts). If
Thunderbolt is not available, use USB.
■ A computer can be connected to the network
through its Ethernet port, but only for the
purposes of running the web app on the computer
for command and control over the network. (In
this scenario, you won’t be able to stream audio to/
from the network from the computer.)
■ All computers and interfaces on the network
have full access to each other.
■ MOTU employs a 1 Gbit AVB implementation
in the MOTU AVB Switch. The switch allows
routing of many audio channels on the network.
SETTING UP A MOTU INTERFACE FOR
NETWORKING
Depending on the model, MOTU interfaces have
the ability to broadcast up to sixteen 8-channel
streams to the rest of the network. Conversely, it
can “listen” to as many as sixteen 8-channel
streams from anywhere else in the network. The
specific number of streams supported depends on
the model.
For each device on the network, set it up for
network operation as follows:
1 In the MOTU Pro Audio Control web app,
choose the device (item #1 on page 12).
2 Go to the Device tab (item #5 on page 12), go to
the AVB S tr ea m S e tu p section (item #21 on
page 13), and type in the number of 8-channel
input and output streams you want for that device.
3 Go to the AV B St re am C onn ec t i o n s section
(item #22 on page 13), and choose the network
stream you want the device to listen to for each
bank.
4 Use the Routing tab to map specific I/O
channels within each MOTU interface to its
network input and output streams, as explained in
the next section.
MAPPING AUDIO TO NETWORK STREAMS
Once you’ve configured a device’s AVB streams, as
explained above, use the Routing tab (page 15) to
map audio channels to network input and output
streams.
Input streams (coming from the rest of the
network) are listed across the top of the routing
grid. Expand the stream and click on the grid to
map incoming network channels to local
destinations, including physical outputs on the
device, computer channels (to a connected
computer), or mixer channels.
Output streams being broadcast to the rest of the
network are listed in rows along the left side of the
grid. Expand each stream bank and map
individual network output channels to local
sources, such as physical inputs on the interface,
channels coming from the computer, or channels
coming from the device’s mixer.
MAPPING COMPUTER CHANNELS TO
NETWORK STREAMS
If a host computer is connected to an interface
(through USB), mapping network input and
output streams is accomplished as described in the