User Manual

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SETUP FOR THREE TO FIVE INTERFACES
Use this setup if you want to connect three to five
MOTU interfaces to your computer using a MOTU
AVB Switch™ (sold separately).
■ The connection to the computer can be USB or
Thunderbolt (if you have a Thunderbolt-equipped
MOTU AVB interface). Use Thunderbolt or
USB 3.0, if possible, to support a large number of
audio streams to and from the networked
interfaces. A single Thunderbolt or USB 3.0
connection supports 128 channels in and out,
simultaneously.
■ Use standard CAT-5e Ethernet network cables to
connect the interfaces to the MOTU AVB Switch
using their NETWORK ports.
■ Use the five AVB NETWORK ports on the switch
(not the Ethernet port).
■ Network cable lengths can be long: 100 meters
with standard copper wire cables; much longer
with fiber-optic network cables.
■ See “About CAT-5e cables” on page 34.
■ As an alternative, see “Setup for multiple
interfaces” on page 37.
■ To add more computers to the network, connect
them to any interface, as shown. All computers and
interfaces have full access to each other.
■ See chapter 10, “Networking” (page 87).
Additional computers are optional.
All computers and interfaces have full
access to each other on the network.
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