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This example shows a detail of System B’s I/O Device assignment slots.
Device A-IOS, a member of SuperRack System A (lower right, orange), is
shared with SuperRack system B. This means that A-IOS is assigned to two
independent systems (A and B) that must be synchronized to the same
master clock device. To accomplish this, A-IOS becomes the system B clock
master—all System B devices become SOE slaves.
It is possible to assign another device as the clock master while using a
shared device, as long as all systems and devices share the same clock.
Use each system’s Set Master menu to reassign clock masters. Select the same device in both systems, if possible,
and the clock will be common to both systems. If this is successful, the shared device can now be a slave in the
client system.
If the shared device cannot synchronize to the new clock, it will be unavailable for sharing
by that host. Other SuperRack hosts in the super system may be able to sync to the
shared device if they can adjust their clocks accordingly.
A shared device can be a slave or the clock master of its own SOE network,
indicated by the M on the shared device’s icon (left). On the right, the device is
still the SOE master of the system it’s being shared with but it is a slave within its
own system.
When devices from more than two systems are assigned to a system’s inventory, all systems must be locked to the
same master clock device.
Note: Changing the master clock assignment in a system that includes shared devices will result in a
clock reset in all associated systems. This causes a short audio dropout.