User Manual

Dante-MY16-AUD2 Getting Started Guide- 8 -
Basic Operation
To set up and manage the Dante-MY16-AUD2 card you need Audinate’s Dante Controller software. Please refer
to the Dante Controller online user guide for further information on how to use this application.
Setting the Dante device name
The default device name for Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards is MY16-2-nnnnnn, where nnnnnn is a unique
alphanumeric identifier. To set a custom name for the Dante-MY16-AUD2 card, open Dante Controller and select
the device you wish to control in the Device View (CTRL+D). Select the Config tab to open the configuration
screen for the device, and use the Rename Device field to give the device a new name (note that the name must
be unique).
Setting the sample rate
To select the sample rate for the Dante-MY16-AUD2 card, open Dante Controller and select the device you wish
to control in the Device View (CTRL+D). Select the Config tab to open the configuration screen for the device,
and use the Sample Rate field to view and select the sample rate you wish to set. You must power cycle the host
Yamaha equipment to apply the new sample rate setting.
Note: Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards installed in the same Yamaha equipment must all be set to the same sample rate.
Note: Make sure that all Yamaha equipment slots with Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards installed are set to “double
speed” (NOT “double channel”) if using a sample rate of 88.2kHz or 96kHz.
Configuring your clock
Configuring clocking can be confusing. Please refer to the Dante Controller and the Dante-MY16-AUD2 User
Guide and other Dante documentation available at www.audinate.com for more information on this topic.
Before you configure your clock, you will need to decide whether your Yamaha equipment should be the clock
master or whether it should sync to one of the Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards and use the Dante network clock. The
Yamaha equipment will need to be configured accordingly – please consult your Yamaha Equipment manual.
Setting the clock source for a Dante-MY16-AUD2 card
To check or set the word clock source for a Dante-MY16-AUD2 card, open Dante Controller and click the Clock
Status tab. All Dante-enabled devices present on the network are listed along with current clock information. To
configure a Dante-MY16-AUD2 card to use its host Yamaha equipment clock, select the ‘Slave to External Word
Clock’ setting. This will be unchecked by default, and the Dante-MY16-AUD2 will use its onboard VCXO (synced
to the current Dante network master clock) as the word clock source.
Default clock setup: Yamaha equipment synced to Dante network clock
In the following example, both Dante-MY16-AUD2 cards have Slave to External Word Clock unchecked, and
both Yamaha consoles are configured to source their word clock from the Dante-MY16-AUD2 slot. The system
is driven from the Dante network using the PTP Master Clock (automatically selected from the best clocks on the
network).