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Step 7 Making the System Redundant
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Selection of Preferred Primary Master and Ring Active setting
In a daisy chain EtherSound network, the device supplying wordclock is always the Primary Master
device (the first device in the chain). In Fault Tolerant Ring Mode, since there is no “first” device, a
wordclock master must be specified by the user. This device is called the “
Preferred Primary Master.”
In the Tree view, right click on the device you wish to select as the preferred primary master. Move
the cursor to Ring Functions >> Ring Active as shown below.
This sets the device as preferred primary master and puts the network in ring mode.
Closing the Loop
If the system consists of only two EtherSound network port devices (such as in our example), the PC
must be removed to close the loop. Remove the PC and connect the OUT port of the last device in the
chain (DME8o-ES) to the IN port of the MY16-ES64.
Monitoring of Ring Networks
If you require continuous monitoring of the network by AVS-Monitor, there must be at least one 3 port
device on the network.