ACE

1. Mode – Set to Redundancy On for dual-cable redundant connection. Set to Redundancy Off: In1-64 from Link1 to accept 64 inputs on Link 1(i.e. FOH/MON split) with both Links sharing the same 64 outputs. Set to Redundancy Off: In1-32 Link1, 33-64 Link2 to accept 32 inputs from Link 1 and 32 inputs from Link 2 with both Links sharing the same 64 outputs.

AES XLR

1. Output Sample Rate – Select the global output sample rate of the I/O module from a choice of 96kHz, 88.2kHz, 48kHz or 44.1kHz.

2. AES Mode – Choose between Professional and Consumer AES mode for compatibility with third-party devices.

3. Input SRC Bypass – Enable this option to disable input sample rate conversion on a per input basis.

🛈 Only turn off SRC if the AES sources are syncing from a 96kHz clock provided by or shared with the Avantis.

DX Link

1. Redundancy – Set to Redundancy On for dual-cable redundant connections to DX Expanders. In redundant mode the DX Link sockets are in redundant pairs 1&2 and 3&4.

MADI

1. MADI Aux BNC Mode – Set to In 1 Thru to replicate the incoming Link 1 stream to the Aux BNC. Set to Out 1 Mirror to split MADI outputs to the Aux BNC. Set to Wordclock Out to provide a Wordclock signal on the Aux BNC.

2. MADI Redundant Link – Enable this option to use Link 2 on the MADI card as a dual redundant connection.

3. MADI Input Routing – With Redundant Link disabled, you can choose if incoming MADI channels are sourced from Link 1 or Link 2, in blocks of 8 channels.

4. Receiver Status – Displays the status of the two Links. If any error is detected on the stream i.e. the stream is not fully compliant to the MADI standard, Avantis will mute the incoming audio. However, an option to ignore these errors is given to allow wider compatibility with third party equipment.

🛈 Only ignore stream errors when strictly required and check for integrity of the audio at low level. An error in the stream might cause full scale digital noise on the outputs!

superMADI

1. Sample Rate – Select the Sample Rate/Mode of each pair of MADI Links:

96kHz HiS High Speed MADI - 128 channels @ 96kHz
96kHz SMux SMUX MADI - 128 channels @ 96kHz
48kHz MADI - 128 channels @ 48kHz

Ensure that the Sample Rate/Mode is consistent across all connected MADI hardware to prevent audio artefacts and/or drop-outs.

2. Redundancy – Turn dual-cable Redundancy On or Off for each pair of links.

3. Inputs – Configure the Input routing of each pair of links in blocks of 32 channels.

4. Outputs – Configure the Output routing of each pair of links in blocks of 32 channels.

5. Sync Source Link – If the superMADI module is selected as the Avantis Audio Clock Source, choose the Link that is used as the sync source.

See section 10.9 for more information on Audio Sync options.

The BNC Status and Opto Status screens are used to monitor the health of incoming MADI streams. Any problems with the incoming stream (i.e. the stream is not fully compliant to the MADI standard) are indicated by a red virtual LED. The Avantis system will MUTE any MADI streams with corrupt information, but you can choose to Ignore errors in the stream – this can be useful for interfacing with 3^rd party equipment with does not fully adhere to the MADI standard.

🛈 Only ignore stream errors when strictly required and check for integrity of the audio at a low level. An error in the stream might cause full-scale digital noise on the outputs.

1. Ignore Symbol Error – Select to ignore 4B5B errors in the MADI stream

2. Ignore Parity Errors – Select to ignore AES3 parity errors in the MADI stream

3. Ignore Valid Inverted – Select to ignore AES3 Valid errors in the MADI stream.

4. Ignore Active Inverted – Select to ignore AES3 Active errors in the MADI stream.