Using More Than One Digi96 - RME Audio DIGI96 User Manual

10. Using more than one DIGI96

The MacOS driver includes support for multiple cards. The driver marks them with different
numbers after the device's name, like 'DIGI96 In [A1]'. The number is the name of the used
PCI slot.
Thanks to our AutoSync technology multiple cards can be synchronized easily by applying one
input signal to all inputs simultaneously.
In order to connect more than one DIGI96 to a digital mixing desk they must all get the
same clock(ed input signal). This is easy to achieve: just connect at least one input of each
card to one output of the mixing desk.
Example 1: All DIGI's digital inputs are connected to other devices synced to the word clock
net.
Activate the corresponding input of each card in its Settings dialog, and activate the mode Au-
toSync at all cards.
Example 2: Only the outputs of the DIGIs are connected to other devices.
Connect the internal Sync-Out of the master card to the Sync-In (CD-ROM) of the second card,
activate its internal input and AutoSync mode. Next connect the third card in the same way,
from the second's card Sync-Out to the third's card Sync-In. Configure this card like the second
one. The necessary 2-wire cables are the ones supplied with the DIGI cards. Of course this
method is also operational with the external connectors, like optical or coaxial, as long as the
corresponding input is activated.
A convenient alternative is the test mode of the optional Word Clock Module WCM.
Please note when using more than one card plus the word clock output that only one card
can be master!
Example 3: All DIGIs are correctly connected to the Word Clock Module.
Activate the test mode by pushing the test switch, so the red LED lights up. Next activate the
mode 'Word Clock' in all card's settings dialogs. Now all cards should show 'Word Clock' in the
third line of 'Output Status'.
After activating the test mode all internally connected cards are immediately synchronized, in
case clock mode 'Word Clock' was activated in all settings dialogs.
More information on this subject can be found in the HTML document 'sync96.htm', located in
the directory \rmeaudio.web\english\techinfo on the RME Driver CD, or on our web site.
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