Setup For Three To Five Interfaces - MOTU 8M User Manual

SETUP FOR THREE TO FIVE INTERFACES
Use this setup if you want to connect three to five
MOTU interfaces to your computer using a MOTU
AVB Switch™ (sold separately).
The connection to the computer should be
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Thunderbolt, to support a large number of audio
streams to and from the networked interfaces. A
single Thunderbolt connection supports 128
channels in and out, simultaneously. If you need
more channels, and your computer has a second
available Thunderbolt port, you can make a second
connection to another interface on the network,
with full access to the network from both ports
(128 I/O channels each).
Use a standard Thunderbolt cable. Place it at the
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end of the Thunderbolt chain.
Additional computers are optional.
All computers and interfaces have full
access to each other on the network.
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H A R D W A R E I N S T A L L A T I O N
Use standard CAT-5e Ethernet network cables to
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connect the interfaces to the MOTU AVB Switch
using their NETWORK ports.
Use the five AVB NETWORK ports on the switch
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(not the Ethernet port).
Network cable lengths can be long: 100 meters
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with standard copper wire cables; much longer
with fiber-optic network cables.
See "About CAT-5e cables" on page 36.
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As an alternative, see "Setup for multiple
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Thunderbolt and USB interfaces" on page 39.
To add more computers to the network, connect
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them to any interface, as shown. All computers and
interfaces have full access to each other.
See chapter 9, "Networking" (page 75).
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