CHAPTER 1 1. GETTING STARTED 1.1 Register Please register all serial numbers for your B80 MOTHERSHIP chassis, all Daughter Cards, and BP-300. You must register to activate your warranty! Please visit: www.burlaudio.com/register. 1.2 Remove Lid Remove 9 screws on top and 2 on each side (Image 1). Push lid up to remove from empty card slot (Image 2).
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CHAPTER 1 1.4 Install Daughter Cards See card slot numbers and corresponding Inputs and Outputs in Image 4. Daughter Cards will ship with wire assemblies already attached to the Daughter Cards. Make sure the card is inserted into the card guides and properly connects to the backplane.
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CHAPTER 1 1.5 Attach Ribbon Cables To Faceplate Note: Newer cards only have ribbon cable. Older cards have ribbon cable and power cable (See Image 6). orange (If applicable) The wire should be closest to the power connector. Make sure the orange 2 pin connector is attached properly.
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CHAPTER 2 2. DANTE QUICK START YOU WILL NEED: • B16 MOTHERSHIP with BMB3 Motherboard Dante PCIe Card - OR - Dante Virtual Sound Card (DVS) (See 1.1, below) • • Gigabit Ethernet Switch • Cat6 Ethernet Cables • Dante Controller (See 1.2 below for download instructions) 2.1 Install PCIe Card In CPU Or Download And Install Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS) For optimal performance, the B16-BMB3 Dante MOTHERSHIP should be used with a Dante...
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CHAPTER 2 2.5 Set BMB3 Front Panel to INT, EXT, or DANTE Image 9: BMB3 Front panel. Set Clock Control to INT, EXT, or DANTE For a complete guide to Dante Clocking, see page 10. • When using the B16 on internal clock, set to INT •...
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CHAPTER 2 2.11 Click On “Routing” Tab (See Image 10) Image 10: Shows routing BMB3 receiver ch. 1-16 to PCIe Card channel 1-16. 2.12 Maximize The Routing View Click on the “+” next to “Dante Receivers” and “Dante Transmitters (See Image 11). Image 11: Shows “Routing”...
CHAPTER 2 2.13 Input Assignment Route BMB3 Transmitter channel 1 to PCIe (or CPU if using DVS) Receiver card channel 1. This routes B16 input ch.1 to PCIe (or DVS) card ch. 1 (See Image 12). Image 12: Shows routing BMB3 transmitter channel 1 to PCIe Card channel 1.
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CHAPTER 2 (Output Assignment Continued) Continue with output assignments for your MOTHERSHIP configuration. See Image 14 for an example of routing B16 MOTHERSHIP outputs to the PCIe Card. Image 14: Shows routing BMB3 receiver ch. 1 to PCIe Card channel 1. 2.15 Click On “Device Info”...
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CHAPTER 2 2.16 Click On “Device Config” Select the sample rate and select preferred latency (See Image 16). Note: Actual latency used between two endpoints is the larger of the two endpoint settings. If using the Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS), anything to or from DVS will have a 4ms latency in and out.
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CHAPTER 2 3. DANTE CLOCKING There are 3 ways to clock the B16 MOTHERSHIP: BMB3 set to Internal. Brooklyn II (BKII) Card set to External CHAPTER 3 BMB3 set to External Clock, BKII Card set to External BMB3 set to Dante, BKII Card set to Internal 3.1 Clocking BMB3 To Internal Word Clock Set BMB3 front panel to INT Open Dante Controller, select DEVICE INFO...
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CHAPTER 2 3.2 Clocking BMB3 To External Word Clock Set BMB3 front panel to EXT Open Dante Controller, select DEVICE INFO Double Click on device “BMB3-xxxxxx” Click on CLOCK STATUS. (Image 18) Set BMB3 to “Preferred Master”, and “Enable to sync to External”...
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CHAPTER 2 3.3 Clocking BMB3 To Dante Set BMB3 front panel to DANTE Open Dante Controller, select DEVICE INFO Double Click on device “BMB3-xxxxxx” Click on CLOCK STATUS. (Image 19) Set BMB3 to “Preferred Master”, and deselect “Enable to sync to External”...
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