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- Page 1 DARK8MAI DANTE NETWORK AUDIO 8 INPUT MIC/LINE LEVEL ANALOGUE INTERFACE PRODUCT DETAILS 6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND. TEL: +44 (0) 1622 753662 Visit our Website at www.glensound.co.uk FAX: +44 (0) 1622 762330...
- Page 2 Glensound Electronics Ltd Thank you for choosing a new Glensound product. All rights reserved. Information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice, if in doubt please contact us for the latest product information. If you need any help with the product then we can be contacted at: Glensound Electronics Ltd 1 –...
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Page 3: Product Warranty
PRODUCT WARRANTY: All equipment is fully tested before dispatch and carefully designed to provide you with trouble free use for many years. We have a policy of supporting products for as long as possible and guarantee to be able to support your product for a minimum of 10 years. For a period of one year after the goods have been despatched the Company will guarantee the goods against any defect developing after proper use providing such defects arise solely from faulty materials or... - Page 4 Emissions: EN55103.1 Immunity: EN55103.2 WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT REGULATIONS 2006 (WEEE) Glensound Electronics Ltd is registered for business to business sales of WEEE in the UK our registration number is: WEE/JJ0074UR RoHS DIRECTIVE EC directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of the hazardous substances listed below in electrical and electronic equipment.
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
GLENSOUND DARK8MAI Handbook Contents Issue 3 Description Page No. Contents PRODUCT WARRANTY: ................................3 OVERVIEW ......................................6 SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM ..............................7 CONNECTIONS ....................................8 CONNECTING THE DARK8MAI TO A DANTE NETWORK ....................9 Getting Dante Controller ............................... 9 Connecting DARK8MAIs To The Network ........................9 Audio Over IP Network ................................ -
Page 6: Overview
OVERVIEW The Glensound DARK8MAI is an analogue to digital converter designed to connect mic/ line level analogue audio circuits to a Dante / AES67 audio network. Dante network audio is a common protocol for distributing high quality linear audio over standard IP networks and it is widely used by many audio equipment manufacturers. -
Page 7: Simplified Block Diagram
SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM Supply ETHERNET PHY COPPER 1 OF 8 OF INPUTS REDUNDANT ETHERNET PHY DANTE/ AES67 AUDIO FIBRE (SFP) UP TO 192kHz +48V PLUS MIC/ LINE IN ETHERNET SWITCH DANTE FPGA REDUNDANT REMOTE CONTROL ETHERNET PHY DATA COPPER ETHERNET PHY FIBRE (SFP) MICROCONTROLLER SOURCE SELECTION &... -
Page 8: Connections
CONNECTIONS SFP NETWORK SLOTS DC INPUT COPPER NETWORK INTERFACES Fit SFP fibre network Only needed if no PoE RJ45 sockets for connecting to your interfaces here (not available network. When connected to PoE supplied with unit) switches or mid-span supplies will power the unit. -
Page 9: Connecting The Dark8Mai To A Dante Tm Network
CONNECTING THE DARK8MAI TO A DANTE NETWORK The DARK8MAI is a network audio device utilising the reliable and versatile Dante audio over IP protocol. Dante is a proprietary system (although very widely used) the originators of which are Audinate. The information below is only meant as a very basic guide. Full details of the power of Dante network audio and instructions for using it can be found at www.audinate.com Getting Dante Controller... -
Page 10: Running Dante Controller
The format used for the factory name is: ‘DARK8MAI-no-103--ob7a2c’ Where ‘DARK8MAI-no-103’ refers to the Glensound product i.e. DARK8MAI and its serial no (in this case 103) and ‘ob7a2c’ refers to the units Dante Brooklyn II module and its MAC address. -
Page 11: Windows 10 Remote Control Application
2. Installing the App The Windows 10 PC must be running version 1703 or later of Windows. Glensound Controller (GlenController) enables remote control of key functions for the PARDISO and our DARK1616M and DARK8MAI/ GSWLSR45 units, and configuration of single or multiple units connected to the network. It is PC software that runs on Window 10 machines. - Page 12 Installation of GlenController is a two stage process as all Windows 10 applications must have a digital certificate. If this is the first time you have installed Glensound applications, then you must first load the Glensound App Certificate. This will allow you to install GlenController and any further Glensound Windows 10 applications.
- Page 13 Stage 2 – Installing The GlensoundController Application 1) From the files downloaded from the Glensound web site, unzip the files to a local folder. 2) Right-click on the ‘Add-AppDevPackage.ps1’ file and select ‘Run with PowerShell’. a. If you do not have permissions to run scripts on your machine, you may get an error at this point, even though this file is digitally signed.
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Page 14: Glensoundcontroller App
GLENSOUNDCONTROLLER App The DARK8MAI has a remote control utility called GlensoundController. This app allows the DARK8MAI to be set up and controlled remotely, things such as mic gain, phantom power, filtering and metering can all be controlled/ seen via the app. The below guide is meant as an indication of the facilities available on the app, but being software developments are likely to be constantly evolving. -
Page 15: App Controls
Tick the box against the name of the device that you want to control and it will appear in the main screen area: App Controls Pressing this button toggles the side bar in and out: Page 15 of 21... - Page 16 Pressing the settings button, shows app version details, multicast ip address & port and meter setup information. Pressing the settings button ‘Use CH1 as Master’ if this opens up device settings tick box is selected the all channels settings follow CH 1 Filtering setup allows access Access mode setup allows to the filtering controls for the...
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Page 17: Channel Controls
Channel Controls Pressing this button toggles the side bar in and out: Pressing the settings button The ‘I’ meter shows the level of the opens on 1 channel opens channels input. Which can be adjusted up a stereo pair of channels using the gain contol. -
Page 18: Updating Firmware
3. How to Update the Firmware 1) Get the new firmware from Glensound’s web site. Using your browser download the .dfu from the following location: (Note the following locations were correct at the time of writing this manual but will change as the firmware is updated please see above). - Page 19 3) Make sure you know where the latest version of the DARK8MAI’s firmware is located on your pc (this is a .dfu file). This is a file that you downloaded in step 4) Connect the USB 1 port on the front of the DARK8MAI that you want to update to a USB port on your PC.
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Page 20: Updating The Brooklyn Module
Information’ heading. 2. Finding Out What The Latest Available Version Is Go the Dark8MAI’s web page at http://www.glensound.co.uk/product- details/dark8mai/ and open the ‘Firmware Latest Version’ Tab. This will give both the latest version numbers/ file names and also the location to download the file from. -
Page 21: Wiring Information
WIRING INFORMATION XLR & JACK Wiring STANDARD XLR AUDIO PINOUTS: 1: Ground/ Earth XLR SOCKET (FEMALE) 2: INPHASE/ POSITIVE/ MIC + 3: MATE/ NEGATIVE/ MIC - External DC power input: 2.5mm Barrel, Centre +Ve, 9 to 15 Volts, 1 Amp Page 21 of 21...