Connecting Multiple Motu Firewire Interfaces - MOTU 828mkII User Manual

CONNECTING MULTIPLE MOTU FIREWIRE
INTERFACES
You can daisy-chain up to four MOTU FireWire
interfaces on a single FireWire bus, with the
restrictions described in the following sections.
Most computers have only one built-in FireWire
bus (even if it supplies multiple FireWire sockets).
Connect them as follows:
Mac
FireWire
FireWire
FireWire
FireWire
FireWire
FireWire
FireWire
FireWire
Figure 3-20: Connecting multiple 828mkII's (or other MOTU FireWire
audio interfaces) to a computer. NOTE: the word clock connections
shown above are only necessary under Mac OS X. They are not
required under Mac OS 9.
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Word Clock Out
For two
interfaces,
slave one to
the other.
Word Clock In
You can probably
Word Clock Out
get away with
daisy-chaining
three interfaces,
although a word
clock distribu-
Word Clock In
tion device is
recommended.
Word Clock Out
This is risky. A
word clock distri-
bution device is
highly recom-
mended.
Word Clock In
Multiple interfaces in the MOTU FireWire Audio
Console
The MOTU FireWire Audio Console displays the
settings for one interface at a time. To view the
settings for an interface, click its tab as shown
below in Figure 3-21.
Mac OS X
Mac OS 9
Figure 3-21: To view the settings for an interface, click its tab. Under
Mac OS 9, choose it from the Interface menu as shown.
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