Glensound DANTE DARK8MAI Installation guide

DARK8MAI
DANTETM NETWORK AUDIO
8 INPUT MIC/LINE LEVEL ANALOGUE
INTERFACE
PRODUCT DETAILS
6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND. TEL: [phone]
Visit our Website at www.glensound.co.uk FAX: [phone]

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Glensound Electronics Ltd
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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 – 6 Brooks Place
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 1HE
United Kingdom
Telephone: [phone]
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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
workmanship and that the Customer shall return the goods to the
Company’s works or their local dealer.
All non-wear parts are guaranteed for 2 years after despatch and any
defect developing after proper use from faulty materials or workmanship
will be repaired under this warranty providing the Customer returns the
goods to the Company's works or their local dealer.

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CE
This equipment manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks
Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is CE marked and conforms to:
Low Voltage Directive: EN60065
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.
This product conforms to the above directive and for this purposes the
maximum concentration values of the restricted substances by weight in
homogenous materials are:
Lead 0.1%
Mercury 0.1%
Hexavalent Chromium 0.1%
Polybrominated Biphenyls 0.1%
Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers 0.1%
Cadmium 0.01%

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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 DANTETM NETWORK ............................................................................................... 9
Ge ing Dan e Con roller ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
Connec ing DARK8MAIs To The Ne work ........................................................................................................................ 9
Audio Over IP Ne work ........................................................................................................................................................... 9
Running Dan e Con roller ................................................................................................................................................... 10
Dan e Con roller TIP .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
WINDOWS 10 REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATION ............................................................................................................. 11
GLENSOUNDCONTROLLER App ............................................................................................................................................. 14
Runnng The App ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
S ar ing The App ..................................................................................................................................................................... 14
App Con rols ............................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Channel Con rols .................................................................................................................................................................... 17
UPDATING FIRMWARE ............................................................................................................................................................... 18
UPDATING THE BROOKLYN MODULE .................................................................................................................................. 20
WIRING INFORMATION .............................................................................................................................................................. 21
XLR & JACK Wiring .................................................................................................................................................................. 21

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OVERVIEW
The Glensound DARK8MAI is an analogue to digital converter designed to connect
mic/ line level analogue audio circuits to a DanteTM / 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. The Glensound DARK8MAI Dante audio interface will be compatible
with any other manufacturers Dante audio interface. Further details of Dante network
audio can be found at www.audinate.com
Being designed for live on-air broadcast applications the Glensound DARK8MAI has
been designed with multiple redundancy capabilities. It has 2 PoE power sources
and it also has fully redundant network connections for both Copper & Fibre circuits.
The DARK8MAI provides 8 balanced analogue audio inputs to the Dante network
and features low noise remote control microphone amplifiers.
A Windows10 application (that can be downloaded from the download tab of the
Dark8MAI product information page on our web site) allows remote control of the
gain settings of the microphone amplifiers and also provides level indication of each
channel.
NOTE:
The DARK8MAI is also known as GS-WLSR45. It was originally designed for
Westminster and as such was designated a typical Glensound Westminster part
number. Being a very useful product it was then made available for general release
and re-named to become part of the Dark series of our products. The two products
are identical. Software updates can be found on our website under the Dark8MAI
product information page.

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SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM
ETHERNET PHY
COPPER
ETHERNET PHY
FIBRE (SFP)
ETHERNET PHY
COPPER
ETHERNET PHY
FIBRE (SFP)
ETHERNET SWITCH
REDUNDANT
DANTE/ AES67 AUDIO
UP TO 192kHz
PLUS
REDUNDANT
REMOTE CONTROL
DATA
DANTE FPGA
MICROCONTROLLER
1 OF 8 OF INPUTS
ADC
SOURCE SELECTION & GAIN/ PHANTOM SETTINGS
MIC/ LINE IN
+48V
PoE
Supply
PoE
Supply

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CONNECTIONS
DC INPUT
Only needed if no PoE
available
SFP NETWORK SLOTS
Fi SFP fibre ne work
in erfaces here (no
supplied wi h uni )
COPPER NETWORK INTERFACES
RJ45 socke s for connec ing o your
ne work. When connec ed o PoE
swi ches or mid-span supplies will
power he uni .
AUDIO INPUTS
Analogue Mic/ Line audio inpu s
o he ne work

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CONNECTING THE DARK8MAI TO A DANTETM 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
If you are connecting the DARK8MAI to a new Dante network the first thing you will
need to do is to get the free Dante controller software from Audinate.
This can be downloaded by visiting Audinate’s web site at www.audinate.com
Connecting DARK8MAIs To The Network
DarkMAIs can be connected to the network that you are going to use for your audio
distribution simply by plugging in either and or any of the network connections on
the front. Once connected to the network it will be possible to see the DARK8MAI
from within the Dante controller and route its’ audio circuits.
Audio Over IP Network
We strongly recommend that you consider your network topology carefully and
would not recommend sharing broadcast audio and general data on the same
network.
For more details of audio over IP network structure please visit www.audinate.com

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Running Dante Controller
At the time of writing this manual the Dante Controller looks as per the screenshot
below:
The DARK8MAI will have been named at the factory during test to allow them to be
identified by the 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.
Dante Controller TIP
If you have never run Dante controller before then make sure that on the bottom left
of the Dante controllers’ screen ‘P’ or ‘S’ is next to a green square as this indicates
that it is connected to a network. By clicking ‘P’ or ‘S’ a pop up box opens to allow
you to set what network interface the controller is using.