Glensound DARK1616M Installation guide

DARK1616M
DANTE NETWORK AUDIO
16 INPUT 16 OUTPUT AES3 & 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
Thank you for choosing a new Glensound product.
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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]
Fax: [phone]
EMAIL ADDRESSES
General enquires: [e-mail]
Technical enquires: [e-mail]
Sales enquires: [e-mail]

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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.
SAFETY WARNING
The DARK1616M contains no user serviceable parts and must not be
dissasembled in any way.

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CE
EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR:
DARK1616M
Sixteen channel AoIP, AES3/Analogue I/O interface
This declaration of conformity is issued under the sole responsibility of
the manufacturer.
This equipment is manufactured by Glensound Electronics Ltd of Brooks
Place Maidstone Kent ME14 1HE is CE marked and conforms to the
following Union harmonisation legislation:
Low Voltage Directive: EN60065 and EN62368-1:2014
Emissions: BS EN55032:2015
Immunity: BS EN55035:2017
Signed for and on behalf of Glensound Electronics Ltd.
Gavin Davis Managing Director
Maidstone Kent England
Date: 22/08/2018

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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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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

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GLENSOUND DARK1616M
Handbook Contents
Issue 5
Description Page No.
Contents
PRODUCT WARRANTY: ............................................................................................................................... 3
OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................... 8
DARK1616M FRONT PANEL LAYOUT........................................................................................................ 9
DARK1616M REAR PANEL LAYOUT ........................................................................................................ 11
IMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM ................................................................................................................. 13
CONNECTING THE DARK1616M TO A DANTE NETWORK ................................................................... 14
Getting Dante Controller .......................................................................................................................... 14
Connecting Dark1616Ms To The Network ............................................................................................. 14
Audio Over IP Network ............................................................................................................................ 14
Running Dante Controller ........................................................................................................................ 15
Dante Controller TIP ................................................................................................................................ 15
WINDOW 10 REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATION .................................................................................. 16
GLENCONTROLLER App ............................................................................................................................ 17
Running The App ..................................................................................................................................... 17
Starting The App ...................................................................................................................................... 17
App Controls............................................................................................................................................. 18
Channel Controls ..................................................................................................................................... 20
UPDATING FIRMWARE.............................................................................................................................. 21
UPDATING THE BROOKLYN MODULE ................................................................................................... 27
AE 67 MODE ............................................................................................................................................... 28
WIRING INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................. 31

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OVERVIEW
The Glensound DARK1616M is an analogue to digital and digital to analogue
converter designed to connect AES3 and mic/ line level analogue audio circuits to a
Dante 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 Dark1616M 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 Dark1616M has
been designed with multiple redundancy capabilities. It has 2 mains power sources
and it also has fully redundant network connections for both Copper & Fibre circuits.
The Dark1616M provides 8 balanced AES3 inputs and 8 balanced AES3 outputs to
the Dante network and 16 analogue mic/ line level inputs to the Dante network and
16 analogue line level (0dB) outputs from the Dante network on rear panel D25
connectors wired to AES59 (also known as the Tascam standard).
The analogue and AES3 outputs are both always used and the same audio signal
from the Dante newtork that is presented on one channels AES3 output will appear
as an analogue audio signal on the equivalent analogue output.
For each channel only 1 audio input signal can be sent to the Dante network the
AES3 input has priority over the analogue. Therefore if there is both an analogue
and AES3 input signal for one channel only the AES3 will be sent to the Dante
network.
A Windows10 application (that can be downloaded from the download tab of the
DARK1616M 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.

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DARK1616M FRONT PANEL LAYOUT
1. PSU and Link status
There are 4 red LEDs and 4 green LEDs that illuminate depending on the
status of the link. Red indicates no connection green indicates a successful
connection.
For example if you have connected the DARK1616S to two separate PSUs
only one of which works then you will have a red ‘Fault’ LED illuminate to
warn you that there is no power detected on the connection that is not
receiving mains power.
2. Alarm status connection
This 8-way female D-type connector will report the failure of a link status if
one is detected whilst in operation.
3. USB connector and update buttons
The MINI USB connection allows the firmware of the DARK1616S to be
updated. To prepare the DARK1616S for a firmware update; power on the
unit press and hold down the reset button press and hold down the identify
button release the reset button and then release the identify button a second
after.
1.
PSU and Link status
2.
Alarm status connection
3. USB connector and
update buttons 4. Network SFP
connections
. Network RJ4
connections

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4. Network SFP Connections
There are 2 standard network data SFP sockets provided to allow redundant
network connectivity if using Dante network audio protocol. They are both
gigabit network connections. They accept standard SFP modules. The status
LEDs flash to show when data is being correctly communicated with the
attached switch.
If you require SFP modules then please email [e-mail] for a
quotation.
Network Note
Factory default is to have the SFP & RJ45 sockets set to work in redundant
mode.
It is possible using Dante controller to set these network interfaces to work as
a network switch instead of the redundant mode meaning other network
equipment can be connected to them.
5. Network RJ45 connections
There are 2 standard network data RJ45 sockets provided to allow redundant
network connectivity if using Dante network audio protocol. They are both
gigabit network connections. The status LEDs flash to show when data is
being correctly communicated with the attached switch.