Glensound DANTE DARK8MAIR User manual

DARK8MAI MKI &
DARK8MAIR
DANTE®NETWORK AUDIO
8 INPUT MIC/LINE LEVEL ANALOGUE
INTERFACES
PRODUCT DETAILS
THE DESIGN BUILDINGS, 6 BROOKS PLACE, MAIDSTONE, KENT, ME14 1HE. ENGLAND.
TEL: [phone]
Visit our Website at www.glensound.com

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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
The Design Buildings
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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EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR:
DARK8MAI
8 Channel Portable PoE Powered Network Mic Amp
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 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: 04/01/2019

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EU DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY FOR:
DARK8MAIR
8 Channel 1RU Rackmount Network Mic Amp
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 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: 04/01/2019

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RoHS DIRECTIVE
RoHS 2 Directive 2011/65/EU restricts the use of the hazardous
substances listed below in electrical and electronic equipment.
This product conforms to the above directive and for these 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 DARK8MAI and MAIR
Handbook Contents
Issue 5
Description Page No.
Contents
PRODUCT WARRANTY: ....................................................................................................................................3
OVERVIEW...........................................................................................................................................................9
SIMPLIFIED BLOCK DIAGRAM......................................................................................................................10
CONNECTIONS..................................................................................................................................................11
CONNECTING THE DARK8MAI TO A DANTETM NETWORK.....................................................................13
Getting Dante Controller...............................................................................................................................13
Connecting DARK8MAIs To The Network.................................................................................................13
Audio Over IP Network..................................................................................................................................13
Running Dante Controller.............................................................................................................................14
Dante Controller TIP......................................................................................................................................14
WINDOWS 10 REMOTE CONTROL APPLICATION .....................................................................................15
Installation.......................................................................................................................................................16
GLENSOUNDCONTROLLER App....................................................................................................................17
Runnng The App............................................................................................................................................17
Starting The App............................................................................................................................................17
App Controls...................................................................................................................................................18
Channel Controls ...........................................................................................................................................20
UPDATING FIRMWARE ...................................................................................................................................21
UPDATING THE BROOKLYN MODULE........................................................................................................23
WIRING INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................................24
XLR & JACK Wiring.......................................................................................................................................24

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OVERVIEW
The Glensound DARK8MAI and DARK8MAIR are analogue to digital converters
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. The Glensound DARK8MAI and DARK8MAIR 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 units have been designed
with multiple redundancy capabilities. They both feature fully redundant network
connections for both Copper & Fibre circuits. They both can be powered by Power
Over Ethernet (PoE) from either copper network port, additionally the rack mount
DARK8MAIR has two internal mains power supplies.
The DARK8MAI and DARK8MAIR provide 8 balanced analogue audio inputs to the
Dante®network and feature low noise remote control microphone amplifiers.
A Windows10 application called GlenController (that can be downloaded free from
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