Network Ports

The slot bracket features two RJ45 connectors labeled PRI and SEC. The supported link speeds are 1 Gb/s and 100 Mb/s.

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  • A yellow LED (left, LINK) signals a successful link.

  • A green LED (right, ACT) signals network traffic (blinking).

Both straight and crossover cables can be used (Auto MDI-X). Cable lengths of up to 100m are supported when using Cat 5e or higher classification.

The network ports are used to send and receive up to 512 audio channels when connected to a Dante® network.

This card does not pass network traffic from its Ethernet ports via PCIe to the computer. To control the Dante® connections and individual devices on the network, it is therefore necessary to add an additional network adapter to the host computer and connect it to the Dante® network using a switch (or, in case the internal ports are in switch configuration, to one of its network ports).

Combine ethernet ports (Switched mode)

The two ethernet ports can be configured with the Dante Controller in Device View > Network Config > Dante Redundancy. If both ports are connected to the same network, for example to create a daisy-chain of several HDSPe AoX-D devices, then the setting must be changed to Switched. In the default mode, the device is configured so that each port connects to one of two separate networks (Redundancy).

If the unit has been configured to connect the primary and secondary port internally (switched mode), devices attached to the two ports can communicate both with each other and with the HDSPe AoX-D.