Focusrite RedNet 5 Manuel utilisateur

User Guide

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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including ampliﬁers) that

produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than

the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for

your safety. If the provided plug does not ﬁt into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they

exit from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories speciﬁed by the manufacturer.

12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table speciﬁed by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus.

When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14. Refer all servicing to qualiﬁed service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way, such

as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has

been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

15. No naked ﬂames, such as lighted candles, should be placed on the apparatus.

The appliance coupler is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect device shall remain readily operable.

Do not use a damaged or frayed power cord.

If the mains plug supplying the apparatus incorporates a fuse then it should only be replaced with a fuse of identical or lower rupture

value.

GB The apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection.

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WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE AND

OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS, SUCH AS VASES, SHOULD NOT BE PLACED ON THIS APPARATUS.

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER

(OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE.

REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lightning ﬂash with arrowhead symbol, within equilateral triangle, is intended

to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the

product’s enclosure that may be of sufﬁcient magnitude to constitute a risk of

electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user

to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions

in the literature accompanying the appliance.

ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION

For USA

To the User:

1. Do not modify this unit! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in

this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modiﬁcations not expressly approved by Focusrite may void your

authority, granted by the FCC, to use this product.

2. Important: This product satisﬁes FCC regulations when high quality shielded cables are used to connect

with other equipment. Failure to use high quality shielded cables or to follow the installation instructions

within this manual may cause magnetic interference with appliances such as radios and televisions and

void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.

3. Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device,

pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against

harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio

frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful

interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a

particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,

which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the

interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver

is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

Compliance Information Statement: Declaration of Compliance procedure

Product Identiﬁcation: Focusrite RedNet

Responsible party: American Music and Sound

Address: 4325 Executive Drive

Suite 300

Southhaven, MS 38672

Telephone: (800) 431-2609

This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause

harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired

operation.

For Canada

To the User:

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

RoHS Notice

Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited has conformed and its product conforms to the European Union’s Directive 2002/95/EC on

Restrictions of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) as well as the following sections of California law which refer to RoHS, namely sections

25214.10, 25214.10.2, and 58012, Health and Safety Code; Section 42475.2, Public Resources Code.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .............................................. 2

ENVIRONMENTAL DECLARATION ................................................. 3

INTRODUCTION ................................................................ 5

Pro Tools|HD compatibility .....................................................5

About this User Guide .........................................................6

Box Contents ................................................................6

Registering your product ......................................................6

INSTALLATION GUIDE ........................................................... 7

Unit connections and features ..................................................7

RedNet 5 - Front Panel ..........................................................7

RedNet 5 - Rear Panel...........................................................8

Physical Characteristics .......................................................9

Power requirements ..........................................................9

OTHER REDNET SYSTEM COMPONENTS ..........................................10

INTERFACING TO PRO TOOLS....................................................10

Pro Tools Setup .............................................................13

Sample Rate ..................................................................13

Using RedNet 5 with other Pro Tools|HD interfaces..................................13

Setting the clock source ........................................................14

REDNET CONTROL.............................................................17

Hosting RedNet Control ......................................................17

Using RedNet Control ........................................................17

RedNet 5 Control Panel.........................................................18

APPENDIX....................................................................20

Connector pinouts ...........................................................20

Performance Speciﬁcations ...................................................21

Focusrite RedNet Warranty and Service .........................................22

Customer Support and Unit Servicing ...........................................23

Troubleshooting ............................................................23

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Thank you for purchasing this Focusrite RedNet 5.

RedNet 5 is a multichannel, bi-directional digital audio interface, which allows an Avid® Pro Tools|HD

system to be connected to a RedNet digital audio networking system.

RedNet is a powerful, low latency, digital audio networking system designed speciﬁcally for music

and recording studio applications. It is based on Audinate’s Dante™, a well-established audio

networking technology known for its extreme robustness. Dante - and the RedNet system - is capable

of transporting up to 512 channels of bidirectional audio (at 48 kHz sample rate) over standard Cat6

Ethernet cable. RedNet 5 allows any 96 channels of these to be routed in and out of a Pro Tools|HD

system, or 192 channels with a Pro Tools|HDX system (at 48 kHz or 96 kHz sample rates; channel

counts are halved at 192 kHz).

A single RedNet 5 unit acts as a 64 channel (32 inputs plus 32 outputs) digital break-in/break-out box

between a Pro Tools system and a RedNet network. Connectivity between RedNet 5 and Pro Tools

is via Pro Tool’s standard DigiLink connectors; an adaptor cable is included to allow compatibility

with Pro Tools|HD systems that use the Mini DigiLink connectors. Connectivity between RedNet 5

and other RedNet units is via Ethernet, over Cat6 cable. Several other RedNet system interfaces are

available which provide physical analogue or digital audio I/O; thus by including one or more RedNet

5 units in a RedNet network, audio sources of any format, at any location in the system can provide

inputs to the Pro Tools system, and similarly, Pro Tools outputs can be distributed over the RedNet

network to wherever they are required.

Up to six RedNet 5 units may be used with a Pro Tools|HDX system (three with Pro Tools|HD). This

permits ProTool HDX’s maximum channel count of 192 inputs and 192 outputs (96 with Pro Tools|HD)

to be achieved, with all audio being conveyed to/from the RedNet 5 units via the RedNet network.

RedNet 5 is also provided with word clock input and output connectors which permit the unit to

be either a master or slave to other digital audio devices outside the RedNet network. The various

clocking options are explained in detail in this User Guide.

The front panel has LEDs conﬁrming the unit’s network status, sample rate and operating mode,

together with signal level LEDs for each group of four digital inputs and outputs.

Pro Tools|HD compatibility

RedNet 5 is only compatible with Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools|HDX systems.

The following Pro Tools cards are supported:

• Pro Tools|HD PCI

• Pro Tools|HD PCIe

• Pro Tools|HD Accel PCIe

• Pro Tools|HDX

• Pro Tools|HD Native

• Pro Tools|HD Native Thunderbolt

About this User Guide

This User Guide applies only to the RedNet 5 Pro Tools|HD/HDX interface. It provides information

about installing a RedNet 5 and how to connect it into your studio system.

We recommend that you also download a copy of the RedNet System User Guide, using the product

registration card provided. This Guide provides a detailed explanation of the RedNet system concept,

to help you achieve a thorough understanding of its capabilities. We recommend that all users,

including those already experienced in digital audio networking, take the time to read through the

System User Guide so that you are fully aware of all the possibilities that RedNet and its software

has to offer.

If either User Guide does not provide the information you need, be sure to consult

www.focusrite.com/rednet, which contains a comprehensive collection of common technical support

queries.

Box Contents

• RedNet 5 unit

• RedNet 5 System Guide

• 2 m Cat6 Ethernet cable

• DigiLink (M) to Mini DigiLink (F) adaptor cable

• IEC AC mains cable

• Product registration card with Bundle Code. Registration gives access to:

• RedNet Control

• RedNet drivers (installed with RedNet Control)

• Audinate Dante Controller (installed with RedNet Control)

• Dante Virtual Soundcard token and download instructions

• RedNet 5 User Guide (this document) in PDF format

• RedNet System User Guide in PDF format

Registering your product

For technical support, and access to various downloadable resources, please register your product

at: www.focusrite.com/register. You will need the Bundle Code on the Product registration card to

do this.

INSTALLATION GUIDE

Unit connections and features

RedNet 5 - Front Panel

1. AC Power switch

2. INPUTS – inputs to the network (i.e., outputs from Pro Tools|HD). Eight tricolour LEDs

indicating the signal level in four consecutively-numbered channels; the colour indicates the

highest signal in the four. Individual LEDs indicating signal level at each analogue input:

• Green: signal present

• Amber: -6 dBFS

• Red: 0 dBFS

3. OUTPUTS – outputs from the network (i.e., inputs to Pro Tools|HD). Eight LEDs indicating the

signal level in the output channels; these function in the same manner as the input channel

LEDs [2]

4. NETWORK status ﬂags – two green LEDs conﬁrming network status:

• CONNECTED – illuminates when the unit is connected to an active Ethernet network

• LOCKED – illuminates when a valid sync is received via the network or an external source

5. SAMPLE RATE indication – ﬁve yellow LEDs; only one of these (44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz,

96 kHz, 192 kHz) will be lit at a time, to conﬁrm the sample rate that the system is running at.

6. MODE indicators – two yellow LEDs conﬁrming the Pro Tools interface mode:

• PRIMARY – the normal operating mode, in which RedNet 5 appears to Pro Tools as two

external 16 channel interfaces.

• EXPANSION – this mode should be selected from RedNet Control when the rear Panel

EXPANSION port is in use. RedNet 5 will now appear to Pro Tools as a single 16 channel

interface. This mode should also be used when RedNet 5 is connected to the expansion

port of a 16 channel Pro Tools|HD device.

7. POWER LED

RedNet 5 - Rear Panel

9 811 10 1213

8. PRIMARY – DigiLink connector; use a standard Pro Tools I/O cable to link this to a port on the

Pro Tools|HD/HDX PCIe card, using the supplied DigiLink-to-Mini DigiLink adaptor cable if

necessary.

9. EXPANSION – this can be used when RedNet 5 is operated in Expansion Mode to connect to

another Pro Tools|HD I/O interface. In this mode, the RedNet 5 provides only 16 channels of

I/O (16 in, 16 out) instead of 32.

10. WORD CLOCK IN – a BNC socket for the connection of a dedicated wordclock sync signal,

typically derived from a studio master clock source used to sync all the interconnected digital

audio units in the system.

11. WORD CLOCK OUT – a BNC socket from which a wordclock signal may be obtained for

connection to other digital audio devices outside the RedNet network. The clock signal

available here will be derived from the source selected in software, and may be at the sample

rate in use, or at the ‘base’ sample rate of 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz.

12. LOOP SYNC IN and OUT– two BNC sockets which should be used for sync interconnection

when standard Pro Tools I/O units also form part of the system. Connect the LOOP SYNC OUT

of one RedNet 5 unit to the LOOP SYNC IN of a Pro Tools|HD I/O interface, in a standard daisy-

chain manner. See page 15 for further LOOP SYNC connection details.

13. ETHERNET – RJ45 network socket. Use a Cat5e or Cat6 network cable to connect this socket

to a local Ethernet switch to connect the RedNet 5 to the RedNet network. The socket has

integral LEDs which illuminate to indicate connection to an active network port, and network

activity. See page 20 for connector details.

14. AC mains inlet –standard IEC receptacle for connection of AC mains. RedNet 5 has a ‘Universal’

PSU, enabling it to operate from any supply voltages between 100 V and 240 V.

Physical Characteristics

RedNet 5’s dimensions are shown in the diagram below:

RedNet 5 requires 2U of vertical rackspace and at least 350 mm of rack depth, to allow for cables.

RedNet 5 weighs 4.6 kg, and for installations in a ﬁxed environment (e.g., a studio), the front panel

mounting screws will provide adequate support. If the units are to be used in a mobile situation (e.g.,

ﬂight-cased for touring, etc.), consideration should be given to using side support rails within the

rack.

RedNet 5 generates no signiﬁcant heat, and is cooled by natural convection.

Ventilation is via slots in the enclosure at both sides. Do not mount RedNet 5 immediately above any

other equipment which generates signiﬁcant heat, for example, a power ampliﬁer. Also, ensure that

when mounted in a rack, the side vents are not obstructed.

Power requirements

RedNet 5 is mains-powered. It incorporates a ‘Universal’ power supply, which can operate on any AC

mains voltage from 100 V to 240 V. The AC connection is made via a standard 3-pin IEC connector on

the rear panel. A mating IEC cable is supplied with the unit, which should be terminated with a mains

plug of the correct type for your country.

The AC power consumption of RedNet 5 is 45 VA.

Please note that there are no fuses in RedNet 5, or other user-replaceable components of

any type. Please refer all servicing issues to the Customer Support Team (see page 23).

OTHER REDNET SYSTEM COMPONENTS

The RedNet hardware range includes several types of I/O interface, providing various combinations

of physical, analogue or digital audio inputs and outputs. The units may be considered as “Break-

Out” (and/or “Break-In”) boxes to/from the RedNet network, and all are built in mains-powered, 2U

19” rackmounting housings.

A RedNet PCIe digital audio interface card and Dante Virtual Soundcard (software) are also available,

however these are not required for Pro Tools systems using RedNet 5.

Audinate Dante Controller is another software option; using this it is possible, for example, to route

audio between RedNet 5 and other RedNet interfaces (such as a RedNet PCIe digital audio interface

card or a Dante Virtual Soundcard), if they are used elsewhere in a larger system.

RedNet Control and Dante Controller are both available on the Focusrite website, and may be

downloaded once the product has been registered.

All RedNet system hardware components interconnect via Ethernet, using standard Gigabit switches

and Cat5e or Cat6 cable. Please see the RedNet System User Guide for full details.

INTERFACING TO PRO TOOLS

RedNet 5 units are connected to a Pro Tools|HD/HDX system in the same manner as Avid® Pro

Tools|HD I/O audio interfaces, using standard DigiLink cables (not supplied).

A Rednet 5 provides 32 inputs and 32 outputs, compared to the 16 inputs and 16 outputs provided by

Pro Tools|HD I/O audio interfaces. This means that each RedNet 5 appears to the Pro Tools system

as two 16 channel I/O units.

Pro Tools|HD:

Connect each RedNet 5’s rear panel PRIMARY port to a DigiLink connector on the Pro Tools|HD

system. Each Pro Tools|HD PCI/PCIe card has one DigiLink port (giving the card a capacity of 32

inputs and 32 outputs), thus one RedNet 5 may be connected to each card. A maximum of three

RedNet 5s may be connected, giving a total input and output capability of 96 inputs and 96 outputs.

Pro Tools|HDX:

Connect each RedNet 5’s rear panel PRIMARY port to a Mini DigiLink connector on the Pro Tools|HDX

system. Use the DigiLink-to-Mini DigiLink adaptor supplied with each RedNet 5 to complete the

interconnection. Each Pro Tools|HDX card has two Mini DigiLink ports (giving the card a capacity of

64 inputs and 64 outputs), thus two RedNet 5s may be connected to each card. A maximum of six

RedNet 5s may be connected, giving a total input and output capability of 192 inputs and 192 outputs.

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