Extron Electronics Dante Controller User Manual

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Dante Controller User Guide

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This view provides a convenient way of quickly scanning the network for clock information. The view is in
table format, with the following fields for each device, in columns from the left, as follows:

n

Device Name: the label currently associated with the device.

n

Primary Interface Clock Status: indicates the state of the PTP clock for the primary network
interface. Clock Status values and their meanings are as follows:

Master

Device is the current PTP Master Clock on the primary
Dante network

Slave

Device is a PTP Slave on the primary Dante network

Passive

Device is not using clock synchronization information from
this interface

Link Down

The interface is not connected to the network

Not
Supported

Where the device is non redundant the second interface is
Not Supported

Not
Available

The device does not support clock status reporting

Devices that are configured with sample rate pull-up/down are shown with the relevant pull-up/down value
against their Clock Status. For example, a device acting as master clock with +4.1667% pull-up will be
shown as Master +4.1667%. See

Clock Domains

for more information.

Note: Other transient clock states exist, which are not listed above.

n

Secondary Interface Clock Status: indicates the state of the PTP clock for the secondary network
interface of a redundant device. The pull-up/down setting for the device is also shown.

n

Clock Role: shows the capabilities of the device, and allows the user to select 'Preferred Master'
status for a device. The possible values are:

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