Nexo NUAR - Manual (Page 98)

NXDT104 EXPANSION BOARD, DANTE™ PATCHING AND REMOTE CONTROL
Use this port as a Dante™ Primary port when connecting to a Dante™ network.
(2) Network Ports Status LEDs
The two LEDs next to the Primary port show the link/activity status of the Primary port.
The two LEDs next to the Secondary port show the link/activity status of the Secondary
port.
(3) Dante ™ Secondary Port
This Port running at 100 Mb or 1 Gb (automatically selected) features an Ethercon®
connector. Use this type of connector to secure your Dante™ network from unwanted
unplugs. This type of connector also ensures a longer life to the internal RJ45 contacts,
because if preserves it from external traction.
Use this port as a Dante™ Secondary port when connecting to a Dante™ network.
(4) Remote port
The Remote port running at 100 Mb or 1 Gb (automatically selected) expands the
functionality of the classical two ports Dante™ compatible network cards.
The first target of the Remote port is allowing the user to have a separate network for
control and monitoring, thus allowing full bandwidth for Dante™ audio data on the
dedicated Primary and/or Secondary ports.
WARNING! Do not connect several ports of the NXDT104 to the same switch. This
will create a loop and stop all traffic on all network ports of the card.
Another advantage of the Remote control port is to provide a redundancy of the remote
control when the two Primary/Secondary Dante™ ports are used in redundant mode, as
Secondary Dante™ port will then filter Dante™ audio data only.
Last important advantage of this Remote port is that all three port of the NXDT104 are
connected to a 100 Mb/1 Gb switch, so Dante™ data can also be transmitted/received
to/from this port. Thus when the Primary/Secondary Dante™ ports are using in switch
mode, the NXDT104 offers 3 switched Dante™ ports, meaning that each NXDT104 can be
linked to two other Dante™ compatible devices, thus reducing the number of switches in
the network.
On top of this plug you will find 2 LEDS: The left one (Link), means that the equipment is
connected, the right one (Activity) meaning that frames are received.
Ethernet Additional hardware
In the previous description of the NXES104 (Ethersound™ card for NXAMP) in this manual,
several characteristics of Ethernet additional hardware where described to achieve a good
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