AVDT-BOB
User’s manual
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AVDT-BOB Quick Start
2.1
Power to Start-up
To start your AVDT-BOB, connect the Main port of your AVDT-BOB, to an active POE switch
port using a CAT5E/6 cable (Gigabit connection) or alternatively connect an optional 12V DC
power to the DC Power connector of your AVDT-BOB.
POE Port (Main)
DC Plug
Power LED
Power LED
POE Port (Main)
DC Plug
When powered, the Green Power led of the AVDT-BOB will be On.
Notice: You can use at the same time the POE and 12VDC and they will act as redundant
power supplies.
2.2
Connect the AVDT-BOB to an IP/Dante network
The connection of your AVDT-BOB to the IP/Dante network can done via Ethernet CAT5e/6/7
cables using the Main Gigabit port that is POE compatible or via the Aux Gigabit port(s)
When connected to another active/running Ethernet device (Switch, Mac, PC, IP router), the
Link LED of the connected port will be On and the Act LED will start flashing.
AVDT-BOB can be daisy chained to other Dante device via the remaining port(s) thanks to an
internal gigabit switch that connects:
-
Physical Ethernet ports (Main, Aux)
-
Dante component
-
User Interface of ARM processor managing Web 2.0, DSP and Mic preamps
AVDT-BOB has 2x independent IP network addresses and 2 associated names to control
“
Dante
”
functions
and “
User-Interface
”
:
IP addresses are set automatically by default via a DHCP server or using APIPA
addresses (169.254.xxx.xxx/16).
The Dante name of an AVDT-BOB may be changed by the Dante Controller. This name
is preset at factory at “
AVDT-BOB-#
” where
# is its serial number.
AVDT-
BOB serial number 145 has Dante name “
AVDT-BOB-145
” as
factory preset.
The name of User Interface of an AVDT-BOB is its Dante name plus a fixed extension
“
-
UI”. This name is preset at factory to “AVDT
-BOB-#-UI
” where # is its s
erial number.
AVDT-BOB with serial number 145 has User Interface name
“
AVDT-BOB-
145-UI
” as factory preset.
