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Topic: question regarding AoX-M and D

Hello,
I would want to know if using on the same PC both milan and Dante card(for routing avb<->dante), it would operate internally through TotalMix FX without latency (only ad<->da latency), or it would have some sort of latency?

second question is: can it operate in standalone mode ? for example putting both cards in a thunderbolt pcie adapter, to only act as a "bridge" between protocols or it requires to go through the pc cpu and forth?

thanks.

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Re: question regarding AoX-M and D

If both cards would have the optional MADI cards, you could connect them both with MADI and make the conversion almost zero latency free from AVB to Dante with max 256 channels and vice versa.

The cards do not work in stand-alone mode.

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Re: question regarding AoX-M and D

joaquinjsb wrote:

second question is: can it operate in standalone mode ? for example putting both cards in a thunderbolt pcie adapter, to only act as a "bridge" between protocols or it requires to go through the pc cpu and forth?

TB expansion chassis: The moment you disconnect TB power is switched off, the cards are dead. So even if there is a card stand-alone mode (which is not) it won't work.

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Re: question regarding AoX-M and D

And what if TB chassis would be powered? So that when disconnected from computer cards would stay also powered...

Digiface USB also is not designed for standalone, but it works standalone if connected to powered USB hub. Of course it must be connected to computer for a while to be setup. But since then it may run standalone for ages, if kept powered.

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Re: question regarding AoX-M and D

Audio AG Support wrote:

If both cards would have the optional MADI cards, you could connect them both with MADI and make the conversion almost zero latency free from AVB to Dante with max 256 channels and vice versa.

The cards do not work in stand-alone mode.

that almost answers my question, but let me do an example to check if I understood, lets say:

AVB -> AoX-M -> MADI (OUTPUT) -> MADI (INPUT) -> AoX - D -> DANTE

means that the conversion from AVB-> MADI OUT would be made through FPGA (so no CPU Power involved and no ASIO latency) Am I right?

so it would be be 0.49ms for A/D-D/A + FPGA latency ?

MC wrote:
joaquinjsb wrote:

second question is: can it operate in standalone mode ? for example putting both cards in a thunderbolt pcie adapter, to only act as a "bridge" between protocols or it requires to go through the pc cpu and forth?

TB expansion chassis: The moment you disconnect TB power is switched off, the cards are dead. So even if there is a card stand-alone mode (which is not) it won't work.

as Kubrak said, is that possible?

And what if TB chassis would be powered? So that when disconnected from computer cards would stay also powered...

Digiface USB also is not designed for standalone, but it works standalone if connected to powered USB hub. Of course it must be connected to computer for a while to be setup. But since then it may run standalone for ages, if kept powered.