thanks Matthias, sync over ADAT seems to be more solid now. I will continue to do more tests in the next few days. One more question, when using the Octamic with the UFX is it better to have the RME as the clock master or slave in terms of overall system stability?

thanks again for your quick response.

I am sorry I am replaying to an older post but I have issues with adat still, I am using the UFX with Allen&Heath R16 mixer. I have 4 optical cables between the units and UFX as a master. The click and pops I get are pretty bad, the light blinks constantly. I don't know if the latest update to the UFX has anything to do with it as it seemed only here and there the adat2 would blink, click and pop occasionally.

Is there a general rule as what needs to be turned on first, I would assume ufx then adat device, Any tips I could get on this?

I am using optical cables provided by RME, I've also tried consumer premium optical and the results were the same.

I am sorry I did not explain it right, they are not flashing non stop but intermittently. I think I have it configured right, R16 is set up to clock to UFX via it's own app (internal or adat as options), there is also a switch on the board that is set to adat. The lights might be solid for a few seconds then they will start going on and off (not at the same time). Currently I am connected to spanking new mac via usb. I know there was some discussion wether usb or fw was better.

I had an issue with a FF800 before but a bad cable was to blame, since then I've stocked up on good toslink cables, and that was the first thing I checked. It's impossible to use the pre's on the r16. Am I missing something?

no r16 does not have bnc wordclock unfortunately. Did not try to make sure the ufx adat's are good, thanks for the tip. I'll try that tonight and get back with results.

I'm having the same problems right now. If you could let me know if you were able to resolve these problems I would greatly appreciate knowing what you did. I'm using a UFX and Octamic II as slave with BNC, but syncing through adat hasn't helped. thanks

No unfortunately I never was able to correct/fix the issue/problem. I really don't know how to address the issue anymore.

The LED blink while the settings windows show adat's going along from sync-lock as the lights blink. So no....Kinda bummed because the inputs/outputs on the UFX with out the adat are not enough for me and I really don't know what else to do.

I will probobly have to do that. How long does that take and what is the cost associated, I am not sure if I am under warranty, but I think I talked about this issue with in the few weeks of me buying the unit