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Hi,

Just managed to aquire myself a lovely A16 Ultra however I have no manual in the box - is one available for download anywhere?

Regards,

Simon

OK It appears no manual is available

Can I use a standard iee1394 Firewire cable to connect it via Z-Link?

Regards,

Simon

Yes,

Cheers

well, the english version of the pdf manual is lacking the chapter "Installation" which covers the A16U in detail. I posted at least the section concerning adat<->zlink conversion since my german manual has such a chapter

if you have an original printed manual (the lime green one) this chapter is available also in english.

I got both, so don't hesitate to ask

and yes, you can use a standard IEEE1394 cable (since there is no such thing as a special Z-Link cable )

-greetings, markus-

Marcus,

Thanks for the reply.

I've got no manuals at all so I'm a bit in the dark

I presume the dip switches allow setting either -10dbv or +4dbu and that these can be set individually for each input/output?

Can in/out A be over Z-Link and B be over ADAT? Is there any advantage to either?

Can the unit be configured as a wordclock master and Scope slave to it? Is it a better wordclock master than my Scope Pro card?

Appreciate any help.

Simon

I clock from my A16U and it's solid. I do trust it better than a clock sitting in the computer. It seems fine being powered on 24/7 for very very long periods. The dip-switched for bal/unbal can be set individually for the 2 banks of 8 ins and outs, not for individual ins/outs.

Can't seem to get my Scope to clock from the A16? I've got the A16 plugged into my Powersampler card via Z-Link.

I Select master and the sample rate via the A16 buttons - go to sample settings in Scope and click the slave button and select the Powersampler card - the sample indicator just stays blank?

Anyone assist.

Regards,

Simon

z-link is slave only, which works just fine. don't stress, set scope to master and A16 to z-llink slave. perfecto.

grappa wrote: I presume the dip switches allow setting either -10dbv or +4dbu and that these can be set individually for each input/output?

with the dip switches you set the level of a group of ins or outs. there are 2 groups (A and B) containing 8 ins/outs. you can set the level individually for each group, be that inputs or outputs. thus they are labelled IN-A and IN-B as well as OUT-A and OUT-B.
the OPT-A/B is not used and reserved for "future use"

the up position means "professional level" (+4dBu), the down position "consumer level" (-10dBv).

Can in/out A be over Z-Link and B be over ADAT? Is there any advantage to either?

well, the unit can (according to the manual) be connected to one z-link port only, and the other half unit remains in adat mode.

it would make no sense to me to connect the A16U to the same card with different methods. use either z-link or adat. remember that adat means losing half of the channels when working at higher sample rates. if you just want to split the unit into 2 independent converters, you have imho no other choice but running one bank via zlink and the other via adat, since the unit mutes if not both z-link signals are phase-coherent (something they guarantee when connecting both cables to a bundle of cards connected via stdm).

-greetings, markus-