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DIO-8 Card problem

Postby Highend17 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:20 am

Hey guys on my d8b i have a DIO-8 card as well as on my hdr and for some reason i cant get a signal from the hdr on the console for the channels the card is responsible for. Its hooked up currently with ADAT cables only do I need to hook up a clock to these because it seems that the OPT-8 cards I have just plug right in and go. Any help would be great.
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Re: DIO-8 Card problem

Postby Casey_Pittman » Wed Apr 20, 2011 6:38 am

In the setup window there is an option for adat or tdif. You need to make sure adat is selected if it isn't already.

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Re: DIO-8 Card problem

Postby Highend17 » Wed Apr 20, 2011 7:33 pm

They are on both the board and the hdr thats what is odd to me
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Re: DIO-8 Card problem

Postby High C Double G » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:06 am

Highend17,

Welcome to the d8b forum.

Typically there is a version dilemma with these cards. Have these cards ever worked in this set up?

No, you do not need a clock cable connected to operate the ADAT I/O. That BNC is a clock output that would go to the TDIF unit if you were using a TDIF cable.

You should pull the card(s) and check the sticker on the EPROM to see if they match. While you are at it write the numbers down and check the database to see what the numbers mean. Different versions do the same thing differently, for them to work they need to be the same - also there is a latency difference between the OPT-8 and the DIO-8, so unless it is in the ALT it is preferable to have 1-24 be all the same type of I/O cards.

Hope this helps,
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Re: DIO-8 Card problem

Postby Highend17 » Sat May 14, 2011 8:39 pm

Hey sorry I have not got back on here I got busy with other stuff but so far still seem to be the same problem it seems to know what cards and set up for adat any more suggestions
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Re: DIO-8 Card problem

Postby Casey_Pittman » Sat May 14, 2011 9:01 pm

Did you check the eprom version on the cards as michael suggested?
Has this setup ever worked properly?

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Re: DIO-8 Card problem

Postby anyhorizon » Sat May 14, 2011 11:28 pm

Michael's right and the reference to that is here.

In all honesty, if you can manage it, it would be better to use all OPT-8 cards.

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Re: DIO-8 Card problem

Postby Highend17 » Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:32 pm

hey guys sorry for the long reply we need up buying two opt cards and then troubleshooted it and looks like one of the cards I was using was bad seems to be fine now though thanks for the help
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