In the coming weeks, hopefully mid August, I’ll be adding an S7000 to my existing C1500/CDM32 inventory to provide a larger surface for the festival shows that have been coming in over the past couple of years and to enable a dual surface in-mixrack split which will free up one of my iLive systems to cover smaller festival stages.
An S Class mixrack will follow but not for some more months.
I understand the necessity to have a GigaACE card of some kind in the mixrack card slot and to move my Dante card to the primary surface should I wish to use it in the dual surface configuration, however there is conflicting information in the dual surface guide regarding GigaACE surface link redundancy with a C Class mixrack / S Class surface combination.
The text states that a FibreACE card is required to enable redundancy for the secondary surface connected to the card slot, yet there is a diagram which clearly shows a GigaACE card installed in a C Class mixrack with optional redundant link to an S Class surface.
Which is correct?
Whilst FibreACE would be nice to have I can’t justify the price differential if I can get the redundant connection to the S7000 with a GigaACE card. I won’t be using fibre any time soon.
More detailed information on how to configure hardware on both card options for multi surface would be a useful addition to the guide.