SQ5 I/O Limit

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Hi all,

I need a bit of help regarding I/O for the SQ5.

Currently we have the SQ5 at the front of house and on stage we have 2 DX168 daisy chained to one another together with a ME-U connected via dante.

Stage speakers are connected to 2 outs from the DX168.

SQ5 → SLink → DX168 → DX168
→ Dante → ME-U

We are looking to use outboard gear for up to 6 stereo buses at front of house and connect the local inputs on the SQ5.
That’s where we’re facing the issue we would run out of local I/O. We’re using 3 inputs for room mics, and 2 local outputs for our local broadcast.

Would something like a DX012 work for us? Since we’re using a dante card already with the SQ5, we only have the SLink port. Which my hunch is telling me it can’t connect to the DX012 and daisy the 2 DX168s right? SQ → SLink → DX012 → DX168 → DX168.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

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Hi,

in SQ Resources you can find the
SLink Connections document.

So with a DX Hub you can add the DX012.

Or if you have spare output channels on your Dante card you could use Dante devices like DT168, DT02 or from other manufacturers.

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The SQ5 has 23 local inputs and 16 local outputs.

Remember the stereo ins and the AES out.