Media Network Setup
Media Networks are the AVB, Dante or CobraNet connections that are being used in your Tesira configuration file.
Three Media networks are created by default and cannot be deleted. Additional media networks can be added and defined if required.
The available Media Networks are listed. Dedicated media blocks such as the AVB Input, AVB Output, Dante Input, Dante Output, Audio-Technica Mic, Shure Mic, CobraNet Input and the CobraNet Output have a drop down that is used to select the required Media Network.
A single Clock Master can be defined in the system. This setting will define which network will be tasked with Backplane timing and synchronizing the audio across different media networks. When a Dante block is added to a layout for the first time, a Media Clock Change prompt will recommend Dante Default media network to Clock Master. See Dante Network Considerations - Clocks for additional details about clock settings and Media Networks for details on Dante Default settings.
Un-checking the Detect Clock Sync Faults suppresses the "clocks not synchronized on the media network" error message. An example of when a user may want to deselect this option is if two separate Tesira systems are connected and synchronized to the same Dante network, and each system has Dante selected as the Clock Master. If these systems were then connected to the same CobraNet network, both systems would attempt to be the CobraNet conductor. In this scenario, only one system may be the conductor, so the other system would give the "clocks not synchronized on CobraNet network" error message. A system designer may suppress the error message by deselecting the "Detect Clock Sync Faults" check box for the CobraNet network.
The Media Networks Diagram can be reviewed to get an overview of the Media networks in use.
| Name | Description |
| Add | Creates a default user-defined Network Name, with a format of "UserNetwork_1", "UserNetwork_2", etc. with a default type of AVB. Once created, this can be renamed and the Network Type changed to Dante or CobraNet if needed. |
| Remove | Will remove a selected user-defined network. Not available on any of the three default network names. |
| OK | Saves and closes any current settings |
| Cancel | Cancels and discards any current changes |