Re: [LAU] Hardware Soundcard - MOTU 624 AVB Working with Gnu/Linux - Debian 8.7

From: Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Aug 08 2017 - 04:20:52 EEST

Anders - what does uname -a report on your system?

I could get input to be received by the cpu on Linux only after plugging
the device into a MacOS box, but even that is not proving reliable.

On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:53 PM, Anders Hellquist <lau@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> I have used Ultra Ultralite AVB (not 624 AVB) to record electric bass
> directly to Ardour and I have also recorded vocals but then I routed the
> voice trough the internal mixer to let the vocalist adjust the monitoring
> from Ardour and have built in DSP reverb for better experience. Have not
> had any issues with routing or jackd or the onboard stuff except the iPad
> application sometimes not rendering the mixer/router pages correctly.
>
> I am running kxstudio (ubuntu 14.04 with rt-kernel and kxstudio packages)
>
> I have a Debian 7 box that I can check with my AVB stuff but both my cards
> are the classic MOTU Ultralite AVB.
> If I can check anything more, I gladly will.
>
> Best regards, Anders
>
> mån 7 aug. 2017 kl. 20:04 skrev Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hiddenom>:
>
>> Could anyone working with the MOTU ultralite confirm that they have
>> routing from analog inputs to the computer working? I can see signal
>> showing up in the routing matrix and device page, and the device shows up
>> as intended with 18 channels of input in JACK / ALSA, but I don't get any
>> signal, even though I routed 6 analog input channels to "To Computer 1"
>> through "To Compute 6". Really puzzled ... everything suggests that this
>> should just work....
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 6:26 AM, Anders Hellquist <lau@email-addr-hidden>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The linked product is a rj45 splitter that is very usable for running
>>> two Ethernet connections thru a single cable but you need one of these at
>>> both endpoints and this has nothing to do with my use case. I know that a
>>> switch is the solution and was only stating the limitation gnu Linux users
>>> will face because of the missing control link.
>>>
>>> I am quite happy with the product and I usually only need one card
>>> connected to my laptop and the things are just great as for the rest of gnu
>>> AVB users. It was only a heads up for the issue.
>>>
>>> I hope that we in the future will have access without need for the AVB
>>> switch, both for cost effectiveness and reduced complexity.
>>>
>>> /Anders
>>>
>>> On Jul 23, 2017 01:49, <list@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello.
>>>>
>>>> For me there is no confusion here.
>>>>
>>>> Motu AVB's cards serie is not - officially - supported by MOTU for
>>>> Gnu/Linux. Even without the «Linux» stamp on it from MOTU it's the more
>>>> advanced card you can control without headache under Gnu/Linux.
>>>>
>>>> The feature you talk about is for proprietary Operating system with
>>>> Motu's drivers - with some limitations.
>>>>
>>>> Either you bought the wrong cards, or using the wrong operating system
>>>> for your need - it's only a guess.
>>>>
>>>> The AVB switch *is* your solution.
>>>>
>>>> Or you can try, the kernel module something like : CONFIG_USB_NET_* and
>>>> try different devices under to see if your log show something when you plug
>>>> any of your MOTU cards...
>>>>
>>>> Or you can try something like this :
>>>>
>>>> http://i2.cdscdn.com/pdt2/5/2/2/1/700x700/auc3548389018522/
>>>> rw/doubleur-de-port-rj-45-blinde.jpg
>>>>
>>>> sorry don't know the name in English...
>>>>
>>>> Let us know the result....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> All the best.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-07-23 00:20, Anders Hellquist wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is confusion for sure.
>>>>>
>>>>> if I link my two Motu ultralite AVB cards together by using the two
>>>>> AVB ethernet sockets and a Cat5 or Cat6 cable. I have used all
>>>>> ethernet connectors available and the AVB devices can talk to each
>>>>> other but no other networking is available. If I point a browser to
>>>>> any of the ip's of those boxes i will not get an answer since there is
>>>>> no possible route to those cards that only have a link between them.
>>>>> The cards have no built in wifi or extra ethernet jack.. How could I
>>>>> possibly connect to them except by usb and Class Compliant Audio
>>>>> connection which does not give me the extra IP over USB that the
>>>>> windows/osx driver provides...
>>>>>
>>>>> I have never said anything about AVB over USB but only mentioned the
>>>>> missing linux link which is the possibility to access the http web gui
>>>>> trough the USB (or for cards with Thunderbolt) driver provided ip-link
>>>>> (for control only)
>>>>>
>>>>> As I tried to explain. Linux users must have a AVB compliant switch to
>>>>> get a network link to be able to manage Linked AVB devices OR have
>>>>> windows/osx boxes connected via USB/Thunderbolt to one of the AVB
>>>>> devices.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trust me, I am not confused but only stating the obvious that linking
>>>>> to cards with just a cable will create an isolated AVB cluster that
>>>>> will not be manageable from linux computers until someone figures out
>>>>> how to write a driver to get the IP-over USB passthru to work.
>>>>>
>>>>> /Anders
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>

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