Rational Acoustics Smaart I-O User Manual - Back Panel
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5. Balanced line level outputs.
6. Balanced Mic. Line inputs. Jack accepts XLR or 1/4” balanced or
unbalanced TRS or TS connector. 1/4” input has a ~20 dB pad inline and
is not connected to the phantom power supply.
7. Sync ports for synchronizing the sample clocks between multiple
Smaart I-Os. Accepts standard RJ-45 Ethernet patch cables.
8. USB connector.
9. Optional external power connector. Normally the Smaart I-O is
powered by the USB port on your computer and requires no external
power. However you can also connect a 5 Volt DC power supply to this
jack if you do not wish to port power the Smaart I-O for some reason,
for example if your computer is unable to supply sufficient power for
stable operation.
Hardware Installation
Physical installation of the Smaart I-O is just matter of connecting it to
one of the USB ports on your computer using a standard USB periph-
eral cable (supplied). The Smaart I-O is a USB Audio Class device,
meaning the drivers for it are built into the MacOS and Windows
operating systems and should be loaded automatically when the
device is detected.
Software Installation
Windows users:
Run setup.exe from the CD included in your package
(or better yet, download the latest version from the Rational Acoustics
web site) and follow the prompts in the installation wizard.
Mac users:
Drag the Application bundle from the enclosed CD (or
better still, from the disk image file containing the latest version,