Allen & Heath FibreACE OpticalCon Connectors Audio Networking Card:
Allen and Heath’s M-DL-GOPT-A (fibreACE) is one of several audio networking options that can be fitted to a dLive I/O Port. It provides a 128x128ch 96kHz copper or fiber optic point-to-point link to another dLive mixing system. It can also be used to connect a MixRack and Surface via fiber optic instead of CAT cable. The fibreACE card uses the proprietary Allen & Heath gigaACE protocol for transporting Audio and Control over Ethernet which allows very low latency, cable redundancy and can tunnel TCP/IP network control over the same connection.

fibreACE is Allen & Heath?s proprietary protocol for transporting Audio and Control over Ethernet. It allows very low latency and cable redundancy without any audio dropout. It can also tunnel the dLive / Avantis TCP/IP control network over the same connection, for example to enable control of two systems by a single laptop.
fibreACE is a truly plug ?n play protocol: no computer is required for the setup of fibreACE connections. Simply plug the cable between any two dLive / Avantis systems and set the patch and clock settings directly on the mixer.

Features:
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128 in, 128 out
96kHz sample rate
3 modes of operation:

Copper ? CAT5e or higher
Fibre ? Neutrik OpticalCon Duo multimode
Convert ? run fibre between MixRack and Surface

Ultra-low transport latency ? 5 samples (52us)
Dual redundancy
Switchable Control Network Bridge