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Signal Type Compatibility

The following tables list all the signal types in the app and which signal types they are compatible with. This information is used to determine which ports can be connected to each other.

All signals of the same type are compatible with each other.

Signal TypeAdditional Compatible With
TCP/IPUDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast, SDVoE, SMPTE 297M, ST 2110, NDI, AES67, AVB, Dante, CobraNet, Milan, Ravenna, Waves
UDP/IPTCP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast, SDVoE, SMPTE 297M, ST 2110, NDI, AES67, AVB, Dante, CobraNet, Milan, Ravenna, Waves
UnicastTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Multicast, Broadcast, SDVoE, SMPTE 297M, ST 2110, NDI, AES67, AVB, Dante, CobraNet, Milan, Ravenna, Waves
MulticastTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Broadcast, SDVoE, SMPTE 297M, ST 2110, NDI, AES67, AVB, Dante, CobraNet, Milan, Ravenna, Waves
BroadcastTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, SDVoE, SMPTE 297M, ST 2110, NDI, AES67, AVB, Dante, CobraNet, Milan, Ravenna, Waves
IPMI—
X-Talk—
Signal TypeAdditional Compatible With
DECT—
Signal TypeAdditional Compatible With
SDIHDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, VGA
HDMISDI, DVI, DisplayPort, VGA, Thunderbolt, All USB Data Types
DVISDI, HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA
DisplayPortSDI, HDMI, DVI, VGA, Thunderbolt
VGASDI, HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort
SDVoETCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
SMPTE 297MTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
ST 2110TCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
NDITCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
R/Pr—
G/Y—
B/Pb/C—
Sync/HD—
VD—
RGB/YPbPr—
CVBS Composite—
YC/S-Video—
HDBaseT—
RTSP—
RTSPS—
GB28181—
ONVIF—
XLINK—
3D Sync—
Tri-Level Sync—
Black Burst—
Genlock—
FramelockTTL Sync
TTL SyncFramelock
Signal TypeAdditional Compatible With
VISCA—
XNet—
XNet-VIA—
Signal TypeAdditional Compatible With
Analog—
Digital—
MIDI—
MADIAll USB Data Types
TDM—
AES—
AES42—
AES50—
AES67TCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
AVBTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
DADlink—
DanteTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
CobraNetTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
dSNAKE—
Ultranet—
StageConnect—
Allen & Heath ME—
DigiLink—
fibreACE—
gigaACE—
DX—
GX—
sLink—
HControl—
DCP—
SIM 3—
Nexus—
WavesTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
A-Net Pro16—
A-Net Pro64—
MilanTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
RavennaTCP/IP, UDP/IP, Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast
ADAT—
S/PDIF—
SMPTETimecode
TimecodeSMPTE
Word Clock—
Signal TypeAdditional Compatible With
DMX—
sACN—
Art-Net—
MA-Net—
MA-Net2—
Net3—
Shownet—
SPI—
Advatek Long-Range T8—
Advatek Long-Range T16X—

All USB data types are additionally compatible with all other USB data types. Further compatibilities are listed below.

Signal TypeAdditional Compatible With
USB 2.0HDMI, MADI, Thunderbolt
USB 3.0HDMI, MADI, Thunderbolt
USB 3.1HDMI, MADI, Thunderbolt
USB 3.2HDMI, MADI, Thunderbolt
USB4HDMI, MADI, Thunderbolt
RS-232—
RS-422—
RS-485—
ThunderboltHDMI, DisplayPort, All USB Data Types
FireWire 400FireWire 800
FireWire 800FireWire 400
Light Sensor—