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Once the controller is started, the AVDECC Entity Controller window should open. This provides general information about the available AVB streams.
 
Once the controller is started, the AVDECC Entity Controller window should open. This provides general information about the available AVB streams.
  
<<AVDECC Entity Controller>>
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{AVDECC Entity Controller>}
  
 
To see what streams are patched where, open the AVDECC Connection Matrix from the Window menu (or by typing Cmnd-4). **This tool can be used to patch Talkers and Listeners with each other.** Talkers are listed across the top, and Listeners across the left. In the image, the one patched connection [X] below reflects that the [[Avid:E3 Engine]] output stream for channels 1-8 is patched to a [[MOTU:Stage-B16]] input stream.
 
To see what streams are patched where, open the AVDECC Connection Matrix from the Window menu (or by typing Cmnd-4). **This tool can be used to patch Talkers and Listeners with each other.** Talkers are listed across the top, and Listeners across the left. In the image, the one patched connection [X] below reflects that the [[Avid:E3 Engine]] output stream for channels 1-8 is patched to a [[MOTU:Stage-B16]] input stream.

Revision as of 20:22, 18 January 2020

  1. macOS avbutil Command

The `avbutil` command is included in macOS since macOS Sierra (needs verification).

    1. Known avbutil versions

OS | Release | Version


| ------- | -------

macOS Sierra | 10.12.6 | 506.1 macOS High Sierra | | macOS Mojave | | 740.1 macOS Mojave | 10.14.6 | 760.6 macOS Catalina | 10.15.2 | 800.17

    1. AVDECC Entity Controller

The AVDECC Entity Controller can be started from the *Terminal*.

``` $ avbutil avbutil 740.1

avbutil> controller avbutil> ```

Once the controller is started, the AVDECC Entity Controller window should open. This provides general information about the available AVB streams.

{AVDECC Entity Controller>}

To see what streams are patched where, open the AVDECC Connection Matrix from the Window menu (or by typing Cmnd-4). **This tool can be used to patch Talkers and Listeners with each other.** Talkers are listed across the top, and Listeners across the left. In the image, the one patched connection [X] below reflects that the Avid:E3 Engine output stream for channels 1-8 is patched to a MOTU:Stage-B16 input stream.