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OS                | Version | .0 | .1 | .2 | .3 | .4 | .5 | .6 | .7
 
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macOS Big Sur    | 11.0 | |
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macOS Big Sur    | 11.0   | | 900.12
macOS Catalina    | 10.15 | | | 800.17 | | | | |  850.1
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macOS Catalina    | 10.15   | | | 800.17 | | | | |  850.1
macOS Mojave      | 10.14 | | | | | (740.1) | | 760.6
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macOS Mojave      | 10.14   | | | | | (740.1) | | 760.6
 
macOS High Sierra | 10.13
 
macOS High Sierra | 10.13
macOS Sierra      | 10.12 | | | | | | | 506.1
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macOS Sierra      | 10.12   | | | | | | | 506.1
  
 
(*) v740.1 needs to be verified.
 
(*) v740.1 needs to be verified.

Revision as of 23:29, 11 November 2020

  1. macOS avbutil Command

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

    1. Known avbutil versions

OS | Version | .0 | .1 | .2 | .3 | .4 | .5 | .6 | .7


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

macOS Big Sur | 11.0 | | 900.12 macOS Catalina | 10.15 | | | 800.17 | | | | | 850.1 macOS Mojave | 10.14 | | | | | (740.1) | | 760.6 macOS High Sierra | 10.13 macOS Sierra | 10.12 | | | | | | | 506.1

(*) v740.1 needs to be verified.

    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 below, 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.

{AVDECC Connection Matrix}

    1. Pivitec AVDECC Controller

[Pivitec](http://www.pivitec.com/) once produced AVB hardware that interfaced with the Avid S3L console. It is still possible to download their [AVDECC Controller](http://www.pivitec.com/avdecc-controller/), although it has not been updated since mid-2015.