16 channels of ADAT i/o from an un-expanded 192

Can anyone shed any light on this please? Am wondering whether an un-expanded 192 will allow 16 channels of ADAT lightpipe - via using both the enclosure optical port and that on the supplied Dig i/o card? If yes, how to configure in 'hardware' page. Or will I have to dig deep for another Dig i/o card? Any help gratefully received.

Thanks Andre. Much appreciated. Take your point about being specific - so shall be in future posts. As you've guessed the 192 in question is the 192 - not the 192D. Best regards.

I use 16 channels of ADAT on the 192, and there are a few things you need to be aware of. 1. If u only have a 192 as ur only interface and monitor through it, u will need 2 channels out of the 16 total outputs to be set to analog for the main outs, leaving you with 14 channels of ADAT outputs total. 2. 8 of the 16 ADAT channels available in the 192 are seated on a non-removable digital expansion card and features realtime sample frequency conversion, while the last 8 channels are integrated inside the unit itself WITHOUT realtime sample frequency conversion posibility. This means that if u send 16 ADAT streams in 44.1khz into the 192 with a session running in 48khz, it will only be the 8 channels going into the expansion card that will run at the correct 48khz sample rate inside ur session, while the the remaining 8 channels will still play at 44.1khz - ie. not being usable. If u use 16 channels of input u have to keep the samplerate at the same frequency inside the session and at the source of the streams to avoid this problem.

I thought that the built-in optical port on the 192 was only two-channel (S/PDIF). Thanks for pointing this out.