Connecting with Optical Audio cables?

[Nickpancake]

I have read some posts here similar to this but I am really confused.

I am trying to connect my eclipse to my focusrite pro 24 audio interface so I can use the eclipse as an out board piece of gear with my DAW. The Pro 24 has spdif in/out but only  optical in. The eclipse has in/out spdif and in/out optical but I don't understand what I need to do. Since there is only an in on the interface does this mean I can't send audio outboard an back in via the optical cable? I have two toslink optical cables but I can't find sp/dif cables anywhere around here. I suppose I will have to order if that's what I need to have.  I am unsure if I could do this with ADAT? Or what cables I would need to do that.

I know this is a long question but any help would be greatly appreciated. Links or anything to point me in the right direction.

Thank you

[nickrose]

Your Focusrite only has optical in, so you will have to use S/PDIF out to send to the Eclipse. You will need a 75 ohm BNC cable. These are not hard to find – they are also used for video.

The Eclipse can both send and receive optical or S/PDIF. See the UM for details.

[Nickpancake]

I need S/PDIF cables in addition to a BNC cable? The BNC cables I have looked at say they are used for world clock. .?

[nickrose]

The S/PDIF cable is a BNC. Wordclock cables will be OK.

[Nickpancake]

Ok so all I need is ONE cable like this?

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BNC103/

and that is it? I would think I need two of them because there is an in and an out for the s/pdif.

[nickrose]

If you are going to use optical for the input you only need one BNC, otherwise you will need two.

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