Audinate Dante-MY16-AUD User's Guide Page 1

Dante Controller UserGuideUser GuideFor Dante Controller version 3.4 for Windows and Mac OSXFor Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8, and Mac OS X 10.

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-10-v3.2.9n For supported devices (Dante-MY16-AUD cards v3.3.9 and u

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-11-Mac OSXComponent Recommended Minimum RequirementOperating System

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-12-Installing Dante ControllerDownloading Dante ControllerDante Con

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-13-WindowsNavigate to Control Panel > Programs and Features, sel

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-14-Dante BasicsDiscovery and auto-configurationWhen a Dante-enabled

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-15-n Dante routing is performed using the device names and channel

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-16-n Transmit (Tx) channel: A transmit channel transmits audio from

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-17-If the secondary network is connected to a device that supports

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-18-flows, multicast flows must be set up on the transmitting Dante

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-19-Clocking and Synchronization in Redundant NetworksIn a redundant

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-2-ContentsAbout Audinate 8About Dante 8Introduction 9About Dante Co

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-20-LatencyIn Dante, variation in latency in the network is compensa

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-21-Starting Dante ControllerWhere to find the Dante Controller appl

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-22-The selected network interface can be changed via the 'inte

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-23-Using Dante ControllerDante Controller presents the user with tw

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-24-Network View Menu barThe menu bar in the Network View contains t

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-25-n Clock Statusn EventsThe use of each of these tabs is described

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-26-The Rx channels associated with any device can be displayed by c

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-27-same time (see the figure in Expanding the Routing View).Unsubsc

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-28-n Device Name: The label currently associated with the devicen P

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-29-This view provides a convenient way of quickly scanning the netw

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-3-Preferred Master 18Clocking and Synchronization in Redundant Netw

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-30-Preferred Master(checked orunchecked)Device may act as master cl

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-31-Up to 5 separate clock domains can be supported at any one time.

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-32-WarningEvents are also written to a log file. Each time the cont

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-33-the “Control” key when following the instructions below, and sub

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-34-Device View Menu barThe menu bar in the Device View contains thr

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-35-An additional tab, Baseboard, is only available when the Dante d

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-36-Subscription is OK and audio should be flowingNo subscription, o

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-37-The Transmit Tab is arranged in two areas:n Transmit Channels: T

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-38-Changing Tx channel labelsTo change a Tx channel label double cl

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-39-n Model: The Dante device type.n Software Version: The version o

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-4-Device 34Help 34Device View Toolbar 34Device View Tabs 34Receive

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-40-Indicates that the link is operating at 100MbpsIndicates that th

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-41-Configurable ParametersRename DeviceAllows the user to enter a n

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-42-n Latency settingn Any existing audio routesSupported devices al

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-43-Dante Redundancy / Switch ConfigurationDepending on the manufact

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-44-HARemote is a proprietary serial control protocol used by Yamah

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-45-The window shows a list of the Tx channels for the device and al

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-46-PresetsDante Controller supports loading and saving of audio rou

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-47-Devices that will have their audio routing changed as a result o

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-48-TroubleshootingMessages on StartupError Message Meaning & Ac

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-49-Troubleshooting Dante IP Address ConfigurationAll devices in a D

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-5-Incorrect general IP configuration 49Incorrect redundant network

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-50-Most commonly by either misunderstanding how redundancy works, a

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-51-n The Primary Address of all devices should follow the same IP a

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-52-IndexAAudio Formats 17Auto-configuration 14Available Channels 35

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-53-Device Name 28Device Names 14Device Status View 27Device View 32

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-54-Manufacturer 38Memory 10Messages 48Monitoring 20Multicast 16, 18

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-55-SSample Rate 41Saving Presets 46Secondary Address 28Secondary In

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-6-ContactsAudinate Pty LtdLevel 1, 458 Wattle StreetUltimo NSW 2007

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-7-Audinate is not liable for any loss or damage that may be suffere

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-8-About AudinateAudinate Pty Ltd is a leading developer of media ne

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2013 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-9-IntroductionAbout Dante ControllerDante Controller is a software