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Table of Contents Connecting to a Network ................................................... 4 Before You Set Up Your Network - Important Notes......................4 Gigabit Ethernet Support...........................................................4 Choosing a Gigabit Ethernet Network Switch ...........................4 Choosing Ethernet Cabling .......................................................4 Network Configuration....................................................................
Troubleshooting ............................................................... 13 Introduction...................................................................................13 Network Configuration..................................................................13 Gigabit Ethernet ......................................................................13 Computer Configuration ...............................................................13 Network Switch Configuration and Cabling......................
Connecting to a Network Connecting to a Network In order to use your Dante Accelerator, you will need to set up an Ethernet network connecting: • The computer on which the Dante Accelerator is installed • The computer running Dante Controller (if it’s not the same computer), and • Any other Dante-enabled audio device you may have. Before You Set Up Your Network Important Notes Gigabit Ethernet Support Your Dante Accelerator has been designed to perform with Gigabit Ethernet networks.
Connecting to a Network Network Configuration The Dante Accelerator is a dedicated Dante audio interface, and cannot be used by the Dante Controller as a port for network control (configuring Dante devices, and routing audio). Network control must be performed via the standard network adapter on the computer on which Dante Controller is installed.
Connecting to a Network Connection via a Redundant Network Dante redundancy works by using two completely independent and separate networks, the Primary Network and the Secondary Network. To set up and use Dante Redundancy, connect your redundant Dante-enabled device using duplicate network switches and Ethernet cables as shown below.
Connecting to a Network 4. Connect your Secondary Ethernet cables from each device that supports redundancy to the Gigabit ports of the Secondary network network switch. You may need to reboot the computers if they have active previous IP network configurations. All devices will automatically be assigned IP network configurations. NOTE Some firmware versions of the Dante Accelerator do not support redundant networks.
Connecting to a Network Dante Audio Data over Wireless Networks Wireless Ethernet networks should not be used to carry Dante audio data, and Dante Controller installed on a PC or Mac will not allow selection of Wireless Ethernet interface or any other non-standard wired Ethernet interface. You should NOT install any wireless components in your Dante network.
Dante Accelerator Basic Operation Dante Accelerator Basic Operation Setting Up Audio Routing Once you have installed a Dante Accelerator in your computer and connected it to a network, you are in a position to start using Dante networking in earnest to set up audio routing between other Dante-enabled devices you may have on the network. The Dante Controller can be used to configure audio routing between Dante devices.
Dante Accelerator Basic Operation Identifying Individual DANTE ACCELERATOR Changing the Sample Rate When there are multiple computers with Dante Accelerator cards in your network, you can use the Identify feature to know which card is which. Once you have selected a particular card within Device View in the Dante Controller, you can click on the Identify icon in the Device View toolbar. This will cause all of the LEDs on the Dante Accelerator to flash green for about ten seconds.
Using the Card with an Audio Application Using the Card with an Audio Application Choosing an Audio Application The Dante Accelerator acts like a standard Core Audio device in an Apple Mac computer, and like an ASIO sound device in a PC running Windows. ASIO for Windows There are a number of different audio interfaces commonly used by Windows. The Dante Accelerator provides an ASIO audio interface, and is compatible with audio applications that support this standard.
Using the Card with an Audio Application Configuring Sound on Mac OS X – Output The system sound effects should be sent to the built-in speakers, rather than Dante, so that they don’t interfere with the audio traveling over the network: Configuring Sound on Mac OS X – Internal Speakers DANTE ACCELERATOR Operation Manual 12
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Introduction Problems or issues related to Dante and setting up your Dante Accelerator tend to fall in one of three main areas: • Network Configuration (Page 13) • Computer configuration (Page 13) • Dante configuration (Page 15) Network Configuration Gigabit Ethernet All your Dante Accelerator require a Gigabit Ethernet interface. This means that they should be connected to a Gigabit Ethernet network switch.
Troubleshooting Network Switch Configuration and Cabling System Checklist Cables are the most vulnerable part of a network system, and “home-made” manually terminated cables can be error-prone.
Troubleshooting Mac OS X In Mac OS X, an installed Dante Accelerator will appear in the System Profiler. The System Profiler is in the Utilities folder within your Applications folder. The card will appear in the Hardware section under PCI Cards, but to see the driver version, navigate to Software > Extensions. Mac OS X System Profiler To check the driver version, select the device. The driver version is shown in the top line of the device details. X.X.X represents the driver version.
Index Index Number 100Mbit/s Ethernet 4 100Mbps 8 A ASIO 11 Audio Interface 11 Audio routing 9 B Basic Operation 9 C Cabling 14 Channel Labels 10 Choosing a network switch 4 Choosing an Audio Application 11 Choosing Dante as your Audio Interface 11 Computer Configuration 13 Configuring the Card 9 Connecting to a Network 4 Core Audio 11 D Dante Controller 9 Device Name 10 Device View 9 Driver Version 14 E Ethernet Cabling 4 F Firewalls 13 G Gigabit Ethernet 13 Gigabit Ethernet Support 4 I Identifyin
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