User Manual

Dante Controller User Guide
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Introduction
About Dante Controller
Dante Controller is a software application provided by Audinate which allows
users to configure and route audio around Dante networks. It is available for
Windows and OSX(see Minimum System Requirements for more details).
Once you install Dante Controller on your PC or Mac and connect it to a Dante
network, you can use Dante Controller to:
n View all Dante-enabled audio devices and their channels on the network
n View Dante-enabled device clock and network settings
n Route audio on these devices, and view the state of existing audio routes
n Change the labels of audio channels from numbers to names that suit you
n Customize the receive latency (latency before play out)
n Save audio routing presets
n Apply previously saved presets
n Edit presets offline, and apply as configurations for new network deployments
n View and set per device configuration options including:
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Changing the device name
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Changing sample rate and clock settings
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Viewing detailed network information
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Access the device web page to upgrade firmware and license information (where supported)
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Identify a device for example by flashing LEDs (where supported)
n View network status information, including:
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Multicast bandwidth across the network
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Transmit and receive bandwidth for each device
n View device performance information, including latency statistics and packet errors
n View clock status information for each device, including frequency offset history and clock event
logs
What's New in version 3.5
v3.5.6
n Dante Controller now displays Ultimo devices in orange text when they are in upgrade mode.
n Device names can now start with a numeric character.
n OSX10.10 is now supported.
v3.5.1
n Dante Controller now checks (at startup) the version of the Dante Control and Monitoring service
(conmon) that is installed on the computer. If the conmon version is not correct for the installed