Clearone Dante Controller User Manual

Dante Controller UserGuideUser GuideFor Dante Controller version 3.5.x for Windows and Mac OSXFor Windows 7 and Windows 8, and Mac OS X 10.7.5, 10.8.

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-10-IntroductionAbout Dante ControllerDante Controller is a software

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-11-v3.5.0n Presets have been enhanced. You are now able to filter t

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-12-n Dante Controller for Mac now supports OSX10.8.v3.2.8n Switch

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-13-Note: If you intend to also install Dante Virtual Soundcard on t

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-14-Installing Dante ControllerDownloading Dante ControllerDante Con

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-15-WindowsNavigate to Control Panel > Programs and Features, sel

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-16-Dante BasicsDiscovery and auto-configurationWhen a Dante-enabled

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-17-Subscribing to Audio ChannelsIn the Routing View, a blue square

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-18-If there is no problem with the subscription, the tooltip will d

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-19-Example: The power supply on “stage-box” fails and “stage-box” n

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-2-ContentsAbout Audinate 9About Dante 9Introduction 10About Dante C

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-20-n Unicast routing: Unicast flows are point-to-point from a singl

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-21-If the secondary network is connected to a device that supports

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-22-Advanced Routing: Using MulticastDante routing is unicast by def

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-23-and will eventually be muted -unlessdevice B is also deriving it

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-24-Latency and Dante Virtual SoundcardDante Virtual Soundcard allow

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-25-Starting Dante ControllerWhere to find the Dante Controller appl

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-26-To display this dialog at any other time, click the button in th

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-27-Primary and secondary Dante networks (redundant configuration),

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-28-Primary and secondary networks (redundant configuration), two ne

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-29-Using Dante ControllerDante Controller presents two main types o

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-3-Subscription 20Redundancy 20Audio Formats 21Flows 21Advanced Rout

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-30-Menu barThe menu bar in the Network View includes four menus: Fi

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-31-Devicen Refresh (F5): Refreshes the displayed network / device d

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-32-Status BarThe Status Bar displays notifications for network stat

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-33-Expanding the Routing ViewThe Rx channels associated with any de

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-34-to only display devices that contain that text string, in either

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-35-To expand a channel group, click the plus [+] icon. To collapse

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-36-n Product Version: The product version, as defined by the manufa

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-37-nA green light indicates that the device is currently synced to

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-38-Where the checkbox is present but greyed-out (and inactive), it

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-39-Clock Status MonitoringDante devices are monitored by Dante Cont

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-4-Device List Filtering 33Channel Groups 34Device Info 35Clock Stat

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-40-When Active Clock Status Monitoring is active, the button is sho

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-41-The event types are:n Clock Sync Warning: Indicates that a clock

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-42-network clock, its frequency must be 'pulled' up or do

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-43-Generally, a stable and accurate clock will show consistently st

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-44-Network StatusThe Network Status tab provides a range of network

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-45-Bandwidth ColumnsUse the bandwidth columns to see an approximati

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-46-EventsThe Events tab provides information on significant changes

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-47-Note: The Event Log LED icon will always remain green while the

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-48-n Demotion from Grand Mastern Reboot requiredAutomatic Notificat

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-49-Note: Mac OS X users: Please note that the key combinations show

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-5-Other Event Notifications 48Device View 48Device View Menu bar 50

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-50-n Device Config: rename device, change sample rate and set other

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-51-Device View TabsThe Device View is split into tabs, some of whic

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-52-Channel is receiving audio between -61dbFS and 0dfFSChannel is c

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-53-Multiple channels can be selected and then dragged and dropped o

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-54-n Transmit Flows: The area on the right pane of the tab indicate

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-55-n Manufacturer: The name of the device manufacturer.n Product Ty

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-56-Note: As a rule of thumb neither the Rx nor the Tx utilization s

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-57-Setting device latency too high, however, can interfere with low

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-58-the transmitter. Ultimo devices, for example, support a minimum

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-59-If any bars are red, it indicates lost packets, and audio loss.

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-6-About Device Roles 66Saving Presets 67Parameter Rules 67Rx Subscr

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-60-Device Config TabThis tab on the device view window allows you t

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-61-n Shows the current pull-up/down setting for the device, and all

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-62-Network Config TabUse the Network Config Tab to toggle supported

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-63-the manufacturer's technical documentation for information

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-64-HARemote is a proprietary serial control protocol used by Yamah

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-65-The window shows a list of the Tx channels for the device, and a

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-66-PresetsDante Controller supports the saving and loading of Dante

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-67-(such as unsupported sample rates) and will display those issues

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-68-Elements column when the preset is applied):All subscriptions fo

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-69-Preset ElementsUse the Preset Elements column to select the para

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-7-ContactsAudinate Pty LtdLevel 1, 458 Wattle StreetUltimo NSW 2007

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-70-You can apply a role to the same physical device from which it w

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-71-Manual AssignmentsTo manually apply a role to a device:n Drag th

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-72-A black icon indicates that the device has been assigned a role,

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-73-8. In the 'Preset Roles' column, select the relevant r

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-74-TroubleshootingMessages on StartupError Message Meaning & Ac

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-75-If your computer has a third-party firewall installed, please re

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-76-n Connecting the secondary interface of a Dante device to the pr

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-77-n The Primary Address of all devices should follow the same IP a

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-78-IndexAApplying Presets 68Audio Formats 21Auto-configuration 16Av

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-79-Dante Information 55Dante Virtual Soundcard 24Device 31, 50Devic

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-8-Audinate is not liable for any loss or damage that may be suffere

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-80-IP configuration 75KKeep IP settings 61LLatency 23Latency Errors

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-81-Primary Status 37, 44Primary Tx B/W 45Processor 12Product Type 3

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-82-Synchronization 22, 37System Requirements 12TTabs 31The installe

Dante Controller User GuideCopyright © 2014 Audinate Pty Ltd. All rights reserved.-9-About AudinateAudinate Pty Ltd is a leading developer of media ne