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Presets

Dante Controller supports the saving and loading of Dante network routing and device configurations,

known as 'presets'. A preset file contains configuration and routing parameters for some or all of the

devices in the network.

Preset files are saved as xml, and can be edited offline. They are also 'device-agnostic' - they can be

shared between networks with different physical devices.

You can use presets to:

n Backup and restore network configurations

n Quickly switch between saved network configurations

n Copy a Dante network configuration from a 'lab' or test network to a live or production network

Create network configurations for special, or periodic events, and then switch back to the standard

configuration when desired

n Quickly apply one or more configuration settings to a number of devices simultaneously - for

example, setting all devices on your network to the same sample rate (global configuration)

Use Dante Controller as an off-line editing tool – off-line edit the saved preset configuration for reuse

in new network configuration deployments

About Device Roles

Presets introduce the concept of 'device roles'. When a preset is saved, the configuration and routing for

each selected device is saved into the preset as a device role, with the same name as the device from

which it was created.

The role is not 'tied' to its originating device. When a preset is loaded intoDante Controller, each role can

be applied to its originating device,

to another device (even if it does not support exactly the same

functionality). It is a transferable set of device configuration and routing parameters.

For example:

Dave the sound engineer has gigs on Friday and Saturday night at a local venue. On Friday

evening before the gig, he sets up his Dante network at the venue, and when he's happy with it, he

saves the preset.

After the gig,Dave's annoying boss turns up and steals the mixing console for another job. Dave,

however, has a friend with a similar console (conveniently from the same manufacturer, and with a

higher channel count) which he can borrow for Saturday's gig.

The next night, Dave simply connects the new mixing console to the network, in place of the old

one, and reloads his preset. The new console is now configured exactly like the old one - including

all of the relevant channel labels, and audio subscriptions - and the network functions exactly as

before, without any need for further configuration. The gig goes really well, and the band takes

Dave out for dinner.

If a role is applied to a device that is different from the role's originating device - for example, a role for

console model A is applied to console model B - Dante Controller will identify any issues that might arise