User Manual

Dante Controller User Guide

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Dante Basics

Discovery and auto-configuration

When a Dante-enabled device is connected to an IP/Ethernet network, it will automatically:

1. Configure its IP address

2. Advertise itself to allow automatic discovery

Within seconds of a Dante-enabled device connecting to a network, Dante Controller will automatically

discover and display the device, allowing you to configure channels and route audio.

Automatic network configuration

A Dante-enabled device connected to a network will automatically setup its own network configuration,

including its IP address.

If the network has a DHCP server, which may be the case for installed networks, it will receive its IP

configuration using the standard DHCP protocol.

On a network without a DHCP server, which may be the case for temporary or smaller networks, the

Dante-enabled device will automatically assign itself an address using link local protocols, in the same

way PCs and printers often do.

Automatic discovery

A Dante-enabled device will advertise information about itself to other Dante devices and Dante Controller,

including:

n Device name

n Audio channel labels

n Number of audio channels

n Sample rates and bit depths

This information can be seen when viewing a device on Dante Controller, and allows Dante devices to

determine compatibility with other devices, such as compatible sample rates to allow audio to be routed.

Device Channels

A Dante device has a number of channels associated with it. These are either transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx)

channels. Receive channels and devices are listed down the left side of the grid. Transmit channels and

devices are listed along the top of the grid.

Transmit channels are advertised on the network. A receiver uses this advertisement to establish a

subscription to the channel. A transmit channel can be sent to multiple receivers using unicast or

multicast.

Receive channels are connected to transmit channels via a subscription. Each receive channel will receive

audio over the network from at most one transmit channel.