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User's Guide Digiface Dante © RME
7.3 Dante Controller
All settings related to the Dante* network, like clock, streams and routing, are done with the
software Dante Controller by Audinate*. It is a free software application (registration required)
for Windows and Mac, and can be downloaded here:
https://www.audinate.com/products/software/dante-controller
Dante Controller offers automatic device discovery, one-click signal routing and user-editable
device and channel labels. It also provides device status information, real-time network
monitoring including device-level latency and customized event logging. Presets can be used to
quickly and easily backup, restore, move, and re-use Dante network configurations.
At startup Dante Controller scans the network for connected Dante devices and shows them
automatically in the Network View.
Note
: Dante Controller will not work as long as at least one other Dante device has been
connected to the Digiface Dante.
Note
: The IP address of a Dante device must fit into the network environment for proper
operation. The Dante Controller will mark a device entry red if the IP address does not match
the network environment, thus helps resolving the issue.
User guides, FAQs, Setup Documents and many more information around Dante and the Dante
Controller software are available at:
https://www.audinate.com/resources
The Digiface Dante is basically a USB audio interface. The Dante Controller software needs a
network port to communicate with the Dante network. The standard solution would have been to
plug a network cable from the computer's network port into one of the four ports of the Digiface
Dante - which makes you loose two network ports!
Therefore the Digiface Dante also includes the functionality of a USB Ethernet adapter. After
installing the additional network driver (which is done automatically by the driver packages) the
computer's Device Manager will show a RME MADIface USB Ethernet device. This added
device can be used directly for the Dante Controller. No cable needed, two network ports stay
free.
* Audinate, the Audinate logo and Dante are registered trademarks of Audinate Pty Ltd.