Owner’s Manual
HPA-DAC4
Dante
®
Accessory Card
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Description
The HPA-DAC4 accessory card is designed to work in conjunction with HPA Series 4-channel
amplifiers. The HPA-DAC4 is a 4-input Dante
®
receiver that features digital audio transportation over
standard IP networks. The HPA Series 4-channel amplifiers come standard with four balanced line
inputs and an accessory card slot to add an additional 4-inputs, giving the amplifier a total of 8-inputs.
Analog Input 1, Dante
®
Input 1, and the analog balanced input levels are isolated from each other and
are electronically summed together forming a mixed output. Both the Dante
®
input and the analog
balanced input levels to the amplifier channel are controlled by the Ch-1 level control. Channel 2
inputs are configured the same as Channel 1.
Features
• Dante
®
Digital Audio Platform
• 4-Channel Receiver
• Integrates with 4-Channel HPA Series Amplifiers
Dante
®
Overview
Audinate
®
created Dante
®
, an uncompressed, multi-channel digital media networking technology,
with near-zero latency and synchronization. Hundreds of Dante
®
enabled products are available from
many manufacturers, enabling you to mix devices from multiple manufacturers.
One cable does it all. Dante
®
does away with heavy, expensive analog or multicore cabling, replacing
it with low-cost, easily-available CAT5e, CAT6, or fiber optic cable for a simple, lightweight, and
economical solution. Dante
®
integrates media and control for your entire system over a single,
standard IP network.
Dante
®
systems can easily scale from a simple pairing of a console to a computer, to large capacity
networks running thousands of audio channels. Because Dante
®
uses logical routes instead of
physical point-to-point connections, the network can be expanded and reconfigured at any time with
just a few mouse clicks.
Since the signal audio is transmitted digitally, common analog challenges like interference from other
electrical equipment, crosstalk between cables, or signal degradation over long cable runs is not a
problem. Setting up Dante
®
networks is easy, even the most complex networks can be set up and
configured quickly and easily with Dante
®
, making system integration simple. Dante
®
automatically
handles the technical complexities.
Signal routing and system configuration with Dante
®
is fast, simple, and incredibly flexible. Dante
®
Controller is a powerful software application that manages devices on the network. Setting up a
Dante
®
network is typically just a matter of plugging devices into an Ethernet switch and connecting
a computer to the network. All Dante
®
devices are automatically discovered and displayed in Dante
®
Controller, so a system can be up and running in seconds.
Visit www.audinate.com for details or to learn more on using Dante
®
. There are many Dante
®
guides
available in the industry. AtlasIED offers one in the BlueBridge
®
DSP section of atlasied.com.
