NetPA Ultra Series • Dante Controller
Dante Controller
This section describes the NetPA Ultra Series network installation, configuration, and control
using Dante Controller for Windows and covers the following topics:
•
Overview
•
Downloading and Installing Dante Controller
•
Configuring a NetPA Ultra Series amplifier in Dante Controller
•
Dante Controller Operation
•
Dante Routing Operation
•
Dante Troubleshooting
Overview
NetPA Ultra Series amplifiers use Dante technology by Audinate to provide high
performance digital audio networking over standard TCP/IP networks. The Dante Controller
software application is used to route audio on the network. Dante allows audio channels
to be transported across a switched Ethernet data network while meeting the quality
requirements of professional audio.
Up to 4 channels can be transmitted from a NetPA U 1004 amplifier (2 channels on the
NetPA U 1002) to the Dante network and up to 4 channels can be received by a
NetPA U 1004 amplifier (2 channels on the NetPA U 1002) from the Dante network. Audio
signals are converted by NetPA Ultra Series amplifiers, processed and routed to the Line/AT
Outputs, and transmitted onto the Dante network. Audinate recommends the Dante audio
network be kept separate from other networks. However, the audio network can be shared
with control traffic or unrelated data traffic. Audio channels can be unicast or multicast to
make the best use of available bandwidth.
The NetPA Ultra Series amplifiers are receivers and transmitters for audio signals on a Dante
Network. This is possible via a unit AT port. The amplifiers can be found anywhere on the
Ethernet network and can be relocated without reconfiguring the unit or the network. Dante
Controller can configure (but not limited to) Dante channel routing and naming, device
naming, obtaining network and device status, and setting the device IP address.
NOTE:
•
The AT port can be set to 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz or 96 kHz, however the
signal going through the DSP is converted to and processed at 48 kHz.
•
For applications where the line and Dante outputs may be used independently
during long periods of no amplifier activity, such as when the unit is being used as
both an amplifier and off/on-ramp to the Dante network, the auto-standby timer
must be disabled and the amplifier must not be forced into Standby mode.
Dante Controller
Overview
74
