unD4I / unD4I-L
User Manual
Attero Tech LLC 2015
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614-00020-06
5 – 3rd Party Control
The unD4I and unD4I-L support 3
rd
party control allowing external system to manage the devices settings such as phantom
power, mic/line gain options and control of presets.
For the unD4I there are two control interface types available. The first type is a Dante proprietary interface which is
typically used by devices already that have built-in support for Attero Tech devices. The second type supports a 3
rd
party
UDP interface and is available to anyone to use with any device capable of sending and receiving UDP messages.
The unD4I-L is only offered with the 3rd party UDP interface option.
Information on the commands each device supports as well as details of how to use the 3
rd
party UDP interface can be
found in the unIFY 3
rd
party Software API document, available from the registered users section of the Attero Tech website
(Go to
www.atterotech.com
and click on the “log-in” option).
5.1 – Command Interface Type
The type of command interface a specific device supports is defined by the Dante firmware it has been loaded with. There
are two methods to determine which Dante firmware and thus which command interface that is:
1)
Run unIFY Control Panel V1.5.1 or later and connect to a device. The interface type is shown on the status bar
at the bottom of the application window as the “Direct UDP” setting. A “No” means the device is using the Dante
Proprietary interface. A “Yes” means the device is using the 3rd party UDP interface.
2)
Using Dante Controller, look at the devices “Product Version” by double-click on the device in question, select
the “Status” tab and look for the “Product Version” parameter.
In either case, the device is using the Dante Proprietary interface if the product version either is V1.x.x or the product
version is V4.0.0 or later and the firmware version is V1.0.0.
If the product versions is V2.0.0 or V3.0.0 or the product version is V4.0.0 or later and the firmware version is V2.0.0,
then the device is using the 3
rd
party UDP control interface.
A device’s command interface can be changed simply by updating the device’s Dante firmware. Moreover, this can be
done in the field in almost all cases. The tools and necessary firmware files for updating a device’s command interface
can be obtained from the registered users section of the Attero Tech website (Go to
www.atterotech.com
and click on the
log-in option). The firmware files have an extension .DNT (otherwise known as “donut” files) and there is one for each
command interface type. The firmware file with the lower of the two version numbers supports the Dante proprietary
interface while the one with the higher version number supports the 3
rd
Party UDP interface.
5.2 – Using the Command Interface
In order to make use of the command interface, regardless of type, the unD4I simply needs to be configured with an IP
address that is compatible with the device doing the controlling. The control devices should then be able to converse
with the unD4I without any further configuration necessary. The same IP address requirements apply to the unD4I-L for
successful communication over the UDP command interface.
