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Prior To Use
Equipment to Prepare
To build up a typical Dante AV PTZ camera system, you will need to have the following equipment ready or have
the following equipment already in the existing Dante system:
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Bolin Dante AV PTZ camera
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Bolin Dante AV Decoder or 3rd party Dante AV decoder
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Network switch within existing Dante network or independent network switch
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4K TV display for PTZ camera local HDMI video output signal use if it is needed
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4K TV display for Dante AV decoder HDMI video output signal use
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PC that has Dante Controller installed
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HDMI cables and CAT5e/6 network cables
Dante Controller Installing and Updating
Minimum System Requirements
General
Processor: 1GHz or better
Memory: 512Mbyte of RAM
Network: Standard wired Ethernet network interface (100Mbps or Gigabit) or wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) interface
Windows
Operating System: Windows 10
NOTE: Both UTF-8 and Unicode are supported EXCEPT for host or device names; the DNS standard does not
support Unicode for these
macOS
Operating System: macOS 10.14, 10.15 and 11
Installing Dante Controller
Downloading Dante Controller
Dante Controller is available for download from Audinate’s website. To download a copy of Dante Controller:
Go to the Audinate website: www.audinate.com.
Installing Dante Controller on Windows
1.
Ensure you are logged on to your PC as an administrator.
2.
Navigate to and double-click the Dante Controller installer file.
3.
Read the license agreement. If you agree to the terms, select the 'I agree' checkbox, and click Install. If you do
not agree to the terms, click Close.
4.
Confirm / acknowledge any Windows security prompts that are displayed.
5.
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Dante Controller will then be installed. Dante Controller will be added to the start menu, under 'Audinate'
Installing Dante Controller on macOS
1.
Double-click the Dante Controller.dmg file. A drive icon will appear on your Desktop Finder window. Double
click on this to open.
2.
Double click the Dante Controller .pkg. This will run the installer.
3.
Read the license text, and if you accept the terms of the agreement, click Agree. If you do not accept these
terms, click Disagree to terminate the installation.
Note:
Dante Updater will also be installed automatically.
Updating Dante Controller
Dante Controller can be updated directly from the application itself.
Always check and keep the Dante Controller version updated
Checking for Updates Manually
In Windows:
From the Help menu, select 'Check for Updates'.
In macOS: