DMP 64 Plus • Dante Controller
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Dante Controller Naming Conventions
•
Device names follow Domain Name System (DNS) hostname rules. Legal characters are
A-Z
,
a-z
,
0-9
, and hyphen (
-
). Names must begin with a letter and cannot end with a
hyphen (
-
).
•
Dante Tx and Rx channel names (also known as labels) can be up to 31 characters
in length. Label names are not case-sensitive. For example, “
ANALOG OUT-1
” and
“
analog out-1
” are recognized as the same name. Unicode and non-roman
characters are not supported.
•
Tx and Rx channel labels can use any character except equals (
=
), period (
.
), or
@
.
•
Tx and Rx channel labels must be unique on a device but do not need to be unique on
the network.
Renaming the DMP 64 Plus in Dante Controller
NOTE:
Dante device naming can also be done via DSP Configurator (see
1.
Ensure that the control computer and a single DMP 64 Plus are connected to the same
network.
2.
From the control computer
Start
menu select:
All Programs > Audinate > Dante Controller > Dante Controller
3.
The
Dante Controller - Network View
screen opens. All Dante devices on the network
are discovered and listed.
4.
From the
Device
menu, select
Device View
or
press
<Ctrl+D>
on the keyboard (see figure 25).
5.
The
Dante Controller - Device View
dialog
opens. Select the device being configured from
the
(Select a Dante Device...)
drop-down
1
)
Figure 25.
Device View
Figure 26.
Dante View and Select a Dante Device Drop-Down
NOTES:
•
If there are multiple DMP 64 Plus devices connected to the network that have
not been renamed, obtain the Dante interface media access code (MAC)
address of the desired device from the white label on the rear panel of the
device in order to identify it in Dante Controller.
•
There are multiple MAC addresses listed on the rear panel of a DMP 64 Plus,
one for the LAN port and one for the Dante interface. The Dante interface MAC
address is listed beneath the LAN port MAC address.
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