Network view menu bar, File, Device – Extron Electronics Dante Controller User Manual

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Network View Menu bar

The menu bar in the Network View contains three menus: File, Device and Help.

File

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Load Preset (Ctrl+L): loads a configuration from a file

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Save Preset (Ctrl+S): saves configuration for currently displayed devices to a file

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Exit (Alt+F4): Exits Dante Controller

The use of Presets is described in detail later in this guide.

Device

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Refresh (F5): Refreshes the displayed network / device data

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Device View (Ctrl+D): Opens a new Device View window

Help

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About: Shows Dante Controller version and current log file

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License: Displays the license text

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Contents (Shift+F1): Opens a help window and displays help contents

Network View Toolbar

Below the menu bar there is a toolbar containing five buttons:

Reload Device Information

Updates the current view with the latest device information from
the network. This is useful when a recent change to the network
has not yet propagated automatically through to Dante Controller
(for example, a new device has been added to the network).

Load Preset

Loads a previously saved audio routing configuration. See

Presets

for more information.

Save Preset

Saves the current audio routing configuration. See

Presets

for more

information.

Choose a Dante Interface

Opens the Configure Dante Interfaces dialog. See

Configuring

Dante Controller

for more information.

Clock Health Monitoring

Activates the Clock Health Monitoring function. See

Clock

Synchronization

for more information.

To the right of the toolbar, Dante Controller displays the current

master clock

(or clocks, in the case of

redundant networks) and an indication of the current Dante multicast audio bandwidth on the network. Note
that there may also be traffic from other sources on the network.

Network View Tabs

There are four sub-views within the Network View that can be selected by clicking on the tabs below the
menu bar and toolbar. These are as follows:

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Routing

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Device status

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