Extron Electronics Dante Controller - Manual (Page 26)

Dante Controller User Guide
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The Rx channels associated with any device can be displayed by clicking on the [+] to the left of the
device name in the left-hand column of the grid. The Tx channels associated with any device can be
displayed by clicking on the [+] above the device name on the top row of the grid. When this action is
performed the grid view expands to show each channel of the device, and the [+] becomes a [-]. Clicking
on [-] collapses the view.
The Rx channels associated with all devices can be simultaneously expanded by clicking on the [+] of “[+]
[-] Dante Receivers” at the top of the left-hand column. Similarly, the Tx channels associated with all
devices can be simultaneously expanded by clicking on the [+] of “[+] [-] Dante Transmitters” at the left of
the top row. Clicking on [-] will collapse the view.
Customizing the Network View
The Network view can be customized using the “Filter Transmitters” and “Filter Receivers” boxes below
the Audinate logo in the top left-hand corner. Any text string typed into the box will filter out and only display
devices that contain that text string in either a device or channel name. The filtering is case-insensitive. For
example, in the Dante Controller Network view above, entering the string “dme” in either of the Filter fields
would display only the MY16-DME-Slot devices and their channels.
Device Channels
A Dante device has a number of channels associated with it. These are either transmit (Tx) or receive (Rx)
channels. Receive channels and devices are listed down the left side of the grid. Transmit channels and
devices are listed along the top of the grid.
Transmit channels are advertised on the network. A receiver uses this advertisement to establish a
subscription to the channel. A transmit channel can be sent to multiple receivers using unicast or
multicast.
Receive channels are connected to transmit channels via a subscription. Each receive channel will receive
audio over the network from at most one transmit channel.
Subscribing to Audio Channels
In the Routing View, a blue square at the intersection of an Rx and a Tx channel indicates that is it possible
to create an audio route between those channels. A grey square indicates that it is not possible to create a
route between those channels. This may be because of a mismatch in sample rate between the transmitter
and receiver or because a device cannot route to itself.
When the user clicks on a blue square at the cross-point between a transmit channel and a receive channel
a subscription will be created and a green tick will appear in the matrix cross point. You may initially see
a gray hourglass icon (usually very briefly) to indicate that the subscription is in progress.
If there is a problem with the subscription, either a warning or an error icon may appear. If many
devices have been subscribed at the same time, a yellow pending icon may appear temporarily.
Note: Subscriptions can also be created in the Device View. This is covered in the Device View
section (Device View is NOT the same as Device Status View).
Subscribing to Multiple Audio Channels at once
To subscribe multiple channels at the same time, hold down the Ctrl key and click the [-] symbol at the top
left corner of the intersection between the two devices. All possible channels will be subscribed at the