Allen&Heath DANTE - Manual

iLive M-DANTE Option Instructions 1 AP8340 issue 4
M-DANTE is one of several plug-in card options available from Allen &
Heath that may be fitted to iLive, GLD and ME Series products.
Dante TM
is a high performance, multi-channel, AVB ready industry
standard digital media transport system developed by Australian
company
Audinate that runs over standard IP networks and can
distribute signals between iLive, computers and 3 rd party Dante TM
enabled equipment. Its main benefits are:
64 channel bi-directional audio plus control over CAT5
Uses standard off-the-shelf computer networking equipment
Easy to add, name, remove and rearrange devices
Secondary port for redundant connection option
Control port can bridge other control network over Dante
Very low latency
Direct connection to computer for multitrack recording
Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS) software
Dante Controller software for setting up the network
Note The Allen & Heath M-DANTE card provides an interface to the
Dante network. The Dante ‘Brooklyn II’ hardware used and the software
required to set it up and record to computer is provided and supported
by
Audinate . For further information or help on using Dante please refer
to the documentation and support at Audinate: www.audinate.com
M-DANTE is supplied with one Dante Virtual Soundcard licence to
enable a single computer. More can be purchased from Audinate if
required. The token below is needed to obtain your licence Id. Please
read the instructions provided within this guide.
Dante Virtual Soundcard Licence ID token:
Dante Option Card
Publication AP8340
Fitting and Setup Guide
This guide applies to Dante Release 2 (firmware 3.6.4) or later.
This release adds dual redundancy and supports bridging of other control networks over
Dante. Please refer to the notes regarding differences with previous firmware 3.4.15.
Part number M-DANTE-A
Issue 2
Issue 4