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Dante Controller User Guide

The dialog displays a list of the Tx channels for the device.
To add channels to a multicast flow, select the checkboxes for the channel name. Once you have selected
all the channels required, create the multicast flow by clicking the Create button at the bottom of the dialog
box. To abandon creating a new multicast flow, click Cancel.
Once a flow has been created, it will appear in the list of flows in the transmit pane, along with the channels
contained within that flow. Channels cannot be added to or removed from existing flows. Each time the
dialog is used to select additional channels, a new multicast flow will be created.
By default, Dante receivers will connect to a multicast flow if one exists that contains the required channel
(s), rather than creating a new unicast flow.

If a channel that does not form part of an existing multicast flow is added to a new multicast flow, any
existing unicast subscriptions to that channel will automatically switch over to use the new multicast flow.
A good rule of thumb is to use multicast when there are more than two receivers for a specific audio
channel. You should also assume that the flow will flood throughout the entire network, and therefore
consume bandwidth on all network links.

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