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Dante Controller User Guide

1. Open the Device View for the device and click the 'Create a new multicast flow' button.

2. Select the required SMPTE flow config.
o SMPTE A: 48 kHz flow with up to 8 channels at packet times of 1ms
o SMPTE B: 48 kHz flow with up to 8 channels at packet times of 125μs
o SMPTE C: 48 kHz flow with 64 channels at packet times of 125μs
3. For the Destination Address:
o Select 'Auto' to automatically assign the destination address and port number. The des-
tination address will be assigned according to the RTP prefix configured for the domain in
which the device is enrolled. For example, if the RTP prefix for the domain is 69, the device
will create a flow with destination address of 239.69.x.x. The port number defaults to 5004.
o Select 'Manual' to specify the address and port. The IP address must be in the range
239.0.0.0 to 239.254.254.254. The port can be set to any non-administrative port number.
4. Select the channels to be added to the flow, and click ‘Create’. If the number of selected channels
exceeds the maximum number supported by the config, multiple flows will be created.
The transmit flow will present in the controller software for your SMPTE receiver if it natively supports
SAP/SDP parsing. If not, an alternative mechanism will be required to parse the SDP descriptor for the
flow. The configuration of third-party SMPTE receivers is specific to the receiver.

Note: Renaming a Dante device will also rename any SMPTE flows from that device.

Subscribing to SMPTE Flows

SMPTE transmit flows from non-Dante devices present in Dante Controller as Dante transmitters with
blue 'device' names. The device name is taken from the SDP descriptor for the flow as advertised by the
device, or configured in Dante Domain Manager.
SMPTE channels can be subscribed to (by supporting devices) in the same way as channels from other
transmitters.
If the transmitter does not advertise flows via SAP/SDP, you can use DDM to generate a 'proxy'
RTP session with a descriptor that is supported by Dante Controller.

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