Audinate Group Ltd. · ASX:AD8
Audinate — Technical Presentation (April 2020)
34 slides from Audinate's technical presentation, April 2020
Slide 1: Organizing Your Dante System
Organizing Your Dante System Visit Us Online: www.audinate.com/ddm Audinate 1
Slide 2: Introduction
Introduction Audinate 2
Slide 3: If The Presenter Loses Internet Service…
If The Presenter Loses Internet Service… If the presenter loses internet access, they will return within 30-60 seconds. • Webinar does not close • We have (at least) two presenters on the session • Back-up presenter will take questions while waiting 3
Slide 4: Questions?
Questions? • Please ask any questions via the Q&A function • We will try to get to as many relevant questions as possible • There will be a short Q&A after each section and a longer Q&A at the end of the presentation 4
Slide 5: Additional Dante Domain Manager Sessions
Additional Dante Domain Manager Sessions • Dante Domain Manager Deep Dive: Organizing Your Dante System • Dante Domain Manager Deep Dive: Networking Considerations • Dante Domain Manager Deep Dive: Managing Users • Dante Domain Manager Deep Dive: Monitoring audinate.com/events
Slide 6: Where can I get a free trial of Dante Domain Manager?
Where can I get a free trial of Dante Domain Manager? audinate.com/contact/sales Audinate 6
Slide 7: Dante Domain Manager
Dante Domain Manager Organize your devices into domains. Route across Layer 3 networks seamlessly. Authorize users to access the Dante network. Monitor the health of the network proactively. Log usage and status to troubleshoot objectively. Audinate 7
Slide 8: Naming Conventions
Naming Conventions Audinate 8
Slide 9: How do I name my devices again?
How do I name my devices again? • Double click device in Routing view, to open up the Device View window • Click the Device Config tab • Edit name, click Apply Audinate 9
Slide 10: System Example: Corporate AV
System Example: Corporate AV North Meeting Rooms Atrium 10 11 12 13 South Meeting Rooms 20 21 22 23 Audinate 10
Slide 11: System Example: Corporate AV Name Options
System Example: Corporate AV Name Options • Start with Building and/or Room # – or Zone and/or Function • i.e. N10-…, S20-…, Atrium-…, BGM-…, BGM-Zone1-… • Next add Manufacturer/Model of device and/or Function • i.e. N-DSP, S21-ShureMXA910, Atrium-SSL-Stagebox • If multiple of the same devices exist
Slide 12: System Example: University Campus
System Example: University Campus A B 101 201 301 Audinate 12
Slide 13: System Example: University Campus Name Options
System Example: University Campus Name Options • Stadium-Zone1-DSP, Stadium-Booth-AnnouncerMic, Stadium-Comms-BeltPack-02 • Theater-FOH-Mixer, Theater-WirelessMic-04, Theater-Monitor-Mix • EC-101-Extron-DSP, EC-201-LecternMic, EC-301-Speaker-01 • BB-StudioA-Mixer, BB-LiveRoom-IO, BB-StudioB-ProTools
Slide 14: How does naming this way help us?
How does naming this way help us? • Devices will be displayed in alphabetical order in Dante Controller • Naming by building, room, location, or function, groups devices nicely • Using a consistent naming scheme allows you to filter devices easily in Dante Controller Audinate 14
Slide 15: Tips for renaming existing systems
Tips for renaming existing systems • Go room by room – don’t try to do everything all at once! • Plug devices into smaller local networks – helps locate the devices you are looking for easily • Once renamed join them back into the larger Dante network • Note: When you rename transmit devices subscri
Slide 16: Renaming with the Preset .xml file
Renaming with the Preset .xml file Audinate 16
Slide 17: Don’t forget channel labels
Don’t forget channel labels • To make a Dante system even easier to use and understand use channel labels • Double click device in Routing view, to open up the Device View window • Transmit Channel Labels are added in the Transmit tab and are reflexed on the Routing page • Receive channels can be re
Slide 18: Setting Up Domains
Setting Up Domains Audinate 18
Slide 19: What is a domain?
What is a domain? • A Dante Domain is a logical group of devices and users with access controls • A Dante Domain may be used to represent a location, building, zone, function … • A Dante Domain can be isolated in terms of connectivity, audio and user access 19
Slide 20: Considerations for creating domains
Considerations for creating domains • Dante devices can only be enrolled in one domain • Shared Audio Groups can be used to work around this • Who do I want to have access to these devices? • Am I giving my users the ability to enroll/unenroll devices from domains? • Running out of Dante flows. • De
Slide 21: System Example: Corporate AV
System Example: Corporate AV North Meeting Rooms Atrium 10 11 12 13 South Meeting Rooms 20 21 22 23 Audinate 21
Slide 22: System Example: University Campus
System Example: University Campus Broadcast Center Stadium Studio A Studio B Live Room Theater EC-101 EC-201 EC-301 Audinate 22
Slide 23: Creating (and deleting) a domain
Creating (and deleting) a domain • Creating a new domain is as simple as clicking the Add Domain button on the Domains page and naming the Domain whatever makes sense to you • To delete a domain you just click Delete Domain button. – When a domain is deleted all devices enrolled in the domain revert
Slide 24: Dante Domain Manager interface screenshot
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Slide 25: How do I enroll devices into a domain?
How do I enroll devices into a domain? • Enrolling discovered devices: – From the Domain or Device page using the Enroll Devices button then checklist – Highlighting device(s) and clicking the enroll button – Dragging and dropping device(s) from Unmanaged into a Domain • Enrolling undiscovered devic
Slide 26: Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
26 Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
Slide 27: Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
27 Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
Slide 28: Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
28 Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
Slide 29: When do I use shared audio groups?
When do I use shared audio groups? • Temporary Shared Audio Streams: • College Campus: Audio form Sports Games or Performances to broadcast studios • Theaters: Stream audio from performances to lobbies and other background music spaces (and vice versa) • Creating overflow rooms • Permanent Shared Au
Slide 30: How to Share Audio Between Domains
How to Share Audio Between Domains 1. Create a shared audio group 2. Add the required domains to the group 3. Specify which devices are allowed to share their audio (this creates a virtual device for each real device). 4. Specify which transmit channels on the real devices are exposed in the respect
Slide 31: Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
31 Copyright 2019 Audinate Pty
Slide 32: Shared Audio Concerns
Shared Audio Concerns • Shared Groups: Domains can only be in one shared audio group at a time. • Flow count: Do I have enough transmit unicast flows from the real device I’m sharing audio? • Clocking: Do I want these Domains to be clocked together? • Routing: If in separate subnets are the routes b
Slide 33: What About the Unmanaged Domain?
What About the Unmanaged Domain? Can I share to the Unmanaged Domain? – No Work Around: Dante device with multiple card slots one Dante card enrolled in a domain one Dante card left unenrolled. Audinate 33
Slide 34: Organizing Your Dante System
Organizing Your Dante System Visit Us Online: www.audinate.com/ddm Audinate 34