Dante Input Component

Controls

The controls listed below are divided into sections to match the Control Panel sections.

Once you establish the initial settings for a component, you can save those settings, along with all the other component's settings, in a Snapshot.

Dante

Control	Function	Default/Range
Peak Input Level (dBFS)	Meters for each channel indicating the peak Dante input level. The measurement is taken after the A/D converter, but before the Digital Gain.	Default = N/A Range = -100 to 20

Control

Function

Default/Range

Peak Input Level

(dBFS)

Meters for each channel indicating the peak Dante input level. The measurement is taken after the A/D converter, but before the Digital Gain.

Default = N/A

Range = -100 to 20

Digital

Control	Function	Default/Range
Invert	Toggle button to invert the digital output of the Mic/Line input card.	Off/On
Mute	Mutes the output signal.	Off/On
Gain (dB)	Controls the Gain of the digital output signal.	Default = 0 Range = -100 to 20

Control

Function

Default/Range

Invert

Toggle button to invert the digital output of the Mic/Line input card.

Off/On

Mute

Mutes the output signal.

Off/On

Gain

(dB)

Controls the Gain of the digital output signal.

Default = 0

Range = -100 to 20

Status

Control	Function	Default/Range
Status	Displays the current status of the card both in text and color. The following is a list of possible status colors, and some example conditions. OK – Green – (0) – Audio is good, hardware is good. Compromised – Orange – (1) – Audio is good but a redundancy mechanism is active (one LAN down but the other is still up) or a non-fatal hardware problem exists (fans too slow, temperature higher than expected, etc.) Fault – Red – (2) – Audio is not passing, or hardware is malfunctioning or mis-configured (amplifier power off, audio streams broken, wrong type of I/O Card installed, loudspeaker short circuit, etc.) Missing – Red – (3) – A piece of hardware, defined in the design, has not been discovered. Audio is not passing through that piece of hardware. Initializing – Blue – (5) – In the process of firmware, configuration update, and design start. Audio is obviously bad. Not Present – Gray – A virtual component in the design, that is designated as Dynamically Paired, and Not Required ,has no hardware assigned to it.	N/A

Control

Function

Default/Range

Status

Displays the current status of the card both in text and color. The following is a list of possible status colors, and some example conditions.

OK – Green – (0) – Audio is good, hardware is good.

Compromised – Orange – (1) – Audio is good but a redundancy mechanism is active (one LAN down but the other is still up) or a non-fatal hardware problem exists (fans too slow, temperature higher than expected, etc.)

Fault – Red – (2) – Audio is not passing, or hardware is malfunctioning or mis-configured (amplifier power off, audio streams broken, wrong type of I/O Card installed, loudspeaker short circuit, etc.)

Missing – Red – (3) – A piece of hardware, defined in the design, has not been discovered. Audio is not passing through that piece of hardware.

Initializing – Blue – (5) – In the process of firmware, configuration update, and design start. Audio is obviously bad.

Not Present – Gray – A virtual component in the design, that is designated as Dynamically Paired, and Not Required ,has no hardware assigned to it.

N/A

Subscriptions

A Q-SYS input channel can subscribe to a specific channel on a specific device. The transmitting device is given a name and each channel on that device is given a label.

Each channel has the following controls.

Control	Function	Default/Range
Device	The Device is selected for a Q-SYS input channel from a list of Dante output devices advertising on the network. The Device name is a unique name on the Dante network.	N/A
Channel	The Channel is selected from a list of channel labels on the selected Device. Each channel has a unique name on the device.	N/A
Status LED and field	Refer to the Status field above.	N/A

Control

Function

Default/Range

Device

The Device is selected for a Q-SYS input channel from a list of Dante output devices advertising on the network. The Device name is a unique name on the Dante network.

N/A

Channel

The Channel is selected from a list of channel labels on the selected Device. Each channel has a unique name on the device.

N/A

Status LED and field

Refer to the Status field above.

N/A

Properties

Property	Function	Choices
Input/Output Count	Determines the number of input and output channels. NOTE: As the channel count increases past 8 x 8, the subsequent channels are grouped in tabs at the top of the control panel.	2 x 2 4 x 4 8 x 8 16 x 16 32 x 32 64 x 64
Dante Sample Rate (kHz)	Sets the Sample rate.	44.1 48 88.2 96 176.4 192
Dante Receive Latency (milliseconds)	This setting defines the latency between the timestamps on the incoming audio samples and when those samples are played out.	0.15 0.25 0.5 1 5

Property

Function

Choices

Input/Output Count

Determines the number of input and output channels.

NOTE: As the channel count increases past 8 x 8, the subsequent channels are grouped in tabs at the top of the control panel.

2 x 2

4 x 4

8 x 8

16 x 16

32 x 32

64 x 64

Dante Sample Rate

(kHz)

Sets the Sample rate.

44.1

88.2

176.4

192

Dante Receive Latency

(milliseconds)

This setting defines the latency between the timestamps on the incoming audio samples and when those samples are played out.

0.15

0.25

0.5

Control Pins

The available Control Pins depend on settings in Properties. Each channel on the Dante Input card has the following Control Pins with the exception of Status.

Pin Name	Value	String	Position	Pins Available
Clip	0 1	false true	0 1	Output
Clip Hold	0 1	false true	0 1	Input / Output
Gain	-100 to 20	-100 dB to 20 dB	0.000 to 1.00	Input / Output
Invert	0 1	normal invert	0 1	Input / Output
Level	27.0 to -55	27.0 to -55	0 to .988	Input / Output
Mute	0 1	unmute mute	0 1	Output
Subscription Channel	text	Input / Output
Subscription Device	text	Input / Output
Subscription Status	0 1 2 3 4	OK (green) Compromised (orange) Fault (red) Unknown (red) Updating (blue)	0 0.250 0.500 0.750 1.00	Output
Input Status	0 1 2 3 4	OK (green) Compromised (orange) Fault (red) Unknown (red) Updating (blue)	0 0.250 0.500 0.750 1.00	Output

Pin Name

Value

String

Position

Pins Available

Clip

false

true

Output

Clip Hold

false

true

Input / Output

Gain

-100 to 20

-100 dB to 20 dB

0.000 to 1.00

Input / Output

Invert

normal

invert

Input / Output

Level

27.0 to -55

0 to .988

Input / Output

Mute

unmute

mute

Output

Subscription Channel

text

Input / Output

Subscription Device

text

Input / Output

Subscription Status

OK (green)

Compromised (orange)

Fault (red)

Unknown (red)

Updating (blue)

0.250

0.500

0.750

1.00

Output

Input Status

OK (green)

Compromised (orange)

Fault (red)

Unknown (red)

Updating (blue)

0.250

0.500

0.750

1.00

Output

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