Dante In

The Q-SYS Dante input / output card provides a means of receiving and transmitting to and from other Dante enabled devices on a Dante network.

Properties

Property	Function	Choices
Input/Output Count	Determines the number of input and output channels.	2x2 4x4 8x8 16x16 32x32 64x64
Dante Sample Rate (kHz)	Sets the Sample rate. Available choices are dependent on the selected Input/Output Count.	44.1 48 88.2 96
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
External Configuration	Determines whether Dante card configuration is allowed by an external program, such as Dante Controller: When set to Yes, you configure the Dante card with an external program. In this mode, some controls within the Dante component in Q-SYS Designer become read-only. When set to No, you configure the Dante card with the Dante component in Q-SYS Designer. In this mode, any changes you make in an external program are ignored.	Yes / No

Controls

Dante

Control	Function	Default / Range
Peak Input Level (dBFS)	Meters for each channel indicating the peak Dante input level. The measurement is taken directly from the Dante input signal before the Digital Controls (Invert/Gain/Mute).	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 directly from the Dante input signal before the Digital Controls (Invert/Gain/Mute).

Default = N / A

Range = -100 to 20

Digital

Control	Function	Default / Range
Invert	Toggle button to invert the digital output of the signal.	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 signal.

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. Note: These conditions are examples, and may not be applicable to all components with a Status field. 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.

Note: These conditions are examples, and may not be applicable to all components with a Status field.

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. About Dante Channels Each Dante Channel has a Name, which is set by the device manufacturer and is not changeable by the user. The Q-SYS CDN64 Dante card, for example, uses channel names "01", "02", etc. Each Dante Channel also uses an optional Label, which can be set by the end user with the Label control in the Dante Out component in Q-SYS (when the External Configuration property is set to 'No') or with Audinate's Dante Controller software (when External Configuration is 'Yes'). The format for the Channel control in Q-SYS is `Name . Label`, with the delimiter (space-period-space) and Label being optional.	N / A
Status LED and field	Refer to the Status field above.	N / A

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