Dante Controller Naming Conventions; Renaming The Dmp 64 Plus In Dante Controller - Extron electronics DMP 64 Plus User Manual

Dante Controller Naming Conventions

• Device names follow Domain Name System (DNS) hostname rules. Legal characters are
A-Z, a-z, 0-9, and hyphen (
hyphen (
Dante Tx and Rx channel names (also known as labels) can be up to 31 characters
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in length. Label names are not case-sensitive. For example, "ANALOG OUT-1" and
"analog out-1" are recognized as the same name. Unicode and non-roman
characters are not supported.
Tx and Rx channel labels can use any character except equals (=), period (.), or @.
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• Tx and Rx channel labels must be unique on a device but do not need to be unique on
the network.

Renaming the DMP 64 Plus in Dante Controller

NOTE: Dante device naming can also be done via DSP Configurator (see
Settings
1. Ensure that the control computer and a single DMP 64 Plus are connected to the same
network.
From the control computer Start menu select:
2.
All Programs > Audinate > Dante Controller > Dante Controller
3. The Dante Controller - Network View
screen opens. All Dante devices on the network
are discovered and listed.
From the Device menu, select Device View or
4.
press <Ctrl+D> on the keyboard (see figure 25).
5. The Dante Controller - Device View dialog
opens. Select the device being configured from
the (Select a Dante Device...) drop-down
list (see figure 26,
Figure 26.
NOTES:
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Dante View and Select a Dante Device Drop-Down
If there are multiple DMP 64 Plus devices connected to the network that have
not been renamed, obtain the Dante interface media access code (MAC)
address of the desired device from the white label on the rear panel of the
device in order to identify it in Dante Controller.
There are multiple MAC addresses listed on the rear panel of a DMP 64 Plus,
one for the LAN port and one for the Dante interface. The Dante interface MAC
address is listed beneath the LAN port MAC address.
Device
Figure 25. Device View
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