Digigram ALP-Dante User Manual page 29

User Manual for ALP-DANTE
When using the network expansion board, two switch ports are associated with the Primary
network, and two other switch ports are associated with the Secondary network.
See section "Using Dante
See section "Connectors" to identify the Eth ports according to the selected mode.
Network Configuration
Once you have installed the ALP-DANTE card in your computer and connected it to a
network, you are in a position to start using Dante networking to set up audio routing
between other Dante-enabled devices you may have on the network.
The Dante Controller application from Audinate allows setting up the audio routing over a
Dante network. Please refer to the Audinate's WEB site for information about the Dante
Controller, and for downloading it.
The ALP-DANTE card is a dedicated Dante audio interface, and cannot be used by the Dante
Controller as a port for network control (configuring Dante devices, and routing audio).
Network control must be performed via the standard network adapter on the computer on
which Dante Controller is installed. If this is the same computer in which the ALP-DANTE card is
installed, the computer must be connected to the Dante network via two Ethernet cables and a
network switch: one cable connecting the ALP-DANTE card to the switch, and one connecting
the PC NIC to the switch, as shown below.
Basic network configuration
If your network switch has a mix of Gigabit and 100Mbps ports, make sure you connect the
ALP-DANTE card(s), and if possible all devices, to the Gigabit ports.
Make sure all computers are set to automatically configure their IP address.
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Power on the network switch
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Connect your Ethernet cables from each device to the Gigabit ports of the network
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switch. You may need to reboot the computers if they have active previous IP network
configurations. All devices will automatically be assigned IP network configurations.
Use the Primary Ethernet port of the ALP-DANTE card to connect it to the Dante network.
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Connection via a Redundant Network
The Dante redundancy works by using two completely independent and separate networks,
Controller" for configuring the mode.
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