Dante Connection Guide
Connect your 2wcom devices
with Dante devices!
Connect your 2wcom devices with Dante devices!
It is now possible to connect your 2wcom devices with Dante regardless whether you already use Dante or are just starting out.
We offer two options for connecting to Dante:
If you want to connect your 2wcom devices with native Dante devices, please consider using our expansion module Dante card.
If you do not want to integrate the expansion module, you can also use Dante in the AES67 compatibility mode. The following guide offers a step-by-step instruction to configure your devices to work with other Dante devices in AES67 compatibility mode.
Please note that you can currently only connect the 2wcom device IP-4c with Dante devices.
Connecting your 2wcom device with Dante
To connect your 2wcom device with a Dante device via the Dante Controller:
Prerequisites:
- A configured PTPv2 grandmaster clock is available in the network.
- You have installed at least version 2.17.5 of the firmware for the IP-4c.
- You have enabled the right Ravenna.
- You have connected the port Data1 of your device with the Dante primary network.
To configure redundancy, connect the port Data2 of your device with the Dante secondary network.
1. Reconfiguring the Dante device to AES67 mode
To reconfigure the Dante device via the Dante Controller:
1. Open the Dante Controller.
2. Double-click on the Dante device you want to connect with your 2wcom device.
The window Device View opens.
3. Click on the tab RTP Config.
4. In the block RTP Mode select AES67 as the new mode from the drop-down menu.
5. Click Reboot.
You have reconfigured the Dante device.
2. Setting the clock sources
To set PTP as the main clock source:
1. Open the web interface of your 2wcom device.
2. Navigate to the page Time/Clock in the section System Settings.
3. Click on the tab PTP.
4. To enable Data1 for PTP, toggle the switch next to Data1 in the block Settings.
5. Click Save.
6. Click on the tab External Clock.
7. In the block Main select PTP as the source from the dropdown menu.
8. Click Save.
You have set PTP as the main clock source.
To check the clock sources:
1. Navigate to the page Time/Clock in the section Status.
2. In the tab PTP/NTP the current clock sources are displayed.
Note: The green frame around the source indicates the currently used source.
You have checked the clock sources.
3. Configuring audio outputs for AES67
To configure the audio outputs for AES67:
1. Navigate to the page Audio in the section Interface Settings.
2. Click on the tab Interfaces.
3. In the block Audio / MPX outputs change the signal type of each output to AES67.
4. Click Save.
5. Navigate to the page Audio AES67 in the section Interface Settings.
6. Click on the tab Outputs.
7. Configure the parameters.
8. Click Save.
You have configured the audio outputs for AES67.
Parameters
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Enabled |
Toggle to switch to enable the output. |
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Redundancy |
Toggle the switch to enable redundancy. |
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Multicast IP |
Enter a multicast IP that starts with 239.69. |
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Port |
Set the port to 5004. |
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IP Interface |
Set the IP interface to Data1. |
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Link offset |
Set the link offset to 0. Note: If the parameter link offset is not visible in the web interface of your device, update the firmware of your device before continuing. |
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Payload ID |
Set the payload ID to 97. |
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Packet time |
Set the packet time to 1 ms. |
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Audio mode |
Set the audio mode to stereo. |
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Width |
Set the width to 24 bit. |
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QoS DSCP |
Set the Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP) for the Quality of Service (QoS) |
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TTL |
Set the Time to Live (TTL) to 42. |
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Empty packets |
Toggle the switch to enable empty packets. |
4. Setting up SAP
To ensure that your 2wcom device is available in the Dante Controller, the Session Announcement Protocol (SAP) needs to be set up.
To set up SAP:
1. Navigate to the page SAP in the section AoIP Settings.
2. Set the announce interval to 5 seconds.
3. Click Save.
You have set up SAP.
5. Routing channels to the Dante device
To route the signal of the channels from your 2wcom device to the Dante device:
1. Open the Dante Controller.
2. Navigate to the tab Routing.
Two channels are displayed for each available AES67 stream.
3. Select all the channels you want to transmit.
The green check marks indicate which channels are selected.
You have routed the selected channels from your 2wcom device to the Dante device.
6. Setting up a multicast stream
To set up a new multicast stream:
1. Open the Dante Controller.
2. Double-click on the Dante device you want to connect with your 2wcom device.
The window Device View opens.
3. Click on the tab Transmit.
4. Below Multicast Flow click on Add.
The name Multicast Flow in the Dante web interface is equivalent to the name Multicast Stream in the 2wcom web interface.
The window Audio Flow Config opens.
5. Set the audio flow config to AES67.
6. Select all channels you want to transmit.
7. Click Create.
You have set up a new multicast stream.
7. Configuring the input source to connect with the Dante device
To configure the input source of your 2wcom device:
1. Open the web interface of your 2wcom device.
2. Navigate to the page Codec in the section Codec Settings.
3. Click on the tab Input Sources.
4. Click on the block IP ES RIST.
5. To create an input source, click 
.
5. Click on Edit.
The window RTP Elementary Stream Settings opens.
6. In the tab General select the configured Dante multicast stream.
7. Click Copy/Use selected stream settings.
8. Click Save.
You have configured the input source of your 2wcom device.
You have connected your 2wcom device with the Dante device in AES67 mode.
Downloads
You can download the Dante Connection Guide here:
