Dante Controller v4.17.0.15 (Windows) Release Notes
Summary
Dante Controller v4.17.0 package extends support for select devices to configure their SMPTE ST 2110-30 and AES67 RTP audio in unmanaged networks (DDM or Dante Director not required). This release also contains a range of bug fixes to improve stability and error reporting.
The installer includes 4 applications: Dante Controller v4.17.0, Dante Updater v2.8.5, Dante Activator v2.7.1 and Dante Update Helper v1.5.0.
New Features
Dante Controller v4.17.0
- Manual configuration of SMPTE ST 2110-30 and AES67 RTP audio on selected products.
Note: requires firmware update. Please contact your product manufacturer for availability and firmware updates.
Dante Updater v2.8.5
- N/A (maintenance release)
Supported Platforms
Bug Fixes
Dante Controller v4.17.0
- CS-1718: Communication with Dante Director over port 443
- CS-1895: Dante Updater crash when logged into Director in macOS and loses Internet connection
- CS-2019: Bug causing warning when subscribed Tx channels are renamed to the same name but different case
- CS-1904: Fixed an issue where Dante Controller could crash when monitoring signals from a Dante PCIe device
- CS-1891: Fixed an issue with port selection becoming locked on the Domain Manager login screen
- CS-1883: Fixed an issue applying presets with Input Sensitivity / Output Level
- CS-1833: Prevent non-Dante / RTP SDPs from showing
- CS-1814: Dante Controller indicates a device is using per-channel encoding rather than showing an error
- CS-1810: Dante Controller allows pasting of URLs into the DDM hostname field
- CS-1788: Dante Controller prefers 8 channels per Tx Manual flow and warns when selecting wide flows
- CS-1771: Fixed an error indicating encryption incompatibility shown as “Unknown” error
- CS-1740: Fixed an issue where Via was showing a warning about subscriptions not being reestablished on restart (with Via update)
- CS-1876: Enhanced Translations
Dante Updater v2.8.5
- CS-1977: Brooklyn 3 firmware updates from v4.2.5.3 to v4.3.0.6 would appear to fail. This has been fixed.
- CS-1876: Enhanced Translations
Known Issues
Dante Controller v4.17.0
- CS-1754: With some screen resolutions, the Create button in the Create Multicast Flows window may not be shown on screen. Workaround: Use a different screen resolution.
- CS-2040: Devices in ‘follower only’ mode may show in error state (red) despite this being a valid state. Workaround: ignore the error state.
- ETS-6382: DC may fail to launch if the host computer has been booted in an offline environment. Workaround: use in an online environment or re-install DC 4.16
Pre-existing known issues (from Dante Controller v4.16.1)
- CS-1704: Column headers are not translated when copying the table
- CS-673: Windows About dialog incorrectly identifies OS version
- CS-664: DC for Windows crashes with > 255 devices in a single unmanaged subnet (no DDM)
- KAS-233: Unmanaged multicast bandwidth value does not include video media
- CM-1402: DDM interop: Dante Controller incorrectly allows enrolled Brooklyn II devices at v4.0.9.2 firmware to create AES67 flows. Workaround: Reboot the Brooklyn II device.
- CM-1424: DDM interop: The ‘Create Multicast Flow’ dialog incorrectly reports support for 64 channels / flow for SMPTE configs that only support 8.
- CM-1432: DDM interop: Dante Controller shows SMPTE clock domains 1, 2 and 3 as sample rate pull-up clock domains in the clocking status tab.
- CS-1191: On some systems the Dante Activator application can take up to a minute to launch
Dante Updater v2.8.5
Pre-existing known issues (from Dante Updater v2.8.4)
- CS-1489: When a firmware file is uploaded in the Library, the device does not immediately display in the Imported Firmware Files section. Workaround: Toggle the network interface on DU to find the imported firmware file.
- ETS-5541: Dante Updater does not work when a previously selected interface is no longer available
- ETS-5547: Unable to update using local firmware imported to the Dante Updater Library
- PP-78: DDM interop: No prompt shown when DDM is down
- NIMBUS-670: The Select All Button in Library does not react to the search filter
Dante Activator v2.7.1