Dante Controller v4.15.0.9 (macOS Apple Silicon) Release Notes

Summary

Dante Controller v4.15.0 package delivers a range of new Dante Controller features, including support for Dante Media Encryption.

The installer includes 3 applications: Dante Controller 4.15.0, Dante Updater 2.8.2 and Dante Activator 2.7.1.

This version of Dante Controller is optimised for Apple Silicon (M series) computers, and will not work on Macs with Intel hardware.

Support for Dante Media Encryption - establish secure subscriptions between devices that support media encryption functionality. Dante Director is also required to enable this functionality.
Controller table information extraction - select and copy information in Dante Controller from device tables (e.g. device info, clock and network status)
Improvements to usability and application launch speed
Addition of AES67 flow latency notification
Dark mode for video plugins
Improved translations
Dante Controller no longer requires fingerprint verification for Dante Director

CS-1542: Chromium notification alerts in macOS when Dante Controller is opened
CS-1581: Text box and buttons are not greyed out after locking an AVIO Bluetooth device
CS-1600: Event log is always red at the launch of Dante Controller
ETS-5677: Application stability improvements
HD-110: Dante Controller should show any device in a listening state in bold red letters to indicate audio error state
HOT-114: Make the Pull-Up error message more meaningful
CS-1583: Uninstalling Dante Controller package would leave ConMon installed on the system, if Dante Virtual Soundcard is installed
DF-348: Improved SAP advert handling
CS-1534: Device information might be incomplete when multiple network interfaces having overlapping subnets are in use

CS-1597: Chromium notification alerts in macOS
ETS-5561: Improved reliability updating low-spec devices
CS-1617: Worker terminates when username contains non-ASCII characters
ETS-5547: Devices not turning up in imported firmware section
ETS-5539: DU blank screen on launch
ETS-5542: "Dante Updater has stopped responding" issue while being logged into DDM domain with a lot of devices
CS-1585: "Dante Updater has stopped working" message displays in the app when previously selected interface cannot be found
CS-1647: Product version does not display correctly
CS-1625: Dante Updater falls back on selected unmanaged interface for fully routed networks
CS-1601: Messaging change when there are no updates available
CS-1599: Improve reliability of Brooklyn 3 firmware updates
CS-1230: Improved display of available domains

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

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