DT168 Dante Preamp Control

[Stefan]

I am doing some testing on an Avantis and some DT168 stage boxes and have noticed that if I lose network on primary I lose pre amp control but if I lose secondary I still have preamp control.

Is this expected and if does that that mean that control traffic is only sent or received over the primary Dante interfaces?

[anotherone]

Hi, it‘s the same for me here (dLive + multiple DT168). My A&H salesperson told me this is expected behaviour – preamp control only on primary. A bit of a bummer to me, frankly. Would love a qualified explanation on why that is.

[Tatsuya Nakamura]

Unfortunately, the DT168’s preamp controls are only available on the PRIMARY line.

It would be great to see support for the Secondary line in the version upgrade.

I am very concerned about the issue of not being able to follow scene recall if the Primary network switch fails during a show.

[Kevg]

Yeap it’s stupid. We lost our primary on a event, the secondary passed audio but we couldn’t run the show without Pre-amp control

[Brian]

We lost our primary on a event, the secondary passed audio but we couldn’t run the show without Pre-amp control

While I have never tested this scenario, it’s likely you could have used the A&H DT Preamp Control software to “regain” access to these settings. Normally it’s used by people who have DT boxes, but non-A&H consoles, but I think it would still work in a scenario like this where the primary Dante network goes down for some reason.

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