How to use Dante audio

ALP Dante

You can use the ALP PCI-e Dante-compatible audio card which offers 16 stereo audio outputs for Mapping Groups and Operation Centers in Userful Infinity.

Installation

To install the card:

1. Open the server and connect the card to the PCI-e port.

2. Once the card is installed and connected to the Dante network, turn on the server. You will be able to view the Destination cards for the sound outputs.The Dante ALP card audio Destination appears with names in the format out<x>.

Mapping the audio outputs

All applications except Remote in the Userful Infinity Platform can use Dante audio outputs.

Note: The Dante ALP card audio Destination appears as out<x>.

Decisions

1. In your Userful Infinity account, navigate to Decisions.

2. Click and enter an Operations Center.

3. Click and enter a Canvas within the Operations Center.

4. Click the Destinations tab in the Operations Center.

5. In the bottom tray, search for "Out" audio destinations.

6. Drag and drop the audio destination card to the Destinations tab.

Trends, Artistic, and Engage

In Trends, Artistic, and Engage audio output works for Mapping Groups under the Server player.

To use the OnBoard audio:

1. In your Userful Infinity account, navigate to Artistic > Mapping Groups > Server Player.

2. In the bottom tray, click on the Destinations icon (screen-shaped icon) and look for or

search for "Out" audio destinations.

3. Drag and drop the audio destination to the Mapping Group.

Dante AVIO 2-channel USB adapter

Userful Infinity Platform supports the Dante AVIO 2-channel USB adapter.

The configuration for the USB devices is the same as the Dante ALP card.

Note: The USB audio card appears as CARD=Module_x.

Dante Sound Output Configuration

To configure the outputs with your Dante environment, you need to use the Dante Controller Software.

• The ALP Dante appears as ALPDANTE-xxxx and the USB cards appear as AVIOUSB-xxxxx.

• Each of the OutX matches with T-X, which means out1 ->Tx1, out2->Tx2, etc.