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Dante Controller v4.16.0.5 Package (macOS Intel)

Release Date: 8th of July 2025

Dante Controller v4.16.0 package delivers a range of new features, including significant user interface enhancements, improved support for Dante Director, and improved support for Dante AV devices.

The installer includes 3 applications: Dante Controller v4.16.0, Dante Updater v2.8.3 and Dante Activator v2.7.1.

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

Supported Platforms

  • macOS 15 – Sequoia (Intel only)
  • macOS 14 – Sonoma (Intel only)
  • macOS 13 – Ventura (Intel only)

Requirements

All operating systems should be updated to the latest available version.

Notes

Installing or Updating Dante Controller

To install Dante Controller you will need to be logged on with administrator privileges.

Note: You do not need to uninstall the previous version before installing this update.

To install Dante Controller:

  1. Ensure you are logged on to your computer as an administrator.
  2. Double-click the downloaded Dante Controller installer file.
  3. A drive icon will appear on your Desktop Finder window. Double-click it to open.
  4. Double-click the Dante Controller.pkg file. This will run the installer.
  5. Read the license text, and if you accept the terms of the agreement, click Agree.
    If you do not accept these terms, click Disagree to terminate the installation.

New Features in Dante Controller v4.16.0

  • UI Enhancements:
    • Swap Routing View axes (available in the View menu)
    • Network View size can be customised by the user (available in the View menu)
    • Ability to copy and paste channel names and subscriptions from one device to another, or to a text file (in Device View)
  • Improve compatibility with Dante Director:
    • Persistent Login to Dante Director from Dante Controller
    • Improved communication between Dante Controller and Dante Director (reduced firewall configuration requirements, plus compatibility with standard security software)
  • Encryption status reporting – additional status reporting for encrypted flows
  • Improved support for Dante AV Ultra – new Video Config tabs for AV Ultra devices. HDMI input and output status tabs, TX Video processing tab for configuring video flow bandwidth, and RX Video processing tab for enabling fast-switching and configuring output video resolution
  • Support for Dante AV-A USB, AV-A IR and AV-A serial ancillary data types in the Advanced Filter
  • Support for serial configuration for compatible devices
  • Improved translations

New Features in Dante Updater v2.8.3

Dante Controller v4.16.0

  • CS-1519: Update Dante Discovery / mDNSResponder to resolve critical vulnerabilities
  • CS-1652: Dante Controller should give a warning when replacing an existing unicast TX flow with a multicast flow
  • CS-1660: Warn the user about conflicting TX channel names
  • CD-1665: Mention specific effects to audio when warning about unicast flow deletion
  • CS-1691: Fixed rendering issue on Clock Status Monitor Graph that occurs with large number of samples
  • CS-1709: Fixed rendering of 24-bit private encodings

Dante Updater v2.8.3

  • CS-1230: Unsorted listed Domain
  • CS-1647 / ETS-4752: Show 3-digit product versions
  • CS-1713: Missing notification message to user when updating a locked device

Dante Controller v4.16.0

  • No new known issues

Pre-existing known issues (from Dante Controller v4.15.0)

  • CS-1704: Column headers are not translated when copying the table
  • 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 v2.8.3

  • No new known issues

Pre-existing known issues (from Dante Updater v2.8.2)

  • 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

  • None

Audinate’s Support for Inclusive Language

To our customers: some of the terminology used in Dante products has been changed to align with modern usage. Specifically, areas related to Dante clocking now refer to “Primary Leader Clock”, “Leader Clocks” and “Follower Clocks” to describe the functions of each role more clearly.