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Dante Controller v4.17.1.1 Package (macOS Intel)

Release Date: 20th of January 2026

Dante Controller v4.17.1 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, and resolves a transient bug in a previous release related to application startup on offline computers.

The installer includes 4 applications: Dante Controller v4.17.1, Dante Updater v2.8.5, Dante Activator v2.7.1 and Dante Update Helper v1.5.0.

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

User Guide

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 v4.17.1

  • 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.

New Features in Dante Updater v2.8.5

  • N/A (maintenance release)

Dante Controller v4.17.1

  • 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-1812: Dante Controller accepts CRLF or LF line endings when copy pasting channels on macOS
  • 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
  • CS-2045: Dante Controller may fail to launch when no access to Internet

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

Dante Controller v4.17.1

  • 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-1966: When uninstalling Dante Controller on macOS 26, it may take noticeably longer than for previous versions of macOS.
  • CS-2040: Devices in ‘follower only’ mode may show in error state (red) despite this being a valid state. Workaround: ignore the error state.

Pre-existing known issues (from Dante Controller v4.16.1)

  • 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 v2.8.5

  • No new known issues

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

  • 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.