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Dante Controller v4.15.0.10 Package (Windows)

Release Date: 22nd of April 2025

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.

Supported Platforms

  • Windows 11
  • Windows 10

Requirements

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

Note: Dante Controller requires 64-bit capable hardware.

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. Navigate to and double-click the downloaded Dante Controller installer file.
  3. Read the license agreement. If you agree to the terms, select the ‘I agree’ checkbox and click Install.
  4. If you do not agree to the terms, click Close.
  5. Confirm / acknowledge any Windows security prompts that are displayed.

Dante Controller v4.15.0

  • 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

Dante Updater v2.8.2

  • Dante Updater can connect to Dante Director using OS certificate authorities
  • Bug fixes and security improvements

Dante Controller v4.15.0

  • 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-1637: Dante Controller can be re-launched if already opened when clicking an application URL
  • CS-1583: Uninstalling Dante Controller package would leave ConMon installed on the system, if Dante Virtual Soundcard is installed
  • CS-1043: Dante Controller wouldn’t uninstall if DC was running
  • DF-348: Improved SAP advert handling

Dante Updater v2.8.2

  • 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

Dante Controller v4.15.0

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

Pre-existing known issues (from Dante Controller v4.14.1)

  • CS-673: Windows About dialog incorrectly identifies OS version
  • CS-664: DC for Windows crashes with > 255 devices in a single unmanaged subnet (no DDM)
  • 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 v2.8.2

  • No new known issues

Pre-existing known issues (from Dante Updater v2.7.1)

  • 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.