FAQs

Dante Devices PTP Clocking Support

The following table is a generic guide aiming to summarise the PTP capabilities of Audinate’s End User and OEM products.

Support for features like AES67 or SMPTE 2110 have to be enabled at the firmware level by the manufacturer. Please consult their documentation.

Dante Product

Ad Hoc Networks

Dante Domain Manager managed Networks

Native Dante

AES67 Mode

(Supported clock domain 0)

Custom (v1+v2)

(Supported clock domains from 0 to 255)

Subnet Boundary Clock

(Limited to 40 devices per clocking domain)

AES67

(Supported clock domain 0)

SMPTE

(Supported clock domains from 0 to 127)

PTPv1 Multicast

PTPv2 Multicast

PTPv2 Multicast

PTPv2 Unicast

UltimoX

AVIO (DIOx)

Leader Support

Supported

(From firmware 4.1)

Unsupported

Supported on clock domains 0, 1, 2, 3

(From firmware 4.1)

Can safely clock up to 40 follower devices

Brooklyn II

Broadway

HC

PCIe

Leader Support

Supported

(From firmware 3.9)

Supported

(From firmware 4.2)

Supported

(From firmware 4.0)

Can safely clock up to 250 follower devices

IP Core Zynq

Leader Support

Supported

Supported

Supported

Dante AV Ultra

Leader Support

Unsupported

Custom Domain only

Supported

Dante AV H

Leader Support

(If no Dante Hardware is present on the network)

Unsupported

Unsupported

Supported

Dante Embedded Platform (DEP)

Dante Studio

Dante VIA

Unsupported

Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS)

Follower Only Support

Unsupported

Unsupported

Unsupported

Dante Application Library (DAL)

Legacy

Ultimo

Leader Support

Unsupported

Unsupported

Unsupported

IP Core Summit HC

IP Core Skye HC

Leader Support

Supported

Unsupported

Supported