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APPLICATION NOTES
AES67 CONFIGURATION
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AES67 CONFIGURATION
AES67 is a technical standard designed to allow audio over IP and audio over Ethernet
interoperability between dierent networking systems. All Powerso ampliers featuring a Dante
card can be congured to send and receive AES67 audio streams.
Powerso ampliers support a limited number of audio streams, also known as ‘ows’ – the actual
number varies by device according to the Dante card it ulises. Ampliers with ‘Dante Ulmo’ cards
allow for 2 transmit ows and 2 receive ows to be created, while ampliers with ‘Dante Brooklyn
II’ cards can simultaneously stream 32 x 32 ows.
Table 1 below presents a summary of all Dante enabled Powerso ampliers and their ow
streaming capabilies.
Ulmo UXT
(2 x 2 ows)
Ulmo ULT
(2 x 2 ows)
Oocanali Series
12K4 DSP+D
8K4 DSP+D
4K4 DSP+D
Quarocanali Series
4804 DSP+D
✓
✓
2404 DSP+D
✓
✓
1204 DSP+D
✓
✓
Duecanali Series
4804 DSP+D
✓
✓
1604 DSP+D
✓
✓
804 DSP+D
✓
✓
X Series
X4
X8
T series
302
✓
304
✓
602
✓
604
✓
Table 1 – List of Dante-enabled Powerso ampliers.
The Dante modules in Powerso ampliers operate with their own dedicated Firmware. To ensure
a correct conguraon of AES67, it is recommended that all modules are running the latest Dante
rmware.
The following rmware versions are recommended for Dante cards in Powerso ampliers:
• Brooklyn II – version 2.0.1.0 or above;
• Ulmo UXT (T series) – version 2.1.3.0 or above;
• Ulmo UXT (Quarocanali and Duecanali series) – version 4.1.1.4 or above;
• Ulmo ULT– version 3.10.4.1 or above.
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More informaon on how to update the Dante rmware in Powerso ampliers can be found on
Powerso’s website.
Enabling AES67 and Receiving Flows
Before seng up an AES67 connecon between an amplier and a third-party device, it is necessary
to enable the AES67 streaming on the amplier. This is done via the soware applicaon ’Dante
Controller’ provided by Audinate. Free download versions of the soware are available for
‘Windows’ and ‘Mac OS X’ directly on Audinate’s website.
When opening the ‘Dante Controller’, all devices connected to the Dante network will be displayed
in the list of transmiers and receivers.
To enable the AES67 streaming:
1. Open the Device View window by double-clicking on the device to be congured.
2. Select the AES67 Cong tab
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(Figure 1).
3. Under ‘AES67 Mode’ select ‘Enabled’ from the drop-down list.
Figure 1 – Dante Controller AES67 Cong tab in the Device View window.
NOTE 1: If the AES67 Cong tab is not showing in the amplier’s device view, the most likely soluon for this issue is to
update the rmware of the Dante card. More informaon can be found on Powerso’s website.
It is important to note that this operaon requires a device reboot. This can be done by simply
clicking ‘Reboot’ under ‘Reset Device’. However, in some instances, it has been veried that a manual
reboot of the amplier is necessary for modicaons to take eect, and is therefore recommended
as best pracce.
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The above operaon will automacally enable the amplier to receive AES67 streams, and in most
circumstances, this is the only necessary conguraon. However, ampliers can also be set to
transmit AES67 audio streams over the Dante network.
Transming AES67 Flows
Although enabling AES67 in the ‘Dante Controller’ automacally congures the amplier to receive
AES67 streams, an addional step is necessary if transming audio streams is desired.
In Dante, there are two types of audio streams, or ‘ows’: Unicast and Mulcast. Unicast ows are
one-to-one routes that deliver audio to and from specic devices, and support 4 channels of audio
simultaneously. A mulcast ow “broadcasts” the audio so that mulple receivers can subscribe to
it, but the transming device is only using one of its available ows. It allows up to 8 audio channels
to be streamed in one ow.
When connecng two devices in the Dante Controller, a unicast transmit ow is automacally
created by default from the transmier to the receiver. However, AES67 connecons only ulise
mulcast ows, as this is a universal communicaon method used by most network systems.
Therefore, it is necessary to create a mulcast ow for the channels of the AES67 transming device.
To create a mulcast Dante ow and enable AES67 streaming from a transming device:
1. Open the Device View window by double-clicking on the transming device to be
congured.
2. Click on the ‘Create a new mulcast’ buon at the top bar.
3. In the ‘Create Mulcast Flow’ window, ck the box next to ‘AES67 Flow’ (Figure 2).
4. Select the channels to be included in the mulcast ow.
5. Click ‘Create’.
Figure 2 – Dante Controller ‘AES67 Cong’ tab in the ‘Device View’ window.
A list of all the transmit ows created for the device, including mulcast AES67 ows, can be found
in the Device View window, under the Transmit tab.
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Important note: Dante Controller gives the user the opon to save all the roung informaon as
a preset by clicking on (Save preset buon). It is however strongly advised that the
preset feature is not used, as loading saved presets in Dante Controller will erase all patching
previously made with AES67 devices.
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POWERSOFT AMPLIFIERS AND Q-SYS NETWORKING VIA AES67
The following applicaon notes are applicable to Q-SYS and Powerso ampliers connecons via an
AES67 network. Powerso has also made a series of free plug-ins and communicaon protocols
available for the control of ampliers directly from the Q-SYS Designer plaorm. For more
informaon and to access these tools, please email our technical support team at
support.audio@powerso.com.
The integraon of Powerso ampliers and a Q-SYS AES67 network is done via Dante Controller and
the addional soware applicaon ‘Q-SYS Designer’, which can be downloaded directly from QSC’s
website.
Before creang any AES67 connecons with Q-SYS, verify that the properes of the Q-SYS Designer
match those of Dante and AES67 QoS. In Q-SYS Designer go to File > Design Properes (Figure 3).
Under ‘QoS Preset’ select ‘Audinate’ from the drop-down menu.
Figure 3 – List of streaming devices available in Q-SYS Designer.
AES67 from Q-SYS to Powerso Ampliers
For this operaon, the amplier must rst be congured in Dante Controller so that AES67 streaming
is enabled. This is done by following the steps described in the secon ‘Enabling AES67 and Receiving
Flows’ of this document.
To set up a Q-SYS AES67 transmier:
1. Open Q-SYS Designer.
2. In the Inventory pane, click the ‘+’ symbol to add a device.
3. Select the opon Streaming I/O and then AES67 Transmier (Figure 4).
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Figure 4 – List of streaming devices available in Q-SYS Designer.
4. An AES67 Transmier device will be added to the Inventory list. Click, drag and drop this
device as a component onto the design schemac window (Figure 5).
Figure 5 – AES67 Transmier device in Q-SYS Designer.
5. Click on the AES67 Transmier component to view its properes under the Properes Pane.
Set ‘Connecon Mode’ to ‘Auto’ and edit the ‘Channel Count’ to the number of channels to
be transmied from Q-SYS to the amplier in the AES67 ow (Figure 6). It is important to
note that it has been veried that changing the ‘Channel Count’, without deleng/redoing
the patching in Dante Controller, creates audiable HF distoron in the audio signal.
Figure 6 – AES67 Transmier properes in Q-SYS Designer.
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6. Save the design to the Q-SYS Core by pressing F5 or selecng File > Save to Core & Run.
7. Double-click the AES67 Transmier component to open the Connecon pane (Figure 7).
Figure 7 – AES67 Transmier Connecon pane.
8. Note that the AES67 Transmier automacally assigns a name to the ‘Stream Name’. The AES
Transmier device is now available for connecon with other AES67 devices and can be seen
in the list of Dante Transmiers in Dante Controller (Figure 8).
Figure 8 – The AES67 Transmier in Dante Controller.
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9. Note from ‘Figure 7’ that Q-SYS has automacally assigned an IP address to the AES67
Transmier ow (239.69.xxx.xxx). This default conguraon is appropriate when only one
AES67 Transmier component is used in the Q-SYS design schemac. However, when several
transmier components are added to the design, Q-SYS will incorrectly assign the same IP
address to all AES67 ows. In such instance, it is recommended to manually congure the IP
of the ‘Mulcast Address’ in each transmier component independently (Figure 9).
Figure 9 – Manual conguraon of the ‘Mulcast Address’ for an AES67 Transmier.
For best pracce, it is recommended that stac mulcast IP addresses are always used for Q-SYS
AES67 Transmier ows, as it will make the network roung more reliable. This is specially the case
when devices are restarted and/or put in a dierent network, causing the IP addresses to change
and the roung to be lost.
AES67 from Powerso Ampliers to Q-SYS
For this operaon, a mulcast AES67 ow must have been created for the amplier in Dante
Controller. This is done by following the steps described in the secon ‘Transming AES67 Flows’ of
this document.
To set up a Q-SYS AES67 receiver:
1. Open Q-SYS Designer.
2. In the Inventory pane, click the ‘+’ symbol to add a device.
3. Select the opon Streaming I/O and then AES67 Receiver (Figure 10).
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Figure 10 – List of streaming devices available in Q-SYS Designer.
4. An AES67 Receiver device will be added to the Inventory list. Click, drag and drop this device
as a component onto the design schemac window (Figure 11).
Figure 11 – AES67 Receiver device in Q-SYS Designer.
5. Click on the AES67 Receiver component to view its properes under the Properes Pane.
Edit the ‘Channel Count’ to match the number of channels to be received from the amplier
in its AES67 mulcast ow (Figure 12). For this example, four channels have been selected to
match the number of channels seen in ‘Figure 2’.
6. Set ‘Connecon Mode’ to ‘Auto’.
Figure 12 – AES67 Receiver properes in Q-SYS Designer.
7. Save the design to the Q-SYS Core by pressing F5 or selecng File > Save to Core & Run.
8. Double-click the AES67 Receiver component to open the Connecon pane (Figure 13).
9. Note that the AES67 Receiver status inially displays the message “Not Present – Waing for
SAP”. This means that the receiver is waing for its rst SAP announcement from the
network.
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Figure 13 – AES67 Receiver Connecon pane.
10. The status of the receiver should automacally change to “Not Present - No Stream
Specied” (Figure 14), as soon as the AES67 Receiver receives its rst SAP announcement.
This indicates that the AES67 streams in the network have been discovered but have not yet
been selected. Note that somemes it may take up to 30 seconds for the status to be
updated.
Figure 14 – AES67 Receiver status following the rst SAP announcement.
11. In the Connecon pane, click on the eld next to ‘Stream Name’ and, from the drop-down
list, select the transming device to connect the receiver to. In this example, the same
Oocanali 12K4 D+DSP amplier from ‘Figure 2’ has been selected (Figure 15). It is important
to emphasise that the number of channels on both receiving and transming devices must
be the same.
Figure 15 – AES67 Receiver properes in Q-SYS Designer.
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The AES Receiver is now ready to receive AES67 ows from the Powerso amplier.
Document Title: AES67 CONFIGURATION
Reference: DO000247.00 REV.00
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