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.
Product Type | Implementation | PTPv1 Multicast | PTPv2 Unicast | PTPv2 Multicast | ||
Unmanaged Dante or Managed Dante (Dante Domain Manager or Dante Director) | Managed Dante (Dante Domain Manager or Dante Director) | Unmanaged Dante AES67 Mode | ||||
(Same capabilities both in managed or unmanaged Dante) | Subnet Boundary Clock (Limited to 40 devices per clocking domain) | Custom Clocking Modes Custom (v1+v2) (Supported clock domains from 0 to 255) AES67 (Supported clock domain 0) SMPTE (Supported clock domains from 0 to 127) | (Supported clock domain 0) | |||
Low Channel Count Hardware (Up to 4 channels) | UltimoX AVIO (DIOx) | Leader Support (Can safely clock up to 40 follower devices) | Supported (From firmware 4.2) (Domains 0, 1, 2, 3 only on firmware 4.1) | Supported (From firmware 4.2) (Unsupported on 4.1) (No RTP support for AES67/ST2110) | Supported (From firmware 4.1) | |
High Channel Count Hardware (Above 4 channels) | Brooklyn II Broadway HC PCIe IP Core Zynq | Leader Support (Can safely clock up to 250 follower devices) | Supported (From firmware 4.0) | Supported (From firmware 4.2) | Supported (From firmware 3.9) | |
Dante AV Ultra | Supported (No RTP support for AES67/ST2110) | Unsupported | ||||
Software | Dante Embedded Platform (DEP) | Leader Support (If no Dante Hardware is present on the network) | Supported | Supported* (No RTP support for AES67/ST2110) | Supported* (From version 1.2.1.1) | |
Dante AV-H Dante AV-A | Supported* (No RTP support for AES67/ST2110) | Supported* (From version 1.0.7) | ||||
Dante Studio | Unsupported | Unsupported | ||||
Dante Virtual Soundcard Pro (DVS Pro) | ||||||
Dante VIA | Unsupported | |||||
Dante Virtual Soundcard (DVS) | Follower Only Support | |||||
Dante Application Library (DAL) | ||||||
Legacy | ||||||
Hardware | Ultimo | Leader Support | Unsupported | Unsupported | Unsupported | |
IP Core Summit HC IP Core Skye HC | Leader Support | Supported | Unsupported | Supported | ||