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USER GUIDE

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Dante Ready implementation on K-array devices

Activating

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User Guide

Thank you for choosing this K-array products!

To ensure proper operation, please carefully read the owner’s

manuals and safety instruction before using the products.

After reading this manual, be sure to keep it for future reference.

Dante is a proprietary digital media networking solution,

developed by Audinate and licensed by K-array, which allows to

convey audio content over standard Ethernet networks using

the Internet Protocol (Audio over IP).

When a K-array device receives Dante audio packets, it

reconstructs them back into a continuous digital audio stream,

which is then played out. The Dante audio implementation is

100% lossless 24- or 32-bit PCM, 48 kHz sample rate.

K-array devices incorporate Dante as an optional software

implemented solution, giving the user to get immediate, no-

fuss connectivity over IP on demand.

Dante Ready

Dante Ready allows the user to purchase and add audio

channels to a K-array device after initial purchase with easy-to-

use software, paying only for as many channels as are required.

Dante Controller

Dante Controller software allows the user to configure signal

routes and other settings. All routes and settings are stored in

the individual Dante devices, allowing them to run without any

connected computers.

Dante Ready Activator scans the local Dante network for any

Dante Ready eligible products and shows the available options;

purchases are immediately applied to the target devices for a

smooth, easy experience.

In order to add channels to a K-array Dante Ready device, Dante

Controller must be updated to version 4.5.0.9 or later (February

2022. which includes Dante Ready Activator.

Integrated Electronic Brain

K-array active devices integrates a new generation intelligence

software, named osKar, that allows the user to manage the

entire system through various control platforms.

With a real quad-core computer and embedded DSP featuring

oskar, K-array devices offer enhanced signal processing and

managing experience called IEB – Integrated Electronic Brain –

giving the user control over the system performance.

In order to add channels to a K-array Dante Ready device, osKar

must be updated to OS version 1.3.4 or later.

K-array Dante Embedded Platforms

K-array devices embedding Dante Ready born with no active

Dante channels and can be upgraded to 2 IN x 2 OUT Dante

channels (Ships with 0x0 / Upgradeable to 2x2).

Customers can make channel purchases directly within Dante

Controller using Audinate’s payment system on the following

K-array devices:

• Mugello-KH2 I
• Mugello-KH3 I
• Mugello-KH5 I
• Thunder-KS1 I
• Thunder-KS2 I
• Thunder-KS3 I
• Thunder-KS4 I
• Thunder-KS5 I
  • Kommander-KA14 I
  • Kommander-KA
  • Kommander-KA
  • Kommander-KA
  • Kommander-KA
  • Kommander-KA
  • Kommander-KA

User Guide

The name of the available Dante Ready

devices shown on both the Dante Controller

and Dante Ready Activator is:

K-array-DEP-< ID number>

In order to match the name given to the Dante

Ready device with the actual K-array product,

check the IP address on both the Dante

Controller and the K-array device web app or

K-array Connect app.

If the Dante Ready device you want to activate

is not shown in the list:

• check the IP connection;
• click on the Scan for Devices button at the

bottom of the window.

The available Dante Ready devices are grouped in two

classes:

• upgradeable devices are Dante Ready products with

no active DANTE channels (eligible to be activated) or

devices with an old version of the software;

• up-to-date devices have been activated as Dante-

enabled products.

8. Click on the K-array device you want to activate.
9. Focus on the upgradeable Dante Ready devices: click on

New Activation to see the Dante Ready devices eligible to

be activated.

The right panel will show the available channel options that

can be activated (i.e. 2x2 AUDIO CHANNELS).

9. Click on the channel option you want to activate.

User Guide

10. Once the desired channel option is checked, proceed to

the purchase: click on Add to Cart.

11. You can opt for either a new activation of a further Dante

Ready device, or check out for payment.

12. When ready, proceed to payment: Audinate will take care of

the payment procedure.

Once activated, the Dante licence for the selected channel

option is tranfered to the device. The K-array Dante Ready

product is now recongnized by the Dante Controller as a

Dante-enabled products.

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