DAD AX Center and AbleSet

Hey @leolabs & @agustinvolpe! Loving all of these new updates, amazing work! I’m currently updating a client’s playback rig and we are adding a DAD AX Center. I’m looking for documentation on setup with DAD interfaces but not seeing anything. If we are planning to run Cat6 connections straight from interface to the laptops for DVS connections, but have Ableset network (and RTP MIDI) running through a hub in order to keep these networks seperate, is that going to affect Ableset’s ability to see and control the DAD’s “Control Pack” redundancy settings? Let me know if you have any suggestions on how I should set these devices up to work together.

Thanks!

Hey @cameronsimons,

I moved your question to a new thread to make it more easily discoverable for others.

AbleSet communicates with DAD interfaces over the network, so for them to show up in the app, your computer needs to have access to them. As long as any of the network interfaces on your computer have access, the AX Center should be discovered automatically.

Let me know if this works for you :slight_smile:

Hey @leolabs thanks for the response! I spent the whole day prepping our rig with the audio team, and we’re still having issues. I’ve set up DAD Control Pack and am able to switch playback between A and B computers seamlessly if I press the correct button in the DADman software (connected to the B computer via Thunderbolt for admin). However, I’m afraid that because the main interface connections to Ableton are via Dante Virtual Soundcard on a seperate network, Ableset is not seeing the interface. Ableset and RTP midi are running properly with static IPs through an unmanaged switch. We needed to keep the Dante connections seperate for several reasons, and these connections are using typical DHCP network connections, as this is what Dante handles best. There are no VLANs being used, Dante is just on a completely different network from Ableset and RTP midi. I’ve attached a diagram to illustrate all of the physical connections in our rack. I’ve also set both laptops up on Sonoma, since I’ve had terrible issues with both Dante and Ableset networks being impeded by Sequoia security updates. Is there any workaround for this? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks again.

Want to be clear that both computers see both networks no problem, and everything else is working as expected. Ableset just shows zero indication that there is any interface connected to the system. I’m not sure why Ableset isn’t able to locate the Dante connections.