Aviom D400-Dante A-Net Distributor with Dante, 8 Powered Outputs

Aviom D400-Dante: Bridge a Dante Network to Aviom Personal Mixers

The Aviom D400-Dante is an A-Net distributor with a built-in Dante interface that brings up to thirty-two channels from a Dante audio network directly to Aviom personal mixers. It combines that Dante bridge with eight A-Net outputs that both feed audio to and power up to eight mixers over single Cat-5e runs, all in a 2U rack. For a modern facility standardized on Dante, the D400-Dante is the piece that adds Aviom personal monitoring without a separate converter in front of it. It lets a Dante console or stagebox hand its channels straight to a stage full of personal mixers.

Up to 32 Dante Channels to Your Mixers

The D400-Dante receives up to thirty-two channels from a Dante network and makes them available to A320 and A360 personal mixers. Dante is the widely deployed audio-over-IP standard that carries many channels of low-latency digital audio over ordinary Ethernet, and the distributor is a native endpoint on that network. Thirty-two channels is enough to carry a full band, vocal group, click, and playback to the musicians building their own mixes. Because the distributor is native Dante, those channels arrive without format conversion or added latency.

Channel Selection in Dante Controller

Which thirty-two of the network's channels reach the mixers is chosen in Dante Controller, the standard free software used to route any Dante system. That means an engineer patches the console's outputs, group buses, or stagebox inputs to the D400-Dante with a few clicks, exactly as they would route any other Dante device. Software routing removes the need for physical repatching when the monitor needs change from one event to the next. This flexibility is a core advantage of building a monitor feed on Dante rather than fixed analog wiring.

Eight Powered A-Net Outputs Feed and Power Mixers

On the A-Net side, the D400-Dante provides eight outputs, each carrying both audio and DC power to a personal mixer over a single Cat-5e cable. A performer's mixer therefore connects to the rack with one lightweight network cable and needs no power adapter at their position. Each output supplies isolated, floating-ground DC power to prevent ground loops across the stage, keeping the monitor mixes clean and hum-free. Eight powered outputs let one D400-Dante serve a typical band, worship team, or theater pit directly from the Dante network.

An Unpowered A-Net Out for Expansion

The D400-Dante includes one unpowered A-Net Out that passes the stream along to additional distributors or output modules, letting the system grow beyond eight mixers. A second distributor chained from this port adds another eight powered outputs, while an AN-16/o output module could tap the same stream for a recording or broadcast split. This expansion capability means the Dante bridge is not a dead end but the front of a scalable A-Net system. One unit handles a small stage; chained units handle a large one.

A 2U Rack With Worldwide Power

The D400-Dante is housed in a 2U, 19-inch rack chassis with an internal supply and a 115 V or 230 V selector, drawing up to 220 watts at the mains. Centralizing both the Dante bridge and power for up to eight mixers in one rack unit replaces a scatter of converters and adapters. Its standard IEC inlet and voltage selector let it drop into any rack and run anywhere in the world. That rack-mounted consolidation is what keeps a Dante-fed monitor system tidy and dependable.

Simple on the A-Net Side

While the Dante side is routed in software, the A-Net side of the D400-Dante needs no complex configuration: the mixers connect and the audio and power flow. That split keeps the powerful flexibility of Dante where it is useful, at the console and network, while leaving the performer-facing connections as simple as plugging in a cable. For venues where the audio team configures Dante once and volunteers run the stage, this balance is ideal. The result is modern network flexibility with plug-and-play simplicity at the musician's position.

Who the D400-Dante Is For

The D400-Dante is for the worship, touring, or install engineer whose console or stagebox runs on Dante and who wants to add Aviom personal mixing without extra converters. It suits facilities standardizing on audio-over-IP that still want the proven simplicity of A-Net personal mixers at each position. It bridges Dante audio to as many as eight mixers and chains for larger systems, fitting rigs of many sizes. If your world runs on Dante and you want Aviom monitoring on it, the D400-Dante is the bridge built for the job.