Auspex
LCARS-style network discovery and diagnostics for AV professionals. Find every Dante, NDI, Crestron and AirPlay device on the network in seconds, then dig in to PTP, IGMP and DHCP health when something is off.
Auspex is free to use forever. After 30 days ads may start appearing and you can choose to register for $20 USD to remove them.
The Swiss-army knife for AV networks
Auspex is an app that listens to mDNS / Bonjour announcements continuously, organises every device by manufacturer, type or service, and gives you the live network telemetry you actually need on-site - DHCP server detection, PTP grandmaster identification, IGMP querier health, LLDP neighbours and more. It is designed for the AV industry but is the ultimate swiss army knife tool for anyone trying to track down network issues.
Auspex is built for the people staring at a Dante network at 3am wondering why three devices have gone offline.
Features
Continuous mDNS / Bonjour discovery
Built on a multi-NIC mDNS listener that does not give up when one of your interfaces refuses IPv4. Auto-detects Audinate Dante, NewTek NDI, QSC Q-SYS, Crestron, Shure, Sennheiser, Biamp, Symetrix, AirPlay, Sonos and dozens more out of the box.
Slice the network three ways
Group by manufacturer, device type, or service type with one click. A picker overlay lets you pin only the categories you care about, so the rail does not drown in printers and AppleTVs when you are looking for NDI endpoints.
Live online indicators
Every device shows a colour-coded status dot and "last seen 3s ago" - so you can tell at a glance whether the rack room cabinet just dropped offline, or whether a device that used to be there has vanished.
Hard-scan subnets for AV ports
For the kit that does not advertise via mDNS - older Crestron, generic IP cameras, dumb switches - Auspex can TCP probe every host on each NIC for common AV ports (Q-SYS Designer 4321, Crestron CIP 41794, RTSP, web admin, SSH) and merge what it finds into the device list.
TACHYON live visualiser
A real-time waterfall of every mDNS announcement as it lands. Time flows right-to-left; each device pulses on the right edge when it announces and drifts left over 30 seconds. Click any blip to drill into that device's detail.
TRICORDER network diagnostics
An automated continuous sweep of the AV-networking nightmares: rogue or duplicate DHCP servers, IGMP querier election (with Npcap), PTP grandmaster identification and clock-class reporting, SSDP / UPnP discovery, NTP server traffic, LLDP neighbours, and a multicast-island health check on every NIC.
Persistent across sessions
Auspex remembers what was on the network last time you ran it - gated by the current network signature so it does not pollute one site's view with another's. Devices come back online when they re-announce; long-gone gear quietly drops off after 30 seconds.
Click-to-launch tools
Port 80 or 443 open? Open the device's web admin in your browser. Port 22 open? Hand off to PuTTY (or any SSH client - configurable in Settings). One-click copy of MAC, IP and hostname so you can paste them into a ticket without re-typing.
CSV / JSON export
Hand a network audit to a client in two clicks. CSV for opening in Excel, JSON for scripting and inventory systems.
Windows
Native windows app, Apple MAC version is coming soon.
Try it, then choose
Auspex is absolutely free to use. No features are locked ever. After 30 days ads may start appearing at the bottom of the screen or you can register for $20 bucks and make them go away and feel good about supporting a small software company. No accounts, no subscriptions, no surprise renewals.
30-days - no ads
Full functionality for the first 30 days. Long enough to take it to a real venue, scan a real network, and find out whether it changes your life.
$20 USD - register once
One-time licence. No subscription, no expiring keys, no ads. All future updates are free. Use it on the same laptop for as long as it keeps running.
Free, ad-supported tier
Not ready to pay yet? Stay on after the trial with a small ad in the chrome. All features stay unlocked, every probe still runs.
Download Auspex
Pop your name and email below, hit the button, and the installer will download. We'll keep you posted on updates and new probes - nothing else, ever.
By downloading you'll be added to the Auspex update list. Unsubscribe any time - one click in the footer of any email.
From the team behind the gear
Auspex is built by Noise Productions Ltd - the same crew behind Virtual Video Director, Lumanoid, WhistleBlower and Clip. We make broadcast and event tech for live productions in New Zealand and beyond, and we built Auspex because the existing mDNS browsers were were using were pretty garbage on real AV networks.