Let a DANTE hold start Dante Virtual Soundcard's engine, not just open the app.

remote-access/mac-dvs-helper.sh (run once per Mac through Remote Desktop as
root) installs an admin-owned script that does what pressing Start in DVS
does (wantToRun = 1, restart the DVS service) and a sudoers rule letting the
logged-in user run only that script. The dvs_ fixes call it with sudo -n, so
until it is installed the hold shows FIX FAILED rather than pretending.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

config.json

@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@
                          "run": "pgrep -xq Live || open -a 'Ableton Live 11 Suite'" },
     "translate":       { "host": "translation", "short": "TRANSLATE", "label": "start Church Translate if it is not running",
                          "run": "pgrep -xq 'Church Translate' || open -a 'Church Translate'" },
-    "dvs_prop":        { "host": "prop", "short": "DVS", "label": "open Dante Virtual Soundcard on the ProPresenter Mac", "run": "open -a 'Dante Virtual Soundcard'" },
+    "dvs_prop":        { "host": "prop", "short": "DVS", "label": "start Dante Virtual Soundcard on the ProPresenter Mac", "run": "sudo -n /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start && open -a 'Dante Virtual Soundcard'" },
-    "dvs_tracks":      { "host": "tracks", "short": "DVS", "label": "open Dante Virtual Soundcard on the Tracks Mac", "run": "open -a 'Dante Virtual Soundcard'" },
+    "dvs_tracks":      { "host": "tracks", "short": "DVS", "label": "start Dante Virtual Soundcard on the Tracks Mac", "run": "sudo -n /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start && open -a 'Dante Virtual Soundcard'" },
-    "dvs_translation": { "host": "translation", "short": "DVS", "label": "open Dante Virtual Soundcard on NA Translation", "run": "open -a 'Dante Virtual Soundcard'" },
+    "dvs_translation": { "host": "translation", "short": "DVS", "label": "start Dante Virtual Soundcard on NA Translation", "run": "sudo -n /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start && open -a 'Dante Virtual Soundcard'" },
     "bridge":          { "kind": "local", "short": "BRIDGE", "label": "restart the Resi bridge",
                          "run": "launchctl kickstart -k gui/$(id -u)/org.waterschurch.resi-propresenter || launchctl bootstrap gui/$(id -u) ~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.waterschurch.resi-propresenter.plist" },
     "captions":        { "kind": "local", "short": "CAPTIONS", "label": "restart lobby captions",

remote-access/mac-dvs-helper.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Paste into Apple Remote Desktop: select NA ProPresenter Mac, NA Tracks, NA Translation ->
+# Manage -> Send UNIX Command -> "Run command as: User: root" -> Send.
+#
+# Lets the status panel start Dante Virtual Soundcard's audio engine, which needs admin rights:
+#  1. /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start - an admin-owned script that does exactly what
+#     pressing Start in DVS does (sets wantToRun = 1 and restarts the DVS service), nothing else.
+#  2. /etc/sudoers.d/status-panel - lets the logged-in user run ONLY that script as admin,
+#     without a password. It is checked with visudo before it is put in place.
+# Undo on a Mac: rm /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start /etc/sudoers.d/status-panel
+U=$(stat -f%Su /dev/console)
+mkdir -p /usr/local/sbin
+cat > /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start <<'EOS'
+#!/bin/sh
+# Companion status panel (NA Ingest): start Dante Virtual Soundcard's audio engine,
+# as pressing Start in DVS does. Remove with:
+#   rm /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start /etc/sudoers.d/status-panel
+/usr/bin/defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.audinate.dante.dvs wantToRun -int 1
+/bin/launchctl kickstart -k system/com.audinate.dante.DanteVirtualSoundcard
+EOS
+chown root:wheel /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start
+chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start
+echo "$U ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: /usr/local/sbin/status-panel-dvs-start" > /tmp/status-panel.sudoers
+if /usr/sbin/visudo -cf /tmp/status-panel.sudoers >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  install -m 440 -o root -g wheel /tmp/status-panel.sudoers /etc/sudoers.d/status-panel
+  echo "OK user=$U mac=$(scutil --get ComputerName) sudoers.d-included=$(grep -c '^#includedir /private/etc/sudoers.d' /etc/sudoers)"
+else
+  echo "FAILED: sudoers rule did not validate, nothing installed for it"
+fi
+rm -f /tmp/status-panel.sudoers