4. Control network
VLAN
ToensurethatCobraNet™datatrafcandotherEthernet
trafcowingthroughthenetworkcannotinterferewith
eachother,aseparate‘control’VLANisusedforallnon-
CobraNet™devices.Ateachswitchlocationtwoportsare
conguredtocarrythecontrolVLANsignals.
M7CL Studio Manager
ThecontrolVLANcanbeusedtoconnectM7CLStudio
ManagertoallM7CLconsolesinthesystem.Thiswaythe
systemengineercanplugintheEthernetportofalaptop
anywhereinthesystemandhavecontroloveranyconsole.
TheStudioManagersoftwareandtheconsolesarelinked
togetherbytheirIPaddresses.
DME Designer
ThecontrolVLANalsoconnectstotheEthernetporton
allDigitalMixingEngines.
GPIandparametercontrolsignalsinsystemsusingmultiple
DME units can be linked together through the control
VLAN.AnyDMEunitcanbemonitored,controlledand
programmedonacomputerusingDMEdesignersoftware
from anywhere in the system. Individual DME’s can be
selectedbytheirIPaddress.
Serial servers
Apairofserialserverscanbeusedtoconnectserialsignals
such as the RS422 head amp control on digital mixers.
Functional connection is done by matching the serial
server’sIPaddresses,allowingmultipleserialconnections
to be used.
IP cameras
Inexpensive internet video surveillance cameras can
be used to make multiple low quality video monitor
connectionstobepickedupanywhereinthenetwork.An
internetbrowsersuchasMicrosoft
®
InternetExplorercan
beusedtodisplaythevideosignalsonacomputerscreen.
DMX
Using RS485 to Ethernet devices, the connection of
lighting consoles and dimmer packs using the DMX
controlstandardcanberunonthenetwork.
Wi-Fi
AwirelessaccesspointcanbeaddedtothecontrolVLAN
to allow wireless access to all of the audio system’s
networkedcontrolfunctionality.
IT network
BoththecompleteYamahaSystemSolutionsnetworkor
just its control VLAN can be connected to an existing
IT network, allowing a venue’s Ethernet devices such
as printers, servers and internet modems to be used.
For these applications, it is essential to involve suitably
experiencednetworkprofessionals,suchastheITnetwork
administrator.
Serialserver(B&BESP901) IPcamera(DlinkDCS6620) Wireless access point (Dlink DWL7200) Lightingconsole(WholeHog
®
III)
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