Manual

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Save!the!changed!.ini/config!file!and!exit!Notepad.!The!advanced!features!are!now!
enabled.!
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Now!when!you!update!the!firmware!you'll!see!a!check!box!in!the!"Select!Firmware!
Version"!dialog!box!marked!"Show!All!Firmware!Versions".!Check!the!box!and!you'll!be!
able!to!choose!from!all!the!firmware!versions!stored!in!the!firmware!directory.!
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The!CNDISCO!manual!(found!in!the!C:\Program!Files\Cirrus!Logic\CobraNet™!
Discovery!folder)!will!explain!in!detail!most!of!the!configuration!processes,!so!these!
have!not!been!repeated!here.!However,!there!are!some!useful!features!of!the!CobraNet™!
protocol!that!are!not!covered!explicitly,!ie…!
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One!of!the!key!features!of!the!STAGE8.8!product!is!the!ability!to!set!up!to!4!CobraNet™!
audio!transmitters!and!8!CobraNet™!receivers.!In!addition,!MTS!has!provided!the!ability!
to!set!each!bundle!subchannel!configuration.!
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The!settings!are:‐!
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• Transmitter!setup:!This!section!covers!the!CobraNet™!transmitters!(see!Figure
4-2).!The!CS496112!chipset!allows!for!up!to!4!transmitters,!each!of!up!to!8!
channels,!subject!to!an!overall!channel!count!of!2!analog!input!channels!and!8!
network!audio!streaming!channels.!The!settings!are:‐!
o Bundle!number:!This!sets!the!bundle!address!of!each!transmitter.!The!
bundle!numbers!are!0!(off,!ie!no!transmission),!1‐255!are!multicast,!256‐
65279!are!unicast!and!65280‐65535!are!private.!
o Unicast!mode:!If!the!transmitter!bundle!address!is!normally!unicast!
(>255),!but!more!than!one!receiver!is!available!for!that!bundle!address,!
then!the!bundle!can!be!transmitted!either!multicast!or!multi‐unicast.!
o Max!Unicast:!Depending!on!unicast!mode,!the!maximum!number!of!multi‐
unicast!bundles!can!be!set!between!1!and!4.!
o Transmitter1…Transmiter4:!This!lists!the!four!transmitters!associated!
with!the!bundle!address!and!allows!the!user!to!set!the!audio!subchannels!
associated!with!that!bundle.!The!subchannel!mapping!allows!the!user!to!
decide!which!of!the!8!audio!channels!are!mapped!to!each!bundle!and!in!
which!order!they!are!transmitted.!
o Subformat!Resolution:!This!sets!the!word!length!of!the!transmitted!audio!
to!16,!20,!or!24!bit.!Note:!if!the!word!depth!is!set!to!24bit,!then!only!7!
audio!channels!can!fit!in!one!bundle.!
o UnicastMode:!This!value!can!be!used!to!override!or!modify!the!normal!
unicast!vs .!multicast!implications!of!the!assigned!bundle!number.!The!normal!
default!value!is!‘ Never!Multicast’.!The!available!options!are:!!
 Always!Multicas t!–!All!bundles!are!se nt!multicast!regardless!of!Bundle!
number.!!