Specifications

7. Programming the IP over Ethernet devices
IPcamerawebinterface DMEnetworksettings M7CL network settingsESP901webinterface
Serial server
To connect RS232C, RS422 and RS485 control signals
over the network a serial server must be used. Serial
serversareavailablefromMoxa,B&BElectronics,Axis
etc. Using, for example, the B&B ESP901 serial server
awebinterfaceisavailabletoprogramthesettings.First
login using the default IP address of each device in the
systemandchangetheIPaddressesonebyonetoalogical
order range so they can be accessed later on when the
systemhasbeenassembled.Theserialserverallowsforits
serialporttobeconnectedtoanotherserverbyselecting
thematchingIPaddressandsettingthecorrectserialport
parameters.ForAD8HRheadampcontrolselectRS422at
38,400baud,8databits,onestopbit,noparity.Aspecial
cableisrequiredtoconnecttheserialserver’sporttothe
AD8HR.
IP Cameras
IPcamerasareavailablefromDlink,Level1,Sony,Sweex
etc.
Cameras can be used for visual communication links,
monitoringofamplierracks,etc.
Using,forexample,theLevel1FCS-1030,logintoeach
camera in the system using the default IP address and
changetheIPaddressesonebyonetoalogicalorderrange
sotheycanbeaccessedlateronwhenthesystemhasbeen
assembled.That’sit!Thevideosignalcanbemonitored
usingawebbrowser,typingintheIPaddressintheweb
browser’sURLarea.Thetypicalvideoqualityofabudget
IPcameraisMPEG4VGAwithalatencyofroughlyone
second. Forbetterqualityvideoandlowerlatency,higher
qualitycamerasorvideoserverscanbespecied.
DME Designer software
To connect a PC to Yamaha devices in a network the
Yamaha DME networkdriver needsto beinstalledrst.
For DME designer the network driver’s settings must
includethemasterDME’sIPaddressandMACaddressto
allowDMEdesignertoaccessthenetwork.
IntheDMEdesignerMIDISetupmenuthenetworkcan
beselectedasthesoftware’scommunicationport.Nowthe
software’s synchronisationmenu will displayallDMEs
andICPsinthenetwork.
GPI using DME
AtthemomentthereisnoseparateGPInetworkconnection
functionavailableinDMEdesigner,soGPIconnections
canbemadeusingdummyparametersineachDMEunit;
connectingthemusingtheglobalparameterlinkfunction.
M7CL
ToconnecttheM7CLeditortoanM7CLmixingconsole
inthenetworktheDMEnetworkdrivermustbeused.Set
matchingIPandMACaddressesinthenetworkdriverand
theM7CL’snetworksettings.
DMEGPIsettingsDMEnetworkdriversettings