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Contents Information ................................................................................................ 1 About Yamaha LAN Monitor .................................................................... 1 Terminology .............................................................................................. 3 Steps to use the software ........................................................................ 4 Software operating requirements ......................................................
Map screen .............................................................................................. 23 “Device Details” view................................................................................................... 23 Tree view ..................................................................................................................... 26 “Connected Devices” view .......................................................................................... 26 List screen.................
Steps to use the software Steps to use the software 1 Compare the operating requirements for Yamaha LAN Monitor with your computer’s operating environment. page 4 2 Install Yamaha LAN Monitor. page 6 3 Configure network settings on your computer. page 9 Software operating requirements OS Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11 (For Windows 7, 8.1, 10, both 32-bit and 64-bit editions are supported.
Notes To turn off the power supply interruption function for the Yamaha PoE switch, clear the Keepalive check box in the “Connected Devices” view. For details, refer to the description provided for the Keepalive check box in the list (2) for the “Connected Devices” view (page 26). Notes regarding a slave with the stack function enabled Management of a slave, whose stack function has been enabled and the firmware revision is of the following, is not supported.
Installing and uninstalling Yamaha LAN Monitor Installing and uninstalling Yamaha LAN Monitor Installation Follow the steps below to install Yamaha LAN Monitor. 1. Double click the downloaded file. The Yamaha LAN Monitor setup dialog box appears. NOTE If the “User Account Control” dialog box appears, click [Yes]. 2. Perform the installation as directed in the screen.
Starting and exiting Yamaha LAN Monitor Starting and exiting Yamaha LAN Monitor Starting Start Yamaha LAN Monitor in one of the following ways. A different startup sequence is used when directly starting up Yamaha LAN Monitor, and when starting it up from a snapshot file (nms file) saved on your computer. Start Yamaha LAN Monitor from the Start menu or from a shortcut.
Yamaha LAN Monitor screen structure Yamaha LAN Monitor screen structure The Yamaha LAN Monitor screen lists the current network status in the “Tree” view. Also, you can verify the connection status of the devices, or change some slave settings. The names of each component of the Yamaha LAN Monitor screen are described below.
Network settings on the computer Network settings on the computer Configure network settings for your computer. 1. Connect the computer to a network device. 2. Start Yamaha LAN Monitor. NOTE If the “User Account Control” dialog box appears, click [Yes]. 3. Click the [Setup] menu on the menu bar [Open IP Settings for PC]. The “Network Connections” window appears. 4. Right-click the network adapter to which the network device is connected, and click [Properties].
Basic operation Basic operation 1. Start Yamaha LAN Monitor. Network adapter selection pull-down menu 2. From the network adapter selection pull-down menu in the toolbar, select the network adapter to which the network that you want to monitor is connected. 3. Click [Setup] in the menu bar [Basic Settings] to configure basic Yamaha LAN Monitor settings. Click [OK] to apply settings.
Basic operation 4. Select the device you wish to monitor in the “Tree” view. 5. Click the [Snapshots] button on the toolbar to use the snapshot function, as needed. Click the [Snapshots] button to save the current network status, issues detected, and other information to Yamaha LAN Monitor as a snapshot.
Menu bar Menu bar This section provides descriptions of each menu on the menu bar: [File], [Setup] and [About]. 1 2 3 1 [File] menu (page 12) 2 [Setup] menu (page 12) 3 [About] menu (page 16) [File] menu [New] Initializes the current snapshot held by Yamaha LAN Monitor. If a snapshot is already held, a confirm initialization message appears. Click [Yes] to initialize the current snapshot. [Open Snapshot File] Displays the “Open Snapshot File” dialog box.
Menu bar [Import Label Settings] Opens the “Import Label Settings” dialog box. Loads device labels displayed in the “Connected Devices” view from a file. [Export Label Settings] Opens the “Export Label Settings” dialog box. Saves device labels specified in the “Connected Devices” view as a file. The saved file has a filename extension of “.nml.” [Basic Settings] Opens the “Basic Settings” dialog box. Displays a dialog box in which you can make basic settings for Yamaha LAN Monitor.
Menu bar 4 Update interval of device information Set the device monitoring time interval in seconds. Setting range: 10 – 86400 sec Default: 1800 sec This will detect devices connected to a slave every time the set amount of time elapses. 5 Keepalive This pings slaves and devices with an IP address to confirm their existence. This is used to set the ping interval, the wait time for reply, and the number of failed attempts before a connection is assumed to be down.
Menu bar [VLAN registration] Open the “VLAN registration” dialog box. Register the VLAN to use with the Yamaha LAN Monitor. The VLAN you register here will be used when configuring the tagged VLAN for the switch. Also, as the registered VLAN information is saved in the label settings file, you can export the file from the “Export Label Settings” in the Setup menu. 1 2 3 4 ❻ ❼ ❽ 5 1 List of registered VLAN Displays the list of the VLAN registered with the Yamaha LAN Monitor.
Menu bar [About] menu [About] Displays Yamaha LAN Monitor version and copyright information. [Legal] Displays license information for open source software used by Yamaha LAN Monitor.
Toolbar and display area Toolbar and display area This section describes the display area and each button on the toolbar: [Device search], [Snapshots], [Notifications], [History], [Whole map] and [Dante Controller].
Toolbar and display area [Device search] button Opens the “Device search” dialog box. This function can use specified IP addresses to ping devices that are connected to the current network. This function also can search the IP addresses of all devices that are connected to the current network. If the “Connected Devices” view does not list some devices on which you want to perform keepalive checks (life/ death monitoring), you can execute this function to list the devices in the “Connected Devices” view.
Toolbar and display area 2 Auto search in local network This area shows the network information and the number of target IP addresses of the network to which the selected network adapter belongs. Click the [Execute] button to start a search. The results of the search appear in the Result of searching area. The Result of searching area lists only IP addresses that replied. Important Do not change the IP address and subnet mask of the selected network adapter during a search.
Toolbar and display area [Notifications] button / “Notification area” Shows a message in the “Notification” area when there is a change in the current network and snapshot (the previously-saved network status). The message disappears when the network returns to the same state as the snapshot. NOTE • The message history is added to the History area. Click the [ ] button to display the History area.
Toolbar and display area 2 Tree view If a device that was saved in the snapshot is no longer found, or if the connection port is different, a red error icon ( ) is shown for the slave that is above the corresponding device. If a device that was not saved is newly found, a blue notification icon ( ) appears on the slave that is above the corresponding device. 3 “Connected Devices” view If a device saved in the snapshot is no longer found, the corresponding device is shown in red.
Toolbar and display area 2 Legend area • “Date:” Shows the date and time of when the whole map screen or the [Refresh view] button was operated. • “Port number”, “VLAN ID” Shows the port number of the higher device (slave) (“2” in the right figure), the port number of the device connected to the higher device (slave) (“1” in the right figure), and the VLAN ID that joins the ports connecting the devices. For the VLAN mode of trunk or hybrid, the set VLAN IDs are listed vertically.
Map screen Map screen 1 2 3 1 “Device Details” view (page 23) 2 Tree view (page 26) 3 “Connected Devices” view (page 26) “Device Details” view This shows detailed information about the device that is selected in the tree view. The left side shows detailed information about the device, and the right side shows port information and information on the Dante-enabled device. The displayed contents will vary depending on the device in use.
Map screen 1 Device Details This area shows the following information. Depending on the device, some items will not be shown. “Label” Shows the device label that was entered in the “Device Settings” dialog box or the “Connected Devices” view. “Model name” Shows the model name of the device. “Comment” Shows the comment that was entered in the “Connected Devices” view. You can freely enter information about the on-site cabling or the role of the device.
Map screen “Locked”/ “Unlocked” indicator Indicates whether the audio signal is locked or unlocked. Sampling frequency/ bit-length/latency Shows the sampling frequency, bit-length, and latency of the audio signal. The latency is shown in μ second units. “Pull-up/down” Shows the sampling rate pull-up/pull-down setting. “Mute” indicator Lit in red when the Dante-enabled device is muted. “Tx” / “Rx” Shows information about Dante transmission and reception.
Map screen Tree view This area shows the Yamaha switch, and Dante-enabled devices detected by Yamaha LAN Monitor. The device name and the number of connected devices (slave devices only) are shown at the right of the icon; when you click the open/close button [>] located at the left of the icon, the devices connected below that slave device are shown. NOTE This will not function until a Yamaha switch is found.
Map screen 1 “Update Time:” Shows the date and time at which information was last captured for the devices that are connected to the Yamaha switch or Yamaha wireless LAN access point that is selected in the “Tree” view. 2 List Shows a list of information for the devices that are connected to the slave that is selected in the “Tree” view. Depending on the device, some items will not be shown. Click the title row to sort according to the item clicked.
Map screen [Keepalive] Select this check box to perform keepalive checks on the device. If this check box is selected, Yamaha LAN Monitor pings the device to perform keepalive checks according to settings configured in the “Basic Settings” dialog box (page 13). Selecting this check box will display the following depending on the circumstances. • Checking: Now checking. • UP: Successfully detected device. • DOWN: Failed to detect device.
List screen List screen This screen displays the slaves managed by Yamaha LAN Monitor as a list. 1 2 3 1 List display switching button (page 29) 2 Operation panel (page 30) 3 Device list (page 30) 1 List display switching button Tab button to switch between the following three types of list views. Tab name Descriptions Switch / Wireless AP List Displays a list of Yamaha switches and Yamaha wireless LAN access points being managed by LAN Monitor.
List screen 2 Operation panel This panel shows the buttons for controlling the list display, the buttons to operate on the currently selected device and a search box to narrow down the display by search term. The buttons that appear on each tab are different. For details, refer to “Switch / Wireless AP List” tab (page 30), “Firmware Update” tab (page 32) and “Config Import/Export” tab (page 33). 3 Device list Displays a list of devices corresponding to the currently selected tab.
List screen 5 “Search” box Narrows down the currently displayed device by string. Type the string you want to search in the text box and press Enter key or the Search button to execute the search. When a search is performed, only devices with information that matches the string entered in the text box will be displayed in the device list. The title line of the table turns blue while the search is in progress, and “Displaying search results” is shown below the search box.
List screen NOTE When using the snapshot function, as well as the “Connected Devices” view (page 26), if a device saved in the snapshot is no longer found, the corresponding device is shown in red. If a device that had not been saved previously is newly found, the corresponding device is shown in blue. 7 “Setting” button This button opens the “Device Settings” dialog (page 35).
List screen “Device Type” The same contents as the “Switch / Wireless AP List” tab (page 30) will be displayed. “Device name or Device Label” If a device label has been set, the device label will be displayed; otherwise, the device name will be displayed. “Model name” The same contents as the “Switch / Wireless AP List” tab (page 30) will be displayed. “Firmware revision” The same contents as the “Switch / Wireless AP List” tab (page 30) will be displayed.
List screen 7 Device list Displays a list of devices that support CONFIG import/export by LAN Monitor. The items that will be displayed are as follows. Check box Used to select or deselect a device. “Route” The same contents as the “Switch / Wireless AP List” tab (page 30) will be displayed. “Device Type” The same contents as the “Switch / Wireless AP List” tab (page 30) will be displayed.
Configuring the device Configuring the device With Yamaha LAN Monitor, you can configure some of the functions for Yamaha switches and Yamaha wireless LAN access points. There are the following three methods for setting the device. Setting method Descriptions “Device Settings” dialog (page 35) You can set basic items such as IP address and device name. For models without a Web GUI, a detailed setting dialog will be displayed.
Configuring the device “Device name settings” Click the [Set] button to display the “Device name settings” dialog. The device name you set in “Device name settings” will be saved in the device itself. “IP address settings” Click the [Settings] button to display the “IP address settings” dialog box. [Update firmware from PC] button Click the [Update firmware from PC] button to display the “Update firmware from PC” dialog box.
Configuring the device Items SWX2110/ SWX2110P series Power conservation LED mode EEE Flow control SWX2200 series ✕ ✓ Configures the power conservation settings. Click the [Settings] button to display the “Power conservation” dialog box. ✓ ✕ Configures the LED mode settings. Click the [Settings] button to display the “LED mode” dialog box. ✓ ✕ Configures the EEE settings. Click the [Settings] button to display the “EEE” dialog box. ✓ ✕ Configures the flow control settings.
Configuring the device Port settings Click the [Port settings] tab, and then click a port number to display the following setting items. Of the following items, only the setting items marked with ✓ are displayed. Items SWX2110/ SWX2110P series Basic functions ✓ SWX2200 series ✓ Configures the basic functions of the port. Click the [Settings] button to display the “Basic functions” dialog box. ✓ Configures the QoS settings. Transmit shaping and receive policing are shown only for SWX2200-24G.
Configuring the device Web GUI If the Yamaha switch or Yamaha wireless LAN access point provide a web page for configuring settings, you can display this web page in your browser to configure basic settings and perform device management. This web page is referred to as a Web GUI. For more information on recommended browsers for viewing the Web GUI, check the URL below. http://www.rtpro.yamaha.co.jp/RT/FAQ/gui/browser_en.
Update the firmware Update the firmware LAN Monitor allows you to update the firmware in the following two ways. • Update the firmware one by one (page 40) from the “Device Settings” dialog (page 35) • From the “Firmware Update” tab (page 32) on the list screen, select “Update firmware on multiple units at once” (page 42) NOTE • Since L2MS is used for firmware updates, it is easy to update the firmware even without an IP address configured.
Update the firmware 2. Click the “Update firmware from PC” button or the “Execute” button in the Firmware Update row. 3. Click the “Select file” button to select the firmware file. 4. After selecting the file, click the “Update” button.
Update the firmware 5. Wait until the progress bar reaches 100%. 6. After the reboot of the device with updated firmware is complete, check the firmware revision of the updated device. Update firmware on multiple units at once To update the firmware on multiple units all at once, follow the steps below. NOTE Firmware update is executed in order of the devices farthest away from the LAN Monitor, so the firmware can be updated in batches while maintaining the cascade connection.
Update the firmware 3. Check the checkboxes of the devices for which you want to update the firmware. 4. Press the “Firmware Update” button. 5. Click the “Browse” button to select the firmware file for each model. 6. After selecting the file, check the firmware revision of the file and press the “Execute” button.
Update the firmware 7. Wait until the progress bar reaches 100%. NOTE The progress bar will be at 50% when the firmware file transfer is complete, and at 100% when the updated firmware revision has been verified. 8. Check the execution results and output the results to a file if necessary. NOTE For the execution result of the firmware update, please refer to “Execution result of firmware/CONFIG bulk operation” (page 61).
Import/Export the CONFIG Import/Export the CONFIG LAN Monitor allows you to import/export CONFIG in the following two ways. • Importing (page 45)/exporting (page 49) from the “Device Settings” dialog (page 35), one unit at a time • Importing (page 47)/exporting (page 51) from multiple units at once from the “Config Import/Export” tab (page 33) on the List screen NOTE • By using the CONFIG export function, you can back up the CONFIG file of the slave device to your PC.
Import/Export the CONFIG 2. Click the “Import” button or the “Execute” button in the CONFIG import row. 3. Click the “Select file” button and select the file you want to import. 4. After selecting the file, click the “Execute” button. 5. When the following dialog box appears, the import of CONFIG is complete.
Import/Export the CONFIG Import CONFIG on multiple units at once To import CONFIG on multiple units all at once, follow the steps below. 1. Press the “List” button to open the List screen. 2. Press the “Config Import/Export” tab. 3. Check the checkboxes of the devices for which you want to import the CONFIG. 4. Press the “Config import” button.
Import/Export the CONFIG 5. 6. Select one of the following three methods to specify the CONFIG to be imported. How to specify the CONFIG to be imported Descriptions Specify the CONFIG file to be imported to each device Selects individual CONFIG files to import. Send one CONFIG file to all specified devices Sends a single CONFIG file to all selected devices. Used to prepare multiple devices with the same settings. This item cannot be selected when multiple models are selected.
Import/Export the CONFIG 7. When you have finished selecting the CONFIG file or directory, press the “Execute” button. 8. Wait until the progress bar reaches 100%. 9. Check the execution results and output the results to a file if necessary. NOTE For the execution result of the CONFIG import, please refer to “Execution result of firmware/CONFIG bulk operation” (page 61). Export the CONFIG one by one To export the CONFIG, follow the steps below. 1.
Import/Export the CONFIG 2. Click the “Export” button or the “Execute” button in the CONFIG export row. 3. Click the “Execute” button and specify a file name to save the file.
Import/Export the CONFIG 4. When the following dialog box appears, the export of CONFIG is complete. Export CONFIG on multiple units at once To export CONFIG on multiple units all at once, follow the steps below. 1. Press the “List” button to open the List screen. 2. Press the “Config Import/Export” tab. 3. Check the checkboxes of the devices for which you want to export the CONFIG. 4. Press the “Config export” button.
Import/Export the CONFIG 5. Press the “Browse” button and specify the folder where you want to save the exported CONFIG. 6. When you have finished selecting the destination folder for export, press the “Execute” button. 7. Wait until the progress bar reaches 100%.
Import/Export the CONFIG 8. Check the execution results and output the results to a file if necessary. NOTE For the execution result of the CONFIG export, please refer to “Execution result of firmware/CONFIG bulk operation” (page 61).
Resources Resources Port icons in the “Device Details” view You can check the status of each port by checking the icon color and shape of each device port shown in the “Device Details” view. In the “Device Details” view, switch between the [Port Status] tab, the [Bandwidth(%)] tab and the [PoE status (Class)] tabs to show the following icons. NOTE • The [Bandwidth(%)] tab will only show Yamaha switches. • The [PoE status (Class)] tab will only show Yamaha PoE switches.
Resources [Bandwidth(%)] tab icons This area shows the bandwidth usage of each port (Yamaha switches only). Icon Meaning Bandwidth from 95% to 100% Bandwidth from 85% to less than 95% Bandwidth from 75% to less than 85% Bandwidth from 65% to less than 75% Bandwidth from 55% to less than 65% Bandwidth from 45% to less than 55% Bandwidth from 35% to less than 45% Bandwidth from 25% to less than 35% Bandwidth from 15% to less than 25% Bandwidth from 7.5% to less than 15% Bandwidth from 0% to less than 7.
Resources [PoE status (Class)] tab icons This area shows the power supply status for each port (PoE-enabled Yamaha switches only).
Resources Messages shown in both the Notification area and the History area Messages shown in both the Notification area and the History area are as follows. Switch function error messages The following messages appear when an error occurs with the switch function.
Resources Messages [mac] label: The level of light received at port (n) of the Yamaha switch is insufficient. [mac] label: The level of light received at port (n) of the Yamaha switch is insufficient. [mac] label: The level of light received at port (n) of the Yamaha switch has returned to normal. [mac] label: The transmission load is high at port (n) of the Yamaha switch. (QoS transmission queue: x) [mac] label: The transmission load has reached the upper limit at port (n) of the Yamaha switch.
Resources Dante-related notifications The following messages appear if there is a change in a Dante-enabled device. Messages The word clock of has been unlocked. The word clock of has been locked. The link is down for the primary port of . Dante is only working for the secondary port. The link is down for the secondary port of . Dante is only working for the primary port. The link is up for the primary port of .
Resources Messages [mac] label: Sum of power might be supplied has exceeded the maximum power supply capacity. [mac] label: Port (n) of the Yamaha switch stopped supplying power because the maximum power has been exceeded. [mac] label: Power being supplied from Yamaha switch has fallen below the guard-band (q W). [mac] label: The power supply interruption on port (n) of the Yamaha switch was resolved. [mac] label: Sum of power might be supplied has fallen below the maximum power supply capacity.
Resources Execution result of firmware/CONFIG bulk operation The following are the execution results displayed when executing bulk firmware update and bulk CONFIG import/ export. Result Descriptions Completed The firmware update and CONFIG import/export processes have been completed successfully. Only transfer completed (revision acquisition failed) The firmware file transfer was completed but the updated firmware revision could not be retrieved, so the firmware may not have been applied correctly.
Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Symptom Cause Action The device is not listed in the Map/List screen Network adapter selection is incorrect. Select the network adapter that is connected to the network that you want to monitor. Because numerous devices are connected, it is taking a long time to search for devices. This may take several minutes; please wait. Information is shown consecutively, starting with devices for which information gathering has completed.
Troubleshooting Symptom Cause Action Snapshot function does not work A snapshot has not been saved. Click the [Snapshots] button to save the current connection status. A device cannot be the object of snapshot monitoring. • In the “Basic Settings” dialog box, select the “Treat equipment as comparison for snapshots” check box. • In the “Connected Devices” view, select Snapshot for each device. Can’t display the Web GUI The computer’s network settings are not appropriate.
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