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August 31, 2018
LOCATING A V-PAGE ON A NETWORK
The V-Page hardware contains 1 physical Ethernet connection but 2 interfaces (V-Page control and Dante audio).
They are isolated. This means there are 2 MAC addresses assigned to each “physical”
V-Page unit hence 2 IPs.
Furthermore, on any given network there are most likely multiple V-Page units.
This guide focuses on simplifying locating process of the physical V-Page unit remotely using V-Page station ID, V-
Page MAC/IP (control), Dante MAC/IP (audio) and control <-> audio interface matching in a physical V-Page unit.
All units must be online (both interfaces) on the same subnet.
AMI Terminal, one of our free pieces of software available for download on our website, is used to send all the
commands. AMI Terminal can broadcast across your subnet by connecting to X.X.X.255, i.e. 192.168.0.255. AMI
Terminal cannot connect to a Dante audio interface, but it can match by the Dante information stored in the V-
Page, hence it can be used to match any given Dante interface information to the physical V-Page including physical
identify by the Dante MAC/IP address.
Action
Command
Response
Notes
Pinging all the V-Page Station
IDs
“ID” h0D
V-Page Station ID from all
the V-Pages online.
ID 99 is a default ID if
Link
hasn’t been
performed.
Pinging all the V-Page IPs
“IP” h0D
V-Page IP from all the V-
Pages online.
IP reported is a dynamic
IP if obtained via DHCP
or static IP, if one is set.
Pinging all the V-Page MACs
“MC” h0D
V-Page MAC from all the V-
Pages online.
Pinging all the Dante MACs
“UMC” h0D
Dante MAC from all the V-
Pages online.
Pinging all the V-Page/Dante
MAC pairs
“PMC” h0D
“
V-Page
MAC, Dante MAC”
from all the V-Pages online.
Response contains both
of the MACs (V-Page and
Dante) from a single V-
Page unit.
Physically identifying by V-Page
Station ID
“XFN” h0D
“R” from matched
V-Page
and V-Page physically blinking
for a short period of time.
X is the station ID
assigned to the V-Page
unit.
Physically identifying by V-Page
or Dante IP
“X.X.X.XFN”
h0D
“R” from matched
V-Page
and physically blinking for a
short period of time.
X.X.X.X is the V-Page or
Dante IP address.
Physically identifying by V-Page
or Dante MAC
“X:X:X:X:X:XFN”
h0D
“R” from matched
V-Page
and physically blinking for a
short period of time.
X:X:X:X:X:X is the V-
Page or Dante MAC
address.
