GLD
Chrome Edition
User Guide
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GLD Editor, iPad apps and wireless router
GLD Editor
GLD Editor is an offline / online tool for setting up and controlling a GLD system from a PC or Mac. It is
available free of charge and gives complete wired or wireless control of the mixer. GLD Editor offers the
ability to configure the system offline before the show, and control the mix live using a laptop with standard
network connection or wi-fi. Different tasks can be performed on Editor and the GLD mixer at the same
time.
There are two operating modes:
Offline
– Prepare your channel plot and surface layout, edit guest
engineer Show files before transferring them to USB key to load into a
GLD at the venue.
Online
– Editor adds a second ‘virtual’ control surface to the GLD
system providing simultaneous control. Editor can connect as either a
master (uploads settings to the mixer) or a slave (downloads mixer
settings).
iOS apps
GLD Remote
and
GLD OneMix
allow wireless control of mixing and processing using one or more iPads.
GLD Remote allows simultaneous control of different functions by more than one engineer, for example
one engineer controlling the FOH mix at the GLD surface and another controlling monitors on stage using
an iPad. GLD OneMix allows personal monitor control for the musicians.
Get the apps
Download the app from the Apple Store. You can
open it in Demo mode without a GLD connected to get a feel for how it
operates and to read the Help Manual within the app.
Make sure the Apps and GLD firmware versions are compatible.
Check the Allen & Heath website for the latest firmware.
Choose a router
(wireless access point) GLD Chrome apps are
professional mixing tools that justify network equipment of suitably high
performance, quality and reliability.
For best performance we recommend you choose a dual band wireless
router with auto channel selection. Use the more recent 5GHz band in
places where there is intense WiFi activity or interference in the more
crowded 2.4GHz band. A wireless router with auto channel selection
automatically sets itself to an available or least congested channel when
you power it up.
Refer to the Allen & Heath website for more information on choosing
wireless routers for use with GLD Chrome.
Set up the router
You will need to connect it to a PC using a
wired LAN connection. Follow the instructions provided by the wireless
router manufacturer to access its setup menus.
Set the router IP address
- This must be compatible with the GLD
console which has a default static IP address = 192.168.1.50 and
Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0. Go to the
Setup / Config / Network
screen to check the current GLD settings.
To work with the GLD you must give your wireless router a unique but
compatible IP address. Some routers may have a default address that
is not compatible and must be changed, for example 192.168.2.1. Some
may already be compatible, for example 192.168.1.254.
Set the router DHCP settings
- Make sure the router is set for DHCP
so that it automatically allocates a compatible IP address to your iPad.
To avoid conflict with the GLD static address we recommend you set a
router DHCP address allocation range of 192.168.1.100 to 200.
Note
You do not need to change the GLD setting to DHCP. The
console will work fine with a static IP address as long as it is not within
the router DHCP address range.
Good wireless range
Dual band (2.4 and 5GHz)
Auto channel select
Adjustable antennas
Good security
The router:
GLD
(default)
Static IP = 192.168.1.50
Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0
Router
Router IP = 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask = 255.255.255.0
DHCP 192.168.1.100 to 200
Security = WPA
Recommended settings:
