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Networking
SnakeSys products support Art-Net I, Art-Net II and Art-Net III, along with ACN Streaming DMX network protocols. The
DMX512 ports are fully configurable with DMX packet length, framing rate, and timings.
All SnakeSys products ship with a 2.X.X.X IP address and 255.0.0.0 Subnet Mask as standard. For most situations when just
connecting a single SnakeSys product to a MagicQ console this IP address does not need to be changed.
It is important that any consoles, PCs or Macs that will be communicating with SnakeSys products are set to IP addresses within
the IP address range that is set on the SnakeSys.
SnakeSys products have inbuilt Ethernet switches with auto MDI/MDIX detection, so when connecting directly between a
PC/Console and SnakeSys products a cross over Ethernet cable is not required.
If you change the IP address of the SnakeSys product it will not show up again in Net Manager until you have reconfigured the
network on your system to be within the same range as the Interface. Wherever possible the IP address should be kept on the
2.x.x.x network. On a SnakeSys B4 and R4 there is no display panel to show the current IP address on the unit - so if you forget
the IP address range then you may need to factory reset the unit.
All SnakeSys products unlock MagicQ PC/Mac Software from Demo mode when connected over network regardless of the mode
set up on the SnakeSys product, allowing access to the restricted features of MagicQ.
SnakeSys products with USB ports are for initial factory programming and should not be connected under normal use.
