be seen in all cases. If the VoIP VLAN is enabled then Control, AVB, and VoIP MAC addresses will be seen on P1. If the
VoIP VLAN is not enabled VoIP shares the same MAC address as control on P1.
TesiraFORTÉ X uses the device's AVB MAC address for LLDP and RSTP negotiations, traffic from this MAC address
will be seen on all ports in all modes.
In FW 4.1.2.9 there is a bug which will report the Dante MAC in the
media_avb_2 interface. The expected MACs seen on P1 in a
Wireshark trace will be sequential, with control using the lowest
number, media_avb_2 as the next, media_voip_3 as the next. An
example is shown here.
Network Command String block
The
block can be used in TesiraFORTÉ X to communicate with devices visible through either
the control port (P1) or the media ports (P2-5). When configuring the NCS block, the IP address assigned to the NCS
block
Server address
will determine which network ports the string traffic is routed to. The NCS block must use a
device address which is valid within either the control subnet or the media subnet or it will not be able to connect. The
control and media network ports must be in different subnet domains so the addresses are logically separate.
TesiraFORTÉ X will not relay a command string from the control port P1 through to P2-5, it does not function as a
control tunnel.
To control LEDs and other attributes of Dante devices connected to P2-5 an NCS block can be used to send command
strings to the device. These commands cannot be sent directly across from a control system connected to P1, as P1
does not pass traffic to P2-5. Two options are available, the control system can trigger the NCS block targeted to a
device connected to P2-5, or the control system can control TesiraFORTÉ X using the
avb_media_2
IP address on
P2-5.
Control devices
Control devices such as HD-1 and TEC-X communicate over IP with the Forte X but can be connected to and
discovered on the media ports (P2-5). They must acquire addresses in the same range as the AVB (
media_avb_2
)
interface, and these addresses must be in a different IP subnet range than the control port (P1) for proper behavior.
Firmware Update
Unconfigured or auto-configured TesiraFORTÉ X and Devio SCX devices support firmware updates via their web UI.
TesiraFORTÉ X uses the file
tesiraforte-x_fw_web_v#-#-#.tfa
for releases 4.1.2 and later. (Firmware releases 4.1.1
and earlier updates for
both
device types used the
file.) The
tfa
is a smaller file specific to
these hardware devices, allowing stable updates via the web interface.
The TesiraFORTÉ X and Devio SCX firmware can also be updated via Tesira software using the same
https://support.biamp.com/Tesira/Miscellaneous/TesiraFORTE_X
Updated: Tue, 07 Dec 2021 16:46:18 GMT
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