Peavey MediaMatrix Nion, Hardware Manual

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NION Hardware Manual
September 30, 2010 Version 1.6.1.0 39
Copying media files to the NION
You can copy media files over to the NION using FTP and then use them in your NWare
projects. This allows you to quickly change the available media in a project. You can also
minimize the size of the NWare project file by storing your media on the NION and not in the
project file itself. You can use any FTP client to copy the files.
In order to allow files to be copied, you need to enable the FTP server on the node you are
using. This is done via the web interface. Once FTP is enabled, you can use an FTP client (or
the FTP command from a Command Prompt window) to copy files over.
Files on an nControl unit can be played using a Media Player device in your NWare design.
Files on a NION can be played using a Wave File Player device in your NWare design.
For more information on these devices, refer to the NWare Device Reference .
Notes:
ƒ It is not currently possible to view the amount of available space for storing media files.
ƒ When the project is deployed, media files must be located on the same node that hosts the
NWare device playing the files. If the files are located on a different node, you will not be
able to play them. We recommend that you manually assign the device playing the files to
a role and deploy that role to the node that will host the media files.
ƒ You can disable the FTP server by clearing the FTP check box (see procedure below), but
if you are using an nControl unit or nTouch 180 unit, you must restart it before the change
will take effect.
To enable the FTP server
1. Navigate to the Network screen.
2. Under Services , select the FTP check box.
3. Click Set to confirm the action.
You will be asked to log on.
4. Specify your username and password. The default username is superuser ; it has no
password.
To copy media files to the NION
1. Open a Command Prompt window.
2. Navigate to the folder containing the media files.
3. Type
FTP
and press Enter.
The
ftp>
prompt is displayed.
4. Type
open <IP address of NION>
and press Enter.
The following message is displayed.
Connected to <IP address>.
...
User (<IP address>:(none)):
5. Type
anonymous
and press Enter.
6. If you are prompted for a password, press Enter.
You do not need to specify a password.
7. If you want to list the files already copied to the unit, type
ls
and press Enter.