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Unable to communicate via mLAN
• Has the driver been installed? ................................................... Refer to the Installation Guide.
• Is the mLAN cable properly connected? Check the connection; disconnect the mLAN cable
once, then insert it again.
• (For Windows) Is mLAN set to “ON”? From the task bar, right click on the mLAN Manager
icon.
.......Refer to “Confirming the installation” in the Installation Guide.
• (For Windows) When adding a new IEEE1394 card, right click on the mLAN Manager icon in
the task bar and select “ON”.
.......Refer to “Confirming the installation” in the Installation Guide.
• Is the ACTIVE lamp on the rear panel of the MY16-mLAN lit (in blue)? If it is not lit, check the
followings:
- In mLAN Driver Setup, is the Status indicator blue? If not, restart the MY16-mLAN-equipped
device and re-enable connection by using mLAN Auto Connector or mLAN Graphic Patch-
bay.
.......Refer to “Connecting a Computer to an mLAN device via mLAN” in the
Installation Guide and “mLAN Connection Settings” in the mLAN Graphic
Patchbay Online Manual.
• Has connection been enabled with mLAN Auto Connector and/or Graphic Patchbay? Re-
enable connection if necessary.
.......Refer to “Connecting a Computer to an mLAN device via mLAN” in the
Installation Guide and “mLAN Connection Settings” in the mLAN Graphic
Patchbay Online Manual.
• Have you changed the device? Even if the model is the same, if the actual device is different, it
is necessary to re-enable connection by using Auto Connector and/or Graphic Patchbay.
.......Refer to “Connecting a Computer to an mLAN device via mLAN” in the
Installation Guide and “mLAN Connection Settings” in the mLAN Graphic
Patchbay Online Manual.
• Is there a loop connection? Check the cabling and make sure none of the devices are con-
nected in a loop.
• There may be a limit on the IEEE1394 interface of your computer as to the number of ports
that can be used simultaneously. Check how many ports can be used simultaneously.
.......Refer to “Maximum Number of Connected Node” in the mLAN Graphic
Patchbay Online Manual.
• Turn off all devices on the mLAN network (except the computer) and re-connect each device
one-by-one until the device causing the problem is found.
• (For Windows) (When removing the mLAN bus from the [Safely Remove Hardware] setting of
the task bar.) Restart the computer when using mLAN again.
• With Macintosh notebook computers such as the iBook and PowerBook, always first connect
the MY16-mLAN-equipped device and mLAN cable then turn on the power of the MY16-
mLAN-equipped device, before starting up the computer.
• Make sure that you set up the wordclock correctly. Also, make sure that one node is assigned as
master and the other nodes are assigned as slaves.
.......Refer to “mLAN Connection Settings” in the mLAN Graphic Patchbay Online
Manual.
Computer
Computer
mLAN device
mLAN device
: IEEE 1394-equipped device
Summary of Contents for mLAN MY16
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