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CobraNet

TM 

Manager 

Lite for Yamaha 

Version 1.1 

Owner’s Manual 

 

 

 

 

CobraNet Manager Lite for Yamaha Owner’s Manual 

 

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Summary of Contents for CobraNet Manager Lite

Page 1: ...CobraNetTM Manager Lite for Yamaha Version 1 1 Owner s Manual CobraNet Manager Lite for Yamaha Owner s Manual EN ...

Page 2: ...ite for Yamaha CobraNet Manager allows MY16 CII related CobraNet parameters such as bundle numbers to be displayed and edited The MY16 CII is the only Yamaha product supported by this software Unsupported products will be displayed but cannot be controlled or edited Please be sure to only use the CobraNet Manager when one or more MY16 CII cards are online This manual describes procedures for using...

Page 3: ...is disc is a CD ROM Do not attempt to play the disc on an audio CD player Doing so may result in irreparable damage to your audio system The screen displays as illustrated in this manual are for instructional purposes and may appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your computer Future upgrades of application and system software and any changes in specifications and functions wi...

Page 4: ...the on board rotary switches to set up the MY16 C Or use the setup facilities provided for devices not listed above 1 1 Connections Begin by making the connections illustrated below in order to set up the CobraNet parameters using the CobraNet Manager These connections are made specifically to set up the CobraNet parameters and can be changed later to suit system requirements Example 1 Simultaneou...

Page 5: ...e Computer Computer Figure 2 Connection Example 2 1 2 CobraNet Manager Startup and Initial Settings Once the computer and MY16 CII have been connected from the Start menu click All Programs CobraNet Manager Lite Yamaha V1 1 to launch the CobraNet Manager The Preferences window shown below will appear the first time you launch the CobraNet Manager Follow the procedure outlined below to make the ini...

Page 6: ... automatically assign IP numbers which can normally be used as follows Note It is not necessary to assign IP addresses if the CobraNet Manager will not be used 1 The range over which IP address will be automatically assigned is specified by the IP Range Start and IP Range End parameters IP addresses having the same network address as the computer but different host addresses will be assigned Note ...

Page 7: ...er to page 15 This completes setup for automatic assignment of IP addresses to MY16 CII cards Community String Setup The Default read community should be set to public and the Default write community to private These are the default settings when the CobraNet Manager is initially launched so they do not need to be changed Completion of Initial Setup The above settings make it possible to control M...

Page 8: ...layed Note Nothing will appear in the list if the CobraNet Manager is offline In such a case click the Close button to close the window then turn on the Online switch in the lower right area of the main window 2 Double click the device you want to access in the Online Devices list the left list to move that device to the Selected Devices list the right list Note The Lite version of this software c...

Page 9: ...obraNet Manager allows individual names to be assigned to each device When using multiple MY16 CII cards be sure to give each card a different name to facilitate identification The name assigned here will be displayed in the Select Devices and Matrix View windows 1 Right click on a Tx or Rx block on the border of the Matrix View window to open the pop up menu shown below Figure 6 Matrix View Pop u...

Page 10: ...t the name in the Global section Name field Note To identify the MY16 CII card between individual cards please check the MAC address displayed in the Global section MAC field with that labeled on the card panel 5 Click Store to apply and save the new name Note If the new name cannot be saved the IP address might not be assigned properly see page 15 CobraNet Manager Lite for Yamaha Owner s Manual 1...

Page 11: ...nt as described below When a connection is created bundle numbers are set for the transmitting and receiving devices allowing audio signal transfer Tx is the transmit bundle and Rx is the receive bundle The numbers following Tx or Rx are the socket numbers that indicate the order of the transmit and receive bundles When a new connection point is created unicast bundles black lines are specified by...

Page 12: ...tted to up to four devices simultaneously saving network bandwidth compared to multicast bundles Figure 9 Bundle type editing window 3 Click Multicast to change the connection to multicast or Multi unicast to change the connection to multi unicast This completes MY16 CII bundle setup The MY16 CII can now be used for audio signal transfer For information on setting MY16 CII latency and other detail...

Page 13: ...11 Device Properties Window 3 Click the tab corresponding to the Rx or Tx socket you want to set in the Sockets section in the lower area of the window Figure 12 Sockets Section 4 Enter the bundle number in the Bundle field and click the Set Socket button CobraNet Manager Lite for Yamaha Owner s Manual 13 ...

Page 14: ...vice settings click Get information from device 6 Make sure that the Persistence on checkbox is checked Note When Persistence on is checked the CobraNet settings are retained even when the power is turned off If this checkbox is unchecked the settings will be initialized when the power is turned off This completes MY16 CII bundle setup The MY16 CII can now be used for audio signal transfer For inf...

Page 15: ... window to open the pop up menu shown below Figure 13 Matrix View Pop up Menu 2 Select Device Properties to open the Device properties window Figure 14 Device Properties Window 3 Right click the IP address and select Get Free IP from the pop up menu to assign a tentative IP address 4 Right click the IP address select Assign if static IP Assign as static IP address which is retained even after the ...

Page 16: ...pting to make new changes before the previous data has been fully transferred can result in erroneous operation When you right click on the matrix border at a location corresponding to an MY16 CII the popup menu will contain an additional YAMAHA Device Settings item Figure 15 Yamaha Device Settings from the Matrix View Similarly if you right click on an MY16 CII in the device overview window the p...

Page 17: ...1 15 Data transfer becomes possible when the channels of the transmitting and receiving devices are matched No transmission or reception takes place when OFF is selected Hint As an example serial control is used for remotely controlling a DME64N from the PM5D Figure 18 Rx Tx Serial channel edit box Click on the Bit Length field to change the audio bit length to be transferred via the CobraNet netw...

Page 18: ...ngs are changed from a source other than the CobraNet Manager while the Yamaha Device Settings or Advanced Settings window is open the CobraNet Manager displays will not be updated to reflect those changes Click the Get information from device button in the Device Properties window to refresh the display and show the current settings 2 2 Advanced MY16 CII Settings Figure 21 Advanced Settings windo...

Page 19: ...igure 23 Initialization of all parameters The Initialization of All Parameters Execute button will reset all of the MY16 CII s CobraNet parameters back to their default values This means that the MY16 CII will not be connected to the CobraNet network until the receive and transmit sockets are reconfigured All CobraNet settings will be initialized including those that cannot be accessed via Yamaha ...

Page 20: ...ork Sync MY16 CII Clock PM5D etc Figure 24 Network Sync If the device into which the MY16 CII is installed receives its clock signal from an external device which is not part of the CobraNet network the MY16 CII will operate in Host Sync 1 mode Host Sync 1 MY16 CII Device external to CobraNet network Clock PM5D etc Figure 25 Host Sync 1 If two or more MY16 CII cards are installed in the same host ...

Page 21: ...tons on the right side of the box Figure 27 Conductor priority edit box Auto The appropriate conductor priority will be set according to the MY16 CII clock synchronization mode Use this mode unless you need to set a specific device as the CobraNet conductor 0 255 Specifies a fixed conductor priority A fixed conductor priority setting can be used when a specific device is to be assigned as the Cobr...

Page 22: ... of loops Figure 28 Conductor Priority needs to be set manually In this example Conductor Priority is set to Auto so the MY16 CII installed in the DME64N becomes a conductor and a word clock loop is created To rectify this problem it is necessary to either lower the conductor priority of the MY16 CII installed in the DME64 or raise the conductor priority of the MY16 CII installed in the PM5D thus ...

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