AVN-DIO09 Handbook
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The ‘Primary Dante Port Information’ and the ‘Secondary Dante Port
Information’ shows the configuration information of each port to the Dante
audio network. The network settings of these two ports can be controlled
via the Dante controller application or via the ‘network’ configuration web
page. If the Dante redundancy setting for the unit is set to “Switched” via
Dante controller then only the Control Port and Primary Dante Port
Information are shown here.
Status
The status page shows the lock status of each AES input.
Configuration
The Configuration tab has the Network page which shows the current
configuration of the control port which is used to access the devices web
server. The friendly name and security options can also be set here.
Friendly Name
The friendly name identifies the unit on the network. It is a good idea to
assign a user name or location as this is easily recognised by other users.
The default friendly name is made from the device ID and the 7-digit
product serial number i.e. AVN-DIO19-1234567. The friendly name can only
contain letters, numbers and hyphens although it cannot start or end with a
hyphen.
Password
In order to prevent other users connected to the same network from
modifying the configuration of the device it is possible to protect your
device with a password. The password may be between 4 and 8 characters
long and may only contain numbers and letters.
Removing Password Protection
Password protection can be removed from a device by clearing both the
‘Password’ and ‘Retype Password’ fields and clicking submit.
HTTP Port
The HTTP port number can be set to any integer from ‘1024’ up to and
including ‘65535’, or to ‘80’ the default value. The value entered determines
which port the web server on the device will use. When the port number is
modified the unit will be restarted automatically. To view the web pages of
a device with a modified port number, the port number must be specified
in the address bar of the web browser after the IP address and separated by
a colon. For example, if the HTTP port of a unit is set to ‘1024’ and the IP
address of the unit is ‘192.168.0.100’ then ‘http://192.168.0.100:1024’
would need to be entered into the address bar of the web browser. When
the port is set to its default value of ‘80’ a port number doesn’t need to be
specified when accessing the web server. The web server on the unit is
advertised as an Avahi / Bonjour service so tools like Sonifex Service
Discovery or avahi-browse will be able to discover the address and port
number being used by the unit’s web server.
Address Mode
The address mode determines how the port obtains its IP address. When
set to dynamic, the unit will attempt to acquire an IP address automatically
from either a DHCP server or via auto configuration if no DHCP server is
found. The actual IP address is shown on the device information page.
When static mode is used, the IP address & subnet mask values entered will
be assigned to the port.
Static IP Address
This is the IP address that will be assigned to the port when static address
mode is selected. It is important to ensure that this IP address is not
currently in use on the network. This value is not used when the address
mode is dynamic.
Static Subnet Mask
This is the subnet mask that will be used for the port when static address
mode is selected. This value is not used when the address mode is dynamic.
Static Gateway
The router IP address used for the port when static address mode is
selected.
Note
If the device is in switched mode the secondary Dante network port settings
are not displayed. If any of the network configuration options are changed,
the unit automatically restarts to implement the new settings. If the address
mode of the control port is changed, a new connection is made once the
unit has restarted and the IP address assigned via DHCP is known.
Otherwise, the new page will be reloaded automatically once the restart of
the unit is complete.
Device
The device page of the configuration tab currently provides the following
option.
Enable Red LEDs
When this option is checked, the status LEDs are lit red when not green.
System
The System tab is used for the following;
• Updating the unit.
• Rebooting and resetting the unit.
Update Firmware
In this section the current firmware version on the connected unit is shown.
New versions of firmware will be released as new features are added, and
when any bug fixes are completed, click on the software downloads link to
visit the firmware downloads webpage of the Sonifex website. If an update
is available for your unit you can download it as a zipped archive file, you
will need to extract the ‘DWN’ file from the archive, this can be done in
Windows by right-clicking the archive and selecting extract all.
Reboot or Factory Reset
The unit can be rebooted using the reboot button, a quick reboot can often
fix any issues with the unit, after rebooting the webpage should
automatically be reloaded. The factory reset button restores the unit to
factory settings, restoring the factory settings will also cause the unit to
reboot.
Bootstrap Mode
In the unlikely event that power is lost during a firmware upgrade then the
unit may enter bootstrap mode. This is a limited firmware set that allows
firmware upgrades to take place to return the unit to a normal working
state. This is indicated by both primary and secondary PoE and Link LEDs
flashing in unison. Firmware updates are performed using a TFTP client
running on a host PC.
Forcing Bootstrap Mode
If you need to force the unit into bootstrap mode, this is done by pressing
and holding the reset button down for more than 5 seconds. After 5
seconds the front panel LEDs will start to flash slowly, this indicates that the
unit will be forced into bootstrap mode with a static IP address of
192.168.0.100. If the reset button is held for more than 10 seconds, the
LEDs will flash faster which indicates that the unit will be forced into
bootstrap mode with dynamic mode addressing set. The unit will now
attempt to get an address from a DHCP server or fall back to a link-local IP
address using Auto-IP. If the reset button is held for more than 15 seconds,
the LEDs will flash even faster and the unit will now perform a factory reset
and clear all of the current configuration settings.
