AUDAC M2 - Project Setup for Cascaded Systems

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Setting up the project
Thischapterdescribesastepbystepsetupprocedurewhichteachesyouhowto
configureasetupwithmultipledevicesasshownonthepreviouspages.
NOTE
Don’tmakeanyethernetorfiberconnectionsuntilthispoint.Thesetupshouldbeconfigured
inthesamesequenceasdescribedinthisstepbystepguide.
1) Configuration of the Address
ThefirstthingwhichshouldbedoneisconfiguringtheIPandbusaddressesofalldevices
usedinyoursetup.Whendevicesarecascadedthroughfiber,thecontrolcanbedonein
twodifferentways:
Method 1:
ConnectonedevicetoEthernet,andcontroltheotherdevicesinyoursetupthrough
thesameIPaddress.Thedatawillbetransferredbetweenthedevicesoverthefiber
conductor.Theadvantageofthismethodis:OnlyoneEthernetconnectionisnecessary.
Thedisadvantageofthismethodis:youcanonlyseetheVUmetersintheuserinterface
ofthedevicewhichisdirectlyconnectedtotheEthernetnetwork.(Allothersettingscan
bemade,excepttheVUmeterbargraphwhichisonlyvisibleforthedirectlyconnected
device)
ToconfigureyoursystemaccordingtoMethod1,proceedwiththefollowingprocedure:
1) ConnectthefirstdeviceofyoursetuptoyourEthernetnetwork
2) Settheaddressforthefirstdeviceto“M001”,thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”
 menu,under“AddressSettings”.
3) DisconnectthefirstdeviceofyoursetupfromtheEthernetnetwork
4) ConnecttheseconddeviceofyoursetuptoyourEthernetnetwork
5) Settheaddressfortheseconddeviceto“M002”,thiscanbedoneinthe“Setup”
 menu,under“AddressSettings”.
6) DisconnecttheseconddeviceofyoursetupfromtheEthernetnetwork
7) Repeatthisprocedureforalldevicesinyoursetup,andassignanuniquebus
 addresstoeverydeviceinyoursetup.
8) Afterthisisdone,alldevicesshouldhaveauniquebusaddress,andnodevice 
 shouldbeconnectedtotheEthernetnetwork.
9) ConnectoneofthedevicesinyoursetuptotheEthernetnetwork.(Itdoesn’t
 matterwhichoneyouconnecttotheEthernetnetwork,butkeepinmindthatyou
 canonlyseetheVUmeterbargraphmovingoftheconnecteddevice)
10) Connectthedeviceswitheachotherthroughfiberconductors,usingtheloop
 principleasshowninFigure1.
11) Restartalldevices
12) Alldevicesshoulddisplaynow“FiberOK”ontopoftheirmainpage,nexttothe
 connectionstatus.