Shure MXA310 - Packet Bridge

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Latency Setting Maximum Number of Switches
0.25 ms 3
0.5 ms (default) 5
1 ms 10
2 ms 10+
Operating the Control Software over Wi-Fi
When operating the web application over WiFi, it’s important to set up the wireless router properly for best perfor
mance. The system employs several standard-based protocols that rely on multicast. Wi-Fi treats broadcast and
multicast packets differently than general packets for backward compatibility reasons. In some cases, the Wi-Fi
router will limit the multicast packet transmission rate to a value that is too slow for web application to properly op
erate.
Wi-Fi routers typically support 802.11b, 802.11a/g, and/or 802.11n standards. By default, many Wi-Fi routers are
configured to allow older 802.11b devices to operate over the network. In this configuration, these routers will auto
matically limit the multicast data rates (or sometimes referred to as ‘basic rate’, or ‘management rate’) to 12Mbps.
Note: A Wi-Fi connection can only be used for the control software. Network audio cannot be transmitted over Wi-
Fi.
Tip: For larger wireless microphone configurations, it’s recommended to increase the multicast transmission rate
to provide adequate bandwidth.
Important: For best performance, use a Wi-Fi router that does not limit the multicast rate to 1-2 Mbps.
Shure recommends the following Wi-Fi router brands:
• Cisco
• Linksys
• Apple
Packet Bridge
Packet bridge enables an external controller to obtain IP information from the control interface of a Shure device.
To access the packet bridge, an external controller must send a query packet over unicast UDP* to port 2203 on
the Dante interface of the Shure device.
1. Send a UDP packet with a minimum 1-byte payload .
Note: The maximum accepted payload 140 bytes. Any content is allowed.
2. The Shure device will send a response packet over unicast UDP to the controller, using a destination UDP port
identical to the source port of the query packet. The payload of the response packet follows this format: