Establishing Communication Over Usb; Communicating Over Ethernet - EAW DX1208 Instruction Manual

ESTABLISHING COMMUNICATION
OVER USB
There are a few steps required to establish communication
between DX Navigator and the DX1208.
1. Click "Tools" in the top menu bar and select
"Communications" from the drop-down menu. The
Communications window opens.
2. Click the "COM Port" radio button and select the COM Port
that is assigned to the USB port that is connected to the
DX1208.
If you are not sure which COM Port is being used, open
the Device Manager on your computer, locate "Ports (COM
& LPT)" in the list and click the "+" sign in front of it. You
should see "EAWC DX Family USB Serial Port" followed by
a COM port number. This is the number you should select in
DX Navigator's Communications window.
Click "OK" to close the Communications window.
3. Click "Go Online." DX Navigator will begin to query the
DX1208 and the COMM LED on the DX1208 should light.
4. Once communication is established, the DX1208 icon
appears in the "Found Devices" tab with a green
checkmark in front of it.
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5. Double-click the DX1208 icon in the "Found Devices" tab
to open the DX1208 interface. Click on the tabs across the
top of the DX1208 interface to open individual screens for
accessing controls and settings. The tabs include Input,
Priorities, Automix, Output, DXLink, Logic I/O, Remotes,
and Settings.
6. Refer to the Help file for detailed information about each
of the screens. To open the Help file, return to the DX
Navigator window, click "Help" in the top menu bar, and
select "DX1208 Help."

COMMUNICATING OVER ETHERNET

You can connect your computer to the DX1208 directly with
an Ethernet connection, or indirectly over an Ethernet switch or
local area network (LAN).
Direct Connection
The DX1208 can be connected directly to your computer
using a crossover Cat5/Cat5e Ethernet cable.
When the DX1208 is connected via Ethernet, it requires
an IP address and will initiate a DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) request for an IP address from a DHCP
server. Since no DHCP server exists on a direct connection, it is
necessary to assign a static IP address to the DX1208 in order
to communicate over Ethernet.
To assign a static IP address:
1. Connect your computer to the DX1208 using the USB port.
2. Open DX Navigator, click "Go Online," and open the
"Settings" tab in the DX1208 GUI. In the IP section, select
"Static IP" and enter 169.254.xxx.xxx, where xxx can be
any number between 1 and 254. This is a private IP address
used for link-local addressing, but you can enter a private-
use IP address if you prefer. Remember the number that
you entered. You will need it again.
In the Subnet field, enter 255.255.0.0.
Note: Refer to RFC-3927 for information on link-local
addressing, and RFC-1918 for information on address
allocation for private internets.
3. Go offline and turn the DX1208 off.
Note: You must power cycle the DX1208 in order for the
Static IP address to take effect.
4. Connect the DX1208 to your computer with an Ethernet
cable and turn the DX1208 on.
5. In DX Navigator, click "Tools > Communications" in the top
menu bar.
6. Click the "Specify Target IP Addresses" radio button. Enter
the same IP address that you entered previously for the
DX1208 and click "Add" to add it to the list of IP Addresses
that DX Navigator will search for when it goes online.