Device Discovery - Martin Audio MLA MINI Advanced User's Manual

MLA MINI
VU-NET

DEVICE DISCOVERY

The normal method for operating a system following completing the system rigging and
connection is to run Vu-Net is to run Device Discovery. It is good practice to check your network
connectivity, first by using the network icon on the PC task bar which should show connection
to your system (it will flag that there is no internet connectivity which can be ignored). Then by
going into Preferences and selecting 'Network' and making sure that the Available IP addresses
window has an IP address for every Merlin in use with your system. If all is ok you can proceed
by clicking on the Discover Devices button:
Assuming everything is OK with your network connection you will see the following window:
The meter bar will gradually move across until it is completely green and all devices have been
found. This may take a few seconds on bigger systems with large arrays of many cabinets.
There are a couple of other windows that may appear at this stage, as well as discovering all
devices on the network and identifying their type and IP address, Vu-Net also checks their
Firmware to ensure it matches the latest version stored in its internal Firmware database. If it
detects an older Firmware version you will see the following window:
For more detail on Firmware updates please see the relevant Firmware chapter.
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