Network Control With Star Configuration - Martin Audio CDD-LIVE! Series User Manual

CDD‐LIVE
4. Network Control with Star Configuration
As with our example number two, analogue audio is routed to our left and right speakers and we can control the parameters in
depth using Vu‐Net, in this example however, the network connection to each cabinet is made with an individual Ethernet cable
from an Ethernet router (note that the router must support DHCP).
This may be a more convenient wiring solution particularly for a fixed installation and would have to be used if more than eight
speakers from the CDD‐Live range are in use as that is the maximum recommended for a daisy‐chain configuration. You can
however run a system with mixed star configuration and daisy‐chained cabinets, any of the cabinets routed directly to the
Ethernet switch can have up to seven cabinets daisy‐chained from their second Ethernet port making huge systems possible.
Be aware that the preset LEDs on the back of each CDD‐Live cabinet will be off due to the Vu‐Net connection, you should however
see the Ethernet LEDs illuminated, the green will show a good network connection and the yellow LED will flash to show
communication speed.
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