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  • Page 1 -DG IFI ONGLE FOR ACCESSING MINIDSP DEVICES THROUGH THE NETWORK User Manual miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 2 miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 3 miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 4 miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 5 Revision history Revision Description Date V1.0 First version 9 Jan 2018 V1.1 Updated url to access the device’s management 27Apr2018 console V1.2 Added FCC statement 7May2018 V1.3 Updated TOC and antenna side photo 9May2018 miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    Disclaimer/Warning ............................... 7 Warranty Terms .............................. 8 FCC Class B Statement ............................ 8 FCC Radio Frequency Exposure Statement ...................... 9 CE Mark Statement ............................... 9 A note on this manual ............................ 9 Product Overview ............................. 1 0 The Wi-DG concept ............................ 1 0 The hardware overview .......................... 1 2 1.2.1 I/O Panel ............................. 1 2 1.2.2 Power and Buttons Panel ........................ 1 3 Supported plugins and minidsp hardware .................... 1 4 Hardware Setup .............................. 1 5...

  • Page 7: Important Information

    MPORTANT NFORMATION Please read the following information before use. In case of any questions, please contact miniDSP via the support portal at minidsp.desk.com. YSTEM EQUIREM ENTS To configure the Wi-DG and use it with the minidsp plugins and hardware, you will require a Windows PC or Apple Mac OS X computer with the following minimum specification: Windows • PC with 1GHz or higher processor clock speed. Intel® Pentium®/Celeron® family, or AMD K6®/AMD Athlon®/AMD Duron® family, or compatible processor recommended. • 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher • Keyboard and mouse or compatible pointing device • USB 2.0 port • Network accessibility through Wifi or Ethernet cable • Microsoft• ® Windows® Vista® SP1/ XP pro SP2/Win7/Win8.1/Win10 • Microsoft• ® .NET framework v3.5 or later • Adobe AIR environment (latest version) • Adobe Flash player (latest version) • A web browser (e.g. IE, Chrome, etc) • Bonjour print service (For Windows 7 only) Mac OS X • Intel-based Mac with 1 GHz or higher processor clock speed • 512 megabytes (MB) of RAM or higher •...

  • Page 8: Warranty Terms

    As a general guideline, you should perform the initial configuration of the miniDSP audio processor before enabling audio through any connected output device or amplification. Doing so will help ensure that the software is correctly configured. Finally, note that the miniDSP audio processor is a very flexible device, and many of the questions we receive at the tech support department are already answered in this user manual and in the online application notes on the miniDSP.com website. So please take the time to carefully read this user manual and the online technical support. Thanks for your understanding! ARRANTY ERM S miniDSP Ltd warrants this product to be free from defects in materials and workmanship for a period of one year from the invoice date. Our warranty does not cover failure of the product due to incorrect connection or installation, improper or undocumented use, unauthorized servicing, modification or alteration of the unit in any way, or any usage outside of that recommended in this manual. If in doubt, contact miniDSP prior to use. FCC C LASS TATEM ENT This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. Warning: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. • Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

  • Page 9: Fcc Radio Frequency Exposure Statement

    FCC R ADIO REQUENCY XPOSURE TATEMENT The device has been evaluated to meet general RF exposure requirements. The device can be used in fixed/mobile exposure conditions. The min separation distance is 20cm. CE M TATEM ENT The Wi-DG has passed the test performed according to European Standard EN 55022 Class B. NOTE ON THIS MANUAL This User Manual is designed for reading in both print and on the computer. If printing the manual, please print double-sided. The embedded page size is 8 ½” x 11”. Printing on A4 paper will result in a slightly reduced size. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 10: Product Overview

    RODUCT VERVIEW Thank you for choosing the Wi-DG. The Wi-DG is a tiny adaptor enabling control of a minidsp device through Ethernet or WiFi network. This device allows you to have extra connection options besides the USB connection provided in most of the minidsp products. 1.1 T CONCEPT The Wi-DG provides a USB host port for connection to a minidsp hardware with a USB cable. With Wi-DG installed in the same network as a PC, users can control the minidsp hardware with Wi-DG acting as a WiFi-to- USB bridge, using the software plugin (the plugin need to have device discovery feature, see section 1.3 for list of plugins and versions supported) installed on that PC. USB Wi-DG minidsp hardware (AP mode) Wi-DG USB Ethernet cable minidsp hardware (AP mode) miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 11 Router Wi-DG USB minidsp hardware (Station mode) miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 12: The Hardware Overview

    1.2 T HE HARDW ARE OVERVIEW 1.2.1 I/O Panel POWER LED ETHERNET For directly access to Wi-DG via Ethernet. When connected directly to PC with DHCP enabled, the PC will obtain a local IP address of 192.168.100.x and will be in the same sub-net as Wi-DG. Users can manage the settings of Wi-DG through the url: http://minidsp-wi-dg.local with a web browser USB The USB host port where a powered minidsp hardware will plug into SD CARD SD card slot reserved for future use POWER LED Green LED light up indicates the device is powered up miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 13: Power And Buttons Panel

    1.2.2 Power and Buttons Panel ANT STATUS LED ANT Antenna port for installing an antenna for wifi access WIFI A restore to factory default button. Press-and-hold it for 20 seconds and then release, the Wi-DG will restore to the chipset factory default. After restore to default, all settings and password will be lost and the program files inside the Wi-DG for controlling minidsp hardware will be deleted. To re-enable the Wi-DG to its original newly purchased state, follow the steps in section 4.2 – “Device Recovery” to copy the program files into the Wi-DG RST A reset device button. Press it once will reboot the Wi-DG POWER A micro-usb port where the 5V power is applied from a power adapter or from a USB port on a STATUS LED Green color once boot up. Blink 3 times per second in amber color when Wi-DG is in AP mode and a PC was associated with (“connected to”) it. In station mode, it will blink once per second in amber color and after the Wi-DG is associated (“connected”) with a wifi network, the LED will blink as data is transmitting miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 14: Supported Plugins And Minidsp Hardware

    1.3 S UPPORTED PLUGINS AND M INIDSP HARDW ARE The Wi-DG can work with the following hardware with plugin support: • MiniSharc-4x8 • OpenDRC-2x2 • nanoAVR-HD • MiniDSP-2x4-HD The Wi-DG can work with the following hardware but plugin support is not available yet: • MiniDSP-2x8 • MiniDSP-8x8 • MiniDSP-2x8-nanoDIGI • C-DSP-6x8 • DDRC-22 • DDRC-88BM • DDRC-24 • nanoAVR-DL The Wi-DG can work with the following plugins (more plugins will be added to the list as we push the update): • MiniDSP-2x4-HD plugin v1.10 or above • miniSHARC-4x8 plugin v1.10 or above •...

  • Page 15: Hardware Setup

    ARDWARE ETUP The Wi-DG can operate in one of the two modes: AP mode or Station mode. The Wi-DG is in AP mode by default at the time of purchase. Users should decide first on which mode they would like the Wi-DG to operate before going through the relevant section below. Once configured, the device will keep in the selected mode through every power on/off or reboots cycle. 2.1 AP M ODE In this mode, the Wi-DG will act like an access point where a PC can connect to it via wifi. This mode is especially useful in the context where there is no wifi router installed, e.g. inside a car. Follow the steps below to setup the Wi-DG into AP mode: 1. Install the antenna onto the antenna port of Wi-DG 2. Connect a minidsp device to the USB port on Wi-DG with an USB cable 3. Connect a PC to the Ethernet port on Wi-DG directly with an Ethernet cable 4. Plug in the micro-USB cable to the POWER port to apply 5V power to the Wi-DG Antenna Ethernet cable Wi-DG power USB cable minidsp hardware 5. Open a web browser and type in the url: http://minidsp-wi-dg.local , a screen will appear for login to the Wi-DG management console. (Note: the discovery of Wi-DG by the web browser requires mDNS support which should be available in Windows 8 or above and Mac OS. For windows 7, because of the lack of mDNS support, user has to install Bonjour print service prior to this step.) miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
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  • Page 17 6. Enter the password (default password is: 123456) and click the “SIGN IN” button, the “System information” page will be presented. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 18 7. Click the “Network” tab on the top and the “Network setting” will be presented. 8. Click the “AP mode” radio button and enter the name and password for accessing to the Wi-DG if required. In this example, the AP is named “LinkIt_Smart_7688_XXXXXX” with no password is used for simplicity. Where XXXXXX is the serial hex number, each device has different serial hex number. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 19: Ap Mode

    9. Click “CONFIGURE & RESTART” button to apply the settings, the Wi-DG will restart and setup in AP mode. 10. Unplug the Ethernet cable, turn on the wifi of your PC to search for an AP you had just named and connect to it, for our example it would be “LinkIt_Smart_7688_XXXXXX”, supply the password if requested upon connect. 11. After successful connect, the status LED on the Wi-DG should blink 3 times per second in amber color. You can run the plugin for the minidsp device, which is plugged in to the USB port of Wi-DG and follow the steps in Section 3 to discover the device from the plugin and do the setup or control. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 20: Station Mode

    2.2 S TATION M ODE In this mode, the Wi-DG will act like a wifi client, which requires a wifi router for it to access so that it can join a network. The PC can then join to the same network via the same wifi router and make connection the Wi-DG. This mode is useful in the context where there is a wifi router installed, e.g. inside home. Follow the steps below to setup the Wi-DG into Station mode: 1. Install the antenna onto the antenna port of Wi-DG 2. Connect a minidsp device to the USB port on Wi-DG with an USB cable 3. Connect a PC to the Ethernet port on Wi-DG directly with an Ethernet cable 4. Plug in the micro-USB cable to the POWER port to apply 5V power to the Wi-DG Antenna Ethernet cable Wi-DG power USB cable minidsp hardware 5. Open a web browser and type in the url: http://minidsp-wi-dg.local , a screen will appear for login to the Wi-DG management console. (Note: the discovery of Wi-DG by the web browser requires mDNS support which should be available in Windows 8 or above and Mac OS. For windows 7, because of the lack of mDNS support, user has to install Bonjour print service prior to this step.) miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
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  • Page 22 6. Enter the password (default password is: 123456) and click the “SIGN IN” button, the “System information” page will be presented. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 23 7. Click the “Network” tab on the top and the “Network setting” will be presented. 8. Click the “Station mode” radio button and select a wifi SSID from the “Detected Wi-Fi Network” which the Wi-DG will be associated with. Also, enter the password for accessing to the selected wifi. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 24 9. Click “CONFIGURE & RESTART” button to apply the settings, the Wi-DG will restart and setup in station mode. 10. Unplug the Ethernet cable, turn on the wifi of your PC to search for the wifi router SSID you had just selected in the “Detected Wi-Fi Network” of the Wi-DG management console, for our example it would be “D4U_guest”, supply the password if requested upon connect. 11. After successful connect, the status LED on the Wi-DG should blink as data is transmitting in amber color. You can run the plugin for the minidsp device, which is plugged in to the USB port of Wi-DG and follow the steps in Section 3 to discover the device from the plugin and do the setup or control. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 25: Plugin Setup

    LUGIN ETUP After the Wi-DG was setup as described in Section 2 into one of the two modes: AP mode or Station mode. Users can connect to the minidsp device using the plugin installed on a PC and do the setup. 3.1 D ’ ISCOVER THE M INIDSP DEVICE ADDRESS Open a minidsp plugin and note there is a text field called “IP address” with a checkbox “Auto” next to it. The layout could be in either of the two format below: Check the “Auto” checkbox will allow the plugin to detect the presence of a minidsp device, which is plugged to a Wi-DG in the network. After a while, the ip address of the Wi-DG with the minidsp device plugged will be automatically filled into the “IP address” textbox. That means the device is ready to be connect with this plugin. 3.2 C ONNECT TO THE M INIDSP DEVICE FOR CONTROL When an ip address was filled into the “IP address” field just like the previous section, the “Connect” button can be clicked to connect to the minidsp device for settings and control. Please note that, if nothing was filled in the “IP address” field and the “Connect” button was clicked, the plugin will, by default, try to connect to the minidsp device through USB directly, but not connected to minidsp device through the Wi-DG on the network. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 26: Specifications

    4.1 S PECIFICATIONS micro-USB port 5V power input USB host port USB 2.0 host port for plug in a minidsp device Ethernet port 10/100 Fast Ethernet interface Wi-Fi radio 1T1R 802.11n 2.4GHz RF micro-SD card port SD-XC (class 10) Power supply 5 V DC Dimensions 68 x 64 x 24 mm (Antenna port excluded, H x W x D) 4.2 D EVICE ECOVERY In case there are errors in the settings of the Wi-DG that had caused it failed to function or the password to access the web management console was forgotten. The recovery steps described below can be followed to restore the device into default state. (In default state, login account name is: root, the password needs to be setup by yourself) 4.2.1 Windows 1. Connect the Wi-DG to PC with an Ethernet cable. 2. Power up the Wi-DG, wait until the status LED blinks with amber color, that is the unit is either in AP mode or Station mode. 3. Press-and-hold the “WIFI” button for at least 20 seconds and then release, the status LED should blink quickly in amber color for several seconds, the device will reboot and restore to factory default state. 4. Unzip the Wi-DG program software package to your PC. The folder structure of the package is shown below: miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 27 miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 28 5. Clear the browser cache of your web browser. Type the url: http://minidsp-wi-dg.local and hit the “Enter” key. A login interface is display for setting a new password. 6. Enter the password to set the password for the root account and click the “SUBMIT” button. A login interface will be displayed again. Clear the browser cache and close the web browser. 7. Download WinSCP Portable Executable and unzip it on your PC. 8. Go into WinSCP folder, run the WinSCP.exe 9. Select "SCP" as file protocol, enter host name as "minidsp-wi-dg.local" , user name as "root" and enter the password, click the "Login" button. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 29 miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 30 10. A security warning may pop-up, click "Add" anyway. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 31 11. Open the "IoT" folder on the right panel, drag the "init.sh" and "minidsp" provided in wi-dg_xxx folder into this folder. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 32 12. Go back up one level to the root directory and open the "etc" folder on the right panel. 13. Drag to replace the "rc.local" in this folder with our custom factory copy in wi-dg_xxx/etc folder. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

  • Page 33: Mac

    14. Go back up one level to the root directory and open the "www/build" folder on the right panel. 15. Drag to replace the "en.app.js" in this folder with our custom factory copy in wi-dg_xxx. 16. After the files are copied, power-cycle the device to reboot it. 17. Type the url: http://minidsp-wi-dg.local and hit the “Enter” key and then login to the web management console to setup the Wi-DG into either AP mode or Station mode again. 4.2.2 Mac 1. Connect the Wi-DG to PC with an Ethernet cable. 2. Power up the Wi-DG, wait until the status LED blinks with amber color, that is the unit is either in AP mode or Station mode. 3. Press-and-hold the “WIFI” button for at least 20 seconds and then release, the status LED should blink quickly in amber color for several seconds, the device will reboot and restore to factory default state. 4. Unzip the Wi-DG program software package to your PC. It was extracted to Home folder for this example. The folder structure of the package is shown below: miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 34 miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 35 5. Clear the browser cache of your web browser. Type the url: http://minidsp-wi-dg.local and hit the “Enter” key. A login interface is display for setting a new password. 6. Enter the password to set the password for the root account and click the “SUBMIT” button. A login interface will be displayed again. Clear the browser cache and close the web browser. 7. In Mac, select “Go” -> “Utilities” -> “Terminal”, a terminal console will be displayed. 8. Enter the following command one-by-one to copy the files from wi-dg_xxx folder to Wi-DG, each line of command will required you to enter the password to login as root (for the example below, assume the wi-dg_106 folder is in the current directory, i.e. home directory): scp ./wi-dg_106/en.app.js root@minidsp-wi-dg.local:/www/build/ scp -r ./wi-dg_106/etc root@minidsp-wi-dg.local:/ miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...
  • Page 36 Please contact your system administrator. Add correct host key in /Users/<username>/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending RSA key in /Users/<username>/.ssh/known_hosts:1 RSA host key for minidsp-wi-dg.local has changed and you have requested strict checking. Host key verification failed. 9. After the files are copied, power-cycle the device to reboot it.

  • Page 37: Obtaining Support

    4.3 O BTAINING SUPPORT 1. Check the forums on miniDSP.com to see if this issue has already been raised and a solution provided. 2. Contact miniDSP via the support portal at minidsp.desk.com with: a. The specific product you are having an issue with (in this case, Wi-DG or accessories). b. A clear explanation of the symptoms you are seeing. Please note that miniDSP is only able to provide support for the hardware and functions documented in this manual, and only for problems specifically related to the miniDSP hardware and software functions. Any other items, such as designing or debugging your I2S interface circuitry or layout or interfaces to third-party hardware, are specifically excluded from the scope of miniDSP support. miniDSP Ltd, Hong Kong / www.minidsp.com / Features and specifications subject to change without prior notice...

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