K-array Pinnacle-KR II Assembly Manual page 20

Pinnacle-KR
Assembly Manual
Connection to a network of Thunder-KS
The Thunder-KS active subwoofers feature a RJ45 Ethernet
port on the rear panel that allows to connect the loudspeakers
to a local area network (LAN), in order to ease the remote
control.
The Thunder-KS
technologies, allowing to direct connect the active subwoofer
to a PC via the Ethernet CAT5 cables, as well as including the
devices into a network without any user configuration.
The simplest local network of Thunder-KS active subwoofers
requires the implementation of an Ethernet switch. When an
access point is available, the network of Thunder-KS active
subwoofers can be easily managed with the K-array Connect
mobile app over the LAN.
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with built-in Ethernet switch
If a DHCP service is available, it will assign an IP address to
each Thunder-KS. If a DHCP service is not available, each
Thunder-KS active subwoofer will self assign an IP address
in the range 169.254.0.0/16 (auto-IP).
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implements the zeroconf
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Access Point
1. Connect each Thunder-KS active subwoofer to a Wi-Fi
access point with built-in Ethernet switch: use Ethernet
Cat5 or Cat6 cables.
2. Set the access point Wi-Fi network SSID and parameters.
3. Ensure the Wi-Fi of the mobile device is on.
4. Connect the mobile device to the access point Wi-Fi
network network.
5. Launch the K-array Connect app: the app looks for any
device in the network whose name starts with "K-array"
and tries to establish a connection.
6. If the list of available devices is empty swipe down to
force refresh the list of available devices.
Active
Subwoofers
List of available
devices in the
network
Device Preset Name
Subwoofer Model
IP Address
MAC address