TC Electronic Broadcast 6000 - Manual (Page 23)

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saVVy wI-fI neTwOrKInG fOr sysTem 6000
PC
The TCP/IPV-4 protocol has to be set for “Use the
following IP address” and do only enter “IP address” and
“Subnetmask” (In this case as described above I would set
IP for 192.168.1.150 and Subnet mask 255.255.255.0)
(also see page 13 in this manual)
Example:
MAC
It is basically the same procedure as described above, but
on a MAC computer you are able to disable the TCP/IPV6
protocol.
Remember No 2 Fames/PC´s/MAC´s or ICON MKII are
allowed to have the same IP address on this static network.
Introduction
Setting up a Wi-Fi connection in your System 6000 network
is basically making an access point in the network.
For this you can use any router with Wi-Fi or access point
you can buy today, but check that it has the features you
need before buying.
The Setup´s
It is possible to make 2 setups that basically access the
network in the same way but in fact are 2 totally different
products covering the PC/MAC side of things.
- The Router.
- The Airport Express.
Both setups can be accessed by both platforms MAC OS/
PC as long as you have a Wi-Fi card in the system, so it’s
possible to run multiple instances of the ICON software
either on one or multiple systems.
The Router/Airport Express setup
Connect you Router/Airport Express to your PC/MAC
with a standard ethernet cable and open your browser.
Access your Router/Airport Express by entering its default
IP address. The most commonly used default address is
“192.168.1.1”, but you should refer to the routers manual.
A good start is always “LOADING DEFAULT SETTINGS”
or using the reset to default button. Again, – look in your
Router/Airport Express manual.
Disabling DHCP
In your Router/Airport Express setup you will need to
disable DHCP. DHCP is a feature that allows the device to
automatically hand out IP addresses to all the connected
devices and we want to disable this feature as the System
6000 network is a network with static IP addresses for all
devices.
Setting start IP
The default IP of TC ICON MKII is 192.168.1.125 and for
MKII frames it is 192.168.1.126, so if we set the Router/
Airport Express to a starting IP of 192.168.1.124 this will be
the first link in this chain of devices. The same goes for an
Access Point, always let it be the first link in the chain. This
is not mandatory but it is good to have a logical structure in
you network.
Wi-Fi setup
You can basically setup any type of encryption etc. on your
Wi-Fi Router/Airport Express.
We recommend to setup a basic Wi-Fi with no encryption in
the Router/Airport Express to start with.
The PC/MAC Wi-Fi card has to be setup with a static IP as
well as the rest of the System6000 network.