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[Curt Palme]

OK guys, here's what I wanna do: I wanna get into the 21st century.

A lot of electronics audio manufacturers are now making products that can be controlled via the internet, namely Crown, PEavey, etc. I have a hotel (see other thread showing the hotel sound system racks) that wants to get a price off me to change the Ivie room combining systems that are currently controlled via a 2000' RS 485 twisted pair at two computers to internet access.

Currently, I am using an 8 X 8 and a 6X6 audio matrix by Ivie which has worked flawlessly for 9 years.:

http://www.ivie.com/products_mix_audionetmanual.htm

I'm using 2 sets of 2 linked 784+ units and an RS-232 to RS485 converter box also made by Ivie. Works just fine.

What I want to change to is something like the Peavey:

http://aa.peavey.com/signalprocessors/digitoolmx.cfm

or the Ivie:

http://www.ivie.com/products_mix_iflexintro.htm

So.. being a complete novice when it comes to networking and the internet connectivity, how do I turn a network jack on the back of one of these devices so that I can type in www.curtsfancybox.com or something like that from say an Iphone in the middle of a ballroom (or sitting here at my computer) and manipulate these devices? Do I need to train myself to be a rocket scientist?

From the techs at Ivie, I have the following:

Our later mixers, including model 1026 and the new iFlex series, are designed for a TCP/IP connection via a network (including the Internet if a port is open to the Internet through which the control can pass). However, the 784/884 series are not so set up.

Just give me a basic layout as to what I need to do so that I can give the customer a quote.

Thanks!

[Curt Palme]

OK guys, here's what I wanna do: I wanna get into the 21st century.

A lot of electronics audio manufacturers are now making products that can be controlled via the internet, namely Crown, PEavey, etc. I have a hotel (see other thread showing the hotel sound system racks) that wants to get a price off me to change the Ivie room combining systems that are currently controlled via a 2000' RS 485 twisted pair at two computers to internet access.

Currently, I am using an 8 X 8 and a 6X6 audio matrix by Ivie which has worked flawlessly for 9 years.:

http://www.ivie.com/products_mix_audionetmanual.htm

I'm using 2 sets of 2 linked 784+ units and an RS-232 to RS485 converter box also made by Ivie. Works just fine.

What I want to change to is something like the Peavey:

http://aa.peavey.com/signalprocessors/digitoolmx.cfm

or the Ivie:

http://www.ivie.com/products_mix_iflexintro.htm

So.. being a complete novice when it comes to networking and the internet connectivity, how do I turn a network jack on the back of one of these devices so that I can type in www.curtsfancybox.com or something like that from say an Iphone in the middle of a ballroom (or sitting here at my computer) and manipulate these devices? Do I need to train myself to be a rocket scientist?

From the techs at Ivie, I have the following:

Our later mixers, including model 1026 and the new iFlex series, are designed for a TCP/IP connection via a network (including the Internet if a port is open to the Internet through which the control can pass). However, the 784/884 series are not so set up.

Just give me a basic layout as to what I need to do so that I can give the customer a quote.

Thanks!

[greg_mitch]

Here is how I would attempt it, but I am far from an expert so you might just want to ignore this.

Get the hotel IT staff to assign you an IP address for the controller.

Pull up the controller configuration and assign the controller to the IP address they told you.

This way you can pull up the controller anywhere on the local network.

As far as getting on the internet, I think the controller needs a server? Maybe by saying TCP/IP means it has a built-in web server?

Otherwise perhaps you can register a domain and have that domain point to the IP address that the hotel gave you for the controller. Then if there is a built-in web server application it would pop up and be ready for some manipulation.

Can't find the manual for the iflex so here is what the 1026 manual says:

[Curt Palme]

OK thanks! I am going to call Peavey in the AM to make sure that's how it's done, but from what little I know, that's how I envisioned it

The hotel does have a full IT department, so I'm sure they know the ins and outs of what to do from their end as to connecting it to the net.

ANy other comments from anyone?

[Curt Palme]

OK thanks! I am going to call Peavey in the AM to make sure that's how it's done, but from what little I know, that's how I envisioned it

The hotel does have a full IT department, so I'm sure they know the ins and outs of what to do from their end as to connecting it to the net.

ANy other comments from anyone?

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