The client computer, Hardware required, Computer software required – MACKIE HDR24/96 User Manual
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• Do you have or are you setting up a 48-track HDR system? Networking features are used to
connect the two HDRs in the 48-track configuration and adding other network components,
while possible, may also add delay to certain HDR operations.
While it is certainly more convenient to hook your HDR into your network permanently so that you
can use the network features whenever you need them, there may be any number of reasons why you
will choose not to do that. If you have an existing network you may not have enough ports on your
hub, switch or router to add the HDR. Or that network may be using a dynamic IP addressing scheme
that as you'll see later is not ideal with the HDR. Or if your computer is connected directly from its
Ethernet port to a broadband modem with no other network-managing multi-port device, then there is
simply no place for the HDR to plug in. And finally you may simply want to avoid the complexity of
having the HDR in your network, particularly if your HDR is an MDS-networked 48-track system.
For these various reasons the peer-to-peer configuration is described in the greatest detail. Once you
are familiar with the details of that configuration you should be able to set it up fairly easily on an "as
needed" basis. The key here is to get familiar with this entire networking appendix before executing
your set-up plan. Picking the seemingly "simple" peer-to-peer network may not be the simplest
solution if you are constantly rewiring your network cables, digging around in your computer's
TCP/IP configuration, and rebooting machines. Even your peer-to-peer network can be set-up to
have settings in common with your general network to simplify switchovers. We'll explain that and
other tricks interspersed throughout this appendix. Also be sure to look at
found at the end of this appendix.
The Client Computer
The Client Computer is the computer where you will install the FTP Client software to communicate
with (transfer files to and from) the HDR. Regardless of your studio network configuration, any
connected PC, Mac or workstation computer can be made into the client by meeting the hardware and
software requirements as described below.
Hardware Required
• A 100BaseT Ethernet network interface card installed in the computer. The HDR24/96 is
already equipped with a 100BaseT Ethernet interface.
Computer Software Required
• Windows 95, 98, NT for the PC or Macintosh 8.6 or higher.
• TCP/IP protocol stack (usually included with the operating system)
• An FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client program.
At Mackie, we’ve tested the HDR24/96 with two inexpensive FTP client programs for Windows,
CuteFTP from Globalscape and WS_FTP from Ipswitch Software, as well as Fetch for the
Macintosh from Fetch Softworks. There are several others available. Trial versions of these
programs are available for download at:
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