Renkus-Heinz ICL-R - Manual (Page 24)

IC L ive Users Manual - Models ICL-R & IC215S-R
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Before connecting your computer’s to the Ethernet
network, you need to make sure that RHAON has
the correct network settings. Open RHAON, go to
the Options menu and select “Preferences”. on the
General tab, make sure the correct NIC is selected
in the Adapter field. It’s the one you assigned an
IP address to while you were following the direc-
tions on the previous page.
Each device on the RHAON/CobraNet network
must have a unique IP address in order to commu-
nicate over the Ethernet network. RHAON software
can assign IP addresses to all these devices, but
before RHAON can do this you need to specify a
range of IP addresses for RHAON to use.
The static address assigned to the computer in
Windows sets the “subnet” you will be using. A
subnet is the first three parts (“octets”) of the IP
address. In the example, the subnet is 192.168.1.
Therefore, all the IP addresses on the network will
be in the form 192.168.1.xxx.
You need to define the range of IP addresses
RHAON will scan. Type two valid IP addresses into the two IP Addressing fields: one for the lower limit of the range and the other for the
upper limit. Since 192.168.1.1 is already in use by the RHAON host computer, the lower limit must be at least 192.168.1.2. The upper limit
can be set as high as 192.168.1.255, but needs to be only high enough to accommodate all the devices on the network. Remember each
device must have its own IP number.
After specifying the range of IP addresses that RHAON will assign to the loudspeakers click OK and connect the computer to the RHAON/
CobraNet Ethernet network, i.e., plug in the CAT5 cable.
The Network Manager
Most Iconyx IC-R and ICL-R / ICL-FR setup and installation problems are “network problems” and not Iconyx or RHAON problems.
Your Iconyx array was factory tested before it left our factory and barring shipping damage should be in perfect operating condition. The
RHAON Network Manager allows you to check the integrity of the Ethernet network before you actually link to the loudspeakers. It is ac-
cessed from the File pull down menu and identifies network problems for you before you waste a lot of time checking out the loudspeaker.
In the example shown here the ICL-FR Left obviously has a network communications problem while the CF61 DBL and the VoiceBox are
suspect. For more details on the Network Manager refer to page 57.