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Installing and Running DigiLinX Dealer Setup
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3.
Select Apply All Changes.
4.
Exit Dealer Setup.
5.
Re-open Dealer Setup.
The DigiLinX Dealer Setup application window displays (see Figure 2-16). You
are prompted to start the Wizard.
6.
Select Yes.
You are ready to begin creating your project. Before you begin project creation,
review the process for determining an IP address on the DigiLinX network.
IP and DigiLinX Tutorial
DigiLinX communicates with control devices, amplifiers, audio sources and
computers using Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. TCP/IP is a means
of sending and receiving information on a computer network. For example, with
DigiLinX you can take a song from a CD player and send it via TCP/IP to an amplifier.
This is an oversimplification of the process. IP is a much more complicated process,
but how it applies to DigiLinX is not.
In Figure 2-19, you have control devices (TouchLinX), legacy source devices
(MediaLinX), and output devices (SpeakerLinX) connected together. For these devices
to communicate using TCP/IP each device must have a unique identifier or IP address.
Figure 2-19
DigiLinX Network Diagram
IP Address and the Subnet Mask
On a network, all the devices must use the same IP address scheme so that they know
where to send information. This scheme is determined by the subnet mask (for
example, 255.255.255.0) and the IP address (for example, 192.168.1.110). The IP
address has four octets that can be divided into two sections that determine the network
and the device. You can tell which octets in an address are the network identifiers by