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Hi Anthony,

Thank you very much for the update !!
Saves us a lot of time checking for updates every 10 minutes… []

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Hi Alan,

Indeed I noticed that WiFi signal is sometimes missing. Thats why mentioned before that a think its more a WiFi problem then an App issue. Or is this an IPad issue ( i have a IPad 2) ?

Best regards,

Rene Reuscher

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Arsound,

I’m not familiar with the Yamaha and Presonus apps, but when this is true, then you are right. Then the mixpad app in the end, is the one to blame ( or even the ACE protocol ). Wonder if A&H has something to say about this. Would be nice to get any comment from them….

Best regards,

Rene Reuscher

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Hi Arsound,

I have kind of the same experience you have. I tried all the routers in the A&H top 5 list, but still I’m not able get a reliable connection.
Swtiching to 5GHz band helped a bit. We are using 3 Ipads on stage to control our in-ears. Fortunatly we don’t need to change much in the course of the venue, so its workable. The rest is done on the console.
I would absolutely never do a venue relying on the Ipad.

Unfortunatly I think its not A&H to blame here entirely. I think to blame is the WiFi connectivity of the Ipad to the router. What A&H maybe could do is to develop the app. in a way so it will reastablish the connection in smooth way so it does not interfere with operation.
But than again I’v had time that WiFi gets lost completely and I was not able to reconnect without restarting Router / Ipad. The more people are at a venue, the more problems. Maybe we should ban Phone with WiFi at Venues…..

Best regards,

Rene Reuscher

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Have been today in Frankfurt, and they told me that the 1.9 update should be out within 1-2 month. I asked if we can expect some GLD stuff in it, like MP3 playback, but they told me that we don’t have to expect this because it is not possible within the archticture of the Ilive system. Something about Ilive is “ethernet” based, and GLD is “usb” based. And “ethernet” just does not have the features to realize that……

Rene Reuscher
Recordings/FOH/Musician

IDR48&T112

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I tried like 4 different Wireless Routers. And ended up ( after A&H published the list) with the D-Link DIR-815. They all worked well in home / test environment. Some better with multicast then others. But in the end when it came to live venue situation, they all started loosing connection constantly. During soundcheck everything worked fine, but the moment the people get in, and the real deal begins, the problems start.
I think this is for the main part caused by all the people having there 2,4Ghz Mobile and today has there Wifi / Bluetooth … turned on.

The moment I switched to the D-Links 5Ghz band, all these problems disappeared. I cannot say that the connection does not drop anymore, but its 10 times more stable is in the 2,4 Ghz band.

As said I tried 4 routers out of the A&H shortlist. From that list the D-Link DIR-815 is for me absolutly the winner

Best Regards,

Rene

T112&IDR48
Dante
Ipad
MBpro

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Hi I’m using also a MAC – running Cubase on MacBookPro 17″. Everything works like it should. Had the same initial problems like Stix mentioned. Did already several 24 and up tracks recordings without any problems.

Rene Reuscher
Professional Audio Services
IDR48/T112/Mixpad, Tweak,
M-Dante/DVS, 17″MBP/Cubase

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I noticed it also last weekend. There was suddenly the red cross. Never had it before. Indeed since 1.82
In my case it also seems random.

Like Steffen said, luckily everything works fine.

Rene

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Hi Wouter,

I already connected 3 external antennas with higher power then the standard ones ( they are not directional though ). The venue was in a big festival tent, but there were now other WiFi access points ( at least I could not see them ) I checked with the venue operator, and they assured me there was no other Wifi gear.
I will check later Tonight the log-files of the router to check if they give an explanation. I keep thinking that it might have something todo with power supply voltage drop or net-distortion caused by Lighting/Strobos etc.etc. I will try this this weekend by putting a UPS with netfilter in between.

Anayway it would be very nice when ther would be some kind of adapter cable for the Ipad to connect it directly to a ethernet cable.

Rene

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Hi Jeff,

After reinstalling the Bonjour service on the PC ( and actually starting the service, i had to do that manually ) On the PC everything seems to be working as designed now.

Regarding the Mac issue, I contacted Audinate UK last Firday, and explained them the issue. As I said, Audinate Controler seems to work, but I don’t get a visual confirmation of what I do. ( I don’t get any dante back on the network ). As I had two big shows last weekend I was not able to send a mail to Audinate explaining them my symptoms, I will do so today. They told me that they have some issues with the Mac version of Audinate Controler, and that they are interested in the issues I have.

Fortunate I was able to record the shows last weekend into Cubase using Audinate Virtual Soundcard on the MacBook ( by creating the routing with the PC beforehand ). I recorded 36 tracks simultaneously without any problems !!

Best regards, Rene

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Hi all,

At the moment I’m using a Klotz HybridCable (Klotz HC52P15) 2x ethernet CAT5A + 3×1,5mm2. I’m using at a lenght of 60m witohut any problems for a while now. One Cat5 is used for the ACE connection. The other I will use dedicated for Dante over GigaBit LAN…. when Dante will arive !!
The cable is only 16.1mm in diameter.

Regards, Rene

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Hi, the way Scott mentioned, is the way I use it right now, and it works perfectly for me. I gang the mono channels and put only one fader in my top layer. In another layer i put both channels. In case of truoble i switch to that layer and do whatever i want to do with it.
I think i even read in some A&H papers, that you should only create stereo inputs, for those were you are absolutly sure you will actually have a stereo signal. eg. An ipod for background music. In othrr cases you are the most flexible with to ganged mono inputs.

Rene

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Hi Wouter,

I’m running the TP-link now for a week. I noticed also some strange ( in my opinion ) behaviour using the TP-link. When I power up the system, almost everytime after a short time ( 5 – 10 minutes ) the Wifi connection gets lost. Whenn I then reconnect the connection stay up without any problems ( has been running for more then 24 Hours ).
Also I noticed that when the Ipad goes into sleep, comming back the the metering does not work anymore. It needs then to close the app and open it again, to get everything going again.
Yesterday I received Wifi antenna extension cables, so now I will be able to put the antennas outside of the rack, and leave the router save inside the rack. Hope this gives me some extended range.

Rene

btw Where are you located in Belgium ? I live in Brunssum, Netherlands. Maybe I can visit one of your gigs, and have a talk about the ilive

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The Metering was already turned on default. Also multicast. After disabling and enabling multicast on the Ipad, it suddenly worked…. kind of strange but anyway it works. Thanks for the advice !!
I noticed that the Ipad regulary looses the Wifi Connection ( The laptop with editor is also connected via WiFi ). After putting an restriction in the router for only the MAC – adresses of the MacBook and the Ipad, it seems not happen that often anymore.
Also I noticed that after the Ipad goes in the screensaver, and then comming back to Mixpad, the metering does not work anymore. I’m still able to control the Mixrack, but the metering is gone. After restarting Mixpad the metering just works fine again. Anyone having the same experience ?

I also ordered 3 WiFi antenna extension cables so I can bring the antennas to the outside of the Rack. Hope that will give some more range.

Rene,

T112 & iDR48
Macbook Pro
TP-Link WR1043ND
Dante…. soon hopefully

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Hi all,

Purchased today also TP-Link router. Bought the Ipad2 last week so eager to connect. After instaling the router connecting worked fine. I also can control everything. Everything i do acts instantly in the editor and on the surface. So far so good. But…. I don’t have any metering, no levels no RTA, nothing !!
I turned multicast on, in the editor. Do I have to change the multicast group adress ( its now set to default 239.0.1.1 ) to an adress in my router address-range ( 192.68.1.x ). Seems like I’m doing something wrong.

Best regards, Rene

T112 & iDR48
Macbook Pro
TP-Link WR1043ND
Dante…. soon hopefully

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