Installation Guide

Conguration
5. Conguration
Before making input, output and GPIO connections, an
initial PowerZone Connect DSP amplier conguration
should be established. It is particularly important that
the output amplier format is congured appropriately
for the speakers that are to be connected.
Conguration requires that PowerZone Connect DSP
ampliers are connected to mains power and network
services. These connections are described in the
following two sections.
5.1 Mains Power Connection
PowerZone Connect ampliers incorporate a power factor
corrected power supply and can be used with mains input
voltage from 100V AC to 240V AC, 50/60Hz. Use the mains
cable supplied with the amplier and connect it to a switched
mains supply.
PowerZone Connect ampliers have no mains power switch
and are operational as soon as mains power is connected.
5.2 Network Services
PowerZone Connect ampliers are congured via a
web page interface called PowerZone Control. Before
the conguration menus can be accessed, PowerZone
Connect ampliers must be connected to the same TCP/
IP network as the computer or mobile device that is to
be used for conguration access.
Wired (Ethernet) Network Connection
To connect a PowerZone Connect amplier to a TCP/IP
network using a wired connection (Ethernet) follow the steps
below.
1. Use an Ethernet cable to connect the PowerZone Connect
amplier rear panel Network Control socket to a free socket on
a network router or network switch.
2. With the PowerZone Connect amplier connected to mains
power, wait for the front panel Network indicator to illuminate
green to indicate that the amplier has been assigned an IP
address.
3. Use a network scanner app to identify the IP address
assigned by the network router to the PowerZone Connect
amplier.
4. Open a computer or mobile device web browser and enter
the IP address identied in the Step 3 above. The amplier
conguration web page interface will now open.
Note: If a PowerZone Connect amplier is power cycled it is possible
that the TCP/IP network router will assign it a different IP address,
leaving its conguration page inaccessible via the previous address.
If this occurs, a network scanning app can be used to identify the
new IP address. Alternatively, the amplier can be congured to use
a xed IP address via the LAN conguration menu.
Wireless (WiFi) Network Connection
To connect a PowerZone Connect amplier to a TCP/IP
network using a wireless connection (WiFi) follow the steps
below.
1. With the PowerZone Connect amplier connected to mains
power, wait for the front panel WiFi indicator to illuminate
green.
2. Use a mobile, laptop or desktop device to search for available
WiFi networks. Connect to, PowerZone Connect (product
serial number)’ using the password, ‘password’. The amplier
serial number can be found on its rear panel.
3. Open a computer or mobile device web browser and enter
the IP address: 192.168.4.1. The amplier conguration web
page interface will open.
4. Select the Settings tab followed by WiFi > WiFi Mode >
Client to congure the amplier to connect to the required
WiFI network. The WiFi network name and password will be
required.
It is strongly recommended that the PowerZone Connect
amplier Access Point WiFi password is changed following
initial wireless connection.