User manual

  1  '   ) 8 3 8 )   ) 8 3  &     5  

0

Hardware vs. Software Devices:

The CAB 4n is an integration of physical hardware and software. Within CobraNet™, there are

even further integrations, that being the network itself, and the actual piece of equipment, in this

case, the CAB 4n. In software, the equipment is represented by a “Device” within the

MediaMatrix NWare application. The CobraNet network is represented by a traditional

MediaMatrix wiring block with inputs and outputs. The “wire” between these blocks is the

configuration of audio signal flow with the MediaMatrix’s DPU. For proper operation of these

products, a thorough understanding of all of these devices is required.

There is a very basic relationship between the CAB 4n physical product and its accompanying

software device. Essentially, the software device is the “Control Panel” for the hardware. There

are no physical controls on the CAB 4n itself, so all functions for it are accessible only from its

software based control panel. This control panel is a yellow box labeled “CAB 4n”, and can be

found under the Device Menu labeled “CABs” within the MediaMatrix NWare software.

There is one for each model of CAB product within this devices menu. I like to refer to such

devices as the “Taxi”, since it’s a yellow CAB......get it?

The figure below shows the relationship between the Taxi, its control panel and the actual CAB

hardware.

Fig. 1, The CAB components and their relationships.