Manual

Setting up Loudness Pilot
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Loudness Pilot can be used in a variety of
configurations and setups. However, as all TC
Broadcast processors in your system can be
controlled from a single computer running TC
Icon software, even large and complex setups
are basically operated in the same manner as the
basic setup described in this chapter.
Networking basics and
troubleshooting
You may setup and operate your Loudness Pi-
lot in a simple networking environment – where
you can connect a computer and one Loudness
Pilot directly using a standard Ethernet cable –,
or your system may be more complex, involving
several computers, several Loudness Pilot and
other TC devices.
Either way, you are operating a system based on
TCP/IP – the same protocol suite the Internet is
built on. Accordingly, you need to follow basic
networking procedures when setting up your
system.
It is absolutely possible that a standard com-
puter running the TC Icon software will detect
a Loudness Pilot “out of the box” without prob-
lems. However, if it doesn’t, there is most likely a
subnet issue or an IP address conflict. In this
case, please refer to the following sections.
Subnet mask and TCP/IP addresses
The subnet mask is a number that defines a
“group” of computers (or other devices) con-
nected to a network. All units in this group must
have the same subnet mask.
The default subnet mask of each Loudness Pi-
lot is
255.255.255.0.
The TCP/IP address of each device connect-
ed to a network has to be unique. An IP ad-
dress consists of four decimal numbers (ranging
from 0 to 255) separated by dots, e.g. 192.168.1.1
The first three numbers (e.g. “192.168.1”) must
be the same for each unit – but the remaining
number has to be unique in the subnet. I.e., no
two units in the subnet can have the same last
number.
The default IP address of each Loudness Pi-
lot is
192 .168.1.[nn],
…where [nn] is identical to the last two digits in
the Loudness Pilot’s serial number (you will find
the serial number of Loudness Pilot on a label
on the rear side of the device). This way, multiple
Loudness Pilot’s can be setup directly out of the
box without having to change their IP numbers.