Setting the LMC-64 Card Properties

 

General

Default ports used by the Eclipse HX system are 6001 for IP Panel communications, 42001 for EHX communications and 1300 for the matrix event log. Ports 42001 and 1300 are used by the UDP/ protocol.

Ports 42001 and 1300 are not user adjustable.

Port 6001 is user adjustable.

Eclipse HX system administrators are advised to check with network administrators or IT that these default ports may be used without causing a conflict with any other application on the network.

It is recommended that each LMC-64 card uses a static IP address. It is recommended that these addresses are issued by IT or the Network Administrator to avoid conflicts with any other system on the network and are not part of the DHCP dynamically assigned range.

 

TCP/UDP port

Sets the TCP/UDP port number to be used by the LMC-64 card when communicating over IP. This parameter should not normally be changed from the default value. Eclipse HX system administrators are advised to check with network administrators or IT that the default port may be used without causing a conflict with any other application on the network.

If the IP port number is changed ports 42001 and 1300 should not be used as these ports are already used by EHX. The Eclipse HX system administrator should check with the network administrator or IT to obtain a port number to use.

 

DHCP Enabled

The panel could obtain an address from a DHCP server, rather than use a static IP address. The use of a static IP address is the recommended method.

 

IP address

This is the static IP address of the LMC-64 card, assigned by IT or the Network Administrator. This is used by Dynam-EC clients to communicate with the LMC-64 card.

Important It is important to ensure that the LMC-64 card IP address does not clash with any other IP address on the network (another device is using the same IP address). If there is an IP address clash the Dynam-EC clients may lose audio meter data. If the LMC-64 card IP address clashes it may also cause the LMC-64 card to reset.

 

Subnet mask

Subnet mask used by the LMC-64 card to define the address range the card can access. Typically, this is assigned by IT or the Network Administrator.

 

Default gateway

The address of the gateway (router) to be used to communicate with Dynam-EC clients over a wider IP network. This address is optional but if used must fall within the address range defined by the subnet mask.

 

External IP address

If the matrix is operating behind a firewall, then port address forwarding can be used to expose a LAN-connected device to the outside world. Typically, this is assigned by IT or the Network Administrator.

This IP address must be used by external Dynam-EC clients to communicate with the LMC-64 card. This address must be a unique address on the internet. It is not affected by the subnet mask.

 

External TCP/UDP port

IP port used when communicating directly with the LMC-64 card using the External IP address. The default port number is 6001 and this should not be changed unless the default port number on all external devices is also changed to the new port number.