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    DME Setup Manual 1 DME Setup Manual This manual describes the process of setting up a DME system, fr om making the initial DME processor settings (DME64N / DME24N / DME8i-C / DME8o-C / DME4io-C / DME8i-ES / DME8o-ES / DME4io-ES) to synchronizing with the DME Designer application installed on a computer . n For details about the DME units refer to t[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 2 Begin by downloading the DME Designer Combo Installer and the USB-MIDI Driver from the “Downloads” page on the Y amaha Pro Audio website. http://www .yamahapr oaudio.com/ System Requirements Software Installation OS Windows ® XP Professional/XP Home Edition/2000 Pr ofessional CPU 1 GHz or higher Intel ® Core ™ /Pentium ®[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 3 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● DME Designer and DME-N Netw ork Driver Installation Install the DME Designer application and [...]

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    DME Setup Manual 4 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● USB-MIDI Driver Installation n Y ou can also refer to the installation guide supplied with th[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 5 ■ Windows 2000 1 Start the computer and log on with administrator privileges while power to the DME is off. 2 Select [My Computer] ➞ [Control P anel] ➞ [System] ➞ [Hard ware] ➞ [Driver Signing] ➞ [File Signature V erification] and check the radio button to the left of “Ignore—Install all files, regardless of fi[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 6 After connecting the computer to the DME unit via a USB cable, the Device Group and IP addr ess for each DME unit can be individually set from the DME Designer . n These parameters can also be set directly via the panel contr ols and displays of the DME64N and DME24N ( page 19 ). Device Gr oup When a system uses multiple DME unit[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 7 6 From the DME Designer main panel, clic k [P ort] in the [Setup] menu to open the P or t dialog bo x. 7 Select “Y AMAHA USB OUT 0-1” or “Y amaha DME NETWORK-1” in the [Tx] field, and “Y AMAHA USB IN 0- 1” or “Y amaha DME NETWORK-1” in the [Rx] field, and clic k [OK]. 8 In the main panel window c lick [Netw ork [...]

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    DME Setup Manual 8 4 Master ID When a device is assigned as a Slave in Master/Slave ( 2 ) above, this sets the host address for the Master device in that group. This parameter cannot be set for the Master device. 5 Link Mode Make sure that “100Base-TX” is selected. 10 If the system includes m ultiple DME devices, repeat the above settings f or [...]

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    DME Setup Manual 9 These settings must be made when DME devices are connected via Ethernet cables. ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Computer TCP/[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 10 9 Enter y our computer’ s IP address into [IP address], the Gateway’ s IP address into [Default gatewa y], and “255.255.255.0” into [Subnet mask]. n When the computer and DME devices are connected in the same subnet as described on page 8 , the network address must be set to that same addr ess as the DME devices, while t[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 11 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● DME-N Netw ork Driver Settings In order for the computer to r ecognize the DME device(s), it[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 12 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Creating Configurations The process of launching the DME Designer application and combining[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 13 3 As necessary double-clic k placed DME object to open the DME configuration window . Individual audio components can be placed and wired together as necessary to create “configurations” in the configuration window . For this example you can leave the configuration empty . Refer to the DME Designer manual for detailed in[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 14 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● Going Online After connecting the computer to the DME devices and going online, you can tran[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 15 7 Click the [Sync hronization] item in the main panel windo w [T ools] menu to open the Synchronization dialog bo x. DME objects placed in the DME Designer application will be displayed in the [DME Designer] list on the left, and DME devices connected to the network will be displayed in the [Network] list on the right. n If mult[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 16 10 Select the [DME Designer -> Device] b utton, then click [OK] and the DME Designer configuration will be transferred to the DME de vice . When synchronization has finished the [Go On-line] button will be grayed out and the main panel window [On-line] button will light. n When a configuration has already been transferr ed[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 17 The USB-MIDI Driver cannot be installed. • Is the USB cable connected correctly? • Is the USB function enabled on y our computer? When you connect the DME to the computer for the first time, if the “Add New Hardwar e Wizard” does not appear , the USB function on the computer may be disabled. Perfor m the following steps[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 18 When controlling the DME fr om your computer via Ethernet, the DME does not operate correctly . • Is the Ethernet cable connected correctly? • Is the DME-N Network Driver set up appropriately? Did you enter an appropriate IP address? • Is the computer network setup appropriate? Select [Start] → [Control Panel] → [Netwo[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 19 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● DME64N/24N Netw ork Setup via P anel Operation DME64N and DME24N device group and IP addr es[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 20 ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●● DME-N Netw ork Driver Setup Details “DME-N Network Driver” Window Select [Start] → [Co[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 21 devices added to the T arget Device List ( 1 ) by pressing the [NEW] or [DUPLICA TE] buttons will only actually be register ed for communication with the DME-N Network Driver when the [Apply] button is pressed. 3 [Adv anced Settings] Button Opens the “Advanced Settings” window . This window provides access to advanced settin[...]

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    DME Setup Manual 22 A TTENTION PLEASE READ THIS SOFTW ARE LICENSE AGREEMENT (“AGREEMENT”) CAREFULL Y BEFORE USING THIS SOFTW ARE. YOU ARE ONL Y PERMITTED TO USE THIS SOFTW ARE PURSUANT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT . THIS AGREEMENT IS BETWEEN YOU (AS AN INDIVIDUAL OR LEGAL ENTITY) AND Y AMAHA CORPORA TION (“Y AMAHA”). BY DOW[...]