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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 1 Wireless DCP Wireless DCP O wner ’ s Manual Introduction Thank y ou for do wnloading the W ire less DCP a pp for Y amaha Matrix Processor MTX-series. Wir eless DCP allows these pr ocessors to be cont r olled r emotely using smar t de vices such as the iPhone. In specif ic terms, it has been designed to allo w use[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 2 1. System Requirements .. .................................... ................. ................ 3 2. Getting Started........... .................................... ................. ................ 3 3. Configuration ............ .................. .................. ................. ................ 4 3.1 MTX[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 3 1. System Requirements • Smart device The follo wing Apple de vi ces (running iOS5 or later) • iPhone (iPhone 3GS or later) •i P a d • iPod touch (3 rd generation or later) • Y amaha Matrix Processor MTX-series • Wi-Fi access point (pr eferabl y with 802.11n, 5-GHz capability) • Cat 5e cable (f or con[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 4 3. Configuration Using a Cat 5e cable, connect your W i-Fi access point to the Netw ork port on the MTX processor . Insert an Ethernet Switch as necessary . 3.1 MTX Processor Network Smar t device Wi-F i access point Computer MTX processor Ether net Swit ch[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 5 3. Conf iguratio n 1. Go to Settings. T ap W i-Fi. 2. T urn on W i-Fi. 3.2 iOS Device[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 6 3. Conf iguratio n 3. Under Choose a Netw ork…, select the W i- Fi access point to wh ich the MTX processor is connected. 4. Enter the W i-Fi access point’ s passw ord. Refer to Section 2. Getting Started for more details.[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 7 3. Conf iguratio n 5. Conf igure your network as follo ws. (Use Procedure 5-1 if the network assigns IP addresses auto- matically; use Procedure 5-2 if not.) 5-1. Select DHCP if the network’ s DHCP server automa tically determines IP addresses. 5-2. Select Static if you need to manually set an IP address. 1 . V e[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 8 3. Conf iguratio n Key points for netw ork configuration 1. All of the de vices to be connected—that is, the MTX processor , the W i-Fi access po int, the smart device, and the computer running MTX Editor—must ha ve IP addresses from the same network (or subnet). If, for exam- ple, the subnet mask is 255.25[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 9 3. Conf iguratio n T ap the Wi reless DCP app to launch it. The Select De vice screen will be displayed. 3.3 Wireless DCP Device list MTX processor s av a ilable f or conn ection are dis- play ed here . When y ou select one, the Enter P ass word scr een will be displa yed. DEMO but ton T ap DEMO on this screen to a[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 10 3. Conf iguratio n 3.3.1 Offline Demo Mode In Of fline Demo mode, W ireless DCP disconnects from the MTX processor so you can try out the app’ s functions and user interf ace without performing any actual operations. T o activ ate this mode, tap DEMO on the Select De vice screen. Contr oller pane Use this pa[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 11 3. Conf iguratio n From Demo mode to Normal mode On the Settings screen, tap Select De vice... to display the Select De vi ce screen. Here, you can select the MTX processor to be controlled. When you do so, the Enter Passw ord screen will be displayed.[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 12 3. Conf iguratio n 3.3.2 Making Connections On the Select De vice screen, tap th e MTX processor to be controlled. When y ou select a processor , the Enter P asswor d screen will be displa yed. Infor mation displayed Upper line: Device name (conf igured using MTX Editor) Lower line: Unit ID and model name[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 13 3. Conf iguratio n 3.3.3 Entering a Password Enter a v alid password to connect to the selected MTX processor . 1 2 Res e t butto n T ap to displa y the Reset P ass wor d screen. Cancel but ton T ap to return to the Select Device screen without ent ering a passw ord. A uto-conn ect switc h T ur n this sw itch [...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 14 3. Conf iguratio n There are two dif ferent types of password—one for administrator , one for staff. As sho wn below , certain functions are av ailable only when logged into the MTX processor using an administrator password. Adm in is tra tor Sta f f Select Page (but restrict ed by administrator) Change [...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 15 3. Conf iguratio n T o reset a password 1. T ap Reset to display the Reset Passw ord scre en. If, for example, you for get a password, you can use this screen to reset (or remov e) it. No te that both administrator and staff passw ords are reset by this action. 2. T ap the MA C address field to display the ons[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 16 3. Conf iguratio n 3. Y ou will be asked to conf irm that you wish to reset the passwords. T ap Y es to do so.[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 17 4. Controller Screen The Controller screen is used to remo tely control the connected MTX processor . Contr oller pane This pane contains sw itches and f aders configur ed and arranged using MTX Editor . Inf ormation displa yed Upper line: Name of connected de vice Lower line: P age name Pag e b u tto n T ap to di[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 18 4. Controller Scr een Page buttons Using MTX Editor , four controller screens can be registered as pages. On the Select P age screen, y ou can select the pages to be displa yed in the C ontroller 1 and Contr oller 2 panes. A dministrator s can restr ict the pages av ai lable f or selection by staf f. Ref er to[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 19 4. Controller Scr een NOTE The f ollow ing message is shown whene ver a pres et is being r ecalled fr om an MTX processor . In such a case , please wait unt il synch ronization is complete .[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 20 5. Settings Screen The Settings screen is used to se t v a rious W ireless DCP parameters. 5.1 Over view NOTE P aramet ers on t he Change P ass wor d and Edit Staf f P ages screens can be set only when logged int o the MTX proces sor using an administr ator pass word.[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 21 5. Settings Scr een Information on the currently connected MTX processor is sho wn in the Select De vice field. In addi- tion, you can tap Select De vice... to connect to a diff erent MTX processor from this page. 5.2 Selecting a Device De vice name, unit ID , and model name are displa yed here. T o connect to[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 22 5. Settings Scr een T ap Change Password to modify the passw ords se t for W ireless DCP on the currently connected MTX processor . 5.3 Changing Passwords 2 1 3 4 6 T o change a password 1 . Select the t ype of passwor d to be changed (i.e., administrator or staf f). 2. Enter the curr ent passw ord. 3. Enter t[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 23 5. Settings Scr een Using the Edit Staf f Pages screen, you can select the pages that will be a v ailable for selection by staf f on the Select Page screen. 5.4 Editing Staff Pages 1 2 T o edit staff pages 1 . T ap indivi dual pages to select them. 2. T ap Set tings to return to the t op lev el of the Settings[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 24 5. Settings Scr een T ap About to display the current version number , co pyright details, and othe r information about the W ireless DCP app. 5.5 Displaying App Information S e tt in g s b u tt o n T ap to re tur n to the t op lev el of the Settings scr een. Ve r s i o n Displa ys the curr ent Wir eless DCP ver s[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 25 6. T roubleshooting No Wi-F i av ailable The error message on the left is displa yed when the smar t device is not connected to a Wi-F i a ccess point or Wi-Fi is turned o f f. For details reg a rding W i-Fi set tings, ref er to Section 2. Getting Started and Section 3.2 iOS Device . Y ou should also ensure th[...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 26 6. T roubl eshooting Connection has been lost The error message on the left w ill be displayed if the selected MTX processor is turned of f or the smar t device is mo ved out of W i-Fi range. If connection is lost when the iOS device is lock ed , this mes- sage will be displa yed when it is unloc ked. In such [...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 27 6. T roubl eshooting Not connect ed The message on the left w ill be display ed when another smar t de vice is already connected t o the sele cted MTX pr ocessor. T wo smar t devices running Wireless DCP can be co nnected to each MTX processor . Meanwhile, the same message is displa yed when the smar t device [...]
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Wir eless DCP Owner’ s Manual 28 6. T roubl eshooting Faile d Inter net connection The message “F ailed Internet connection ” may be display ed when at tempting access t o the Internet via the Wi-F i access point (or rout er), depending on the settings. Not requir ed for an Int er net connection bet ween the Wir eless DCP and the MTX proc[...]