Operation Manual; 8. Conductor; 5 Advanced Operation- Page 46

Operation Manual

DBC Network Bridge

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CobraNet: Setup (continued)

Please refer to Figure 5.2.

7. IP Address

The Internet Protocol address that is assigned by the system integrator. 
Used as a standard part of Ethernet networking transmission protocols and 
works much like a zip/postal code for the unit on the network.

8. Conductor

The CobraNet 'Setup' tab indicates information about the status of the Con-
ductor (the CobraNet timing-master device). Each CobraNet device can be 
assigned its own Conductor 'Priority' which will be used to determine who 
will be the Conductor of the network. Conductor Priority values range from 
0 to 255, with 0 being the lowest priority and 255 being the highest prior-
ity. A light indicates when the CobraNet device is the Conductor of the sys-
tem. The DBC Network Bridge defaults to 32.

9. Status indicators

There are a number of status and error indicators for the CobraNet network.

The Ethernet ‘Status’ tells if the physical network is connected to the unit. 
The ‘Rx Activity’ and ‘Tx Activity’ lights tell if there is incoming or outgoing 
Ethernet activity.

The Error Indicators are:

• Fault: An overall fault in the CobraNet network
• Receive: An error on received CobraNet Bundles
• Transmit: An error on transmitted CobraNet Bundles
• Mute: An audio output may be corrupt
• Clock: Fault or lost contact with the CobraNet network
• Display: Encountered an unexpected error

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Figure 5.2  CobraNet Setup Window