JBL VT4880ADP User Manual - Glossaryofterms
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AutoHiQnetAddress:Whendevicesbootup,SystemArchitectsoftware,whenconfiguredtodoso,will
automaticallynegotiateandassignauniqueHiQnet™addresstoeachdevice.Thedeviceswillthenkeepthis
addressuntilthereisaconflictatstartuportheusermanuallyassignsthedeviceanewaddress.
AES/EBU:ThedigitalaudiostandardfrequentlycalledAES/EBU,officiallyknownasAES,isusedforcarrying
digitalaudiosignalsbetweenvariousdevices.ItwasdevelopedbytheAudioEngineeringSociety(AES)andthe
EuropeanBroadcastingUnion(EBU)andfirstpublishedin1985,laterrevisedin199and00.BothAESand
EBUversionsofthestandardexist.Severaldifferentphysicalconnectorsarealsodefinedaspartoftheoverall
groupofstandards.
Auto-IPAddress:Devicesandcomputers,ifsettouseaDHCPserver,andaDHCPserverisnotpresenton
thenetwork,willautomaticallynegotiateadefaultIPaddressintheformof169.5.xxx.xxx.Thiscancause
problemsifyouhavesomedevicesorPC’ssetwithstaticIPaddresses.Itispossiblethataddressesmanually
assignedtoStaticIPdevicesmayintentionallyfalloutsideofthedefaultAuto-IPaddressrangeandmaynow
beonaseparatesubnetandwillnolongerbeabletocommunicatewithdevicesintheAuto-IPaddressrange.
However,ifthereisn’taDHCPserveronthenetwork,thenhavingalldevices/PC’susinganAuto-IPaddresswill
notcauseanyproblems.Insummary:alldevicesandPC’sonanetworkwillneedtoexistonthesamesubnet,
whateverthatmaybe.
DHCP:(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol)AnestablishedEthernetprotocolforassigningIPaddresses
automaticallytophysicalhardwaredevices.ADHCPservermustbepresentonthenetworktoprovidean
IPaddresstoeachdevicewhenpowerisapplied.Withdynamic(DHCP)addressing,adevicemighthavea
differentIPaddresseverytimeitconnectstothenetwork.IfaDHCPServerisnotinstalledonthenetwork,a
computerwillplaceadefaultnetworkID(SeeAuto-IPAddress)intotheTCP/IPaddressandSubnetMask.
HiQNet:ThenetworkingprotocolestablishedbyHarmanProfessionaltoprovidecommunicationbetween
productsforthepurposesof:control,monitoring,andprovidinginteractionbetweenproducts.Theprotocol
isindependentofthephysicalconnectiontype.Typicalphysicalconnectionsinclude:Ethernet,USB,RS,
RS,Infrared,andothers.Forinfogotohttp://www.harmanpro.com/hiqnet/
HiQnetAddress:TheHiQnet™addressisauniquenumberthatallowsSystemArchitectsoftware,thePCin
use,andtheconnecteddevices,tokeeptrackofeachotheronthenetwork.TheHiQnetaddressiscompletely
independentofEthernetIPaddresses.
IPAddress:(InternetProtocoladdress)IdentifierforacomputerordeviceonaTCP/IPnetwork.Eachdevice
inanetworkhasitsownidentifyingIPaddress.Example:169.5.17..NetworksusingtheTCP/IPprotocol
routemessagesbasedonthedestination’sIPaddress.AnIPaddressismadeoffournumbersseparated
byperiods.Eachnumbercanbezeroto55.Thelastnumbercanneverbeazeroor55.Forexample,
16.16.17.1couldbeanIPaddress.16.16.17.0wouldnotbeavalidIPaddress.
SubnetMask(shortforSubnetworkMask):Largenetworksmayrequiresubdivisionintosmallergroups
orsubnetstokeepthenetworkmoremanageable.Asubnetisaportionofanetworkthatsharesacommon
addresscomponent.OnTCP/IPnetworks,subnetsaredefinedasalldeviceswhoseIPaddresseshavethe
sameprefix.
Forexample,alldeviceswithIPaddressesthatstartwith16.16.16.wouldbepartofthesamesubnet.IP
networksaredividedusingasubnetmask.Amaskisafilterthatselectivelyincludesorexcludescertainvalues.
Valuesthatdonotconformtothemaskarenotvisibletoeachother.Amaskisusedtodeterminewhatsubnet
anIPaddressbelongsto.AnIPaddresshastwocomponents,thenetworkaddressandthehostaddress.
LikeIPaddresses,asubnetmaskcontainsfourbytes(bits)andisoftenwrittenusingthesame“dotted-
decimal”notation.Averycommondefaultsubnetmaskforexampleis55.55.0.0Asubnetmaskneither
workslikeanIPaddress,nordoesitexistindependentlyfromthem.Instead,subnetmasksaccompanyanIP
addressandthetwovaluesworktogether.ApplyingthesubnetmasktoanIPaddresssplitstheaddressinto
twoparts,an“extendednetworkaddress”andahostaddress.Thesubnetmaskisthenetworkaddressplus
thebitsreservedforidentifyingthesubnetwork.Dividinganetworkintosubnetsisusefulforbothsecurityand
performancereasons.
SystemArchitect:AsoftwareapplicationforuseonWindowsPC’sthatprovidescontrolofHiQnetcompliant
products.SystemArchitectintegratesHiQnet-compliantproductswithinaunifiedcontrolapplicationprogram.
Thisprogramallowsgrouping,cuttingandpastingofsettings,customcontrolpanels,andmore.Itintegrates
productsfromHarmanProfessionalbrandsusingtheHiQnetprotocol.