Biamp AUDIA User Manual

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Quick Start Guide

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Safety Information

For more complete instructions, see the software Help file, or the printable Help documument (on CD).

Audia Quick Start

Connecting to a networked system using Audia with CobraNet

1. Install Audia software on a Windows

PC must have a 10/100baseT NIC.

2. Design and Layout system

Launch Audia software. Layout signal flow and DSP as desired. Save layout file (.dap).

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XP Professional/Vista PC

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3. Compile Layout

Compile will display number and type of Audia devices required as well as DSP power used.

If compilation cannot find a solution, user intervention may be necessary. Check
for feedback loops, appropriate I/O, appropriate number of units, appropriate
number of CobraNet bundles.

4. Power up Audia devices

Connect supplied power cord to a grounded AC mains voltage of 100-240VAC @50/60Hz.
Connect other end of power cord to power entrance located on the rear of Audia unit. Note status
of front panel LED’s. Under normal conditions, all LED’s will remain green once power-up
sequence has completed.

5. Assign IP address to PC

PC must have a unique IP address before it can communicate with an Audia device.

Right Click My Network>Properties>Local Area Connection>Right Click
Properties>TCP/IP>Properties

IP address should be 192.168.1.x (x=1-254)
Subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0

Click Ok when complete
Close My Network

6. Connect PC to network

Attach a “straight-through” Ethernet cable from PC 10/100baseT network card to a 10/100baseT
Ethernet switch. “Straight-through” Ethernet cables connect transmit pins directly to receive pins
(pin 1 to pin 1, pin 2 to pin2, pin 3 to pin3, etc.). You can easily determine if an Ethernet cable is
“straight-through” by looking at the conductors on the RJ-45 connectors. If the wiring is
identical on both ends, it is a “straight through”
Ethernet cable.

7. Connect Audia device to network

Connect one Audia device to network using “straight through” Ethernet cable attached from the
rear panel Ethernet jack to the 10/100baseT Ethernet switch.

8. Connect to network with Audia software

Open Audia software then connect to network.

File>Network>Connect to network
Close when complete

9. Assign IP address to Audia device

All Audia units ship from the factory with an assigned IP address of 192.168.1.101. When using
more than one device in a system, each device must have a unique IP address. Audia device IP
addresses must be different from any PC IP address that will be used in this system.

File>Network>Perform Audia Device Maintenance>Select desired Audia device>Set IP address

IP address should be 192.168.1.x (x=1-254)
Subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0
Default gateway should be 0.0.0.0

Click Ok when complete
Close Device Maintenance when complete

Note: To avoid conflict issues that occur when connecting multiple Audia devices with the same
IP number, be sure to only connect one Audia device at a time to the Ethernet switch when
assigning IP addresses.

10. Repeat steps 6-8 until all Audia devices in system have been connected to network
and assigned a unique IP address.

11. Connect CobraNet
For multi-unit systems, “straight-through” Ethernet cables must be connected from the

rear panel CobraNet jack of each unit to a 10/100baseT Ethernet switch.

12. Open layout (.dap) file

File>Open>Select file

13. Enter appropriate Audia unit serial numbers to equipment table
Tools>Equipment table>Select desired Audia unit(s)

Select OK when complete

14. Send Configuration
File>Network>Send System Configuration

Sends layout configuration to selected Audia unit(s).