Soundcraft VI6 COBRANET SETUP GUIDE

Vi6 CobraNet® card Setup Guide

This guide describes how to use a laptop PC running the CobraNet Discovery® utility, to
configure the settings of the Vi6 CobraNet® card (applies to both Local Rack and Stagebox
versions of the card)

The configuration of the Vi6 card will be dictated by the network or other devices that are
being connected to the card, so it is not possible to give exact details for individual
parameters.
It is recommended that setting up a CobraNet® network is carried out by an experienced
person, but if more information is required, useful documents can be downloaded from the
CobraNet.info website, on http://cobranet.info/en/products/pro/detail/P1107.html

1. Configuring CobraNet Discovery software to allow configuration of Vi6
CobraNet® card.

CobraNet Discovery is a free utility provided by the manufacturers of CobraNet® hardware,
Cirrus Logic.
The latest version of the program (3.4.2 or above) allows not only the monitoring of CobraNet
device parameters, but also the configuration of settings such as bundle numbers, latency
and bit depth.
The program can be downloaded from the website www.cobranet.info/support – follow the
CobraNet software link on left hand side.
In order to enable the configuration functionality in the software, an edit has to be made to the
program’s initialisation file. Carry out the following instructions:

1. Download and install the V3.4.2 software.

2. Start and then close Cobranet Discovery.

3. In windows explorer, navigate to C:\Program Files\Cirrus Logic\CobraNet Discovery.

4. Open the file cndisco.ini using the ‘Open with…’ command and use Notepad to open.

5. Add the exact text shown highlighted in the screenshot below.

The new text has to be in the section [Configuration] – the exact position of it within the
section in relation to other lines of text is unimportant. (The other text in this file may differ
from what is shown in the screenshot – this is not a problem).

6. Save the file and exit Notepad

7. Restart Cobranet Discovery.

2. Setting up the Ethernet port on the Laptop PC.

First the laptop PC needs to have its network port configured to have a fixed IP address in
order to communicate with the CobraNet® card:

1. On the laptop:
Start\Connect to\Show all connections\Local Area connection
Right-click the Local Area Connection icon and select Properties:

2. Select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) and click on Properties

3. Select ‘Use the following IP address’ and type in the IP address and subnet mask as
shown.

If you are only connecting to the Vi6 CobraNet card it does not really matter what the actual
IP address is, but it is recommended to set it as above.

Click OK to close the TCP/IP dialogue box.

4. In the Local Area Connection box, select the ‘Advanced’ tab at the top, and then click the
Windows Firewall ‘Settings’ button:

Make sure the firewall is set to OFF.
Click OK on all dialogues to exit the Local Area Connection properties.

Note you will have to reverse the above settings 1-4 if you subsequently need to connect the
laptop to a business LAN, so it is best to use a separate network port if available.