Yamaha LAN Monitor User Manual

Yamaha LAN Monitor

User Guide

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Information

•The software and this document are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation.

•Copying or modifying the software or reproduction of this document, by any means, whether in whole or in part, is expressly forbidden without the written consent of Yamaha Corporation.

•Yamaha Corporation makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of the software and this document.

•This software is not guaranteed to work with a touch-panel.

•Illustrations of product screens that appear in this document are for instructional purposes.

•Descriptions provided in this document are based on operations and screens used in macOS 10.14.

•Dante is a trademark of Audinate.

•macOS, Finder, and LaunchPad are the trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the United States and other countries

•The company names and product names in this document are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

•Software may be revised and updated without prior notice.

Important

This software requires one or more L2MS-compatible Yamaha switches or Yamaha wireless LAN access points to be found on the network.

Note that this software will not function until an L2MS-compatible Yamaha switch or Yamaha wireless LAN access point is found.

AboutYamaha LAN Monitor

The Yamaha LAN Monitor provides information on Yamaha switches and is used to monitor and control connected devices on your computer.

The main functions are as follows.

•You can detect the network topology and visualize the entire network.

•The port status, bandwidth, and power supply status of Yamaha switches can be viewed.

•You can monitor the status of each Dante-enabled device that exists on the network.

•You can also access Dante Controller with a single click, and unify the Dante network from a single computer.

•You can confirm the presence of network cameras (for emergency monitoring) and other devices.

•Stopping and restarting the power supply from a Yamaha PoE switch to automatically/manually restart devices connected to a Yamaha PoE switch.

•You can open the Web GUI of a Yamaha switch on the network to view or edit its settings.

•The snapshot function (page 19) is useful for automatically testing network abnormalities or troubleshooting.

•You can assign identification labels to each device.

•The Yamaha LAN Monitor software is the follow up to the Yamaha Audio Network Monitor. Yamaha LAN Monitor can load snapshots and labels saved in Yamaha Audio Network Monitor.

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Contents
Information ...............................................................................	1
About Yamaha LAN Monitor ...................................................	1
Terminology..............................................................................	3
Steps to use the software........................................................	4
Software operating requirements...........................................	4
Notes .........................................................................................	4
Notes regarding device detection ..................................................	4
Notes regarding Yamaha PoE switch detection .............................	4
Notes regarding the power supply interruption function for
the Yamaha PoE switch...................................................................	4
Notes regarding a slave whose stack function is enabled.............	5
Notes on printing and print preview of the "Whole map".................	5
Notes regarding detection of Dante-enabled devices....................	5
Notes regarding when using macOS10.15.x..................................	5
Installing and uninstalling Yamaha LAN Monitor .................	6
Installation.......................................................................................	6
Uninstallation...................................................................................	6
Installing Dante Controller...............................................................	6
When using Yamaha LAN Monitor as a user other than the user
who executed the installer ..............................................................	7
When using a computer with WireShark installed...........................	7
Starting and exiting Yamaha LAN Monitor ............................	8
Starting............................................................................................	8
Exiting .............................................................................................	8
Yamaha LAN Monitor screen structure..................................	9
Making screen layout changes.......................................................	9
Network settings on the computer.......................................	10
Basic operation......................................................................	11
Menu bar.................................................................................	13
[LANMonitor] menu.......................................................................	13
[File] menu ....................................................................................	13
[Setup] menu ................................................................................	14
[About] menu ................................................................................	16
Toolbar and display area.......................................................	17
Network adapter selection pull-down menu .................................	17
[IP Address (PC)]..........................................................................	17

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[Device search] button..................................................................	17
[Snapshots] button........................................................................	19
[Notifications] button / “Notification area”.....................................	19
[History] button / “History” area ....................................................	20
[Whole map] button.......................................................................	20
[Dante Controller] button...............................................................	22
Main screen ............................................................................	23
“Device Details” view....................................................................	23
Tree view.......................................................................................	26
“Connected Devices” view............................................................	27
Web GUI..................................................................................	29
Logging in to the Web GUI ...........................................................	29
Web GUI help ...............................................................................	29
Resources...............................................................................	30
Port icons in the “Device Details” view .........................................	30
Messages shown in both the Notification area
and the History area......................................................................	32
Dialog box messages ...................................................................	34
Messages shown in the Result of searching area
for Device search..........................................................................	35
Check box operations...................................................................	35
Troubleshooting.....................................................................	36

Terminology

L2MS (Layer2 Management Service) A system for managing Yamaha network devices at the layer 2 level

Master	The L2MS master device (Yamaha LAN Monitor, Yamaha switch, etc.)
Slave	• Yamaha switch
Device	• Dante-enabled device
	• Computer, etc.
Snapshot	Status of connected devices which is saved within the Yamaha LAN Monitor
Snapshot file	A file storing snapshots

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Steps to use the software

Steps to use the software

1	Compare the operating requirements for Yamaha LAN Monitor with your computer’s	page 4
	operating environment.
2	Install Yamaha LAN Monitor.	page 6
3	Configure network settings on your computer.	page 10

Software operating requirements

OS	macOS 10.13.x/ 10.14.x/ 10.15.x
CPU	Intel Core family processor
Storage	200 MB or more free space (not including the Dante Controller)
Display	Resolution: 1280 x 800 or higher
Other	Mouse or other pointing device
	Ethernet (1000BASE-T/100BASE-TX/10BASE-T) (This will not work via wireless LAN.)

NOTE

The operating requirements listed above are for Yamaha LAN Monitor version 1.4.1.

Refer to the following URL for the latest information on the current version of the software and operating requirements. http://www.yamaha.com/products/en/network/

http://www.yamaha.com/proaudio/

Depending on the computer you’re using, the operating requirements might be greater than listed above.

Notes

Notes regarding device detection

•Switches made by another manufacturer and slaves and devices that are subordinate to a router made by another manufacturer cannot be shown correctly.

•Devices that are connected to a switch made by another manufacturer are shown as devices connected to the immediately previous slave. However, depending on the structure of the network, it might not be possible to show them.

•Do not connect L2MS master devices that are not Yamaha LAN Monitor to the network.

•Connect Yamaha LAN Monitor directly to the slave. If there is a device other than the slave between LAN Monitor and the slave, the terminal or slave may not be recognized correctly.

Notes regardingYamaha PoE switch detection

When a Yamaha PoE switch is detected, power will also be supplied to PoE receiving devices connected to ports not configured to supply power.

Notes regarding the power supply interruption function for theYamaha PoE switch

Turn off the power supply interruption function for the Yamaha PoE switch when updating the firmware version of a PoE receiving device which is supplied power from the Yamaha PoE switch. Turn this function back on when the firmware update process is complete. The power supply interruption function may interrupt the power supply while updating firmware. Interrupting the power supply may prevent the firmware update process from completing normally, possibly making the device unusable. To turn off the power supply interruption function for the Yamaha PoE switch, clear the Keepalive check box in the “Connected Devices” view.

For details, refer to the description provided for the Keepalive check box in the list (2) for the “Connected Devices” view (page 27).

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Notes

Notes regarding a slave whose stack function is enabled

Management of a slave whose stack function is enabled is not supported except. Note that, even though detection is possible, correct information cannot be displayed.

Notes on printing and print preview of the "Whole map"

Depending on the number of terminals displayed on the Whole map and the execution environment of this software, the "Whole map" may not be printed or previewed correctly.

Such issues may be avoided by changing the "Preview size" of the "Whole map" to "A6."

For details, refer to the description of the preview size of the "Whole map" described in the list (6) for the "Basic Settings" dialog box (page 15).

The maximum number of units that can be supported to print with this software is the number of units that can be printed when the preview size is set to A6.

Notes regarding detection of Dante-enabled devices

The detection of Dante-enabled devices may not function if multiple network adaptors have been actually "Connected".

If Dante-enabled devices are not detected, change the status of any network adapters you do not intend to use with the Yamaha LAN Monitor to a status other than "Connected".

Notes regarding when using macOS10.15.x

In macOS10.15.x, do not turn off Wi-Fi.

If Wi-Fi is off, Yamaha LAN Monitor cannot detect the network adapter.

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Installing and uninstalling Yamaha LAN Monitor

Installing and uninstallingYamaha LAN Monitor

Installation

Follow the steps below to install Yamaha LAN Monitor.

1.Double-click the downloaded zip file and extract it to any location.

2.Double-click “Yamaha LAN MonitorVX.X.X.pkg”(where X is the version number) in the expanded directory.

The Yamaha LAN Monitor setup dialog box appears.

3.Perform the installation as directed in the screen.

NOTE

•If the following dialog box appears, click [OK].

•During the installation procedure, a dialog box will ask you to install the Dante Control and Monitoring functions. If you use Yamaha switches on the Dante network and if you have not installed the Dante Control and Monitoring functions, install these functions in addition to the WinPcap function.

4.Restart the computer.

Uninstallation

1.Double-click "UninstallYamaha LAN Monitor" in the folder that was expanded during installation.

The Yamaha LAN Monitor uninstallation dialog box appears.

2.Perform the uninstallation according to the onscreen instructions.

NOTE

If the Dante Dante Control and Monitoring function is not used by other applications, the Dante Control and Monitoring function is uninstalled at the same time.

3.Restart the computer.

Installing Dante Controller

Dante Controller must also be installed to launch Dante Controller from Yamaha LAN Monitor. For details on installing Dante Controller, refer to the “Dante Controller User Guide.”

You can download Dante Controller and the Dante Controller User Guide from the downloads page of the website below.

http://www.yamaha.com/proaudio/

NOTE

When the computer to install the Yamaha LAN Monitor has two or more network adapters, the network adapter that is connected to the Dante network must be selected by Dante Controller. For example, laptops which can two types of LAN connection, wireless and wired, are also included in this case.

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Installing and uninstalling Yamaha LAN Monitor

When usingYamaha LAN Monitor as a user other than the user who executed the installer

In order to use Yamaha LAN Monitor, the user must belong a group that can capture packets.

The user who executed the installer will automatically be given group (lan_monitor_bpf) privileges allowing for capturing packets. However, for other users, it is necessary to perform the following operations and join the group called lan_monitor_bpf.

1.lick the key at the bottom of the screen in [System Preferences] ? [Users and Groups], and enter the administrator user name and password.

2.From the list of groups, click lan_monitor_bpf and check (allow) the users who want to use LAN Monitor as a membership.

When using a computer withWireShark installed

When using WireShark and Yamaha LAN Monitor at the same time, you need to enable membership for users whom you want to be able to use to both the access_bpf and lan_monitor_bpf groups.

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Starting and exiting Yamaha LAN Monitor

Starting and exitingYamaha LAN Monitor

Starting

Start Yamaha LAN Monitor in one of the following ways.

A different startup sequence is used when directly starting up Yamaha LAN Monitor, and when starting it up from a snapshot file (nms file) saved on your computer.

StartYamaha LAN Monitor from the Finder or from the LaunchPad.

Load a snapshot file held by Yamaha LAN Monitor to display comparison results for the current network status and the snapshot file in the “Tree” view. If there is no snapshot file, only the current network status appears in the “Tree” view.

Double click a snapshot file (.nms file) saved to your computer to start upYamaha LAN Monitor.

Load the double clicked snapshot file to display comparison results for the current network status and the snapshot file in the “Tree” view.

NOTE

Snapshot is a function that stores the network connection status to Yamaha LAN Monitor. A snapshot file is a .nms file with snapshot data written to it. For more information about the snapshot function, refer to “Using the snapshot function” (page 19).

Exiting

Exit Yamaha LAN Monitor in one of the following ways.

Select the [LANMonitor] menu in the menu bar, then click [Quit LANMonitor].

Click the [●] button on the top left of the window.

NOTE

When exiting Yamaha LAN Monitor, the window size and position, the device selected and the splitter status are stored together with the “Basic Settings” configured so that the operating environment when exiting Yamaha LAN Monitor is restored when restarting.

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Yamaha LAN Monitor screen structure

Yamaha LAN Monitor screen structure

The Yamaha LAN Monitor screen lists the current network status in the “Tree” view. Also, you can verify the connection status of the devices, or change some slave settings.

The names of each component of the Yamaha LAN Monitor screen are described below.

1

2

3

4

5

6

1 Menu bar (page 13)

2 Toolbar and display area (page 17)

3 Main screen (page 23)

4 “Device Details” view (page 23)

5 “Tree” view (page 26)

6 “Connected Devices” view (page 27)

Making screen layout changes

Use the screen splitter to freely resize view borders.

Changing the width of the “Tree”view and the “Connected Devices”view

Drag the splitter horizontally (left and right) to resize.

Changing the height of the “Device Details”view, the “Tree”view, and the “Connected Devices”view

Drag the splitter vertically (up and down) to resize.

Splitter

Splitter

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Network settings on the computer

Network settings on the computer

Configure network settings for your computer.

1.

2.

3.

Connect the computer to a network device.

Open “System Preferences”of macOS.

Click the [Setup] menu on the menu bar  [Open IP Settings for PC].

The “Network Connections” window appears.

4.From the list of network adapters,select the wired LAN adapter that you want to use with LAN Monitor.

5.Set the IP address according to your network environment.

Important

Note that the detection of Dante-enabled devices may not function if multiple network adaptors have been "Connected".

Also, in macOS10.15.x, do not turn off Wi-Fi.

If Wi-Fi is off,Yamaha LAN Monitor cannot detect the network adapter.

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Basic operation

Basic operation

1.StartYamaha LAN Monitor.

Network adapter selection pull-down menu

2.From the network adapter selection pull-down menu in the toolbar, select the network adapter to which the network that you want to monitor is connected.

3.Click [Setup] in the menu bar  [Basic Settings] to configure basicYamaha LAN Monitor settings.

Click [OK] to apply settings.

NOTE

For more details on [Basic Settings], refer to the [Basic Settings] section (page 14) under the “Menu bar” (page 13).

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Basic operation

4. Select the device you wish to monitor in the “Tree”view.

5.Click the [Snapshots] button on the toolbar to use the snapshot function, as needed.

Click the [Snapshots] button to save the current network status, issues detected, and other information to Yamaha LAN Monitor as a snapshot.

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