Sennheiser SL DW Handheld Instruction manual SpeechLine Digital Wireless PDF - Page 72

SL Rack Receiver DW Integrating the receiver into a network with DHCP The receiver obtains the IP address from the DHCP server. You can see this address in the Network Settings menu on the receiver (see „Using the operating menu of the receiver"). To add the receiver in the Sennheiser Control Cockpit: ▷ Use the Add Device function in the Sennheiser Control Cockpit and enter the IP address you saw in the settings menu. Or: ▷ Activate the mDNS function in the receiver's Network Settings menu (factory setting: deactivated). ▷ Restart the receiver. Once restarted, the receiver is automatically detected in the Sennheiser Control Cockpit. mDNS = multicast Domain Name System: resolves host names to IP addresses within small networks that do not include a local name server. Used for automatic device discovery. Integrating the receiver into a network without DHCP using Auto IP If there is no DHCP server in the network and you are working with automatically generated IP addresses, please observe the following information. ▷ Set the Mode to Automatic in the receiver's Network Set- tings menu. ▷ Ensure that the host PC on which the Sennheiser Control Cockpit service is installed is configured so that the IP address is assigned automatically, rather than a static configuration. After several minutes, all receivers in the network will receive a link-local address in the range of 169.254.x.x. You can see this address in the Network Settings menu on the receiver (see „Using the operating menu of the receiver"). To add the receiver in the Sennheiser Control Cockpit: ▷ Use the Add Device function in the Sennheiser Control 71