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Wireless streaming to the DL1608
WK154:
"The DL1608 is NOT password protected."
To keep the answer short and sweet the DL is more than password protected it's protocol protected and the WIFI is password protected (one would hope) for each access point. Unless this is a one room school there would certainly be a few access points. There can also be multiple logical networks even in the simplest topologies (ie. M$ Workgroups). This of course assumes no backdoor and sophisticated hacking attacks. There the DL is still protected via protocol.
My view and experience on this is that over 90% of school systems are installed and setup by outside companies (low bid or buddy). Most school tech crews are operators that barely understand what they have and certainly won't affect any change out of fear they'll break something. A lot are even managed by outside vendors. Working with this kind of environment is difficult at best.
BlendedMix:
Hey guys...thought I would post a follow up.
After talking to Apple, the Tech guys set the router up on a non-broadcast SSID that requires a user to type the network name, and a password. I works like a charm. At one point this evening I was streaming Pink Noise with my iPad Mini, EQ'ing the room with the undocked iPad, and using the JL Audio App on my iPhone to monitor the changes!! It worked as slick as a whistle.
I don't know much more about this than what I have read and seen on YouTube, but I thought this was interesting. The speaker manufacturer sent me an SPL vs. Freq graph. It was pretty, but I had no idea what it was or how to use it. I was told it would be a "good starting point." I had it tucked away in a drawer. Coincidentally, when I used the RTA on my iPhone, the final Pink Noise 31 GEQ setting for the mains ended up being almost an exact mirror image of the graph readout. I had a slightly higher level in the 2-3k range, but other than that it was very close. Is that what is supposed to happen?? :-[
I have done my best to set an EQ level for the mics that will work for most kids and female adults, as well as for backing music. I REALLY don't want anyone to mess with that. Would it be easier to just tell them to leave the iPad docked and use the MyFader app to run the system, since all they can do is alter the fader levels, and mute when needed? I'm starting to see that as a solid alternative so that they don't get the iPad out there and end up accidentally ending up on a screen they don't know how to get out of, or hitting something by accident.
I was able to stream music through the AP Express router through channels 13 and 14. Not sure what was going on, but I kept losing signal completely at times, and I wasn't more than say...30 feet from the router. What type of range should I expect to get with that in a completely open cafeteria?? I'm going to try isolating our router network only, as suggested above, and see if that helps. Interestingly, I could use the MyFader App on my Mini or iPhone from the very back of the cafeteria, 70' away from the router, and it worked flawlessly. Is that likely due to a more limited bandwidth requirement, or do you think there was something else at play?
Thanks again for all of the help. I have a lot of learning left to do, but so far everyone has been thrilled with the system...thanks to you guys for that.
WK154:
What frequency are you finally using? I see the Tech Guys are co-operating instead of being hard-nosed. If you're in the 2.4 gig band you may be running into conflicts or traffic hidden SSID or not.
BlendedMix:
I did not check that, but since my Mini and iPhone were able to connect with normal settings after entering the Network and Password, I'm assuming it was probably 2,4Ghz. Since they had already set up the Ipad2 that runs the DL, I was just so thrilled it was working I didn't delve into that. I will check on that later today and see if I can move it to 5 if possible and see if that helps.
It made me leery, but it would be nice to lose the Rapco method of getting the music into the mix.
WK154:
Which devise are you streaming music from? What iPhone model? You may be limited from iPhone.
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