Hi Gord,
I apologize for not coming back with some additional help last night.
The DL32R does not need an "internet" connection for the "Wii-Fi" connection, but it
does need it's own wireless WiFi router.
I highly suggest an Apple Airport Express, I use one for my DL32R and another one for my Allen & Heath Qu24 and they work beautifully!
The DL32R will have it's own router connected with a CAT5 ethernet cable.
It is highly advised to lock the router with a password so that nobody can login to it,... thinking they are getting a free Wi-Fi connection to the internet.
Each show contains snapshots. I wish Mackie would have used the term "Scene" instead of snapshot. Oh well, right after you save a snapshot in a show, click on that snapshot and choose "
recall"
This will update the small window in the upper right-hand corner of the Master Fader app, this allows us to know exactly what is loaded.
Speaking of snapshots, when you have a particular snapshot loaded (let's say Gord 020415) immediatley after the soundcheck, click on this snapshot and choose "replace", this will take all the current settings (EVERYTHING)
and replace the old settings that WERE in that snapshot. Alternatively, you could click on "Store Snapshot" and name it something like (Gord 020415 show) then you could go back to the Gord 020415 snapshot and rename it pre soundcheck. Personally, I have no use for a snapshot that has incorrect monitor levels, EQ etc. It's up to you how you want to store things though. The Master Fader shows and pictures are stored in the iPad, not the DL32R rack unit. Which brings us to the next point...
So now you have a show named Gord and some snapshots in that show, and you want to make sure that all the other musicians who are going to be using Master Fader or My Fader on an iPhone/iPod, all have the same show loaded. When they connect their i-device with the correct password to the dedicated Mackie DL32R router, they will be prompted with a screen on the app, like this...
They shoud always choose DL32R. This will cause their device to retrieve the loaded show from the DL32R (since it is loaded) and place it in that iPad.
NOTE: the DL32R can only have one show loaded at a time, and all i-devices must be using the same show.
Here is a bad example that hopefully you will never be in, but a way to prove that the DL32R does indeed have a show loaded in it.... but remember, the DL32R is not where all your shows are stored.
Example,, you get to your next gig and after loading in and setting up, you realize you left your only iPad at home.
When you turn everything on, the DL32R will boot up with all the settings that it had when you shut it down last... just like any anaolg mixer when you put the lid on.
As soon as one of the musicians that used an iPad on the last gig shows up, you can use his/hers to change things.
There is usually no need to "share" a show with someone that is on the gig because the DL32R will handle that for you.
More to come ...
