[LAU] Hardware Soundcard - MOTU 624 AVB Working with Gnu/Linux - Debian 8.7

Paul Davis paul at linuxaudiosystems.com
Sat Jul 22 20:18:15 UTC 2017


What IP address do both units show from the main menu when you connect them
together? What happens when you point a browser at either of those
addresses?

On Sat, Jul 22, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Anders Hellquist <lau at hellquist.net> wrote:

> And that is where the problem starts.. I have two Ultralite AVBs and if I
> link them together. I have no longer access to the web GUI unless I get
> myself an AVB compliant switch for an extra 300usd. If I were running
> Windows or OSX. I could just connect to my linked AVB devices thru the IP
> over USB link the driver provides and set up streams between them and do
> whatever I wanted but that is not possible when using Linux which I am. I
> could keep a dedicated windows or OSX box connected to the other AVB device
> just to be able to set things up but how convenient is that?
>
> Until I can set up AVB routes and configure stuff on my cards without the
> extra cost of an AVB switch, this is for from perfect IMHO.
>
> /Anders
>
> On Jul 22, 2017 19:02, "Paul Davis" <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
>
>> The web GUI works without issues.
>>
>> I specifically bought the AVB because I trusted IP-over-RJ45 (the
>> Ultralite AVB has its own RJ45) more than IP-iver-USB, which would be true
>> of (say) the Ultralite MK4.
>>
>> My impression was that either way, each device must end up with its own
>> IP address, and you just point the browser at the one you want to talk to.
>> I don't know much about how IP-over-USB works.
>>
>> Note that if you have two devices, you're probably better off linking
>> them over AVB. I have the vague impression that they will show up as a
>> single device in the web GUI (but I'm not really clear on that).
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 5:25 PM, Anders Hellquist <lau at hellquist.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you get the local web GUI to work?
>>>
>>> If using Windows or Mac, you get local access to the web GUI trough USB
>>> or thunderbolt.
>>>
>>> I have two devices and no switch and have no way to use the web GUI if I
>>> connect both of them via Ethernet since my Linux laptop don't get the
>>> "local host" type of link through USB.
>>>
>>> I think the MOTU line is really nice but this is a sort of a problem in
>>> Linux for now.. or do I miss something?
>>>
>>> fre 21 juli 2017 kl. 01:57 skrev David <dplist at free.fr>:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 10:56:59 -0400
>>>> Paul Davis <paul at linuxaudiosystems.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > I predict that within 4-5 years, every external audio interface will
>>>> > use MOTU's web configuration model. It is *so* great, not necessarily
>>>> > in the sense of being the best possible UI for this, but because IT
>>>> > JUST WORKS EVERYWHERE.
>>>>
>>>> Hallelujah !
>>>>
>>>> -- David
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>>>
>>>
>>
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