I now that it is not officially supported but does it still work with version 1.63?
I tried it yesterday without success.
setup: T112 foh T80 mon
rack ip 1
surface T112 ip2
screen T112 ip3
surface T80 ip4
screen T80 ip5
T112 connected over ACE
T80 connected over network
both surfaces can connect but when i select a channel on T112 the T80 show the same and then i push an other select on the T80 channel and both surface start to fight to get the selection ( lights up like a Christmas tree)
Inputs 1-32 are split. so foh1-32 mon 33-64. strips are different on T112 and T80 so i select different process channels on the surfaces.
Has anybody done it recently and if so how did you do it?
kind regards
Lieven
T112/IDR48
Save a tree, eat a beaver
AFAIK this ain’t gonna work. You need another iDR unit to get other surface working. And a link between B ports to get signals splitted.
ddff
I know that someone on prosoundweb used this but i don’t remember who it was.
Lieven
T112/IDR48
Save a tree, eat a beaver
There was a soluion with PC and a MIDI DAW controller as another surface, look arround in this forum. However I haven’t heard that 2 surfaces would work with one iDR.
ddff
I thought that the surface was just another network controller just like the editor. You can select a different channel on the editor and tweak 2 channels ( surface/editor) simultaneous without a problem.
Lieven
T112/IDR48
Save a tree, eat a beaver
Negative. Remember that the brains of the iLive system are located in the mixrack. Lets say you want two computers yet you only have 1 CPU and 2 screens. Connecting both screens to the same CPU doesn’t give you two computers. You have to have the second rack to run your monitor desk. The editor/surface combination will work because all you have done is made a replica of the one console. You have taken the same IP address and mirrored it. You can do this all day long daisy-chaining consoles to your hearts desire because once again, you are mirroring the other console. As it sits right now, linking mixracks together is the only way to run two surfaces. Look on the bright side, now you have an extra 32 or 48 channels at your fingertips. 
Justin Sumrall
2-T112 2-IDR48
There was some discussion about connecting two surfaces to one mixrack here: https://www.ilive-digital.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1017
People - Use the search function in the forums! Top right corner. It’s very good to find old posts.
Cheers
Richard Howey
Audio Dynamite Ltd
IDR48/IDR16/T112/R72
quote:
Originally posted by JustinSumrall
Negative. Remember that the brains of the iLive system are located in the mixrack. Lets say you want two computers yet you only have 1 CPU and 2 screens. Connecting both screens to the same CPU doesn’t give you two computers. You have to have the second rack to run your monitor desk. The editor/surface combination will work because all you have done is made a replica of the one console. You have taken the same IP address and mirrored it. You can do this all day long daisy-chaining consoles to your hearts desire because once again, you are mirroring the other console. As it sits right now, linking mixracks together is the only way to run two surfaces. Look on the bright side, now you have an extra 32 or 48 channels at your fingertips.
Justin Sumrall
Justin , isn't the surface also a computer with a network ip address ? ( even the screen has its own IP. As i see it every device ( surface,screen,pc with editor) is a network-device with its own IP. so why would it not be possible to let one device control another? once again you can connect several PC with an editor running and all change different settings the same time. if i select the kick channel on the surface someone else can at the same time select another channel to tweak on the editor.
Bottomline: it doesn’t work with 2 surfaces connected. I just want to now why not.
if i need it i will buy a second surface AND rack.[
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kind regards
Lieven
T112/IDR48
Save a tree, eat a beaver
quote:
Originally posted by Stix
There was some discussion about connecting two surfaces to one mixrack here: https://www.ilive-digital.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1017
People - Use the search function in the forums! Top right corner. It’s very good to find old posts.
Cheers
Richard Howey
Audio Dynamite Ltd
IDR48/IDR16/T112/R72
Stix,
Carey actually said this in the discussion you mentioned
quote
The request for two surfaces working with one MixRack is usually for the two engineer FOH/Monitors situation. Two surfaces, one brain. Here you would need independent channel selection. As Andy says this is not supported yet but on the list for future release.
end quote
So as i thought it should technically be possible
Lieven
T112/IDR48
Save a tree, eat a beaver