Shure recommends thoroughly documenting an audio network in a spreadsheet for easy reference and troubleshooting. We have developed a template you can use to document your network.
Please note that many Shure devices, such as the MXA910, will occupy two rows: one for the Control IP Address of the device, and one for the Network Audio address of the device.
This spreadsheet is just a starting point, please customize it to meet your needs.
Data to Collect
- Hostname: The network name of the equipment.
- Manufacturer: The manufacturer of the equipment.
- Model: The model of the equipment.
- Floor: The floor the equipment resides on.
- Room: The room the equipment resides in.
- Location: Where in the room the equipment is located.
- Switch name: The hostname of the switch the equipment is connected to.
- Switch Port: The name of the switchport the equipment is connected to.
- S/N: Serial Number of the equipment (for devices with multiple MAC Addresses, you will use more than one row).
- MAC: MAC Address of the equipment (for devices with multiple MAC Addresses, you will use more than one row).
- Function: The logical function of this interface (Control, Network Audio, etc).
- VLAN: The VLAN number the switchport is assigned.
- IP Address: The IP Address of the interface.
- Subnet: The subnet mask of the interface.
- AES67 Stream Multicast Group: The Multicast Address of the stream the device is generating or listening to. This may have multiple values in the case of a DSP that receives multiple streams.
- PTP Multicast: Is the switchport properly subscribed to the PTP Multicast Group (YES or NO).
- Dante Control Multicast: Is the switchport properly subscribed to the Dante Multicast Group (YES or NO).
- Shure Control Multicast: Is the switchport properly subscribed to the Shure Control Multicast Group (YES or NO).
- SAP Multicast: Is the switchport properly subscribed to the SAP Multicast Group (YES or NO).
- PTPv1 Status: Is the device the Leader Clock, Follower Clock, or not a PTPv1 device?
- PTPv2 Status: Is the device the Leader Clock, Follower Clock, or not a PTPv2 device?
- PoE Requested: Does the device draw PoE from the switch?
- Firmware Version: The firmware version of the device.
- Notes: Place any notes here.
