Eventide H9000R User instructions

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Setting up Your H9000R
Important Note: The H9000R lacks front panel controls, so all setup and
configuration is done remotely using Eventide’s “Emote” software, including the
initial network setup.
You must use version 1.1 or higher of Emote when working with the H9000R. You
may be able to view your H9000R in Emote using 1.0, but connecting to and
controlling it without the 1.1 update is not supported.
Download the latest version of Emote at
https://www.eventideaudio.com/support/downloads/emote-software-h9000
Setting Up an H9000R With a Hard-Wired Connection
If you have connected the H9000R to your local network with a hard-wired
Ethernet connection, no configuration is necessary on the H9000R side; it will
simply appear on your local network when you launch the Emote software.
From there, you can continue to use Ethernet, or alternatively you may select a Wi-
Fi network for use with the included dongle.
Setting Up an H9000R With a Wireless Connection
If no Ethernet is present, you must create an initial connection between the
H9000R and Emote, using a Wi-Fi access point, using the following steps:
•Plug the included Wi-Fi dongle into any USB port on the H9000R.
•Turn on the H9000R, while simultaneously pressing the front panel
“Network” button. This will activate the H9000R’s Wi-Fi access point at
startup. (Note that booting with the “Network” held down will also
implement the “Clear Current State” recovery function. In this case, you

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will user will lose whatever the machine’s current state was, but all saved
data is unaffected.)
•The network button’s LED will blink until startup is complete. At this time
a wireless access point will have been created. The network name for this
access point is your H9000R’s serial number.
•Connect to this ad-hoc network on the computer that is running the Emote
software.At this point the H9000R should appear as a device in Emote’s
browser window.Click on the device in Emote’s browser column to
connect.
Switching Networks
Switching networks from Emote requires a network handshake between the Emote
software client and the physical H9000R device. This is done in order to prevent
accidental disconnections, as well as any potential malicious H9000R hijacking.
•The Network field under the Network tab in Setup will be greyed out. Click
the field to bring up onscreen instructions on how to unlock it. Click
“Accept” in the resulting dialog box.
•You will then have 30 seconds to press the Network button on the H9000R’s
front panel, which will unlock the Network selection field in Emote (it will
now no longer be greyed out)
•This generates a temporary encryption key, which is used to protect
usernames and passwords sent via Emote. You will then have 2 minutes to
select and connect to your main network, after which you would need to re-
do the handshake process to unlock it again.
•When the network connects, quit the Emote software. Re-connect your
Emote computer to your main network, re-open Emote, and re-connect to the
H9000R. You should now be connected to the H9000R on your main
network.

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•Holding the ‘Network’ key at startup can be done at anytime to start the
Access Point if you need to re-configure the network used by the H9000R.
You can also toggle the Access Point on and off from within Emote, so if
you already have a network set up, you can switch networks without needing
to reboot.
Booting the H9000R in Recovery Mode
To access the “Recovery Mode” in H9000R, power on the hardware while
inserting a paperclip into the small pinhole that is located to the right of the front
panel Network button.
•When the Network LED stops blinking, your device should be visible in the
Emote software, displayed as the unit’s serial number, followed by the word
“recovery”
•You can connect to the hardware as usual, however the options presented in
Emote, once connected, will be different than usual. You can access:
oThe list of network software updates
oThe USB updater (if a valid USB device was connected at boot)
oFunctions for:
Clear Current State
Clear Persistence
USB State Dump.
•To exit Recovery Mode, simply power cycle the device and it will boot into
its normal state.If you’ve performed a software update, an option will
appear to do this automatically from Emote.
•The Network software updater can also be accessed during a normal boot, by
clicking on the “Software Updates” button in Emote’s device info page. It
works the same way as the version in Recovery Mode.