LA4 and LA1 Quick Start Guide
Installation
Load servers are machined from Aluminium which acts as the Load servers are machined from Aluminium which acts as the
heatsink, eliminating noisy fans and so increasing performance
and reliability. This also means that the unit MUST HAVE airflow
both above and beneath for optimum cooling levels. Failure to
provide may result in the unit overheating and degrading perfor-
mance
On Boot, Lode severs will perform a number of checks over the
internet to configure itself and check for updates. Please allow a
couple of minutes for unit/s to complete checks prior to playing
audio streams otherwise the it may result in playback of multiple
zones being out of sync
Checklist
- Internet access is required for all units to operate normally, even - Internet access is required for all units to operate normally, even
if only local is used
- IGMP Snooping/Multicast filtering must be enabled on the router
or switch connected to the Lode servers
- Check “system maintenance” section of the web console and
apply any pending updates to the server/s.
Web Configuration
Lode units can be discovered on the network using the Lode Lode units can be discovered on the network using the Lode
admin tool downloaded from http://www.lodeau-
dio.com/tools-and-documentation-lode-audio
The Lode Audio server is is configured by default with DHCP. If
you don’t have admin tool installed, you will need to ascertain it’s
IP address via the DHCP sever.
Click on listed severs to access the web console.
Example: http://192.168.10.100 where 192.168.10.100 is the ad-
dress provided to the Lode server.
It is recommended that each unit is set-up fully before adding
others to the network
Change Network Settings
To change network settings, simply visit the “network
settings section of the web console. Here you can set
the unit’s IP address or confirm it’s configuration for
DHCP.
If you are using a control system to control Lode, then If you are using a control system to control Lode, then
you must either statically assign an IP address to the
unit or use IP allocation rules within the DHCP server to
ensure that the unit has a static IP address. This is re-
quired as the the set-up of the driver requires pointing
the module at the IP address of the Lode Server.
Enabling Music Services
From the ”Media library” section of the web console,
simply select to “enable” or “disable” a service. If a ser-
vice requires authentication, you will be asked for the
Login and password. Once succesfully registered, the
service will appear in contollers.
Naming Players
To change the name of any of the players for the Lode
server, visit the “Player Settings” section of the web con-
sole. Here you can give each player a unique name
such as “Living Room’, or ”Kitchen”, for example.
Player Volume Settings
Players can be configured to have a fixed volume when
connected to a pre-amplifier that has it’s own volume
control. To configure a Player to have a fixed volume,
please visit the “Player Settings” section of the web con-
sole and select “Fixed Volume” setting for the required
player.
Warning:Setting the volume to fixed will set the volume
at 100% on the Lode Server. Please make sure that the
pre-amp is turned down before changing this setting.
