remote software is slow?

[ksiragusa]

Hi
I've just got a receptor on trial and so far I'm very impressed.
However, the software to control the receptor is acting extremely slow - taking about 40secs to respond to anything.
Should this be a lot faster than this? I hope so.
I'm on a dual 1.8 G5
OSX 10.4.3
I tried apple talk first and this was very slow as well, so that was when I tried windows networking. Both were to slow to be usable.
Any help would be great.

Cheers
Kim

[DanTimis]

If you using just one Ethernet cable between your Mac and Receptor, set Receptor to Crossover mode, then restart Receptor. Use Windows Networking instead of AppleTalk.

[ksiragusa]

Hi Dan
Thanks, I connected the receptor directly to the mac and it worked great.
The only problem is, is that I've got a digi d-command and fader pack that connects to the G5 as well through a switch.
Is there a way I can get the remote happening well through the switch?

Thanks
Kim

[Bryan@MuseResearch]

Remote will work well through a switch, but it is essential that the switch is at least 100baseT. Remote will only work as fast as your pipe between Receptor and your host computer, and there are a lot of computers that have 10baseT cards in them. These will not provide acceptable performance for Remote.

I use a Mac iBookG4 with 100baseT Ethernet connected to a 100baseT Airlink switch, and it works really well. Even performance over my airport is good, not great, but definitely usable.

Hope this helps

Bryan

[DanTimis]

If you have a switch and not a router, it means that your switch will not provide DHCP. It is my understanding that the Digi d-command does not use TCP/IP. Then, if all you have connected to the switch are your Mac, the d-command, and Receptor, you should use the Receptor in Crossover mode.

If you have another computers, or if your switch is also connected to a cable or DSL modem, then you should not use Crossover mode.