3Com Tech Note Wireless Remote Control TT24 user manual

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Mackie TT24 Tech Note Wireless Remote Control
Wireless Remote Control of the TT24
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Updated: 7/20/04 by Benjamin Olswang
The TT24 includes a powerful piece of software called TT Control. With this
software, you can monitor and control the TT24 console from a PC attached via
USB.
Wouldn’t it be great if you could use TT Control wirelessly?
Well you can, it’s easy, and this is what you will need:
System Requirements
 A TT24
 A local PC (called the host) connected to your TT24 via USB. This

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Mackie TT24 Tech Note Wireless Remote Control Procedure 1. Confi gure your TT24 and the host PC (see the TT Control installation instructions on the CD supplied with your TT24). 2. Confi gure your wireless network for both your client and host PCs. 3. Enable the computer connected to the TT24 to be the Windows Remote Desktop host. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to enable Remote Desktop. a. Open the System folder in Control Panel. Do this by cl

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Mackie TT24 Tech Note Wireless Remote Control c. On the Remote tab, select the “Allow users to connect remotely to this computer” check box. Do not check this box Check this box d. If you wish a user who is not an administrator, to have access to this computer remotely, click the “Select Remote Users…” button and follow the instructions. e. Click OK in the Systems Properties dialog box to approve your changes. f. Log out of your host computer, but leave the computer running and connected

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Mackie TT24 Tech Note Wireless Remote Control 4. Install the remote desktop client on your client/laptop computer: The client software is installed by default on computers running Windows XP Professional, but you must install it manually on computers with other operating systems. The client software is an XP feature, but it is backwards compatible. For example, you can use an XP CD to install this feature on Win 2000, ME, 98 or 95 systems as follows: a. If you have a Windows XP CD, insert i

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Mackie TT24 Tech Note Wireless Remote Control 6. Launch the TT Control software. Remember, the software actually launches on your host computer, but you are controlling it on your remote client computer wirelessly. Pretty slick, huh? 7. You should now be able to control the TT24 using the TT Control application from your remote client connection. You may experience a slight delay between the time changes are made on your laptop, and when they audibly take effect; this is normal and is to be