TimoteusR
Member
I have worked as event tech for the last 10 years and I have been lurking on Control Booth especially in the beginning of my career. I have always liked the vibe here.
Last year I worked a lot with networked audio and switches. To me it seemed that most of the tools were made for IT professionals and were hard to use so I set out to make the situation better.
The basic tasks I did on a daily basis were
* Tracing cabling to see which ports devices were connected to
* Changing switchport VLAN's on switches
* Looking for IP addresses for devices on the network
* Looking at wireshark traces to see why devices weren't communicating with each other
* Finding the web interface for a device
* Changing device settings trough a web interface
In the real world things get complicated once you factor in time pressures, undocumented systems that someone built long time ago and many different users making changes to the network.
I have written a desktop software that allows you to see the devices that are communicating on your network. It will also show which switchport the device is connected to. You can name devices and they are tracked when they are moved between switchports.
There are similar products out there that find devices on the network and show information about them. The problem I see with them is that the user interface is made for IT people and they have many features that are not relevant for the daily task of an audio/light/video tech.
My plan is to release a beta version by the end of this year. Right now I'm looking for people who are interested in testing the current prototypes before the actual beta is launched.
If you are interested, you can request early access here
http://eepurl.com/c1x2Hv
I'm also happy to answer questions you have about this software or networking in general.
Last year I worked a lot with networked audio and switches. To me it seemed that most of the tools were made for IT professionals and were hard to use so I set out to make the situation better.
The basic tasks I did on a daily basis were
* Tracing cabling to see which ports devices were connected to
* Changing switchport VLAN's on switches
* Looking for IP addresses for devices on the network
* Looking at wireshark traces to see why devices weren't communicating with each other
* Finding the web interface for a device
* Changing device settings trough a web interface
In the real world things get complicated once you factor in time pressures, undocumented systems that someone built long time ago and many different users making changes to the network.
I have written a desktop software that allows you to see the devices that are communicating on your network. It will also show which switchport the device is connected to. You can name devices and they are tracked when they are moved between switchports.
There are similar products out there that find devices on the network and show information about them. The problem I see with them is that the user interface is made for IT people and they have many features that are not relevant for the daily task of an audio/light/video tech.
My plan is to release a beta version by the end of this year. Right now I'm looking for people who are interested in testing the current prototypes before the actual beta is launched.
If you are interested, you can request early access here
http://eepurl.com/c1x2Hv
I'm also happy to answer questions you have about this software or networking in general.