System for audio related equipment management

A method for discovering audio-related devices coupled to a network comprising:

• a switch communicating over the network using a first network address, the switch comprising a plurality of ports;
• providing a first audio-related device coupled to a first port included on the switch;
• providing a second audio-related device coupled to a second port included on the switch;
• a performance equipment manager communicating over the network using a second network address;
• the performance equipment manager communicating over the network with the switch, the performance equipment manager accessing stored predetermined settings indicating that the first port is associated with a first node identification and the second port is associated with a second node identification, where the first node identification and the second node identification are independent of the first network address and the second network address;
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• the performance equipment manager communicating first audio settings that include a first audio gain parameter and the first node identification to the switch, the first audio settings applied to the first audio related device as a result of the first audio related device being coupled to the first port, and the performance equipment manager communicating second audio settings that include a second audio gain parameter and the second node identification to the switch, the second audio settings applied to the second audio related device as a result of the second audio-related device being coupled to the second port.

An audio-related system comprising:

• a first audio-related device;
• a second audio-related device;
• a switch adapted to communicate on a network with a network connection using a first network address, the switch including a first port and a second port;
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• a performance equipment manager in communication over the network with the switch using a second network address, the performance equipment manager including stored predetermined settings for the switch indicating that the first port is associated with a first node identification and the second port is associated with a second node identification;
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• the performance equipment manager configured to communicate first audio settings that include a first audio gain parameter and the first node identification, the first audio settings applied to the first audio-related device due to the first audio-related device being coupled to the first port, and communicate second audio settings that include a second audio gain parameter and the second node identification, the second audio settings applied to the second audio-related device due to the second audio-related device being coupled to the second port, where the first node identification and the second node identification are independent of the first network address of the switch and the second network address of the performance equipment manager.

A computer readable medium configured to store instructions executable by a processor, the computer readable medium comprising:

• instructions to connect a performance equipment manager with a network using a first network address assigned to the performance equipment manager;
• instructions to enable the performance equipment manager to communicate with a switch over the network using a second network address assigned to the switch, the switch comprising a plurality of ports;
• instructions to enable the performance equipment manager to access stored predetermined settings indicating that a first one of the ports is associated with a first node identification and a second one of the ports is associated with a second node identification, where the first node identification and the second node identification are independent of the first network address and the second network address;
• instructions to enable the performance equipment manager to access stored predetermined first audio settings of a first audio-related device stored in association with the first node identification, the first audio settings comprising a first equalization setting;
• instructions to enable the performance equipment manager to access stored predetermined second audio settings of a second audio-related device stored in association with the second node identification, the second audio settings comprising a second equalization setting;
• instructions to enable the performance equipment manager to communicate the first audio settings to the first audio-related device via the switch using the first network address and the first node identification, the first audio-related device configured with the first audio settings because the first audio-related device is coupled to the first one of the ports;
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• instructions to enable the performance equipment manager to communicate the second audio settings to the second audio-related device via the switch using the first network address and the second node identification, the second audio-related device configured with the second audio settings because the second audio-related device is coupled with the second one of the ports.