BeoConnect and iMac wont connect BS5/BM5 automatic.

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HVD (archived)
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Posted November 11, 2011 at 10:20 GMT
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I'm a resently new apple/mac user, but I had a pc connected with beoplayer to my BS5/BM5 the past couple of years.

 

With my iMac, Lion OS and BeoConnect, my BeoConnect icon is grey, meaning no connection, every time I start my Mac out of sleep mode. In 'finder' I have to connect the BM5 via IP adress maping and then I can access my BM5 via finder and the BeoConnect icon changes to black meaning connected.

Is there any way to make it connect automatically so I don't need to do it manually avery time?

I liked the BeoPlayer option with PC even though it was slow I could solve some issues with tagging that I now find more complex with iTunes.

Cheers

Henrik

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Harry2008 (archived)
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Posted November 11, 2011 at 20:11 GMT
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See here, if done, the connection will be rebuild every rime:

/forum/beo-mac/macbook-pro-to-connect-with-beosound-5-beomaster-5;

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HVD (archived)
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Posted November 12, 2011 at 06:25 GMT
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Hey Harry2008

Thats  how I have done it the past couple of month, but I need to do it every time. The connection does never rebuild when I start from sleep mode.

Any good solutions?

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carolpa
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Posted November 12, 2011 at 06:38 GMT
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Do you have a fixed IP address for the BM5 or does your DNS server regularly reassign a newIP?
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HVD (archived)
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Posted November 12, 2011 at 11:39 GMT
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I have a fixed IP address. I log in with "BM-USER" account.

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steph (archived)
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Posted November 12, 2011 at 11:44 GMT
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Isn't it always a fixed ip address that we assign in the BM5 ?

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carolpa
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Posted November 12, 2011 at 12:45 GMT
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steph wrote:

Isn't it always a fixed ip address that we assign in the BM5 ?

this depends on your settings of your router.

If DNS is set to automatically assign a IP address, the IP address surely can and will change over time.

 

@HVD

in BeoConnect go to tab Manage Products. What do you see in Product List?

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steph (archived)
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Posted November 13, 2011 at 05:06 GMT
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For me (windows XP), if the BeoSound 5/BeoMaster 5 is on before BeoPlayer on the PC, it's OK.

But when the computer ignites and launches BeoPlayer, and the BS5/BM5 is still in sleep mode, the window with the BeoPlayer network parameters appears ans i must click on OK to connect it.

Strange ?

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Harry2008 (archived)
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Posted November 13, 2011 at 10:34 GMT
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HVD wrote:

Hey Harry2008

Thats  how I have done it the past couple of month, but I need to do it every time. The connection does never rebuild when I start from sleep mode.

Any good solutions?

What I did in the logon screen is entering the name and putting a mark in the line with the request to store in the keymanager. Even after a reboot, the share will be openend based on the userid/password stored in the OS X keymanager. I just removed all entries and after reentering it stays working.

Regarding the IP adres mentioned above, I have a DHCP issued address with a lease time of 1 day and automatic renewal. Works smoothly. Although probalby not needed by most, the IP adres is automatically entered in the local maintained DNS as well.

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HVD (archived)
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Posted November 13, 2011 at 15:44 GMT
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@ Carolpa

I see my BS5 in the product list.

my IP is always "smb://192.168.1.33".

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