Connection Options
LightShark uses an integrated Web Server to provide all its functions to computers, tablets and smartphones that have a web browser. Simply connect to the LS-1 or LS-Core’s integrated WiFi access point. Alternatively, you can connect via the computer's Ethernet port for a wired connection.
Due to the technology used by lightShark, the use of the following web browsers is recommended (All of these web browsers have versions for both desktop and mobile devices ):
FireFox v67 onwards
Chrome v75 onwards
Safari v11 onwards
It is possible to connect up to three devices simultaneously to lightShark, so you can access different windows on each of the devices at the same time. Once the third device has been connected, lightShark will reject the rest of the connections.
LS-1 and LS-Core devices have two network interfaces, one wireless and one wired:
The wireless network interface is an integrated 2.4GHz Wifi access point. This access point creates a wireless network with the default SSID "lightsharkXXXX". where XXXX refers to the last four digits of the MAC address of the wireless interface.
It is possible to find the name of the SSID of the devices in the display of each one of them.
By default the WiFi network password is "sharkjaws".
The wired network interface allows lightShark to be connected to other network devices or to integrate lightShark into an existing network.
The ethernet port has 2 different IP addresses, so it is possible to connect lightShark devices to multiple networks using the same physical connection:
Ethernet: Allow connection to the local area network shared with other devices. It can be configured in either manual or automatic mode. By default it is configured with a fixed IP.
DMX Streaming: Allows the transmission of DMX through Art-Net or sACN. By default it is configured to be able to communicate from factory to a Class A IP address scheme in the 2.x.y.z range.
The default address for lightShark devices is 2.0.0.1 and the subnet mask 255.0.0.0.0. This allows Art-Net or sACN devices to communicate directly to lightShark without the need for a DHCP server connected to the network.
This allows to control lightShark from the same network where there are other devices (sound mixers, media servers, control software...) and at the same time emit DMX to the Nodes that require a specific network configuration according to the protocol used.
To connect to lightShark through ethernet you must configure the IP address of your device in the same subnet.
It is possible to find the name of the SSID and the IP address of the devices in the screen of each one of them:
Network´s name
IP address