“It was really important that we plan any upgrades with customer consultation,” says Bradley Drummond, Director, Application Engineering & Consultant Relations at LEA Professional. “We gathered a lot of feedback from customers and users and worked on this Web UI and Cloud update to address that feedback. It’s a lot of small improvements to enhance the entire user experience for our customers.”
The LEA Professional Web UI allows users to get a clear status check of every amplifier connected to the network and a status of every channel on any given amp to monitor channel performance. In addition, the platform gives users the capacity to view and adjust channel settings such as input settings, signal generator, crossover, equalizer, limiter, and load monitoring.
Some of the new 3.0.0.0 firmware upgrades to the interface include a new home page design with intuitive icons to allow integrators to get the information they need within one glance such as the model ID, and improved network status as well as new amplifier sorting options.
“Our main goal is to provide a product that supports system integrators and helps make their jobs easier,” continues Drummond. “There are several benefits that accompany the use of a Web UI and Cloud control interface, and we know our customers are going to appreciate the simplicity and effectiveness that these updates will provide.”
In addition to the Cloud updates, LEA users in Mainland China can now utilize the LEA Cloud locally using the AWS China region by creating an account on leaprofessional-cloud.cn. This allows seamless remote control and monitoring within Mainland China for Connect Series amplifiers.
Among the new upgrades to the LEA user interface, the new Home Page features additional system indicators including an Internet Accessible icon that shows that the system is connected to the Internet; Explain Power icons that indicate power source in use; a Wi-Fi icon to show signal level. And within the new Home Page, users can now sort devices by IP address, and add device model names to the address.
Additional enhancements and new features include more detailed information and flexibility in the system's Amp Settings, Network Settings, Input Section, Crossover, and EQ settings, all of which can be found in the amplifier’s browser-based Web UI or from the LEA Cloud platform at leaprofessional.cloud or leaprofessional-cloud.cn for users in China.
Just recently, LEA Professional announced the introduction of a new 802.1X security protocol for the company’s range of Connect Series amplifiers. This is an IEEE Standard for Port-Based Network Access Control that provides protected authentication for devices on the network and provides secure network access. 802.1X is the gold standard of network authentication security and defines authentication controls for any user or device trying to access a LAN or WLAN.
The new updated AMP Info Icon Page with "All Settings Import/Export features (previously known as Advanced Features) has been streamlined with an added 802.1X information screen with three modes available: (TLS, PEAP, TTLS).
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