Prepare before connecting

1. Work during preparation, not a service or show. Agree on the channels, monitor buses, and allowed changes with the operator.
2. Connect the Mac and mixer to the same local network. Check the actual IP addresses and subnet mask; matching the first three address numbers is not a universal subnet test.
3. Choose Mixer Connection. In the discovered mixer list, check model, name, and IP before connecting. This list shows X AIR and X32/M32 family mixers only.
4. If the mixer is not listed, or it is a WING, TF, CQ, or Ui, pick the maker in Type and enter the mixer's IPv4 address in Direct IP. Leave X AIR · X32 (auto) for X AIR and X32/M32. The field example 192.168.0.50 and the 192.0.2.x addresses in this guide are examples, not your device's address. The Connection tab in Setup has the same Mixer type field.
5. Wait for the mixer-value read to finish. Connecting reads the current mixer; it does not automatically send a blank offline setup.

Ordinary X AIR and X32/M32 edits do not show the other-vendor first-write confirmation. Reading on connection is not a permanent view-only lock. A physical WING, TF, CQ, or Ui asks once per connection before the first change is sent.