MT Discovery is a standalone application that searches your network for Bonjour Services.
It allows quick and easy access to Merging and Neuman’s Web Services based on Bonjour, such as the Anubis configuration page.
These pages will be open in your computer’s default browser, or in the MT Discovery internal browser (since version 26.0)
Users can use MT Discovery to update their Hapi, Anubis, Neumann MT 48 Firmware, please refer to the respective User Manual for all details on this procedure.
INSTALLATION
MacOS
As of MT Discovery 26, the installer is available for both Apple Silicon and Intel CPU.
Please download and install the version corresponding to your Mac CPU.
Information about your CPU type is available in the About this Mac menu.
MT Discovery 26 is compatible with MacOS Sonoma - Sequoia - Tahoe
Installation: double click on the MT Discovery installer and follow the instructions.
The first time you start MT Discovery, please allow discovery of devices on the network.
This setting must be authorized to discover devices. (This setting is also available in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Local Network).
Windows
MT Discovery 26 (and above) is compatible with Windows 11.
Installation: double click on the MT Discovery installer and follow the instructions.
The first time you start MT Discovery, you may have to allow discovery of devices on the network.
This setting must be authorized to discover devices. (This setting is also available in Windows Control Panel > Windows Defender Firewall).
USING MT DISCOVERY
Startup
Windows: Launch the MT Discovery application from the Windows Start Menu: All Programs > Merging Technologies > MT Discovery.
Or by clicking on the desktop icon
MacOs: Launch the MT Discovery application from the Applications > MT Discovery (or Merging Technologies > MT Discovery)
The MT Discovery application window displays a list view of all the devices it finds on the Bonjour Network.
It refreshes automatically when a device is started or stopped.
The Refresh button forces a Bonjour service refresh.
GROUPS
MT Discovery will sort all devices into groups automatically (displayed like folders), depending on the characteristics of the devices.
The different groups are:
RAVENNA Devices
This group contains devices which have the RAVENNA protocol enabled and sorts them into different subgroups:
Horus, Hapi, Anubis, Neumann MT 48 Devices, NADAC, ZMAN, MassCore Devices, RAVENNA ASIO/Core Audio/VAD Devices and other RAVENNA/AES67 Devices such as Neumann KH Monitors.Dante ZMAN Devices
This group contains the devices that implement the Dante protocol, such as Hapi MKIII, Anubis or Neumann MT 48 Devices, running in Dante mode.ANEMAN servers
Ovation Servers
Others
The Others group contains all Bonjour devices that could not be identified by MT Discovery.
Printers, switches, … are likely to be found in here.
Note: The number next to a Group indicates how many devices this Group contains.
NETWORK SUBNET INDICATOR
Devices Network Subnet is indicated next to the device name (A, B, C,….)
ACTIONS
Several actions can be performed with the buttons next to each supported device.
Right-clicking (or Ctrl+click on Mac) on an item also displays a contextual menu, which lists the additional actions available for the item.
Note: Some actions might not be available for specific devices.
Refresh Available in the MT Discovery top header. To refresh the Device Discovery click on the refresh button
Open Web App This is what you will want to do most of the time. This will show the main page of the device in your web browser
Open Advanced Page This will display the Advanced page of the device in your web browser.
Open Maintenance Page This will open a web browser page for Maintenance firmware update.
Note: Some devices will not support this, and your web browser will report a “404 – page not found” error.
In this case, we recommend you access the main page with command “Open Web App”, described above, then browse to the setup page in your web browser directly.
Important: Do NOT refresh or close while Uploading a firmware, it may stop the upload process in your device.
Launch Remote Control: This will launch a remote control application for the MT 48 or Anubis.
Note: Remote Control App must be installed separately.
Launch License Manager: This will launch the License Manager application to manage the MT 48, Anubis, VAD, … licenses
More on the MLM here Merging License Manager (MLM).
Show available updates: This updater runs in the background assuming there is a internet connection.
When new updates are available for your Device a yellow dot will be displayed. The user can then update immediately and with ease its products.
Important: The MTPortal updater application must be installed separately.
Expand / Collapse
For Groups, this allows you to show/hide the content of a group in the tree view.
For devices, this allows to display network information, serial number, version, ….
INTERNAL BROWSER
Since MT Discovery 26, the devices web pages can be opened in MT Discovery internal browser (see Application Setting to activate it)
The internal browser displays the selected Web App, Advanced Page or Maintenance page.
When first activating the internal browser, depending on you display size, you might need to expand the MT Discovery window.
Note: the corresponding device is highlighted in the list view.
APPLICATION SETTINGS
The application settings can be accessed by clicking on the Settings icon
Settings
Open Links in Internal Browser: uses MT Discovery internal browser to display the web pages, rather than the computer default browser. (Default : Disabled)About
Version: Current MT Discovery version
Documentation: Link to this documentation page.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATIONS
Your computer default web browser is a setting from your computer, not from MT Discovery.
Most likely, it is one of the following applications: Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari or Google Chrome.
Note: Google Chrome and Apple Safari are the recommended browsers.This application is located in the following folder:
On Windows: C:\Program Files\Merging Technologies\MTDiscovery
On Mac: Applications>Merging Technologies>MTDiscovery or Applications>MTDiscovery