Bome Network Pro - different user profiles

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Is it possible to run Bome Network Pro under different user profiles (accounts) on the same machine? We’re running ProPresenter on a Mac Studio. Primary setup is under a ‘production’ user. But we run ProPresenter under an alternative ‘youth’ account - with limited access, functionality, and a simplified setup.

Specifically, the production account ProPresenter connects with Ableton, LightKey, and ATEM. The ‘youth’ account ProPresenter connects with just LightKey.

We tried switching to the youth account after setting up the production account to find Bome Network Pro unlicensed. We added a license (Two on the same machine at that point. One for each account). Then chaos ensued. Bome went crazy finding, connecting, then dropping connections to the other machines. The activity spammed the network so hard it caused the network interface on one of the other Macs to crash.

I did check - Bome is installed under the root Libary (i.e. /Library) not the user’s local library.

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Hi and welcome to the Bome community!

Yes, you only need to install it once. Then in the Applications Folder, you should be able to duplicate the executable and give it a new name.

Each name will use a different settings file so that they do not overlaps. The setting files for Mac are shown here.

You may need to also set it up with “Only allow once instance” turned of. You can find this in Settings of Bome MIDI Translator Pro .

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This is all called out in section 13.2 of the manual. You can go to the help menu in Bome MIDI Translator Pro or press F1.

Licenses are managed by computer not user.

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz
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Thank you for the quick reply!

Unless I misunderstood, I think your specific instructions are for Bome MIDI Translator Pro, but I was able to follow along for Bome Network Pro. Initial tests look good!

Cheers!

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Oh, I’m not sure if you can run two instances of Bome Network Pro. I don’t think this has been tested. Ideally both users should be able to use the same instance but just access different MIDI ports.

Sorry for not reading the details! Maybe if you explain why you need two users, that would help me. There is no protection between users in Bome Network Pro .

Steve Caldwell
Bome Customer Care

Also available for paid consulting services: bome@sniz.biz