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In addition, we strongly

recommend that all network switches be of the ‘managed’ type (see the

sideba

r “Managed vs.

Un-

managed”).

E

THERNET

FIGURE 377

Controls in this section will be quite familiar to anyone who has connected a computer or mobile device to a
network and require little explanation. Typically, networks are configured to automatically supply IP
addresses to devices you connect to it by means of a DHCP server. Your device

’s IP A

ddress resolution

method is set to

Dynamic

by default, to take advantage of this scheme. To assign a static IP address to your

unit, change the IP Address setting to

Manual

.

L

OCAL

-L

INK

(F

AILSAFE

)

If the default IP Address setting (Dynamic) should ever fail to provide a usable IP address within a minute or
two

as when an active DHCP server is not found on the network

you can locate your device on the network

using its failsafe Local-Link feature.

In this scenario, temporarily set the corresponding TriCaster

’s

network connection (or that of another

computer if not directly connected to TriCaster) to a static IP address such as 192.168.100.1, with a netmask
of 255.255.0.0) and connect the device. Then run TriCaster (or NDI Studio Monitor, from the free NDI Tools
suite) as described earlier to locate the unit. This will allow you to use the

Device Webpage

to set a static IP

ore re-enable the

Dynamic

option, following which you can restore the downstream network to its usual

configuration.

TALLY

Your TCMI4KUHD unit

provides ‘tally’ notification

from TriCaster. Specifically, a row of LEDs will light up
in red or green to tell you when video output from the
device is visible on the

Program

output or

Preview

row

of a video switcher respectively, as illustrated.

FIGURE 378