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Initial Setup — Before You Connect to a Network
NOTE
: You need to manually assign a known IP address for the controller into each VN-Matrix 300 unit. Extron recommends that
you use a static IP address scheme rather than DHCP.
Before connecting each VN-Matrix 300 unit to the network (connectors
c
and
d
), change the network settings of the units.
z
For an open network, contact the system administrator for a range of IP addresses.
z
For a network dedicated exclusively to the VN-Matrix 300 (preferred), Extron recommends that you use addresses in the range
of 192.168.0.1 through 192.168.0.254, with a subnet mask (netmask) of 255.255.255.0.
One VN-Matrix unit must be designated as a controller. All normal system configuration and control is via the network interface for
which the controller functions as a network server. The controller can be any unit in the system, whether configured as an encoder
or decoder.
In figure 1 on page 1, the VN-Matrix 300 unit at 192.168.0.101 is designated as the controller. Each VN-Matrix 300 device in the
system should be set to recognize the IP address of the device controller.
Change the network settings for all units as follows:
1.
Connect a PC to the Com 1 port (
a
) on the unit to be set.
2.
To initiate communication between the computer and the VN-Matrix 300 unit, run HyperTerminal from the PC. Set the
communications settings as follows:
Baud rate: 115200
Data bits: 8
Parity: None
Stop bits: 1
Flow control: None
3.
Connect the power supply to the VN-Matrix 300 unit (
e
). When the boot up is completed, a message similar to as shown below
appears:
eth1: IBM EMAC: link up, Unknown speed/duplex.
eth1: IBM EMAC: MAC 00:e0:aa:11:00:38.
4.
Press
5.
Type the default login config and press
6.
Type the default password config and press
Network Port 1 Network Port 2
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0. Speed/Duplex: auto_10_100_1000 10. Speed/Duplex: fibre_fixed_1000F
1. Boot method: static [dhcp] 11. Boot method: static [dhcp]
2. address: 192.168.0.104 12. address: 192.168.1.2
3. netmask: 255.255.255.0 13. netmask: 255.255.255.0
4. gateway: 14. gateway:
5. broadcast: 15. broadcast: 192.168.1.255
6. mtu: 1500 16. mtu: 1500
7. controller ip: 192.168.0.101 17. ip forwarding: 0
8. controller port: 80 18. webserver port: 80
9. Exit
Please select an option:
RJ-45 Network Port ( )
Optical Network Port ( )
3
4
NOTE
: Many menu selections are not available if DHCP is selected. Select 1 or 11 to toggle DHCP on and off.
7.
Change the settings as needed as follows:
NOTES:
•
Do not include leading zeros when typing IP addresses. For example, type 192.168.0.104; do not type 192.168.000.104.
• Settings that you may need to change are:
z
Address (selection 2 or 12)
z
Netmask (selection 3 or 13)
z
Controller IP (selection 7)
a.
Type the option number and
b.
Type the new setting and
c.
Once all the changes have been made, type 9 and
8.
Repeat steps 1 through 7 for each VN-Matrix 300 unit in the system.
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