Epiphan Pearl User Manual
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Pearl User Guide
Tether to a mobile network
and the clients will need to reconnect. You may need to provide a new stream URL (containing the
new IP address) to your viewers. See the channel information page to get the new stream URL.
By contrast, actively published streams are closed and reconnected via the secondary network
(mobile or Ethernet) automatically, permitted the required publishing server is accessible from the
new network.
To configure tethering to a mobile network:
1. Configure the mobile device to allow tethering via USB.
2. Connect the mobile device to Pearl with a USB cable.
3. Connect to the admin interface using your preferred connection mechanism. See
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4. Login as admin.
5. Select the Network link in the Configuration menu; the network configuration page opens.
6. Click the drop-down box next to Use phone/tablet connection in the USB phone/tablet section; the
following choices appear:
Table 14
Mobile Tethering Options
Label
Description/Options
Disabled
Specifies that no USB tethering is permitted.
No tethering
Specifies that USB tethering is available for connecting a mobile device as a con-
figuration utility (i.e. using the web browser), but no mobile data is used.
Prefer ethernet
When chosen, the system tries to use the Ethernet network first. It switches to use
the mobile network (tethering) when the Ethernet network is no longer available.
To prevent viewer interruptions, mobile data will continue to be used until the
mobile network is down or publishing is restarted.
Prefer teth-
ering
When chosen, the system tries to use the mobile network (tethering) first. It
switches to use Ethernet (hard-wired) when the mobile network is no longer
available. To prevent viewer interruptions, Ethernet data will continue to be used
until the Ethernet network is down or publishing is restarted.
Select this setting if you only have a mobile network.
7. Select your choice based on the table above.
8. Click Apply.
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