Usage, How to add routers to a network – Grass Valley CRSC v.3.2 User Manual
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User’s Guide
Usage
The ‘CR Series Ethernet Settings’ page lets you can change the name, IP address, subnet mask, or
gateway IP address of any compact router or remote panel module.
Use the page to add routers and remote panel modules to your CRSC network. The process of
adding these devices involves making physical Ethernet connections and then, in CRSC,
changing the devices’ IP addresses and other data from their defaults to what you want.
(If you have previously configured a router or remote panel module, and you are adding it to
your CRSC network, it might already be configured the way you want.)
Note:
A CQX router must be operated using a CQX control panel, either mounted on the CQX router
itself or on a remote panel module.
It is important to assign each CQX router and CQX panel a subnet separate from other compact
routers or control panels. You can, of course, have more than one subnet.
How to Add Routers to a Network
Note: the limitation of 4 routers on a subnet is a physical limit imposed by the amount of
network traffic that the routers can handle. CRSC, however, will allow you to have any number of
routers on a subnet. Although you can exploit this capability for ease of configuration, you must
ensure that your compact router system observes the network limits when it is running.
Routers from the factory are usually all set to the same subnet: 192.168.2.xxx. Routers that are
freshly reset to default also use that subnet.
Adding a router to the CR system creates a new level. Routers are assigned to a subnet and no
more than 8 levels in any single subnet are allowed. CRSC will not let you delete a router you just
added because each router must correspond to at least one level. Either disconnect the router
physically, delete one or more levels (other than those just added), or move the router to
another subnet. Levels are managed using the ‘Router Levels’ page. See
Follow these steps to add routers to your network:
1 Connect up to 4 routers to your network with unique rotary switch settings in the range 1 to
F (hex).
2 Go to the ‘CR Series Ethernet Settings’ page.
3 Verify that all routers appear in the list. Click ‘Refresh List’ if necessary.
4 For each router, click on the cell in the ‘IP Address’ column to edit the field. Enter a unique IP
address.
5 Repeat steps 1 through 4 for additional router. Remember that no more than 4 routers can
operate to a single subnet.
6 Click Apply Updates to send the changes to the selected frames. Only those frames with
‘Update’ checked in the table rows are updated. The data are stored in the frames internally.
Remember to cycle power after you change a rotary switch.
However, if a rotary switch is set to zero (0), and you then power-cycle the router or
remote panel module, the device reverts to the factory default state, and loses its previ-
ously configured state.