Standalone VGA Grid User's Guide

Standalone VGA Grid User Guide The Admin panel
The Admin panel
Standalone VGA Grid is managed from a web interface. This means to perform administrative tasks with
Standalone VGA Grid you use an internet browser on a PC (or laptop, or tablet) connected to the same local
Ethernet network.
Connect to the Admin panel
If you know the IP address of the system you may type it into the address bar of your web browser.
http://<IP Address of the Standalone VGA Grid>/admin
However if this is the first time you access your system, you likely don't know the IPaddress, so you can use
one of the following connection methods:
For networks with DHCP use one of the following procedures:
l Connect via DNS-based service discovery
l Connect via the Epiphan discovery utility
For networks without DHCP, use the following procedure:
l Connect via persistent static IP address
You can also connect to Epiphan Live – a simple and easy to use web and tablet interface for
confidence monitoring, streaming/recording control and live switching operation. See Epiphan
Live for more information.
Connect via DNS-based service discovery
The Standalone VGA Grid uses DNS-based messages to advertise details about itself, including its host name.
With a compatible utility installed on your computer, you can access the system simply by typing its serial
number and the suffix “.local” into the address bar of your browser.
To ensure you have compatible software, refer to the following table.
Table 10 Installing Bonjour Print Services
System Action Needed
Microsoft Windows You must install Bonjour Print Services:
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