User Guide Owner's manual

Setting a VNM 250 Device as the System Controller

All Matrix systems require one device that acts as the system controller. For small systems

(ten devices or fewer), this can be either a VNE250 or VND250. For larger systems, a

VN‑Matrix Enterprise Controller must be used.

The VNM250 device that is chosen as the system controller must use static IP address

settings.

Extron recommends using Low Level Device Conﬁguration (see page 24) to set one

device as the system controller.

Conﬁguring the System Controller with a Static IP Address

To conﬁgure the system controller with a static IP address:

1. Open the conﬁguration menu of each device (see page 24) and ensure that the

Streaming Network port IP Prov mode (option 11) is set to static.

2. Set the IP address (option 12), netmask (option 13), and gateway (option 14) for the

streaming network (LAN 2).

3. Set the Controller IP address (option 8) to the same address as the streaming port.

4. Use option 9 to exit from the conﬁguration menu.

Conﬁguring Other VNM 250 Devices with a Static IP Address

To conﬁgure the system with static IP addresses for all devices:

1. Open the conﬁguration menu (see page 24) and ensure that the Streaming Network

port IP Prov mode (option 11) is set to static.

2. Set the IP address (option 12), netmask (option 13), and gateway (option 14) for the

streaming network (LAN 2).

3. Set the Controller IP address (option 8).

NOTES:

• Every device must have a unique Streaming network port (LAN 2) IP address

(option12).

• Every device in the system must have the same Controller IP address

(option8) and this must be the same as the streaming network port (LAN 2)

IP address on the device selected to be system controller.

4. Use option 9 to exit from the conﬁguration menu.

5. Use option 9 to exit from the Controller and DHCP menu.

6. Repeat steps 1‑5 to conﬁgure all other VNM 250 devices in the system.

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