User Guide Owner's manual

Encoder Tabs

Device Tab

Figure 29. VN-Matrix Encoder Device Tab

The Accounts and Alarms tabs disappear but Device, Upgrade, and Peripherals tabs

appear, with the Device tab highlighted. In addition, there are three links (videoPort0,

audioPort0, and data) in the Conﬁguration panel. The encoder Device tab is split into four

panels:

Device Summary — provides information about the device:

z The device can be named by editing the Name text box and clicking Update. Use any

combination of letters, numbers, and the underscore character. Do not use spaces. By

default, the device name is the word device followed by the device ID.

z The device status ﬁeld is read only. The status can be Active (a device that is online

and under control) or No Device (a device that cannot be contacted by the controller).

z The IP address, port, and cport are the current IP address of the streaming port

network (LAN 2), the UDP port the device is using to contact the controller, and the

UDP port on the controller that is being contacted. This ﬁeld is read only.

z The link status can be Good (indicates little or no management packet loss), Fair

(indicates a small amount of packet loss), or Poor (indicates a bad link). If the link is

poor, determine whether the link has sufﬁcient bandwidth for the trafﬁc.

Device Setup — controls some of the global actions for the device.

z The device type is a read‑only ﬁeld and shows Source for an encoder.

z The Mode can be enable (normal operation), disable (streaming is disabled but pass‑

through is enabled), or test (suspends normal streaming and displays a splash screen

with the words Test Mode).

z The Identity/Source/No Source check boxes allow the device name and source

type to be overlaid on the local display. This helps to identify a speciﬁc encoder in a

large or complex system.

z Identity displays the device name or device ID

z Source displays the currently detected source format

z No Source enables the Identity text when no valid source is detected.

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