User Guide User guide
Table Of Contents
- What is VN-MATRIX?
- Functional Overview
- Example System Application
- Front Panel Features
- Rear Panel Features
- Accessories
- Choosing a Suitable Location
- Mains Power Connection (via PSU)
- Mains Power Cord (for PSU)
- Setup and Connection Procedure
- The VN-MATRIX Web Interface
- Configuring a VN-MATRIX as an Encoder (source)
- Configuring a VN-MATRIX as a Decoder (display)
- Troubleshooting
- Encoder Set Up
- Decoder Set Up
- System Set Up
- Overview
- Setting-up a Serial Data Stream
- Setting-up a Serial Passthrough Group
- Setting-up a Remote Control Group
- Serial / Telnet Commands
- Overview
- VN-MATRIX Hardware
- Serial Interface – Quick Reference
- Telnet Interface – Quick Reference
- Web Interface – Quick Reference
- Network Characteristics

VN-MATRIX User Guide Section 3: System Configuration
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System Checkup
Follow this checkup to ensure that all VN-MATRIX devices in your system are online and correctly
configured as either Encoders or Decoders.
START
Login to the VN-MATRIX Web Interface
(see page 43).
HINT: If you are having difficulties
accessing the Web Interface, see page 60
All devices
are ‘online’
If no IP Address is shown against a device it
indicates that the device is ‘offline’.
Check that the device is powered.
Check for loose/faulty network cables.
Check that the device is correctly
configured for network communications
(e.g. on the same subnet as the other
devices, has a unique and valid IP
address for the chosen subnet, and
points to the correct controller IP address.
Navigate to the Device List page
Is an IP address
listed next to each
device name?
YES
NO
Check that each device is correctly configured
as an Encoder or Decoder .
Unconfigured devices are marked with .
To configure an Encoder, see page 46,
to configure a Decoder see page 51.