Operation Manual

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Installation Guide
This section will guide you through the physical connection and setup of your Niagara Pro system.
There are two parts to the complete installation of Niagara Pro, as follows:
1. Connection of Niagara Pro streaming media encoder
2. Configuration of Niagara Pro system
Most of the basic operations you will routinely use are performed from the front panel of the Niagara
Pro system.
There are advanced setup and operations you may wish to access and to do so you will need to
access the SCX Web Interface from a computer that resides on the same network as Niagara Pro.
Although these advanced operations are not required for most streaming applications, you may want
to customize your encoding settings and assign specific encoding profiles to the EZStream
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buttons on the front panel. The SCX Web Interface provides the ability to remote control your
Niagara Pro from a computer that could be rooms or continents away from the system provided both
your Niagara Pro and the computer have Internet access to communicate with each other.
First, connect the Niagara Pro streaming media encoder. Please see the following section for
connection information.
Connecting the Niagara Pro Streaming Media Encoder
Although it has many features and capabilities, the Niagara Pro streaming media encoder at its most
basic function takes digital and analog audio and video inputs, and processes the signals and then
encodes them into digital IP video formats. Then Niagara Pro delivers the IP audio and video content
to a storage device or streams it over an IP network.
There are four requirements for setting up Niagara Pro for streaming or capturing video, as follows:
• AC power source (100-240v)
• Audio/Video source (camera, video player, or other A/V output device)
• IP network and/or Internet connection
• A streaming media server for streaming your content to many viewers