SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS Ethernet TCP/IP Web Control Software 908006 User’s Manual
ETHERNET TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE User’s Manual © Sierra Video Systems P.O. Box 2462 Grass Valley, CA 95945 Tel: (530) 478-1000 Fax: (530) 478-1105 Email: info@sierravideo.com Version 2.
Table of Contents Introduction Overview Only Internet Explorer is Supported Installation Introduction Install Grip Server Install IIS Enable IIS Install Web Files Configure IIS Security Configure Grip Server for Web Pages Test the Router Control Web Pages Operation Introduction Standard Control Panel Switching Status Lock Getting Destination Status Locking or Unlocking a Destination Taking a Source Breakaway Control Panel Programmable Control Panel SVS Basic Router Control Panel 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 6 7 1
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS 1 Chapter Introduction Overview Ethernet TCP/IP Web Control Software consists of two programs, GRIP Server, and TCP/IP software files that enable access to router switching via a web browser. When the TCP/IP files are installed and configured on the PC running GRIP Server, the PC becomes a “WEB” server for the local area network (LAN). Client computers require web browser software to be installed on Windows or Mac. There are two types of computers in this system.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS Minimum System Requirements For the computer running GRIP Server: PC P III 128 M Ram 1024x768 monitor and video card Operating System- Windows XP or 2000 100 M disk space Set the PC video display to 1024 by 768 pixels (or greater), High color (16 bit) Note: G.R.I.P. requires router software version 7.01 or newer to be installed.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS 2 Chapter Installation Introduction Installation procedures must be followed carefully for correct operation of the TCP/IP Web Control Software. The examples in this manual are for Windows XP. Installation on other operating systems may vary. Install Grip Server The TCP/IP Web Control Software requires that Sierra Video Systems’ Grip Server software is installed on a PC connected to the router. This will act as a web server computer.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS Install IIS Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) is installed on a Windows XP system by using Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, selecting the Add/Remove Windows Components button. Click the checkbox for Internet Information Services, and choose Next to perform the installation. When the installation is complete, click Finish.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE Services, (local computer). Expand Web Sites, then highlight Default Web Site to select it. Click on the Properties icon. Set this computer's IP address by entering the address in the IP Address window. On the Home Directory tab, note the Local Path for the files of the web site.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS On the Documents tab, note the names of the files in the list. When a user browses to the IP address of the web site and does not specify a file name, the web site local path is searched for these default files, in the order they appear in the list, and the first file found will be the one displayed in the user's web browser. This product provides a page named index.html which is meant to be the default page for the product. If index.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE Configure IIS Security In the IIS main dialog box (Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Internet Information Services), expand the tree under Internet Information Services, (local computer), Web Sites, (your web site), then right-click on the RtrControl application folder (which should now appear here after copying the RtrControl folder to the web server's local path folder; if not, click F5 to refresh the folder contents) and select Properties.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS 3. On the Documents tab, check Enable Default Document and make sure index.html is listed as a default document. 4. On the Directory Security tab, under Anonymous access and authentication control, click Edit.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE 5. Set up the access and authentication to ensure that only authorized users can access the web pages. These web pages have been tested using Anonymous Access, with the user name set to the default of IUSR_(machine_name) and Allow IIS to control password checked.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS 6. Click OK twice to save all settings. Configure Grip Server for Web Pages Grip Server provides two different interfaces for client access: a UDP datagram interface and a COM object interface. The router control web pages use both of these interfaces. The web pages containing Java applets use the UDP datagram interface, with communication occurring between the client machine's browser and Grip Server using datagram packets.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE 4. Open My Computer within the Computers folder. 5. Open the DCOM Config folder within My Computer. 6. Scroll down and locate Grip.Server . (If Grip Server doesn’t appear, check to see that it is installed and runs properly. 7. Right click on Grip.Server and select Properties.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS 8. On the Security tab, in the Access Permissions group, click Customize, then click Edit. 9. Click Add. 10. Click Advanced. 11. Click Locations. 12. Select the location of the user that you will assign to any accessor of the router control web pages within IIS (see IIS configuration below), e.g. the local machine name or the network domain name. Typically this would be the local machine name.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE 13. Click Find Now, and then select the user that you will assign to any accessor of the router control web pages. This user name must match the user name assigned within IIS as the RtrControl directory security Anonymous or Authenticated Access user. Typically this will be IUSR_(machine_name). Click OK 14. Click OK again.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS Start a web browser on another computer, and enter the address of the router control web pages, which will be of the form (server_IP_address)/RtrControl For example, if your web server's IP address is 204.212.106.144, you would enter the address "204.212.106.144/RtrControl" into the URL address box in the browser. This should cause the default web page, RtrControl\index.html, to appear.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS 3 Chapter Operation Introduction All panels have a commonality of operation. The difference in panel operation is described later in this chapter. Once all connections are in place, open your Browser and type in the IP address you entered in the E-Server setup in the address line. The following screen should display: Select the control panel you would like to use.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS Standard Control Panel Click on Standard Control Panel. The message “Getting Router Model” will display next to Router Status. This is an indication that the program is attempting to contact the router for information. This may take several minutes. If this message does not change, check the connection between the E-Server and the router. This applies to all panel types. The Standard Control Panel is intended for switching “all levels” and is not capable of breaking levels (i.e.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE Switching To make a switch, first select a destination from the Destination drop down list. The current status of the selected destination will display in the Source window. Select a new source from the Source drop down list and the “Take” button will light. Click on “Take” and the switch will take place. You can also switch by entering the numeric value of the Input or Output.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS Status When a destination is selected, the current status (source currently connected to that destination) is displayed in the source window. Lock You may want to “Lock” a destination to prevent someone on the system from changing the source of that destination. To “Lock” a destination, after switching, click on the “Lock” button.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE Click the Connect button to connect to GRIP Server and the router. If successful, the "Router Status" field will say "Connected" after several seconds. You may check the Connect automatically on page load checkbox to avoid the need to click on Connect each time you go to this page. Note: If the error "bad IP addr/ports" is displayed in the router status box, it usually means that browser security must be set to enable Java network I/O to the server computer.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS If the destination is locked, the button to the right of the Take button will be labeled Unlock (and lit up), and if not locked it is labeled Lock (and is not lit up). See below. Choice Box Edit Box Locking or Unlocking a Destination To lock the destination if it isn't already locked, click Lock. It is locked with the global lock password of 9999. To unlock the destination if it is locked, click Unlock. If it is locked with other than the global lock password, you cannot unlock it.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE Breakaway Control Panel Same as the standard control panel plus level breakaway, and status of each level. Selected Destination Source Status Per Level To do a “breakaway” (split level) take, highlight the level buttons that you want to switch before pressing take. Only the highlighted buttons (levels) will switch, unselected levels will remain at their previous status. Press the All Lvls button to restore the panel to the all levels take enable mode.
SIERRA VIDEO SYSTEMS Programmable Control Panel Same as the break-away panel plus 8x8 programmable XY buttons for single button takes. To program a button, press Pgm Btns, select a destination or source from the choice box dropdown menu and click on the button you want to program. The name of the source or destination will appear on the button you have programmed. After you have finished programming all the buttons you want to program, then press Pgm Btns again to turn off the programming mode.
TCP/IP WEB CONTROL SOFTWARE SVS Basic Router Control Panel This panel Allows for Break-away switching as well as all functions available on other panels other than button programming. This panel operates best on Macintosh systems.
