ADDER ALIF1000 User manual

AdderLink Infinity
Quick Start Guide
ALIF 1000 and 2000 (transmitter and receiver) - front panel indicators
NET SER AUDUSB DV IPWR
The six indicators on TX and RX units clearly show the key aspects of operation:
• NET On when valid network link is present.
Flashes if there’s an error.
• SER On when the serial port is enabled and active.
• AUD On when audio is enabled and active.
• USB On when USB is enabled and active.
• DVI On when DVI video is enabled and active.
• PWR Power indicator.
ALIF1000
ALIF2000
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CONNECTIONS KEY
Direct Gigabit Ethernet link
Switched Gigabit Ethernet link
Direct Fibre Optic link
Switched Fibre Optic link
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RECEIVER
NETSER AUDUSB DVIPWR
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NET SERAUD USBDVI PWR
TRANSMIT
Gigabit
Ethernet
Network
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NET SER AUDUSB DVIPWR
RECEIVER
Gigabit
Ethernet
Network
Fibre
Optic
Network
OR
ALIF2000
Second port
reserved

Configuration
• IfALIFTXandRXunitsaredirectlyconnected,noconguration
actionisrequired,providedthattheyhavetheirfactorydefault
settingsinplace.Ifthestandardsettingshavebeenchangedina
previousinstallation,youmerelyneedtoperformafactoryreset
on each unit (see below).
• WhereALIFunitsareconnectedvianetworklinks,youwillneed
to specify their network address details. This can be done by
connectingacomputersystemtemporarilytoeachALIFunit
andusingtheInnitybrowser-basedcongurationutility.This
congurationutilityalsoallowsnumerousothersettingstobe
altered.
Note: For basic one-to-one installations, the factory default
addresses may be acceptable for immediate use within your
network without the need to use a configuration utility or change
their values: TX unit (169.254.1.33), RX unit (169.254.1.32).
Manual factory reset
UsetoreturnaTXorRXunittoitsdefaultconguration.
1 RemovepowerfromtheALIFunit.
2 Locatethesmallholeonthefrontpanel:ALIF1000-Nexttothe
onlyEthernetsocket;ALIF2000-Nexttotheleft-handEthernet
socket.
3 Pushanarrowimplement(e.g.astraightened-outpaperclip)into
theholeandholditin.Meanwhile,powerontheunit.
 Afteraroundeightseconds,whenthefactoryresethas
completed,veofthefrontpanelindicatorswillashforaperiod
of three seconds to indicate a successful reset operation.
4 Removetheimplementandthenre-applypowertostarttheunit
initsdefaultconguration.
APower input
B Congswitches
E Audiolinein/out
F Serialcongport
CUSB port(s)
DVideo input
GVideo output
INDOOR
USE ONLY OPTIONS AUX
LINE IN/ LINE OUT
DVI-D
12
USER CONSOLE
5V 2.5A
ON
21
MIC IN
ALIF1000 receiver - rear panel
AC E
BF
G
ALIF1000 transmitter - rear panel
AUX
LINE IN
LINE OUT
COMPUTER
ON
21
INDOOR
USE ONLY OPTIONS
12
5V 2.5A
DVI-D
ACDE
BF
AUX
COMPUTER
ON
21
INDOOR
USE ONLY OPTIONS
12
DVI-D-1
5V 2.5A
DVI-D-2
IN OUT
ACDE
B
F
ALIF2000 transmitter - rear panel
D
12
DVI-D-2
5V 4A
DVI-D-1
ALIF2000 receiver - rear panel
ACGE
B
F
G
1
2
Note:
ALIF1000
units use
12.5W
power
adapters.
Note:
ALIF2000
units use
20W
power
adapters.

Infinity browser-based configuration utility
Tousethebrowser-basedcongurationutility,linkacomputervia
anetworkswitchtotheALIFunit(GigabitEthernetisnotessential
forthecongurationstage).Thiscongurationutilityallowsyouto
performallofthefollowingfunctions:
• View/edittheIPnetworkaddressandnetmask,
• CongureseparateIPnetworkaddressesforvideo,audioandUSB,
• Conguremulticastsettings(onRXunits),
• Congurevideobandwidthsettings(onTXunits),
• Viewthecurrentvideooutput(onTXunits),
• Performarmwareupgrade,
• Performafactoryreset.
To access the browser-based configuration utility
1 ConnecttheInnityunitandacomputerviaanetwork.
2 RunawebbrowseronyourcomputerandentertheIPaddressof
theInnityunit,e.g.http://169.254.1.33 or http://169.254.1.33
 Thedefaultsettingsareasfollows:
• TX units-IPaddress:169.254.1.33Netmask:255.255.255.0
• RX units-IPaddress:169.254.1.32Netmask:255.255.255.0
Note: Where the address of a unit is not known, perform a
manual factory reset (see left) to restore the default address.
TX (transmitter) unit configuration
IntheALIFsystem,themostimportantcongurationdetailsare
dictatedbyRXunits.Thus,theTXunitsetupisconcernedonlywith
threemainfactors:
• ItsIPaddress,
• Thedatastreamstoenable/disable,and
• Videosignaloptimization.
ThemethodtosettheIPaddressanddatastreamsisexactlythe
sameasfortheRXunit-pleasefollowsteps1to3ofConfiguring
the RX unitsectionontherearpage.InaGigabitEthernetnetwork
withsufcientbandwidth,changestotheVideo Configurationpage
shouldnotbenecessary.Ifadjustmentsarerequired,pleaseseethe
AdderLinkInnityfulluserguidefordetails.
RX (receiver) unit configuration
Pleaseseetherearpage.

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IMPORTANT:PleaseseethefullInnityuser
guideforsafety,warrantyandregulatory
information.Thefulluserguideissupplied
ontheCD-ROMwiththeunitandisalso
availablefromwww.adder.com.
RX (receiver) unit configuration
IntheALIFsystem,theRXunitdetermineswhereandhowdata
signalsaresent(andreceived)bytheTXunit.Althoughnumerous
ALIFtopologies(one-to-one,one-to-many,many-to-one,etc.)are
madepossible,theyarealldependentontwounderlyingmodesof
operation: either Unicast or Multicasttransmission.Wheremulticast
transmissionisnotinvokedforvideoand/oraudiodata,operation
willbeautomaticallyservedbyunicastnetworktransmission
technologies.
Configuring the RX unit
1 Display the System ConfigurationpageoftheInnitybrowser-
basedcongurationutility.
2 EnsurethattheIPaddressandnetmaskforthisRXunitarecorrect.
TheSystemIPAddresssetherewillbesenttotheTXunitasthe
destinationfortransmitteddata(wheninunicastmode).
3 Checkthatthedatastreams(VideoTX,AudioTX/RXandUSB
TX/RX)areenabled(ticked)ordisabled(unticked)asappropriate.
TherearesimilaroptionswithintheInnityTXunitconguration
anditisimportantthatthesettingsinbothunitsarethesame.
4 IntheRemoteUnitSettingssection,entertheIPaddressforthe
TXunitthatwillbesupplyingthevideo,audioandUSBdata
streams.Mostoftenallthreestreamsaresuppliedbythesame
TXunit,however,itispossibletoreceivethemfromdifferent
locations (click the blue arrow to reveal the separate addresses).
5 ForinstallationsthatwillincludemorethanoneRXunit,youalso
needtoconguretheMulticast Settings section.
 TheVideoandAudiosectionsareconguredinthesameway:
• TicktheEnableMulticastVideo/EnableMulticastAudiobox.
• Next,enteranappropriateMulticastAddressfortheVideo/
Audiodatastream(s).TheIPaddressesbetween224.0.0.0
and239.255.255.255arespecicallyreservedbynetworksfor
multicastoperations.
The address that you enter will be used by the RX unit to
‘listen-in’onthedatastreamfromtheTXunit.ThissameIP
addressneedstobesetoneveryRXunitthatwillsimilarly
receivethedatastream.Thevideoandaudiomulticast
addressescanbethesameordifferent,asrequired.
• ClicktheUpdateNowbuttontosave.
 RepeattheIPaddressingandmulticastcongurationstepsforall
RXunitsthatwillbepartoftheone-to-manyinstallation.
 Formostinstallations,thesuccessfulimplementationofthese
congurationstepswillresultinacorrectlyworkingsystem.