IPLINX IPEXCB Operator's manual

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IPEXCB Installaon and
Conguraon Guide

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1. Read these instrucons – All the safety and operang instrucons should be read before this product is operated.
2. Keep these instrucons – The safety and operang instrucons should be retained for future reference.
3. Heed all warnings – All warnings on the appliance and in the operang instrucons should be adhered to.
4. Follow all instrucons – All operang and use instrucons should be followed.
5. Do not use this apparatus near water – The appliance should not be used near water or moisture – for example, in a wet
basement or near a swimming pool, and the like.
6. Clean only with a dry cloth.
7. Do not block any venlaon openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instrucons.
8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including ampliers)
that produce heat.
9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other.
The wide blade or the third prong is provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not t into your outlet, consult an
electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.
10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched parcularly at the plugs, convenience receptacles, and at the
point where it exits from the apparatus.
11. Only use aachments/accessories specied by the manufacturer.
12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specied by the manufacturer, or sold with the
apparatus. When a cart or rack is used, use cauon when moving the cart/ apparatus combinaon to avoid injury
from p-over.
13. Unplug the apparatus during lighng storms or when unused for long periods of me.
14. Refer all servicing to qualied service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any
way, such as; the power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilt or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the
apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.
15. CAUTION: Servicing instrucons are for use by qualied service personnel only. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do
not perform any servicing other than that contained in the operang instrucons unless you are qualied to do so.
16. Do not install this equipment in a conned or built-in space such as a book case or similar unit. The equipment must
remain in well venlaon condions. Venlaon should not be impeded by covering the venlaon openings with items
such as newspaper, table-cloths, curtains etc.
17. WARNING: Only use aachments/accessories (such as the baery etc.) specied or provided by the manufacturer.
18. WARNING: Refer to the informaon on the underside of the enclosure for electrical and safety informaon before
installing or operang the apparatus.
19. WARNING: To reduce the risk of re or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture. The apparatus
shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and objects lled with liquids, such as vases, shall not be placed on apparatus.
20. CAUTION: Danger of explosion if baery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type.
21. WARNING: The baery shall not be exposed to excessive heat such as sunshine, re or the like.
22. WARNING: The all-pole mains switch located on rear panel is used as the disconnect device, the switch shall remain
readily operable.
23. WARNING: DO NOT INGEST BATTERY. CHEMICAL BURN HAZARD.
24. Keep new and used baeries away from children. If the baery compartment does not close securely, stop using the
product and keep it away from children.
25. If you think baeries might have been swallowed or placed inside any part of the body, seek immediate medical
aenon.
Important Safety Instrucons

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26. When the apparatus is not in use or during its relocaon, take care of the power cord and plugs; e.g. e up the power
cord with cable e or similar. The e must be free from sharp edges and the like that might cause abrasion of the power
cord. When put into use again ensure the power cord and plugs are not damaged. If any damage is found the power cord
and plugs should be replaced by items either specied by the manufacturer or that have same characteriscs as the original
items.
27. This lightning ash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of non-insulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sucient magnitude to
constute a risk of electric shock.
28. WARNING: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back) as there are no user-serviceable parts
inside. Refer servicing to qualied personnel.
29. The exclamaon point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important
operang and maintenance instrucons in the literature accompanying the appliance.
30. Protecve earthing terminal. The apparatus should be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protecve
earthing connecon.
31. CAUTION: To prevent electric shock hazard, replace grille. (CSA 60065, clause 5.3A)
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
ATTENTION: RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - NE PAS OUVRIR

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Table of Contents
Important Safety Instrucons ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������2
Product Overview������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������6
Package Contents ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 6
Front and Rear Panels������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������7
Front Panel................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Rear Panel.................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Reset Buon ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
LAN Connecons.......................................................................................................................................................... 8
12V Connecon............................................................................................................................................................ 8
RS232 Connecons ...................................................................................................................................................... 8
Installaon Instrucons���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������9
Basic Installaon.......................................................................................................................................................... 9
IPEXCB Web Browser Usage������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 10
Logging into the web browser Graphical User Interface (GUI) .................................................................................. 10
Roung Video Signals ................................................................................................................................................ 14
Tesng Telnet API Commands.................................................................................................................................... 16
Changing IPLinx Encoder and Decoder IP Addresses ................................................................................................. 17
Changing IPEXCB IP Addresses................................................................................................................................... 18
Loading IPLinx Congurator Files............................................................................................................................... 18
User Management..................................................................................................................................................... 19
IPLinx Cong Soware Usage ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 20
Downloading IPLinx Congurator Soware............................................................................................................... 20
Making a PC Connecon............................................................................................................................................ 20
Running IPLinx Congurator Soware....................................................................................................................... 20
IPLinx Congurator Soware Overview..................................................................................................................... 21
Search for IPLinx Devices on the Network.................................................................................................................. 22
Renaming IPLinx Encoders and Decoders .................................................................................................................. 23
Creang Decoder Groups........................................................................................................................................... 24
Create a New Group ........................................................................................................................................... 24
Assigning an IPLinx Encoder or Decoder to a Group.................................................................................................. 25
Removing an IPLinx Encoder or Decoder ................................................................................................................... 26
Create a Video Wall Group ........................................................................................................................................ 27
Create a New Group ........................................................................................................................................... 27
Create a Video Wall Layout................................................................................................................................. 29
Video Wall Bezel Compensaon (5000 series only)............................................................................................ 33
Create a Matrix Layout within Video Wall Group ............................................................................................... 35
Verify Group Layouts .......................................................................................................................................... 35
Creang Combinaon Layouts for Large Video Wall Groups .............................................................................. 36
Remove a Matrix or Video Wall Layout ..................................................................................................................... 38
Remove a Layout................................................................................................................................................. 38
Remove a Video Wall.......................................................................................................................................... 39
Remove a Group ................................................................................................................................................. 39

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2000-series Device Sengs ....................................................................................................................................... 40
IPEX2001 Video Sengs ..................................................................................................................................... 40
IPEX2002 Video Sengs ..................................................................................................................................... 42
5000-series Device Sengs ....................................................................................................................................... 43
IPEX5001 EDID Sengs....................................................................................................................................... 43
IPEX5001 RS232 (Serial) Sengs ........................................................................................................................ 43
IPEX5002 Video Sengs ..................................................................................................................................... 44
Saving and Loading Sengs...................................................................................................................................... 45
Upload Sengs to IPEXCB .................................................................................................................................. 45
Download Sengs from IPEXCB ......................................................................................................................... 46
Save Sengs to a File ......................................................................................................................................... 47
Load Sengs from a File..................................................................................................................................... 48
Batch Commands....................................................................................................................................................... 49
Changing IP Address Schemes on IPLinx Systems ............................................................................................... 50
CEC Display Power Conguraon........................................................................................................................ 52
RS232 Display Power Conguraon.................................................................................................................... 53
Using iPad or Windows Control APP with IPEXCB����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 54
Connecng Apple iPad to IPLinx System .................................................................................................................... 54
Hiding Groups ..................................................................................................................................................... 58
Connecng Windows Computer to IPLinx System...................................................................................................... 60
Syncing APP to IPEXCB IP Address.............................................................................................................................. 61
Technical Specicaons ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 63

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The IPLinx IPEXCB is an IP based control interface used to congure, manage and control IPLinx encoders and
decoders on a 1Gb managed Ethernet switch. Conguraon les for IPLinx systems are stored directly on the
IPECXB and is designed to work in conjuncon with the IPLinx iPad and Windows control APP for basic system
control. The IPEXCB oers a single point of connecon and control for third party IP or serial control systems and is
required for any IPLinx system that requires a video matrix or video wall system layout.
The IPEXCB integrates two Ethernet ports and two RS232 ports, oering integraon-friendly control features,
including a web GUI. LAN1 port (AV/PoE) is connected directly to the A/V network where all IPLinx devices reside.
LAN2 port (CTRL) can be connected to a control system network allowing the enre IPLinx matrix system to be
controlled by a third party IP control system. With the ability to assign separate IP addresses and subnets for
the two IPEXCB LAN ports, the A/V network trac is not forced to reside on a shared LAN that may compromise
bandwidth and data ow. The RS232 ports on the IPEXCB are also designed to oer a single point of control for
serial based control systems.
The IPEXCB can be congured with either the web browser graphical user interface (GUI) or IPLinx Congurator
which is a soware program that is used to congure IPLinx encoders / decoders on a 1Gb managed Ethernet
switch. The IPEXCB can automacally search and display encoders and decoders on the A/V network when using
the conguraon tool or web GUI. IPLinx Congurator can be downloaded from our website at www.libav.com on
the IPLinx IPEXCB product page under the SOFTWARE tab. Instrucons for using IPLinx Congurator are included
in this manual.
The IPEXCB is compable with all IPLinx 2000 and 5000 series IP devices.
Product Overview
Package Contents
1. Installaon Guide
2. Power Supply with US, UK, EU, and AU adapters
3. 6-pin Removable Screw Terminal
4. Device Labels

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Front and Rear Panels
Front Panel
RESET
STATUS POWER
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1. Label insert
2. Reset buon
3. Status indicator
4. Power indicator
Rear Panel
A. LAN1 (AV/PoE)
B. LAN2 (CTRL)
C. RS232 connecons
D. 12V DC power input
RS232
LAN1 (AV/PoE) LAN2 (CTRL) DC 12V
DEBUG
TX RX TX RX 12V
G
A B C D

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Reset Buon
LAN Connecons
12V Connecon
If a factory reset is required for the IPEXCB, press and hold the reset buon for ve seconds to restore the IPEXCB
to factory sengs. This reset will change the default IP address of the IPEXCB back to the factory default IP address.
LAN1(AV/PoE) is used to connect the IPEXCB to the Ethernet switch. The default IP address for LAN1 of the IPEXCB
is 169.254.1.1.
LAN2(CTRL) is used to connect the IPEXCB to a third party control system. The default IP address for LAN2 of the
IPEXCB is 192.168.11.243.
The 12V connecon on the right side of the RS232 connector can provide up to 500 mA of 12V DC to an external
device.
RS232 Connecons
The IPEXCB features two RS232 connecons: Debug and Control. The Debug connecon will only communicate
with the IPEXCB and will not control any encoders or decoders. The Control connecon will communicate with
IPLinx devices on the A/V network switch.
To use the RS232 control transport capabilies of the IPEXCB, connect the TX, RX, and ground control signal wires
to the middle RS232 connecons on the removable 6-pole terminal block. Consult the manual of the control device
to determine which pins the TX and RX signals are carried on. Be sure to always connect TX to RX and RX to TX.
The RS232 control ports require a standard straight-through serial cable for operaon. The default sengs for the
RS232 ports are:
• Debug connecon: 115200 baud, 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bit, Parity = none
• Control connecon: 9600 baud, 8 Data Bits, 1 Stop Bit, Parity = none
While the IPEXCB requires RS232 commands to be sent to it at 9600 baud through the control connecon, mulple
baud rates are available to communicate with the remote devices.
TX
G
RX
RXD
TXD
GND
IPEXCB
Third Party
Control System

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Installaon Instrucons
Basic Installaon
1. Congure a managed 1Gb Ethernet network switch for IPLinx video operaon.
NOTE: An IPLinx network switch conguraon guide has been built to assist with conguring network switches
from a variety of manufacturers. The network switch conguraon guides are located on the IPLinx IPEXCB prod-
uct page on the Liberty website (www.libav.com) under the DOCUMENTATION tab.
2. Turn o power and disconnect the audio/video equipment by following the manufacturer’s instrucons.
3. Turn o power to the congured network switch.
4. Connect Category 5E or greater twisted pair cable with the TIA/EIA-568B crimp paern between the LAN1
port on the IPEXCB and the congured network switch.
NOTE: If the network switch cannot provide power or enough power to the IPEXCB, connect the included power
supply to the 12V DC power input of the control box. If the gigabit switch cannot provide enough power, disable
the PoE funcon of the connected LAN port on the switch.
5. Connect the IPLINX encoder(s) and decoder(s) to the network switch using Category 5E or greater twisted
pair cable with the TIA/EIA-568B crimp paern and per the instrucons for those device
6. Connect all sources and displays to the respecve IPLinx encoders and decoders.
7. Apply power to the congured network switch.
8. The IPEXCB will fully boot aer ve minutes.
9. Apply power to the aached audio/video devices.
To control the IPEXCB and IPLinx system by a third party control system, connect a Category cable between the
LAN2 port on the IPEXCB to an IP based third party control system network or use the RS232 connecon on the
IPEXCB to connect to a third party serial based control system according to the manufacturers system
instrucons. For proper serial connecvity to the IPEXCB please see RS232 Connecons on page 9.
For a comprehensive list of IP and serial system commands for the IPEXCB and IPLinx systems, please refer to the
IPLinx Programming Guide which is located under the DOCUMENTATION tab on the IPEXCB product page online
at www�libav�com
Pre-wrien control system drivers are also available online on the IPEXCB product page under the DRIVERS tab

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IPEXCB Web Browser Usage
Logging into the web browser Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Connect a Windows PC to an open port on the congured A/V network switch with a Cat 5e patch cable and set
a stac IP address for the Windows PC that is within the IP range of the IPLinx IPEXCB Controller (169.254.1.xxx,
where xxx = any number between 2-254) and set the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0.
Please contact an IT administrator if the PC cannot be assigned a stac IP address in this range.
To change your computers IP address in Windows, navigate to Control Panel > Network and Internet and then
click on Network and Sharing Center. From there you will see the network that you are connected to. Typically the
network will be labeled as Unidened network.
Click on
A pop window will appear labeled Ethernet Status
Click on

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Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) from the item list and then click
Select the buon labeled
A pop window will appear labeled Ethernet Properes
A pop window will appear labeled Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properes

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Enter in an IP address for the computer in the same range as the IPEXCB in the IP Address eld, set the subnet mask
to 255.255.0.0 and click
In this example we used the IP address of 169.254.1.99 with a subnet mask set at 255.255.0.0
Note: If you change the IP address of the IPEXCB or the IPLinx devices that reside on the A/V network, be
sure to reset your computers IP address to the correct IP range of the IPEXCB in order to access the control
interface and the IPLinx system components.
Close the Ethernet Properes and Ethernet Status windows and then open a web browser on the computer and
enter the IP address of the IPEXCB into the address bar of the browser and hit the enter key on the keyboard. The
default IP address of the IPEXCB is 169.254.1.1

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The login window for the web GUI will then appear, enter in the user name and password for the portal and click
LOGIN.
The default user name and password is admin
Aer logging into the web GUI, you will noce three tabs located at the top le of the page labeled;
SCENES, TX/RX SETTINGS and CONTROLLER SETTINGS
SCENES; allows you to route encoders to decoders, save up to three matrix scenes and test API commands.
TX/RX SETTINGS; allows you to change IP addresses of individual encoders and decoders on the IPLinx system as
well as test API commands
CONTROLLER SETTINGS; allows you to change the default IP addresses of the LAN1 (AV/PoE) and LAN2 (CTRL) ports
of the IPEXCB. You can also load system conguraons, change passwords for admin login, establish user name
and password for up to 5 users, upgrade soware version and test API commands.

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Roung Video Signals
Using the web GUI, video signals can be routed from IPLinx encoders (TX) to decoders (RX) using the SCENES menu.
When the SCENES menu is highlighted, click on ALL DEVICES, this will show all of the acve IPLinx encoders and
decoders on the A/V network switch as well as four submenus labeled MATRIX, SCENE1, SCENE2, and SCENE3.
NOTE: By default encoders (TX) and decoders (RX) aliases are assigned in the system based on the following;
[MANUFACTURER PART NUMBER-MAC ADDRESS].
Example; IPEX2002-341B22802204
IPEX2002 is the manufacturers model number
341B22802204 is the assigned MAC address of that device
These assigned aliases can be changed by using IPLinx Congurator so they can be more easily idened.
See Renaming IPLinx Encoders and Decoders located on page 22

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To route video from one TX to ALL RX’s, click on the desired ALL RXs cell located underneath the TX of choice. All
cells underneath the TX will turn solid green indicang that video is successfully being routed to all decoders.
The MATRIX submenu allows you to route video signals from encoders to decoders in real me using a simple
spread sheet layout.
Encoders (transmiers) are labeled as TX and located on the top row, decoders (receivers) are labeled as RX and
located to far le column. Simply use your mouse and click on the appropriate cell that links the desired TX source
to the desired RX locaon. Once your selecon is made and video is successfully routed to the desired decoder,
the cell will turn solid green. To remove that video source from the decoder, click the cell again and the cell will go
blank indicang no video is present at that decoder locaon.
NOTE: If video is not successfully routed to the decoder locaon or the decoder is oine, the cell selected will turn
solid RED.

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SCENE1, SCENE2 and SCENE3 submenus allows you to build and save pre-set scenes that routes video from encoders
to decoders in a parcular order. These adjustments are not made in real me unless Auto apply box is checked.
To apply the scene to the system click APPLY
API telnet commands can be sent to the IPLinx system from the web GUI under the SCENES, TX/RX SETTINGS and
CONTROLLER SETTINGS menu tab. This is a useful tool to determine if telnet commands sent to the system invokes
the appropriate system response. An API command log is also available to monitor system responses which can be
turned ON or OFF. If you want a comprehensive list of telnet and serial commands please refer to the
IPLinx Programming Guide which can be downloaded from the IPEXCB product page under the DOCUMENTATION
tab online at www.libav.com
To test a command enter the command into the blank form under Telnet API Command and click Apply.
Tesng Telnet API Commands

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Changing IPLinx Encoder and Decoder IP Addresses
The IPLinx IPEXCB control interface automacally assigns IP addresses to encoders and decoders in an IPLinx system
when they are discovered by the IPEXCB. You can change these auto assigned IP addresses to an address scheme
of your choice by accessing the TX/RX SETTINGS menu.
Note: The web browser GUI only oers manual changes to encoder and decoder IP addresses individually. If you
have several encoders and decoders on an A/V network that need to be changed, it would be advised to make a
batch change in IPLinx Congurator. Instrucons for batch changes, see Batch Commands on page 50.
To change the IP address of the selected device, check the appropriate IP MODE opon then enter in the IP address,
Subnet Mask and Default Gateway as desired, then click APPLY
BEST PRACTICE: It is a best pracce to physically label the IPLinx encoder or decoder with the newly changed IP
address so it can be located easily on an A/V network for future use and service. If you do not remember the newly
changed IP address of the IPLinx device and cannot nd it on the A/V network, you will have to perform a factory
reset on the device.
To select an encoder or decoder on the A/V network check the buon next to the appropriate device under DEVICE
SETTINGS. To refresh this list click RELOAD.

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Changing IPEXCB IP Addresses
The IPLinx IPEXCB control interface is assigned with two default IP addresses; one for encoder (TX) / decoder (RX)
communicaon and one for telnet client / browser communicaon. To access the IP informaon for the IPEXCB
click on the CONTROLLER SETTINGS menu tab.
Conguraon les that have been built with IPLinx Congurator can be uploaded to the IPLinx system by using
Load Conguraon opon under CONTROLLER SETTINGS menu.
To load a conguraon le, select BROWSE to locate the le located on your computer or hard disk. Click APPLY to
inialize. Once a conguraon le has been loaded the previous conguraon le will be removed.
To change the IP address of either IP 1[TX and RX communicaon] and IP 2 [Telnet client and browser communicaon],
enter in the desired IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway then click APPLY. Aer pressing APPLY the
IPEXCB will reboot.
Best Pracce: It is a best pracce to reboot the network switch aer IP addresses have been changed on the
IPEXCB.
Loading IPLinx Congurator Files

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User Management
The User Management secon of the CONTROLLER SETTINGS menu will allow you to change your administrave
password as well as establishing up to ve user logins that can only access the IPLinx video system matrix. This is
ideal for users that need to route video signals from encoders to decoders but don’t need administrave login to
change system parameters.
To change the administrave password, type in the desired password in the PASSWORD eld under Administrave
User and click SAVE.
To create a user login, type in desired user name and password in the User Name and Password elds under
Common User List and click SAVE.

IPEXCB Installaon Guide
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Downloading IPLinx Congurator Soware
Making a PC Connecon
Running IPLinx Congurator Soware
The IPLinx Conguraon soware tool can be found on the IPEXCB product page under the SOFTWARE tab at
www.libav.com. Download the zip le and extract all les, then run the setup le (IPLinxCong_Setup.exe) on the
Windows PC that will be used to congure the IPEXCB and associated encoders and decoders.
Some IT administrators may prevent the IPLinx Cong soware from accessing the IP video network even though
the rewall permissions were approved. Please make sure that UDP ports 1234, 3333, 3334 and TCP ports 55000
through 56999 are open for proper access to the IP video network.
Connect a Windows PC to an open port on the A/V network switch with a Cat 5e patch cable.
Set a stac IP address for the Windows PC that is within the IP range of the IPEXCB (169.254.1.xxx) and set the
subnet mask to 255.255.0.0. See Logging into the web browser Graphical User Interface (GUI) on page 9.
Please contact an IT administrator if the PC cannot be assigned a stac IP address in this range.
Open the IPLinx Congurator soware. The link to the soware can be found in the Windows Start menu or on the
desktop if the opon was enabled during setup.
IPLinx Cong Soware Usage
If a rewall warning pops up, ck the check boxes for private and public networks.