Leightronix NET Series User manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................... 9
GENERAL NET SERIES FEATURES/SPECIFICATIONS.................................................... 10
NET SERIES MODEL FEATURES/SPECIFICATIONS ....................................................... 12
NET SERIES CONTROLLER FRONT PANEL.................................................................. 14
KEYPAD..........................................................................................................................14
DISPLAY.........................................................................................................................14
LEDS.............................................................................................................................14
NET SERIES CONTROLLER REAR PANEL.................................................................... 15
MINI-T-NET REAR PANEL ..............................................................................................15
NET-164 REAR PANEL ...................................................................................................15
NET-EC REAR PANEL ....................................................................................................16
CONTROLLER INSTALLATION & CONFIGURATION ............................................. 17
PACKING LIST .......................................................................................................... 17
MINI-T-NET INSTALLATION OVERVIEW...................................................................... 18
NET-164 INSTALLATION OVERVIEW........................................................................... 19
NET-EC INSTALLATION OVERVIEW............................................................................ 20
CONNECTING SIGNAL WIRING ................................................................................... 22
CONFIGURING ETHERNET NETWORK HOST MANAGEMENT ........................................... 24
CONNECTING CONTROLLER TO AN EXISTING ETHERNET NETWORK..................................24
CONNECTING CONTROLLER DIRECTLY TO A PC VIA ETHERNET ........................................25
CONFIRMING ETHERNET NETWORK CONFIGURATION.......................................................25
CONFIGURING FRONT PANEL SETTINGS ..................................................................... 26
ENTERING PASSWORD....................................................................................................26
ACCESSING THE CONFIGURATION SUBMENUS..................................................................27
SETTING CLOCK .............................................................................................................27
SETTING TIME ZONE.......................................................................................................28
CONFIGURING FALLBACK SETTING ..................................................................................29
CONFIGURING SWITCHER................................................................................................30
SETTING COM 1BAUD RATE FOR MINI-T-NET AND NET-164.........................................31
EDITING IP ADDRESS......................................................................................................31
EDITING SUBNET MASK...................................................................................................32
EDITING GATEWAY ADDRESS..........................................................................................33
EDITING DNS ADDRESSES..............................................................................................34
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION............................................. 37
WINNET MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS .............................................................. 37

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WINNET FIRST TIME INSTALL CHECKLIST .................................................................. 37
INSTALLING WINNET................................................................................................ 39
ABOUT THE MAIN WINDOW COMPONENTS .................................................................. 40
CONFIGURING THE MAIN WINDOW COMPONENTS........................................................ 44
CONFIGURING WINNET ............................................................................................ 47
ADDING CONTROLLER(S)TO LOCATIONS DATABASE.........................................................47
EDITING/DELETING CONTROLLER LOCATIONS..................................................................49
SETTING DEFAULT CONTROLLER.....................................................................................50
SETTING USER ACCOUNT RIGHTS (INCLUDING WINNET PASSWORD CHANGES)...............51
CHANGING FRONT PANEL PASSWORD .............................................................................53
CONFIGURING SITE INFORMATION AND CLOCK,UPDATING FIRMWARE,AND REBOOTING
CONTROLLER..................................................................................................................54
CONFIGURING LOG AUTO EMAIL SETTINGS......................................................................55
CREATING TEMPLATES FOR EXPORTING OR PRINTING PLAYLISTS.....................................57
CONFIGURING PAGE LAYOUTS FOR PLAYLISTS PRINTED FROM WINNET..........................59
CONFIGURING PRINTER AND PAPER SETTINGS FOR PLAYLISTS PRINTED FROM WINNET ..60
CONFIGURING USER-DEFINED PLAYLIST FIELD NAMES.....................................................61
SETTING WINNET VIEWING AND COMMUNICATION OPTIONS ............................................63
CONFIGURING CONTROLLER PROPERTIES .......................................................................67
CREATING DEVICE RESOURCES ......................................................................................72
CREATING SWITCH RESOURCES......................................................................................74
CREATING LIBRARY RESOURCES.....................................................................................76
SOFTWARE OPERATION ......................................................................................... 79
PERFORMING GENERAL WINNET OPERATIONS ........................................................... 79
OPENING AND LOGGING INTO WINNET............................................................................79
DISPLAYING WINNET VERSION NUMBER .........................................................................80
PRINTING PLAYLISTS FROM WINNET...............................................................................81
EXPORTING PLAYLISTS INTO MICROSOFT EXCEL®OR A COMMA DELIMITED FORMAT.........83
LOGGING OUT OF AND EXITING WINNET..........................................................................84
LOADING CONTROLLER IMAGES.......................................................................................84
UNLOADING CONTROLLER IMAGES ..................................................................................87
SCHEDULING A PLAYBACK EVENT .............................................................................. 88
ABOUT PLAYLIST WINDOW COMPONENTS........................................................................88
ADDING/EDITING/DELETING ALL EVENTS .........................................................................93
ADDING/EDITING DEVICE EVENTS....................................................................................96
PRO-BUS-Controlled Devices...............................................................................................96
GPI Device ............................................................................................................................98
DVply-Controlled Device .......................................................................................................99
ADDING/EDITING LIBRARY EVENTS ................................................................................101
PRO-BUS-Controlled Device Media................................................................................... 101

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DVply-Controlled Device Media..........................................................................................103
ADDING/EDITING SWITCH EVENTS.................................................................................104
SCHEDULING A RECORDING EVENT.......................................................................... 105
RECORDING WITHOUT A SWITCH ...................................................................................105
RECORDING WITH A SWITCH .........................................................................................106
DUBBING WITHOUT A SWITCH........................................................................................107
DUBBING WITH A SWITCH..............................................................................................108
SAVING CONTROLLER IMAGE FILES.......................................................................... 109
SENDING CONTROLLER IMAGE FILES ....................................................................... 111
USING CONTROL PANEL TO PERFORM IMMEDIATE DEVICE AND SWITCH ACTIONS ........ 112
VIEWING STATUS OF CONTROLLER................................................................................113
DISABLING/RE-ENABLING SCHEDULE ............................................................................114
CONTROLLING DEVICES AND VIEWING DEVICE STATUSES..............................................114
PERFORMING FORCED SWITCHES AND VIEWING SWITCHER STATUS ..............................117
RETRIEVING LOG FILES........................................................................................... 120
FRONT PANEL OPERATION .................................................................................. 123
ABOUT THE FRONT PANEL COMPONENTS ................................................................. 123
USING THE KEYPAD ......................................................................................................123
INTERPRETING THE STATUS LEDS................................................................................123
VIEWING STATUS SCREENS..................................................................................... 124
SWITCHER STATUS/TYPE..............................................................................................124
IP ADDRESS.................................................................................................................125
NET-164 AND NET-EC ONLY:DVPLY FIRMWARE VERSION...........................................125
SERIAL NUMBER AND FIRMWARE VERSION OF CONTROLLER..........................................125
SITE ID ........................................................................................................................125
REBOOTING CONTROLLER....................................................................................... 126
FORCING AN EVENT................................................................................................ 126
PERFORMING SWITCH ACTIONS............................................................................... 129
DISABLING/RE-ENABLING SCHEDULE ....................................................................... 130
FIRMWARE/SOFTWARE UPDATES....................................................................... 131
UPDATING NET SERIES CONTROLLER AND/OR DVPLY FIRMWARE.............................. 131
UPDATING WINNET SOFTWARE .............................................................................. 131
TROUBLESHOOTING.............................................................................................. 133
TROUBLESHOOTING SCHEDULE ............................................................................... 133
LOG FILE COMPONENTS ...............................................................................................133
USING THE LOG FILE TO TROUBLESHOOT YOUR SCHEDULE...........................................135
TROUBLESHOOTING HARDWARE .............................................................................. 137

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REPLACING THE BATTERY .............................................................................................137
CONTACTING LEIGHTRONIX TECHNICAL SUPPORT......................................................138
WARRANTY ............................................................................................................. 139
DECLARATION OF STANDARDS CONFORMITY.................................................. 140
FCC NOTICE ......................................................................................................... 140
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ............................................................................. 140
APPENDIX A: TCP/IP SETUP FOR WINDOWS 98 OS ........................................... 141
APPENDIX B: PRO-BUS INTERFACE CONNECTIONS......................................... 142
SET SWITCHES....................................................................................................... 143
ASSIGN INTERFACE AN ADDRESS...................................................................................143
CONFIGURE INTERFACE TO SEND CONTROL COMMANDS................................................143
ATTACH PRO-BUS TO CORRESPONDING DEVICE ..................................................... 143
CONNECT PRO-BUS TO CONTROLLER AND OTHER PRO-BUS INTERFACES............... 144
GLOSSARY .............................................................................................................. 145
INDEX ....................................................................................................................... 148

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LIST OF TABLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
ILLUSTRATION 1, MINI-T-NET FRONT PANEL..................................................................................... 14
ILLUSTRATION 2, NET-164 FRONT PANEL.......................................................................................... 14
ILLUSTRATION 3, NET-EC FRONT PANEL........................................................................................... 14
ILLUSTRATION 4, MINI-T-NET REAR PANEL ....................................................................................... 15
ILLUSTRATION 5, NET-164 REAR PANEL ............................................................................................ 15
ILLUSTRATION 6, NET-EC REAR PANEL ............................................................................................. 16
ILLUSTRATION 7, MINI-T-NET TYPICAL PLAYBACK SYSTEM DIAGRAM ......................................... 18
ILLUSTRATION 8, NET-164 TYPICAL PLAYBACK SYSTEM DIAGRAM .............................................. 19
ILLUSTRATION 9, NET-EC TYPICAL PLAYBACK SYSTEM DIAGRAM ............................................... 21
ILLUSTRATION 10, NET SERIES BOOTWARE SCREEN ..................................................................... 23
ILLUSTRATION 11, NET SERIES CONTROLLER BOOT PROGRESS SCREENS .............................. 23
TABLE 1, ETHERNET LED INDICATORS AND DESCRIPTIONS ......................................................... 25
ILLUSTRATION 12, NET SERIES PASSWORD ENTRY SCREEN........................................................ 26
ILLUSTRATION 13, NET SERIES MAIN MENU SCREEN ..................................................................... 26
TABLE 2, CONFIGURING CONTROLLER CLOCK FROM FRONT PANEL .......................................... 27
TABLE 3, CONFIGURING CONTROLLER’S TIME ZONE FROM FRONT PANEL................................ 28
TABLE 4, SETTING FALLBACK SETTINGS FROM FRONT PANEL..................................................... 29
TABLE 5, SETTING SWITCHER TYPE FROM FRONT PANEL............................................................. 30
TABLE 6, CONFIGURING SERIAL PORT BAUD RATE FROM FRONT PANEL................................... 31
TABLE 7, EDITING IP ADDRESS FROM FRONT PANEL...................................................................... 31
TABLE 8, EDITING SUBNET MASK FROM FRONT PANEL.................................................................. 32
TABLE 9, EDITING GATEWAY ADDRESS FROM FRONT PANEL....................................................... 33
TABLE 10, EDITING DNS ADDRESSES FROM FRONT PANEL .......................................................... 34
ILLUSTRATION 14, LEIGHTRONIX HTML PAGE .................................................................................. 39
ILLUSTRATION 15, WINNET MAIN WINDOW ....................................................................................... 40
ILLUSTRATION 16, MENU BAR.............................................................................................................. 41
TABLE 11, MENU BAR ITEMS ................................................................................................................ 41
ILLUSTRATION 17, MAIN TOOLBAR ..................................................................................................... 43
TABLE 12, TOOLBAR ITEMS.................................................................................................................. 43
ILLUSTRATION 18, “VIEW” MENU ......................................................................................................... 44
ILLUSTRATION 19, SCHEDULE COLUMNS “CONFIGURATION” MENU ............................................ 45
ILLUSTRATION 20, RESIZING PLAYLIST COLUMN ............................................................................. 46
ILLUSTRATION 21, “CONTROLLER LOCATIONS” WINDOW............................................................... 47
ILLUSTRATION 22, “ADD NEW LOCATION” WINDOW......................................................................... 47
ILLUSTRATION 23, “CONTROLLER LOCATIONS” WINDOW............................................................... 48

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ILLUSTRATION 24, “EDIT LOCATION” WINDOW ..................................................................................49
ILLUSTRATION 25, CONTROLLER LOCATION MENU .........................................................................49
ILLUSTRATION 26, “SELECT CONTROLLER LOCATION” WINDOW ..................................................50
ILLUSTRATION 27, “USER ACCOUNTS” WINDOW ..............................................................................51
TABLE 13, USER RIGHTS .......................................................................................................................52
ILLUSTRATION 28, “SET FRONT PANEL PASSWORD” WINDOW ......................................................53
ILLUSTRATION 29, “CONTROLLER” DIALOG BOX...............................................................................54
ILLUSTRATION 30, “MAIL SERVER SETTINGS” ...................................................................................55
ILLUSTRATION 31, “EXPORT/PRINT TEMPLATES” WINDOW.............................................................57
ILLUSTRATION 32, “PAGE SETUP” WINDOW.......................................................................................59
ILLUSTRATION 33, EXAMPLE PLAYLIST ..............................................................................................59
ILLUSTRATION 34, “PRINT SETUP” WINDOW ......................................................................................60
ILLUSTRATION 35, EXAMPLE OF PLAYLIST WITH USER DEFINED FIELDS ....................................61
ILLUSTRATION 36, “USER DEFINED DATA” WINDOW ........................................................................61
ILLUSTRATION 37, “EDIT FIELD OPTIONS” WINDOW .........................................................................62
ILLUSTRATION 38, “APPLICATION” TAB WINDOW ..............................................................................63
ILLUSTRATION 39, “COLORS” TAB WINDOW.......................................................................................64
ILLUSTRATION 40, “COMMUNICATIONS” TAB WINDOW ....................................................................65
ILLUSTRATION 41, “RESOURCE EDITOR” TAB WINDOW...................................................................65
ILLUSTRATION 42, “SCHEDULE” TAB WINDOW ..................................................................................66
ILLUSTRATION 43, MINI-T-NET CONTROL PROPERTY SETTINGS ...................................................67
ILLUSTRATION 44, NET-164 CONTROL PROPERTY SETTINGS ........................................................68
ILLUSTRATION 45, NET-EC CONTROL PROPERTY SETTINGS .........................................................70
ILLUSTRATION 46, DEVICE PROPERTIES WINDOW...........................................................................72
ILLUSTRATION 47, SWITCH PROPERTIES WINDOW..........................................................................74
ILLUSTRATION 48, LIBRARY PROPERTIES WINDOW.........................................................................76
ILLUSTRATION 49, WINNET DESKTOP ICON.......................................................................................79
ILLUSTRATION 50, LOGIN DIALOG BOX...............................................................................................79
ILLUSTRATION 51, ABOUT WINNET WINDOW.....................................................................................80
ILLUSTRATION 52, “SELECT EXPORT/PRINT TEMPLATE” WINDOW ................................................81
ILLUSTRATION 53, “PRINT” WINDOW ...................................................................................................82
ILLUSTRATION 54, “SAVE AS” WINDOW ..............................................................................................83
ILLUSTRATION 55, “SELECT EXPORT/PRINT TEMPLATE” WINDOW ................................................84
ILLUSTRATION 56, OPEN IMAGE FILE WINDOW.................................................................................85
ILLUSTRATION 57, OPEN IMAGE FILE AS NEW WINDOW .................................................................86
ILLUSTRATION 58, RECEIVE IMAGE DIALOG BOX .............................................................................87
ILLUSTRATION 59, IMAGE STATUS WINDOW .....................................................................................87

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ILLUSTRATION 60, PLAYLIST WINDOW............................................................................................... 88
ILLUSTRATION 61, WINNET-LT TAB EVENT PANE ............................................................................. 89
TABLE 14, CONTROLLER TAB CONFIGURATIONS............................................................................. 90
TABLE 15, EVENT DISPLAY COLUMN FIELDS .................................................................................... 91
ILLUSTRATION 62, DAY/MISC TAB EVENT PROPERTIES BOX ......................................................... 93
ILLUSTRATION 63, WINNET-LT EVENT PROPERTIES BOX............................................................... 94
ILLUSTRATION 64, PRO-BUS-CONTROLLED DEVICE EVENT PROPERTIES WINDOW ................. 96
TABLE 16, EDITABLE PRO-BUS-CONTROLLED DEVICE EVENT FIELDS......................................... 97
ILLUSTRATION 65, GPI DEVICE EVENT PROPERTIES WINDOW...................................................... 98
TABLE 17, EDITABLE GPI DEVICE EVENT FIELDS ............................................................................. 98
ILLUSTRATION 66, DVPLY-CONTROLLED DEVICE EVENT PROPERTIES WINDOW...................... 99
TABLE 18, EDITABLE DVPLY-CONTROLLED DEVICE EVENT FIELDS............................................ 100
ILLUSTRATION 67, PRO-BUS-CONTROLLED DEVICE MEDIA EVENT PROPERTIES WINDOW... 101
TABLE 19, EDITABLE PRO-BUS-CONTROLLED DEVICE MEDIA EVENT FIELDS .......................... 101
ILLUSTRATION 68, DVPLY-CONTROLLED DEVICE MEDIA EVENT PROPERTIES WINDOW ....... 103
TABLE 20, EDITABLE DVPLY-CONTROLLED DEVICE MEDIA EVENT FIELDS ............................... 103
ILLUSTRATION 69, SWITCH EVENT PROPERTIES WINDOW .......................................................... 104
TABLE 21, EDITABLE SWITCH EVENT FIELDS.................................................................................. 105
ILLUSTRATION 70, EXAMPLE OF TYPICAL SETUP FOR RECORDING SIGNAL FEED WITHOUT
SWITCH ................................................................................................................................................. 105
ILLUSTRATION 71, EXAMPLE OF TYPICAL SETUP FOR RECORDING SIGNAL FEED WITH
SWITCH ................................................................................................................................................. 106
ILLUSTRATION 72, EXAMPLE OF TYPICAL SETUP FOR DUBBING WITHOUT SWITCH ............... 107
ILLUSTRATION 73, EXAMPLE OF TYPICAL SETUP FOR DUBBING WITH A SWITCH ................... 108
ILLUSTRATION 74, “SAVE AS” WINDOW............................................................................................ 110
ILLUSTRATION 75, “SEND CONTROLLER IMAGE STATUS” WINDOW ........................................... 111
ILLUSTRATION 76, CONTROL PANEL WINDOW ............................................................................... 112
ILLUSTRATION 77, CONTROL PANEL DEVICE SORTING MENU .................................................... 113
ILLUSTRATION 78, CONTROL PANEL: CONTROLLER STATUS DISPLAY...................................... 113
ILLUSTRATION 79, CONTROL PANEL: VCR DEVICE CONTROL ..................................................... 114
ILLUSTRATION 80, CONTROL PANEL: DVD PLAYER DEVICE CONTROL...................................... 115
ILLUSTRATION 81, CONTROL PANEL: GPI DEVICE CONTROL....................................................... 115
ILLUSTRATION 82, CONTROL PANEL DVPLY DEVICE..................................................................... 116
ILLUSTRATION 83, MINI-T-NET FORCED SWITCH CONTROL......................................................... 117
ILLUSTRATION 84, NET-164 FORCED SWITCH CONTROL.............................................................. 117
ILLUSTRATION 85, NET-EC: THIRD PARTY SWITCHER FORCED SWITCH CONTROL ................ 118
ILLUSTRATION 86, NET-EC: PRO-8 FORCED SWITCH CONTROL.................................................. 118
ILLUSTRATION 87, NET-EC: PRO-16 FORCED SWITCH CONTROL................................................ 119

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ILLUSTRATION 88, WINNET LOG FILE OPENED IN NOTEPAD ....................................................... 120
TABLE 22, NET SERIES CONTROLLER FRONT PANEL LEDS......................................................... 123
ILLUSTRATION 89, MINI-T-NET SWITCHER STATUS SCREEN ....................................................... 124
ILLUSTRATION 90, NET-164 SWITCHER STATUS SCREEN ............................................................ 124
ILLUSTRATION 91, NET-EC SWITCHER TYPE AND SERIAL COMMUNICATION STATUS SCREEN124
ILLUSTRATION 92, NET SERIES IP ADDRESS STATUS SCREEN .................................................. 125
ILLUSTRATION 93, NET-164 AND NET-EC: DVPLY FIRMWARE VERSION STATUS SCREEN ..... 125
ILLUSTRATION 94, NET SERIES SERIAL NUMBER AND FIRMWARE VERSION STATUS SCREEN125
ILLUSTRATION 95, NET-164 SITE ID STATUS SCREEN EXAMPLE................................................. 125
TABLE 23, PERFORMING PRO-BUS/DVPLY CONTROL FUNCTION AND/OR SWITCH FROM
FRONT PANEL ...................................................................................................................................... 126
ILLUSTRATION 96, NET-164 EXAMPLE: DEVICE NUMBER SELECTED FOR FORCED EVENT ... 126
ILLUSTRATION 97, NET-164 EXAMPLE: ALL DEVICES SELECTED FOR FORCED EVENT .......... 127
ILLUSTRATION 98, NET-164 EXAMPLE: DVPLY NUMBER SELECTED FOR FORCED EVENT..... 127
ILLUSTRATION 99, NET-164 EXAMPLE: ALL DVPLY DEVICES SELECTED FOR FORCED EVENT127
ILLUSTRATION 100, NET-164 EXAMPLE: DEVICE FUNCTION SELECTED .................................... 127
ILLUSTRATION 101, NET-164 EXAMPLE: SWITCH INPUT NUMBER SELECTED........................... 127
ILLUSTRATION 102, NET-164 EXAMPLE: SWITCH OUTPUT NUMBER SELECTED....................... 128
ILLUSTRATION 103, NET-164 EXAMPLE: SWITCH DELAY TIME SELECTED................................. 128
TABLE 24, PERFORMING FORCED SWITCHES FROM FRONT PANEL.......................................... 129
ILLUSTRATION 104, WINNET LOG FILE EXAMPLE........................................................................... 135
ILLUSTRATION 105, WINNET MONDAY TAB ..................................................................................... 136
ILLUSTRATION 106, WINNET-LT TAB................................................................................................. 136
ILLUSTRATION 107, WINNET LOG FILE EVENT CONFLICT ............................................................ 137
ILLUSTRATION 108, EXAMPLE OF PRO-BUS INTERFACES CONNECTED TO A NET-164 AND
DEVICES................................................................................................................................................ 142
ILLUSTRATION 109, PRO-BUS INTERFACE ...................................................................................... 142
TABLE 25, PRO-BUS ADDRESS CONFIGURATION .......................................................................... 143
ILLUSTRATION 110, PRO-BUS DAISY CHAIN.................................................................................... 144