ViewCast Niagara 7550 User manual

1) Touch Power on the front touch panel. Aer the system
powers up the rst me, the following screen appears:
2) Touch Enter . The system prompts you to set the date.
3) To set the month, use the Up and Down
arrows to change the numerical value
of the month.
4) Touch Stop to move to the eld to the right. Touch Stream to move
to the eld to the le.
5) Use the same process to set the Day and Year unl you are sased
with your sengs.
6) Touch Enter to accept the sengs, and move to the next screen to
set the system clock.
7) Niagara systems use a 24-hour clock format for its system clock
entries. Use the Up, Down, and Stream buons to set the hour and
minute of the system clock.
8) Touch Enter to set the format. The screen appears conrming you
have successfully set up your Niagara system.
9) Touch Enter to exit the setup menu and reboot the system.
The following screen appears:
Quick Start Guide
Niagara®7550
Congratulaons on the purchase of your new Niagara 7550 system.
The following steps in this Quick Start Guide will help you set up and
congure your new streaming media system so you can begin stream-
ing or capturing video as quickly as possible. You can perform most of
the basic operaons from the touch panel. The Niagara web interface
also allows quick and easy access to its operaonal features. You must
modify any advanced setup opons of the encoders through this inter-
face before running an encoder session. Please refer to the User Guide
on the included CD for more detailed instrucons.
Complete the following steps to begin streaming:
AC power connector for 100-240 volts,
AC, 50-60 Hz
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Plug the power cable included with your
system into this connector and plug the
opposite end into an AC power source.
SDI video input 5
The high-denion and standard-denion
serial digital interface (SDI) is a professional
video input that may include embedded
audio. SDI uses a COAX cable with a BNC
connector.
Unbalanced audio input 7
These BNC connectors with RCA adapters
provide le and right stereo input. RCA
connectors (standard consumer stereo
audio connectors) are on most video
players and video cameras.
Balanced audio input 8
These XLR connectors provide le- and right-
balanced stereo inputs. High-end audio
and video equipment may have these
professional connectors.
AES/EBU digital audio input 6
There are two stereo pairs of AES/EBU
digital audio, AES1 and AES2.
RJ-45 Ethernet connector 2
The system has two network connectors.
Use either the primary or secondary
plugs to connect to your IP network.
The network sengs default to dynamically obtain an IP address from a
DHCP server on the network. For most network environments, you do
not need to modify these default sengs. If the system does not nd a
DHCP server or it remains unavailable on the network, it assigns its own
IP address.
Once connected to a network, you should be able to access the built-in
web server by browsing to the unique machine name (the serial number
is located on the boom or side of the system). You may also set the IP
address through the web interface.
If you do not have a DHCP network or you cannot connect to the system
through its DNS name, you can connect a monitor 4, mouse, and key-
board directly to USB ports 3. The system has a Microso Windows 7
desktop.
The rst me you power up the system, the system takes a few mo-
ments to boot up. The LCD display will present a series of menus that
will assist you in seng up the system clock and date.
10) From a separate computer on the same network as the Niagara
system, launch a web browser such as Internet Explorer and enter
the serial number or IP address of your system in the address bar.
The serial number can be located on the boom or the side of the
system in the format hdxxxxxxxx. The serial number and IP
address also appear on the LCD screens on the front panel.
11) Click in the User Name eld and enter admin as the user name.
Then click in the Password eld and enter admin as the password.
Finally, click Log In or press Enter.
12) Aer you enter your valid user name and password, the Welcome
window and menu bar appear.
13) To view available encoder proles, from the menu bar click
Encoders > All Encoders. This example demonstrates how to edit
a Windows Media encoder.
14) Click Edit to the le of the Windows Media encoder to open the
Encoder Properes window.
Video
2. Connect video and audio sources
Audio
3. Connect to an IP network
4. First start setup
1. Connect to an electrical power source
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Note: You may start a stream from the Encoders window by click-
ing the red circle in the Streaming column. This acon accepts the
current sengs for the device. The circle changes from red to blue
once you start streaming.

The Niagara 7550 Front Panel
Quick Start Guide
Niagara®7550
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D. Stereo Headphone Connecon
• The headphone connecon is for audio monitoring.
E. Stereo Headphone Connecon Volume Buons
• Controls the audio level output of the headphone connecon.
F. Preset ABC Buons
• Assign an encoder(s) to the A, B, or C buons.
• Touch A, B, or C then Stream to start the encoder(s).
• Touch A, B, or C then Stop to stop the encoder(s).
G. Stream
• Touch once to start the encoder that is highlighted/selected in the
LCD display.
H. Stop
• Touch once to stop the encoder that is highlighted/selected in the
LCD display.
I. Enter
• Controls menu operaons.
• Touch Enter or accept the menu choice highlighted on the
LCD display.
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A. Wide Screen Video Condence Monitor
• Displays incoming video source.
A. Audio Level Meter
• Indicates audio input presence.
C. Power Buon
• When the system is powered down, the power buon is sll
illuminated.
• Touch this buon once to turn on the system.
• Touch this buon twice to turn o the system.
• Touch and press for 8 seconds to execute an immediate power o.
D. Alarm
• Indicator light remains solid when an applicaon alert has
occurred.
E. Remote Control
• Indicator light remains solid when another user is accessing the
system across the network from a computer.
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F. Video Present
• This light illuminates yellow when the system is not encod-
ing. It is blue when a valid video signal is being encoded.
G. Alarm Informaon
• Touch to view a log of the most recent alarms recorded.
• Touch Enter to clear alarms from the log.
H. Menu
• Touch to acvate the system menu on the LCD display.
K. LCD Display
• The LCD display shows the status, system menu, and allows you to
perform basic funcons.
A. Up/Down Arrows
• Touch the Up or Down arrow to navigate through the LCD menu.
C. USB Port
• Allows the export of les to USB memory devices, installing
updates or rmware, or connecng USB devices.
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Use the following guide to familiarize yourself with the front panel controls.
15) On the Video tab, verify video Input is SerialDigital and set the size
to CIF.
16) Click the Audio tab and set audio Source to SDI Input 1.
17) Click the Output tab. By default, the Enable Pull check box is enabled
and the Pull from Port eld contains the port number 7007.
18) If not desired, clear the Save to File check box. Click Submit.
19) When the Operaon Successful window appears, click OK. Test this
streaming prole from the Encoders window by clicking the red-
circle in the Streaming column for this encoder prole.
20) Open Windows Media Player from your desktop. Posion the cursor
to the le of the Now Playing opon, right click, and select File >
Open URL.
21) Enter the serial number and port number (in the format
hp://hdxxxxxxxx:7007) in the Open URL window. Press
Enter. Your streaming video from the system displays in the
Windows Media Player window.
Note: You may also use the front panel menu and Streaming
buon to start streaming. See the User Guide for step-by-
step instrucons.
4. First start setup continued
Note: The Niagara 7550 supports streaming output resolu-
ons up to 1280 x 720.
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