Visionary Solutions PacketAV D4000 User manual

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E4000•D4000UserManual

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1
NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES................................................................... 1
NetworkProtocols..........................................................................................................................1
NetworkRequirements ..................................................................................................................2
ImplementationConsiderations .....................................................................................................4
INSTALLATIONANDCONNECTIONS(SYSTEMEXAMPLES) ......................................................... 6
OneSourcetoOneDisplay .............................................................................................................7
OneSourcetoManyDisplays.........................................................................................................7
ManySourcestoManyDisplays.....................................................................................................8
ManySourcestoManyDisplayswithUSBoverIP(KVM) ..............................................................9
VideoWall ....................................................................................................................................10
NETWORKDISCOVERY .................................................................................................. 10
CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................... 13
ConfiguringEncoderandDecoderIPAddresses ..........................................................................13
ConfiguringStreamSettings(Manually).......................................................................................14
USBoverIP(KVM) ........................................................................................................................15
RS‐232overIP...............................................................................................................................16
VideoFormatSetting–DecodersOnly ..........................................................................................17
AudioConnections .......................................................................................................................18
VideoWall ....................................................................................................................................18
ENCODEROPTIONS ...................................................................................................... 19
E4000DeviceTab .........................................................................................................................19
E4000NetworkTab ......................................................................................................................20
E4000ConfigurationTab ..............................................................................................................21
E4000SystemTab ........................................................................................................................23
DECODEROPTIONS ...................................................................................................... 24
D4000DeviceTab .........................................................................................................................24
D4000NetworkTab......................................................................................................................25
D4000ConfigurationTab..............................................................................................................26
D4000SystemTab ........................................................................................................................29
CONTROL ................................................................................................................... 29
VisionLite .....................................................................................................................................29
ThirdPartyControlDrivers...........................................................................................................34
API ................................................................................................................................................34
TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................... 35
LEDIndicators ...............................................................................................................................35
CheckingtheFirmware.................................................................................................................35
Support .........................................................................................................................................35
FactoryDefaultSettings ...............................................................................................................35
PRODUCTSPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................. 36

VisionarySolutions,NetworkAVSolutions 1
E4000•D4000USERMANUAL INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
VisionarySolutions4KUHDoverIPcinemaquality,ultra‐lowlatency[~1frame‐visuallylossless]encoderanddecoderbypassthe
constraintsoftraditionalswitchmatrixdistributionsystemsbyharnessingtheflexibilityandscalabilityofconvergedIPnetworks.
Withthegrowingdemandfor4KUHDvideo,professionalAVdesignersandITdirectors–inanincreasinglyconvergedAV/IT
environment–canuseVisionarySolutionsproductsasanalternativetoconventionaldistributionsystems.
Visionary’sPackeTV®andPacketAV®productscanbedeployedonanyindustrystandardIPnetwork.Theycanbeusedonexisting
enterpriseIPnetworksoronaphysicallyseparateparallelnetwork[privatenetwork]tooffloadtraffic,usingthesamenetwork
protocols,methods,anddevicesbutwithoutinterminglingvideotrafficwithdataorvoice,andwithequaleaseofinstallation.
Anencoderisconnectedtoan[HDMI]AVsourcesignal[acamera,STB,mediaplayer,PCorserver,BluRayplayer,ordigitalsignage
player,etc.].Thesignalisconvertedintoapacketizednetworkstreamthatiscompatiblewithoff‐the‐shelfIGMPenabledGigabit
Ethernet(GbE)switches(JumboFramesenabled).UsinganexistingCAT5/6 infrastructure,userscanconnectCAT5/6 toanydecoder
anywhereonthesameGbEnetwork.ThedecodertakestheIPpacketsreceivedoverCAT5/6 cables,convertsthembackintoan
HDMIsignalconnectingdirectlytoadisplay,deliveringvisuallylosslessvideoalongwithUSBoverIP(KVM)andRS‐232overIP
controls.Asignalfromanyencodercanbesenttoanydecoderonthesamenetwork.Thesignalscaneasilybecontrolledwithour
VisionLitesoftwaretocreatedifferentoutputsonthedisplayside,includingvideowallormatrixswitching.
NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES
Thissectionisintendedtoprovideabasicunderstandingofapplicablenetworkingtechnologiesandtheinfrastructurerequirements
neededforasuccessfulVisionarySolutionsE4000/D4000systeminstallation,andtoensurearapiddeploymentandseamless
integration.Manynetworkissuescanbeminimizedorsolvedbeforetheyoccurwithappropriateknowledgeandproperplanning.
TheE4000/D4000willworkwithmostnon‐blocking,IGMPwithIGMPSnooping,8KorbetterJumboPacket1GbEnetworkswitches.
Atleastonelayer‐3switchwithIGMP‐querycapabilityisrequired.ForPIM(multicastrouting)ofE4000/D4000videostreams,the
networkswitcheswouldneedtobecapableofPIM(Sparse,Dense,orSparse‐Dense).
DonotconnectanyencodersordecoderstoaswitchuntiltheswitchisconfiguredformulticastingandIGMPSnoopingisenabled.
Checkwithyourswitchmanufacturerforthedefaultconfigurationsettings.
NETWORKPROTOCOLS
Alldataonanetworkisencapsulatedinpackets,accordingtotheTCP/IPprotocols.Datapacketsareroutedthroughthenetworkto
theirdestination(s)byswitchesusinginformationintheheaderofIPpackets.Transmissioncanbeunicastormulticast.Unicast
transmissionsarepoint‐to‐point,fromasinglesourcetoasingledestination.Multicasttransmissionsoriginatefromasingledevice
andarereceivedbyagroupofdevicesonthenetwork,accordingtotheInternetGroupManagementProtocol(IGMP).Multicast
transmissionisidealforbandwidth‐intensiveapplicationsuchasmediadistributionasitallowsforefficientuseofnetwork
bandwidth.Onlyasinglecopyofthedataisdistributedtomultipledestinations.Ontheotherhand,unicastdistributionofmediato
multipledestinationsisanextremelyinefficientuseofnetworkbandwidthbecauseduplicatecopiesofthedataaresent,point‐to‐
point,fromthesourcetoeachdestination.E4000/D4000devicesmakeuseofthemulticastprotocol.
MoreinformationconcerningIGMPmaybefoundheret:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Multicast#Internet_Group_Management_Protocol
Therearetwowaystoimplementmulticastroutingwhenusingourequipment:
•IGMP(InternetGroupManagementProtocol):Allowsvideostreams(groups)tobedynamicallyroutedonlytothoseports
requestingthevideostream.TheIGMPfeaturepreventsthemulticastvideotrafficfromfloodingthenetworkandcan
significantlyreducetrafficinalayer‐3network.Thisistherecommendedsettingforourequipment.
•PIM(ProtocolIndependentMulticast):FunctionsindependentlyofIProutingprotocol.PIMDenseMode(PIM‐DM)isless
preferredforthisapplicationbecauseitfloodsthenetworkusingunicastroutingprotocolstobuildroutingtables.Formore
information,visit:http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Multicast#Protocol‐Independent_Multicast.

E4000•D4000USERMANUAL NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES
VisionarySolutions,NetworkAVSolutions 2
NETWORKREQUIREMENTS
ForhelpdeterminingthenetworkrequirementsforyourVisionarySolutionsinstallation,pleasecontact[email protected].
SWITCHSPEED
TheE4000/D4000requirestheswitchtobeGbE.E4000/D4000technologyisusedtotransmitvisuallylossless8~10:1compressed
videoupto4KalongwithotherAVsignalssuchasaudio,USB,andcontrolsignals.Forvideoalone,thismeansrawbandwidthofup
to800Mbpsfor4K.
CHOOSINGANETHERNETSWITCH
Switchesmustsupportthesefunctions:
•Multicastforwardingorfiltering
•JumboFrames(enabled)
•IGMPSnooping
•IGMPQuerier
•IGMPSnoopingFastLeave
Iftheswitchesareusedformulti‐switchnetworking,theymustalsosupportPIMRouting(Sparse,Dense,orSparse‐Dense).
Thesefeaturesmaybehelpfulaswell:
•Dynamicmulticastrouterport
•Forwardingunknownmulticasttomulticastrouterportsonly
Anynetworkswitchshouldhaveabackplanecapacityofatleast(2x1000‐MbpsxN)whereNisthenumberofportsontheswitch
passingthevideotraffic.Forexample,a24‐portswitchwhereallavailableportsmaybeusedtopassvideotrafficshouldhavea(2x
1000x24)=48Gbpsbackplane.OnechannelofE4000videocanbesentorreceivedfromeachportinthisswitchexamplealthough
fullbandwidthmaynotbeusedatanyonetime.
Themaximumdistancebetweendevicesis100m(328ft)overCAT5eorbettercable.Thisdistancecanbeextendedinincrementsof
100m(328ft)byusingagigabitswitchasarepeaterbetweendevices.Coppertofiberadapterscanextendthemaximumdistance
betweendevicesupto10kmthroughtheuseoffiber.
SincedifferentbrandsandmodelsofswitchesperformdifferentlywhenhandlingmulticastIPpackets,functionalverificationand
pressuretestingarealsorecommendedinanyinstallation.Switchesthatperformwellinsmallerinstallationsmaynotworkwellin
largerinstallations.Recommendedconfigurationsettingsmayvarybasedonyourswitch.
Visionaryofferssampleswitchconfigurationfiles,optimizedforNetworkAV,forcertainswitchbrands/modelsfortestingpurposes.
Contact[email protected]toobtainthefiles.

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E4000•D4000USERMANUAL NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES
SWITCHGUIDELINES
1. EnableIGMPqueryingandsnooping(setIGMPVersiontoIGMPV2iftheswitchiscapable).To enablethetransmissionofa
sourcetomultipledestinations,E4000/D4000devicesmakeuseofmulticast.Thedefaultbehaviorofalayer‐2switchisto
broadcastthosepackets,whichmeansthateverypacketwillbetransmittedtoallpossibledestinations.IGMPsnoopingchecks
IGMPpacketspassingthroughthenetwork,picksoutthegroupregistration,andconfiguresmulticastingaccordingly.Alayer‐2
switchsupportingIGMPSnoopingcanpassivelysnooponIGMPQuery,Report,andLeave(IGMPversion2)packetstransferred
betweenIPmulticastrouters/switchesandIPmulticasthoststodeterminetheIPmulticastgroupmembership.Thisiswhyany
networkswitchusedwithE4000/D4000mustsupportIGMPSnooping.OurendpointsuseIGMPprotocoltoassigntheend
pointsintomulticastgroupsandtherouterusesIGMPsnoopingtoefficientlyroutemulticastpacketsonlytothereceiversthat
wanttoreceivethem.
IGMPSnoopingisusedtoidentifymulticastIPpackets,assignIPpacketsintomulticastgroupssothattherouteronlysendsto
devicesthatwanttoreceivethepackets,establishmembershipinamulticastgroup,andregisteraroutertoreceivedesignated
multicasttraffic.Multicastfilteringisachievedbydynamicgroupcontrolmanagement.ManyswitcheshavetheIGMPSnooping
featuredisabledbydefaultandmanualconfigurationisrequired.Often,checkingtheEnableIGMPSnoopingoptionistheonly
settingneededtoenableIGMPSnooping.ImplementingIGMPSnoopingisvendorspecificandadditionalconfigurationisoften
needed.
IGMPSnoopingQuerierisusedtosendoutgroupmembershipqueriesonatimedinterval,retrieveIGMPmembershipreports
fromactivemembers,andupdatethegroupmembershiptables.TheLeaveGrouppacketissentwhenadevicewantstoleavea
group.
Becausemulticastingvideotrafficcanfloodanetworkandsignificantlyreducetheflowoftraffic,itisimportanttoensurethat
yournetworkinfrastructureandbackboneswitchessupportIGMPSnoopingsothatyourcorenetworkisabletoignorethetraffic
streamsmulticastingcangenerate.Bydefault,allmulticasttrafficshouldbeblockeduntilrequestedbyamulticastgroup
member.WithoutIGMPQuerying/Snooping,multicasttrafficistreatedinthesamemannerasabroadcasttransmission,which
forwardspacketstoallportsonthenetwork.WithIGMPQuerying/Snooping,multicasttrafficisonlyforwardedtoportsthat
aremembersofthatmulticastgroup.IGMPSnoopinggeneratesnoadditionalnetworktraffic,whichsignificantlyreducesthe
multicasttrafficpassingthroughyourswitch.
Note:Someswitchesrequirethattheroutingtablebepre‐loadedsothattheswitchdoesnothavetointerrogateeachIPpacketto
determineitsdestination.Staticroutingcanbeusedtoroutemulticasttraffic.ProtocolssimilartoGenericRoutingEncapsulation
(GRE)canbeusedtoencapsulatemulticastpacketsinunicastwrappersforpoint‐to‐pointtransmissionbetweenswitches,and
whenthepacketsarriveatthedestinationIPaddress,theunicastwrapperisremoved.
2. EnableFastLeave.TheswitchmayalsosupportIGMPSnoopingFastLeave,whichshortensthetimetakesforadevicetoleavea
groupandbemadeavailabletojointoadifferentgroup.Aswitchcanbeinformedthatadevicewantstoleaveamulticast
channelbysendingitaIGMPLeaveGrouppacket.Oncereceived,thetimeittakesfortheswitchtoapplythenewconfiguration
mayvaryfromoneswitchtoanother.MostswitcheshaveaFastleaveconfigurationoption.Whenenabled,Fastleavespeedsup
thetimeneededforaportassignedtoonemulticastgrouptoleavethegroupandjoinadifferentmulticastgroup.This
significantlyreducesthevideoswitchingtime.AlwaysenabletheFastleaveoptionwhenitisavailable.
3. Allowmulticasttrafficonallnetworkportsthroughwhichvideostreamspass.
4. EnsurecurrentAccessControlLists(ACLs)arenotfilteringmulticastorcontroltraffic.
5. RemoveFlowControland/orStormControlonanynetworkportpassingthevideostream.
6. EnableVLANstoseparatevideotrafficfromdataandvoice.
7. EnableJumboFrames.
8. DisableGreenEthernet(orefficiencymode).Someswitcheshavetheabilitytolowerthepowerconsumptionontheportsasa
“Green”feature.Thiscancauseissueswithbandwidthintensivedevices(likeourencodersanddecoders).

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IMPLEMENTATIONCONSIDERATIONS
E4000/D4000devicescanbeinstalledonaphysicallyseparatenetworkorconvergedontoanexistingGbEnetwork.When
implementing,itisimportanttodecideattheearlieststagesofplanningifthesystemwillbeintegratedintotherestofthenetwork
orifitwillresideonadedicatedAVnetwork.Eachhasitsownadvantagesanddisadvantages,butwhereverpossiblewerecommend
theuseofadedicatedAVswitch.Usingtheexistingnetworkisofcoursepossible–butitaddsextracomplexitytotheinstallationand
oftenremovescontrolofthenetworkingequipmentfromthesite’sAVstafforinstaller.
Thefirstthingtoconsiderishowmuchcontroltheinstallandsiteteamshaveoverthenetworkconfiguration.Dotheyhaveaccess
andclearancetochangethemanagedswitchconfigurationsonthefly?Isthenetworkadministratorwillingtomakethenecessary
changestosupportmulticastandIGMPtrafficontheirnetwork?WilltheyallowthecreationofaVLANorchangetheirexisting
VLANconfigurationtosupporttherequiredconfiguration?Iftheanswertothesequestionsisno,thenitishighlyrecommendedthat
thesystembeinstalledonaseparatededicatednetworkswitch.Ifthisisnotanoption,thenaconversationneedstotakeplacewith
thenetworkadminstafftoensuretheyareawareoftherequirements.
INSTALLINGONACONVERGEDNETWORK
Figure1illustrateshowE4000/D4000endpointscanbeinstalledonanexisting(converged)network.Whenusingexisting
infrastructure,adedicatedVLANisrecommendedtoseparatetheAVtrafficfromothernetworkdata.Allswitchesthatwillhandle
AVtrafficmustbe1GbEcapableperthespecificationsinNetworkRequirements.
Visionaryrecommendsthatallencodersbeturnedoffbeforeconnectingtoanexistingnetwork.Onceconnected,encoderscanbe
turnedononeatatimetodeterminenetworkimpact.
Figure1.ConvergedNetworkDiagram

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Figure2illustrateshowE4000/D4000endpointscanbeinstalledonadedicatednetwork.Adedicatednetworkisrecommendedfor
transmittingAVoverIP.Weoffervariousmodelsofpre‐configuredswitchesforresaletoourpartners.Theseswitchesareshipped
pre‐configuredforAVoverIPfromthefactory.Pleasecontact[e-mail]formoreinformation.
Figure2.DedicatedNetworkDiagram
SINGLESWITCHNETWORKING
Singleswitchnetworkingcanbeusedwhentherearenomorethan100m(328ft)fromthecentraldistributionpoint.Anynetwork
switchshouldhaveabackplanecapacityofatleast(2x1000‐MbpsxN)whereNisthenumberofportsontheswitchpassingthe
videotraffic.Forexample,a24‐portswitchwhereallavailableportsmaybeusedtopassvideotrafficshouldhavea(2x1000x24)=
48Gbpsbackplane.

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Themaximumdistancebetweendevicesis100m(328ft)overCAT5eorbettercable.Thisdistancecanbeextendedinincrementsof
100m(328ft)byusingagigabitswitchasarepeaterbetweendevices.Coppertofiberadapterscanextendthemaximumdistance
betweendevicesupto10kmthroughtheuseoffiber.
Whenusingmultipleswitches,werecommendatleast10Gbpsbi‐directionalconnectionsbetweenswitches.
•(LinkBandwidth)/(800Mbps)=Numberofsimultaneousstreamsacrosslinkfor4Kand(LinkBandwidth)/(200Mbps)=Number
ofsimultaneousstreamsacrosslinkfor1080p.
•Themaximumnumberofstreamspossiblebetweenswitches=linkbandwidth(10Gbps)/800Mbps(for4K)xnumberof
encoders(or200Mbpsfor1080p).
•For4Kstreaming,thetotalnumberofstreams(800xn)mustbe≤10,000.
•For1080pstreaming,thetotalnumberofstreams(200xn)mustbe≤10,000.
INSTALLATIONANDCONNECTIONS(SYSTEMEXAMPLES)
Thissectionprovidesinstallationandconnectioninstructionsforfiveconfigurationexamples.Foreachencoderanddecoderinthe
systemexamplesbelow,followthesestep‐by‐stepconnectioninstructions.
1. UseanHDMIcabletoconnecttheAVsourcetotheHDMIInputportontheencoderunit.
2. ConnectanHDMIcablefromthedisplaytotheHDMIOutputportonthedecoderunit.
3. ConnectaCAT5(orbetter)cablefromtheEthernetportontheencoderunittothenetworkswitch.
4. ConnectaCAT5(orbetter)cablefromtheEthernetportonthedecoderunittothenetworkswitch.
5. Connecttheincluded5VDCpowersuppliestoboththeencoderanddecoderunits.ConnecttheincludedACpowercordsfrom
thepowersuppliestoavailableelectricaloutlets.

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ONESOURCETOONEDISPLAY
Inthisbasicinstallationscenario,sendingvideofromasinglesourcetoasingledisplay,asingleencoderanddecoder(point‐to‐
point)canbelinkeddirectlytogetheroroveranetwork.Iflinkeddirectly,theCAT5eorbettercablelinkingthedevicesshouldnot
runmorethan100m(328ft).
Thedevicesdonotconnectautomaticallyandmustfirstbeconfiguredthroughembeddedwebinterfaces.Thissteprequiresa
connectiontoanetwork.Oncethedevicesarelinkedonthenetwork,theycanbeconnecteddirectly.SeesectionConfiguration.
Figure3.OneSourcetoOneDisplayDiagram
ONESOURCETOMANYDISPLAYS
Sendingvideofromasinglesourcetomultipledisplaysrequiresanetworkswitch.Asingleencodercanbelinkedtomultiple
decoders(point‐to‐multipoint)overanetwork.Implementingaonetomanyinstallationsdramaticallydecreasestheamountof
equipmentrequiredatthesourcelocation.
Theencoderandeachdecodercanbelocatednomorethan100m(328ft)fromtheswitch.
Figure4.OneSourcetoManyDisplaysDiagram

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MANYSOURCESTOMANYDISPLAYS
Sendingvideofrommultiplesourcestomultipledisplaysrequiresanetworkswitch.Multipleencoderscanbelinkedtomultiple
decoders(multipoint‐to‐multipoint)overanetwork.Themanyencoderstomanydisplaysconfigurationallowsalmostanynumber
ofsourcesanddisplays.Multipleswitchescanbelinkedbyfiber,providingflexibilityandscalability,andexpandingthesizeand
reachoftheconfigurationtoapracticallylimitlessscale.
Eachencoderandeachdecodercanbelocatednomorethan100m(328ft)fromtheswitch.
Figure5.ManySourcestoManyDisplaysDiagram

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MANYSOURCESTOMANYDISPLAYSWITHUSBOVERIP(KVM)
Allowinguserstoremotelyaccessandcontrolcomputersfrommultiplesourceswithmultipledisplaysrequiresanetworkswitch.
Multipleencoderscanbelinkedtomultipledecoders(multipoint‐to‐multipoint)overanetwork.Themanyencoderstomany
displaysconfigurationallowsalmostanynumberofsourcesanddisplays.Multipleswitchescanbelinkedbyfiber,providing
flexibilityandscalability,andexpandingthesizeandreachoftheconfigurationtoapracticallylimitlessscale.
Eachencoderandeachdecodercanbelocatednomorethan100m(328ft)fromtheswitch.
Figure6.ManySourcestoManyDisplayswithUSBoverIPDiagram

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VIDEOWALL
Thevideowallconfigurationrequiresanetworkswitchtodisplaymultiplevideosourcestomanydisplaysorasingledisplayinany
combinationofvideostreams.Multipleencoderscanbelinkedtomultipledecoders(multipoint‐to‐multipoint)overthenetwork.
Thevideowallconfigurationallowsalmostanynumberofsourcesanddisplays.Multipleswitchescanbelinkedbyfiber,providing
flexibilityandscalability,andexpandingthesizeandreachoftheconfigurationtoapracticallylimitlessscale.
Eachencoderandeachdecodercanbelocatednomorethan100m(328ft)fromtheswitch.
Figure7.VideoWallDiagram
NETWORKDISCOVERY
DiscoveryourE4000/D4000endpointsonthenetwork.
Bydefault,theencodersanddecodersareshippedfromthefactoryinDHCPmodewithAutoIPFailover.InDHCPmode,each
encoderanddecoderunitisautomaticallyassignedauniqueIPaddressbytheDHCPserver.IfthereisnoDHCPserveronthe
network,theencodersanddecoders(afteraboutoneminute)will“failover”toAutoIPmodewhereeachencoderanddecoderunit
assignsitselfauniqueIPaddresswithintherangeof169.254.1.0–169.254.254.255,witha255.255.0.0subnetmaskandagateway
addressof169.254.0.254.
Toconfiguretheunits,youmustaccessthewebinterfaceofeachencoderanddecoderusingacomputer.

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InordertocommunicatewiththeE4000/D4000endpoints,thedevicesmustbeonthesamesubnetasyourcomputer.Youmay
needtochangethecomputer’snetworksettingstoaccomplishthis.
OnaMicrosoftWindowscomputer,configureyournetworksettingsasfollows:
1. ClickStartmenu,gotoControlPanel>NetworkandSharingcenter>ChangeAdapterSettings>LocalAreaConnection.Right‐
clickandchooseProperties.
2. HighlightInternetProtocolVersion4(TCP/IPv4)thenclickProperties.Thisopensthewindowyouusetoconfigureyour
networksettings.
TosetupyourcomputertocommunicatewithendpointsthatareusingDHCP:
•Method1:IfthereisaDHCPserveronthenetwork,acceptObtainanIPaddressautomatically(thedefault).Thecomputerwill
beautomaticallyassignedauniqueIPaddressbytheDHCPserveronthesamesubnet,allowingcommunicationwiththe
E4000/D4000endpoints.
•Method2:ConfigureyourcomputerwithastaticIPaddresswithinthedefinedDHCPrangeforyournetwork(thesubnet(VLAN)
definedbytheDHCPnetmaskforyournetwork).ChooseUsethefollowingIPaddress.EnteranIPaddressthenclickOK.To
avoidaddressconflicts,enterastaticaddressthatisnotintherangeofaddressesthatwillbegivenoutbytheDHCPserver.For
example:IftheDHCPrange=192.168.1.100–192.168.1.150andnetmask=255.255.255.0,youcanassign192.168.1.151.
TosetupyourcomputertocommunicatewithendpointsthatareusingAutoIP:
•Method1:IfthereisnoDHCPserveronthenetwork,aWindowsPCwill“failover”toAutoIPinasimilarwayastheencoders
anddecoders.AcceptObtainanIPaddressautomatically(thedefault).Afteraboutoneminutethecomputerwillassignitselfa
uniqueIPaddresswithintherangeof169.254.1.0–169.254.254.255,witha255.255.0.0subnetmask,allowingcommunication
withtheencodersanddecodersonthenetworkthatarealsoassignedIPaddressesviaAutoIP.

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•Method2:Ifthecomputeralreadyhasastatically‐assignedIPaddress:
1. ClickAdvanced>Add.
2. ClickAddtoenterauniqueIPaddresswithintherangeof169.254.1.0–169.254.254.255,withasubnetof255.255.0.0.
•Method3:ConfigurethecomputerwithauniquestaticIPaddresswithintherangeof169.254.1.0–169.254.254.255,witha
subnetof255.255.0.0.Ifyouraddressisnotuniqueconflictswilloccur.
Therearemultiplewaystodiscover(findtheassignedIPaddress)theencodersanddecodersonyournetwork.
1. UsetheVisionLiteapplicationtoauto‐discoverunits.RECOMMENDED–refertosectionVisionLite.
2. LookattheDHCPserverlistofassignedIPaddresses.
3. Useavahi‐browse(requiresavahi‐daemontoberunning)tofindtheunitIPaddresses.
4. UsingaLinuxoperatingsystem(OS)onthenetwork,ping226.0.0.19fromthesamesubnet(VLAN)astheunittoreturnalistof
assignedIPaddresses.OnaWindowsOS,thepingcommandonlydisplaysthefirstrespondingaddress.
5. UsenmaptoscanforVisionarySolutionsMACAddresses.
6. Fordecodersonly:ConnecttothenetworkviaHDMItoadisplay.TheIPaddressdisplaysonthebottomrightoftheBootup
screenimageonthedisplaydevicewhenthereisnosourceconnected.
Oncediscovered,youcanusetheembeddedwebinterfaceoneachencoderanddecoderunittoconfigureandchangethenetwork
settings.Tologintothewebinterface,entertheunit’sIPaddressinawebbrowserfortheURLORclicktheIPaddressintheVision
LiteapplicationConfigurationpage.Loginwithusername=adminpassword=admin.

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CONFIGURINGENCODERANDDECODERIPADDRESSES
Aspreviouslymentioned,bydefault,theencodersanddecodersareshippedfromthefactoryinDHCPmodewithAutoIPFailover.
Forapermanentinstallation,andtoensuresystemconsistency,itisrecommendedtoconfigurealloftheencodersanddecoders
withstaticIPaddresses.
Important:IPconfigurationchangesmustbedonecorrectlytoavoidanycommunicationdisruptionswiththeunits.Communication
withtheVisionLiteServerandthecomputerthattheapplicationresidesonisdependentuponthecomputerbeinginthesameIP
addressrangeastheencodersanddecodersonthenetwork.Therefore,beforemakinganyIPaddresschangestotheunits,we
recommendhavingtwostatically‐assignedIPaddressesonthecomputer.
WhenusingDHCP,configurethefirststaticIPaddresstoanaddresswithinthedefinedDHCPrangeforyournetwork(thesubnet
(VLAN)definedbytheDHCPnetmaskforyournetwork).Besurethatthestaticaddressyouassignisnotintherangeofaddresses
thatwillbegivenoutbytheDHCPservertoavoidaddressconflicts.Forexample:IftheDHCPrange=192.168.1.100–192.168.1.150
andnetmask=255.255.255.0,youcanassign192.168.1.151.
WhenusingAutoIP,assignanaddresswithintherangeof169.254.1.0–169.254.254.255,witha255.255.0.0subnetmask
AND
ConfigureasecondstaticIPaddressintherangeoftheIPaddressesyouareplanningtoassigntotheunits.
AssignnewIPaddressestotheencoderanddecoderunitsasfollows:
1. Accessthewebinterfacefortheencoderordecoderunit.
2. Loginwithusername=adminpassword=admin.
3. ClicktheNetworktab.
4. SetIP.MODEtoStatic.
5. SettheIP.ADDRESS.Example:192.168.1.45
6. SettheIP.NETMASK.Example:255.255.255.0
7. SettheIP.GATEWAY.Example:192.168.1.1
8. SettheIP.DNS_SERVER(optional).Example:4.2.2.1
9. ClickSavetosavethenewsettings.Theunitwillautomaticallyreboot.
Theunitisnowconfiguredwiththenewnetworksettings.

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CONFIGURINGSTREAMSETTINGS(MANUALLY)
UNICASTMODE
Thetermunicastisusedtodescribeaconfigurationwhereinformationissentfromonepointtoanotherpoint.Aunicast
transmissionsendsIPpacketstoasinglerecipientonanetwork.Itispossibletohavemultipleencoderanddecoderunitsconnected
inasystem.However,inunicastmode,anencoderunitcancommunicatewithonlyonedecoderunitatatime(seeFigure1).
1. Accessthewebinterfacefortheencoderanddecoderunitsthatwillbeusingunicastmode.
2. Loginwithusername=adminpassword=admin.
3. ClicktheConfigurationtab.
4. SetSTREAM.MODEtoUnicast.
5. Ontheencoder:
a. SettheSTREAM.ADDRESStotheIPaddressofthedecoder.
b. ClickSTREAM.ENABLE=True.
c. ClickSaveontosavethenewsettings.Theunitwillautomaticallyreboot.
6. Onthedecoder:
a. SetSTREAM.HOSTtotheIPaddressoftheencoderthatthedecoderistunedinto.
b. SetSTREAM.ADDRESStotheIPaddressofthedecoderitselfor127.0.0.1.
c. ClickSaveontosavethenewsettings.Theunitwillautomaticallyreboot.
Theunitsarenowconnectedinunicastmode.
MULTICASTMODE
Thetermmulticastisusedtodescribeaconfigurationwhereinformationissentfromoneormorepointstoasetofotherpoints.For
example,asingleencoderunitcantransmitdatatomultipledecoderunits.Inaddition,ifmultipleencoderunitsareused,each
encoderunitcantransmitdatatoanydecoderthatisnotalreadyreceivingdatafromanotherencoderunit(seeFigures2‐5).
Toviewthestreamatmultipleconcurrentlocations,settheencoder’sSTREAM.ADDRESStoavalidmulticastIPaddress(224.0.0.0–
239.255.255.255).WhilethemulticastIPaddressrangeisfrom224.0.0.0–239.255.255.255,thefirstoctet(224.xxx.xxx.xxx)is
generallyreservedforadministration.Visionaryrecommendssettingthefirstoctetto225andtheremainingthreeoctetstothe
encoder’sIPaddress.Forexample,iftheencoder'sIPaddressis192.168.1.53,settheSTREAM.ADDRESSto225.168.1.53for
multicaststreaming.
Note:Visionary’sE4000encodersdefaulttoaSTREAM.ADDRESSbasedontheirserialnumbers.Werecommendthatyouleavethis
asthestreamaddressunlesstherange(225.168.0.0–225.169.255.255)conflictswithothermulticaststreamsonyournetwork.This
defaultensuresthatallencodershaveauniqueSTREAM.ADDRESSandthatthereisnoconflictbetweenencoderstreams.
1. Accessthewebinterfacefortheencoderordecoderunitthatwillbeusingmulticastmode.
2. Loginwithusername=adminpassword=admin.
3. ClicktheConfigurationtab.
Oncetheinitialconfigurationiscomplete,youwillbeprimarilyusingtheVisionLitematrixroutingcontrolsoftware(orotherthird
partycontrolsystems)toroutetheencoderanddecoderstreamstoeachother.Whenusingthesesystems,theSTREAM.ADDRESS
andSTREAM.HOSTsettings,describedinthefollowingsections,areautomaticallyupdatedeachtimearouting/switchoccurs.
Intheabsenceofacontrolsystem,itisstillpossibletomanuallyconfigurethestreamsettings.Theinstructionsareincluded
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4. SetSTREAM.MODEtoMulticast.
5. Ontheencoder:
a. SettheSTREAM.ADDRESStoavalidmulticastIPaddress.Forexample,iftheencoder'sIPaddressis192.168.1.53,setthe
STREAM.ADDRESSto225.168.1.53.
b. ClickSTREAM.ENABLE=True.
c. ClickSavetosavethenewsettings.Theunitwillautomaticallyreboot.
6. Onthedecoder:
a. SetSTREAM.HOSTtotheIPaddressoftheencoderthatthedecoderistunedinto.
b. SetSTREAM.ADDRESStothemulticastSTREAM.ADDRESSoftheencoder.
c. ClickSavetosavethenewsettings.Theunitwillautomaticallyreboot.
7. Repeatsteps1–4andstep6foreachdecoderyouwanttotuneintotheencoder’smulticaststream.
Theunitsarenowconnectedinmulticastmode.
STREAMBITRATE
Thebitrate(STREAM.BIT_RATE)defaultstoauto.Thismeansthattheencoderwillchoosetheoptimalbitratefortheinput
resolutionandcontent.Thiscanrangeuptoamaximumof850Mbpsforhighlycomplex4Kvideo.Ifyouaretryingtolimit
bandwidthused,youcansetthisto200Mbps(thisgivesexcellent1080P60)downto50Mbps.Youcanexperimentwithyournormal
contentandseewhatbitratesettingisbestforyourusecase,orjustleavethisinautoifyouarenotlimitedonbandwidthbetween
switches.
STREAMFRAMERATE
Theframerate(STREAM.FRAME_RATE)oftheincomingvideomaybereducedtoallowhigherresolutionsatlowerbandwidth.For
instance,youmighthave1080P60contentthatisofslowmovingscenesorotherlesscomplexvideo.Youcouldthenusethe50%
settingtolowertheframerateto30fps.Youcouldalsosetthestreambitratetoalowervaluetomakesurethatthestreamonly
usesthatamountofbandwidth.
USBOVERIP(KVM)
WhenconnectingUSBdevicestoencodersanddecoders,thefunctionissimilartothatofavideomatrix.Connectingacomputerto
anencoderunitandaHumanInterfaceDevice(HID)devicetoadecoderunitallowsyoutocontrolthecomputerfromthedecoder
unit.
USBoverIPenablesnon‐isochronousUSBdevicestobeusedremotely.USBoverIPisenabledbydefault.
TherearethreeUSBmodesavailable:AutoSelect,ActiveperRequest,andActiveonLink.
AUTOSELECTMODE
ThedevicechoosesbetweenActiveperRequestorActiveonLinkmodebasedonthecastingmode(multicastorunicast)chosen.
•MulticastusesActiveperRequest.
•UnicastusesActiveonLink.
ACTIVEPERREQUESTMODE(DEFAULT)
TheUSBconnectioninitiatesonceadecoderandencoderarecommunicating.Multipledecoderscancommunicatewithandhave
simultaneousUSBcontrolofthesameencoder.AlldecodersautomaticallyactivateUSBcontroloftheencodertheyswitchto,and
everydecoderwatchingthatencoderhasUSBcontrol.

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ACTIVEONLINKMODE
MultipleUSBdevicesmaybeconnectedtooneormoredecoderunits.However,onlyoneencoderunitcanhaveUSBcontrolata
time.Inotherwords,onlyonedecodercancommunicatewiththeencoderatanygiventime.Bydefault,thefirstdecoderunit
connectedhasUSBcontrol.
RS‐232OVERIP
TheencodersanddecoderssupportRS‐232overIPandRS‐232pass‐through,allowingthecontrolofremoteRS‐232devices.The
encoderanddecoderunitsusedtopassthroughtheRS‐232datamustbesettothesamebaudrateastheRS‐232hostandclient.In
unicastmode,anencoderunitisabletocommunicatewithonlyonedecoderunitatatime.Inmulticastmode,anencoderunitis
abletocommunicatewithmultipledecoderunitssimultaneously.
TherearethreeRS‐232modesavailable:Simple,SimpleGuest,andAdvanced.
SIMPLEMODE(DEFAULT)
Bi‐directionalRS‐232Pass‐through(StaticBaudrate).
Inthismode,commandsenteredintotheRS‐232portonanencoderwillcomeoutoftheRS‐232portonalldecodersthatare
connectedtothatencoder.Similarly,commandsenteredintotheRS‐232portonadecoderwillcomeoutoftheRS‐232portonthe
encoderthatthedecoderisconnectedto.
1. Accessthewebinterfacefortheencoderunitandloginwithusername=adminpassword=admin.
2. ClicktheConfigurationtab.
3. SetSERIAL.MODEtoSimple.
4. LocatetheSERIAL.SETTINGSandchangetheRS‐232settingstomatchthesettingsoftheRS‐232devicebeingused.See
exampleinthetablebelow.
Table1.RS‐232SettingsforanExampleRS‐232Device
5. SetSERIAL.ENABLEDtotruebyclearingtheFalsecheckbox.
6. ClickSave.Theunitwillautomaticallyreboot.
7. Repeatforthedecoderunit.
8. Sendcommands.
SIMPLEGUESTMODE
Bi‐directionalIP/EthernettoRS‐232(StaticBaudrate).
ThismoderequiresanEthernet(telnet)connectionatthesendingendandanRS‐232cableattherespondingend.Commandsare
enteredviaatelnetconnectiontoport6752.Anythingenteredintothetelnetsessionatthesendingsidewillbesentoutofthe
RS‐232portontherespondingside.
1. Accessthewebinterfacefortheencoderordecoderunitandloginwithusername=adminpassword=admin.
2. ClicktheConfigurationtab.
3. SetSERIAL.MODEtoSimpleGuest.
Description Setting
BaudRate 19200
DataBits 8
Parity None
StopBits 1

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4. LocatetheSERIAL.SETTINGSandchangetheRS‐232settingstomatchthesettingsoftheRS‐232devicebeingused.See
exampleinthetablebelow.
Table2.RS‐232SettingsforanExampleRS‐232Device
5. SetSERIAL.ENABLEDtotruebyclearingtheFalsecheckbox.
6. ClickSave.Theunitwillautomaticallyreboot.
7. ConnectusingtelnetorotherTCPsocketport6752totheIPaddressoftheencoderordecoderconnectedtotherespondingRS‐
232device.
8. Sendcommands.
ADVANCEDMODE
RS‐232Redirection(DynamicBaudrate).
Inthismode,theclient'sRS‐232baudrateisconfigurablethroughspecialRS‐232commandssentfromthecommandlineinterface.
TheredirectioniscontrolledbythePC’sRS‐232connectiontotheencoder.Afixedbaudrate(defaultis115200–8n1)isusedto
attachtotheencoderandissuecommandstoconnecttospecifieddecoders,andthenstartRS‐232redirection.Theconnectioncan
bedynamicallychanged.
Example:YouhaveacomputerwithanRS‐232portandyouwanttousethiscomputer’sRS‐232porttocommunicatewithdifferent
remoteRS‐232devices.ThosedevicesmayhavedifferentRS‐232baudratesettings.ThecommunicationisRS‐232dualdirection,
andthecomputertalkstoremoteRS‐232devicesoneatatime.YouwillneedtodevelopRS‐232controlsoftware.
ContactVisionarySolutionssupportfordetails.
VIDEOFORMATSETTING–DECODERSONLY
Bydefault,theVIDEO.FORMATfieldontheD4000decoderissettoSource.Thismeansthatthesamesourceresolutionbeing
encodedbythecurrently“tuned”E4000ispassedthroughtotheoutput.Thisisforcaseswhereyouarecertainthatthedisplay
connectedtotheD4000canhandleanyofthesourceresolutionsthatitmaybetunedto.Iftheconnecteddisplaycannotshowan
encodedresolution,setthisfieldtoavaluethatthedisplaycandecode.Forexample,ifyouaretuninga4Kencodedstreamandare
usinganHDdisplay,setthisvalueto1080P60.Thedecoderwillscalethetunedstreamto1080P60andallowthedisplaytoshowthe
stream.
AUDIOCONNECTIONS
Connectinga3.5mmmini‐stereocabletotheLineInjackontheencoderunitdisablestheHDMIaudioonthedecoderunit.TheLine
OutjackonthedecoderunitoutputsaudiofromthesourceconnectedtotheLineInjackontheencoderunit.
HDMIaudiocannotbeoutputusingtheLineOutjackonthedecoderunit.
VIDEOWALL
MultipleD4000decoderscanbegroupedtogethertocreateavideowall.Setupinvolvesassigningeachdecodertoitspositioninthe
videowall.Thedecoderscreateavideowallbyscalingthevideocontenttoasizethatmatchesthefullvideowall.
Whenvideowallsaresquare(samenumberofrowsandcolumns),thecontentwillbescaledappropriatelybecausetheaspectratio
ismaintained.Whenvideowallshaveadifferentnumberofrowsandcolumns,thecontentwillbestretchedbythevideowall
processor.Standard16:9contentwillappearwiderortallerthannormal.Tomaintaintheproperaspectratioonvideowallsthat
Description Setting
BaudRate 19200
DataBits 8
Parity None
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haveadifferentnumberofrowsandcolumns,contentshouldbecustomcreated.Thedecodersalsohavethecapabilitytorotatethe
videooutputclockwise.
Note:ChecktheZoomsettingsoneachdisplaytogetthebestfit.LookforoptionslikeScreenFit(Samsung),FullPixel(Sony),Dot‐
by‐Dot(Sharp),orJustScan(LG).TheeffectofthesepreferencesistoturnoffHDMIOverscan.
Thefollowingstep‐by‐stepinstructionsdescribehowtoconfigurea2x2videowall.Asyouchangetheseparameters,thediagram
representingthesesettingsautomaticallyadjuststoprovideyouwithavisualguide.
1. Accessthewebinterfaceforeachdecoderunitthatwillbepartofthevideowallandloginwithusername=admin
password=admin.
2. ClicktheConfigurationtab.
3. Oneachdecoder:
a. SetVW.ENABLEDtoTrueonbyselectingthecheckbox.
b. Assignauserdefinedvideowallnametoeachdecoderthatwillbepartofthevideowall:VW.NAME.
Assignthesamenametoeachdecoderthatwillbepartofthevideowallyouarecreating.Forexample:Videowall_1.The
VisionLitesoftwareusesthisnametoautomaticallygroupallofthedecodersintoavideowallobjectthatcanthenhave
sourcesroutedtoitintheVisionLitedraganddrop“routing”userinterface.
c. SettheVW.STRETCH_TYPE.Thisoptionschooseshowavideoisscaledtothewallarea.ThedefaultisFit,whichscalesthe
videotofitthewallarea,changingtheaspectratioasneeded.
d. SetthevideowallrotationVW.ROTATION.Optionsare0,90,180,or270degreesclockwise.
e. SettheBezelandGapsettings:VW.OVERALL_WIDTH,VW.VISIBLE_WIDTH,VW.OVERALL_HEIGHT,VW.VISIBLE_HEIGHT.
Units=0.1mm.
f. SettheRowandColumnsettings:VW.MAX_ROWS,VW.MAX_COLUMNS.
Inthis2x2videowallexample,settheVW.MAX_ROWSto2andsettheVW.MAX_COLUMNSto2.
g. Setthepositiononthevideowallforthedecodertodisplay:VW.ROW,VW.COLUMN.
Inthis2x2videowallexample,setthepositionofthedecoderasfollows:
Firstdecoder:VW.ROW=1andVW.COLUMN=1Seconddecoder:VW.ROW=1andVW.COLUMN=2
Thirddecoder:VW.ROW=2andVW.COLUMN=1Fourthdecoder:VW.ROW=2andVW.COLUMN=2