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Main Precautions/Safety Instructions ii Caution Warning Attention Page Page Contents Introduction Installation and Basic Setup Procedures System Conguration Page Introduction About the VN-Matrix 300 Functional Overview Signal Compatibility Video Signal Compatibility Audio Unit Setup and Conguration System Control Integrated Web Management System Additional Control Features Remote Control Network Requirements VN-Matrix 300 System Overview Network Data Transport Methods VN-Matrix 300 Introduction 5 Network Monitoring & Control IP Tx 1 IP Rx (b) IP Rx (c) IP Rx (d) IP Rx n-1 IP Rx n Any number of decoders Network Monitoring & Control IP Rx (a) IP Rx (c) Up to four decoders may be part of the UNICAST RTP group. Network Front Panel Features Indicators Test Button Reset Button Rear Panel Features Digital Video Connectors Power Supply Input Network Connectors Serial I/O Connectors Installation and Basic Setup Procedures Choosing a Suitable Location Environmental Requirements Orientation Temperature Rack Mount Requirements Mounting and Support Ventilation Power Supply Mains Power Connection (via PSU) Supply Requirements (for PSU) Mains Power Cord (for PSU) Power-up Procedure Fitting a Mains Plug Wiring Details External Supply Protection Fused Plugs (UK-style) Unfused Plugs or Hard-wired Accessories Supplied Accessories Optional Accessories VN-Matrix 300 Installation and Basic Setup Procedures 16 Rack Mounting Figure 11. Rack Mounting AC 3&4 Figure 9. VNM Quad RMK 2U High for 4 VN-Matrix 300 Units Redundant PSU Basic Setup Procedure Conguring a VN-Matrix 300 System Network Communications Setup To establish a serial communications link Low level conguration Network (NIC) Connections Single Network Connection Dual Network Connection System Control Data Video and Audio Data Switched Network Conguration, Example 1 Switched Network Conguration, Example 2 Page Routed Network Conguration Example Page System Conguration VN-Matrix 300 Web Interface Start Up and Login Procedure Login Screen User Accounts Device List Page Device Type Device Mode Device Page Device Summary (a) Licensed Features (b) Device Setup (c) Create Source (Encoder) Conguration (d) Create Display (Decoder) Conguration Conguration Page Videoport (Encoder) Encoder Videoport Panel Encoder Streams Panel RTP UNICAST Streams Conguring a Multicast Connection New export stream Bandwidth Management Page Videoport (Encoder) Bandwidth Management Standard Control Control Mode Image Quality Bit Rate Advanced Control Video Quality and Bandwidth Management Video Quality Management Spatial Compression settings Temporal Compression settings Using the Threshold setting When to use the Chroma setting Bandwidth Management Control Mode: Manual Frame drop Control Mode: Shared Flow rate Streams Panel Conguration Page Ancport (Encoder) ANC Panel Selecting the Audio group FEC Panel Forward Error Correction PRO-MPEG COP3 Setting the FEC value Error injection rate Streams Panel (ANC) Conguring Audio as a Multicast Connection Conguring FEC as a MULTICAST stream Page Typical Application Bit Rates Typical bit rates Video Typical bit rates Embedded Audio Typical Bit Rates (HD and 3G Sources) Audio VN-Matrix 300 Maximum bit rate Conguration Page Videoport (Decoder) Decoder Videoport Panel Decoder Streams Panel Decoder Source stream selection Stream Type _tcp Stream Type rtp unicast Stream Type _rtp MULTICAST Decoder Enabling audio streams Decoder Enabling FEC for audio streams Decoder Bit Rate and Stream Statistics Bandwidth page stream statistics Device Page Peripherals Serial Port Control Pass-through Control Mode Conguring a Serial Pass-through Group Server Mode Client Mode Firmware, Licensing Upgrades and User Accounts Upgrading Device Firmware Uploading the Firmware File to the VN-Matrix 300 Controller Device Upgrade status messages To install the new rmware into a VN-Matrix 300 unit Page Licensing License structure User Accounts Changing User Login Passwords Clock Management Controller Licensing Alarms and SNMP Overview Alarms Alarms Page Alarm Type Alarm Source Alarm Severity Alarm Reporting Applying Alarm Filter Settings Alarm Logs Alarm Type Description Encoder Alarm Type Description Decoder Alarm Type Description Controller Overview SNMP Using SNMP Password SNMP Trap Version SNMP Community SNMP Trap Destinations Reference Information Specications Audio input and output Audio processing Control/remote local host codecs, decoders Network transport General Hardware Network Port 1: RJ45 Network Port 2: SFP RS-232 Serial I/O (COM1 and COM2) Extron Warranty Warranty