birddog NDI P200, User Manual

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NDI Group Enable
NDI v 4.5x supports NDI groups. This allows you to set P200 to only announce it’s availability to other
devices that belong to the same NDI group. By default this setting is DISABLED. When enabled the re-
ceiver device needs to also be set to the same identical group name. Commonly this is done using the
NDI Access Manager application provided by NewTek free of charge. NDI Groups can be very useful in
larger environments to control visibility and access amongst various groups.
NDI Audio Selection
P200 has the ability to route the incoming audio from the 3.5mm audio input socket to either be
embedded in the main NDI® stream, or to behave as an audio comms end-point. If you operate the
BirdDog Comms application you can then use the P200 as an output for IFB communications.
Failover Source
P200 can inform any receiving device of a failover scheme. This means if their BirdDog NDI stream is
interrupted for any reason the receiver can automatically switch to a pre-determined alternative NDI
stream. This is particularly useful for live ‘on air’ productions where there can be no risk of still frames
or black being broadcast should any source no longer be available. Select an available NDI source
for the failover function from the dropdown list in ‘Available NDI sources’. You can update this list by
pressing Refresh source list in the Chrome web browser.
Network Set Up and Device Naming
Device Naming
When P200 is first powered on, it defaults to the naming convention http://birddog-xxxxx.local/,
where “xxxxx” is the last five digits of the MAC address of the P200.
Feel free to change the name, along with the network settings, to better suit your environment. To do
this, log in to the Web UI and navigate to the network section.
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Configuration method:
Address:
Mask:
Gateway:
DHCP timeout:
Static fallback address:
Static fallback mask:
BirdDog Name:
DASHBOARD NETWORK PTZ SYSTEM A/V LOGOUT
EYES P200