birddog NDI P200, User Manual

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Getting Started With Your P200
If you are new to the world of NDI or BirdDog cameras, please follow this quick start guide to become
familar with the basic setup of your new camera. You can view this as an online video:
P200 Quick Start Guide Video
Basic Connections
Power
To start using your new camera, you’ll have to decide how you are going to power the device. You have
two choices. You can use PoE+ (power over Ethernet) or, if your network doesn’t support PoE+, you
can use the included 12VDC power adaptor. If available, PoE is the easier choice, since you can use the
same Ethernet cable to power and control the camera, as well as send the video. For the purposes of
this quick start guide, we’ll use the power adaptor, so plug the jack into the 12VDC power port on the
back of the camera.
Network
Since we’re supplying power via the adaptor, the NDI/PoE Ethernet connection will be used purely for
NDI video. Let's keep things simple and plug an Ethernet cable directly from your computer into the
camera NDI/PoE Ethernet port.
Power Up
Once you’ve made the power and Ethernet connections, turn on the adapter power. When first pow-
ered up, the camera will perform it’s initialization routine by rotating to the left and then centering
again. When this is finished, the indicator light on the front of the camera will display green (and occas-
sionally amber) and the camera is ready to be accessed.
Computer, say hello to P200
Since we're connecting your camera directly to your computer, we need to configure the network set-
tings of your computer to allow communication with the camera.
Navigate to the Network Properties in your computer preferences and make the following settings.
Select Use the following IP address: and enter an IP address. The default IP address of the camera is
192.168.100.100, so we need to enter an address where the first three numbers are the same as the cam-
era IP address, i.e., 192.168.100 but the last number is a dif-
ferent number, in the range of 0 - 255, that is not current-
ly assigned. Usually numbers less than 200 are more likely
to be available. The subnet mask can be set as shown.
The P200 and the computer are now configured on the
same subnet and should be able to communicate with
each other.