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10. Using the KVM2Ethernet Device

User Guide

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10.Using the KVM2Ethernet Device

The KVM2Ethernet device can connect any administrator’s PC to

any computerized machine with a VGA output and

keyboard/mouse inputs. The KVM2Ethernet device operates like

any keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) system but is small and

portable and requires simple connection and configuration

settings.
You can use the KVM2Ethernet device for any operation on the

machine to be managed including interrupting boot up, selecting

a different operating system, running the server in different

operation modes (if supported by the server) and configuring the

machine’s BIOS settings.
A custom Epiphan cable connects the KVM2Ethernet input port

to the mouse and keyboard ports using USB or PS/2 connections

and to the VGA port of the device. You can add USB to PS/2

adapters if the machine to be managed only includes USB ports.
The KVM2Ethernet ethernet connector connects to the Ethernet

network to which you also connect the video capture

workstation. You must install the Epiphan VGA2Ethernet Drivers

and software on the video capture workstation. The

administrator’s PC can be running Windows or Mac OS X and

must support USB 2.0.
Before you can begin using the KVM2Ethernet device you must:
• Follow the steps in

“Installing the Drivers and Application for

Windows” on page 21

“Installing the Drivers and

Applications for Mac OS X” on page 28

to download and

install the VGA2Ethernet device driver

• Connect your KVM2Ethernet device as described in

“Connecting and Powering on a KVM2Ethernet Device” on

page 18

Summary of Contents for KVM2Ethernet

Page 1: ...www epiphan com 17 July 2009 Drivers and application Firmware 1 2 3 Windows 3 20 15 Mac 3 20 21 VGA2Ethernet User Guide VGA2Ethernet KVM2Ethernet ...

Page 2: ...platform and operating system Your product serial number The version of the VGA2Ethernet user interface that you are using The behavior of your VGA2Ethernet device LED indicators Technical description of the VGA signal source including resolution refresh rate synchronization and type of hardware Complete description of the problem you re experiencing If possible please provide screen captures that...

Page 3: ...n a KVM2Ethernet Device 18 Installing the Drivers and Application for Windows 21 Installing the Drivers and Applications for Mac OS X 28 3 Windows VGA2Ethernet user interface 33 Upgrading to the Latest Version of the VGA2Ethernet user interface 35 Starting the VGA2Ethernet user interface 36 Common Procedures 39 Menus 45 Toolbar 51 Status Bar 52 Shortcut Keys 53 Recording Display KVM and Sharing Op...

Page 4: ...ptions 99 6 Web admin interface 103 Logging Into the Web admin interface 104 Adding or Changing the Administrator s Password 106 Adding or Changing the Viewer s Password 108 Changing the IP Address 109 Configuring the Ethernet Bridge For Use if You Have Only One Ethernet Connection 112 Using the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet Device as a DHCP Server 114 Configuring Image Adjustments 115 Rebooting or...

Page 5: ...ualDub DirectShow Applications to Record Video Files 146 Recording Videos for Mac OS X 149 Recording Videos for Linux 153 9 Web Broadcasting 157 Setting the Display Format for Web Broadcasting 158 Starting a Web Broadcasting Session 159 Viewing a Web Broadcasting Session 161 Changing Web Broadcasting Compression and Performance 162 10 Using the KVM2Ethernet Device 165 KVM2Ethernet Limitations 166 ...

Page 6: ...Table of Contents Page 6 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 7: ... external device used to capture images from a VGA source It uses an Ethernet network connection to send image data captured at rates of up to 120 frames per second to a video capture workstation A video capture workstation is any PC on which you have installed the VGA2Ethernet drivers and application and that is connected to the same Ethernet network as the VGA2Ethernet device The VGA2Ethernet in...

Page 8: ...th a VGA output and keyboard mouse inputs You can eliminate distance limitations by connecting a KVM2Ethernet device to every piece of equipment that needs to be administered remotely As long as the KVM2Ethernet device has access to the LAN or Internet the equipment to which it is connected can be managed remotely The remote equipment does not need to be modified in any way Figure 3 Connecting the...

Page 9: ...er 4 Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface on page 73 describes the functions and features of the Graphical User Interface for Mac OS X Chapter 5 Windows Network Discovery Utility on page 89 describes the functions and features of the Network Discovery Utility Chapter 6 Web admin interface on page 103 describes the functions and features of the Web admin interface Chapter 7 Recording image files on...

Page 10: ...1 Introduction About This Document Page 10 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 11: ...h you have installed the VGA2Ethernet drivers and application and that is connected to the same Ethernet network as the VGA2Ethernet device The KVM2Ethernet device provides full Keyboard Video Mouse KVM capabilities that you can use to manage any computerized machine with a VGA output and keyboard mouse inputs from a video capture workstation The video capture workstation must be running Windows o...

Page 12: ...hernet device has the following hardware features Figure 4 VGA2Ethernet connectors and LEDs The KVM2Ethernet device has the following hardware features Figure 5 KVM2Ethernet connectors and LEDs Right Side Eth 2 Eth 1 Power Left Side LEDs USB VGA OUT VGA IN Reset Button Not Used Eth 2 Eth 1 Power Left Side Right Side LEDs USB VGA OUT VGA IN Reset Button Not Used ...

Page 13: ... See the VGA2Ethernet technical specifications on the Epiphan web site for information about the video input supported by the VGA2Ethernet device Connect an Epiphan KVM cable from the machine to be managed to the KVM2Ethernet device See the KVM2Ethernet technical specifications on the Epiphan web site for information about the input supported by the KVM2Ethernet device VGA OUT Optionally connect a...

Page 14: ...e device captures an image and sends it to a video capture workstation You can use the red LED as an indicator that the device is capturing images Default IP address and network mask IP 192 168 255 250 Netmask 255 255 255 252 IP address from a DHCP server The device can get an IP address on your network from a DHCP server if your network has one If the device gets an IP address from a DHCP server ...

Page 15: ...on page 28 Web admin interface Use the Web admin interface for changing the IP address making device Adjustments and installing new firmware You can log into the Web admin interface by selecting Web config from the Network Discovery Utility or by opening a web browser and browsing to http VGA2Ethernet_IP_Address or http KVM2Ethernet_IP_Address User Name admin no password The Web admin interface is...

Page 16: ... Cat5 You can also improve performance by connecting the VGA2Ethernet device directly to your video capture workstation This connection makes all of the 1 gigabit bandwidth available for transmitting captured image data Connecting and Powering on a VGA2Ethernet Device To connect a VGA2Ethernet device you need A VGA video source An Ethernet connection between the VGA2Ethernet device and the video c...

Page 17: ...st performance connect the VGA2Ethernet to a 1000 Base T Ethernet network You can also improve performance by using Ethernet cables with 4 pairs of wires Cat5e or Cat6 cables are preferred to Cat5 The network must be running the TCP IP protocol Ideally the VGA2Ethernet should be able to connect to the Internet You can optionally connect the VGA2Ethernet device directly to a video capture workstati...

Page 18: ...and Installing the Drivers and Applications for Mac OS X on page 28 If a captured image does not appear check the VGA source to make sure it is transmitting a VGA image Also check the cable between the VGA2Ethernet and the VGA source to make sure it is connected correctly Connecting and Powering on a KVM2Ethernet Device This section describes how to connect a KVM2Ethernet device to manage a comput...

Page 19: ...Ethernet Eth 1 port to a 10 100 1000 Base T Ethernet network For best performance connect the KVM2Ethernet to a 1000 Base T Ethernet network You can also improve performance by using Ethernet cables with 4 pairs of wires Cat5e or Cat6 cables are preferred to Cat5 The network must be running the TCP IP protocol Ideally the KVM2Ethernet should be able to connect to the Internet You can optionally co...

Page 20: ...start capturing images 5 Start up the VGA source Install the KVM2Ethernet drivers and application and confirm that a captured image appears in the VGA2Ethernet user interface or Network Discovery utility See Installing the Drivers and Application for Windows on page 21 and Installing the Drivers and Applications for Mac OS X on page 28 If a captured image does not appear check the VGA source to ma...

Page 21: ... broadcast captured images and enable KVM The Network Discovery Utility that you can use to find Epiphan devices connected to the network Once the drivers and application are installed you can start the VGA2Ethernet user interface by selecting Start Epiphan VGA2Ethernet VGA2Ethernet GUI The user interface starts up and in most cases should find the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device if the device...

Page 22: ...e grabbers vga2ethernet download Or on the KVM2Ethernet download page http www epiphan com products frame grabbers kvm2ethernet download 2 Select Download VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet drivers and application to download the latest version of the VGA2Ethernet drivers and application Tip Make sure you note the download destination folder 3 Unzip the downloaded file Tip Right click on the zip file an...

Page 23: ...KVM2Ethernet devices on your network If the device is operating has received an IP address from a DHCP server and is connected to the network the VGA2Ethernet user interface should find it and the image being captured by the device should appear on the user interface display If the device is not capturing images the device name and serial number still appear in the title bar and the IP address of ...

Page 24: ...rate of the video source The title bar also displays the screen resolution and refresh rate of the video source Menu Select commands from the menus You can save and print captured images start and stop recording configure recording settings start and stop KVM and configure capture settings Toolbar Save print and copy a snapshot of the current captured image Start stop pause and resume recording im...

Page 25: ...ormation in If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server on page 126 to change the device s IP address Manually Finding the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet Device You can find the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device from the VGA2Ethernet user interface by selecting Select Device from the Capture menu The user interface lists all of the Epiphan devices that it can find on the network Select the VGA2Ethe...

Page 26: ...an devices on your network If the Epiphan device is operating has received an IP address from a DHCP server and is connected to the network the Network Discovery Utility should find it Figure 15 shows the Network Discovery Utility connected to a VGA2Ethernet device at IP address 192 168 20 21 The Network Discovery Utility displays the device IP address You can select Web config to display the Web ...

Page 27: ... Utility and if it has already found an Epiphan device it will show the status as Detecting and the indicator will be amber If the Network Discovery Utility cannot find a previously found Epiphan device the status will change to Not Found and the indicator will be red You should always select Search after starting the Network Discovery Utility to make sure it displays the most up to date informati...

Page 28: ...ad includes the driver and QuickTime component for VGA2USB DVI2USB VGA2Ethernet and KVM2Ethernet devices This section assumes your network has a DHCP server and that the DHCP server gives the Epiphan device an IP address on your network If your network does not have a DHCP server see If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server on page 126 To install the drivers and application 1 Find the latest dri...

Page 29: ...ect Open Network Grabber 7 If you know the IP address of the device you can enter it manually If you do not know the IP address of the device or you want to see a list of all the VGA2Ethernet and KVM2Ethernet devices on the network select the triangle next to the IP address field 8 Select a device from the list and select connect Figure 16 Example Open Network Grabber device list If the device is ...

Page 30: ... Device If the user interface cannot find the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device make sure the device is turned on and check the network connections If you find and correct the problem the device should automatically be detected by the user interface If you still cannot see the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device it may not have gotten an IP address from your DHCP server Use the information in If...

Page 31: ...een resolution and refresh rate of the video source Toolbar Save copy and print a snapshot of the current captured image Switch to full screen mode override image adjustments and display information about the Frame Grabber Captured Image The image currently being captured by the device Menu Select commands from the menus For more information see Menus on page 79 ...

Page 32: ...2 Installation and Getting Started Installing the Drivers and Applications for Mac OS X Page 32 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 33: ...broadcast captured images over the Internet see Chapter 9 Web Broadcasting on page 157 For details about how to set up KVM see Chapter 10 Using the KVM2Ethernet Device on page 165 For many useful Case Studies and How To procedures see the Solutions page of the Epiphan Web Site This chapter assumes that you have followed the instructions in the VGA2Ethernet Installation Guide or the KVM2Ethernet In...

Page 34: ... device This chapter describes Upgrading to the Latest Version of the VGA2Ethernet user interface Starting the VGA2Ethernet user interface Common Procedures Menus Toolbar Status Bar Shortcut Keys Recording Display KVM and Sharing Options Configuring VGA Modes Windows Command Line Options About the Frame Rate About EDID Ethernet Cable VGA Cable Ethernet Cable Video Capture Workstation VGA source Et...

Page 35: ...eck for Updates may not recommend that you install a new version In most cases you can upgrade the Epiphan software on the video capture workstation by using normal procedures for your operating system to download the latest version and install it without uninstalling the previous version Finding and Installing VGA2Ethernet Drivers and Application Updates Find the latest VGA2Ethernet drivers and a...

Page 36: ...an VGA2Ethernet VGA2Ethernet GUI The VGA2Ethernet user interface starts up and looks for VGA2Ethernet and KVM2Ethernet devices on your network If the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device is operating has received an IP address from a DHCP server and is connected to the network the VGA2Ethernet user interface should find it and the image being captured by the VGA2Ethernet device should appear on the...

Page 37: ...Changing the Viewer s Password on page 108 and Capture Menu on page 47 Detecting Video Mode as the VGA2Ethernet user interface connects to a device and then determines the video mode of the device Tuning Capture Parameters as the VGA2Ethernet user interface synchronizes and tunes capture settings and image adjustments see Configuring Image Adjustments on page 115 for more information No Signal Det...

Page 38: ...pplication windows See Windows Command Line Options on page 66 Title Bar Displays the product name and serial number of the device that the VGA2Ethernet user interface is receiving captured images from The title bar also displays the VGA mode and refresh rate of the video source Menu Select commands from the VGA2Ethernet user interface menus See Menus on page 45 Toolbar Save print and copy a snaps...

Page 39: ... is the same as the image that you can save print copy and record Status Bar The status bar displays the IP address of the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device that the VGA2Ethernet user interface is receiving captured images from The status bar also indicates whether sharing web broadcasting is on or off and displays the VGA mode and refresh rate of the video source You can also configure the stat...

Page 40: ... the captured image 2 To resume image capture select Pause from the Capture menu or from the toolbar select To copy a snapshot of the current image You can use the following procedure to copy the image currently displayed by the VGA2Ethernet user interface to the video capture workstation clipboard You can optionally pause image capture before copying an image 1 Select Copy from the Edit menu or f...

Page 41: ...y saved file You can select Save As to save the image with a different file name file type or location You can open the saved image file with most bitmap image editing applications To print a snapshot of the current image You can use the following procedure to print the current image on any printer that is connected to the video capture workstation You can optionally pause image capture before pri...

Page 42: ...file settings on the Recording tab of the Options dialog The Status bar shows the name and location of the last saved file You can pause recording by selecting Pause from the Capture menu or from the toolbar You can stop recording by selecting Stop Recording from the Capture menu or from the toolbar When you stop recording images the status bar displays the number of image files saved For example ...

Page 43: ...d continues recording Configuring Video File Recording Options on page 141 describes how to specify the file name overwrites the original video file and continues recording You can pause recording by selecting Pause from the Capture menu or from the toolbar You can stop recording by selecting Stop Recording from the Capture menu or from the toolbar When you stop recording the Status bar shows the ...

Page 44: ...ddress is http www vga2usb com V2U15100 3 Select Start Web Broadcasting As images are captured by the Frame Grabber they are broadcast over the Internet The Status bar displays SHARING ON Users can use any web browser to connect to the Internet address to view the broadcast See Chapter 9 Web Broadcasting on page 157 for more information about the system requirements for viewing web broadcasts You ...

Page 45: ...t of the current image to a file on the video capture workstation Select a location for the file and select a file format You can save the snapshot as a bitmap bmp portable network graphics png or JPEG jpg file The first time you select Save after starting the VGA2Ethernet user interface you are prompted for a file name and you can change the file location and format After saving the first file ev...

Page 46: ...of the saved file Print Setup Configure printer settings used when you select the Print command or the Print snapshot toolbar button You can also configure the VGA2Ethernet user interface to invert colors for printing From the Tools menu select Options then select the Display tab and select Invert colors for printing See Configuring Display Options on page 56 Print Print a snapshot of the current ...

Page 47: ...isplay KVM and Sharing Options on page 54 Status Bar Enable or disable displaying the status bar Image Only Esc to exit Change the VGA2Ethernet user interface to operate in image only mode In image only mode the VGA2Ethernet user interface displays the captured image only The window borders toolbar status bar and menu bar are not displayed Scroll bars are displayed if required Image only mode can ...

Page 48: ...user interface receives captured images from The command finds and lists all of the VGA2Ethernet and KVM2Ethernet devices on your network The list displays the serial number device type captured image resolution and frequency status and location of each device see Figure 21 on page 49 You can also use this command to select the device to configure with the Configure Device command If a viewer s pa...

Page 49: ...ce You configure image adjustments from the Web admin interface or from the Network Discovery Utility See Configuring Image Adjustments on page 115 for more information You can also select and configure VGA modes for the selected device See Configuring VGA Modes on page 63 for more information Web Broadcasting Broadcast the images being captured by the VGA2Ethernet user interface over the Internet...

Page 50: ...nt version Check for Updates may not recommend that you install a new version and will not display any information Measure VGA Mode When requested by Epiphan technical support you can use this command to display low level information about the VGA mode that you are capturing with your Frame Grabber You can copy this information into an email to send it to Epiphan technical support Options Configur...

Page 51: ...u can select small large or huge icons If the toolbar is hidden you can select an icon size to display the toolbar Save a snapshot of the current image captured by the VGA2Ethernet user interface to a file on the video capture workstation Select a location for the file and select a file format You can save the snapshot as a Windows bitmap bmp portable network graphics png or JPEG jpg file Print a ...

Page 52: ...mages The location and file name of image or video files saved while recording Start or stop recording the images being captured by the VGA2Ethernet user interface When you start recording the status bar displays RECORDING and also displays information about the image files or video file being recorded When you stop recording the status bar displays information about the saved image files or video...

Page 53: ...68 The number of frames or images that the VGA2Ethernet user interface has displayed since the VGA2Ethernet user interface was last started The number of frames is only visible if you select Show frame count on the status bar from the Display tab of the Options dialog See Configuring Display Options on page 56 The number of frames stops incrementing and starts flashing if you have paused image cap...

Page 54: ...apturing Ctrl W Start or stop web broadcasting Esc Exit Image Only mode Recording Configure how the VGA2Ethernet user interface saves captured frames when you start recording You can record captured images as a series of image files or as an AVI video file See Configuring Recording Options on page 55 Display Configure the display format used by the VGA2Ethernet user interface for displaying and sa...

Page 55: ... following options Record as Images Record captured images as a series of image files saved on the video capture workstation For information about how to record images and image recording settings see Chapter 7 Recording image files on page 129 Record as Video Record images as an AVI video file saved on the video capture workstation For information about how to record videos and video recording se...

Page 56: ...ay Options Select Options from the Tools menu and select the Display tab to set the display format used to display and record captured images You can use the display options to limit the frame rate that the VGA2Ethernet user interface uses You can also enable or disable options that control how the VGA2Ethernet user interface displays and prints images ...

Page 57: ...ts per pixel RGB 8 bits per pixel Grayscale 256 levels Grayscale 32 levels Black and white In most cases you should set the display format to RGB 24 bits per pixel This setting is required for most video codecs is supported by all image formats and is required for web broadcasting For descriptions of display formats and color depths see Color depth bits per pixel bpp on page 61 For more informatio...

Page 58: ... or enlarge the captured image displayed so that the image fits into the current application window Images are scaled on the video capture workstation Selecting Downscale to fit window or Scale to fit window can put extra demands on the video capture workstation CPU In most cases image display and recording performance should be acceptable if the video capture workstation meets or exceeds the hard...

Page 59: ... capture up to 120 frames per second fps This frame rate may approach 100 CPU usage even on a dual CPU video capture workstation To reduce load on the video capture workstation you can reduce the frame rate to 30 fps without losing too much data The valid frame rate range is from 0 01 to 60 fps Resize window on resolution change Select this option so that the application window resizes when the re...

Page 60: ...ically Select this option to turn the displayed image upside down If you select this option the image in recorded videos the image that is copied when you select Copy from the Edit menu printed images and broadcasted images are also upside down Images saved by selecting Save from the File menu and recorded image files are not affected by this option Optional status bar Indicators Configure the dis...

Page 61: ...p to the maximum color depth supported by the device The maximum color depth supported by the VGA2Ethernet Frame Grabber is 24 bits per pixel bpp See the VGA2Ethernet Technical Specifications for more information Converting color images to grayscale or black and white If the VGA2Ethernet device is capturing color RGB images and you set the display format to grayscale or black and white the VGA2Eth...

Page 62: ...Usually you would only use 5 bpp grayscale if the video source or codec used this color depth or to reduce file size Black and white is a very low quality format Usually you would only use black and white if the video source is producing a black and white video signal 16 bits per pixel YUY2 422 UYVY is a color format used by many video sources It is similar to RGB 16 bpp but uses compression and o...

Page 63: ...GA modes Usually the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device and VGA source can automatically set a VGA mode However configuring VGA modes can be useful if you have special requirements or if the VGA source and device do not automatically set the VGA mode that you want You can configure VGA modes to either limit the standard VGA modes that the device can operate in or you can add one or more custom VG...

Page 64: ...Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device to operate in a non standard custom VGA mode You can add as many custom VGA modes as you want for each device If you want the device to operate with a single custom VGA mode then just add one You can add more if you need to operate the device in different custom VGA modes later In most cases the device will automatically select the custom video mode that most closel...

Page 65: ...net user interface 2 From the Capture menu select Select Device 3 Select the device to add a custom VGA mode to and select OK 4 From the Capture menu select Configure Device 5 Select the VGA Modes tab 6 Select to add a custom VGA mode Figure 26 Adding a custom VGA mode 7 Configure the custom VGA mode with the following information Refresh rate Select Interlaced if required The following horizontal...

Page 66: ...GA Modes list on the VGA modes tab You can use this list to control the standard VGA modes that the Frame Grabber can operate in by selecting or deselecting standard VGA modes in the list Windows Command Line Options You can use the following command line options to control how the Windows VGA2Ethernet user interface starts up You can add as many command line options as you want in any order All c...

Page 67: ...ernet sn sn To specify which Frame Grabber to use if more than one Frame Grabber is connected to the PC Similar to the Capture menu Switch Device command sn is the serial number of the Frame Grabber hs Set the horizontal shift The range is 100 to 100 vs Set the vertical shift The range is 80 to 80 phase Set the sampling Phase The range is 0 to 31 pll Set the PLL adjustment The range is 50 to 50 of...

Page 68: ...2ngui exe topmost For example to add topmost and borderless set the horizontal shift to 67 and the vertical shift to 10 C Program Files VGA2Ethernet v2ngui exe topmost borderless hs 67 vs 10 5 Select OK to save your changes to the shortcut Double click on the shortcut to start the VGA2Ethernet user interface with the command line options About the Frame Rate Frame rate depends on the resolution of...

Page 69: ...than non compressing in the worst case scenario because the format for compressed data adds extra overhead to 125 frames per second hardwired limit if almost nothing changes in the image About EDID Extended display identification data EDID is provided by a video display device usually a monitor to describe its capabilities to a video source The video source uses the EDID to determine the resolutio...

Page 70: ...reads the EDID from the device the video source will reset to operate at 1024x768 You can obtain custom EDID files from Epiphan Support Changing your device s EDID Use the following steps to upload a new EDID to the device The uploaded EDID is permanently installed in the device and the device will always share this EDID with the video source Note Before changing the EDID you can use the Read EDID...

Page 71: ...0 When the user replaced the flat panel monitor with an Epiphan device the system changed to produce video images at a screen resolution of 720x400 It turned out that the video source preferred to output 720x400 but because the original monitor did not support 720x400 the video source was forced to operate at 640x480 The device supported 720x400 so the system changed to this resolution when the Fr...

Page 72: ...3 Windows VGA2Ethernet user interface About EDID Page 72 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 73: ...applications see Recording Videos for Mac OS X on page 149 For details about how to set up KVM see Chapter 10 Using the KVM2Ethernet Device on page 165 For many useful Case Studies and How To procedures see the Solutions page of the Epiphan Web Site This chapter assumes that you have followed the instructions in the VGA2Ethernet Installation Guide or the KVM2Ethernet Installation Guide also availa...

Page 74: ...GA2Ethernet device Figure 29 Connecting the KVM2Ethernet device This chapter describes Upgrading to the Latest Mac OS X Software Version Starting the Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface Copying Saving and Printing Images Menus Toolbar Changing System Preferences Ethernet Cable VGA Cable Ethernet Cable Video Capture Workstation VGA source Ethernet Network Ethernet Cable Ethernet Cable Video Captur...

Page 75: ...on from the Applications folder to your desktop or add it to the Dock after installing a new version of the VGA2Ethernet user interface You may also need to delete older versions of the Epiphan icon Finding Software Updates To find the latest versions of all Epiphan software for Mac OS X go to http www epiphan com downloads You can also browse to the download page for the Epiphan product you are u...

Page 76: ...he arrow beside the Network Address box to open the list of networked devices 3 Select a device and select connect The following messages may appear in the capture window Detecting Video Mode as the VGA2Ethernet user interface starts up and attempts to connect with the Frame Grabber Tuning Capture Parameters if the VGA2Ethernet user interface finds the Frame Grabber and begins synchronizing and tu...

Page 77: ...d images Figure 30 shows the parts of the VGA2Ethernet user interface window Title Bar Displays the Epiphan product name and the screen resolution and refresh rate of the video source Toolbar Save copy and print a snapshot of the current captured image Switch to full screen mode override image adjustments and display information about the Frame Grabber See Toolbar on page 86 Captured Image The ima...

Page 78: ...e the image into a document or other application as a bitmap image To save a snapshot of the current image as an image file You can use the following procedure to save the current image as a bmp png jpg or tiff file on the video capture workstation 1 Select Save from the File menu or from the toolbar select You can open the saved image file with most bitmap image editing applications To print a sn...

Page 79: ...s on the VGA2USB menu to view the current version of configure preferences for configure KVM preferences for and exit the VGA2Ethernet user interface Figure 31 Displaying the VGA2Ethernet user interface version About VGA2USB Display the version of the VGA2Ethernet user interface that you are running and information about Epiphan products See Figure 31 Preferences Configure general preferences and ...

Page 80: ...ion See Chapter 10 Using the KVM2Ethernet Device on page 165 for more information Limit capture frame rate Select Limit frame rate to set a frame rate that is lower than the maximum frame rate at which the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device can capture images You can reduce the frame rate to reduce the number of images captured by the device and displayed on the VGA2Ethernet user interface You ma...

Page 81: ... Mbps and Kbps See Show Hide Device Information on page 84for more information about the Device Info Display Enable KVM Support Enable or disable KVM support and set how the VGA2Ethernet user interface will behave when it detects a KVM2Ethernet device You can set the interface to suggest entering KVM mode automatically enter KVM mode or to do nothing This option only takes effect when a KVM2Ethern...

Page 82: ... large number of Capture Windows open simultaneously can eventually slow performance on the video capture workstation Open Network Grabber Connect to a VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device connected to the network You can enter the IP address for the device if you have it or you can click on the triangle and select from the list of devices found on the network Recent Network Grabbers Select from th...

Page 83: ... to disconnect Save Image Save a snapshot of the current image to a file on the video capture workstation Select a name and a location for the file and select a file format You can save the snapshot as a bitmap bmp portable network graphics png JPEG jpg file or tiff tiff file Page Setup Configure the printer settings used when you select the Print command or the Print toolbar button Print Print a ...

Page 84: ...ide Device Information Enable or disable displaying information about the current Frame Grabber at the top of the VGA2Ethernet user interface window The display shows the hardware type location IP Address serial number video mode frame rate and data rate of the device Show Hide adjustment Controls Override image adjustments When the VGA2Ethernet user interface first starts the application and the ...

Page 85: ...d copy this information into an email to send to Epiphan Support Upload EDID To Device Upload an extended display identification file to the device See About EDID on page 69 Read EDID From Device Save a copy of the device extended display identification file to the video capture workstation See About EDID on page 69 Enter KVM Mode Start operating the VGA2Ethernet user interface in KVM mode Reset K...

Page 86: ...p bmp portable network graphics png JPEG jpg file or tiff tiff file Copy a snapshot of the current image to the video capture workstation clipboard You can paste this image into a document or other application as a bitmap image Print a snapshot of the current image to the configured printer Full Screen mode Scale the VGA2Ethernet user interface window to fill the screen Press Command F to exit ful...

Page 87: ...videos or to save or print images you should configure Epiphan QuickTime integration options by opening System Preferences selecting VGA2USB under Other and configuring QuickTime settings See Setting QuickTime Options for Recording Videos on page 149 You can also select About to view information about the current software and driver versions Figure 37 System preferences About ...

Page 88: ...4 Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface Changing System Preferences Page 88 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 89: ...et device with the Network Discovery Utility you can use video capture software installed on the video capture workstation to record images captured by the VGA2Ethernet device You can view captured images from within the Network Discovery Utility However you must install a third party DirectShow compatible application on the same PC to record captured images Note The VGA2Ethernet drivers and appli...

Page 90: ...f the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet drivers and application software available from the Epiphan web site In most cases you can upgrade the Epiphan software without uninstalling the previous version Finding and Installing Drivers and Application Updates Find the latest VGA2Ethernet drivers and application on the VGA2Ethernet download page http www epiphan com products frame grabbers vga2ethernet dow...

Page 91: ...nfig The Network Discovery Utility starts up and looks for Epiphan devices on the network If an Epiphan device is operating has an IP address on the network and is connected to the network the Network Discovery Utility will find it and display information for it For each Epiphan device the Network Discovery Utility displays a name serial number IP address and status such as device OK or Not Found ...

Page 92: ...Example Network Discovery Utility display Note If a viewer s password has been added to the device when you attempt to connect to the device from the Network Discovery Utility a lock icon appears beside the device and you must enter the viewer s password to display the image being captured by the device or to select the Web Config button for the device See Adding or Changing the Viewer s Password ...

Page 93: ...evice in the list and Select Refresh to refresh the selected device s information and stream preview Refresh re draws the captured image thumbnail and updates the name IP address serial number and status of the device Select Remove to delete the selected device from the device list View menu Use the commands on the view menu to display or hide the Status bar and adjust the relative width of the Ne...

Page 94: ...he bottom of the list to add or remove Epiphan devices from the list and to search the network for new Epiphan devices For more details about this list see List of Devices on page 94 You can do the following with the buttons at the bottom of the list Add Add a new Epiphan device to the list by adding a Name for the device and an IP address and selecting Add As you enter the IP address the Network ...

Page 95: ...thernet followed by the device s serial number This name appears in DirectShow applications used to record the images captured by this device You can change the name in the Name field This changes the name associated with the device in the Network Discovery Utility and in DirectShow applications Address The Address field displays the IP address of the Epiphan device You can change the IP address i...

Page 96: ...bout making image adjustments from the Web admin interface and for details about image adjustment settings see Configuring Image Adjustments on page 115 Note You can also view image adjustment settings from the VGA2Ethernet user interface by selecting Configure Device from the Capture menu and selecting Adjustments Advanced Configure image adjustments for the selected device You can also configure...

Page 97: ...ait a few minutes before the device will start responding again You can disconnect the video cable for 10 seconds to reset image synchronization You can also reset image synchronization by restarting the device See Rebooting or Restarting the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet on page 119 To configure image adjustments from the Network Discovery Utility 1 Start the Network Discovery Utility select a VGA...

Page 98: ...ttings on page 117 3 Select Apply or OK The changes are saved to the device To reset image adjustments from the Network Discovery Utility The quickest way to reset image adjustments from the Network Discovery Utility is to clear all image adjustment checkboxes 1 Open the Network Discovery Utility 2 Select a device 3 Select Advanced 4 As required clear the checkboxes for each image adjustment that ...

Page 99: ...mage resolution reported to DirectShow and so used by DirectShow compatible applications You can use this option to cause DirectShow to expand or shrink the image recorded by DirectShow compatible video capture applications Default Image Select an image to be sent to DirectShow if the device is not sending images to the video capture workstation This option replaces what would otherwise be a blank...

Page 100: ...ctShow If the actual resolution of the video signal is smaller than the fixed resolution the image appears in DirectShow compatible video capture applications with a border around it If the actual resolution is larger than the fixed resolution the image appears cropped in DirectShow compatible video capture applications Flip image vertically Select this option to turn the captured image displayed ...

Page 101: ...ation to reduce network usage to reduce the size of recorded video files or to reduce the number of saved image files For example the VGA2Ethernet device can capture up to 120 frames per second fps This frame rate may approach 100 CPU usage even on a dual CPU video capture workstation To reduce load on the video capture workstation you can reduce the frame rate to 30 fps without losing too much da...

Page 102: ...5 Windows Network Discovery Utility Configuring DirectShow Options Page 102 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 103: ...ging the Administrator s Password Adding or Changing the Viewer s Password Changing the IP Address Configuring the Ethernet Bridge For Use if You Have Only One Ethernet Connection Using the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet Device as a DHCP Server Configuring Image Adjustments Rebooting or Restarting the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet Maintenance Configuration Date and Time Configuration Firmware Upgrade...

Page 104: ...og into the Web admin interface by browsing to the default VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet IP address which is http 192 168 255 250 To log into a device using this IP address you must change the IP Address of the video capture workstation to the static IP address 192 168 255 249 and netmask 255 255 255 252 Then open a Web browser and browse to http 192 168 255 250 To log into the Web admin interface ...

Page 105: ...using a web browser 1 Start a web browser on the video capture workstation or any PC connected to the same network as the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device 2 Browse to http VGA2Ethernet_IP_address or http KVM2Ethernet_IP_address 3 Enter the following User Name admin Password no password required unless you have added one 4 Press Enter The Web admin interface opens see Figure 42 for an example If...

Page 106: ... interface Adding or Changing the Administrator s Password Add an administrator password for the Web admin interface to control access to the interface You can add a password or change the password at any time Note If you lose or forget the administrator password you can contact Epiphan Technical Support for help to reset it ...

Page 107: ...face 4 Enter the admin user name and the new password To delete the Web admin interface password You can delete the Web admin interface password if you don t want to require administrators to enter a password to log into the Web admin interface Note Removing the Web admin interface password makes it easier for unauthorized users to change the configuration of your device 1 Log into the Web admin i...

Page 108: ...ted and you must enter the viewer s password to connect to the device When you attempt to connect to the device from the Network Discovery Utility a lock icon appears beside the device and you must enter the viewer s password to display the image being captured by the device or to select the Web Config button for the device Note If you lose or forget the viewer password you can add a new password ...

Page 109: ...DHCP server to give the device an IP address that is compatible with the network If the network does have a DHCP server but you want to give the device a static IP address If the device is using the DHCP server assigned IP address but you want to add a backup IP Address that you can switch to if the DHCP server goes down You can log into the Web admin interface and change to using this IP address ...

Page 110: ... what information to use The IP address mask gateway and DNS server that you assign must be compatible with the IP addresses and netmasks of the other devices on the network For example 4 Select Change IP Address Configuration to save these changes Figure 46 Example VGA2Ethernet IP address configuration change 5 Confirm that the settings are correct and select Continue IP 192 168 1 20 Mask 255 255...

Page 111: ...ly configure the device s network settings If required you can disable DHCP and use a static IP address This procedure describes how to re enable DHCP settings 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 In the Change IP Address section change How to obtain IP address to Use DHCP 3 Select Continue 4 Scroll down the Web admin interface to the Reboot the system section and select Reboot Then select Continu...

Page 112: ...d still connect both the video capture workstation and the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device to the network you can do the following 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 In the Ethernet Bridge section select Enable 3 Select Change Ethernet Bridge Configuration 4 Select Continue 5 Scroll down the Web admin interface to the Reboot the system section and select Reboot Then select Continue It takes ...

Page 113: ...allowing the video capture workstation to connect to the network For best performance you should connect the video capture workstation to Eth 1 and the Ethernet network to Eth 2 Also the overhead required to forward packets between Eth 1 and Eth 2 can affect the video capture performance of the device You can temporarily improve performance by disconnecting Eth 2 from the network VGA Cable ETH 1 E...

Page 114: ...ing the device to does not have a DHCP server and you want to automatically set the IP addresses of the devices on the network using DHCP To enable the device DHCP server 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 Scroll down to the DHCP Server section Figure 48 DHCP server 3 Select Run DHCP Server 4 Enter the Start and End addresses of the IP address range that the DHCP server can assign to devices on ...

Page 115: ...ment and the adjustment range Because image adjustments are made automatically there are no default image adjustment settings Also changing image adjustments means making relative adjustments from the settings auto configured by the system Note On Windows video capture workstations can also view and change image adjustments from the Network Discovery Utility by selecting a device and selecting Adv...

Page 116: ... If image adjustments are required you may need to make them in small increments to avoid loss of image synchronization If image synchronization is lost the device will stop responding and stop capturing images You may have to wait a few minutes before the device will start responding again You can disconnect the video cable for 10 seconds to reset image synchronization You can also reset image sy...

Page 117: ... adjustments if you want them to occur more or less often Vertical shift Configure vertical shift to offset the captured image position For example a captured image shifted slightly downward vertically can be corrected with minor adjustments to the vertical shift settings Increasing or decreasing the value entered in the Vertical Shift field shifts the image up or down Horizontal Shift Configure h...

Page 118: ...timize image quality Increasing gain amplifies weak signals but also increases noise Increasing offset reduces background noise but also reduces the overall signal Balance offset and gain to achieve the best quality image You should adjust these settings by the smallest values possible to achieve the best results You can compensate for a large change to one by making a large change to the other bu...

Page 119: ...s allows Epiphan to review the device configuration firmware version and other basic operating parameters If you are having problems with the device and you contact Epiphan Support the support team can use this maintenance information to help remotely troubleshoot the problems Note The device does not send private information to the Epiphan maintenance server just basic operation and configuration...

Page 120: ...ith special access privileges to troubleshoot problems Enable Connection to Maintenance server The Epiphan device establishes an outgoing TCP connection to the Epiphan maintenance server using TCP port 30 Using this connection the device sends information to the Epiphan maintenance server and Epiphan Support can use this maintenance connection to remotely log into the device Maintenance Server The...

Page 121: ...tion to Maintenance Server Result Yes Yes The Epiphan device connects to the Epiphan maintenance server If required Epiphan Support can remotely connect to the device with special access privileges No Yes The Epiphan device connects to the Epiphan maintenance server Epiphan Support can remotely connect to the Web admin interface with the same access privileges as an administrator Yes No The Epipha...

Page 122: ...You can select NTP to get date and time updates from a public network time protocol NTP server by connecting to the server over the Internet NTP uses UDP port 123 The default NTP server is time nrc ca You should change this to an NTP server recommended for your location No No The Epiphan device does not connect to the Epiphan maintenance server If required Epiphan Support can remotely connect to t...

Page 123: ...use RDATE defined by RFC 868 Contact your network administrator for the address of the RDATE server and enter the RDATE server IP address into the Server IP Address field In both cases you can control how often the date and time are updated The Time Update interval can be every 1 6 12 or 24 hours Firmware Upgrade You can obtain new firmware versions from Epiphan Support New firmware is released to...

Page 124: ... on the Web admin interface Local update detected tmp rfc1867_NHWCk7 Unpacking update linux initrd img rootfs img syslinux cfg default cf default boot img md5sum Verifying update linux OK initrd img OK rootfs img OK syslinux cfg OK default cf default OK boot img OK Substituting files Do NOT interrupt Update completed successfully You can reboot the system 7 Select Continue To complete the firmware...

Page 125: ...mware build Information about the device Information about the device CPU VGA mode information Figure 52 System Information Restoring the Default Configuration Scroll down to Default Configuration and select Restore factory configuration to reset the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device to the factory default configuration The factory default configuration is the configuration that the device had w...

Page 126: ...pture workstation You must also establish an Ethernet connection between the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device and your PC To do this use one of the following Connect the Eth 1 port to the same Ethernet network as the video capture workstation Connect the Eth 1 port to an Ethernet network switch and connect the video capture workstation Ethernet port to the same switch Connect the Eth 1 port dir...

Page 127: ... to http 192 168 255 250 3 Enter the following User Name admin Password no password required unless you have previously added one 4 Press Enter The Web admin interface opens 5 Change the IP Address of the VGA2Ethernet or KVM2Ethernet device See Changing the IP Address on page 109 6 Restore the video capture workstation original network configuration ...

Page 128: ...6 Web admin interface If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server Page 128 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 129: ...rding Options You should review and modify image file recording options before recording captured images as image files Using image file recording options you can control the format of the image files control the file naming system used for saving the image files and determine whether to save all captured images or only some To configure image file recording options 1 Start the VGA2Ethernet user i...

Page 130: ...name generation Use the filename generation options to control the names of the saved image files and the location on the video capture workstation to which to save the files Folder Type in the path to the folder or select the folder button to browse to the folder into which to save image files All of the image files will be saved into this folder Prefix Enter a prefix to be added to the start of ...

Page 131: ...d with two digit decimal numbers for example 01 02 03 10 11 and so on The suffix 04X means the saved file names would end with 4 digit hexadecimal numbers for example 0001 0002 0003 000A 000B and so on Start Enter the starting number used in the file name suffixes in decimal format If the suffixes include hexadecimal numbering this decimal number is automatically converted to hexadecimal Example D...

Page 132: ... Save the first captured image at the start of a recording session but wait until the specified number of seconds minutes or hours has passed before saving the next image Continue waiting the specified time period between saving captured images Use this option to reduce the number of images saved during a recording session You can set wait to up to 10 000 hours Automatically turn recording off Aut...

Page 133: ...rmat settings see Setting Display Options to Change How Image Files are Recorded on page 133 To record image files 1 Connect the VGA2Ethernet device to the video source that you want to record from and to the video capture workstation 2 On the video capture workstation start the VGA2Ethernet user interface 3 If required select the VGA2Ethernet device 4 Make sure the VGA2Ethernet user interface is ...

Page 134: ...n pause recording by selecting Pause from the Capture menu or from the toolbar You can stop recording by selecting Stop Recording from the Capture menu or from the toolbar When you stop recording the status bar displays the number of image files saved For example the message Wrote 31 files indicates the VGA2Ethernet user interface saved 31 image files Viewing Saved Image Files You can view saved i...

Page 135: ...7 Recording image files Viewing Saved Image Files User Guide Page 135 Figure 54 Viewing a saved image file using GIMP ...

Page 136: ...7 Recording image files Viewing Saved Image Files Page 136 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 137: ...et user interface to record video files on a video capture workstation running Windows 2000 XP or Vista Videos are recorded in Windows avi file format The avi files are created and saved by an external codec that must be installed on the video capture workstation To record video you first install an external third party video codec and then add that codec to the VGA2Ethernet user interface configu...

Page 138: ...dy installed a high speed codec most of the codecs that the VGA2Ethernet user interface finds may be too slow or have poor compression If a codec is too slow the video recording frame rate may be too low to produce a good quality video without compromising the performance of the video capture workstation If a video codec has poor compression the recorded avi files could become very large To view t...

Page 139: ...mber of codecs may be available Epiphan recommends that you select a third party codec to purchase or download that will meet your requirements Select a video codec that can record videos at a high frame rate and that also supports high quality compression Epiphan recommends the MS MPEG 4 V2 video codec for most applications You can use this codec to produce avi files that are compatible with most...

Page 140: ...ack http www free codecs com download_soft php d 313 s 205 This link starts a download of the file ffvfw 20031028 exe which is the installer for the ffvfw codec pack Download this file and then run the executable to install the ffvfw codec pack 3 From the VGA2Ethernet user interface select Options from the Tools menu 4 Select the Recording tab 5 Select Record as Video 6 Select the Select Codec but...

Page 141: ... three times to save your changes Figure 56 Configuring the ffvfw codec pack Configuring Video File Recording Options You should review and modify video recording options before recording captured images as video files Using video file recording options you can control the maximum size of the video files between 1 and 4095 Mbytes and control the file naming system used for saving the video files ...

Page 142: ...ng tab select Record As Video 4 Configure the following options and select OK or apply to save the changes AVI file size limit Select the maximum size for the video file You can set the size from 1 to 4095 Mbytes When a video file reaches this size limit the file is saved If you have selected Automatically restart recording a new file is started and recording continues If you have not selected Aut...

Page 143: ...le or files Append suffix When you start a video recording session you are prompted to enter a file name If the file exceeds the AVI file size limit the VGA2Ethernet user interface starts another file named with the original file name appended with a sequential numeric suffix Use the append suffix options to specify the format of this suffix Each suffix starts with a and can include the following ...

Page 144: ...to the video source that you want to record from and to the video capture workstation 2 On the video capture workstation start the VGA2Ethernet user interface starting with Enter the starting number used in the file name suffixes in decimal format If the suffixes include hexadecimal numbering this decimal number is automatically converted to hexadecimal For example if you named the video file VID ...

Page 145: ...r images recorded When the size of the video file reaches the AVI file size limit see AVI file size limit on page 142 the VGA2Ethernet user interface does one of the following stops recording starts a new video file and continues recording Configuring Video File Recording Options on page 141 describes how to specify the file name overwrites the original video file and continues recording You can p...

Page 146: ... to any third party interface that can get images from DirectShow For more information about DirectShow see Configuring DirectShow Options on page 99 VirtualDub records avi video files You can download and install VirtualDub from http www virtualdub org VGA2Ethernet devices communicate with applications such as VirtualDub or GraphEdit using the DirectShow API Any DirectShow compatible image captur...

Page 147: ...deo capture workstation running Windows 2000 XP or Vista Use the following steps to download and install the required software and make the required connections before starting to record captured images using VirtualDub 1 Follow the steps in Installing the Drivers and Application for Windows on page 21 to download and install the VGA2Ethernet device driver Unless you have developed your own device...

Page 148: ... use for recording captured images For example if you have installed the ffvfw codec pack you can select ffvfw MPEG 4 Codec You can also configure the video codec from this dialog 5 From the VirtualDub Device menu select the VGA2Ethernet device The default name is VGA2Ethernet serial_number where serial_number is the serial number of the VGA2Ethernet device for example VGA2Ethernet V2E2147483647 Y...

Page 149: ...ard Mac OS X QuickTime multimedia API The Epiphan capture API sends captured images to the Epiphan QuickTime component The Epiphan QuickTime component sends the captured images to QuickTime where they can be recorded or otherwise processed by any QuickTime compatible video recording application such as HackTV Carbon or QuickTime Pro This section describes Setting QuickTime Options for Recording Vi...

Page 150: ...ft of the window 2 Enter the IP Address of the device you want to add or click on the triangle beside the Network Address box and select the device from the list of networked devices 3 Select Connect 4 To remove a device select the device and select the minus sign Figure 58 Mac OS X VGA2USB system preferences Configure the following QuickTime recording options ...

Page 151: ...t the recording session Default If a video signal is not detected the default resolution is reported and the video remains blank until a signal is detected If the default resolution does not match the actual resolution images are resized to the default resolution Fixed The same resolution is reported to QuickTime regardless of the actual resolution of the image and whether or not a video signal is...

Page 152: ...Image Format will only be used if the QuickTime compatible application doesn t specifically request an image format Default Frame Rate Usually you can set the frame rate in the QuickTime compatible video recording application If you cannot set the frame rate in the application set the default frame rate that the Epiphan device driver sends to QuickTime This default frame rate is only used if the a...

Page 153: ...l functionality but a limited user interface and no end user documentation or Help Playing Back a Video File Mac OS X You can play a QuickTime video using QuickTime or any QuickTime compatible video player Recording Videos for Linux This section describes how to use the Epiphan USB device driver and Video4Linux to record video files on a video capture workstation running Linux Video4Linux V4L is a...

Page 154: ...install chapters of this guide To record captured images as a video file 1 Connect the Epiphan Frame Grabber to the video source that you want to record from and to the Linux video capture workstation 2 On the video capture workstation start the Video4Linux compatible video capture or recording application 3 Select your Frame Grabber as the video input For example to record images from a DVI2USB S...

Page 155: ...ing Videos for Linux User Guide Page 155 Playing Back a Video File Linux You can playback a saved video using a video player that can play videos in format of the video file created by the video capture or recording application ...

Page 156: ...8 Recording Videos Recording Videos for Linux Page 156 VGA2Ethernet ...

Page 157: ...5 minute time limit You can contact Epiphan at info epiphan com to permanently enable the web broadcasting account for your VGA2Ethernet device This change is made on the Epiphan web broadcasting server and is not visible to the user Caution The broadcast over the Internet is not secure Potentially anyone can view the web broadcast if they know the correct Internet address The web broadcasting fea...

Page 158: ...b broadcasting you must set the display format to RGB 24 bits per pixel To set the Display format for web broadcasting 1 Open the VGA2Ethernet user interface 2 From the Tools menu select Options 3 Select the Display tab 4 Set Display Format to RGB 24 bits per pixel 5 Optionally limit the frame rate to reduce the number of images sent over the Internet reducing the amount of bandwidth used Dependin...

Page 159: ...ng except that the video capture workstation must be able to connect to the Internet The video capture workstation can be connected directly to the Internet or to a LAN that is connected to the Internet The following procedure is the same whether or not Epiphan has permanently enabled web broadcasting for your Frame Grabber To start a web broadcasting session 1 Start the VGA2Ethernet user interfac...

Page 160: ...ddress from which users can view the web broadcast The Internet address is always http www vga2Ethernet com followed by the serial number of the VGA2Ethernet device The serial number is visible in the VGA2Ethernet user interface title bar In the example the Internet address is http www vga2usb com V2U15100 The web broadcast internet address is not displayed on the VGA2Ethernet user interface durin...

Page 161: ...lays SHARING OFF Viewing a Web Broadcasting Session You can view a web broadcasting session from any web browser on any computer Windows PC Mac OS X or Linux that can connect to the Internet The PC and web browser should be running the most recent version of Java You can download the latest version of Java from http www java com To view a web broadcast open a web browser and browse to the required...

Page 162: ...ngs The default settings reduce the amount of Internet bandwidth used for web broadcasting by applying a combination of lossless and lossy compression to the images being broadcast To change web broadcasting compression from the Tools menu select Options and then select Sharing Figure 60 on page 162 Select Override default compression settings and adjust the Lossless and Lossy settings Figure 60 W...

Page 163: ...h CPU usage on the video capture workstation can result in the video capture workstation not being able to process all image data Note You cannot change web broadcasting compression during a web broadcast You must stop the broadcast adjust the settings and then start the broadcast again Lossless compression Lossless compression compresses without reducing image quality Increasing lossless compress...

Page 164: ...ering the frame rate You can also improve the performance of web broadcasting by lowering the frame rate Lowering the frame rate reduces the amount of Internet bandwidth used by reducing the number of frames broadcast Lowering the frame rate also reduces the demand on the video capture workstation CPU resources because fewer frames means the video capture workstation uses fewer CPU resources to ca...

Page 165: ...he KVM2Ethernet input port to the mouse and keyboard ports using USB or PS 2 connections and to the VGA port of the device You can add USB to PS 2 adapters if the machine to be managed only includes USB ports The KVM2Ethernet ethernet connector connects to the Ethernet network to which you also connect the video capture workstation You must install the Epiphan VGA2Ethernet Drivers and software on ...

Page 166: ... a Windows video capture workstation when you select a KVM2Ethernet device On the File menu Print Setup and Exit On the View menu all options On the Capture menu all options except Start Recording For the Configure Device command on the Capture menu you can view Adjustments and configure VGA Modes On the Tools menu all options except Web Broadcasting For the Options command all settings are availa...

Page 167: ...ggering event so that whenever you press a key sequence KVM mode starts See To set the KVM triggering event on page 167 3 Start KVM mode From the KVM menu select Enter KVM Mode Use the KVM trigger event mouse and keyboard combination to start KVM mode The server s display appears in the User Interface window To set KVM preferences for Windows see KVM Menu on page 50 4 Use the keyboard and mouse of...

Page 168: ...nation that is not used by any other application on the video capture workstation or on the device to be managed Setting a good KVM triggering event makes it easier and more efficient to enter and exit KVM mode You can select the right middle or left mouse button and any combination of the Ctrl Alt and Shift keys 4 Select OK to save the changes To stop KVM mode On the VGA2Ethernet user interface f...

Page 169: ...hat whenever you press a key sequence KVM mode starts See KVM Preferences on page 80 3 Start KVM mode From the Tools menu select Enter KVM Mode Use the KVM trigger event mouse and keyboard combination to start KVM mode The server s display appears in the Capture window 4 Use the keyboard and mouse of the video capture workstation to operate the machine to be managed The mouse and keyboard interact...

Page 170: ...on that you would like to use to start and stop KVM operation Choose a combination that is not used by any other application on the video capture workstation or on the device to be managed Setting a good KVM triggering event makes it easier and more efficient to enter and exit KVM mode You can select the right middle or left mouse button and any combination of the Command Ctrl Option and Shift key...

Page 171: ...tility 96 advanced preferences 81 algorithm scaling 152 API DirectShow 146 aspect ratio image adjustments 118 automatically restart recording 143 automatically turn recording off 55 recording image files 132 auto sensing Ethernet port 13 AVI file recording videos 137 size limit 142 B bandwidth 16 BIOS changing settings using KVM2Ethernet 165 bits per pixel See Also color depth 61 black and white 5...

Page 172: ... 39 Cat5 Ethernet cables 16 17 19 Cat5e Ethernet cables 16 17 19 change administrator password 107 DHCP server configuration 114 EDID 70 Ethernet bridge configuration 112 IP address 109 IP address configuration 110 viewer password 108 check for updates 35 50 codec configuring 140 installing 140 MS MPEG 4 V2 video codec 140 selecting a Windows video codec 138 viewing installed codecs 138 color dept...

Page 173: ...is restarted 143 Ctrl C shortcut key 54 Ctrl P shortcut key 53 Ctrl R shortcut key 54 Ctrl S 53 Ctrl Shift P shortcut key 53 Ctrl Shift S shortcut key 53 Ctrl U shortcut key 54 Ctrl W shortcut key 54 Ctrl Alt Del send 50 85 custom VGA mode adding 65 D data rate 53 display format 81 status bar 60 date and time configuration 122 synchronization 122 default configuration 125 gateway 110 IP address an...

Page 174: ...de defaults 49 pixel resize scaling 100 recording video from 148 recording video using a DirectShow application 146 scaling 100 VirtualDub configuration options 149 DirectShow options network discovery utility 99 DirectShow settings network discovery utility 96 display options 54 56 options for recording videos 138 149 tab 52 display format 57 about 60 recording image files 133 138 setting for web...

Page 175: ... command 46 KVM mode 168 extended display identification data 49 F factory configuration restoring 125 ffvfw video codec pack downloading 140 installing 140 file menu 82 File menu network discovery utility 93 VGA2Ethernet user interface 45 file name example image file name 131 image file name prefix 130 image file name suffix 131 video file name suffix 143 file name generation image file 130 file ...

Page 176: ...atures KVM2Ethernet 12 hardware features 12 headless server 165 Help menu network discovery utility 93 VGA2Ethernet user interface 50 hide toolbar 84 high color 62 horizontal resolution image adjustments 118 horizontal shift command line option 67 image adjustments 117 how to obtain IP address 109 hub 113 I image copy to the clipboard 46 83 flip vertically 60 paste 46 83 save 45 83 image adjustmen...

Page 177: ...age only mode command line option 66 image scaling 58 image synchronization recovering 97 116 images record as 55 indicators status bar 60 information system 125 VGA mode 125 install 11 drivers and application Mac 28 drivers and application Windows 21 Network Discovery Utility 21 VGA2Ethernet user interface 21 installed codecs viewing 138 integrating with other applications image only mode 47 Inte...

Page 178: ...ng 159 LED blue 13 green 13 red 14 LEDs KVM2Ethernet 12 power on sequence 18 20 VGA2Ethernet 12 limit AVI file size 142 limit capture frame rate 80 limit frame rate to 59 DirectShow 101 recording image files 133 138 recording videos 138 limitations KVM2Ethernet 166 Linux recording a video 154 recording videos 153 lock icon network discovery utility 92 log in web admin interface 104 loseless See lo...

Page 179: ...g please wait 161 wrote files 42 134 millions of colors 61 mode configuring VGA modes 63 MS MPEG 4 V2 video codec 140 N name network discovery utility 95 netmask 110 network device connect 48 network devices add or remove 152 network discovery utility 89 add devices 94 advanced 96 device address 95 Device menu 93 device name 95 DirectShow options 99 DirectShow settings 96 display 27 File menu 93 f...

Page 180: ...31 video file 144 overwrite the same file 143 P page setup 83 page setup command 83 password 48 adding or changing the viewer password 108 adding or changing the web admin administrator password 106 deleting 109 deleting the viewer password 109 deleting the web admin interface administrator password 107 if you loose or forget 106 108 paste paste copied image 46 83 pause captured image 40 image cap...

Page 181: ...omponent upgrading 75 QuickTime component and application Mac OS X 15 QuickTime Pro 153 R RAM video capture workstation 15 RDATE date and time server 123 reboot device 119 reconnect KVM command 50 85 record avi 137 captured images from DirectShow 148 captured images using VirtualDub 148 video 144 153 154 video from DirectShow 148 video using a DirectShow application 146 video using VirtualDub 148 ...

Page 182: ...tments network discovery utility 98 reset network settings to DHCP 111 resize pixel 100 window on resolution change 59 resolution fix 99 restart device 119 restart recording automatically 143 restoring 125 factory configuration 125 the default configuration 125 resume captured image 40 RGB 16 bits per pixel 62 2 3 3 62 24 bits per pixel 61 3 2 3 62 3 3 2 62 5 6 5 62 8 bits per pixel 62 8 8 8 forma...

Page 183: ... 53 Ctrl S 53 Ctrl U 54 Ctrl W 54 show device information 84 device list 84 toolbar 84 size AVI file 142 skip image file 132 snapshot captured image 40 78 software upgrade 35 75 standard VGA modes list 66 selecting 66 start image file 131 network discovery utility 91 VGA2Ethernet user interface 36 video capture application 76 video file 144 start recording command 48 static IP address 109 status b...

Page 184: ...er KVM 167 169 trigger event KVM 81 troubleshooting 119 web broadcasting 163 true color 61 tuning capture parameters 37 76 U UDP port 123 122 update time 123 updates checking 35 50 VGA2Ethernet drivers and application 35 upgrade Epiphan USB device driver 35 firmware 123 QuickTime component 75 video capture application 35 75 upgrading 75 network discovery utility 90 VGA2Ethernet user interface 35 u...

Page 185: ...ting 16 connectors 12 default IP address 104 download page 22 finding 25 hardware features 12 introduction 7 LEDs 12 maintenance configuration 119 not capturing images 36 optimizing performance 16 powering on 16 reboot 119 VGA2Ethernet user interface 33 cannot find the device 25 30 captured image 39 command line options 66 common procedures 39 display 24 getting started 33 73 installing 21 menu 38...

Page 186: ...146 starting 76 third party 146 upgrading 75 version for Mac OS X 79 VirtualDub 146 video capture workstation CPU usage high from web broadcasting 163 Ethernet network 15 Ethernet port 15 hard disk space 15 memory 15 operating system 15 processor speed 15 RAM 15 requirements 15 video codec downloading 140 installing 140 supported color depth 62 video file file name suffix 143 recording options 142...

Page 187: ...compression 162 changing performance 162 command 49 high CPU 163 Internet address 160 Java 161 pause 48 pausing 161 problems with 163 starting a session 159 troubleshooting 163 web browser web admin interface 104 105 web config network discovery utility 96 WhackedTV 153 wide mode image adjustments 118 window resize 59 Windows drivers and application 14 installing a video codec 140 recording a vide...

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