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Table of Contents

Introduction ............................................................................... 4

Installation .................................................................................. 6

VGA2Ethernet Hardware Features ................................................. 6

VGA2Ethernet Software Features ................................................ 10

Optimizing VGA2Ethernet Performance ...................................... 11

Connect and Power on a VGA2Ethernet Device .......................... 11

Installing the Drivers and Application for Windows .................... 13

If the VGA2Ethernet User Interface Cannot Find the Device ...... 16

Finding the VGA2Ethernet Device Manually .............................. 16

Using the Network Discovery Utility to Find the VGA2Ethernet 17

Installing the Drivers and Applications for Mac OS X ................ 18

If the VGA2Ethernet User Interface Cannot Find the Device ...... 20

Direct Connection of VGA2Ethernet to Workstation ................... 20

Windows VGA2Ethernet User Interface ............................... 22

Finding VGA2Ethernet Drivers and Application Updates ........... 22

Starting the VGA2Ethernet User Interface ................................... 23

Pausing, Copying, Saving, and Printing Images ........................... 24

Recording Captured Images .......................................................... 26

Menus ............................................................................................ 28

Toolbar .......................................................................................... 33

Status Bar ...................................................................................... 34

Capture, Recording, and Display Options ................................... 35

Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface .............................. 48

Upgrading to the Latest Mac OS X Software Version ................. 48

Starting the Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface .................. 49

Menus ............................................................................................ 51

Toolbar .......................................................................................... 54

Changing System Preferences ...................................................... 58

Web admin interface ............................................................... 59

Logging into the Web admin interface ......................................... 59

Configuring the Ethernet Bridge For Use if You Have Only One
Ethernet Connection ..................................................................... 62

If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server ........................... 63

Adding or Changing the Web admin Interface Password ............. 65

Adding or Changing the Viewer Password ................................... 66

Configuring Frame Grabber Adjustments .................................... 67

Changing the Network Configuration ........................................... 71

Configuring Remote Support ........................................................ 75

Setting the Date and Time............................................................. 77

Summary of Contents for VGA2Ethernet

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Page 5: ...t Drivers and Application Updates 22 Starting the VGA2Ethernet User Interface 23 Pausing Copying Saving and Printing Images 24 Recording Captured Images 26 Menus 28 Toolbar 33 Status Bar 34 Capture Recording and Display Options 35 4 Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface 48 Upgrading to the Latest Mac OS X Software Version 48 Starting the Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface 49 Menus 51 Toolbar 54 C...

Page 6: ...rk Discovery Utility 88 Finding and Installing Drivers and Application Updates 89 Starting the Network Discovery Utility 89 Menus 90 List of Devices 91 Captured Image Display 92 Configuring Image Adjustments 94 Configuring DirectShow Options 95 8 Recording Image Files 97 Configuring Image File Recording Options 97 Recording Image Files 97 9 Recording Videos 98 Recording Videos Using the Epiphan VG...

Page 7: ...ide Composite Video to DVI Converter 108 8 Sample Applications 109 Sharing Data without Using Guest access Networks 109 Performing Presentations over Ethernet 109 Recording Training Sessions and Lecture Capture 110 9 List of Figures 112 ...

Page 8: ...ernet port to interface itself with the target computer allowing for up to 1 Gigabit transfer rates This is the only frame grabber capable of capturing both DVI and VGA signals and sending the data over Ethernet Using the latest state of the art pre compression technologies developed by Epiphan Systems specifically for the VGA2Ethernet you are able to acquire diagnostic quality 100 lossless images...

Page 9: ...roduction 5 VGA2Ethernet User Guide broadcasting and recording products For more information about all of Epiphan s broadcasting products please see the Broadcaster Products Overview on the Epiphan website ...

Page 10: ...A video capture workstation is any PC or Mac on which you have installed the VGA2Ethernet drivers and application and that is connected to the same Ethernet network as the VGA2Ethernet device VGA2Ethernet Hardware Features The VGA2Ethernet device is a 202mm x105mm x35mm 7 95 x4 13 x 1 38 unit The front panel includes power and capture activity LEDs DVI In and Out audio In and Out ports The back pa...

Page 11: ...Installation 7 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Figure 2 VGA2Ethernet rear view Figure 3 VGA to DVI Cable ...

Page 12: ...seful in case you need to configure the Ethernet Bridge when there is only one Ethernet connection See Configuring the Ethernet Bridge For Use if You Have Only One Ethernet Connection Power Connect the AC adapter to the VGA2Ethernet power connector and to a power outlet LEDs Red LED during operation the red LED blinks each time the VGA2Ethernet captures an image You can use the red LED as an indic...

Page 13: ...r not included To identify this converter please see Composite video to DVI converter not included DVI Out This port allows you to check the presence of the signal Connect a DVI monitor or projector using a DVI cable or a VGA monitor using DVI to VGA cable Audio In Connect a microphone if you need to acquire audio Audio Out Connect audio equipment e g headphones or speakers to control how audio st...

Page 14: ...rnet device can get an IP address on the network from a DHCP server if the network has one If the network does not have a DHCP server see the If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server section Web admin interface Use the VGA2Ethernet Web admin interface for changing the VGA2Ethernet IP address making device adjustments and installing new firmware You can log into the Web admin interface by selecti...

Page 15: ... 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 See Direct Connection of VGA2Ethernet to Workstation Connect and Power on a VGA2Ethernet Device To connect a VGA2Ethernet device you need A DVI or VGA video source If connecting a VGA sourc...

Page 16: ...ort Splitting the signal may reduce the image quality 2 Use a 3 5 mm mini jack connector to connect the source s audio output if any to an audio input of VGA2Ethernet 3 Use an RJ 45 Ethernet cable to connect the VGA2Ethernet Eth1 port to the 10 100 1000 Base T Ethernet network For best performance connect the VGA2Ethernet device to a 1000 Base T Ethernet link to your network The network must be ru...

Page 17: ...t drivers and application on a video capture workstation The drivers and application include the following components The Epiphan device drivers that receive captured images from the VGA2Ethernet device over the network The VGA2Ethernet user interface that you can use to view print save record and broadcast captured images The Network Discovery Utility that you can use to find Epiphan devices conn...

Page 18: ...ooks for VGA2Ethernet device on your 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 finds the VGA2Ethernet device if the device is connected to your network and operating If the VGA2Ethernet user interface cannot find the device you use the following utili...

Page 19: ...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 the device still appears in the status bar but instead of a captured image the user interface displays No signal detected Figure 7 VGA2Ethernet GUI interface Title Bar Displays the product name and serial number of the VGA2Ethernet device as well as the...

Page 20: ...uld automatically be detected by the user interface If you still cannot see the VGA2Ethernet device it may not have obtained an IP address from your DHCP server See the If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server section to change the device s IP address Finding the VGA2Ethernet Device Manually You can find the VGA2Ethernet device from the VGA2Ethernet user interface by selecting Select Device from...

Page 21: ... 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 and display the device s IP address Press the Web config button to display the Web admin interface If the device is capturing images the current captured image should appear on the Network Discovery Utility interface and the ...

Page 22: ...ork 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 information Installing the Drivers and Applications for Mac OS X To view and record images captured by the VGA2Ethernet device you must install ...

Page 23: ... follow the prompts Note The final step of the installation requires restarting the video capture workstation 5 On the video capture workstation run the VGA2Ethernet user interface From the Applications folder select VGA2USB app The VGA2Ethernet user interface starts up 6 From the File menu select Open Network Grabber 7 If you know the IP address of the device you can enter it manually If you do n...

Page 24: ...ned an IP address from your DHCP server See the If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server section Direct Connection of VGA2Ethernet to Workstation In case you do not need to transfer captured video over the network you can use VGA2Ethernet as a simple frame grabber that allows capturing data from a VGA DVI composite source and recording it on a workstation Use the RJ 45 Ethernet cable to connect ...

Page 25: ...Installation 21 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Figure 10 VGA2Ethernet Direct Connection to Workstation ...

Page 26: ...e video capture workstation as described in Installing the Drivers and Application for Windows Finding VGA2Ethernet Drivers and Application Updates Find the latest VGA2Ethernet drivers and application on the VGA2Ethernet download page http www epiphan com products frame grabbers vga2ethernet download On these pages you will find the most recent versions of VGA2Ethernet documentation VGA2Ethernet f...

Page 27: ...net device is not capturing images the device name and serial number still appear in the title bar and the IP address of the device still appears in the status bar but instead of a captured image the VGA2Ethernet user interface displays No signal As the VGA2Ethernet user interface starts the following messages may appear on the VGA2Ethernet user interface window Capture device not found as the VGA...

Page 28: ...rame Grabber you can pause copy save and print the current image To pause and resume the image capture 1 Select Pause Capture from the Capture menu or from the toolbar select 2 While image capture is paused the VGA2Ethernet user interface stops receiving new images from the device Pause also pauses video recording image recording and web broadcasting While paused you can save print and copy the ca...

Page 29: ...n of the saved image file 3 When you select Save again the VGA2Ethernet user interface saves the new image with the same file name and location overwriting the previously saved file You can select Save As to save the image with a different file name file type or location or use the key combination CTRL Shift S 4 You can open the saved image file with most bitmap image editing applications To print...

Page 30: ...ries of image files 1 Select Start Recording from the Capture menu from the toolbar select or use the key combination CTRL R As images are captured by the frame grabber they are recorded as a series of image files according to the image file settings on the Recording tab of the Options dialog Tools menu The Status bar shows the name and location of the last saved file You can pause recording by us...

Page 31: ...f the video file reaches the AVI file size limit see AVI file size limit the VGA2Ethernet user interface does one of the following o stops recording o starts a new video file and continues recording Configuring Video File Recording Options describes how to specify the file name o overwrites the original video file and continues recording You can pause recording by selecting Pause Capture from the ...

Page 32: ...and you can change the file location and format After saving the first file every time you select Save the video capture software saves a snapshot using the same file name in the same location replacing the previously saved file When you select Save the status bar shows the location and name of the saved file Save As Save a snapshot of the current image to a file on the video capture workstation U...

Page 33: ...ideo capture workstation clipboard You can paste this image into a document or other application as a bitmap image View Menu Use the commands on the View menu to control the parts of the VGA2Ethernet user interface window that are displayed Toolbar Change the size of the toolbar icons or hide the toolbar You can select small large or huge icons If the toolbar is hidden select an icon size to displ...

Page 34: ... device that the VGA2Ethernet user interface receives captured images from if you have more than one Epiphan VGA2Ethernet or device connected to the network You can also view image adjustment settings and VGA mode settings for the selected device The record functions on the capture menu record the current image as a video or as a series of consecutive image files Select Options from the Tools menu...

Page 35: ... Configure Device command If a viewer s password has been added to the device the device s status is listed as protected in the select device list and you must enter the viewer s password to connect to the device See Adding or Changing the Viewer s Password Connect network device Enter or select the IP address of a VGA2Ethernet device on the network Use this option or the key combination Ctrl N in...

Page 36: ...he Tools menu also contains commands for special functions such as broadcasting captured images over the Internet Web Broadcasting Broadcast the images being captured by the VGA2Ethernet user interface over the Internet See Chapter 9 Web Broadcasting Upload EDID to device Use this command to upload an extended display identification data EDID file to your device See About EDID Read EDID from devic...

Page 37: ...ly contains minor changes or if you are running the current version Check for Updates may not recommend that you install a new version and will not display any information Toolbar Use the toolbar to save print or copy the current captured image to start pause and stop recording the current captured image and to start and stop web broadcasting You can use the Toolbar command on the View menu to cha...

Page 38: ...e saved image files or video file Pause or resume image capturing If you select pause the VGA2Ethernet user interface stops displaying captured images Pause also pauses recording a video saving image files and web broadcasting Select pause again to resume displaying captured images and resume recording or web broadcasting Enable audio capture Start or stop broadcasting or sharing captured images o...

Page 39: ...starts flashing if you have paused image capture Use the Reset counter button to reset the number of frames from the Display tab of the Options dialog The VGA mode and refresh rate of the video source Capture Recording and Display Options This section introduces the options available from the Tools menu when you select the Options command These options control how the VGA2Ethernet user interface r...

Page 40: ...thernet user interface records images when you start recording from the Toolbar or the capture menu depends on how you set the recording options Figure 11 The Recording tab of the Options window You can select the following options Record as Specify whether video or images are ...

Page 41: ...d video data is lost Create a new file every time recording is restarted After the video file size limit is reached start a new video file You can use the append suffix setting to create a unique name for the new file 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 star...

Page 42: ...onverted to hexadecimal For example if you named the video file VID set the suffix to 02d and set starting with to 1 the video file names would be VID avi VID01 avi VID02 avi and so on Overwrite existing files If you select overwrite existing files files are saved according to the video file recording options Existing files are replaced with the new files If you do not select overwrite existing fi...

Page 43: ...ernet User Interface 39 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Configuring Display Options To change display options from the Tools menu select Options and then select the Display tab Figure 12 The Display tab of the Options window ...

Page 44: ...ge Select the checkbox to resize window when the image resolution is changed Invert colors for printing Select the checkbox to change dark colors to light colors and light colors to dark colors Flip image vertically Flip the image at its vertical axis Select the check boxes below to add optional indicators to the status bar Frame rate Displays frame rate Crop rectangle Displays crop status Audio f...

Page 45: ...Interface 41 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Configuring Capture Options Use this tab to configure multiple capture options Figure 13 The Capture tab of the Options window Enable hardware cropping Select the checkbox to enable cropping ...

Page 46: ...nt video mode detection decreases reaction time when changing video mode it may reduce the frame rate Automatically reconnect network grabbers Select the checkbox to restore connection with the remote frame grabbers in case the connection has been lost Otherwise the system connects to the local frame grabber if any or displays a warning No frame grabbers found In this case you need to restore conn...

Page 47: ...thernet User Interface 43 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Setting On Screen Text Parameters Using this tab you can timestamp the captured video and add some static text Figure 14 The On Screen Text tab of the Options window ...

Page 48: ...nable setting timestamp parameters Static text Select this checkbox to enable setting static text parameters Format Specify the timestamp format Color Set the color Font Set the font and the font size Position Set the position for the timestamp or text Outline Add an outline to the timestamp or text ...

Page 49: ...io Settings Use this tab to configure audio signal that is being captured Figure 15 The Audio tab of the Options window Audio format Select the output audio format Audio source Select the audio source Play captured audio Select this checkbox to enable capturing and broadcasting ...

Page 50: ...VGA2Ethernet User Interface 46 VGA2Ethernet User Guide audio Configure Startup Use this tab to specify what actions the application should perform during startup Figure 16 The Startup tab of the Options window ...

Page 51: ...r Guide Start in full screen mode When the application starts it resizes to the current resolution of the screen Search for network grabber at startup The application searches for a network grabber on your subnet if it does not find any local frame grabbers ...

Page 52: ...ons of all Epiphan frame grabber software available from the Epiphan web site In most cases you can upgrade the Epiphan software on your Mac OS X video capture workstation by using normal procedures to download the latest version and install it without uninstalling the previous version Note Some versions of the VGA2Ethernet user interface do not install a shortcut on the Mac OS X desktop You can d...

Page 53: ...e video capture workstation As the application starts the message Capture Device not Found appears on the VGA2Ethernet user interface window 1 Select Open Network Grabber from the File menu 2 Select the 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 V...

Page 54: ...indow Mac OS X If the VGA2Ethernet user interface successfully connects to and synchronizes with the frame grabber the VGA2Ethernet user interface window begins displaying captured images Title Bar Displays the Epiphan product name screen resolution and refresh rate of the video source Toolbar Switch to full screen mode override image adjustments and display information about the frame grabber Cap...

Page 55: ...deo capture workstation Open Network Grabber Connect to a VGA2Ethernet 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 the list of recently opened VGA2Ethernet devices The devices will be listed by IP Address and device serial numb...

Page 56: ...t menu you can copy a snapshot of the current image Copy 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 View Menu Use the commands on the view menu to control the parts of the VGA2Ethernet user interface window that are displayed Show Hide Device List Open or close a drawer on the side ...

Page 57: ...ove the image quality Enter Full Screen Scale the VGA2Ethernet user interface window to fill the screen Press Command F to exit full screen mode Hide Show Toolbar Enable or disable displaying the toolbar at the top of the VGA2Ethernet user interface Tools Menu Use the commands on the Tools menu to show VGA Mode Information and to upload or save an EDID file Show VGA Mode Information Display low le...

Page 58: ...se the toolbar to save copy or print the current captured image to override image adjustments and to show information about the device Save Save As Enter the file name for saving data Where Enter the path where the file is saved Format Select the format for the recorded file ...

Page 59: ...ace 55 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Copy Use this command to copy the snapshot of the image to buffer Print Use this command to specify printing settings and print the image Record Click this button to start recording of the captured video ...

Page 60: ...Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface 56 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Adjust Configure horizontal vertical shift to offset the captured image position Select the checkboxes to adjust shifting automatically ...

Page 61: ...Mac OS X VGA2Ethernet user interface 57 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Info Click this button to display information about the frame grabber its location serial number and image characteristics ...

Page 62: ...lable in network Changing System Preferences Before starting to record 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 You can also select About to view information about the current software and driver versions ...

Page 63: ... 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 admin Disconnect any other Epiphan devices from the network before attempting to connect to the VGA2Ethernet device Restore the original network settings for your work...

Page 64: ... any workstation connected to the same network as the VGA2Ethernet device 2 Browse to http VGA2Ethernet_IP_address admin For example if the VGA2Ethernet IP address is 192 30 23 45 browse to http 192 30 23 45 admin Remember to include admin at the end of the address or you will access the broadcast rather than the Web admin interface 3 Enter the following User Name admin Password no password requir...

Page 65: ...Web admin interface Password Viewer Access Change the viewer account password See Adding or Changing the Viewer Password Network Change the VGA2Ethernet network configuration See Changing the Network Configuration Frame Grabber Make Frame Grabber image adjustments See Configuring Frame Grabber Adjustments Remote Support Enable and configure remote support See Configuring Remote Support Date and Ti...

Page 66: ...ormation Configuring the Ethernet Bridge For Use if You Have Only One Ethernet Connection In some cases you may only have one network connection available for both the video capture workstation and the VGA2Ethernet device To record captured images and still connect both the video capture workstation and the VGA2Ethernet device to the network you can do the following 1 Log into the Web admin interf...

Page 67: ... 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 If the Network Does Not Have a DHCP Server If the network does not have a DHCP server you need to log into the Web admin ...

Page 68: ...ecord the network settings for the workstation so that you can restore them later 2 Change the IP address of the workstation to static IP assignment with the following Address 192 168 255 249 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 252 3 Follow the instructions for your operating system If the operating system supports adding more than one IP address then you can add this IP address as a second IP address instead...

Page 69: ... you should contact your reseller or Epiphan Technical Support for help to reset the device to factory defaults To add a password to the Web admin interface 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 Select Admin Access 3 Enter and repeat the new password The password is case sensitive and can include up to 255 ASCII characters 4 Select Apply The password changes and after a pause you are prompted to lo...

Page 70: ...sword Add a password to control viewer access to the broadcast You can add a viewer password or change the viewer password at any time Note If you lose or forget the viewer password you replace it with a new password at any time To add or change the viewer password 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 Select Viewer Access 3 Enter and repeat the new password The password is case sensitive and can i...

Page 71: ...the viewer password if you do not want to require viewers to enter a password to access the broadcast 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 Select Viewer Access The password fields should be blank 3 Select Apply without adding characters to the password fields The password is deleted Configuring Frame Grabber Adjustments A frame grabber is an electronic device that captures individual still frames ...

Page 72: ... Normally you would not have to make manual image adjustments However you may have special requirements or for other reasons have image quality problems that may only be fixed by making image adjustments The Web admin interface contains most of the information that you need to make image adjustments including a brief description of the effect of each adjustment and the adjustment range To make an ...

Page 73: ...dmin interface 69 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Figure 22 VGA2Ethernet Frame Grabber Adjustments Note Because frame grabber adjustments are made automatically there are no default frame grabber adjustment settings ...

Page 74: ...zontal shift settings Increasing or decreasing the value entered in the Horizontal Shift field shifts the image to the right or left Phase Configure phase also called sampling phase to adjust the horizontal resolution of the image Improperly adjusted phase will result in a fuzzy image You can adjust the sampling phase in small steps until a sharper image is displayed PLL adjustment Configure PLL t...

Page 75: ...of the captured image The default aspect ratio is 4 3 You can change the aspect ratio to wide mode so that the VGA2Ethernet device can accurately capture wide aspect ratio modes It s not always possible for the Epiphan device driver to distinguish between video modes when they have the same number of rows for example 1024x768 and 1280x768 You can change the aspect ratio to Wide Mode if you want th...

Page 76: ...ddress you will need to remove the VGA2Ethernet device from the Network Discovery Utility and then select Search to find it again Note You can also see the VGA2Ethernet MAC address on the Network page Providing the MAC address to your network administrator may be helpful for managing your network To set the VGA2Ethernet to use a static IP address 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 Select Network...

Page 77: ... 73 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Figure 23 Change the VGA2Ethernet IP address For example IP 192 168 1 20 Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 1 2 DNS server 192 168 1 99 1 Select Apply to save these changes 2 Select Maintenance ...

Page 78: ...ith a DHCP server the DHCP server will automatically configure the network settings If required you can disable DHCP settings and use a static IP address This procedure describes how to re enable DHCP settings that have been disabled 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 Select Network 3 Select Use DHCP 4 Select Apply to save these changes 5 Select Maintenance 6 Select Reboot Now It takes a few min...

Page 79: ...default communication with the Epiphan maintenance server uses TCP port 30 The default address of the Epiphan maintenance server is epiphany epiphan com The VGA2Ethernet device must be able to find a DNS server to resolve the default address and then must be able to connect to this address on the Internet using TCP port 30 If the VGA2Ethernet network settings are set to use DHCP it gets the addres...

Page 80: ...nnection 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 connection to remotely log into the device Server Address The address of the Epiphan maintenance server This address is usually epiphany epiphan com However you can change this address if required but usually only as reco...

Page 81: ... server Epiphan Support can remotely connect to the Web admin interface with the same access privileges as an administrator Yes No The VGA2Ethernet device does not connect to the Epiphan maintenance server If required Epiphan Support can remotely connect to the device with special access privileges If you provide remote access to your network in some other way for example using port forwarding Con...

Page 82: ...ver 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 available from your network administrator Figure 25 Date and Time Configuration Time Zone Select the appropriate time zone Enable time synchronization This parameter enables time synchronization with the defined server ...

Page 83: ...P Public Services Project To make sure you get the correct time from an NTP server you should select the correct Time Zone for the location of your VGA2Ethernet device If the VGA2Ethernet device cannot connect to the Internet and if there is an RDATE server on the network you can set time synchronization to use RDATE defined by RFC 868 Contact your network administrator for the address of the RDAT...

Page 84: ...piphan Support 2 Place a copy of the firmware file on the workstation you use to connect to the Web admin interface 3 Log into the Web admin interface 4 Select Firmware Upgrade 5 Select Browse and then select the firmware file 6 Select Apply The firmware uploads to the VGA2Ethernet device The device unpacks the firmware update file verifies the contents and then upgrades the firmware 7 To complete...

Page 85: ...ry Configuration Select Restore beside Restore Factory Configuration to reset the Broadcasting and Frame Grabber settings The factory default configuration is the configuration that the VGA2Ethernet device had when you received it from Epiphan It can be useful to return the VGA2Ethernet device to this configuration if you have made a number of configuration changes that you want to reverse Restori...

Page 86: ...ernet Device Shut down VGA2Ethernet to take the device off the network without disconnecting the power To shut down the VGA2Ethernet device 1 Log into the Web admin interface 2 Select Maintenance 3 Beside Shut down select Shutdown now The VGA2Ethernet device shuts down Now you cannot log into the Web admin interface or view captured images At the same time the Network Discovery Utility will not fi...

Page 87: ...ing the version number and details of the firmware build The VGA2Ethernet system CPU details The number of the Frame Grabber installed in the VGA2Ethernet device The Frame Grabber VGA mode information This information is also displayed when you first log into the Web admin interface ...

Page 88: ...Web admin interface 84 VGA2Ethernet User Guide Figure 28 VGA2Ethernet system information ...

Page 89: ... 10 hour time limit Before you can begin web broadcasting you must Follow the steps in Installing the Drivers and Application for Windows to download and install the VGA2Ethernet device driver Connect your VGA2Ethernet device as described in Connect and Power on a VGA2Ethernet Device Setting the Display Format for Web Broadcasting Before starting web broadcasting you must set the display format to...

Page 90: ...he VGA2Ethernet user interface 2 Select Web Broadcasting from the Tools menu The Start web broadcasting dialog appears Note the Internet address 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 The web broadcast inter...

Page 91: ...ted A second web browser window appears displaying the message Applet is loading Please wait The broadcasted image should appear within 10 to 20 seconds The first web browser window in which the web broadcast address was entered displays a message indicating that the web presentation has been opened in a new window You can also use the first window to refresh the broadcast or re open the broadcast...

Page 92: ...educes the demand on the video capture workstation CPU resources because fewer frames means the video capture workstation uses fewer CPU resources to capture and compress the frames To lower the frame rate from the Tools menu select Options and then select Capture Select Limit frame rate to and set the frame rate to a lower value 7 Windows Network Discovery Utility This chapter describes the funct...

Page 93: ...and successfully found a VGA2Ethernet device to be able to view and record images using DirectShow compatible software installed on the video capture workstation 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 download On these pages you will find ...

Page 94: ...e is not capturing images the Device OK indicator can still appear but the display will not show a captured image Note When you restart the Network Discovery Utility if it has already found an Epiphan device it will show the status of the device 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 ...

Page 95: ...able to DirectShow applications installed on the video capture workstation For each device the list displays a thumbnail of the current captured image if appropriate the name serial number IP address and device status of the Epiphan device The names of the VGA2Ethernet devices found on your network appear in the DirectShow compatible applications that you can use to record captured images You can ...

Page 96: ...n Epiphan device is found that is not on the list it is added Captured Image Display The right pane of the Network Discovery Utility shows the image captured by the device selected in the Epiphan devices list This pane also displays the resolution and refresh rate at which the device is capturing the image You can use the following buttons and fields on the right pane Refresh Refresh Name Displays...

Page 97: ...nnection to the Epiphan device you can restore the connection by changing back to the correct IP address Or you can remove the Epiphan device from the list and then select Search to find it again Advanced Configure image adjustments for the selected device You can also configure image adjustments from the Web admin interface and you can view image adjustment settings from the VGA2Ethernet user int...

Page 98: ...om the VGA2Ethernet user interface by selecting Configure Device from the Capture menu and selecting Adjustments 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 ag...

Page 99: ...n 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 screen with a...

Page 100: ...ages 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 Limit frame rate to Select Limit frame rate to set a frame rate that is lower than the frame rate at which the device can capture images You can reduce the frame rate to reduce the number of images captured by the device You may want to reduce ...

Page 101: ...cording 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 interface 2 If required select a VGA2Ethernet device usin...

Page 102: ...lect the location for saving the video file and select Save As the VGA2Ethernet device captures images they are recorded as a series of image files according to the image file settings on the Recording tab of the Options dialog The Status bar shows the names and location of the image files as the VGA2Ethernet user interface saves them You can pause recording by selecting Pause from the Capture men...

Page 103: ...eo codecs installed on the video capture workstation Unless you have already 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...

Page 104: ...To download and install the ffvfw video codec pack 1 Make sure the Display Format is set to RGB 24 bits per pixel 2 Check by selecting Options from the Tools menu and selecting Display 3 Select the following link to download the ffvfw codec pack 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 cod...

Page 105: ...ns To record video 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 Make sure the VGA2Ethernet user interface is displaying the captured images that you want to record 4 Select Start Recording from the Capture menu or from the toolbar select 5 Ente...

Page 106: ...apture menu or from the toolbar When you stop recording the Status bar displays the name and location of the saved video file for how long the video file was recording and the number of frames or images recorded For example Wrote c temp example avi 85 sec 464 frames Playing Back a Video File Depending on the video codec that you used you should be able to play back most recorded videos using Windo...

Page 107: ...ptions by opening System Preferences selecting VGA2USB under Other and configuring QuickTime settings for the devices that you will be recording video from QuickTime options set some optional default settings used by some QuickTime applications To add or remove a network device 1 To add a device select the plus sign at the bottom left of the window 2 Enter the IP Address of the device you want to ...

Page 108: ...stems Both HackTV Carbon and Whacked TV are non commercial software with useful 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 ...

Page 109: ...nterfaces cables and adapters This chapter describes a subset of connectors cables and adapters that can be used with the VGA2Ethernet device 3 5 mm Mini jack A 3 5mm mini jack connector is used to carry audio signals It can be connected to VGA2Ethernet via Audio IN port DVI A DVI cable can be connected to VGA2Ethernet via DVI IN and OUT ports ...

Page 110: ...pters 106 VGA2Ethernet User Guide VGA A VGA Cable can be connected to VGA2Ethernet via DVI IN and OUT ports with the help of the DVI to VGA adapter shown below DVI to VGA cable Connects VGA sources to a VGA2Ethernet s DVI port ...

Page 111: ...Cables Connectors and Adapters 107 VGA2Ethernet User Guide ...

Page 112: ... and Adapters 108 VGA2Ethernet User Guide RJ 45 Male Ethernet RJ 45 connector Used to connect VGA2Ethernet to the Ethernet network Composite Video to DVI Converter Used to connect VGA2Ethernet to composite video sources ...

Page 113: ...other information within the company without accessing company servers or sensitive networks There s no need to plug visitor PCs into the corporate network or allow guests to use USB inputs for sharing information VGA2Ethernet connects to the visitors devices outputs and captures information transferring it through the Ethernet without connection to the corporate LAN Performing Presentations over ...

Page 114: ... Capture VGA2Ethernet can be used to record training usability testing or simulations Recorded trainings can be used in coaching and feedback both by facilitators and participants VGA2Ethernet captures training sessions from DVI and analog cameras sends video over Ethernet and records on a target computer Besides it makes the recorded sessions accessible to others edited and post produced by video...

Page 115: ...Sample Applications 111 VGA2Ethernet User Guide ...

Page 116: ... The Display tab of the Options window 39 Figure 13 The Capture tab of the Options window 41 Figure 14 The On Screen Text tab of the Options window 43 Figure 15 The Audio tab of the Options window 45 Figure 16 The Startup tab of the Options window 46 Figure 17 VGA2Ethernet user interface window Mac OS X 50 Figure 18 VGA2Ethernet Web admin interface 61 Figure 19 Connecting network and a PC to VGA2E...

Page 117: ...se systems If you need more information about collection reuse and recycling systems please contact your local or regional waste administration You can also contact us for more information on the environmental performance of our products FCC CE Compliance Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause ha...

Page 118: ...he submission The user acknowledges the originality of any submission communicated to Epiphan and accepts responsibility for its accuracy appropriateness and legality Third Parties and Links to Third Party Web Sites Mention of non Epiphan Systems Inc products or services on their website or this document site is for informational purposes and does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation Th...

Page 119: ...ed judge who presided in the province of Ontario The parties shall bear equally the cost of the arbitration except that the prevailing party shall be entitled to an award of reasonable attorneys fees incurred in connection with the arbitration in such an amount as may be determined by the arbitrator All decisions of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on both parties and enforceable in any c...

Page 120: ... User Guide Configuration Worksheet Use this worksheet to keep necessary information about VGA2Ethernet installation settings etc Parameter IP address DNS server SSID Value Notes Copyright 2011 Epiphan Systems Inc All Rights Reserved ...

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