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5.
VISTALINK
®
REMOTE MONITORING/CONTROL
5.1. WHAT
IS
VISTALINK
®
?
VistaLINK
®
is Evertz’s remote monitoring and configuration platform which operates over an Ethernet
network using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). SNMP is a standard computer network
protocol that enables different devices sharing the same network to communicate with each other.
VistaLINK
®
provides centralized alarm management, which monitors, reports, and logs all incoming
alarm events and dispatches alerts to all the VLPro Clients connected to the server. Card
configuration through VistaLINK
®
PRO can be performed on an individual or multi-card basis using
simple copy and paste routines, which reduces the time to configure each module separately. Finally,
VistaLINK
®
enables the user to configure devices in the network from a central station and receive
feedback that the configuration has been carried out.
There are 3 components of SNMP:
1. An SNMP manager, also known as a Network Management System (NMS), is a computer running
special software that communicates with the devices in the network. Evertz VistaLINK-C
Configuration Utility graphical user interface (GUI), third party or custom manager software may be
used to monitor and control Evertz
Vista
LINK
®
enabled products.
2. Managed devices, (such as 7780M4-ASI and 7780D4-ASI cards), each with a unique address
(OID), communicate with the NMS through an SNMP Agent. Evertz VistaLINK
®
enabled 7700
series modules reside in the 3RU 7700FR-C MultiFrame and communicate with the manager via
the 7700FC VistaLINK
®
frame controller module, which serves as the Agent.
3. A virtual database, known as the Management Information Base (MIB), lists all the variables being
monitored, which both the Manager and Agent understand. Please contact Evertz for further
information about obtaining a copy of the MIB for interfacing to a third party Manager/NMS.
For more information on connecting and configuring the
Vista
LINK
®
network, see the 7700FC Frame
Controller chapter.
5.2.
CONNECTING TO VLPRO
This chapter assumes that the VLPro server and VLPro client are already configured for your network
and you have basic knowledge of the VLPro interface. It also assumes that the user or network
administrator has already added the 7780M4-ASI and/or 7780D4-ASI jar file to the server and both the
client and server applications have been restarted. If you are the network administrator refer to section
8.2 for information on updating the VLPro Server Jar File.
Open VLPro and click on the refresh tree icon. Expand the hardware tree by clicking on the “+”. Your
7780M4-ASI and/or 7780D4-ASI should appear as a newly listed device under the frame you selected
as shown in Figure 5-1.
