Booting up your BirdDog P4K
Indication of system boot process
As soon as BirdDog P4K detects a power input signal the
'power/fault' light will light up green.
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On the ethernet/NDI connector on the rear.
After initial boot up is complete your P4K unit will be visible
as a source on any NDI compatible devices on the SAME
ethernet subnet.
For further networking architecture instructions including
routing please consult either your system administrator or
the support page at
bird-dog.tv
Operating P4K
Web configuration panel
In this release, the web configuration panel allows you to
alter key settings of P4K, specifically A/V settings, and
video frame rates, restarting the video processing engine,
changing networking parameters, recalling PTZ presets and
applying firmware updates.
Access via web browser (URL)
To access the web configuration panel please point your
computer web browser to:
http://birddog-xxxxx.local/
“xxxxx” is the serial number of the P4K, the serial number is
printed on the box and on the main unit. Note the web
address is case sensitive and should be all lower case. Your
computer will need to have ‘Bonjour’ services loaded in
order to access the unit via it’s ‘friendly’ name described
above.
Apple devices come pre-installed with Bonjour, while
Windows devices need a small plugin available here:
https://support.apple.com/kb/dl999?locale=en_AU
Accessing P4K via an IP address
P4K is configured to automatically receive a network (IP)
address from the computer network via DHCP (Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol). Most corporate, education
and home networks have a DHCP server present on the
network to allow this to occur. Usually your Internet Router
provides this.
If P4K receives an IP address automatically from this server
(DHCP) the IP address can be discovered in several ways,
including BirdDog Central Lite available from:
bird-dog.tv/firmware
Accessing P4K on a network without a DHCP server
Some standalone or private networks may not have a DHCP
server. After 30 seconds of searching for an automatically
assigned IP address P4K will fall back to a default address
which is:
192.168.100.100
In order to access the web configuration panel on a network
which is configured to a different subnet, change your
computers IP address to match the BirdDog unit. Once you
gain access to the BirdDog web configuration panel choose
your IP address to match the rest of the devices on your
network.
For instructions on setting your computers IP address
please consult your computer operating system manual or
IT support resources.
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BirdDog P4K
SERIAL xx:xx:xx:x
x:xx:xx
Note: only the last 5 digits are required
for accessing the web interface.
