Osprey Talon User Guide
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Osprey BOSS
Osprey® BOSS is a utility application for managing Osprey Talon encoder systems on a Local Area Network (LAN). It is an
extensible application that currently offers six important functions.
Locate all Talon encoders on a LAN subnet
Provide easy access to the Talon web GUI
Remotely reboot Talon
Remotely set a temporary IP address
Clear Talon presets
Clear System settings
Installing Osprey BOSS
BOSS is available on the downloads tab of
www.ospreyvideo.com
From the downloads tab select “Talon G1 Downloads”
Select “Osprey BOSS Utility”
Download the version appropriate to your operating system; Windows®, Linux® or MAC®
Microsoft
Click and run the Osprey Boss installer
Launch Osprey BOSS
NOTE: The first time the application is launched you
may receive a notification that some features have
been blocked by Windows Firewall. For Osprey BOSS to
work you will need to authorize it to pass through the
local firewall.
Linux
Install mono for Linux by going to http://www.mono-
project.com/download/#download/download-lin and
following their instructions
Extract OspreyBOSS-XXX.tar.gz file to a local folder
Launch OspreyBOSS by issuing a terminal command
“mono OspreyBoss.exe”
MAC OS X
Install Mono for Mac OS x by going to http://www.mono-project.com/docs/getting-started/install/mac/ and following
their instructions.
Extract the OspreyBOSS-XXX.zip file to a local folder
Launch OspreyBOSS by running StartOspreyBOSS