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Appliance Setup

VBrick H.264 Appliance Getting Started Guide

Step 3. Power-on the Appliance

To power-on the appliance

1. Insert the power connector that comes with the appliance into the 12 VDC power

receptacle on the right side of the back panel.

2. Connect the other end to a conventional 110/220 VAC power source.
3.

Wait until the appliance completes its boot sequence before continuing.

This may take 1–3

minutes.

4. The green Power In LED on the back of the appliance will illuminate and the unit will

self-test while displaying status messages on the LCD panel. This can take several
minutes. When done the appliance will search for a DHCP server, display the IP address
on the LCD panel, and you can go to Step 5. If your network is not DHCP-enabled, you
will need to set a Static IP Address as explained in Step 4.

Step 4. Set the IP Address

All VBrick appliances are configured by default with DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol) enabled. This means that when you power on the appliance on, if a DHCP server is
present on your network, the VBrick will automatically get its IP Address and Subnet Mask
from the DHCP server. If the appliance cannot find a DHCP server, you will need to set a
static IP address manually using (1) the front panel (if available) or (2) the serial port.

Once the

IP address is set, you can use the management interface (VBAdmin) to configure all other parameters.

If the appliance cannot connect to a DHCP server, it will wait two minutes and then start in
Limited Run Mode using the default IP Address of

172.17.5.5

. After 15 minutes, it will

automatically reset and again try to obtain a DHCP address. The LCD screen on the front
panel will display a

DHCP failed

message and then read

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and continue to cycle

through various messages. If you want to configure a static IP address, you must do it while
the unit is operating in Limited Run Mode.

You cannot access the appliance while it is searching for

DHCP server.

Set IP Address Using the Front Panel

1. Press the

Mode

button on the front panel and advance to Configuration mode.

2. Enter a valid PIN (default =

0000

) and press

Select

. This will allow you to change

configuration parameters.

3. Press the

button three times to advance to the

IPAddr

page. Using the keypad arrows

and the

Select

button, enter a valid IP address.

4. If necessary, configure a

Subnet

mask and a

Gateway

in the same manner. The appliance

will automatically reboot when done.

Set IP Address Using the Serial Port

If you have an industrial model (or a blade) without a front panel

, connect an ASCII

terminal from the RJ-45 serial port (

COM

) on the appliance to the COM port of the

computer or terminal device (usually COM1), using the provided cable.

Note

If the appliance cannot find a DHCP server, you will need to set a static IP address
manually using (1) the appliance front panel (if present) or (2) the serial (COM) port.
Similarly, if your network requires a Gateway IP Address, and this is not provided by
the DHCP server, you will also need to enter this address manually.