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Generally, NMOS works as follows:
• When KONA IP starts up, the NMOS app actively scans the network for an
NMOS registry using MDNS/DNS. If found, the NMOS registry is informed who
the KONA IP device is, and its capabilities.
• If during startup the NMOS registry is not found, the NMOS app continues
to announce KONA IP's presence via MDNS so that it can later be discovered,
and then after discovery, it can be manually registered in the network control
application.
AJA NMOS is not installed by default ("complete") and should instead be selected
through the "custom" dialog if desired.
Once installed AJA NMOS can be set to launch upon reboot or power up. The
applications function is to make the KONA IP discoverable and controllable by
various IP routing and control systems (e.g Imagine, LAWO, Sony). Discovery,
registration and network control are not part of SMPTE ST 2110 but are specified
by JT-NM NMOS or Network Media Open Specification. Two parts of this standard
are IS-04 Discovery and Registration and IS-05 Connection Management.
When the tray icon is clicked (on the Mac or right click on Windows), the AJA
NMOS application offers a number of options:
• View Log - toggles opening or closing of the log window
• Stop/Start Service - allows the NMOS service to be stopped and restarted
without quitting the application
• Enable/Disable Debug Log - enables or disables the generation of debug
output to the AjaLogger and the log window
• Enable/Disable DNS Debug - enables or disables additional DNS debug
information (independent of Debug Log setting)
• Enable/Disable Verbose Debug - enables or disables additional debug
information if the Debug Log setting is enabled
• Select Interface - NMOS only uses one interface to access the registry. If there
is only one interface, then that is not a problem. If there is more than one, then
if auto is selected, it will automatically choose one based on whether it sees
any mDNS messages on one of the interfaces. Otherwise, the interface can be
selected.
• Set Registry IP - allows the registry ip address and port to be set manually.
• Quit - causes the NMOS application to exit"
AJA Software & Utilities
AJA’s KONA software and hardware were developed for powerful integrated
video/audio capture, editing, and production with a variety of 3rd-party
software. With KONA and a qualified computer, you have the ultimate system
for production, post-production, broadcast, and streaming work. AJA software
is distributed as a unified package which includes all the software, firmware,
plugins, and utility programs for AJA’s Io, KONA, and T-TAP products.
Four retail packages are available, one for Mac, one for Windows, and two for
Linux (one package for Ubuntu, one package for Red Hat/CentOS).
NOTE: Support for the Linux OS retail drivers is based on the Linux application used and
comes from the application’s vendor.
To download AJA software, go to the AJA website:
https://www.aja.com/en/support/downloads
For a complete software compatibility list, see the AJA website link:
https://www.aja.com/en/category/edit/compatibility
Frequently Asked Question documents for various AJA products are available at:
