Pathway Connectivity
8
OCTO Manual
November 2018
Front Panel Display
The front panel controls of the OCTO allow the user to configure properties of the
gateway. Current settings are displayed on the LCD screen.
The rotary knob will scroll the screen between base gateway information and
properties of each port. When pushed, the knob acts as a selector.
By default, the LCD display shows the gateway name, or soft label, its IP address
and subnet class. At the bottom of the display, a flashing “N” will appear when the
OCTO detects it is connected to a network via the rear-panel Ethercon® port.
If no soft-label name has been assigned to the gateway, the IP address will be
shown on the top line as well as the middle. The subnet class, shown after the IP
on the middle line, will be “/8”, “/16” or ”24” which are, respectively, a Class A
subnet mask of 255.0.0.0, a Class B subnet mask of 255.255.0.0, and a Class C
subnet mask of 255.255.255.0.
From the default display, turn the knob to scroll through the Port status screens. A
typical port status screen shows the port name or soft label, the port letter and
universe patch name, and its DMX status and port direction.
If no soft-label name has been assigned, “Port <letter>” will be displayed instead.
<Gateway Name>
IP: x.x.x.x/<class>
<Port Name>
Port x: <patch name>
Status:<state><direction>