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Accessing the IP Engine
Configuring the Stream Destination, Unicast or Multicast
The
Stream Destination
panel is located beside the
GEVPlayer Role
panel, and provides options that
allow you to configure GigE Vision compliant video sources to operate in either a unicast or multicast
video network configuration.
The following table describes the
Stream Destination
options.
Table 5: Stream Destination Options
Option
Description
Unicast, automatic
Select this option to configure the camera to stream directly to the
GEVPlayer PC using an automatically-selected port.
Unicast, specific local port
Select this option to configure the camera to stream directly to a
user-defined port on the GEVPlayer PC.
Unicast, other destination
Select this option to configure the camera to stream directly to a
PC or a vDisplay IP engine (a destination other than the GEVPlayer
PC).
Multicast
Select this option to configure the camera to join a multicast group
(specified by the IP address and port), and to begin streaming to
that group. The vDisplay IP engine must be configured to receive
streaming data at the same multicast address.
Instructions on how to use the GEVPlayer roles and
Stream Destination
options are included in “Setting
