Installing and Configuring Your New Networked AV Product
Before using your N1000 unit, it must be configured using SVSi's free N-Able software (formally
called Conductor NetLite software). Please download N-Able for PC or Mac at
http://svsiav.com/support/resources/software.
Steps for auto discovering devices on the network:
1.
Download and install N-Able.
2.
Attach devices to the managed network switch.
3.
Disable the wireless adapter on your computer (it must be hard-wired to the switch).
4.
Connect the host PC running N-Able to the network switch.
5.
Open the N-Able application.
6.
Discover the devices on your network by clicking
Auto
Discover
on the
Unit Management
tab.
Auto discovery is a broadcast command and will discover all units even if they are not in the same
IP subnet. However, you will not be able to configure units until they are in the same subnet as the
host PC. N-Series devices are shipped in Auto-IP mode with a default IP address of
169.254.xxx.xxx. Before attempting configuration, some changes must be made to the host PC.
Steps for IP address configuration (for Windows 8):
1.
Select
Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center
from the
Start
menu.
2.
Select
Change adapter settings
.
3.
Select the wired interface connected to your AV network.
4.
Click the
Properties
button.
5.
Scroll down in the list to the
Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
option. Highlight it and
click the
Properties
button.The screen shown below is displayed.
6.
Enable the
Use the following IP address
option, and enter the static IP address
provided to
you by your network administrator.
Note:
If the PC does not need Internet access, you can simply enter a unique 169.254.xxx.xxx
IP
address
with a 255.255.0.0
Subnet mask
. Please contact your network administrator if you are
unsure of how to configure the existing interface.
Note:
If the PC has a statically-assigned IP address, click on the
Advanced
button. Then click
Add
to enter a unique 169.254.xxx.xxx address with a subnet of 255.255.0.0.
Understanding the N-Able Interface
Once the host IP address is configured properly, you can view all discovered units using the
N-Able software. The N1000 units are displayed on the following tabs:
•
Unit Management
tab — N1000 units have
N1000 Encoder/Decoder
listed in their
Type
fields.
•
Video Matrix
tab — N1000 units are found on the
N1000
sub-tab on the
Video
Matrix
screen
(as shown below).
In the
Video
Matrix
tab (shown in the screen above) encoder devices are displayed in columns
and decoder devices are displayed in rows. ‘Mouse’ over any column or row to view tooltips
providing critical information about each device. Double-click any device to view its control page
(shown below). Enter
admin
and
password
as the default username and password.
Note: Please disable scaling on the decoder for minimum latency.
Red Text
- No video source (encoder) or no display (decoder).
Gray Text
- Video output for this unit is disabled.
Black Text
- Unit is in live play mode.
Blue Text
- Unit is playing locally-stored content.
