User manual GRASS VALLEY NETCONFIG V2.0.12

[. . . ] NetConfig NETWORKING CONFIGURATION APPLICATION Instruction Manual Software Version 2. 0. 12 071819003 AUGUST 2010 Affiliate with the N. V. KEMA in The Netherlands CERTIFICATE Certificate Number: 510040. 001 The Quality System of: Thomson Inc, and its wor dwide Grass Valley division affiliates DBA GRASS VALLEY Headquarters 400 Providence Mine Rd Nevada City, CA 95959 United States Kapittelweg 10 4827 HG Breda The Nederlands Rue du Clos Courtel CS 31719 35517 Cesson-Sevigné Cedex France 40 Rue de Bray 2 Rue des Landelles 35510 Cesson Sevigné France Carl-Benz-Strasse 6-8 67105 Schifferstadt Germany 15655 SW Greystone Ct. Beaverton, OR 97006 United States 7140 Baymeadows Way Ste 101 Jacksonville, FL 32256 United States 1 rue de l'Hautil Z. I. des Boutries BP 150 78702 Conflans-Sainte Honorine Cedex France Spinnereistrasse 5 CH-5300 Turgi Switzerland 10 Presidential Way Suite 300 Woburn, MA 01801 United States 2300 So. [. . . ] The root of the IP view displays the name and IP address of the local computer running NetConfig. Select the IP View button or the IP View selection in the View pulldown menu. Expand the view to see the devices (see Figure 14 on page 19). The Device View hierarchically lists the categories and types of devices, and under each device type, the names of each device of that type connected to the network. Select the Device View button or the Device View selection in the View pulldown menu. The Device view does not display the IP addresses of the devices. Figure 15. Device View List The Facility View enables you to create custom hierarchical tree structures, representing the location of various devices in the facility where NetConfig is being used. Select the Facility View button or the Facility View selection in the View pulldown menu. Refer to Using The Facility View on page 25 for more information on setting up the Facility view. Expanding Branches Any branch can be expanded to show the entire tree structure beneath that branch by right-clicking it and selecting Expand on the context menu that appears (Figure 16 on page 21). Select Collapse to collapse the tree structure. NetConfig -- Instruction Manual 20 Using NetConfig Device Status The status of each device on the network is shown by use of colored icons. Icons report the following conditions: · · · · Rectangular icons indicate branches on the tree -- categories or types of devices. Round icons indicate devices -- individual devices on the tree. Green icons, whether branches or devices, indicate proper communica- tion. Red icons, whether branches or devices, indicate functional or communication problems, either at that level in the hierarchy or a sublevel thereof. Gray icons indicate devices with unknown statuses. · In the example shown in Figure 16, a device in the Bay 2 8900 Frame has a problem which is reflected in the top frame level. Expanding the frame will show the point of failure. Also in the figure Fred's Acappella frame is not communicating (perhaps its Ethernet cable is unplugged). The screen therefore indicates a failure for the frame, but its boards may still be passing signals so their status is unknown. Figure 16. Device Status and Context Menu Example NetConfig -- Instruction Manual 21 Using NetConfig Copy Function Use the Copy function in the context menu shown in Figure 16 to copy a device and paste it to the Facility View. Identifying A Device You can also identify a device on the network using the context menu opened by right clicking on a device. Clicking on Identify Device (Figure 16 on page 21) will blink board LEDs or control panel buttons of that device for a defined period of time (see Device Identification on page 38). This can be very helpful when multiple devices reside in the same equipment rack, and at large facilities where devices may reside at different locations. Device Properties Right-clicking on any device in a view will also allow you to select Properties from the context menu to bring up a Device Properties screen similar to the one for an 8960ENC modular module shown in Figure 17. Information for the device such as its location, IP Address, description, part number, software version, serial number and other information is reported. The Asset Tag and Location fields can be updated or assigned with the Inventory function in NetConfig. Refer to Inventory Function on page 27 for more information. Figure 17. [. . . ] choose the menu option Configure > NetConfig Options, or click the Options button in the toolbar to open the Configurations Options dialog box (Figure 38). Figure 38. NetConfig Options Dialog Health Checker This area is to enable/disable the periodic health check and to configure the polling time interval for the periodic health check. The polling interval is set in milliseconds, the default (and recommended) interval being 100 milliseconds. Depending on the polling interval specified in the interval, the devices shown in the tree view will be polled for the health check if a periodic health check is enabled. [. . . ]