Grass Valley NV9000 User Manual

Panel IP Configuration Utility

Introduction

The feature set of NV96xx control panels has been extended to include a more robust set of connec­tivity options. The new functionality includes:

• Configuring a panel to use either a static IP address or DHCP.

• Connecting to a control system by defining its IP address.

• Configuring a control panel on a separate subnet through the use of a gateway.

• Connecting to a control system on a separate subnet through the use of a gateway.

The Panel IP Configuration Utility is a small application that addresses these options.

Summary

The Panel IP Configuration Utility does the following:

1 Configure the control panel to use a static IP address.

2 Configure the control panel to use the IP address of a specific control system.

3 Configure the control panel to communicate through a gateway

4 Reset a Panel to DHCP.

You can perform any of these tasks using a connection to the panel’s serial port or using its Ethernet
port. There are reasons for using either the serial port or the Ethernet port:

• With a serial connection, you can configure any individual panel that has no IP address (yet) or
a panel that might not be connected on a network.

• With an Ethernet connection, you can (re)configure any and all panels accessible over Ethernet
by your PC. Those panels, of course, must already have IP addresses. They can already be part
of an NV9000 network.

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Installation

Panel IP Configuration Utility

Installation

Follow these steps:

1 Uninstall the previous version of the software.

Go to the Windows control panel. Choose ‘Add or Remove Programs’. Find ‘Control Panel IP
Configuration Utility’ and click ‘Change/Remove’. Click ‘OK’ in the dialog that appears.

2 Insert the software and documentation CD (SB0033) in your CD drive. The CD will “autoplay.”

3 When its main screen appears, click ‘Configuration Software’. When that screen appears, click

‘Install Panel IP Config Utility’.

A security warning appears:

Click ‘Install’ to proceed. After a moment, the software will have been installed and display its
initial window:

The software is a very small application and there is little more than this window.

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Menus

Panel IP Configuration Utility

Menus

There are two simple menus.

• Settings Menu

• Help Menu

Settings Menu

This is the settings menu:

Use it to choose serial mode or Ethernet mode.

In serial mode you can configure any individual panel that has no IP address (yet). You will need a
9-pin serial cable for communication between your PC and a control panel. The utility uses a COM
port (RS-232) of your PC.

In Ethernet mode, you can (re)configure any and all panels accessible over Ethernet by your PC.
Those panels of course must already have IP addresses, presumably on an NV9000 network.

In serial mode, you can select the COM port through which the software will communicate with the
control panel. Serial mode requires a direct connection between your PC and the control panel.

In Ethernet mode, the ‘Target IP’ field identifies the panel, on a network, that you want to change.

Help Menu

This is the help menu:

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