Rosendahl bonsaiLAN User Manual

Instruction Manual

Rosendahl bonsaiLAN

bonsaiLAN is a Gigabit Ethernet Module for the Rosendahl

bonsaiDRIVE video and audio multitrack harddisk recorder.

www.bonsaidrive.com

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Declaration of Conformity

Rosendahl Studiotechnik GmbH
Andechser Str. 5
D-86919 Utting a.A.

herewith confirms that the product:
Type: Harddisk Video Recorder
Model: bonsaiDRIVE

meets the requirements of the council of the European communities relating to electromagnetic
compatibility (Council Directive 89/336/EEC)

Technical Data: CENELEC EN 55 103-1 + 2 1997-06
CENELEC EN 61000-4 - 5 12/2001

The CE symbol is awarded to high-quality appliances which comply with the European Directive
89/336/EEC or the EMVG (law relating to electromagnetic compatibility of appliances) and which
offer the following significant benefits:

*Simultaneous and interference-free operation of adjoining appliances
*No unpermitted interference signals
*High resistance to electro-smog

Contents

1. Ethernet page 4

2. IP Address page 6

3. FTP page 9

4. Quick Time page 12

4. Menu Settings page 14

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contract. This product should not be mixed with other commercial wastes for disposal.

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1. Ethernet

A computer network connection consists of several layers, where the
first or lowest layer is called the physical layer. The ethernet standard
(IEEE 802.3) defines the physical connection as well as the basic
framing of a computer network.

The bonsaiLAN module provides a 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet
port and must consequently be connected with CAT-5 cables

to a
computer or switch which also supports 1000BASE-T Gigabit
Ethernet.

A “switch” is a unit with multiple ethernet ports which is used to
connect several ethernet ports together to a network.

CAT-5 is a standard which specifies ethernet cables.

10 or 100BASE-T Ethernet modes are not supported by the
bonsaiLAN module.

Make sure the cables you are using conform to the CAT-5 standard
and your computer or switch also supports the 1000BASE-T Gigabit
Ethernet standard.
Note: Cable length for the 1000BASE-T standard is limited to a
maximum of 100 metres.

Most ethernet switches indicate valid connections and activity using
several LEDs.
A computer shows the status of the ethernet network adapters in the
properties of the adapters. When you connect the bonsaiLAN port to
a switch or computer a valid 1000BASE-T connection must be
indicated just after a few seconds. See MENU 040 “LAN STATUS”.

The physical connection must always appear independent of further
software settings regarding IP, TCP protocols.

Ethernet data transmission is organised in so called frames. The
standard maximum size for ethernet frames is 1500 bytes per frame.
For faster data transmission an extended frame size of up to 9000
bytes per frame, so called jumbo frames

, has been established.

The used switches and ethernet cards must support these jumbo
frames to achieve sufficient transfer rates for uncompressed video.

We made good experience with the INTEL PRO/1000GT Desktop
Ethernet Adapter featuring Intel 82541PI Gigabit Controller.

In the advanced settings of your ethernet card you should configure
jumbo frames

and also offloading of RX and TX checksum

calculations when available.

It is possible to connect your bonsaiLAN port direct to a computer
without a switch or crossover cable because the bonsaiLAN module
supports automatic crossover and polarity correction

.

Each bonsaiLAN module gets its individual ethernet MAC address
assigned automatically according to the serial number of the
bonsaiDRIVE in which the module is installed. The MAC address is
fixed and can not be changed by the user.

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2. IP Address

On top of the physical ethernet layer follows a software layer called
IP (internet protocol).

IP is used to address individual members or groups inside a
computer network.
Each computer in a local network must have its own, unique IP
address.
Two computers with the same IP address within a local network will
cause a network collision.

An IP address consists of four bytes (w.x.y.z), each in the range from
0 to 255. The first two bytes (w.x) are typically 172.16 or 192.168
indicating private nets, followed by a constant (100 for example) and
the numbers 0..255 addressing the individual computers inside the
network.

The IP addresses 255.255.255.255 and 0.0.0.0 are reserved and
must not be used.

All computers inside a LAN (local area network) must have a
common part of the IP address and an individual part of the address.
Therefore a so called subnet mask defines the common part of the
address (a value of 255 masks the whole byte).

Example 1:
Your computer network connection has been configured manually to
the IP address 192.168.100.10 with the subnet address

255.255.255.0.

All other computers in this LAN now also must use the common
(masked) address part 192.168.100 (w.x.y).
The lowest byte of the address in this example 10 (z) is then the
individual, unique IP address part of your computer network adapter.

If you want to connect a bonsaiLAN port to that computer you must
set the IP address also to 192.168.100 together with an individual low

byte which can be set to any value except 10, because this is already
used by the computer. In our Example we set the bonsaidrive to

192.168.100.20.

To configure the bonsaiLAN IP address select MENU 041 to 044
“LAN IP ADDRESS” to set the four IP address bytes (w.x.y.z) using
the +/- keys.
Note: Network settings in MENU 040 and following are only displayed
when a bonsaiLAN module is installed.

On a windows computer you can configure the IP address manually
as follows:

Click Start, click Control Panel, click Network and Internet
Connections

Right-click the network connection that you want to configure, and

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then click Properties

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On the General tab (for a local area connection click Internet

, and then click Network Connections.

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Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.

Click use the following IP address and set the IP address (in our

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example to 192.168.100.10) and the subnet mask typically to

255.255.255.0

If your computer is set to “Obtain an IP address automatically” it
receives its IP address from a so called DHCP server which assigns
IP adresses automatically. In most cases this is handled by a DSL
router.

To get the currently used IP address and subnet mask you must go
to Start , then Run , and type in CMD. In the CMD window type in
ipconfig and press enter.

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