MVN-MX260/EN460/XC440 Quick Start
Installing a new openGear Frame
1. The first step is to install the Dashboard software. Dashboard is available for
Windows, Linux1, and Mac OSX. You can find the installers in the
Dashboard Software directory.
2. By default, the openGear Frame controller is set to obtain its IP address by DHCP
(this can be changed later). The simplest way to initially configure a frame is to
connect it to a network with a DHCP server, and connect the computer running
Dashboard software to the same IP subnet.
3. If the computer running Dashboard and the frame are in the same IP subnetwork,
the Dashboard application should automatically find the frame and display it in
the tree view on the left. If the frame is not automatically found, click on the requery button at the top of the Dashboard tree view, as shown below:
Note that if you have the openGear 3.0 (OG3-FR) frame, its IP address will be
displayed in the front panel.
4. If the frame was found, you can configure it for a static IP address if you require
that. To do that, double-click on the frame to open it, and double-click on the
frame controller in slot 0. Select the Network tab on the right and enter the
desired address, as indicated below.
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Dashboard is not officially supported in 64-bit Linux distributions. Please consult the README.TXT file
in the Linux directory for more details.
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5. If the frame is now configured, proceed to the next section for instructions on how
to install the MVN-MX260 gateway or the MVN-EN460 encoder or the
MVN-XC440 transcoder in the chassis. If the frame is not found, or if you do not
have a DHCP server in your network, then follow the steps in the Advanced
Frame IP Configuration section.
Installing the MVN-MX260/EN460/XC440 in the openGear Frame
1. Select an available open slot to install the card. If you are installing the card in
the 20-slot DFR-8321 or OG3-FR you must select an even-numbered slot (2, 4, 6,
etc).
2. Before you install the card, you need to install the rear I/O module in the frame.
Remove the blank panel at the back of the frame, and replace it with the module
you received with the board. Detailed installation instructions can be found in the
DFR 8300 and OG3-FR Series User Manual (file DFR_8300-1-en-4.pdf),
pages 2-19 and 2-20. Note that the rear I/O module for the 10-slot DFR-8310 is
different than that for the 20-slot DFR 8320 and OG3-FR2. Make sure you have
the right module for your chassis; please contact ImmediaTV if you need a
different module.
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The rear I/O module for the DFR-8320 and OG3-FR can be recognized by the presence of ventilation
holes.
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3. Once the rear I/O panel is in place, install the card in the chassis. The MVNMX260 will be operational about 20 seconds after it is inserted; the MVN-EN460
will be operational about 45 seconds after it is inserted. It will take about 10
seconds or so (depending on your network) after the card is operational for it to
show in Dashboard.
4. Optional Step: install the Dashboard Help Pack for the card (this allows you to
bring up the manual as you are managing the card in Dashboard, by pressing the
F1 key). The Help Pack can be found in the Dashboard Software directory.
Frame Controller Firmware Versions
Firmware versions 2.65 and lower for the MFC-83x0-N series and versions 2.77 and
lower for the MFC-8322-N series have a bug that prevents the DataSafe feature from
working with the MVN-EN460 encoder firmware 2.0.0 or later. If that applies to you,
please upgrade your frame controller firmware; versions 2.66 (MFC-83x0) and 2.78
(MFC-8322) are provided in the CD.
Please note that the ImmediaTV MVN cards are not compatible with the –S version of
the controllers.
Advanced Frame IP Configuration
The instructions in this section are for the following situations:
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Dashboard cannot find the frame.
You do not have a DHCP server in your network.
You suspect that the frame is set for a static IP address but you do not know what
it is.
If Dashboard cannot find the frame, but you actually know its IP address (because you
have a record of it, or because you have a DHCP server and you can look up what
address is being provided to it, or you have an OG3-FR frame and it is displayed in the
front panel), you can manually enter that information in Dashboard. This also how you
connect to a frame that is not in the same IP subnet as the computer running Dashboard.
To manually enter the frame IP address, just select File  New  TCP/IP Opengear
Frame on Dashboard, enter the IP Address in the field provided, and click on Finish.
For more information, please consult the Dashboard User Manual, pages 3-2 and 3-3.
If you do not know the IP address of the frame, or if you do not have a DHCP server in
your network, the procedure is as follows:
1. Open the frame front door.
2. Locate the DIP Switch SW3 in the controller card. It is at the edge of the card,
and can be accessed without removing it from the frame. The location of the
switch is indicated below for the MFC-8320-N and MFC-8322-N controllers:
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SW3
SW3
3. By setting switches SW3-1 and SW3-2, the card can be forced to one of two
factory-set IP addresses, as indicated below. Set the IP address of the computer
running Dashboard to another address in the same subnet (we suggest 192.168.2.2
or 10.1.2.2, depending on which factory-set address you select), and use the
procedure listed at the beginning of this section to make Dashboard connect to the
frame. Once Dashboard is connected, you can set whatever address you like, as
shown in the Installing a New openGear Frame section above. The DIP switch
settings are depicted below:
4. Once you have the new IP address set, flip back the two DIP switches to the OFF
position so it takes effect.
You can get more detail on this procedure in the MFC-8300 Series openGear Controller
Cards User Manual (file MFC_8300-3-en-9.pdf), pages 4-2 (MFC-8322-N), 6-2 (MFC8320-N), or 8.2 (MFC-8310-N). Please note that the ImmediaTV MVN cards are not
compatible with the –S version of the controllers.
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