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- Page 1 VGA Recorder Install Guide VGA Recorder Lite VGA Recorder Standard Lecture Recorder VGA Recorder Pro www.epiphan.com 8 April 2010 Firmware Version 3.7.7...
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Page 2: Specifications
Thank you for choosing Epiphan! At Epiphan, product function and quality are our top priority. We make every effort to make sure that our products exceed our customers expectations. We regularly contact our customers to ensure product performance and reliability. -
Page 3: Installation And Getting Started
This section describes the basics of how to connect a VGA Recorder device to a VGA source and to an Ethernet network. This section also describes how to install the Epiphan Network Discovery Utility on a workstation running Windows and use the Utility to find VGA Recorder devices on the network. -
Page 4: Vga Recorder Hardware Features
1. Installation and Getting Started VGA Recorder Hardware Features VGA Recorder Hardware Features This section provides an overview of VGA Recorder Lite, Standard, and Pro and Lecture Recorder hardware features. Power Connect the AC adapter to the VGA Recorder power connector and to a power outlet. - Page 5 1. Installation and Getting Started VGA Recorder Hardware Features INPUT To connect a DVI, VGA, composite video and optionally audio to the Lecture Recorder device. To connect a VGA source you require a VGA to DVI converter. To connect a composite video source you require a composite video to DVI converter.
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Page 6: Vga Recorder Lite Hardware Features
VGA Recorder Lite Hardware Features The VGA Recorder Lite device is a 202mm × 105mm × 35mm (7.95” × 4.13” × 1.38”) desktop unit. The left side panel includes 2 USB connectors, a power connector, and two Ethernet connectors. - Page 7 1. Installation and Getting Started VGA Recorder Hardware Features Figure 1: VGA Recorder Lite connectors and LEDs Power Eth 1 Eth 2 Used Left Side Reset LEDs Button Used Right Side Lecture Recorder Hardware Features The Lecture Recorder device is a 202mm × 105mm × 35mm (7.95”...
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Page 8: Vga Recorder Standard Hardware Features
1. Installation and Getting Started VGA Recorder Hardware Features Figure 2: Lecture Recorder connectors and LEDs Power Eth 1 Eth 2 Used Left Side Reset LEDs OUTPUT INPUT Button Used Right Side VGA Recorder Standard Hardware Features The VGA Recorder Standard device is a 254 mm x 148 mm x 71 mm (10.0"... -
Page 9: Vga Recorder Pro Hardware Features
1. Installation and Getting Started VGA Recorder Hardware Features Figure 3: VGA Recorder Standard front panel VGA Recorder Pro Hardware Features The VGA Recorder Pro device is a standalone 4U rack-mount chassis. The front panel includes two USB connectors, power and hard disk activity LEDs and power and reset buttons. -
Page 10: Vga Recorder Software Features
If the VGA Recorder gets an IP server address from a DHCP server, you can see the IP address by running the Epiphan Network Discovery Utility to find the VGA Recorder device on the network. See “Using the Network Discovery Utility to Find the IP Address of the VGA Recorder Device”... -
Page 11: Connect And Power On A Vga Recorder Lite Device
To connect a VGA Recorder Lite device you need: • A VGA video source. • An Ethernet connection between the VGA Recorder Lite device and a network. Figure 5: Connecting a VGA Recorder Lite device to an Ethernet network and to other components External USB Storage Device... - Page 12 Figure 6: Connecting to a VGA source LEDs VGA IN 2 Use a RJ-45 Ethernet cable to connect the VGA Recorder Lite Eth 1 port to your 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet network. For best performance, connect the VGA Recorder Lite device to a 1000 Base-T Ethernet.
- Page 13 To confirm that the VGA Recorder Lite device is receiving images from the VGA source: • Check to see if the VGA Recorder Lite red LED is blinking indicating that device is recording images. If the red LED does not start flashing check the VGA source to make sure it is transmitting a VGA image.
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Page 14: Connect And Power On A Lecture Recorder Device
1. Installation and Getting Started Connect and Power on a Lecture Recorder Device Connect and Power on a Lecture Recorder Device To connect a Lecture Recorder device you require: • A VGA, DVI, or composite video source. • An analog audio source (optional). •... - Page 15 Note: Passive VGA or DVI splitters reduce the quality of the video signal. Good quality active splitters, (available from Epiphan) do not usually affect signal quality. You should use a splitter with the highest available bandwidth. Figure 9: Location of Lecture Recorder INPUT and OUTPUT...
- Page 16 1. Installation and Getting Started Connect and Power on a Lecture Recorder Device Figure 10:Connecting to the Ethernet network and connecting power Power Input Eth 1 The Lecture Recorder device powers on and the LEDs go through their power on sequence: •...
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Page 17: Connect And Power On A Vga Recorder Standard Device
1. Installation and Getting Started Connect and Power on a VGA Recorder Standard Device Connect and Power on a VGA Recorder Standard Device To connect a VGA Recorder Standard device you need: • A VGA video source. • An Ethernet connection between the VGA Recorder Standard device and a network. - Page 18 Connect and Power on a VGA Recorder Standard Device Note: Passive splitters reduce the quality of the VGA signal. Good quality active splitters, (available from Epiphan) do not usually affect signal quality. You should use a splitter with the highest available bandwidth.
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Page 19: Connect And Power On A Vga Recorder Pro Device
1. Installation and Getting Started Connect and Power on a VGA Recorder Pro Device 6 Start up the VGA source. To confirm that the VGA Recorder Standard device is receiving images from the VGA source connect a monitor to VGA OUT to check for the presence of a signal. If the monitor does not show an image, check the VGA source to make sure it is transmitting a VGA image. - Page 20 VGA Recorder Pro device. Note: Passive splitters reduce the quality of the VGA signal. Good quality active splitters, (available from Epiphan) do not usually affect signal quality. You should use a splitter with the highest available bandwidth.
- Page 21 1. Installation and Getting Started Connect and Power on a VGA Recorder Pro Device 3 Connect the following optional components if you have them: • Connect a composite video source to the RCA composite video connector on the back of the VGA Recorder Pro device.
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Page 22: Using The Network Discovery Utility To Find The Ip Address Of The Vga Recorder Device
To install the Network Discovery Utility to display the VGA Recorder IP address 1 Find the latest Network Discovery Utility on a VGA Recorder download page: VGA Recorder Lite download page: http://www.epiphan.com/products/recording/vga- recorder-lite/download/ Lecture Recorder download page: http://www.epiphan.com/products/recording/lecture-... - Page 23 2 Select Download NetworkDiscovery Utility. Make sure you note the download destination folder. 3 Run NetworkDiscovery.exe. 4 Select Search to find Epiphan devices such as any VGA Recorder on your network. Note: The Network Discovery Utility can only find the Epiphan devices on the same network as your Windows PC.
- Page 24 Figure 13:Example network discovery utility display Note: When you restart the Network Discovery Utility and if it has already found an Epiphan device, it will show the status as Detecting and the indicator will be amber. The DHCP server may have assigned the device a new IP address;...
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Page 25: Connecting To The Vga Recorder Web Admin Interface
1. Installation and Getting Started Connecting to the VGA Recorder Web admin interface Connecting to the VGA Recorder Web admin interface Now that you have the VGA Recorder IP address (from the Network Discovery Utility), users can use this IP address to view or work with the files recorded by the device. - Page 26 Connecting to the VGA Recorder Web admin interface Figure 14:Example Web admin interface Note: Figure 14 shows an example VGA Recorder Lite administrator’s Web admin interface. The VGA Recorder Standard and Pro administrator’s Web admin interface is the same except for the amount of hard disk space.
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Page 27: Using On-Screen Mode To Access The Web Admin Interface (Vga Recorder Standard And Pro)
1. Installation and Getting Started Connecting to the VGA Recorder Web admin interface 3 Enter the following: User Name: viewer Password: (enter the viewer password) The Web admin interface opens displaying the Video Archive. Figure 14 on page 26 shows an example viewer’s Web admin interface. -
Page 28: Using The Web Admin Interface
1. Installation and Getting Started Using the Web admin interface Using the Web admin interface From the Web admin interface, administrators and viewers can view the video files recorded by the VGA Recorder device, download files to view, and download a codec to install on a Windows PC to view the downloaded files. - Page 29 1. Installation and Getting Started Using the Web admin interface Delete all Delete all of the files. Delete Select the delete icon beside a file to delete that file. Rename Select the rename icon beside a file to rename that file. Currently The file that is in the process of being recorded Recording...
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Page 30: System Status
1. Installation and Getting Started Using the Web admin interface System Status Recording For the video that is currently recording, Recording VGA shows how long it has been recording in minutes and seconds. Preview Select Preview to see the video that the VGA Recorder device is currently recording. - Page 31 1. Installation and Getting Started Using the Web admin interface On-Screen Enable or disable on-screen mode for the VGA Off/On Recorder Standard and Pro. See “Using On- Screen Mode to Access the Web admin interface (VGA Recorder Standard and Pro)” on page Install Usually the codecs available by default on your...
- Page 32 1. Installation and Getting Started Using the Web admin interface Page 32 VGA Recorder...
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