Niagara B264 Quick Start

B264 Encoder and BRD Decoder Quick Start

The B264 Encoder and BRD Decoder stand-alone devices are managed through the Dashboard

application. Dashboard can control both the stand-alone devices, as well as openGear frames.

The user interface for the modular device is essentially the same as the corresponding openGear

cards. In this guide, we will refer to the B264 and BRD products as the "Device".

The steps are as follows:

1. The first step is to install the Dashboard software. Dashboard is available for Windows,

Linux

, and Mac OSX. You can find the installers in the Dashboard Software directory

in the enclosed CD.

2. By default, the Device is configured with a factory IP address of 192.168.1.30 and a

subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. In order to perform the initial configuration, you will

need to configure the PC/Mac running Dashboard for an IP address in the same network.

We suggest you use 192.168.1.2. Once you gain access to the Device, you can

reconfigure its IP address to whatever value you require, or configure it to run DHCP.

3. Connect the PC/Mac running Dashboard and the Device to the same network. For

simplicity, even running an Ethernet cable between the two devices will work. The

Device has auto-crossover capabilities, so any Ethernet cable will work. Connect the

cable to a control ports in the Device, as illustrated below:

Dashboard is not officially supported in 64-bit Linux distributions. Please consult the README.TXT file in the

Linux directory for more details.

B264 Encoder with Unbalanced Audio Inputs

Control Ports

L AUD1 R

ASI1

CTRL1

ETH1

L AUD2 R

ASI2

CTRL2

ETH2

VID1

VID2

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Page 1 Dashboard can control both the stand-alone devices, as well as openGear frames. The user interface for the modular device is essentially the same as the corresponding openGear cards. In this guide, we will refer to the B264 and BRD products as the “Device”. The steps are as follows: 1.
Page 2 If the device is not automatically found, click on the re-query button at the top of the Dashboard tree view, as indicated below. If found, the B264 Encoder will be identified as Standalone Encoder and the BRD Decoder will be identified as Modular Decoder.
Page 3 6. Once the Device is available on Dashboard, open its user interface (by double-clicking on Standalone Encoder or Modular Decoder to open it, and then on GoStream B264 Encoder or GoStream BRD Decoder in slot 0). Go to the Control tab on the right; you can now configure the IP address of the Device as desired.
Page 4 Note on DashBoard Versions DashBoard versions 4.0.0 and 4.1.0 have significant GUI performance issues when used with the Device (GUI tabs may take noticeable time to update). Niagara Video recommends that only DashBoard versions 5.0.0 or higher used with the Device.