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System and Network Configuration
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System and Network Configuration
System Menu Overview
The System Menu is home to the System status screen. It also contains the menus and controls for configuring the
Control and AES67 Ethernet ports, and setting up Sync and QoS when using a PTP clock.
System Screen
The main system screen contains a wealth of technical status information about the device hardware and
software (6-1A). Some of it relates to the overall health of the unit (such as Power Supply status and unit
uptime) but most information will only be required during the course of troubleshooting an issue with our
support team or performing software updates.
The Unit Name and Location (6-1B) are entered on this screen. These are "friendly" fields to be used in any way
that makes sense for your particular operation. Click inside each field to make it editable, enter then information,
then click on the green check mark to save.
Clicking on the Master Unit Bypass button (6-1C) engages a hard relay bypass that removes all internal circuits
and processing from the signal path and connects each AES-3 and SDI input directly to its corresponding output.
This button will turn red when the LA-5300 is in bypass mode. Note that this same hard relay bypass automatical-
ly engages when the unit is powered down.
Clicking on the Locate Unit button (6-1D) will cause the front panel of this particular LA-5300 to change color,
making it easy to identify it amongst the dozens of them we hope will populate your racks. A second click will
return the display to normal. Note that enabling Locate Mode will not affect the audio.
The Reboot Unit control (6-1E) reboots the unit. During the reboot process, the bypass relay will engage.
Important!
During the reboot process – which typically takes less the one minute – no transcoding will take place.
Depending upon your I/O configuration, a complete loss of audio may occur.
Selecting the Reset Unit to Factory Defaults button (6-1F) will return the unit to its factory configuration,
minus IP settings which are, by default, retained. To include IP settings in the reset, enable the Include IP Set-
tings in Reset control (6-1G).
Important!
Performing a factory reset will erase all I/O routing as well as any other custom settings you may have saved.
This information cannot be reclaimed once you reset the LA-5300, even by contacting customer support
or feeling genuine remorse for your decision. We strongly recommend backing up your configuration to a
computer before performing a factory reset to avoid re-setter's remorse. You have been warned!
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