Matrox Extio 3 Series User Manual page 3

Installing your Extio 3 transmitter card ................................................................ 25
Before you begin ....................................................................................................................................25
Step-by-step installation ........................................................................................................................26
Installing multiple cards ........................................................................................................................27
Connecting your Extio 3 devices ......................................................................... 28
Before you begin ....................................................................................................................................28
Extio N3408 or N3208 transmitter card ...............................................................................................30
Extio N3408 transmitter or receiver unit .............................................................................................31
Extio N3208 transmitter or receiver unit .............................................................................................33
Installing the SFP module .....................................................................................................................36
Setting up link redundancy .................................................................................. 38
Connection setup guidelines .................................................................................................................38
Enabling link redundancy .....................................................................................................................39
Disabling link redundancy ....................................................................................................................39
Description of LEDs .............................................................................................. 40
Power/status LEDs .................................................................................................................................40
Network LEDs ........................................................................................................................................42
Updating your Extio 3 firmware ........................................................................... 44
Before you update your firmware .........................................................................................................44
Obtaining the Matrox Extio 3 firmware updater package ...................................................................44
Updating your Matrox Extio 3 firmware (networked mode) .............................................................45
Updating your Matrox Extio 3 firmware (VPN mode) .....................................................................47
Updating your Matrox Extio 3 firmware (point-to-point mode) .......................................................47
Setting up networked mode ................................................................................ 49
Before you begin ....................................................................................................................................49
Validating network discovery ................................................................................................................50
Installing Matrox Extio Central Manager software .............................................................................. 50
Accessing the OSD (On-Screen Display) ..............................................................................................51
Using the OSD (On-Screen Display) ....................................................................................................52
Sources ..................................................................................................................................................53
Receiver information .............................................................................................................................54
Aggregator mode ...................................................................................................................................55
Setting up VPN mode .......................................................................................... 62
Before you begin ....................................................................................................................................62
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