Luminex GigaCore 26i User Manual
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- Page 1 Description: User Manual GigaCore 26i. REVISION: 20220623-REV 2.8.7 USER MANUAL GIGACORE PRODUCT FAMILY GigaCore 26i THANKS FOR CHOOSING LUMINEX...
- Page 2 IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifi cations not expressly approved by Luminex Lighting Control Equipment nv may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.
- Page 3 Returning under warranty Any product unit or parts returned to Luminex LCE must be packaged in a suitable manner to ensure the protection of such product unit or parts, and such package shall be clearly and prominently marked to indicate that the package contains returned product units or parts.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
CONTENTS APPLICATIONS ..............5 CONFIGURATION ............14 INSTALLATION ..............6 Connecting to the web interface ......... 14 Status Page ................. 14 Mounting the device ..............6 Global Page ................15 Rack mount ...................6 RlinkX ................... 19 Power up the device ...............6 Groups (VLANs) ............... 20 Description ..................7 PoE .................... -
Page 5: Applications
Assign all your lighting, audio and video protocols to diff erent co- signal (ArtNet, sACN, MANet, Dante™, RAVENNA/AES67, Q-LAN, lour groups and send them over the same network. Luminex takes PTPv2 IEEE1588-2008 and many more …). care of the rest and makes sure every device receives the right 1. -
Page 6: Installation
2. INSTALLATION 2.1 Mounting the device RACK MOUNT In case you want to mount your GigaCore 26i and GigaCore 26i with PoE in a standard 19-inch rack, you need 4 rack screws to mount the device. 2.2 Power up the device Power-up the device with a power cable with IEC connection (J) Please use an IEC plug compliant cable to power the device. -
Page 7: Description
PoE: Indicates the status of the PoE functionality and the PoE 26x Port Link/Speed: Shows the current speed and link supply (GigaCore 26i with PoE only). activity of a port. RLinkX: Indicates the RLinkX status. ... -
Page 8: Led Indicators
2 | INSTALLATION / 2.4 LED INDICATORS / 2.5 CONNECTION WEB INTERFACE / 2.6 RESET 2.4 LED indicators: 2.5 Connecting to the web interface The LED indicators of the GigaCore 26i and GigaCore 26i with PoE The default GigaCore IP address is displayed at the rear of the show the following statuses: unit. -
Page 9: Installing Mini Gbic (Sfp) Transceivers
2 | INSTALLATION / 2.7 INSTALLING MINI GBIC SFP TRANSCEIVER 2.7 Installing Mini GBIC (SFP) transceivers The GigaCore 26i and GigaCore 26i with PoE come with six SFP cages at the rear of the unit. These cages accept mini GBIC transceivers. -
Page 10: Connecting The Gigacore Redundant Power Supply Unit
2.8 Connecting the GigaCore Redundant Power Supply Unit 400 The GigaCore 26i and GigaCore 26i with PoE provide a connector to an optional Luminex Redundant Power Supply Unit (RPSU400), providing redundancy on power level for both the mains and the PoE power. -
Page 11: Groups (Vlans)
3 | GIGACORE FEATURES EXPLAINED / 3.2 GROUPS To create a redundant path with RLinkX, simply connect a minimum If your port’ s RLinkX LED turn off , you have lost one of your redundant of two links between two GigaCore switches. The blue RLinkX LEDs of paths. -
Page 12: Multilinkx
3 | GIGACORE FEATURES EXPLAINED / 3.3 MULTILINKX 3.3 MultiLinkX: Rx: 400Mbps Rx: 400Mbps Rx: 400Mbps Rx: 400Mbps Most of the time, a redundant link set with RLinkX between two Gi- gaCore switches will be good for the everyday event. A 1000Mbps link is more than enough for most of the current applications. - Page 13 3 | GIGACORE FEATURES EXPLAINED / 3.4 FRONTEND DISPLAY 1 + 1 is NOT 2! By adding an additional link into the aggregation, it’ s easy to think you’ll have double the bandwidth available. However, MulitLinkX relies on LACP (Link Aggregation Control Proto- col).
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Page 14: Configuration
(C) Identify: The identify feature allows you to easily locate a GigaCore Every GigaCore switch embeds a built-in web server, which excludes switch in a stack of devices. Click on the Luminex Logo on the switch the need of a dedicated application to confi gure the unit. Browsers... -
Page 15: Global Page
4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.1 WEB INTERFACE / 4.2 STATUS PAGE / 4.3 GLOBAL PAGE 4.3 Global Page The global page consists of four sub menus: 4.3.1 Device settings: This menu allows you to change IP and ID settings of the unit, and the If your network is equipped with a DHCP server, you can enable the brightness of the port LEDs. - Page 16 4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.3 PORT SETTINGS 4.3.2 Port Settings: This menu allows you to change the port’ s speed, add a legend to each port and enable remote monitoring per port. The port speed drop-down menu off ers the following options: ...
- Page 17 4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.3 PORT SETTINGS (B) Reboot: Press the “Reboot Now” button to reboot the device. All GigaCore, the user can now choose to reboot automatically if this (Out- your settings will be preserved. OfSync symptom) occurs. By default, the auto reboot is disabled. From fi...
- Page 18 4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.3 PORT SETTINGS (C) Security: The user can use this feature to set a password to protect the access to the web interface. The default login for the web interface is: Username admin and leave the password fi eld blank. Click on “Change password”...
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Page 19: Rlinkx
To provide users with a more advanced and effi cient method to re- When a user connects a minimum of two aggregated links between cover topology in case of a link failure, Luminex has developed a new two switches, it is easy to think these are redundant links. However, this method for best link cost calculation in an aggregated network based is seen as a unique link between the switches. -
Page 20: Groups (Vlans)
4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.5 GROUPS 4.5 Groups (VLANs) Groups is a technology which off ers the user to easily segment the To assign ports to a group please follow the following steps: network into several virtual networks (VLANs). This menu allows the user to assign ports to one of the 20 embedded A. - Page 21 VID: Luminex group technology relies on the 802.1Q VLAN setup per switch, so in one group only. protocol. By default, Luminex groups have a default VLAN ID. If In the status page, a stopwatch will be displayed for every port required, the user can change the VID of the group.
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Page 22: Poe
4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.5 GROUPS / 4.6 POE 4.5.2 MultiLinkX: MultiLinkX (also known as link aggregation) allows you to gather sever- al links together in order to increase the available bandwidth between switches. MultiLinkX is available for ISL ports only. To enable MultiLinkX you fi... - Page 23 4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.5 GROUPS / 4.6 POE Two arrows will indicate the following values: Allocated power: based on the classes of the connected PoE Actual usage: a green index will show the current power devices, the switch will allocate the necessary power to the delivered by the PoE supply.
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Page 24: Profi Le Manager
4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.7 PROFILE MANAGER 4.7 Profi le Manager The profi le manager allows the user to easily save / recall / export or A maximum of ten profi les can be saved on a GigaCore switch. import a confi guration. The switch also off... - Page 25 4 | CONFIGURATION / 4.7 PROFILE MANAGER 4.7.2 Recall a Profi le: To recall a profi le, select it amongst the ten available profi les in the up- per tab. Here you can preview the content of this profi le. Click on the Recall button.
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Page 26: Reset
Factory Reset: With a factory reset the device is fully reset to GigaCore 10 and GigaCore 10 with PoE off ers diff erent levels of reset, the state it left Luminex and ALL data will be erased. based on the ones you can fi nd in the web interface. -
Page 27: Factory Reset
If you need to ask our team for more help or you need to return a de- tion. There is a knowledge base available online that gets updated on vice to Luminex for diagnostics or repair, you can also fi nd the option a regular basis at: https://support.luminex.be... -
Page 28: Appendix
DISCLAIMER Luminex LCE operates a policy of continuous development. Luminex LCE reserves the right to make changes and improvements to any of the products described in this document above without prior notice. Specifi cations are subject to change without notice. - Page 29 YOUR NETWORK SOLUTION FOR AUDIO, VIDEO AND LIGHTING EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE, ACCESSIBLE...
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