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- Page 1 Matrox ConductIP Installation and User Guide Part No.: V11550-301-0101(1) Last Updated: March 24, 2023 (Go to our website for the latest version)
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Finding Matrox ConductIP on your network........... 11 Logging in to Matrox ConductIP ..............12 Logging in to ConductIP remotely ............12 Logging in locally to the ConductIP MRA ..........13 Activating your ConductIP license ..............14 Connecting to an NMOS registry server ............15 Configuring the ConductIP NMOS registry.......... - Page 3 | iii | Chapter 3: Using Matrox ConductIP About the Matrox ConductIP User Interface ..........23 About Rooms.................... 23 About Panels .................... 25 Creating rooms ....................28 Additional room options................28 Adding groups and devices to rooms ............29 Creating panels....................30 Additional panel options ................
- Page 4 The information provided by this document is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by Matrox Graphics Inc. for its use; nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties resulting from its use. No license is granted under any patents or patent rights of Matrox Graphics Inc.
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Page 5: Chapter 1: Introduction
| 1 | CHAPTER Introduction This chapter includes the following topics: • About Matrox ConductIP • Supported web browsers and operating systems • About the Matrox ConductIP Media Routing Appliance Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023... -
Page 6: About Matrox Conductip
Transitioning your equipment installation to IP does not have to be expensive or complicated. With Matrox® ConductIP, you can discover, monitor, and route any AMWA NMOS-enabled SMPTE ST 2110 or IPMX-ready device or signal. ConductIP is available as a web server-based application packaged in a small-form factor appliance. -
Page 7: Matrox Conductip Roles
ConductIP and is accessible from the ConductIP user interface at any time. Please note that the version of the user guide included with the ConductIP software is only current at the time of the official release. The most up-to-date version of the user guide can always be found on our website. -
Page 8: Supported Web Browsers And Operating Systems
Supported operating systems Although Matrox ConductIP is a web-based application, there are certain requirements that are specific to the operating system, such as importing a new license or updating the ConductIP. Matrox ConductIP currently supports Microsoft Windows 10 only. Other operating systems and Windows versions may work but have not been fully validated by Matrox. -
Page 9: About The Matrox Conductip Media Routing Appliance
Matrox ConductIP MRA Device Setup: The setup sheet that is included in the box with your ConductIP MRA device provides all the information needed to get started with con- necting it to your network and setting it up. The setup sheet is also available on the Matrox website. -
Page 10: Chapter 2: Getting Started With Matrox Conductip
This chapter includes the following topics: • Initial setup overview • Configuring your network and security • Finding Matrox ConductIP on your network • Logging in to Matrox ConductIP • Activating your ConductIP license • Connecting to an NMOS registry server •... -
Page 11: Initial Setup Overview
| 7 | Initial setup overview The following list is an overview of the tasks you’ll need to perform to get started with Matrox ConductIP. When needed, links to other topics are provided for more information. Although this list is shown as a series of steps, you do not necessarily need to do all these tasks in the order described. - Page 12 Managing ConductIP certificates Step 8. Specify your NMOS registry: You need to specify which NMOS registry server ConductIP will use, as well as any redundancy servers if applicable. You can use ConductIP’s internal registry server, or you may already have one available.
- Page 13 ConductIP setups if they are similar. More info: Management tools Result of this task: You are ready to use ConductIP. Any remaining tasks, such as customizing your workspace, can be done at your convenience. Part # V11550-301-0101(1)
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Page 14: Configuring Your Network And Security
Protect the ConductIP MRA BIOS with a secure password. • If you want to use DNS-SD to detect the ConductIP registry, it must be added to the table of the DNS-SD server. The table entry must expose the service name “_nmos- register._tcp”. -
Page 15: Finding Matrox Conductip On Your Network
Matrox ConvertIP devices allows you to find any ConvertIP device on the network, as well as the ConductIP MRA if it is on the same subnet. When you know the IP address of your ConductIP, you can bookmark it in your web browser for easier and quicker access. -
Page 16: Logging In To Matrox Conductip
Setup sheet included with your ConductIP MRA, or you can download the setup sheet from our website. Result of this task: You are logged in to the ConductIP and you should see your Rooms and available devices. Part # V11550-301-0101(1) -
Page 17: Logging In Locally To The Conductip Mra
| 13 | Logging in locally to the ConductIP MRA You can log in to the ConductIP MRA by connecting a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to the device and booting it up. Logging in locally is typically used for the following: •... -
Page 18: Activating Your Conductip License
| 14 | Activating your ConductIP license Activating your Matrox ConductIP license requires that you download a system token from the ConductIP page, and use that token to get a license file (.lic) from the Matrox. Licenses Step 1. Go to Settings >... -
Page 19: Connecting To An Nmos Registry Server
| 15 | Connecting to an NMOS registry server Matrox ConductIP has an internal NMOS registry server that is enabled by default, but you can choose to use any NMOS registry server available on your network. For more information on... - Page 20 Step 3. Click Apply Result of this task: You have selected the NMOS registry that ConductIP will use. When done, remember: If an NMOS registry uses the https protocol, you may need to configure your server certificates accordingly (see Managing ConductIP certificates).
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Page 21: Managing Conductip Certificates
Result of this task: The security warning is not displayed when you log in to ConductIP. Specifying a different certificate If you don’t want to use the ConductIP root certificate, you can upload a different one that Con- ductIP will use. -
Page 22: Adding Trusted Certificates
Downloading the root certifi- Download RootCA cate). Result of this task: ConductIP is now using your specified certificate as the root certificate. Adding trusted certificates ConductIP connects to NMOS devices on a network in non-encrypted http protocol. However, if you have an NMOS device (e.g. an NMOS secure registry) that is using https protocol, you may need a trusted security certificate to allow the connection. -
Page 23: Updating Matrox Conductip
Step 4. Update the page while an update is in progress. More info: The ConductIP MRA will reboot to complete the update. Result of this task: The Matrox ConductIP has been updated. Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023... -
Page 24: Creating User Accounts
| 20 | Creating user accounts As a Matrox ConductIP Administrator, it is up to you to create the required ConductIP Super operator and Operator user accounts. Each role has specific permissions and responsibilities. For more information on what each type of user can do in ConductIP, see Matrox ConductIP roles. - Page 25 | 21 | Step 4. Click Add user. window opens. Create a new user Enter the user’s personal information. Select the user’s ConductIP Role Select the authentication method. If you select LDAP LOCAL LDAP enter the username that corresponds to the user’s LDAP server (the LDAP server verifies the password).
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Page 26: Chapter 3: Using Matrox Conductip
| 22 | CHAPTER Using Matrox ConductIP This chapter includes the following topics: • About the Matrox ConductIP User Interface • Creating rooms • Adding groups and devices to rooms • Creating panels • Connecting senders and receivers Part # V11550-301-0101(1) -
Page 27: About The Matrox Conductip User Interface
About Rooms Matrox ConductIP uses the concept of a “room” to show the senders and receivers that can be manipulated by users. Administrators and Super operators can create, edit, and delete rooms, and populate those rooms with devices and groups of senders and receivers. - Page 28 | 24 | Image A. John’s Rooms page 1. These are the rooms that Administrators or Super operators have created for this Con- ductIP. Although all the rooms are visible, for the purposes of this example, we will assume that John will only manipulate his own room and the resources in it. 2.
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Page 29: About Panels
Search for and view the devices and sender/receiver groups on the network. From the device bin, John can see all the network NMOS resources visible to the ConductIP. He does not have permission to add them to his room but he can see them. - Page 30 | 26 | Image B. John’s Panels page (Side-by-side mode) 1. John can search for a specific panel, create a new panel, edit panel properties, or delete a panel. John can also group panels by rooms. This is useful when panels do not easily correspond to their rooms, such as in our example (John’s room/John’s panel).
- Page 31 | 27 | – ) Shows senders/receivers with Video only. – ) Shows senders/receivers with Audio only. – ) Shows senders/receivers with Data only (ancillary data). – ) Shows senders/receivers with video, audio, and ancillary data mixed together in a single flow (i.e. muxed or multiplexed). 8.
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Page 32: Creating Rooms
Matrox ConductIP Administrators and/or Super operators must create rooms for their Opera- tors. A single room is available by default when you initially start Matrox ConductIP. A room contains the individual senders and receivers, or groups of senders and receivers, that users can... -
Page 33: Adding Groups And Devices To Rooms
Rooms More info: The device bin on the right side of the page contains all the sender and receiver devices that ConductIP can see on the network via the NMOS registry. Step 2. From the device bin toolbar, search for items (... -
Page 34: Creating Panels
| 30 | Creating panels Matrox ConductIP automatically creates a panel each time a room is created, but Administra- tors and/or Super operators may need to create additional panels for their Operators. A panel is where the connections between the senders and receivers are made. -
Page 35: Connecting Senders And Receivers
In this example, the ConductIP Administrator has created a room called Karen’s room with one sender group and two receiver groups. Two receiver groups are being used to show the optional queuing feature. - Page 36 | 32 | Image D. Karen’s panel in Matrix mode Image E. Karen’s panel in Side-by-side mode Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023...
- Page 37 | 33 | Step 2. , click the crosspoint (i.e. the rectangle that corresponds to the Matrix mode intersection) of Tx_Group1 and Rx_Group1. The senders and receivers will appear in the sub-panel below the main panel area. Step 3. Click to queue this connection.
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Page 38: Connecting Individual Sender And Receiver Flows
Image F. Karen’s room with senders and receivers connected Connecting individual sender and receiver flows The connection options with ConductIP go beyond connecting sender groups to receiver groups. You can also perform breakaway connections (i.e. send individual flows to different receivers. - Page 39 | 35 | Image G. Karen’s room with three receiver groups To connect Karen’s sender flows to their receivers: Step 1. Go to the ConductIP page. Panels Karen’s panel appears ( shown). Matrix mode Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023...
- Page 40 | 36 | Step 2. Click the crosspoint of Tx_Group1 and Rx_Group1. The senders and receivers will appear in the subpanel below the main panel area. In the subpanel, click the video flow under Tx_Group1. This will select that Step 3. individual flow.
- Page 41 | 37 | Step 4. Click Take The video sender flow from Tx_Group1 is now connected to the video receiver Rx_Group1. Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023...
- Page 42 | 38 | Step 5. As you did with the video flow, connect the audio flow from Tx_Group1 to Rx_Group2, and the ancillary data flow from Tx_Group1 to Rx_Group3. Karen’s panel should now look like this: should now look like this: Karen’s room Result of this task: As you can see in Karen’s room, each receiver now has its own flow con- nected to it.
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Page 43: Chapter 4: Matrox Conductip Settings Reference
| 39 | CHAPTER Matrox ConductIP Settings Reference This chapter includes the following topics: • System • NMOS registry • Security • User management • Application • User interface • Support • About Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023... -
Page 44: System
System Setting Description Date and time Time zone Select the time zone of the ConductIP MRA. Specify a date and time for the ConductIP Manual MRA. This disables time synchronization with an NTP server. Specify a primary and secondary NTP Automatic (NTP) server for time synchronization. - Page 45 | 41 | Setting Description Reboot Reboot Reboots the ConductIP MRA. Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023...
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Page 46: Nmos Registry
ConductIP internal NMOS registry Protocol will use: HTTP (unsecured) or HTTPS (secured). By default, ConductIP is set to 100 as a pri- ority and will function as the redundant Priority NMOS server if other servers become unavailable. Lower values indicate a higher priority (e.g. -
Page 47: Security
17. Remove the current certificate installed on Remove certificate the server. Add a list of hosts that ConductIP will Exceptions ignore when validating trusted certificates. Disables checking so ConductIP will not Disable certificate checking validate certificates for any host. -
Page 48: User Management
LDAP server. This is Default user domain only used when the user does not specify a domain in the login dialog. Select to allow ConductIP to search the net- Use detected LDAP servers work for LDAP servers automatically, or click to perform a search. -
Page 49: Application
Downloads the system token file to the download directory of your computer. You Download system token send this file to Matrox to get back a license file (.lic) to activate the full ConductIP license. Select and install the license file obtained from Matrox. -
Page 50: User Interface
| 46 | User interface This section describes the settings in Matrox ConductIP. User interface Setting Description Date and time Date format Change the way the date is displayed. Time format Change the format to 12- or 24-hour clock. Theme Color theme Change the look of the user interface. -
Page 51: Support
Matrox technical support. Opens the Matrox ConductIP Installation Help and User Guide. Only to be used when approved by Matrox Open debug ports for technical support technical support during a support session. Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023... -
Page 52: About
The current ConductIP version. Product key The ConductIP product key. End-user license agreement See the end-user license agreement. See the list of third-party licenses for the Third-party software notices software packages that ConductIP uses. Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023... -
Page 53: Appendix A: Matrox Software License Agreement
| 49 | Appendix Matrox Software License Agreement This appendix includes the following topics: • Matrox Software License Agreement Part # V11550-301-0101(1) Last updated: March 24, 2023... -
Page 54: Matrox Software License Agreement
This License sets forth the terms and conditions of the Software license only. Any Software provided to Licensee is the copyrighted work of Matrox and/or third party software suppliers (if any). The present License does not give Licensee any intellectual property rights to the Software or its derivatives. - Page 55 Matrox is free to use and incorporate such Feedback in Matrox's products, without payment of royalties or other consideration to Licensee; 7. Licensee shall not have the right to alter or remove any Matrox or third party copyright, trademark or patent notices in the Software.
- Page 56 Software. Licensee is solely responsible for adequate protection and backup of the data and equip- ment used in connection with any of the Software, and Matrox will not be liable for any damages that may be suffered in connection with use of the Software.
- Page 57 All title, including but not limited to copyrights, in and to the Software and any copies thereof are owned by Matrox or its suppliers. All title and intellectual property rights in and to the content which may be accessed through use of the Software is the property of the respective content owner and may be protected by appli- cable copyright or other intellectual property laws and treaties.
- Page 58 This License will automatically terminate if Licensee fails to comply with any of the terms and conditions hereof. In such event, Licensee must destroy all copies of the Software and all of its component parts. Matrox reserves the right to terminate this License without prejudice to any additional recourses Matrox may have against Licensee if Licensee violates any of the terms and conditions of this License.
- Page 59 The failure of Matrox to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this License, or the failure to require at any time performance by the Licensee of any of the provisions of this License, shall in no way be construed to be a present or future waiver of such provisions, nor in any way affect the right of Matrox to enforce each and every such provision thereafter.
- Page 60 (Español) Información para usuarios europeos – Declaración de conformidad Observación referente a los productos de hardware de Matrox apoyados por este manual Estos dispositivos cumplen con la directiva de la CE 2014/30/EU para dispositivos digitales de Clase A. Dichos dispositivos han sido sometidos a prueba y se ha comprobado que cumplen con las normas EN55032/CISPR32 y EN55024/CISPR24.
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