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9. CONFIGURE AOIP CORE ROUTER PORTS & AOIP I/O DEVICES
The next stage is to configure the AoIP Router Interfaces in the core and the AoIP Device Interfaces, so that they can be networked
together to allow Audio streams to be passed between the Routers in the Core and the various AoIP I/O Devices, which provide
Audio & GPIO resources. The first step is to setup the Router IP addresses in the core using the Configure application.
To do this, access the Configure Application by opening Google Chrome on the PC, type 172.29.1.23 into the address bar, press enter
to navigate to the Login page, Login and go to the 'Configure' landing page. Then go to Networks> AoIP Interfaces as shown below.
AoIP Core Router Interfaces
This page can either be accessed from
the Networks Menu and appears as
shown above right. Each Impulse core
can accommodate up to 4 router modules
and each module has 8 x 1 Gbps Ethernet
ports which are arranged as 4 pairs
to provide seamless packet switching
redundancy.
Each port is capable of passing 512
channels of audio in each direction,
however there are communications
overheads including mic gain control and
GPIO switching functions amongst others
so Calrec suggests a practical limit of
256 bi-directional channels per router
connection.
The page shown below right provides
controls to view and configure the
following for each of the router ports:-
IP address
Subnet mask
Gateway (optional)
Note: the IP address and Subnet
mask must be set with valid values.
The Gateway is optional.
The current connectivity status of each
port is displayed as either Connected
or Disconnected. The images to the
right show that just the 1A router port is
currently connected, for seamless packet
switching redundancy the 1B port should
also be connected.
The MAC address of each port is also
displayed (but is not editable). The
speed of each port is displayed (in Gbps).
For Impulse all ports operate at 1Gbps.
Users can edit these by clicking on the
pencil icon for each port to open an
'Edit Port Configuration' dialogue box.
CONFIGURE>NETWORKS>AOIP CORE INTERFACES
CONFIGURE>NETWORKS>AOIP CORE INTERFACES-EDIT
Once the IP address, Subnet mask and
optional Gateway has been edited, the
user can click on the 'Save' button to
update the port configuration and return
to the AoIP interfaces page.
The page entries are designed to be
'folded-up' in order to show all the AoIP
router interfaces that are be attached.
The tables at the end of this document
offers suggested settings for the Primary
and Secondary Router Interfaces
of each of the Impulse Cores. See:-
"Primary Core - Router Interfaces -
Suggested Settings" on page 41
"Secondary Core - Router Interfaces
- Suggested Settings" on page 42
Also refer to the Impulse Configure
Application Guide (926-290).pdf for
further information.
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