Extron electronics Quantum Ultra Series Setup Manual page 6

5. Locate your Quantum Ultra Series device in the Select Device(s) to Add panel, and click the Add to System button at the
left of the device name. If a project already exists on the selected device, a prompt opens, asking if you want to apply your new
project to the device (deleting the previous project). Click OK to continue creating the project (or Cancel to stop the procedure).
Connection information is displayed in the System Devices panel. If the computer is successfully connected to the device, the
word Connected is displayed, preceded by a green dot, in the System Devices panel (
NOTES:
• Multiple Quantum Ultra and Ultra II 610 and 305 devices can be added to a project. Only one Quantum Ultra
Connect device can be added.
• If you do not see your device in the Devices panel, you can add it manually (see "Manually adding devices").
6. Edit IP address settings for your device as needed.
a.
In the Select Device(s) to Add panel, click the Edit button (see
b.
The Communication Settings dialog box opens. Enter a new IP address and edit other IP settings as desired.
To enable Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), select the DHCP checkbox. When this box is selected, an
available IP address is assigned automatically to the Quantum Ultra Series device when it is connected to a supporting
network. (When this checkbox is selected, all other IP settings fields become read-only.)
If you added this device manually, click the Device Settings button (shown at right) on the VCS
taskbar. On the Device Details screen, click the Communication Settings button to display the
Communication Settings window. If the device cannot be detected or manually added, connect to
it using USB or RS-232 and configure the IP address using SIS commands.
Manually adding devices
If you do not see your Quantum Ultra Series device in the Select
Device(s) to Add panel (see
can add the device manually:
1. Click the Manually Add Device button (see figure 3,
Manually Add Device window opens (shown at right).
2. In the IP Address field, enter the address of the Quantum Ultra
Series device to be connected and select the Pull from Hardware
radio button (see
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3. Select the device type from the Device Type drop-down list. Quantum Ultra or Ultra II devices can be selected if
a Quantum Ultra or Ultra II 305 or 610 project was created. Quantum Ultra Connect devices can be selected if a
Quantum Ultra Connect 84 or 128 project was created.
4. Click Add. The connection information for the device is displayed in the System Devices panel (see
previous page). A unit added by this method is not displayed in the Select Device(s) to Add panel.
Setting Up the Videowall
To use the VCS program to configure the videowall, start by setting up a project. In the project, you can define the Quantum Ultra
Series processors, create one or more videowalls, set up video sources and outputs, and create presets. At the top of the Quantum
Ultra Series screen is a row of task buttons. After connecting to the desired Quantum Ultra Series device or devices, click the task
buttons to access screens for the setup tasks. For best results, perform the following setup steps in the order shown.
Wall Configuration screen
Click the Wall Configuration button (shown at right) to configure the outputs and to select the output
channels on the Quantum Ultra Series device for the videowall. The Wall Configuration window opens,
providing a Canvas to set up the wall (see
1. Name the Canvas. By default, the first videowall configuration (Canvas) you define is named Canvas 1 (
Name field, you can customize the name if desired (
incremented number that appears in the Canvas ID field and is used in SIS commands.
NOTE:
The Quantum Ultra Connect models support only one Canvas.
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