A Rough Guide To Configuring Tx And Rx Units; Tx (Transmitter) Unit Configuration - ADDER AdderLink Infinity dual User Manual

A rough guide to configuring TX and RX units

TX (transmitter) unit configuration

In the ALIF dual system, the majority of configuration settings are dictated by the
units. Therefore, the local TX unit setup (using its browser-based configuration utility) is
usually concerned only with three main factors: Its IP address details, the data streams
to enable/disable and video signal optimization. Other TX unit pages, such as
Settings, System Messages, Firmware Upgrades
altered during the majority of installations and are discussed elsewhere in this guide. See
Appendix A for explanations of all TX configuration page options.
Setting the TX address and output signal details
1 Display the TX unit System Configuration
2 Ensure that the IP address and netmask for the System port and the Teaming port (if
used) are correct. The default settings of 169.254.1.33 and 169.254.1.43 for the two ports
respectively are their zero config addresses - these are usually changed to some other
address suitable for your installation. Indeed, the zero config address for the System port
MUST be changed before the Teaming port can be used for network connections.
3 Check that the data streams (Enable Video, Enable Audio and Enable USB - plus Enable
Serial, if used) are enabled as appropriate. There are similar options within the RX
unit configuration and it is important that the settings in both units are the same. If an
option is ticked in one unit but unticked in the other, then that data stream will remain
disabled. If you make a change, remember to click the Update Now button.
RX
USB
and Reboot are generally not used or
page.
Optimizing the TX video signal
Note: Where the ALIF dual system is linked via two Gigabit links with sufficient available
bandwidth, there should be no need to alter the default settings on this page.
1 Display the TX unit System Configuration
Configuration page.
2 Make changes to the controls as necessary for each video port. There is no single
combination of adjustments that will suit all installations, but generally:
• If color quality is important, then leave Colour Depth at 24 bits and adjust other
controls,
• If moving video images are being shown frequently, then leave Frame Skipping at a
low percentage and instead reduce the Peak Bandwidth Limiter and Colour Depth.
• Where screens are quite static, try increasing the Background Refresh interval and/or
increasing the Frame skipping percentage setting.
Make changes one at a time, in small steps, and view typical video images so that you
can attribute positive or negative results to the appropriate control.
See TX Video Configuration for individual explanations of the controls.
3 Click Update Now to apply each setting change.
page and then change to the Video
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