1Table of Contents
1Table of Contents ........................................................................................1
2Overview .....................................................................................................5
2.1 Introduction............................................................................................ 5
2.2 Available Product Configurations........................................................... 7
3Physical Attributes ......................................................................................8
3.1 System Hardware Features .................................................................... 8
3.1.1 VGA Grid Concentrator Hardware Features .......................................... 8
3.1.2 VGA Grid Remote Acquisition Device Hardware Features..................... 9
3.2 Cables, Connectors and Adapters ........................................................ 11
3.2.1 3.5 mm Mini-jack ................................................................................. 11
3.2.2 VGA to DVI Cable ................................................................................. 12
3.2.3 DVI to DVI Cable ................................................................................... 13
3.2.4 HDMI to DVI Adapter ........................................................................... 14
3.2.5 RJ-45 Male............................................................................................ 14
4Getting Started ..........................................................................................15
4.1 Powering on the system....................................................................... 15
4.2 Network Connections........................................................................... 15
4.3 Logging into the Web Admin Interface ................................................ 15
4.3.1 Epiphan’s Network Discovery Utility.................................................... 16
4.3.2 Logging into the Web Admin Interface Using a Web Browser and the IP
Address of the System ....................................................................................... 16
4.4 Users Logging ....................................................................................... 17
4.4.1 The Administrator User........................................................................ 17
4.4.2 The Viewer User................................................................................... 17
4.5 Web Admin Interface ........................................................................... 18
5Signal Flow Diagrams.................................................................................21
6Signal Capture ...........................................................................................23
6.1 Connecting Sources .............................................................................. 23
6.1.1 Connecting DVI, VGA or HDMI Input Sources ...................................... 23
6.1.2 Connecting Audio Input Sources.......................................................... 24
6.2 Sources Setup ....................................................................................... 24
6.2.1 Digital source setup ............................................................................. 24
6.2.2 Composite and S-Video Source Setup.................................................. 27
6.2.3 Remote source setup ........................................................................... 28
6.2.4 Adding a network grabber ................................................................... 29
6.3 Audio Configuration ............................................................................. 29
7Channel Setup ...........................................................................................30
7.1 Creating and Deleting a Channel .......................................................... 30
7.2 Multiple Sources Channel Setup .......................................................... 33
7.3 Select Video Codec ............................................................................... 35
7.4 Set Video Encoding Constraints/Parameters ....................................... 35
7.5 Select Audio Format ............................................................................. 38
8Streaming ..................................................................................................39
8.1 HTTP or RTSP Streaming....................................................................... 41
8.2 Using an IP Multicast Network ............................................................. 41
