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Configuring an Impath i4110

Configure the IP AddressConnect to encoder’s serial port

Power on encoderConnect serial cable to “Data A”

Hold in “Console” until “Data A” light turns solid red

Open Putty with the proper settings (COM port may vary)

Click Open

Type in the user name and password impath impath

1. Type “maint” and hit enter 2. Select “3” and hit enter

3. Select “3” and hit enter 4. Configure options 1, 2, 3 like below

5. “Q” out of the menus saving if asked6. Type “reboot” and hit enter

At this point you can disconnect your serial cable

Configuring the Terminal Server

Connect the encoder to the network or directly to you laptop with a cat5 cable

Connect to the encoder with putty, this time using the “Telnet” connection type

Enter the username and password

Enter the “maintenance” menu

Select “4” to open service manager menu

Select “2” to configure serial port options

#1 “Data Port Interface Settings” comes pre-configured to work with our Vicon cameras and in most cases will not need to be configured.

#2 “Data Circuit Network Settings” is where we will configure the Terminal Server Mode and port number.

Select “2” and then select the port you wish to configure1 is for port A2 is for port B

By default both ports are disabled.We typically use port B for the camera so that we don’t have unplug the camera if we want to access the encoder with a serial cable which can only be done on port A

Select “2” to configure port B (unless the port is damaged and you are switching to port A)

Select “1” to change the Network Service Mode

Select “2” to configure the terminal server to “Unicast TCP Server” mode

Select “2” to change the TCP port to “4002”

“Q” out of the menus typing “y” to save when asked until you get back to the first menu

Configuring the Video Encoder

1. Select “4” 2. Select “1”

3. Select “3” 4. Select “1”

Option 1 “Video Encoder” should be left at the factory defaults

Option 2 “Video Network” is where we set the multicast address/port and stream type

Configure options 1, 2, 4, and 8 as seen here

“Q” out of the menus typing “Y” to save when asked until you reach the “maint” menu

The encoder is now ready to be deployed in the field