Black Box LPB2910A - Dms- Media Controller Option

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Chapter 9
DMS - Media Controller Opon
Introducon
The LPB2900 Series switches feature an oponal media controller for controlling Black Box MediaCento products. The controller
features include: MediaCento discovery, matrix switching, and preset switching.
Before You Get Started
The MediaCento System uses IP mulcast addressing between transmiers and receivers. Each transmier obtains its mulcast
address from the manual rotary switch posion.
Important: Makesurethateachtransmier’srotaryswitchissettoadierentposion.Thiswillensurethateachtransmierwill
haveauniquemulcastaddressandthesystemwillfunconproperly.
The rotary switch sengs are 0 through F. If you change the transmier rotary switch posion aer you power on, you should
power o and power on the transmier to reset the IP mulcast address. Then, rediscover the transmiers aer you reset the
rotary switch posions. The LPB2900A-CTRL system can have a maxium of sixteen transmiers.
For example, if the MediaCento has three transmiers, set one transmier to rotary switch seng 0, the next transmiter to rotary
switch seng 1, and the last transmier to rotary switch seng 2.
9-1 Obtaining Your Media Controller License Key
Case 1: You order a MediaCento controller license for a new switch.
Black Box installs the key on the switch and sends you an email with the license key for your receiving records.
Case 2: You order a MediaCento controller license for a elded switch.
1. Contact Black Box to order the license. Tell the customer service representave the serial number of the switch that the key will
be installed on.
2. Black Box lab generates the key and sends you an email with the license key for your receiving records.
3. You install the key on your switch, following the instrucons below.
9-2 Key Installaon Instrucons
Follow the steps below to add the MediaCento funconality to the LPB2900 Series switch:
Adding the Media Controller Funcon to LPB2900 Series Switches
1. There are two ways to nd the serial number for your LPB2900 Series Switch:
Log into the switch‘s Graphical User Interface (GUI) and nd the switch’s serial number.
or
Log into the switch’s Command-Line Interface (CLI) and nd the switch’s serial number.