THOMSON Amethyst III User Manual

Contents
4 Amethyst III DTV Smart Switch
User Manual
Warnings..................................................................................... 45
Power Supply and Protective Ground...................................... 45
Power Inlet ............................................................................. 45
Power Supply Cord(s) ........................................................... 45
Connecting AC Mains Power Supply Cords............................. 46
Installing a Java Runtime Environment on the PC ............ 47
Configuring Amethyst III ...................................................... 49
Using the Equipment Setup Application.................................. 51
Powering Off the Device ...................................................... 54
Connecting System I/O Ports............................................... 55
Powering Back On the Device.............................................. 56
Starting the Application ....................................................... 57
Chapter 3
Web Browser Interface .................................... 59
Reaching the GUI.................................................................. 60
GUI Overview........................................................................ 61
General Organization................................................................. 61
Customizing the Display............................................................ 62
Resizing the Columns............................................................ 62
Sorting Elements in Arrays................................................... 62
Commonly Used Elements........................................................ 62
Status Pictograms ................................................................. 62
Other Pictograms................................................................... 63
Tables ..................................................................................... 63
Configuration Panel ................................................................... 64
Configuration Tabs................................................................ 64
Customizing the Configuration Tabs’ Layout...................... 67
Views ...................................................................................... 68
Alarms Panel .............................................................................. 69
Status Bar ................................................................................... 70
Basic Settings........................................................................ 72
Creating a New Configuration................................................... 73
Setting the Input Parameters .................................................... 75
Setting the Switch Parameters.................................................. 77
Setting the Output Parameters ................................................. 80
Setting the GigE Interface Parameters (for IP Amethyst III) ... 83
Setting an IP Forwarding (for IP Amethyst III) ......................... 84
Adding a Forwarding Rule.................................................... 84
Defining a Destination Interface for a Forwarding Rule..... 85
Deleting a Forwarding Rule .................................................. 86
Editing a Tests Group ................................................................ 87
Getting an Overview of the Switches Status ........................... 89
Getting an Overview of the Quality of Service ........................ 90
Performing a Manual Switching ............................................... 91
Setting the Outputs for Monitoring .......................................... 93
Advanced Settings................................................................ 95
Setting Switches Association.................................................... 96
Switches Associations Concept ........................................... 96

THOMSON Amethyst III Specifications

General

Brand	THOMSON
Model	Amethyst III
Category	Switch
Language	English