How To: MXNet DHCP and Custom Image/Logo Setup

How To: Change MXNet endpoints and Cbox to DHCP

Overview

To meet the commercial market requirements, DHCP support was added to the MXNET 1G system. This means all MXNET 1G ecosystem components support DHCP including encoders, decoders, control box (CBOX), and MXNET switches. This process applies to the 1G ecosystem not the 10G ecosystem. Please refer to the following link for how to set up DHCP on a 10G ecosystem:

Pre-requisites

  1. SSH/Telnet/Serial client such as PuTTY or Tera Term.

    Link to download PuTTY: https://www.putty.org/

  2. Procedure for connecting to the switch via SSH, Telnet, or the console port as the following procedure will require this knowledge.

    The procedure(s) to connect to the switch via SSH, Telnet, or the console port can be found in the Basic Operation Configuration Guide.

    Link to the Basic Operation Configuration Guide: https://support.avproedge.com/portal/en/kb/articles/how-to-mxnet-switch-basic-operation-and-vlan-configuration


System Diagram Example with DHCP



Procedure

Configure the PC IP Address for Cbox access      

1. On the front panel of the Cbox, there are two displays labeled “STATUS MONITOR A” (the one on the left) and “STATUS MONITOR B” (one on the right) respectively. Press the “PRESS TO SCROLL PAGE” button for STATUS MONITOR A twice to cycle to the third page. The LAN PORT IP Address and Subnet Mask should be present on STATUS MONITOR B. Here is an example of the default IP Address and a Subnet Mask:

IP Address Example: 192.168.1.239
Subnet Mask Example: 255.255.0.0

Note the Cbox's IP Address and Subnet Mask.

2. Navigate to the Control Panel on a Windows PC and select the View network status and tasks under the Network and Internet heading.


3. Click on the Change adapter settings in the left panel of the window.


4. In the Network Connections window, double click on the Ethernet port that will be used to access the MXNet switch or Wi-Fi. In the example below, Ethernet 2 was the port connected to the switch.


5. At the bottom of the Ethernet status menu click on the Properties button.


6. Under the “This connection uses the following items:” list heading, double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)


7. Click on the Use the following IP address radio button and change the IP address of your PC to an IP address within the subnet of the Cbox using the Cbox's IP Address noted above. When finished entering the parameters, click on OK.

In this example, the Cbox's IP address is 192.168.1.239, so the PC IP address was set to 192.168.1.240 with a /16 subnet.

Changing the IP Mode of the CBOX, TX, and RX to DHCP using Mentor

1. Click on the Windows Icon or click in the Search field again which can be found on the taskbar


2. Type the name of a prefered web browser application (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, etc.) and click on the Web Browser application


3. Open Mentor by entering the IP Address of the CBOX noted in the section above titled, "Configure the PC IP Address for Cbox access" step 1 into the web browser search bar and press enter.


4. The Login page will appear after pressing enter.



Here are the default credentials needed to login:
Username: admin
Password: admin

5. After clicking LOGIN The SYSTEM UTILITIES page should populate in the web browser:



6. Find configuration block #2 called IP MODE ENCODERS - DECODERS. Click on SET IP MODE


7. In the SET IP MODE menu, click in the DHCP MODE and SELECT ALL mode check boxes. Confirm a green check mark is now visible in both check boxes and the radio button next to each end point changed from dark grey to green. Press the SAVE CONFIG button and the CLOSE button to save the changes made, apply this change, and exit the SET IP MODE menu.


8. Repeat step 7 by re-opening the SET IP MODE menu, selecting DECODERS/OUTPUTS and then proceeding to change the IP mode to DHCP.


9. Navigate to the MXNet tool bar, and click on CONFIGURE.

10. Under the INPUTS/ENCODERS/SOURCES and the OUTPUTS/DECODERS/DISPLAYS tabs, the encoder and decoder IP addresses can be found under the IP ADDRESS(AUTO) column. Ensure the end points have a valid DHCP address and the CUSTOM NAME is green indicating the end point was discovered and is controllable by the Cbox.


Configure the PC IP Address for switch access

1.Navigate to the Control Panel on a Windows PC and select the View network status and tasks under the Network and Internet heading.


2. Click on the Change adapter settings in the left panel of the window.


3. In the Network Connections window, double click on the Ethernet port that will be used to access the switch or Wi-Fi. In the example below, Ethernet 2 was the port connected to the switch.


4. At the bottom of the Ethernet status menu click on the Properties button.


5. Under the “This connection uses the following items:” list heading, double click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)


6. Click on the Use the following IP address radio button and change the IP address the PC to an IP address within the subnet of the MXNet switch. The MXNet switch IP address can be found using the Basic Operation Configuration Guide which will be the default IP address of 192.168.1.238. When finished entering the parameters, click on OK.

In this example, the switch IP address is 192.168.2.110, so the PC IP address was set to 192.168.2.2 with a /24 subnet.

How to Change IP Mode of CBOX, TX, and RX to DHCP Mode via MXNET API

1. Connect to the Cbox via Telnet on port 24. Screenshots below represent a connection to the Cbox through Telnet using PuTTY.




2. Change the TX and RX IP Mode to DHCP.
      ```
      config set device ip dhcp <MAC Address or Custom Name of TX or RX>
            Ex: config set device ip dhcp 188A6A004ED5
      ```
Expected return from the above command:


3. Change the CBOX IP Mode to DHCP.
      ```
      config set ip4addr dhcp
      config set ip4addr2 dhcp
      ```
Expected return from the above commands:


4. Confirm the IP Modes are correct on the CBOX, TXs, and RXs
      ```
      config get ipsetting
      config get ipsetting2
      config get device status ALL
      ```





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