Document Outline

• Safety Instructions
• Legal Information
• Content
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • System Description
    • System Overview
    • MGW 2400 Features
  • What’s in this Manual
• Configuration & Installation
  • Overview
  • System Configuration
    • MGW 2400 Components
    • Peripheral Components
  • Getting Started
    • Unpacking MGW 2400
      • Mounting MGW 2400 into a Rack
    • Power Supply
    • Servicing MGW 2400
    • Hardware Overview
      • Front Panel
      • Rear Panel
      • Encoding Module
    • Connecting Peripherals - Encoders & Sources
  • Initial Configuration
    • Configuring HyperTerminal
    • DHCP enabled Networks
    • Changing Passwords
    • MGW 2400’s Network Settings
      • Selecting the Network Mode
      • Changing and adding DNS IP Addresses
    • If DHCP is disabled – TCP/IP Settings
      • Displaying TCP/IP Settings
      • Restoring Default Settings
    • MGW 2400 Utilities
      • Setting Time and Date
    • Working with SCSI Disks
    • Uploading Files
  • Changing Settings from a Remote PC
• Operating MGW 2400
  • Overview
  • Installing Software
    • System Requirements
    • Configuring the Management PC for the Network
    • Installing the MGW 2400 EMS
    • Installing Microsoft Components
  • Accessing MGW 2400
    • User Profiles
    • Logging on to MGW 2400
      • Logging on to a different Unit or as a different User
    • Viewing and Editing the List of Permitted Users
    • Viewing the List of Users Currently Logged On
      • Forcing a User off MGW 2400
    • Logging off MGW 2400
  • Main Window Overview
    • The Modules Page
    • The Channels Page
    • The Platform Page
      • Unit Parameters
      • MGW Monitoring
      • NIC Table
      • Tools
      • The External WMS Page
      • Servers
      • Server Properties
    • Toolbar and Displays
  • Viewing and Setting Module Parameters
    • I/O Parameters
    • Encoding Parameters
    • Tools
  • Editing the Channel Profile
    • Adding a Channel
    • Editing an existing Channel
    • Removing Channels
    • Viewing the Channel Profile
    • Managing Templates
    • Managing Configurations
  • Editing Channel Parameters
    • Encoding Parameters
      • Video Encoding Parameters
      • Advanced Video Encoding Parameters
      • Audio Parameters
      • Advanced Audio Parameters
    • Adjusting Video Parameters On The Fly
    • Target Parameters
      • Viewing and Editing Target Parameters
      • WMS Multicast
      • WMS Unicast
      • File Output
  • Operating Channels
    • Receiving and Playing Back Streams
  • Upgrading MGW 2400
• Technical Specifications
  • Chassis
    • Physical
    • Electrical Characteristics
    • Input/Output Interfaces
    • Environmental
    • Safety Standards
    • Management
    • Network Protocols
  • Encoding Modules
    • Physical Dimensions
    • Standard Compliance
    • Input Signals
    • Encoding Format
    • Video Resolutions and Bit-Rates
    • Audio Modes and Bit-Rates
  • System Defaults
  • My System Settings
  • User Names and Passwords
    • MGW 2400 EMS Users
    • MGW 2400 Administrator
• Troubleshooting
  • Hardware Errors
  • Errors while running MGW 2400 EMS
  • Error Messages
• Optimizing Performance
  • Stereo at a Sample Rate of 32 kHz
  • Stereo at a Sample Rate of 44.1 kHz
  • Stereo at a Sample Rate of 48 kHz
• UDP Block Size Values
  • Mono
  • Stereo
• Optimizing your Network
  • Introduction
    • Switches are always better than Hubs
    • Whenever possible, separate Departments
    • Exploit new Technologies for your Backbone
    • Use protocol shaping and Protocol Shapers
  • Network Configurations that are friendly to Streaming
    • 100BaseT Switched Networks
    • 100BaseT Hub and Switched Networks
    • ATM
• Glossary of Terms
• Index
• Technical Support
• Documentation
• Warranty