Axis Series – RX User Guide
Software v2.0 and above
User Guide – Ver. 2.5
Revision 2.5
February 2015
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Contents
Contents......................................................................................... 0-1
0. Systems Description .................................................................. 0-1
0.1What is the AXRX1 Broadcast Receiver?............................................................. 0-1
0.2What are the Features and Benefits of AXRX1? .................................................. 0-2
0.3Getting an Overview of the AXRX1 .................................................................... 0-4
1. Getting Started.......................................................................... 1-6
1.1Identifying your Device..................................................................................... 1-6
1.2Unpacking your AXRX1 ..................................................................................... 1-6
1.3Planning the Hardware Installation .................................................................... 1-8
1.4Identifying the Variants of AXRX1...................................................................... 1-9
1.5Identifying the Options on AXRX1...................................................................... 1-9
1.6About the Software with your AXRX1................................................................1-10
2. Controls, Connections and Indicators.........................................2-12
2.1About Controls, Connections and Indicators ......................................................2-12
2.2Exploring the Front Panel.................................................................................2-12
2.3Exploring the Rear Panel..................................................................................2-13
3. Setting up your AXRX1 .............................................................3-15
3.1Connecting the Antennas .................................................................................3-15
3.2Connecting AC Power ......................................................................................3-16
4. Basic Operation ........................................................................4-17
4.1Starting and Stopping the AXRX1 .....................................................................4-17
4.2Exploring the Control Panel ..............................................................................4-17
4.3Navigating the Menu Pages on the Control Panel...............................................4-18
4.4Exploring the Status Menu ...............................................................................4-20
4.5Exploring the Config Menu ...............................................................................4-22
4.6Changing Numbers in the Config Menu .............................................................4-25
4.7Toggling DHCP On or Off .................................................................................4-27
4.8Setting a Fixed IP Address ...............................................................................4-27
4.9Setting the Receiver Configuration....................................................................4-28
5. Advanced Operation .................................................................5-30
5.1About Encryption.............................................................................................5-30
5.2Setting up Encryption ......................................................................................5-30
5.1About the Encryption Key Characters Required..................................................5-32
5.1About Streaming Over IP .................................................................................5-33
5.2Configuring UDP Multicast Streaming................................................................5-33
5.3Recovering a UDP Multicast Stream - VLC .........................................................5-35
5.4About RTSP Multicast and Unicast ....................................................................5-38
