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Ultrix Acuity Setup
The Ultrix™ router must be set up to support the Ultrix Acuity on the Software Defined Production Engine (SWR-SDPE) blade. This includes setup of the Ultripower units, DashBoard connections, video reference and timing, the matrix database, and the UltriScape Multi-Viewer.
Switcher Network Setup
From the web interface, you can set up the IP Address, as well as selecting the IP addresses of all the control panels, and SoftPanel that can access the switcher.
To Set the Switcher Network Settings

Ultrix Acuity Setup
The Ultrix™ router must be set up to support the Ultrix Acuity on the Software Defined Production Engine (SWR-SDPE) blade. This includes setup of the Ultripower units, DashBoard connections, video reference and timing, the matrix database, and the UltriScape Multi-Viewer.
- Ultrix Acuity Hardware Setup
  The router and switcher components of Ultrix Acuity must be set up separately before they can work together.
- DashBoard Connection
  Ultrix™ has a separate ethernet connection to DashBoard and appears as a separate node in the DashBoard tree view.
- Switcher Network Setup
  From the web interface, you can set up the IP Address, as well as selecting the IP addresses of all the control panels, and SoftPanel that can access the switcher.
  - To Set the Switcher Network Settings
- Reference
  Ultrix™ provides the reference input and internal signals that the switcher uses for timing.
- Video Routing in Ultrix
  Sources and destinations in the router must be connected to the inputs and outputs of the switcher.
- Input Sources in Acuity
  Video inputs coming into the switcher can be assigned to a type of device they are coming from. Assigning a device type allows you to associate a device you are controlling from the switcher with an input.
- Audio Routing in Ultrix™
  Audio is handled separately in the router and audio sources and destinations in the router must be connected to the inputs and outputs of the switcher.
- Aux Bus Router Sources
  Switcher aux buses need to be mapped to router sources and destinations so that video can be assigned to them.
- UltriScape Multi-Viewer
  Some of the outputs from each ME are available as PiPs for the software defined UltriScape MultiViewer in the router.
- Ultrix™ Ultricore BCS Setup
  If your router ecosystem uses an Ultricore BCS, the switcher requires the IP address of the Ultricore BCS to communicate with the router to switch aux buses.

To Set the Switcher Network Settings

Open a web browser and navigate to the IP address of the switcher frame. You are prompted to enter a user name and password. The defaults are user and password.

Note: This is the IP address of the switcher, not the Ultrix™.

Tip: If you do not know the IP address of the switcher, you can find it in DashBoard (Devices > Controllers/Matrices > Ultrix) on the image of the Acuity CPU.
Click Other... > Network.

This page allows you to change the network configuration of the network ports, as well as enter the current IP Address of the main panel, and satellite panels.
In the LAN1 section, enter the IP Address and Subnet Mask for the switcher.

This is the IP address that you will connect to from the control panel(s).

Note: You cannot set the switcher to an IP Address in the range of 192.168.12.xx. This is used internally and will cause interference. The Subnet Mask should be set to 255.255.255.0.

Note: The LAN2 port is used internally for connecting to the Ultrix™. These setting cannot be changed.
Optional: Enter the Default Gateway for the frame.
In the Panel section, enter the IP address of the main panel in the IP Address Main Panel field.
Click Change and Reboot.
The switcher restarts with the new network settings.