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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.
DashBoard Connection
Ultrix™ has a separate ethernet connection to DashBoard and appears as a separate node in the DashBoard tree view.
To Assign an IP Address to Ultrix™ and Ultripower
Use DashBoard Walkabout to assign an initial IP address to Ultrix™.

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.
  - To Assign an IP Address to Ultrix™ and Ultripower
    Use DashBoard Walkabout to assign an initial IP address to Ultrix™.
  - To Connect to Ultrix™ from DashBoard
    DashBoard connects to each device separately. You must create a new connection for Ultrix™, the Ultripower units, and Ultricool.
- 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.
- 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 Assign an IP Address to Ultrix™ and Ultripower

Use DashBoard Walkabout to assign an initial IP address to Ultrix™.

Note: DashBoard must be running on a computer on the same subnet as the frame to connect.

Click File > Show Walkabout.
Click Refresh to update the list.
Locate the entry for the devices you want to locate on the network.
- Ultrix™
- Ultripower
- Ultricool (optional for FR5)
Tip: Ultrix™ has a primary and secondary network connection for redundancy. You can connect one or both network connections.
Update the network information for your device as required.
- Name — enter a new name for the device as you want it to appear in DashBoard.
- Address — enter a new IP address for the device.
- Netmask — enter a new network mask value for your device.
- Gateway — enter a new gateway value for your device.
Wait for a minute for the new data to be saved.
Click Reboot for the device you are updating to send the new information to the device and have it reboot with the new settings.