User`s guide

AgileMeshNetworkBridge(AV3000) Page10
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PORTS–HOWTOSELECT
WHATAREPORTS?
Asweusethetermhere,portscanbeviewedasanadditionalfieldintheIPaddressingscheme.Thisadditional
fieldisnecessarywhenavideostreamcrossestheboundaryfromonenetworktoanother.
HOWDOTHEY RELATETO THE VIDEOSOURCES?
AttheinterfacebetweenanAgileMeshnetworkandanotherLAN,everyAgileMeshvideostreamoriginatingon
themeshnetworkhasthreeportnumbersassociatedwithit...7xxx,8xxxand9xxx.Inthemeshnetwork,allofthe
AgileMeshanalogvideoportsareassociatedwithIPaddressesbetween192.168.224.049and192.168.224.149.
The“xxx”
digitsshownintheportnumbersabovealwayscorrespondtothelast3digitsoftheassociatedvideo
source.Forexample,ifthevideosourcehasanIPaddressof192.168.224.052(theaddressfornode1,camera1as
shownontheportmapinAppendixA),theassociatedport
numbersare7052,8052and9052.
ThemappingbetweenAgileMeshnodenumbersandtheassociatedportsisdetailedinAppendixA.
Asdescribedinthefollowingsections,the7000‐seriesportnumbersarethevideostreamingports,the8000‐
seriesportnumbersarethehttpaccessportsandthe9000‐series
portsarethereplicatedvideoports.
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WHICHPORTSSHOULDYOUUSE?
Choosingtheportnumberdependsonthenetwork(i.e.,theMeshorthe“LAN”)towhichthecomputeris
connectedandtheprogrambeingusedtoaccessthevideo.Followingaresomerecommendationsforvarious
situations.
FROMTHEMESH
USINGTHEBROWSERTOVIEWVIDEO
Toviewvideousingabrowser,itisnotnecessarytospecifyaport.Forexample,itispossibletojustenterthe
meshIPaddressasaURLandaccessthevideosourcedirectly.Ofcourse,withtheAV3000,itiseasiertojustclick
onthe“Admin”buttonunderneath
theappropriatethumbnailimageontheAV3000webpage.
USINGAVIEWINGPACKAGE
Often,itisdesirabletorunaviewingpackagelikei‐ProViewertoviewandrecordthevideoonacomputer
connectedinsidethemesh.Inthiscase,youshouldspecifythe7000‐seriesportnumberforagivenvideosource.