Installation manual

MONGOOSE

Installation Manual

TASK 1: INSTALLING THE MONGOOSE

You can work on-site or oﬀ-site to install the Mongoose into the audio rack. Following are a few things to

consider for each approach.

• If installing on-site, we recommend that you install, connect, power on, and conﬁgure the Mongoose

and install and terminate the CAT 5 cable prior to installing the RADs. Done in this order, you can

verify that the RADs are working properly as soon as you connect them.

• If installing oﬀ-site, you will obviously not be installing the RADs into walls. We do recommend,

however, that you load the conﬁguration ﬁle and connect the RADs to the Mongoose during the oﬀ-

site installation so that you can fully test the conﬁguration. is is also a good time to label the RADs

to ensure that you install and connect the same RADs in the same Mongoose ports on which they

were tested. See "Generating RAD Labels" on page 34 for details on generating and attaching labels.

Installing the Mongoose in your Audio Rack

Following are the detailed steps for installing the Mongoose hardware into the audio rack and connecting

it to the Ethernet and CobraNet networks. You can rely on the LED indicators on the hardware for basic

device and connection status information. To see more details about the system status, however, you’ll

need to install the Mongoose Tracker software. But ﬁrst, let’s start with the hardware. To review the front

and rear panel hardware details, see the "Front Panel Description" on page 9.

To install and connect the Mongoose:

1. Attach the Mongoose (and all other audio equipment) to the audio rack.

2. If the system will be using an Ethernet network, connect the Mongoose to it. Plug one end of a

standard Ethernet patch cable (or an Ethernet crossover cable) into the Ethernet port on the back

of the Mongoose. Plug the other end into the Ethernet network switch. An Ethernet crossover

cable is provided with the product.

Note: If there is no Ethernet network, you can skip this step for now. You will use this port later to

connect a computer directly to the Mongoose (for conﬁguration and management of the device).

IMPORTANT: If your network requires that the Mongoose use one or more static IP addresses,

you must conﬁgure these addresses prior to connecting the Mongoose to your network. To do so,

you must connect your computer directly to the device, install and start the Mongoose Tracker

software, and then open the device and conﬁgure its IP address(es). For details on connecting your

computer to the device and for installing the software, see "Installing and Using the Mongoose

Tracker Software" on page 33. For details on conﬁguring the device’s IP addresses, see the Mongoose

Tracker help system (the topic titled “Viewing and editing the network settings for a Mongoose

device”).