Installation manual

MONGOOSE
Installation Manual
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Swapping RAD Ports
You’ve pulled all the CAT 5 cable, terminated all the connections, installed and connected the Mongoose
and all the RADs, and have taken great pains to identify each cable that connects the RADs to the Mongoose
device(s). You fire up Mongoose Tracker and (Rats! Er – Mongeese!), you’ve connected some of the RADs
to the wrong ports. You placed the RADs in the right physical locations, but you simply connected them
to the wrong ports on the back of the Mongoose. You could crawl around in the rack room disconnecting
and reconnecting cables to ports, making obsolete your neat and tidy cable dressing OR you could make
a few clicks in the software and resolve the problem while maintaining the integrity of your dressing. e
software includes a nifty feature that allows you to swap one port configuration with another. is changes
the configuration of the Mongoose (or of the configuration file, if you are working offline), and maintains
the integrity of the routing matrix (if one exists).
To swap one RAD port configuration with another:
1. In the main window of the Mongoose Tracker, find the RAD ports that you want to swap.
2. Click the small arrow to the right of one of the port numbers you plan to swap. A list of available
port numbers appears.
3. From the list of port numbers, select the one you want to swap with this port. For example, let’s
say that you connected a RAD1 on Port 2 and a RAD2 on Port 4 (opposite from what’s in the
configuration file). You therefore want to swap these two ports. As shown in the above screen shot,
you would select the arrow on Port 2 and then select Port 4 from the list. Mongoose Tracker then
takes all the configuration information for Port 4 (the RAD model number, its name, its settings,
even any audio routing involving Port 4) and transfers it to Port 2. It does the same for Port 2,
moving all of its configuration information to Port 4. e swapped port numbers should turn
green, indicating that the configuration now matches the detected RAD models.
4. Save a backup copy of the changed configuration file.
Perform an Audio Test
After verifying that the RADs are configured correctly and working properly, you should perform an audio
test. As noted earlier, the Mongoose configuration contains an audio routing matrix that specifies how
audio should flow through the system. e only way to fully test this routing matrix is to perform an audio
test. View the Signal and Overload LEDs on the RADs to verify that the audio signal is flowing correctly.
To learn more about the audio routing matrix, see the Mongoose Tracker help system.