Installation manual

MONGOOSE

Installation Manual

Connecting a Computer to the Mongoose

To load the conﬁguration ﬁle, you obviously need a communications channel between your computer

and the Mongoose. To do this, you can either connect your computer directly to the Mongoose or, if the

Mongoose is connected to a network, connect your computer to that same network.

• If making a direct connection, you’ll need to plug a standard Ethernet patch cable or a crossover

cable into the Ethernet port on the Mongoose and on your computer. A crossover cable is included

with the Mongoose equipment.

• If connecting to the network, you can connect your computer to the same network switch to

which the Mongoose is connected or connect to the network in some other way. For example, if

a wireless access point is available, you may want to use it so that you can roam with a laptop and

still communicate with the Mongoose. To connect to a switch, plug one end of a standard Ethernet

patch cable (or crossover cable) into the Ethernet port on the Mongoose and the other end into a

port on the network switch.

Generating RAD Labels

Each RAD contains an area near the top in which you can insert a custom label. We recommend that you

use these labels to identify the channel associated with the corresponding jack. e following graphic

illustrates the placement of the labels:

To eliminate confusion and also streamline audio routing and troubleshooting, the channel names on the

physical RADs should match the channel names in the Mongoose Tracker. To help ensure this consistency,

the Mongoose Tracker includes a label generation feature that produces a PDF document of labels based

on the channel names you’ve entered in the software. We highly recommend that you use this feature to

create your RAD labels.

Note: If you do not need custom labels, you can use the generic labels shipped with the RADs. If you

do not need the RAD’s label area at all (for example, if you plan to use custom labeled panels with your

RADs), you can ﬂip the generic label around and insert it behind the Lexan window.