NDI Network Preferences
From TLS Production Services Wiki
NEW NDI Processes for CUES
I have redone our NDI networking protocols within CUES to make things easier to remember and to lockdown and update firmware further to prevent further issues with NDI networking. Please have a quick read about what I have done below
April 18th, 2023
- Updated firmware on each of the Netgear switches
- Added all of our switches to a Netgear 'site' called CUES using [Netgear Engage Controller](https://www.netgear.com/support/product/m4250#download)
- Updated IP addresses on all NDI devices to reflect new IP table (below)
- Added NDI Camera to the theatre to replace old COAX cam
Netgear M4250-26G4XF-PoE+ (our production switches) Manual
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/M4250/M4250_UM_EN.pdf
Switch Configurations
In the Theatre
- Purple: LX (ArtNET & sACN)
- Blue: NDI (NDI5)
- Red: Dante (Dante/AES67)
Morpheus (KMT Production Studio, 10.10.10.2)
Trinity (KMT Mezzanine, 10.10.10.3)
Neo (KMT Booth, 10.10.10.4)
Topology
Trinity is in the Mezzanine with 20GB trunk lines connecting the production studio switch (Morpheus) and the one in the booth (Neo).
In the vMix Rack
Oracle (vMixatron Rack, 10.10.10.5) NOT YET UPDATED [Oracle]
Assign Reserved IP Addresses to All NDI Devices
| Hostname | Device Name | Device Reserved IP Address(es) | Device Mac Address(es) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agent Smith | Default Gateway (Router) | `10.10.10.1` | ? | Prod Studio Rack |
| Morpheus | Netgear M4250 Alpha | `10.10.10.2` | C8:9E:43:A8:D5:6E | Prod Studio Rack |
| Trinity | Netgear M4250 Beta | `10.10.10.3` | C8:9E:43:A8:D6:36 | Mezzanine |
| Neo | Netgear M4250 Gamma | `10.10.10.4` | C8:9E:43:A8:D3:E6 | Booth |
| Oracle | Netgear M4250 Delta | `10.10.10.5` | vMixatron Rack | |
| vMixatron | vMixatron 1 | `10.10.10.11` | Prod Studio Rack | |
| vMixatron 2 | vMixatron 2 | `10.10.10.12` | vMixatron Rack | |
| ... | vMixatron IP Controllers | `10.10.10.16 & 10.10.10.20` | Ex. Skaarhoj | vMixatron Rack |
| CUES-ASUS-## | CUES Laptop 1-10 | `10.10.10.21 & 10.10.10.30` | * | Warehouse |
| CUES-VIDEO-## | Video Laptop 1-2 | `10.10.10.31 & 10.10.10.32` | * | Warehouse |
| CUES-MAC-MINI-## | CUES Mac Mini 1-6 | `10.10.10.41 - 10.10.10.46` | * | Warehouse |
| CUES-MACBOOK-## | CUES MacBook 1-2 | `10.10.10.51 & 10.10.10.52` | * | Warehouse |
| CUES-BD## | BirdDog 1-10 | `10.10.10.101 - 10.10.10.110` | * | Warehouse |
| CUES-BD-Play | `10.10.10.119` | * | Installed in Prod Office | |
| * | DHCP POOL | ***`10.10.10.130 - 10.10.10.229`*** | * | Any other devices... |
Local Config for Devices
- Example: Laptop 6
- `IPv4: 10.10.10.26`
- `Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0`
- `Default Gateway: 10.10.10.1`
These numbers are a lot easier to remember and very repetitive.
Config Script
- In addition to the numbers being easy to remember, they will be stored in a config file in Documents along with a script that can be executed by administrator to automatically reset the IP address to the correct settings.