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Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 10 Simply select the new patch from the list to assign it to the port. Patches that are not being

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 11 Showfiles PM5 will save and restore showfiles containing all or some of the configuration and pat

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 12 A non-critical warning will be reported when saving shows that include nodes running older firmwa

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 13 Off-line Showfile Editing Showfiles are saved in a CSV (comma-separated value) format, and may be

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 14 Firmware Upgrades To upgrade a node, highlight it in the Upgradable Devices List. Choose “Sele

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 15 Advanced Configuration Pathport Manager 5 provides access to a number of advanced features includ

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 16 Building from Existing Patches Editing a Standard Universe will cause the automatic creation of a

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 17 To prioritize inputs, use the / symbol (the division slash). Inputs listed first (i.e. further

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 18 A comma may be used to delimit between a series of channel ranges. To have the first five channe

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 19 Directly Editing a Patch Channel and priority values can also be directly entered into the spread

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 2 Overview...

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 20 This will expand a hidden sidebar called Universe Statistics. (Clicking the left-pointing arro

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 21 Advanced Node Properties A full list of node properties is found in the appendix, but some requi

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 22 is very difficult to conceptualize, and will likely lead to unexpected results and a headache. W

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 23 Valid priority levels range from 1 to 200, with 200 being the highest priority. Default value is

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 24 Signal Loss Fade, when enabled, causes the port to use the Signal Loss Fade Time value (in milli

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 25 the appendix. Here is a portion of the column lists for the Device List and for the Output Port

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 26 Troubleshooting Network Interfaces – Online yet Questionable The most common problem when using

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 27 Virtual Console – Output Testing Pathport Manager 5 provides, from the Tools menu, a basic xDMX s

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 28 xDMX Monitor – Input Reporting As well as a signal generator, a monitoring screen is also availab

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 29 Display Node Communications Before choosing ‘Display Node Communications’ either from the TestToo

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 3 Overview Pathport Manager 5 is a software program used to configure, troubleshoot and monitor Path

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 30 Appendix A – Device Property Definitions The properties of devices compliant with Pathport standa

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 31 Base Node Property Definitions Name Definition Name Node name – user assignable MAC Address

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 32 Port Property Definitions Name Definition Port Name User-assigned port name – by default “Po

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 33 Appendix C – Network Interface Card (NIC) Configuration For Windows XP: Control Panel>Networ

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 4 Installation, NIC Configuration and Start Up Pathport Manager 5 runs on Windows, Mac or Linux oper

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 5 Node Discovery Connected nodes are discovered automatically as soon as PM5 starts up. Nodes appea

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 6 Displaying Node and Port Properties Click on a node in the Device List and its base properties app

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 7 Editing Base Node Properties The first time Pathport Manager 5 is run on an existing installation,

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 8 Editing Port Properties Port properties are edited using the same conventions as node properties.

Pathway Connectivity Pathport Manager 5 v1 Manual 9 Setting a Basic DMX Patch The DMX Patch tab shows a listing of input and output ports. Each port