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Getting Started

Alright, time to roll up your sleeves and get to work! This section will guide you through basic concepts that will help you get on your way with V-Page.

Each V-Page station communicates with a Q-SYS Core via network connection using a plugin. To install this plugin, you need to download the file from our website and copy and paste the component to your design.

Note: you must be running Q-SYS firmware 7.0.0 or above and V-Page firmware 2.00 or above for the Plugin to work. To learn how to do a firmware update please refer to the firmware update section of this manual.

There are three steps that need to be completed to ensure that V-Page and Q-SYS function together properly:

  1. Install hardware
  2. Connect to Q-SYS core
  3. Configure audio

Install Hardware

  1. Make sure all DIP switches are in the OFF position. Connect the V-Page ethernet port to a POE swtich.
  2. Power on V-Page by connecting Ethernet port to the Power Over Ethernet (PoE) switch and wait 10 seconds for V-Page unit to initialize. If no Power Over Ethernet (PoE) is available, refer to the VP4X Hardware section to learn about using an external power supply.
  3. Connect your V-Page to the same network as the Q-SYS Core.

Connect to Q-SYS Core

  1. Single click the V-Page Plugin block for the station you would like to link and ensure your property settings are configured (refer to Plugin Properties section of this manual).
  2. Connect to the Q-SYS Core and then double click to open the plugin.
  3. Press and hold buttons 1, 2 and 4 simultaneously on the V-Page hardware for 5 seconds.
  4. On the Q-SYS plugin, on the top right corner click “Link”.

Note: Make sure that you have assigned a gateway in the Q-SYS core and that your network infrastructure allows for both broadcast and multicast traffic.

Configure Audio

  1. Launch the Audinate Dante Controller software.
  2. Click on the “Device Info” tab and double click on the V-Page.
  3. Enable AES67 under the AES67 tab and reboot the interface.
  4. Once the interface has been rebooted, it’s time to create an AES67 multi-cast flow. Click on “Add Multicast Flow”.
  5. Check the “AES67 Flow” box. Add your channel into the new flow. Click “Create”.
  6. In Q-SYS Designer, double click your AES67 Receiver Module and pick the new Stream Name.