Venus Control Suite: How do I setup a display to communicate with a locally hosted Venus?

Topic

  • How do I setup a DMP-5050/ 5060 or DMP-8060/ 8065 to communicate with a locally hosted Venus Control Suite?

Environment

  • Product: Venus Connect, Venus Framework, Venus Local Select, Venus Local Professional
  • Components: DMP-5050, DMP-8050, DMP-8065, GP4, GS6
  • Control System: Venus Local - LCL (VCS)

Steps

NOTE: Both DMP and VIP configurations are required.

DMP-5000/ 8000

  1. Log into the web interface for the DMP.
  2. Ensure that the current release of DMP firmware is installed.
    • If updating from DMP-8000 V6 to V8, you must first install DMP-8000 v7.34.0.33.
      • Prior to installing v8, the media management server will need to be set to Venus.
  3. Configure the DMP following the steps below. 
    • HTML DMP web interface.
      1. Click the Config (wrench) icon.
      2. Click the Services submenu.
      3. Under the "Venus" heading locate the "Host & Port" fields (if Host & Port isn't listed click the Add Server button first).
      4. Enter the IP address for the local VCS computer in the box (if venus.daktronics.com or other text is present it can be removed).
        •    
        • If the display and server computer are being used on a customers network the VCS server computer/ host name with its DNS suffix can be used instead of an IP if needed.   
      5. Select 8811 - Locally hosted from the drop down.
      6. Click the Save button.
      7. Navigate to the "Identification" tab and make note of the "ID" value under the "Device ID" heading. 
  4. Associate the DMP with the display setup in VCS. How do I associate a device with a display in a Venus Control Suite setup?

     

    VIP-5x50/ 5x60

    1. Configure the VIP following the steps below.
      • HTML VIP web interface.
        1. Click the Configuration tab (wrench icon) from the options on the left hand side.
        2. Click the Services menu from the listing that appears under configuration.
        3. Under the Add Client button locate the "Host" and "Port" boxes (if Host and Port boxes aren't present click the Add Client button first).
        4. In the "Host" box enter the IP address for the local VCS computer (if venus.daktronics.com or other text is present it can be removed).
            • If the DMP was configured using the VCS servers computer name rather than IP address that information can be used to configure the VIP host setting as well. 
        5. Under the "Port" heading set the port number to 8811.
        6. Click the Save button in the upper left under the "Configuration" heading.
    2. Associate the VIP-5060 with the display setup in VCS.  How do I associate a device with a display in a Venus Control Suite setup?

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