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X4 Configurator Manual 10 October, 2012 ADMIN: Routers On the ADMIN page, the Routers tab allows you to configure X4Configurator for your routers.

X4 Configurator Manual 11 October, 2012 Next, choose the router type by clicking in the 'Type' gray box. Clicking in the IP Address:, So

X4 Configurator Manual 12 October, 2012 Next, we will create some “stations.” Stations are source and destination elements that can be connected.

X4 Configurator Manual 13 October, 2012 ADMIN: Stations As we’ve seen before, stations are the sources and destinations that can be connected toge

X4 Configurator Manual 14 October, 2012 Source stations can be added or deleted by right-clicking on an existing station row and selecting Insert,

X4 Configurator Manual 15 October, 2012 Scrolling back up to sources, it’s time to examine the fields in depth. The first source station is named

X4 Configurator Manual 16 October, 2012 Scroll down to the lower half of the stations page to find the destinations. The default stations set up

X4 Configurator Manual 17 October, 2012 Adding New Ports If your sources and destinations have more than two heads, additional port columns can be

X4 Configurator Manual 18 October, 2012 Import/Export Station Configurations Internally, all configurations for stations and routers are maintaine

X4 Configurator Manual 19 October, 2012 After the upload starts, the web browser will pop up an alert “Please allow a few seconds to reload...”.

X4 Configurator Manual 2 October, 2012 Copyright Notice Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A. Thinklogical,

X4 Configurator Manual 20 October, 2012 Configuring via Spreadsheet Configuring many stations using X4’s ADMIN: Stations page can be slow. An alte

X4 Configurator Manual 21 October, 2012 Save this file with a new name and upload it using the instructions in Import/Export Station Configuration

X4 Configurator Manual 22 October, 2012 ADMIN: Tie Lines “Tie lines” are fiber interconnects between routers that allow sources on one router to b

X4 Configurator Manual 23 October, 2012 Next, create the Tie Line Table. This is done by clicking the “ADD Tie Line Table” button on the bottom le

X4 Configurator Manual 24 October, 2012 (The chapters on Import/Export Station Configuration and Configuring via Spreadsheet, show how to create a

X4 Configurator Manual 25 October, 2012 Select one of the older sources from router A and then a destination on router B. For this example we’ll u

X4 Configurator Manual 26 October, 2012 Clicking directly on the tie line icon for AB-1 will pop up some brief information about that tie line. A

X4 Configurator Manual 27 October, 2012 Return to ADMIN: Tie Lines. Note that only the tie line from B to A is in use. Now return to the CONN

X4 Configurator Manual 28 October, 2012 Here is how the same condition looks on the STUDIO and COMBI screens.

X4 Configurator Manual 29 October, 2012 ADMIN: Snapshots A “Snapshot” is a complete record of all the active connections on all the routers at the

X4 Configurator Manual 3 October, 2012 Table of Contents PREFACE...

X4 Configurator Manual 30 October, 2012 To create a new snapshot with your own title, either select the most recent automatic snapshot from the dr

X4 Configurator Manual 31 October, 2012 ADMIN: Log A log file is kept of all user and system maintenance activities. To see it, go to the ADMIN pa

X4 Configurator Manual 32 October, 2012 ADMIN: Help The final tab is context sensitive “Help.” A short help pop-up is available for every tab on t

X4 Configurator Manual 33 October, 2012 CONNECT Page Click the CONNECT link at the top of the page. Sources are on the left, destinations on the r

X4 Configurator Manual 34 October, 2012 Now that Src 1 is selected, click Dst 3. Now Dst 3 shows that Src 1 is driving it. The disconnect X in the

X4 Configurator Manual 35 October, 2012 As stated above, when new destinations are connected to an already connected source, they will all SHARE t

X4 Configurator Manual 36 October, 2012 Station Categories Return to the CONNECT page. There are two tabs on this page: ALL and Help. If you want

X4 Configurator Manual 37 October, 2012 Click on the new tab 1-5 next to ALL. The tab is selected, but there are no sources or destinations. Go b

X4 Configurator Manual 38 October, 2012 Go back to the CONNECT page and click the 1-5 tab. Now clicking the 1-5 tab shows the sources and destina

X4 Configurator Manual 39 October, 2012 A pop-up window will appear. Select Append. There now are three Category columns. Add “1 3 5 7” to some so

X4 Configurator Manual 4 October, 2012 PREFACE Conventions Used in this Manual As you read this manual you will notice certain conventi

X4 Configurator Manual 40 October, 2012 MACROS Page A macro is a sequence of operations that the user can create, save, and recall to repeat steps

X4 Configurator Manual 41 October, 2012 The page now shows the most recent connect and disconnect operations that have been performed at this loca

X4 Configurator Manual 42 October, 2012 Now return to the MACROS page and click “Macro from History”. Select the last two steps. Give this new mac

X4 Configurator Manual 43 October, 2012 The STUDIO page has another feature involving sequences: right click on one and it will display the action

X4 Configurator Manual 44 October, 2012 Creating/Editing/Deleting Macros Go to the ADMIN page and select Macros from among the tabs. Select “mac

X4 Configurator Manual 45 October, 2012 To add a step, right click on the row either above or below the desired point in the sequence. In this exa

X4 Configurator Manual 46 October, 2012 Select VIEW and then click on the empty field below Destination to call up the pop-up of destinations. And

X4 Configurator Manual 47 October, 2012 Finally, there is a row of Group headings that decide which users can see and execute this macro. The admi

X4 Configurator Manual 48 October, 2012 STUDIO Page On the STUDIO page, the sources and destinations are reversed from the default CONNECT page.

X4 Configurator Manual 49 October, 2012 To perform operations on this page, click the ALL button for both Source and Destination categories (top l

X4 Configurator Manual 5 October, 2012 X4 Configurator Software Package Overview X4 is a web-based control system for Thinklogical’s® family of VX

X4 Configurator Manual 50 October, 2012 Click the TAKE button (blue, bottom, next to the DESTINATION window) and the connection is made. As menti

X4 Configurator Manual 51 October, 2012 By default, there is no way to disconnect stations on the STUDIO page. If necessary or desirable, there i

X4 Configurator Manual 52 October, 2012 Select SHOW, click the SAVE button and select the STUDIO link. There will be a new, red “BREAK” button at

X4 Configurator Manual 53 October, 2012 SHARE allows cooperative viewing. If the operator at Dst 6 clicked the SHARE button, both Dst 3 and Dst 6

X4 Configurator Manual 54 October, 2012 If an operator attempts to connect Src 1 with another destination, Dst 6 in the example below, the program

X4 Configurator Manual 55 October, 2012 COMBI Page Select COMBI from the links across the top. (You may need to use the browser’s back button if y

X4 Configurator Manual 56 October, 2012 As in the STUDIO page, the user can select a source or a destination first. Once a source and a destinatio

X4 Configurator Manual 57 October, 2012 The tabs below the SOURCES and DESTINATIONS banners (ALL, 1-5, 1 3 5 7) are the same as the categories in

X4 Configurator Manual 58 October, 2012 Multiple Browser Tabs When switching back and forth between X4 pages, it is often convenient to make use o

X4 Configurator Manual 59 October, 2012 GROUPS Page NOTE: Sometimes it is important to restrict access to assets and control pages. Thinklogical’s

X4 Configurator Manual 6 October, 2012 First installation Installation if an update

X4 Configurator Manual 60 October, 2012 To add, change or delete page permissions to a group, click on any of the existing page fields or a blank

X4 Configurator Manual 61 October, 2012 Since our startpage is Studio, we are immediately taken to the STUDIO page, but there are no sources or de

X4 Configurator Manual 62 October, 2012 Unfortunately, since we’ve assigned user to start out in the STUDIO page, there are no page links at the t

X4 Configurator Manual 63 October, 2012 Use the LOGIN link at the bottom of this warning to again login as admin, password: admin (unless you’ve c

X4 Configurator Manual 64 October, 2012 Now add the group name “user” to a few of the source rows as shown below: Scroll down to the bottom and d

X4 Configurator Manual 65 October, 2012 To see the changes you’ve made, you’ll need to log out of admin and log back in as user, because as long a

X4 Configurator Manual 66 October, 2012 Setting the URL to Combi will now show the same stations as found in the STUDIO page.

X4 Configurator Manual 67 October, 2012 Appendixes File Locations On a Windows computer, the program files can typically be found in: 64 bit Windo

X4 Configurator Manual 68 October, 2012 How to Contact Us Customer Support Thinklogical is an engineering company and you will receive the assis

X4 Configurator Manual 69 October, 2012 International Sales: Please contact our US sales staff in Milford, CT at 1-203-647-8700. We are here Mon

X4 Configurator Manual 7 October, 2012 If this is the first installation, then leave all the checkboxes checked. However, if this is an update fro

X4 Configurator Manual 70 October, 2012 4. Return the product to: Thinklogical, LLC Attn: RMA# [Insert the RMA# issued to you, by Thinklogical,

X4 Configurator Manual 8 October, 2012 Firewall Considerations If your firewall is enabled, you may require some additional configuration. By defa

X4 Configurator Manual 9 October, 2012 Introduction The first time you log in, the CONNECT page will load automatically. This page is one of the