LA-5291 front panel features include:
Reset button for restarting the unit from the front panel (1A)
Four status LEDs indicating the status of each power supply (1B, 1C), the overall status of the unit (1D), and sync for the reference clock (1E)
A color LCD display to show status and basic configuration parameters (1F)
A five-button navigation cluster with Left, Right, Up, and Down arrows plus a green “OK” button (1G)
A USB port used for software updates (1H)
The front panel is used for the initial setup and configuration including setting the IP address of the Control Ethernet port. Additional configuration is accomplished via the remote user interface.
The rear panel of the LA-5291 contains the following connections:
Two RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet connections, one for network remote control (2A) and one for AES67 I/O (2B)
3Gb/s HD/SD-SDI input and output (2C) on female BNC connectors
Quad-Link SDI or MADI I/O (2D) - optional
Five AES-3 I/O connections (2E) on female BNC connectors
Parallel GPI/O control port (female DB-15) for five inputs and five outputs (2F)
Two IEC power inlets for the redundant internal universal auto-ranging power supplies (2G)
Note - Although the hardware is present for two independent SDI I/O paths, only the first SDI I/O is active at this time. The second path will be enabled in a future firmware update.
