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Getting Started with the LiveEdge® Compute Toolkit

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Not for public distribution - Videon Confidential

The Developer's Edition of the LiveEdge® Max 2, Max, and Node comes with LiveEdge® Compute pre-installed and unlocked for your customization.  

Choose your product to get started below:

Max 2:

Your Max 2 has several ports on the back:

  1. 2x 12G-SDI Inputs
  2. 1x HDMI 2.0 Input
  3. USB-C Developer Port
  4. Audio Input Jack
  5. 2x Power (12v DC)
  6. 2x 2.5G Ethernet 
    1. Leftmost port when looking at the rear panel supports POE+ (Draws power if not connected to an external power source)
    2. Rightmost port when looking at the rear panel supports redundant network connection only

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Max:

Your Max has several ports on the back:

  1. 2x 12G-SDI Inputs
  2. 1x HDMI 2.0 Input
  3. USB-C Developer Port
  4. Audio Input Jack
  5. Power (12v DC)
  6. 1G Ethernet with POE+ (Draws power if not connected to an external power source)

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Node:

Your Node has several ports on the back:

  1. 1G Ethernet with POE (Draws power if not connected to an external power source)
  2. 1x 3G-SDI Input
  3. 1x HDMI 1.4a Input
  4. Micro USB Developer Port (Not available on all models)
  5. USB 3.0 
  6. Audio Input Jack
  7. Power (12v DC)

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Contents of this article:

Setting Up the Device

Connect the Videon device to Your Network

The Videon device requires a direct connection to your network. Connect an Ethernet cable from the port on the back of the device to a network accessible from your computer. Connect the power cable and plug it in. 

  • Max 2 / Max: The front panel LED in the lower left corner will flash red, then yellow during startup, and will remain solid blue once the bootup phase is complete.
  • Node: All of the lights on the front of the device should be on for a couple of seconds before only the power light remains on. 

Find the Videon on Your Network

Make a note of your device's IP Address. If you enter the address into your browser (or click the device's IP address in the Discovery App), you'll gain access to the device's local web UI. 

It's worth taking the time to look through these configuration options. All of the settings on these pages are all accessible via the device's onboard REST APIs. 

 

Accessing LiveEdge® Compute

Install adb and the Android SDK Platform Tools on Your Computer

  • Max 2 / Max: The Max 2 / Max encoder relies on a hardware port supporting USB-C connection to be able to use the Android SDK Platform and Android Debugger (adb) via wired connection.
  • Node: The Node relies on the Android SDK Platform and Android Debugger (adb). Nodes with adb over IP enabled can be accessed from your computer wirelessly.

Developers can use the Android Debugger (adb) that comes as part of the Android SDK Platform Tools, which can be downloaded and installed directly from Android for Developers.

The minimum required version of adb is:

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.39
Version 1:8.1.0+r23-5~18.04

You can confirm your version of adb by running the following on the command line:

adb --version

Access the Developer Kit Shell Through adb

For the Max 2 / Max, there is only one prerequisite for being able to connect to your device via USB-C for an ADB connection:

  • You must have an enabled, valid LiveEdge Compute/Run license.

When connected via USB-C to the Max 2 or Max device, you must request root access, then request shell access. You can do all of this by running these two commands consecutively on the command line of the connected machine once your Android SDK / ADB tools have been installed:

adb root
adb shell

The last command should leave you with a shell running on the device. Congratulations! You are now free to begin building applications to run directly on the Max!

For the Node, there are two prerequisites for being able to connect to your device wirelessly via ADB over IP connection:

  • Via LiveEdge Cloud:
    • An enabled, valid LiveEdge Compute license
    • Your user account must be an "Admin" of your organization.
    • From LiveEdge Cloud, when looking at your device, select the orange "COMMANDS" button in the top-right:
      • Select ADB over IP
      • Click Enable ADB over IP

When connected via ADB over IP, after each reboot of the device, you will need to enable ADB over IP via the same license section, but instead by clicking "Enable ADB".

The Node listens for adb clients on port 5555. To access the command line on the Node, you must point your adb client to the device's IP address, request root access, then request shell access. You can do all of this by running these three commands consecutively on the command line of the connected machine once your Android SDK / ADB tools have been installed:

adb connect [device's IP address]:5555
adb root
adb shell

The last command should leave you with a shell running on the device. Congratulations! You are now free to begin building applications to run directly on the Node!

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