Connecting the Brick to the Touch Screen

Every Video Recorder shipped includes a red Ethernet crossover cable that will connect the Brick to the screen.  The screen and the Brick communicate either through the crossover cable OR using an existing network.

If you are connecting the video recorder to your network, you will need a straight-through Ethernet cable (the cable provided is a crossover cable for direct connections to a PC or Touchscreen) to be connected from the Brick to an Ethernet hub and the Touch Screen to an Ethernet hub.  The cable is plugged into the Brick’s Ethernet plug and then other end should be plugged into a network hub.  The IP address of the Brick will be provided with shipment.

If you are not putting the data logger on the network, you should use the red Ethernet crossover cable that has been provided with the device.  Ethernet crossover cables are most often used when connecting two Ethernet computers without a hub. An Ethernet crossover cable has its send and receive wires crossed.  When using a hub or switch, this is automatically done for you.

With a crossover cable, you are forming a network between the computer that you are directly plugged into and the touch screen.  See Appendix A: Wiring Diagrams.

Each screen and Video Logging device is configured and setup with a fixed IP address.  The screen is configured to communicate with a specific device.  This is done through the Configuration ® Target VR IP Address Menu Option.