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All required files

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Install Easy-NMOS

Install VMware Workstation
Install Ubuntu 22.04 on virtual machine

ubuntu-22.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso

or

download ISO from https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
Install Docker (https://github.com/rhastie/easy-nmos/blob/master/install_docker.md)

Install needed script dependencies using your package manager:
```
sudo apt-get install curl
```
Install git:
```
sudo apt-get install git
```
Clone repository to your virtual machine:
```
git clone <https://github.com/rhastie/easy-nmos>
```
or copy files manually:

\ST2110\easy-nmos-master.zip

Change your directory:
```
 cd /home/$USER/easy-nmos/
```
Install latest Docker and Docker-compose:
```
sudo ./install.sh
```
Run this command to check installed docker:
```
sudo docker run hello-world
```
If everything installed correctly, you receive this message:

Now you need three free IP addresses. I used 192.168.10.90, 192.168.10.91, 192.168.10.92. Add these addresses to docker-compose.yml (which you cloned from repo). And change subnet mask at the very end of file.

Here is an example of file:

version: '3.6'

services:

  # Create NMOS Registry/Controller container instance
  nmos-registry:
    image: rhastie/nmos-cpp:latest
    container_name: nmos-registry
    hostname: nmos-registry
    domainname: local
    ports:
    - "80-81:80-81"
    - "1883:1883"
    volumes:
    - "./registry.json:/home/registry.json"
    environment:
    - RUN_NODE=FALSE
    networks: 
      external:
        ipv4_address: '192.168.10.90'

  # Create NMOS Virtual Node container instance
  nmos-virtnode:
    image: rhastie/nmos-cpp:latest
    container_name: nmos-virtnode
    hostname: nmos-virtnode
    domainname: local
    ports:
    - "80-81:80-81"
    volumes:
    - "./node.json:/home/node.json"
    environment:
    - RUN_NODE=TRUE
    networks:
      external:
        ipv4_address: '192.168.10.91'
    depends_on:
    - nmos-registry    

  # Create AMWA NMOS Testing container instance
  nmos-testing:
    image: amwa/nmos-testing:latest
    container_name: nmos-testing
    hostname: nmos-testing
    domainname: local
    entrypoint: |
       /bin/bash -c "/etc/init.d/dbus start;
       /etc/init.d/avahi-daemon start;
       python3 nmos-test.py"
    ports:
    - "5000:5000"
    volumes:
    - "./UserConfig.py:/config/UserConfig.py"
    networks:
      external:
        ipv4_address: '192.168.10.92'
    depends_on:
    - nmos-virtnode

networks:
    external:
        # Create external macvlan subnet using host physical interface allowing containers to have their own IP addresses
        driver: macvlan
        driver_opts:
            parent: ens33
        ipam:
            config:
            - subnet: 192.168.10.0/24

Start Easy-NMOS:
```
sudo  docker compose up 
```

Connection

In our test environment, we're connecting DeckLink IP cards according to this scheme:

TP-Link TL-SX105 – 10G Switch. When plugging into your network, make sure you connect via a Cat 6 (or higher) network cables.

Configure

After connecting the DeckLink IP cards, you need to set IP address manually if your network does not have DHCP server:

After that, you will see your DeckLink IP/SDI HD cards in the list of nodes.

To configure the receiver, you need to select the desired device, in my case it is First/Video:

Next “Connect”:

And then you need to select the source card (in my case, the card name is “Second/Video”). And note that the “Active” switch must be turned on (purple arrow):

Done, now you can send video using BMD samples (CapturePreview.exe and SignalGenerator.exe) or Medialooks SDK (Playlist Sample). For initial test, please use HD1080_25p video format and ARGB pixel format.

Note: video is output simultaneously to both SDI and Ethernet.

And you can receive the video using Writer Sample. Select Ethernet:

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