Facility Panel Network

The New Adelphi Facility Panel Network is an open network environment designed for low latency media and control applications. It is an 'air gapped' network, which provides no internet access and is physically independent of the University IT infrastructure.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THE FACILITY PANEL NETWORK BE CONNECTED TO THE UNIVERSITY IT NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE

Any attempt to link the two networks will result in the automatic disconnection of the University network port and will be treated severely by IT Services and New Adelphi Technical Management. Devices which communicate on both networks must be connected and configured in collaboration with the IT Services network team.

Access

Once connected to PanelNet, if your device supports DHCP it will be allocated an appropriate address. This will permit communication with a variety of user-facing network devices, including Dante audio interfaces and Avid control surfaces.

If your device does not support DHCP, or you wish to ensure IP separation from the rest of the network, it is permissible to configure arbitrary addresses under the Class C (192-223.x.x.x) network range.

Please do not use the Class A (1-126.x.x.x) IP address range for arbitrary addresses. These are reserved for PanelNet use only.

Wired

The network can be accessed from any 8P8C/RJ45 or LC fibre socket fitted to a New Adelphi facility panel. These ports are not necessarily live at all times, so please contact the New Adelphi Technical Managers with the facility panel name (eg. FP) and port number if you need access from a disconnected socket.

Maximum communication speeds for direct connection to a facility panel is 1000Mbps with an MTU of 9000. The frame size will default to 1500 for compatibility reasons and should be configured manually on your devices if required.

Wireless

The Atrium, Recording Studios and Screen Acting Studios have wireless access to PanelNet for control data only. The innately low bandwidth and high latency of wireless connections makes this an unsuitable means of connecting for time sensitive audio and video data. The Dante protocol will not communicate at all over a wireless connection.

Access to this wireless network is generally only permitted for School devices; these can be booked from the appropriate equipment Store.