How to cycle the power on a POE port on an MXNet switch to reboot an encoder or decoder or CBOX

To do this you need access to the Web GUI of the MXNet POE switch. The 24 and 48 port switch have a management port. 

First you must set the management port of the MXNet POE switch to a valid IP address for your network.

You can view the KB article called "How to setup MXNet switches to be accessible on the LAN and via Switch Management on Mentor"

Then you must put a patch lead from the management port of the MXNet switch to one of the spare ports on the CBOX. The management web GUI of MXNet switch will then be visible on your main network (and discoverable via OvrC) AND you can access basic functions of the switch via Mentor. 

Provided you have done this you can login to the web GUI of the switch and scroll down to POE Port Config. Select the port you want to power cycle and set the status to disabled and hit Apply. Then go back to the same port and set the Status to Auto and hit Apply. You will have then successfully rebooted the equipment that was drawing POE power from that port. 

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