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INSTRUCTION MANUAL

VISION

V8.4

VIDEO MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION

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Page 1: ...INSTRUCTION MANUAL VISION2 V8 4 VIDEO MANAGEMENT AND DISTRIBUTION ...

Page 2: ...rked on the outside of each box The RMA is valid for a 30 day period After the 30 day period the RMA will be canceled Any shipments received not consistent with the RMA or after the RMA is canceled will be refused AMX is not responsible for products returned without a valid RMA number AMX is not liable for any damages caused by its products or for the failure of its products to perform This includ...

Page 3: ...power supply cord plug from the AC receptacle 17 Where the mains plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnect device the disconnect device shall remain readily operable 18 DO NOT overload wall outlets or extension cords beyond their rated capacity as this can cause electric shock or fire The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of...

Page 4: ... Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB 003 du Canada EU COMPLIANCE INFORMATION Eligible to bear the CE mark Conforms to European Union Low Voltage Directive 2006 95 EC European Union EMC Directive 2004 108 EC European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances Recast RoHS2 Directive 2011 65 EU European Union WEEE recast Directive 2012 19 EU European Uni...

Page 5: ...t Top Box Connections 7 Installation 8 Installing Master Server Accessories 8 Installing a Secondary Power Supply 8 Installing Expansion Storage 8 Set Top Boxes 8 Configuring the Set Top Box 9 Using the Remote Control 12 Live TV Feeds 13 Video on Demand 13 Vision2 User Interface 15 Vision2 User Interface Requirements 15 Accessing the Vision2 User Interface For the First Time 15 Vision2 Menu Struct...

Page 6: ...6 License Rules Engine 26 System Limits 26 Rules for V2 Master XXXX Servers 26 Manage System 28 View Logs 28 User Interface Configuration 29 Adding a New Device to the Device List 30 Creating a New Template 31 Set Top Box Management 34 Configuring Vision2 for use with Active Directory 35 User Access Control 36 V2 Services Permission 36 VOD Bandwidth 38 Server and System Report Tab 38 Configuration...

Page 7: ...hive 60 Configuring IIS for NAS SAN Archives 60 Supported Video on Demand Media Formats 60 Flash Video FLV 60 Windows Media Video WMV 60 MPEG 2 60 MPEG 4 AVC H 264 61 MP3 61 Video on Demand and Managing Content 61 Playing Video 63 Upload Video 63 Edit Poster Frame 64 Layout Menu 64 View Menu 64 Playing a Video within the Archive 64 Editing Metadata 65 Archive Permissions 66 Configuring Metadata 67...

Page 8: ...V signal on screen 78 No TV signal from Transmitter 78 Appendix B Backup and Restore Processes 79 Backup Procedure 79 Database Backup Procedure 79 Restore Procedure 79 Appendix C Troubleshooting 80 Time Zone Issue 80 Appendix D Upgrade Processes 81 Upgrading the Vision2 Software 81 Post Upgrade 81 Change Recycling Conditions Settings 81 Change Disable Overlapped Recycle Settings 81 Change Start Up...

Page 9: ...n as slaves are subordinate to this server Typically a V2 MASTER xxxx server is used as the Master server but it is possible to use other servers as the master server in smaller installations User access the Vision2 user interface through a web page on the master server http master server name v2 aspx Tablet users connect to http master server name tablet aspx Similarly set top boxes connect to th...

Page 10: ... 3600 FG3106 36 a This is the physical capacity Actual available storage space will be less due to the RAID configuration of the disks Power 1100W 100 240 VAC 47 63 Hz Note You can add one additional power supply V2 POWER 1100 to your server to provide power supply redundancy Front Panel Components USB ports 2 USB 2 0 ports for mouse keyboard or external peripherals 1 USB 2 0 ports for mouse keybo...

Page 11: ...TB of raw storage The disks in a Vision2 server are in a RAID configuration so the total available capacity for video content will be less The V2 DISK 1210 Expansion Disk Kit can be either field or factory installed When installed in the field the server will have to through a RAID expansion process which could leave the server unavailable for a period of several hours Please note that the V2 DISK...

Page 12: ...or Composite video Component YPrPb RGB S Video and analog audio IOIOIO port 1 IR extender and TVI port Codecs MPEG 2 MP HL MPEG 4 pt10 AVC H 264 HP L4 Video Resolution Up to 720p and 1080i The video output resolution on the STB should be set to 720p Graphics Resolution HD graphics up to 1280x720 Audio Analog stereo audio out Stereo and Dolby 5 1 surround via S PDIF and HDMI Dolby Digital pass thro...

Page 13: ...hosts file is located in the folder C windows system32 drivers etc FIG 1 shows a hosts file for a setup with one master server called V2MASTER with IP address 192 168 20 110 and one Digital TV Appliance called V2DVBGATEWAY with IP address 192 168 20 111 CAUTION If a DNS server is not available and the name of a server needs to be changed you will have to update the name of the server in the host f...

Page 14: ...Vision2 uses typical Cat5 5e 6 cabling for RJ 45 connections The following table lists the pinouts signals and pairing associated with the LAN connector FIG 2 Vision2 Master Server Rear Panel FIG 3 LAN RJ 45 Port FIG 4 LAN Connector LEDs LAN RJ 45 Pinouts and Signals Pin Signals Connections Pairing Color 1 TX 1 1 1 2 Orange White 2 TX 2 2 Orange 3 RX 3 3 3 6 Green White 4 no connection 4 4 Blue 5 ...

Page 15: ...programming on a connected video source The set top boxes are used only for MPEG 2 content They support viewing MPEG Video on Demand Stop Play and Pause Fast Forward and Rewind features NOTE The Set Top Boxes support video up to a resolution of 720p or 1080i Sending video with greater resolution could cause the set top boxes to reset themselves periodically FIG 6 displays the rear panel of the STB...

Page 16: ...de the secondary power supply into the slot until the orange tab beside the power connector clicks into place Installing Expansion Storage The following steps describe how to add an additional 24TB of Disk storage to an existing archive server 1 Connect an SAS cable to the IN port on the rear of the V2 STORAGE 2400 Expansion Storage device FIG 10 2 Connect the other end of the cable to the first S...

Page 17: ...r connector on the rear of the unit 2 Choose one of the following methods to connect the set top box to audio and video sources Use an HDMI cable to connect the HDMI port on the set top box to an HDMI port on the video source HDMI also transmits an audio signal in addition to video Use a breakout cable to connect the AUDIO VISUAL port on the set top box to your audio and video sources In place of ...

Page 18: ...ew set of menus should now be visible Select the info menu and check the software version Ensure that Opera 10 version 2 34 or 2 5 2 is running FIG 13 7 Select the back option and return to the main menu Set Top Box Networking Setup networking on the set top box as follows 1 Select the DHCP menu 2 Change the DHCP setting to disabled 3 Enter an IP address Netmask Gateway and optional DNS server set...

Page 19: ... top box must be configured to point at the master server not to any of the slave servers 4 Press enter and another Password prompt appears Enter the password for modifying settings in the space provided the default is snake 5 Set Full screen mode setting to Disabled and GFX resolution to 720 HD Video Settings Configure the video settings as follows 1 Return to the User Prefs menu and select the V...

Page 20: ...e error select the OK button on the remote and using the remote power the set top box off and on again Afterward the Vision2 main menu loads After the set top box reboots it accesses the specified Vision2 master server and downloads the latest Vision2 menus NOTE Ensure the set top box has Opera version 10 installed Opera 11 is not supported The Vision2 menus can be accessed by pressing the Menu bu...

Page 21: ...se the remote control to scroll through the list of archives and press OK to enter an archive Within an archive will be a number of categories Use the cursor keys on the remote to navigate to and highlight the desired category Click OK to navigate into the category Use the same method to select a video audio file within a folder Select a Video FIG 21 and click OK to view the video thumbnail fullsc...

Page 22: ... To refresh your set top box to display new content in your archive or to refresh the template displayed navigate away from the main menu into the Live Channels or Video on Demand pages and press and hold the menu button for a second or more The screen should flash and will return to the main menu The set top box will refresh and the new template and new Archive content can be viewed The set top b...

Page 23: ...on 2 0 5 and the VLC Active X plugin must be installed to view Video on Demand and Live Channels Later versions of VLC are not guaranteed to work When you first use Internet Explorer after installing the VLC plugin the VLC add on will need to be allowed to work NOTE If a version of VLC is already installed on your PC VLC must be un installed before continuing Install VLC version 2 0 5 as follows 1...

Page 24: ...ck OK to convert this server to a master server FIG 27 7 Follow the prompt to reboot the server 8 Optional add more servers to the system if required See the Manage System on page 28 9 License the server See the Licensing on page 22 NOTE The server must be rebooted after converting it to a master server or the server will be unable to be licensed Vision2 Menu Structure The Vision2 menu has the fol...

Page 25: ... testuser and password test123 You will now see the menus available to a user with the lowest level of access rights Note that the user can only access Archives Browse Archives Recent Updates and Live Channels View To allow a number of users to login windows usergroups will need to be created on the master group for the different user types and then create user accounts that belong to these usergr...

Page 26: ...only have access to Archive Browsing NOTE The tablet user interface uses a caching mechanism when browsing archive contents To see new content changes made by other users and permissions changes the users must login again Loading and Enabling Vision2 Services The typical steps the user must follow to load and enable Vision2 services are as follows 1 Select a service FIG 29 2 Click Load to load the...

Page 27: ...2 will prevent access and tell them which user account has locked the service Locks for all services except Record and Producer will be cleared after 20 minutes without activity Record and Producer service locks are cleared after three hours without activity These services have a longer timeout period to allow the user to set up schedules and to do long manual records If user has locked a service ...

Page 28: ...ogue box 5 Select the server type using the type drop down menu from the following options Slave Server FG3106 XXK or FG3107 12 for the FG3107 12K Master This is the same hardware as the Master server but configured as a slave server to provide additional services including archives DVB Gateway Not supported currently Reflector Gateway Not supported currently 6 Click Add to System to add the new s...

Page 29: ...ative Tools and Open Windows Media Services An RPC error box appears click OK to bypass it 8 In Windows Media Services select Action from the top menu Open Add Server and enter the new server name and click OK 9 Close the Windows Media Services window and reboot the server If DNS is not on the network the appropriate entry in the hosts file will need to be changed on all of the Vision2 servers wit...

Page 30: ...ibed in more detail below We also discuss how to upgrade your license to increase the number of services you can allocate AMX License Manager To use Vision2 you must first license the Master Server using the AMX License Manager The AMX License Manager is used to install and manage software licenses for Vision2 as well as other AMX software applications The local License Manager application communi...

Page 31: ...ducts Manually enter the license server hostname or IP address Use this option if the AMX License Server is on the network and you know the hostname or IP address or are having problems using the previous option Search the Network for License Servers Proceed as follows 1 Select the first option and click Next to proceed to the Select License Server dialog This dialog provides a listing of all AMX ...

Page 32: ...ing an amx com account click on Lookup Account to provide credentials email address and password to automatically populate the contact information for this license based on the AMX account information 3 Click Next to proceed to the Customer Information window Select your industry sector from the drop down menu 4 Click Next to proceed to the Install New AMX Product License window FIG 38 5 Enter you...

Page 33: ...ate existing software license entitlement 9 Select your Vision2 Entitlement and click Next 10 Enter the Asset ID obtained from AMX in the text box provided 11 Click Next your new asset is now installed 12 Proceed to the Vision2 License Management Screen on page 25 Vision2 License Management Screen Login to the Vision2 user interface using Internet Explorer and go to http server name v2 aspx where ...

Page 34: ...maximum of 10 Record services can be had per Archive service in your Vision2 system For example if you have two Archives services you can have a maximum of 20 Record Services in your system A maximum of 10 Producer services can be had per Archive service on the Vision2 system Rules for V2 Master XXXX Servers This is the only server type which supports Archive services The server can support a maxi...

Page 35: ...ers and 9 other services with the following limitations The server can have no more than 9 Reflector services The server can have no more than 6 Record services The server can have no more than 9 Producer services A maximum of 6 Record services A maximum of 9 Producer services A maximum of 6 Archive services ...

Page 36: ...ur Vision2 servers The two types of log are Service Logs logs for specific Vision2 service Server Logs logs for specific Vision2 servers View a Server log as follows 1 Set the Servers Logs check box 2 Select the server whose log you want to view from the drop down menu 3 Click Apply View a Service log as follows 1 Set the Services Logs check box 2 Select the service to view from the drop down menu...

Page 37: ... Use the Templates drop down menu to select a new template Click Apply to update the Template Exit the main Set top box menu and press and hold the menu button to force it to refresh the Template Templates are loaded from C inetpub wwwroot v2Services ui Generic Templates on the master server Each template has its own folder Template folders can be renamed to change the names of the templates and c...

Page 38: ...st Add New Device Click to add a new device to the template list See Adding a New Device to the Device List section on page 30 for more information Delete Device Click to delete the currently selected device You will receive a confirmation warning before deleting the device Template Select a template from the available list Any new templates created appear in this list Edit Template Click to edit ...

Page 39: ...se 4 Click Create The left side of the Template Editor screen displays a list of options that can be configured for an individual template These options are only available after clicking Edit Settings Changes do not take effect immediately 5 After making all necessary changes click Test to view the changes to the template 6 Click Save Changes to save the new template settings or Discard Changes to...

Page 40: ...zontal Gap Use the spin box to indicate the horizontal spacing between each thumbnail You can set any value between 0 and 255 Vertical Gap Use the spin box to indicate the vertical spacing between each thumbnail You can set any value between 0 and 255 Horizontal Margin Use the spin box to indicate the margin on the left and right sides of each thumbnail You can set any value between 1 and 255 Head...

Page 41: ...round Color 1 Use the color chart to indicate the first color used to create the background gradient NOTE The gradient values are used to create a gradient wash over the main info image to allow text to be more easily visible Background Alpha 1 Use the spin box to indicate the first alpha used to create the background gradient Set any value between 1 and 255 Background Color 2 Use the color chart ...

Page 42: ...ox Management Set Top Boxes support Live Channels or Video on Demand Stop Play Pause Fast Forward and Rewind features See the Set Top Boxes on page 8 for information on setting up a set top box FIG 49 displays the Set top Box Management screen FIG 48 User Interface Example 2 FIG 49 Set top Box Management Screen Info Heading ...

Page 43: ...ccess top The Administrator Windows NT user account on the master server can still login as well An example is as follows Start Administrator Settings add key AdministratorsGroupName value CN AMX London OU Security Groups OU Europe DC amx DC internal End Administrator Settings Next go to the User Access Control screen and change the Access Control type from NT User Groups to LDAP NOTE IIS must be ...

Page 44: ...user with no permissions configured can only browse archives and play live channels Access to archives is controlled by a separate screen Archives Archive Permissions The V2 Services Permissions contains two columns The left hand column contains a list of User Groups If you have selected LDAP this is a list of user groups under the LDAP Base DN path selected in the Manage System User Access screen...

Page 45: ...ffect of these permissions Click Reset to undo any changes made to the permissions since entering this screen FIG 51 User Group Users Have Permissions To Enable disable Mpeg Recorder1 And Change Service Name FIG 52 Example to Show The Effect Of Vision2 Service Permissions Set in FIG 51 The user only has access to these sections of the Recorder Configuration page All other configuration sections ar...

Page 46: ...tem report tab The top section of the page contains three dials which show from left to right Combined bitrate the total bandwidth on the selected network interface card Multicast bitrate the current Multicast bandwidth on the selected network interface card VOD bitrate the current video on demand bandwidth on the selected network interface card The two historical bandwidth graphs at the bottom of...

Page 47: ... the VOD bandwidth limit set by the VOD bandwidth license configured on that server This allows you to see if you are exceeding that limit Configuration The configuration tab is used to select which network interface card to monitor on each server The table contains a list of the servers in your Vision2 system and a selected NIC column Use the drop down icon in the selected NIC column to choose th...

Page 48: ...nel in the Channel Name text box 3 Select the type of channel from the Type options menu Vision 2 supports three types of unmanaged channels Multicast Windows Media Stream Multicast MPEG 2 Transport Stream MPEG 2 Video SD and HD Multicast MPEG 2 Transport Stream H264 Video SD and HD NOTE H264 video streams in FLV and other formats are not supported 4 Enter the Channel Name 5 Enter the channel URL ...

Page 49: ...s of the encoder in the Encoder IP Address text box You can find the IP address of the MAX CSE encoder on the LED on the front of the unit 3 In the Username text box enter the username used to gain access to the encoder The default username is Admin 4 In the Password text box enter the password used to gain access to the encoder The default password is 1988 5 Click Apply If the correct details hav...

Page 50: ...rotocol Vision2 only supports the UDP multicast protocol If the encoder is set to the RTP protocol change this setting and apply the changes Address This is the multicast address of the Encoder output stream Port This is the port number used by the Encoder output stream TTL This is the multicast TTL setting for the Encoder output stream FIG 60 Encoding Settings Encoding Settings Options Video Inpu...

Page 51: ...lso add a new live channel to the list of Live Channels available to PC and set top box users which takes its name from the Encoder s Service Name NOTE With the stream enabled you cannot change any of the multicast or encoding parameters Viewing the Stream Click the Watch button which appears after enabling the stream to view the encoder output The Encoder Live Channel takes its name from the Serv...

Page 52: ...reen FIG 61 by going to Live Channels Manage MPEG Reflectors The following options appear on the Reflector service configuration page FIG 61 Reflector Configuration Page MPEG Reflector Service Options Service Enable This enables the service and will begin multicasting or unicasting as appropriate Note Settings cannot be edited while the service is enabled Service Name The name of the channel to di...

Page 53: ...ss containing an MPEG 2 or H 264 video stream in the URL text box 4 Click the Multicast option button to select a multicast stream 5 Select the IP address of the network card you want to use to output the multicast stream by using the NIC drop down menu 6 Click Apply in each section if you made any changes to the Reflector configuration 7 Change the Service Enable setting from No to Yes and click ...

Page 54: ...n2 can output multicast streams for selected tuner channels FIG 63 Configure the settings to use for these streams as follows 1 Use the NIC drop down in the Multicast Output Streams section to select which network interface to use for multicasting Typically this is the first network interface card connected to your LAN 2 Enter the base multicast address in the Base Multicast Address text box All c...

Page 55: ...appear in the TVCT table for your transmitter device even when the transmitter is configured to only stream certain channels Channel To Transmit Table On the right of the page is a table containing a list of TV and optionally Radio channels available from the selected Tuner This table contains the following information NOTE If configuring a firewall on Vision2 servers incoming multicasts must be p...

Page 56: ...d a NAS archive and is only permitted on Master servers If the former look at the amount of free space on each available server Once the appropriate server is found use the Manage Licensing screen to add an Archive license to the server See Configuring a Standard non NAS archive below for more details If the latter see Setting Up a NAS Archive on page 49 for more details If needing to store videos...

Page 57: ...the New User dialog FIG 66 Create a new user named v2system with the password Vision2 3 Check the User cannot change password and Password never expires check boxes Click Create and then click Close 4 In the Computer Management dialog right click the v2system user and select Properties 5 In the Properties dialog select the Member of tab and click Add 6 In the Select Groups dialog click Advanced Ar...

Page 58: ...s and select tab Log On 12 In the Log On tab FIG 68 check This Account click Browse Advanced Find Now and select v2system Click OK and OK 13 Enter and confirm Password Vision2 click Apply and OK the alert Log on pop up 14 Repeat steps 9 13 for the Slave server if applicable 15 In Windows select Start Administrative Tools Services 16 Stop the AMX V2RTSP service 17 Select AMX V2RTSP Properties and s...

Page 59: ... In the Alias text box enter ArchiveNAS 25 Set the PhysicalPath text box to the UNC Path to the folder on the NAS e g NASservername ArchiveNAS FIG 69 26 Select Connect as and check Specific User 27 In the Set Credentials window FIG 70 select Set and enter the username v2system and password Vision2 for the NAS share and click OK FIG 69 Remove Users from the Member of list FIG 70 Set Credentials Dia...

Page 60: ...essible Click Close Configure the V2AppPool to use the identity of the v2system user 29 In the IIS Manager FIG 72 select Connections Application Pools 30 Right click V2AppPool and select Advanced Settings 31 Under Process Model select Identity and click the button FIG 71 Test Connection dialog FIG 72 Application Pools ...

Page 61: ...r the Slave server if applicable 35 Click OK to close the dialog 36 Click OK and close the dialog 37 Right click V2AppPool and select Recycling FIG 74 38 Uncheck Regular time intervals in minutes 39 Check Specific Times and enter 3 00 AM 40 Click the next button 41 Click the Finish button 42 Restart IIS 43 Restart the AMX Vision2 service FIG 73 Advanced Settings FIG 74 Application Pool Recycling S...

Page 62: ...iveNAS The Available Storage on this Drive graphic will change and display the New Storage space on the NAS 49 Change the following Streaming URLs to point to the NAS drive Virtual Directory Edit existing URLs excluding the Flash URL For example from MPEG 2 http servername v2 Archives ArchiveX to MPEG 2 http servername v2 Archives ArchiveNAS 50 Click Apply to save the changes 51 The server is now ...

Page 63: ...IIS Manager 2 Select Connections Sites Archives FIG 77 This is the FTP site 3 Right click on Archives site and select Add Virtual Directory FIG 78 4 In the Alias text box enter ArchiveNAS 5 Set the PhysicalPath text box to the UNC Path to the folder on the NAS e g NASservername ArchiveNAS 6 Select Connect as and check Specific User FIG 77 NAS FTP Support IIS Manager FIG 78 NAS FTP Support Add Virt...

Page 64: ...nd enter the username v2system and password Vision2 for the NAS share and click OK FIG 79 8 Select Test Connection and confirm user is valid and path is accessible FIG 80 9 Click Close FIG 79 NAS FTP Support Set Credentials FIG 80 NAS FTP Support Test Connection ...

Page 65: ...mble FIG 81 11 Exit IIS Manager 12 Now launch the v2FTP client from remote PC 13 Login and enter the Master V2 server name 14 Select the NAS archive on my server its Archive Service 2 and click Load Archive FIG 82 FIG 81 NAS FTP Support IIS Manager Modified FIG 82 FTP Client Screen ...

Page 66: ...ow see the folders available or the Archive FIG 83 16 Select the required file to upload 17 Select the Bitrate and check Published 18 Select the folder to upload the file to on the archive 19 Select add media to the Upload Basket FIG 83 FTP Client File Selection ...

Page 67: ...d Basket 21 Select Upload FIG 84 22 File should now start to upload to the Archive 23 When upload is complete FIG 85 Click OK 24 Time taken to upload depends on the size of the media file and network speed FIG 84 FTP Client File Upload FIG 85 FTP Client File Uploaded ...

Page 68: ...ht click the V2AppPool and select Advanced Settings 11 In Process Model Identity select ApplicationPoolIdentity and click the button 12 Select a Custom Account and enter the domain username of the NAS user account e g AMX username and password for the NAS User account 13 Restart IIS Supported Video on Demand Media Formats Archives can provide a Video on Demand service for five types of media files...

Page 69: ...ly shows published videos If the user is a non administrator and access control is enabled on this archive then they user will only see updates in folders that they have been given view permission to by the system administrator Select a video and click Open Containing Category to show the category containing the selected video Choose Archives Browse to view the list of archives configured in your ...

Page 70: ...re available when you enter a folder Search Archive search the whole archive for media files whose name or metadata match text entered by the user Note you do not have to enter the full text you can use wildcards The and wildcards are supported For example searching for film will find film1 and film2 and films Searching for film will find film1 and film2 Search Archive is case insensitive so FILM ...

Page 71: ... system Sort Media by Name Sort media by name Playing Video Double click on a video to play it Vision2 automatically selects the best format and bitrate if there multiple formats and bitrate versions of this file The following operations are available in the options drop down menu while playing a video Edit Information Edit Video Metadata Upload Additional Media Upload an additional version of the...

Page 72: ...mbnail to identify the video in the archive Select Options Cancel Done editing to finish NOTE The snapshot captured by update poster frame is taken from the nearest previous I frame to the point at which Update Poster Frame was clicked This may be slightly out of sync with the video playback Layout Menu The layout menu allows you to select the layout used for browsing the Archive There are three o...

Page 73: ...ur media start playing a video and select Edit Information from the options drop down menu To edit metadata carry out the following 1 Add a metadata section or select an existing metadata section 2 Edit the metadata section contents To add a metadata section select Add New Section and choose an appropriate section from the drop down menu FIG 96 Click Apply If there is no suitable metadata section ...

Page 74: ... users to view published MPEG2 or MP3 media in a particular folder give the AMX STB VIRTUAL USERGROUP view permission on that folder NOTE To update set top box permissions navigate away from the main menu on the set top box using the set top box controller Press and hold the menu button to update Archive Permission changes FIG 97 Editing Metadata Section Contents Archive Permissions Permission Des...

Page 75: ... Section Sequential text Table Section A table with a user defined number of columns Creating a New Metadata Section To create a new text section click Add new Text section The following options appear To create a new table section click Add new Table section Select the number of rows and columns and click Add Table FIG 98 Metadata Configuration Add New Text Section Options Section Name This is th...

Page 76: ... size Download the FTP Client as follows 1 Go to Archives Download FTP client 2 Click the link to download ADOBE AIR 3 Click Download now and then run to install AIR 4 Click the download link above the Vision2 logo to download the Vision2 FTP client Use the FTP client to upload files as follows 1 Click Open in the Internet explorer download window to run the application 2 Enter your Vision2 user n...

Page 77: ...2 Click the basket with the plus icon to add this file to the upload basket 13 Repeat steps 6 12 for each file to upload 14 Using the bottom section of the window expand the archive tree and select a category in the archive into which to upload the files in the basket 15 Click upload basket to see a list of the files to upload FIG 102 16 Click Upload to upload the files in the basket to the archiv...

Page 78: ... to the Vision2 archive again replacing the defective file NOTE The Producer service cannot display HD h 264 Live Channels Producer Channel Best Practices When creating producer channels consider the following best practices for best playback results Always use content with the same codec Avoid mixing SD and HD content Some playback devices including Enzo will playback content based on the resolut...

Page 79: ... play if there is no scheduled content Viewing the Stream Enable the Stream and click the Watch icon Some content must be scheduled or an intermission source enabled otherwise nothing will be seen Port The multicast port for the channel TTL The multicast TTL for this channel Enter a value in the space provided NIC The IP address of the network to use for multicasting Intermission This section defi...

Page 80: ...e Live Feed Sources drop down Expand the chosen Live channel and select the length of time for this channel to display The following durations are available 15 30 45 and 60 minutes Drag the chosen live channel onto the schedule To remove something from the schedule drag and drop it onto the trashcan Click Save Changes once the correct schedule has been set Click Go Back to return to the previous s...

Page 81: ...hives on the same server as the Record service or on a NAS The Record service needs an audio track to function correctly If recording a CCTV camera audio on the camera will need to be enabled to create an audio track even if there is no microphone on the camera Producer channels can not be recorded Configuration The following page appears FIG 105 when Video Recorders Configure Recorder is selected...

Page 82: ...cord services Manual Recording Configure the Record Service in the same way as for a Continuous Record except choose Manual Record from the Recording Type drop down After the Record service has been configured for manual recording and the service enabled a Manual Record section appears Click open to enter the Manual Record Screen Alternatively go to Video Recorders Manual Recording and select and ...

Page 83: ...om of the screen Click Edit to enter the Schedule Screen Alternatively go to Video Recorders Scheduled Recording and select and load the Scheduled Record Service to use Edit the Record Schedule as follows 1 In the Schedule editor click the calendar icon and select the date when the recording should occur FIG 107 NOTE A red horizontal line shows the current time Click Show Now to jump to the curren...

Page 84: ...ncrements If a value in the Duration text box is entered that isn t a 10 minute increment Vision2 automatically rounds up to the next 10 minute increment without alerting you 5 Click Add A new recording is then displayed in the schedule 6 Click Save Changes to save the updated schedule Any recordings created are placed in a folder with the same name as the Record service inside the DVR Recordings ...

Page 85: ...ord admin From Windows desktop navigate to Start and select Shut Down As an alternative press and hold the power button on the front face of the unit until activity and power indicator lights turn off FIG 110 3 DTV TX03 Transmitter power off unit by disconnecting power cable from rear of unit FIG 111 4 STB 04 Vision2 Set Top Box power off unit by disconnecting power cable from rear of unit FIG 112...

Page 86: ...Vision2 Set Top Box Connect the power cord to the Set top box Verify power and network connectivity by looking at the lights on network interface at the rear of the unit If the unable to load web page message appears on screen place the unit into standby using the amino remote control Press STB then the power button wait a few seconds then press the power button again and ensure that the correct w...

Page 87: ...n the same line as filename to select a folder for backups Name the backup files with the name of the database and date of backup 6 Select Format Tar 7 Set Encoding to UTF 8 8 Set Rolename to postgres 9 Click Backup 10 Repeat steps 3 9 for each of the three databases Restore Procedure Restore backed up NAS folders Restore the backed up folders H vcContent C inetpub wwwroot and C ProgramData AMX Li...

Page 88: ...e Postgres datestyle MUST be configured to the same datetime zone on all Vision2 servers 1 Open C Program Files x86 PostgreSQL 9 2 data postgresql conf file on each server and look for datestyle attribute 2 Set it as datestyle iso mdy for US date format or datestyle iso dmy for European date format ...

Page 89: ...grade installations must be performed using the built in Vision2 administrator account Post Upgrade Perform the following steps after upgrading your Vision2 system Change Recycling Conditions Settings 1 Open Start Administrative Tools IIS Manager and select Application pools 2 Right click V2AppPool and select Recycling FIG 113 3 Uncheck Regular time intervals in minutes 4 Check Specific Times and ...

Page 90: ...ooting sequence of services the Vision2 Network Monitor service Startup Type needs to be delayed until the NICs become available If this is not done the wrong NIC will be used which means the data recorded on network usage will be wrong 1 On the desktop click Start Run 2 On the open field type services msc and then click OK Select the AMX Vision2 Network Monitor Service FIG 115 FIG 114 V2AppPool A...

Page 91: ...grade Processes 83 Vision2 Instruction Manual 3 Select the Startup type drop down and pick Automatic Delayed Start FIG 116 4 Press OK 5 Restart service FIG 116 AMX Vision2 Network Monitor Service Properties General ...

Page 92: ...stered trademarks of their respective companies AMX does not assume responsibility for errors or omissions AMX also reserves the right to alter specifications without prior notice at any time The AMX Warranty and Return Policy and related documents can be viewed downloaded at www amx com 3000 RESEARCH DRIVE RICHARDSON TX 75082 AMX com 800 222 0193 469 624 8000 1 469 624 7400 fax 469 624 7153 Last ...

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