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The internal system clock will be used as a reference

Locket to source

The clock reference from the incoming stream will be used

Genlock

If the Genlock option is available, this option will be displayed. Please see
section 7.3 for more information.

7.2.12

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ONITORING

In the monitoring section is possible to configure various monitoring options on the output service.

The On-screen Status Mode allows the user to enable an overlay on the output picture which contains various
status parameters. This has the following options:

Off

Disable the On screen monitoring

Broadcast

In Broadcast, we display the following parameters on screen:

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Video Input AR, codec, format

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Video output AR, format, AR conversion

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Audio: standard, language

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DVB subtitling: incoming , standard

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EBU subtitling: incoming , language

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VBI: EBU, TTX, VPS, AFD in/out, WSS

Multi-Screen

In Multiscreen, we display the following:

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Video In: Resolution, Aspect Ratio, Codec, Bit Rate,
Profile/Level, GOP Size, GOP Length.

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Video Out: Resolution, Aspect Ratio, AR Conversion.

The Black/Frozen Picture Detection Delay allows the user to customise the delay before these alarms are raised
for the specific output service.

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Summary of Contents for DC100 Series

Page 1: ... 310x XC5000 XC5100 Appear AS PO Box 8 Lilleaker NO 0216 Oslo Norway Tel 47 24 11 90 20 Fax 47 24 11 90 21 Email support appear net appear net Doc Name User Manual Revision 3 10 Date 30 06 2013 Doc Name User Manual Revision 5 00 Date 9th September 2021 ...

Page 2: ...ация по утилизации электрического и электронного оборудования 37 3 PHYSICAL MODULE CONFIGURATION 39 3 1 CONNECTING SWITCH MODULES 39 3 1 1 Switch module with MMI 39 3 1 2 Switch module with MMI and IP IO 39 3 2 MMI MICROSD INSTALLATION 39 3 3 CONNECTING INPUT SIGNALS 40 3 3 1 IP Input 40 3 3 2 ASI Input 40 3 3 3 DVB S S2 Input 40 3 3 4 DVB S2X Input 41 3 3 5 COFDM Input 41 3 3 6 DVB T T2 Input 41 ...

Page 3: ...aving 56 4 1 8 Login Management 56 4 1 9 Optional Languages 58 4 2 SUPPORT FOR HTTPS IN MAINTENANCE CENTER 58 4 3 CONFIGURATION OF CLOCK REFERENCE MODULE 59 4 4 LICENSING 59 4 4 1 Ordering a License File 64 4 4 2 Installing a License File 64 4 4 3 Demo Licenses 65 5 INPUT CONFIGURATION 66 5 1 THE INPUTS NODE 66 5 2 INPUT ANALYSIS 66 5 2 1 Input Port Analysis 67 5 2 2 Input Service Analysis 68 5 2 ...

Page 4: ...ambling and Descrambling 122 6 3 3 SIM bulk Descrambler 125 6 4 SCRAMBLING 126 6 4 1 Scrambler Module Configuration 127 7 DECODER OUTPUT CONFIGURATION 137 7 1 1 Decoder Status 138 7 2 CHANNEL CONFIGURATION 141 7 2 1 Service 142 7 2 2 Video 142 7 2 3 Audio 146 7 2 4 Subtitling 152 7 2 5 Subtitling Options 153 7 2 6 VBI Test lines or VBI VANC Test lines 153 7 2 7 Descrambling for the Decoder Module ...

Page 5: ...ices in Outgoing MPTS 205 8 5 2 Virtual MPTS Output 206 8 5 3 MPTS Transparent Mode 207 8 5 4 MPTS Semi Transparent Mode 207 8 5 5 Service Filtering in Semi Transparent Mode 208 8 5 6 Service Priority Selection 209 8 5 7 Popup warning if new service exceeds available MPTS bitrate 210 8 6 PSI PSIP CONFIGURATION 210 8 6 1 Editing the PSI Network configuration 212 8 6 2 NIT Mapping in PSI Network con...

Page 6: ...9 4 2 Statmux Group Configuration 255 9 4 3 Adding and editing a Statmux Group 255 9 4 4 StatMux Service Configuration 258 9 4 5 Statmux Service Output Configuration 259 9 5 LOGO INSERTION 260 9 5 1 Uploading Logo to the MMI 260 9 5 2 Configuring Logo Insertion 261 9 6 OSDM ON SCREEN DISPLAY MESSAGE SUPPORT 262 9 7 AUDIO PROCESSOR MODULE 262 9 7 1 Audio Encoder Mode 263 9 7 2 Audio Transcoder Mode...

Page 7: ... Radio Internal Redundancy 307 12 2 7 Cloned Link State Mode for Dual IP input MMI module 307 12 3 OUTPUT REDUNDANCY 308 12 3 1 Non IP cards Output Redundancy 309 12 3 2 IP Output Redundancy 310 12 3 3 Global Settings 311 12 3 4 Group streams for output redundancy 312 12 3 5 Stream specific settings 313 12 3 6 Mute on Error 315 12 4 N M MODULE REDUNDANCY 315 12 4 1 Redundancy Group Configuration 3...

Page 8: ...ion of Trap Destination Table via SNMP 343 13 2 6 Interpretation of Traps 343 13 3 SOAP XML INTERFACE 344 14MAINTENANCE 345 14 1 SOFTWARE UPGRADES 345 14 2 HOT SWAPPING 345 14 2 1 Performing a Hot Swap 345 14 2 2 Switch MMI Module Hot swap 345 14 2 3 Other Module Hot swap 346 14 3 ADDING REPLACING OR REMOVING MODULES 346 14 4 IMPORTING AND EXPORTING CHASSIS CONFIGURATION 347 14 5 MAINTENANCE CENTE...

Page 9: ...uality product range is aimed at the professional segment of the video distribution market This manual describes how to install configure and operate your new equipment It is written for professional operators of video distribution systems andassumesa prerequisite level of technical knowledge ...

Page 10: ...SC2100 2101 MC3100 3101 andXC5100represents 1RU chassis 2 1 1 THE 4RU CHASSIS The 4RU chassis consists of a total of 18 slots all of which can host functional modules Slot number 0 is dedicated to host the switch module and slot number 17 can only host multi slot input modules Alternatively a second switch module can be placed in slot 17 for some redundancy configurations The remaining 16 slots ar...

Page 11: ... adequate space must be provided in front of and behind the unit for effective ventilation For Broadcast mounting air flow will be from back to front 2 1 1 3 Replacing the power supply module The 4RU chassis can be installed with one or two power supply modules XC5000always comes with two power supply modules The modules can be exchanged from the rear of the unit The chassis delivered with a singl...

Page 12: ... no space in between However adequate space must be providedin front of and behind the unit for effective ventilation The XC5100 has 6 fans in front Fan speed is temperature controlled If one fan fails remaining fans will increase speed to compensate The whole Fan module containing all 6 fans canbe hot swapped If during fan module replacement the temperature on the inserted modules exceeds a certa...

Page 13: ...の届きやすい場所にくるように設置してください 2 1 4 INSTALLATION 2 1 4 1 Power supply rating The 4RU chassis is supplied with either a 100 240V AC 50 60Hz power or 48V DC power The 100 240V AC 50 60Hz power supply is ratedfor maximum 300W 400W or 800W1 The 48V DC power is rated for maximum 400W or 800W2 Figures 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 2 11 and 2 12 below shows the power supply inlets The 1RU chassis is supplied with a 100 ...

Page 14: ...er Input for 4RU chassis with300and 400Watt AC power 2 1 4 3 4RU chassis with 800W AC Power The chassis has two power supplies for redundancy with independent power inlets The power supplies and power inlets are located at the back of the chassis ...

Page 15: ...supplier for redundancy and has independent power inlets for the two supplies Figure 2 8 Front plate of dual 48V Power Supply in a DC1000 Figure 2 9 Layout of 48V DCPower Supply Connector 2 1 4 5 4RU chassis with 800W DC Power The chassis has two independent 48V DCpower supplies for redundancy The power supplies and power inlets screw terminals are located at the back of the chassis ...

Page 16: ...1RU chassis Product model XC5100 with AC power The power input connectors are located at the back of the unit Figure 2 11 Power Input Connector for 1RU Chassis product models XC5100 with AC power 2 1 4 7 1RU chassis Product model XC5100 with DC power The power input connectors are located at the back of the unit 0 Volt 48 volt Chassis Ground Figure 2 12 Power Input Connector for 1RU Chassis produc...

Page 17: ...ycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment in your municipality If this product is purchased outside Norway you may contact your local reseller to enquire about local collection points for recycling of this product as applicable 2 1 6 LASER SAFETY The Optical SFP modules used in the DC1000 1001 1100 1101 SC2000 2001 2100 2101 MC3000 3001 3100 310 XC5000and XC5100products are classified as...

Page 18: ...m 3 dBm Finisar FTLF1419P1xCL 1310 nm 5 dBm Finisar FTLF1518P1BTL 1550 nm 5 dBm Finisar FTLF1519P1xCL 1550 nm 5 dBm Finisar FTLF1519P1xNL 1550 nm 5 dBm Finisar FTLF1619P1xCL 1550 nm 5 dBm Finisar FWLF15217Dxx 1471 1491 1511 1531 1551 1571 1591 1611 5 dBm Finisar FWDM16197Dxx 1471 1491 1511 1531 1551 1571 1591 1611 5 dBm Avago Technologies AFBR 5710Z 850 nm 3 dBm Avago Technologies AFBR 5715Z 850 n...

Page 19: ... attached to the top cover of the DC1000 1001 1100 1101 SC2000 2001 2100 2101 MC3000 3001 3100 310 XC5000 andXC5100 products Figure 2 13 classification label A CDRH identification label according to 21 CFR 1010 3 is attached on the side of the DC1000 1001 1100 1101 SC2000 2001 2100 2101 MC3000 3001 3100 3101 XC 5000and XC5100 products Figure 2 14 CDRH identification label ...

Page 20: ...entan al chasis 1RU 2 2 1 CHASIS 4RU El chasis 4RU constadeun totalde 18 ranuras lascuales pueden alojar módulos funcionales La ranura número 0 cero está diseñada para acoger al módulo switch y la ranuranúmero 17 solo acepta módulos de entrada multi ranura Alternativamente un segundo módulo switch puede colocarse en la ranura número 17 paraalgunas configuraciones de redundancia Las 16 ranurasresta...

Page 21: ...varias unidades sin dejar espacio entre ellas Sin embargo es necesario dejar un espacio adecuado tanto en la parte frontal como en la parte posterior de la unidad para conseguir una ventilación eficaz En el caso de montaje para Broadcast el flujo de aire será de atrás hacia delante 2 2 1 3 Reemplazo del módulo de alimentación El chasis 4RU puede instalarse con uno o dos módulos de alimentación Los...

Page 22: ...22 352 Para las unidades con módulo de alimentación dual si se pierde la alimentación en una de ellas la otra puede alimentar a todo el chasis Se recomienda conectar cada entrada de corriente a diferentes circuitos eléctricos ...

Page 23: ... 7 se encuentran en la parte posterior como se puede apreciar en la Figura 2 16 La ranuranúmero 1 sólo soporta módulos IP IO y módulos descrambler También permite estar sin ningún módulo conectado Las ranuras2 al 7 pueden tener cualquier módulo de 1 o 2 ranuras La Figura 2 18 muestra la vistatraseray delantera del chasis 1RU incluyendo el modulo switch obligatorio los conectores de alimentación y ...

Page 24: ...APPEAR AS Confidential 24 352 La figura 2 19 muestra lavista vista traseray delantera del chasis 1RU incluyendo el modulo switch obligatorio los conectores de alimentación y las ranuras de los módulos ...

Page 25: ...os por la unidad ésta seapagarápara prevenir un daño permanente en los módulos insertados 2 2 3 CONSIDERACIONES DE SEGURIDAD La unidad debe conectarse a una conexión aterrizada Por otro lado el conector de entrada actúa como disyuntor del módulo Para quitar laalimentación del dispositivo los cables de alimentación necesitan ser removidos físicamente del conector de entrada de alimentación Instrucc...

Page 26: ... un módulo de alimentación sencilla o dual de 100 240 V AC 47 63 Hz con soporte máximo de 400 W También se tiene la opción de equiparlo con un módulo de alimentación sencilla o dual de 48 V CD con soporte máximo de 500 W 2 2 4 2 Chasis 4RU con 300 y 400 W CA El chasis puede contener dos fuentes de alimentación para redundancia y tiene entradas de alimentación independientes para cada suministro Fi...

Page 27: ...4RU con 400 W de potencia de DC 48 Volts El chasis tiene dos fuentes de alimentación para redundancia con entradas de alimentación independientes Las fuentes de alimentación y los conectores de entrada estánsituados en la parte posterior del chasis w Figura 2 22 Placa frontal de la fuente de alimentación de 48 V en un DC1000 ...

Page 28: ...ción y las entradas de suministro de energía se encuentran en la parte trasera del chasis OK FAIL OK FAIL DISCONNECT BOTH CONNECTORS BEFORE DISMANTLING CHASSIS 48 VDC Imax 20 A Power 2 48 V 0 V Power 1 48 V 0 V Figura 2 24 Entrada de alimentación para chasis 4RU con 800W de potencia de CC 2 2 4 6 Chasis 1RU Product models DC1100 1101 SC2100 101 and MC3100 3101 El conector de entrada de alimentació...

Page 29: ...XC5100 con modulo dealimentación de CD 2 2 5 INFORMACIÓN SOBRE RESIDUOS Este producto no debería desecharse junto con los residuos domésticos De acuerdo a la directiva WEEE los proveedores de material eléctrico y electrónico deben garantizar que estos productos son eliminados adecuadamente Appear es miembro de Elretur AS empresa noruega de nivel nacional dedicada a la recolección reciclado y proce...

Page 30: ...MC3000 3001 иXC5000представляют собой 4RU шасси в то время как модели DC1100 1101 SC2100 2101 MC3100 3101 и XC5100 1RUшасси 2 3 1 4RU ШАССИ 4RU шасси состоит из в общей сложности 18 слотов каждое из которых может содержать функциональные модули Слот номер 0 предназначен для модуля коммутатора Слот номер 17 может вместить как модули ввода занимающие неснольно слотов так и второй коммутационный моду...

Page 31: ...беспечено спереди и сзади устройства для эффективной вентиляции В шасси с разъёмами сзади поток воздухабудет направлен от задней к передней стороне шасси 2 3 1 3 Замена блока питания 4RU шасси может быть установлен один или два блока питания XC5000всегда поставляется с двумя блоками питания Блоки питания могут быть заменены с задней стороны устройства Шасси которое поставляется с одним блоком пита...

Page 32: ...ора и слоты 8и 9 находятся спереди слева Слоты со 2 по 7 расположены на тыльной стороне как показано на рисунке 2 2 В слоте 1 могут находиться модуль IP IO или модуль дешифратора либо ни одного модуля Слоты 8и 9 может поддерживать только модуль дешифратора Слотысо 2 по 7 могут содержать любые доступные модули 1 или 2 слота шириной Рис 2 4 показывает вид спереди и сзади 1RU шасси включая обязательн...

Page 33: ...а установленных модулях превышает некоторую критическую температуру шасси выключится чтобы предотвратить повреждение установленных модулей 2 3 3 СООБРАЖЕНИЯ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ Устройство должно быть подключено к заземленной электрической сети Чтобы отключить электропитанияот устройства силовые кабели должны быть физически удалены из входного разъема питания Обязательные инструкции по технике безопасност...

Page 34: ...аксимальная мощность для продукта моделей DC1100 1101 SC2100 101 и MC3100 3101 200 Вт Модель шасси XC5100 1RU поставляется с одним или двумя блоками питания переменного тока 100 240В 47 63Гц мощностью 400Вт также с одним или двумя блоками питания постоянного тока 48V мощностью 500Вт 2 3 4 2 4RU шасси с 300 и 400Вт блоками питания переменного тока В шасси может быть установлено два блока питания дл...

Page 35: ...мы питания для 4RU шасси 800Вт блоками питания переменного тока 2 3 4 4 4RU шасси с 400Вт 48Volt блоком питания постоянного тока В шасси может быть установлено два блока питания для избыточночти каждый из которых имеет независимые разъёмы питания ...

Page 36: ...й ток для избыточночти каждый из которых имеет независимые разъёмы питания Блоки питания и входные отверстия для кабелей с винтовым зажимом расположены на задней панели шасси OK FAIL OK FAIL DISCONNECT BOTH CONNECTORS BEFORE DISMANTLING CHASSIS 48 VDC Imax 20 A Power 2 48 V 0 V Power 1 48 V 0 V Рис 2 37 Блок питания для 4RU шасси с 800Вт постоянного тока 2 3 4 6 1RU шасси моделей DC1100 1101 SC210...

Page 37: ...я постоянного тока 2 3 5 ИНФОРМАЦИЯ ПО УТИЛИЗАЦИИ ЭЛЕКТРИЧЕСКОГО И ЭЛЕКТРОННОГО ОБОРУДОВАНИЯ Данный продукт нельзя выбрасывать вместе с остальными бытовыми отходами Согласно директиве WEEE об утилизации отходов электрического и электронного оборудования компании которые занимаются продажей данного оборудования должны обеспечить его утилизацию в условиях не причиняющих ущерб окружающей среде Appear...

Page 38: ...ние для его дальнейшей переработки Вы такжеможете его сдать в ближайший пункт сбора отходов электрического и электронного оборудования Если продукт был куплен не на территории Норвегии Вы можете связатьсяс Вашим торговым посредником с целью получения информации о пунктах сбора по переработке данного продукта ...

Page 39: ...MI AND IP IO The switch module with management and two data ports isequipped with three electrical connectors RJ45 or one electrical connector RJ45 and two SFP connectors Two RJ45 electrical connectors or two SFP connectors are for data The last RJ45electrical connector is for management Automatic sensing of 100 1000Mbit Ethernet connections is supported on all RJ45 ports For a1Gbps connection the...

Page 40: ...or data is thesame Consequently both connectors cannot be used simultaneously These inputs are automatically activated by IP connection The first port activated by establishing a link to the router will be the active port To activate the other port remove the cable from the active port 3 3 2 ASI INPUT Each ASI input module has three independent ASI inputs The ASI connector is a 75Ω BNC connector T...

Page 41: ...each input is directly connected to a tuner The maximum input level is 10dBm both modules The recommended input level is between 20dBm and 40dBm optimal lever will depend on modulation used 3 3 7 QAM A C INPUT Each QAM input module has one 75Ω Fconnector The input is distributed to four tuners internally so each module can receive four independent frequencies The maximum input level is 15dBm The r...

Page 42: ...k to the 4 corresponding internal encoder ports HD Encoder Port A and B are in HD SDI mode and link to the 2 corresponding internal encoder ports HD AESEncoder Ports marked HDSDI A and AESA link tochannel A internally while HDSDI B and AES B link to channel B Universal HVQ Encoder In HD port A isin HD SDI mode in SD port Aand B are inSDI mode Universal Dense Encoder In 4HD and 4 SD mode 3 3 12 ANA...

Page 43: ... data The RJ45 connector marked control is not in use It isnot required to configure the IP address or connect the port to the IP network The Dual IP module is equipped with two electrical connectors RJ45 and two SFP connector Automatic sensing of 100 1000Mbit Ethernet connections is supported For a 1000Mbit connection the Ethernet cable must be a category 6 cable The IP address for both the elect...

Page 44: ...or HD SDI with embedded audio and VBI It is possible to configure the decoder s channel B to route its audio outputs to channel A resulting in channel A the first two output ports having the video stream along withfour different audio tracks Channel B will then have no output There are two steps involved to obtain this configuration On the module itself set dip switch 6 to on In the GUI set Input ...

Page 45: ...stereo by purchasing a SW license The RF output can be muted with an external unitby applying5V to the mute connector Channel A and Channel B can be muted individually The connector for Mute is a 2 5 mm headphone jack For more information on this functionality contact Appear s Support Team The High Performance Dual Decoder with RF Modulation and Stereo sound is two slots wide 3 5 8 QUAD DECODER WI...

Page 46: ...RF output connector 3 5 10 DVB T T2 OUTPUT The DVB T T2 output module has 450 OhmBNC outputs twofor output A and two for output B Both outputs have a RF and Test port The RFport will output the level configured in the system while the Test port will be 20 dB lower and can be used for monitoring 3 5 11 DVB S S2 S2X OUTPUT There are three variations of the DVB S S2 output module DVB S S2 L Band Outp...

Page 47: ...Appear s Support Team 3 5 12 ISDB T CABLE OUTPUT Each ISDB T cable output module has two 75Ω Fconnectors which carry up to eight frequencies four per connector 3 6 CONNECTING CLOCK REFERENCE SIGNALS The Clock Reference module is used to generate a synchronized PPS and 10 MHz reference signal to be used by the MMI module for various applications The clock source can be a signal from aGPS antennaor ...

Page 48: ...APPEAR AS Confidential 48 352 Connector 2 SMA PPS Input by default or PPS Output if GPS input is used This can be selected on the Admin Clock Reference page Connector 3 SMA used for GPS Input ...

Page 49: ...e switch module with an Ethernet cable Set the IP address of the Ethernet adapter of the PC to a fixed address in the same segment e g 192 168 1 99 Refer to the operating system smanual for details on settingthe IP address on the PC Startan internet web browser and type 192 168 1 100 in the address field This application was developed and tested to work properly in the following browsers Mozilla F...

Page 50: ...modes In auto hide mode the Navigation Pane frees up the space for the main pane This is useful not only for devices with smaller screens such as netbooks but also for viewing large tables of data on the main pane By default this feature is disabled and the Navigation Pane is always visible 4 1 1 ASSIGNING AN IP ADDRESS Click on the Admin node in the Navigation Pane and the window in the figure be...

Page 51: ...ng the Web GUI For Switch modules with IP interfaces the Management Portcan be the Control Port Data Port or aVLAN previously added Control Port IP Address IP address used solely for management It cannot be used for multicast reception as it isnot for data input Gateway Address Gateway address of the network used for management Subnet Mask Subnet mask DNS Server Specify DNS Server for Control port...

Page 52: ...dit The dialog below will be displayed Click to add VLAN tags and toremove them If an active VLAN is removed the associated IP inputs are reset so thatthey will not be part of that particular VLAN group Save the settings and connect the unit to your local network Reconnect to the Web GUI using the MMI address Please note that the following addresses ranges are reserved for internal useand not avai...

Page 53: ...utomatically get an IPv6 address which is generated based on router advertisements The address will have a correct prefix and be unique on the connected network Manual IPv6 Address When enabling Manual IPv6 Address the port can be configured with a manual IPv6 Address Prefix length and Gateway address is also set IPv6 NTP server The unit can connect to an IPv6 NTP server by inserting a valid IPv6 ...

Page 54: ... list in the control port refer below figure 4 1 4 BROADCAST FIREWALL Each IP Dataport is by default configured with IP Firewall features This hasthe following configuration in terms of ports Secure Default o ARP open by default o ICMP ping by default closed but able to be opened o IGMP enabled on the IP input card o OSPF enabled for output ports when OSPF is selected for Output Redundancy o PIM e...

Page 55: ... IP addresses an alarmwill be raised 4 1 6 INTERNAL TIME CLOCK SETTING NETWORK TIME PROTOCOL NTP SERVER The unit internal time may be configured manually or it maybe configured with a Network Time Protocol NTP server to set and updatethe system s date and time Open the Admin view in the Navigation Paneand select the module hosting the Man Machine Interface MMI To configure the NTP Server settings ...

Page 56: ... given region please contact support appear net This file can be installed from the Maintenance Center by selecting and uploading to the MMI slot 4 1 8 LOGIN MANAGEMENT 4 1 8 1 Password Protection in the GUI For enhanced security the Web interface supports password protected access This feature is disabled by default but may be enabled easily from the GUI To authenticate GUI access in the MMI Admi...

Page 57: ...etails on the authentication API please contact Appear 4 1 8 2 Changing the Password for the GUI The secure login supports one pre defined user account the admin user The password protects the web GUI only i e the SOAP interface is not password protected User admin Default password admin To change the password click Change The following dialog will appear Type in the new password and click Set Fin...

Page 58: ...en the Admin view in the Navigation Pane and select the module hosting the MMI Enter up to two additional languages for the Optional Languages field Language codes should be separated by a comma e g nor dan Language codes are defined in the ISO 639 specification 4 2 SUPPORT FOR HTTPS IN MAINTENANCE CENTER It is possible to enable HTTPS in the Mintenance Center On the MMI select Setup and in the dr...

Page 59: ...or logged into the MMI board The table below lists all available licenses Module License Description adm hd decoding EnablesdecodinginHD DolbyDigitalPlus EnablesdecodingofDolbyDigital AC 3 andDolbyDigitalPlus E AC 3 osdm EnablestheOnScreenDisplayoptionforthedecodedoutput stereo EnablestheA2 NICAMoutputandsoundoptionsforRFoutputmodules audiolevel number of audio pids EnablesthenumberofaudioPIDswith...

Page 60: ...loned outputcard asi in number of t2plp extractions Enablesthede encapsulationofatotalof64PLPsfromupto64T2MIinputstreamsper inputcard switch ipin ipin pro mpeg fec EnablesthereceptionofIPFECstreamsonsupportedhardware seamless ip in EnablesIPinputseamlessswitching ts insertion EnablesTSinsertionoption dip in dip t2mi decap number of t2plp extractions Enablesthede encapsulationofatotalof64PLPsfromup...

Page 61: ...blesblindscan option number of t2plp extractions Enablesthede encapsulationofatotalof64PLPsfromupto64T2MIinputstreamsper inputcard dvbs2x out carrier id EnablesCarrierIDoption modulation dvbs2 EnablesDVB S2modulationfortheoutput modulation dvbs2x bc EnablesS2XMODCODSuptoandincluding64 APSK allroll offsandnormalFECsize modulation dvbs2x pro EnablesS2XMODCODSuptoandincluding64 APSK allroll offsandsh...

Page 62: ...tatmux channels NumberofchannelswithStatisticalmultiplexingenabled number of mpeg1 and aac stereo encoders EnablesthenumberofMPEG1L2orAACAudiostereoencodings DolbyDigitalPlus ProfessionalEncoder stereopairs Enables the Dolby Digital AC 3 and Dolby Digital Plus E AC 3 Encoding for a number ofstereopairs Pleasenote Dolby5 1requires3stereopairs Dolby7 1requires4stereopairs number of auto loudness adj...

Page 63: ...eMPEG1L2orAACEncodingforanumberofstereopairs Pleasenote encoding5 1requires3stereopairs DolbyDigitalPlus ProfessionalEncoder stereopairs Enables the Dolby Digital AC 3 and Dolby Digital Plus E AC 3 Encoding for a number ofstereopairs Pleasenote encoding5 1requires3stereopairs 7 1requires4stereopairs DolbyDigitalPlus ProfessionalDecoder stereopairs Enables theDolbyDigital AC 3 and Dolby Digital Plu...

Page 64: ...ense installed the system will produce a License Violation warning Use the License node to find which licenses are acquired and available 4 4 1 ORDERING A LICENSE FILE Use the License node to order a license file Flag the required licenses using the check boxes The Order License button will produce a license order file which should be sent to the vendor A matching license file will then be returne...

Page 65: ... procedure to load a demo license is the same asa purchased license Once installed the GUI will notify the user by creating an alarmabout the presence of the demo license and what date it expires When the demo license expires then the card will be rebooted at 4 AM UTC time After the card has rebooted the demo license is no longer present on the card ...

Page 66: ...nput module the unit provides detailed MPEG DVB ATSC transport stream analysis for all available input streams The following information is provided by the input analysis engine Port specific status PSI SI analysis of all input services Slot Slot position in the chassis Type Type of input module Services Number of services present in the transport stream Input Rate Seamless IP Input only Total inp...

Page 67: ...ample is based on a DVB S S2 input module but the same applies to all input modules 5 2 1 INPUT PORT ANALYSIS Within the Inputs node it is possible to access lower level information e g port specific information To obtain port specific information select the required input port and check the status parameters in the right hand status pane For more details on actual parameters refer to the configur...

Page 68: ... decoded In the figure above the audio is listed as nor ie Norwegian However if no language descriptor is present the unit will auto generate a descriptor for internal usage and they will be named A01 A02 etc Details of the PSI SI analysis are not 100 DVB compliant but it does include the most commonly used tables and descriptors 5 2 3 INPUT PID ANALYSIS When selecting an input port the right hand...

Page 69: ... possible to reset the CC error counters This reset is a global operation for all inputs and is done with the Reset CC button in the Inputs node 5 2 4 PORT BITRATE STATUS The input effective bitrate canbe monitored per port and this is available in the right hand status pane when clicking on an input port Bitrate can be monitored for the port in time intervals of 5 mins live 1 hour 5 hours 24 hour...

Page 70: ...lect Define Service from the pull down menu and enter the appropriate slot and port values matching the incoming stream Once the Add button is clicked the following information is displayed Service Id Service ID for the manual service PCR PID PCR PID for the manual service PMT PID PMT PID for the manual service Type Youcanhereaddmultiplecomponentsandselectoneofthefollowingcomponenttypes Video MPEG...

Page 71: ...UPPORT If multiple services are defined for one input port they effectively represent a MPTS Tocheckthatthemanuallydefinedinputhasenteredthesystemcorrectly selecttheInputsnodeandensurethat the service information is present IfmanualPSIisdefinedforaninputport allincomingservicesmustbedefined Itisnotpossible to define only one service manually and use the incoming PSI to represent the rest 5 3 3 ADD...

Page 72: ...riptor options will emerge 5 3 4 CHANGING THE LANGUAGE DESCRIPTOR OF AN INCOMING AUDIO Figure 5 14 Edit Language descriptor PID The input PID to update Type The audio type where the language descriptor shall be replaced Any mpeg audio ac 3 aac_latm aac_adts e ac3 e Language The language signaled on the input If this is nota filtering criteria then use wildcard Override The new language descriptor ...

Page 73: ...re defined These are indicated with a blue circle with the mark To change these components they need to be removed and re added The rules indicated with a pencil can be changed without remove add operation 5 3 6 REMOVE DESCRIPTOR With the Remove Descriptor option it is possible to remove signalling of a descriptor in the PMT for a given PID tag In order to configure this first select the Remove De...

Page 74: ...with and without FEC option The following description is valid for all The input streams canbe either SPTS VBR or CBR mode or MPTS To configure the module Switch to the Inputs node in the Navigation Pane Select the IP input module you want to configure and the module configuration window will be displayed The column width is designed in such a waythat itaccommodates longer names ...

Page 75: ...ing data rate CC Err Continuity Counter Error indicates thatone or more packets are lost RTP Err Real time Protocol Error represents the number of discontinuities on the RTP counter if RTP is enabled on source If RTP is not enabled on the source N A is displayed To add new input streams to the IP Input first click the Add button in the top right corner You will then be presented with the following...

Page 76: ...e adjusted per input streamand once complete click the Add to apply Once a list of input streams areadded you can edit each input The following parameters are available The following additional parameters are available for configuration Name This name is displayed as atooltip when the mouse cursor hovers over the port Analyse Mode Select one of the following modes o DVB o DVB SDT o MPEG o ATSC OFF...

Page 77: ...he next valid detected PCR will be used This is only valid for transparently mapped streams o CBR if transparent Thisde jitter mechanism will use the incoming CBR total bitrate as aguide for the clock source of the stream This isonly valid for transparentmapped and PID imported outputs This feature is only available on the Switch IP module Reduced Input Buffer Enable or disable Reduced Input Buffe...

Page 78: ...eSourceIPaddressoftheincoming multicast Source filtering relevant where 1 source is specified is only available in Switch IP input cards System behavior for different combinations of IGMP version 2 or 3 inputconfigurations Sources Source filter Comment 0 Off GUI has not enabled filtering and no source is specified 1 On Only the multicast with the matching source address is available on the input T...

Page 79: ... FEC For the IP input module with FEC there are additional statusparameters areavailable on top of the generic Sync Effective Bitrate Total Bitrate and Active Source The additional parameters aredescribed in further detail below Unrecoverable Packets Number of lost data packets that cannot be recovered with FEC Recovered Packets Number of data packets recovered with FEC FEC RTP Errors Number of mi...

Page 80: ... same time orall by clicking the top level icon Once selected click the Delete X selected button in the bottom right hand of the input pane Please note that you can only remove inputs thatare currently not in use To delete these streams the associated output service must first be removed disabled 5 4 5 4 3T2MI De encapsulation The following additional information is displayed in edit option for Du...

Page 81: ...unction 5 4 1 4 Seamless IP Input The Seamless IP input module allows two input interfaces to be connected to different network sources but for the system this is a single module The same multicasts are subscribed to on both interfaces These multicasts will generally come from the same synchronized source but if not then it is possible to use the Non Syncronised option which will allow fast but no...

Page 82: ...ollowing information is displayed in status parameters forSeamless IP Input configuration Seamless Relative delay Seamless relative delay in ms will be displayed Active source Source IP address Input Bitrate Source Input Bitrate in Mbps ...

Page 83: ... that are notsyncronised from the same source In this mode the behavior differs from the Seamless IP mode in that the current source will switch if there is a 100ms with 0bitrate on the inputmulticast Override By default Source B will inherit the same asSource A If it is required to change this you can override each parameter 5 4 6 1 2 Non Syncronized Inputs With the Seamless IP Input module it is...

Page 84: ...d for unreliable networks packet loss jitter and fluctuating bandwidth typically used for transmissions over the Internet End to end 128 192 or 256 bit AES encryption is available Different connection modes are provided for easy firewall traversal An SRT input connection can be configured as three different modes Caller Actively trying to connect to a listener on aspecific ip andport Listener List...

Page 85: ...ld try to connect to Encryption Mode Type of encryption ON or OFF Passphrase The password Minimum length is 10 characters Receive latency Set the latency input buffer Gives time to the SRT to do retransmission on lost packets The SRT module is limited by the CPU thus in most cases the bitrate will limit the number of SRT connections Recommended total bitrate for an SRT card is 35 Mbps for both inp...

Page 86: ...6 7 8 Auto Code Rate DVB S2 Auto 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 Auto 1 2 1 3 1 4 2 3 2 5 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 Auto detects 1 2 1 3 1 4 2 3 2 5 3 4 3 5 4 5 5 6 7 8 8 9 9 10 13 45 9 20 8 15 11 20 5 9 26 45 28 45 23 36 25 36 32 45 13 18 11 15 7 9 77 90 Acqusition range No Auto 150 kHz 1 MHz 2 MHz 2 5 MHz 5 MHz Auto 150 kHz 1 MHz 2 MHz 2 5 MHz 5 MHz Spectrum inversion Auto Auto Normal Inverted A...

Page 87: ...ut Port on the ASI input module Services Number of services available on this port Mode Analysis mode of input port SATF Input Satellite frequency GHz LNBF Input LNB Frequency GHz SRate Input Symbol Rate Modulation Input signal modulation setting ICode Input signal Inner Code Rate Mbit s Incoming data rate CC Err Continuity Counter Error indicates thatone or more packets are lost The above list of...

Page 88: ...e port Port names are shown in the alarms when anon empty string is setasthe name Analyze Mode PSI SI Analysis mode Multistream If enabled specify stream identifier DVB S2 System Auto SR 110 SR 200 DVB S DVB S2 DVB S2X Satellite Frequency Satellite Frequency in GHz Symbol Rate Symbol Rate specify the symbol rate of the incoming DVB S S2 signal Constellation Select one of the following modes Auto S...

Page 89: ... PID PLP ID This is T2MI stream PLP ID of the required stream Mode Select one of the following modes o DVB o DVB SDT o MPEG o ATSC o OFF De jitter PCRdejitterwillbedefaultonwhenenablinganewde encapsulation Theusercan choose to specify the PCR PID and to do CBR dejitter if transparent output routing CBR if transparent This de jitter mechanism will use the incoming CBR total bitrate as a guide for t...

Page 90: ...ting the input channel A B C orD to display thestatus parametersfor the specific input port The resulting display is shown in thefigure below When clicking on an input port the statusparametersfor this port are available in the right hand statusbar Depending on the version of the module various parameters are displayed The following information is displayed Effective Bitrate Effective bitrate of t...

Page 91: ...icate the Stream ID Coding Modulation Indicates the Coding Modulation of the input source Spectrum Normal or Inversed Link Margin Calculated link margin based on input power CNR and modulation Roll Off Roll Off range by demodulator 5 4 2 1 Blind Scan The Edit Port dialog also offers a Blind Scan tab SR 200 Thisfeature is used to scan the inputsignal for DVB S S2 S2x carriers The following settings...

Page 92: ...thin the valid values according to the LNB Frequency Use the interactive frequency band panel to move the range highlighted in green across the spectrum ensuring it alwaysfalls in a valid area highlighted in grey and it does not overlap with the LNB frequency area highlighted in red as shown in the picture below Start thescan by clicking the start stop button Carriers are displayed in the result l...

Page 93: ...n The ASI node shows all configurable settings as well as the current bitrate and service information The following parameters areavailable Enable Enable the corresponding input port Input Port on the ASI input module Services Number of services available on this port Mode Analysis mode of input port Rate Mbit s Incoming data rate CC Err Continuity Counter Error indicates thatone or more packets a...

Page 94: ...s o DVB o DVB SDT o MPEG o ATSC o OFF The default mode is DVB If the incoming transport stream is not DVB compliant use MPEG mode instead The following parameters are present under PLP De Encapsulation section Port ID Specify the Port ID for T2MI stream PID This is T2MI stream PID PLP ID This is T2MI stream PLP ID of the required stream Mode Select one of the following modes o DVB o DVB SDT o MPEG...

Page 95: ...ersion of the module various parameters are displayed The following information is displayed Sync MPEG sync number 188 or 204 Effective Bitrate Effective bitrate of the input stream Total Bitrate Total bitrate of the input stream Byte Mode The byte mode specifies how the TS data is transported over the ASI link Burst Mode All TS databytes are sent without anyidle symbols in between SpreadMode TheS...

Page 96: ... all configurable settings as well as the current bitrate and service information The following parameters are displayed Enable Enable the corresponding input port Input Port on the ASI input module Services Number of services available on this port Mode Analysis mode of input port Modulation Current modulation of input port Freq MHz QAM frequency in MHz Symbol Rate MBd Specify the Symbol Rate in ...

Page 97: ...the incoming transport stream is not DVB compliant use MPEG mode instead Modulation Specify the type of modulation select from one of the following o QAM16 o QAM32 o QAM64 o QAM128 o QAM256 Frequency Specify the QAM frequency in MHz valid range is 170k 887Mhz Symbol Rate Specify the Symbol Rate in MBd valid range is 0 452 7 23 MBd Spectrum Inversion Specify the Spectral Inversion choose from Auto ...

Page 98: ...r Level Powerleveloftheinputsignal Pleasenotethatthisisthepowerlevelaftertheinternal 4 way splitter Sync MPEG sync number 188 or 204 Effective Bitrate Effective bitrate of the input stream Total Bitrate Total bitrate of the input stream Frequency Offset Frequency offset of the tuned carrier Timing Offset Timing offset of the tuned carrier Spectral Inversion Specify the Spectral Inversion choose fr...

Page 99: ...iew The COFDM DVB T T2 input window shows all configurable settings as well as the current bitrate and service information The following parameters are available Input Port on the COFDM DVB T T2 input module Services Number of services available on this port Mode Analysis mode of input port Modulation DVB T or DVB T2 T2 input module only Frequency Input carrier frequency Bandwidth Input carrier ba...

Page 100: ...FF The default mode is DVB If the incoming transport stream is not DVB compliant use MPEG mode instead Modulation Specify the type of modulation select from one of the following o DVBT o DVBT2 Frequency Specify the QAM frequency in MHz valid range is 170k 887Mhz Bandwidth Specify the Signal bandwidth 6MHz 8MHz Spectrum Inversion Specify the Spectral Inversion choose from Off or Inverted When click...

Page 101: ...terbi BER Bit error rate before Viterbi error correction Pre RS BER Bit error rate after Viterbi before Reed Solomon error correction Hierarchy Hierarchy of the currently tuned channel FFT Mode Fast Fourier Transform Mode of the currently tuned channel Guard Interval Guard Interval of the currently tuned channel Constellation Constellation of the currently tuned channel Code rate Code rate of the ...

Page 102: ...rently tuned frequency in MHz valid range is 47 861MHz CC Err Continuity Counter Error indicates thatone or more packets are lost Tomonitoranyofthedemodulated8VSBinputsignals oneofthe8VSBinputportscanbeassignedtotheoutput ASI monitor interface The demodulated 8VSB input signal will then be copied onto the monitor port for further analyzing or monitoring of the transport stream Normal operation wil...

Page 103: ... Number of services available on this port Mode Analysis mode of input port Rate Mbit s Incoming data rate Freq MHz Specify the currently tuned frequency in MHz valid range is 47 861MHz Modulation Modulation of the carrier CC Err Continuity Counter Error indicates thatone or more packets are lost To monitor any of the demodulated QAM B input signals one of the QAM B input ports can be assigned to ...

Page 104: ...nfiguration window will be displayed Services available on all four ISDB T input frequencies will be listed in this view The ISDB T input window shows all configurable settings as well as the current bitrate and service information The following parameters are available Enable Enable the corresponding input port Input Port on the ASI input module Services Number of services available on this port ...

Page 105: ...tial 105 352 Name This parameter allows for each port in a module to be labeled This label is visible asatooltipwhenthemousecursorhovers overtheport Portnames areshownin the alarms when anon empty string is setasthe name ...

Page 106: ... a valid ts insertion license must be present and a MicroSD card must be mounted on the MMI module The TS Insertion user interface will be available under the Inputs tab 5 5 1 ADDING A FILE Pushing the Add button under the TS Insertion page will bring up the following dialog The Upload File button can be used to select a file and upload it to the MicroSD card After the file has been uploaded it wi...

Page 107: ... When set to Stop the TS file will be configured and ready for playout but playout does not start When set to Play loop playout will start and loop at the end of the TS file 5 5 2 SCP UPLOAD For large files 50MB web upload may be slow andSCP upload is a better alternative In order to upload connect to the control port MMI IP address with an SCP client All TS files must be uploaded to the mnt mmc s...

Page 108: ...theTSfiletobedownloadedfromtheSDcardtothelocalcomputer The delete icon stop sign will delete the TS file and all settings 5 5 5 OUTPUT OF TS FILE SOURCES Once a valid TS has been uploaded and configured it will be available to processing and output module in the same wayas a standard input service This can be used as a main output service or configured as abackup source 5 5 6 TS FILE REQUIREMENTS ...

Page 109: ...ncoded into a TS usingan external SW encoder Performance Limits 10 files streams totalsupported in GUI Each selected file stream shall allocate one input port out of the total 250 IP input ports 10 Mbps player total bit rate sum of all streams CODEC support any CODECsupported MPEG 2 SD HD H 264 SD HD Recommended that the TS file has a closed GOP structure for looping purposes ...

Page 110: ...rameters are available CAM Services Number of services being descrambled by the CAM CAM Name Name provider of CAM module PIDs Number of PIDs currently being descrambled Input Bitrate Input bitrate into the CAM module Output Bitrte Output bitrate from the CAM module Scramblers Algorithm Select the correct algorithm to be used for Scrambling based on the currently installed licenses If you feel your...

Page 111: ...puts page to display the Service Properties dialog 6 1 2 TRANSPORTING A DESCRAMBLED SERVICE TO MULTIPLE OUTPUT MODULES PORTS A descrambled service may be sent to up to four individual outputs In other words if the unit is configured with an IP output module and a QAM output module then the descrambler module will be able to copy the descrambled service and send it to both the IP output and QAM out...

Page 112: ...ambler Decoder is installed CAM Slot Slot in which the CAM module is installed either slot Aor B CAM Name Name of the CAM module Alt CAM Mode Activate sending of the entire input streamto the CAM without PID filtering explained in detail in Section 6 1 4 CAM Interface Displays the menu defined by the CAM manufacturer explained in detail in Section 6 1 5 EMM Source Displays the source of the EMM th...

Page 113: ...ambled are actually transmitted together with CA related PIDs listed in the PSI In Alt CAM Mode the entire input stream is sentto the CAMwithout PID filtering This feature can be useful in the following scenarios Some CA systemsdo not list allthe required PIDs in the PSI Often this will involve the EMM PIDs resulting in problems keeping the subscription updated over time Alt CAM Mode can prevent t...

Page 114: ... a list of clickable menu options The Back Exit button returns to the previous menu If the Back Exit button is pressed on a top level menu the same menu screen will be displayed The Close button stops interaction with the CAM Module closes the CAM Interface dialog and displays the CAM Configuration page It is possible that the dialog above varies depending on the CAM manufacturer Menus that do not...

Page 115: ...AM Interface to provide safe and consistent interaction 6 1 8 ERROR HANDLING When a situation results in an error and does not permit proper communication with the CAM Module an error message will be displayed There are different conditions that can lead to errors The table below lists the possible error messages and their descriptions Error Message Description Error No session Refresh to recover ...

Page 116: ...Each CAM has licenses to restrict use number of descrambled services cam a and number of descrambled services cam b The Descrambler supports both MUXing on the inputand transparent mode but each CAM can only be used for one mode at a time If services are being routed through a CAM in a mux fashion the CAM is unable to descramble other services in transparent mode MUXing supports descrambling in as...

Page 117: ...er forexchange of access criteria The maximum number of ECMs that canbe descrambled depends on the processing power requirement of the CA client Currently the descrambler algorithms supported are DVB CSA or AES ECB but not both simultaneously Below are the CA systems integrated with the bulk descrambler module CA System Number of Services Supported BISS 250 services Latens 250 services Verimatrix ...

Page 118: ...orithm Descrambling is performed in firmware Depending on the firmware installed different algorithms will be available Select an algorithm after installing a descrambler Company Name A unique key that will be exchanged with the CA system provided by your CA vendor Server IP IP address of the CA vendor s server Server Port CA vendor port to be used Bitrate Mbps Total bitrate passing through the de...

Page 119: ...tion page A similar procedure is necessary for Radio and decoder modules too Software version 3 38 supports entropy reduction of the CW received by the descrambler CSA mode only If the service is scrambled with a 48 bit CW the descrambler is able to descramble both with a 64 bit key that is reduced to 48 bit and 48 bit key that remain the same But the user will not beable to descramble a service w...

Page 120: ...ng level that all services must follow if rating level is enabled The descrambler rating level is set in Conditional access Descrambling in the edit menu for the Verimatrix bulk descrambler By default this value is 255 which means it will descramble all services 6 3 1 3 Enabling rating level for a certain output service Rating level can be turn on when descrambling with Verimatrix is selected in t...

Page 121: ...in the Status Monitoring menu If the ECM rating level is below the descrambler rating level the alarm will provide the value of the ECM rating level If the ECM rating level is above the descrambler rating level the alarm will only notify that the rating has gone above the descrambler rating level 6 3 1 6 ECM Operator ID Filtering Operator ID filtering is available for Verimatrix bulk descrambler T...

Page 122: ...e 1 and Mode E which is the simplest form of fixed key scrambling available The scrambling solution is based on the standard scrambler card while the descrambling is based on the bulk descrambler card BISS descrambling can also be done via a CAM based systemwhere the key is inserted using the CAM interface Detailed explanation on BISS descrambling with CAM systemsis beyond the scope of this manual...

Page 123: ...The page for BISS E IDs is used to add in keys which can be used to encode decode BISS E keys Please note that once these keys have been added it is not possible to view edit the original key The following parameters are available Unit name Name for the Unit BISS Type BISS1 or BISS2 ID Specify the Key for the unit 6 3 2 3 Setting up a BISS Scrambler To configure an outgoing stream with the defined...

Page 124: ...onfiguration page If using a Bulk Descrambler module ensure that it isrunning in DVB CSA mode BISS not available for AES Bulk Descrambler If that is the case the Descrambler drop down menu in the output settings of an outgoing stream will presented a BISS option that shall be selected Then choose the corresponding fixed key in the Control Word drop down menu and click Apply to startBISS or BISS2 d...

Page 125: ...se SIM cards are able to be loaded on both the front of the module ports A H and on the module itself ports I P In order to access the slots on the module this must be removed from the chassis Currently the SIM Bulk Descrambler is compatible with the following CA Systems Conax DVB CSA Crypto Guard When descrambling a service the selection of the SIM card is done on the output services Servicetab i...

Page 126: ... i e Conax Serial Number Serial number of the Smart card Services Number of services used by that Smartcard ECMs Number of ECMs used by that Smart card EMM Source Specify Selected valid EMM input source Subscriptions Status of Subscriptions for the card 6 4 SCRAMBLING This section provides a brief overview on how scrambling is performed within the unit It introduces the different components requir...

Page 127: ...todefine the ECM generator as the SCSneeds to know where to contact the encryption system Nextstep isto define an ECM The ECM definition associates a CWid and access criteria The output can now be defined and scrambled When configuring the output to be scrambled the ECM selection list implicitly represents the CW and access criteria while the scrambler indicates the scrambler card 6 4 1 SCRAMBLER ...

Page 128: ... crypto period CP per scrambler card under Conditional Access Scrambling The minimum crypto period default is 10 seconds which is the minimum crypto period supported but can be set as high as 6553seconds If the nominal CP duration is changed as a consequence of a user changing the minimum CP the change takes effect the next CP Thus the current CP is not interrupted neither shortened nor lengthened...

Page 129: ...MG Port TCP port of the ECMG CAS ID CA vendor specific ID Sub ID CA vendor specific sub ID State Status of ECMG connection either OPEN or NOT CONNECTED To change an ECMG channel connection click on the existing ECMG entry and enter the new configuration ItispossibletohaveseveralECMGconnectionssimultaneouslybuttheCASIDhastobe uniquely defined If the same CAS ID is used a real SimulCrypt will not wo...

Page 130: ...the Navigation Tree The ECM entry links a CWandAccess criteria to an ECM Generator The following information is displayed Stream ID The SimulCrypt Stream ID used towards the CA system Its value is also set to the SimulCrypt EcmId Name For reference in the GUI only ECM Generator Links the ECM to the predefined ECMG SCG ID CW selection all ECMs with the same SCG id will share the same CW AC Type Acc...

Page 131: ...ections have been defined the same SCG ID may be used for two ECMs as longas theyare connected to different ECMGs At this point the ECM stream is defined and the CA system as well as the SCS module can begintoexchangeCWandECMs However theECMisstillnotassociatedtoanyoutput Refer to the Output Configuration chapter for details on how to associate ECMs to outputs To change an ECM configuration click ...

Page 132: ...nerating alarms Name For reference in the GUI only Connection EMM transfer connection can be either of the below TCP TCP UDP UDP IP Filter IP address of the EMMG to be connected to If the value 0 0 0 0 is used the unit will accept a connection from any IP address When multiple sources are tryingto connect it is first come first serve Listening Port TCP port for the EMMG to connect to CAS ID CA ven...

Page 133: ...asures to avoid overflow 6 4 1 6 Configuring an EMM PD Stream An EMM PD is defined from the EMM PD node in the Navigation Tree The following information is displayed Stream ID The SimulCrypt Stream ID used towards the CA system Itsvalue is also setto the SimulCrypt DataId Name For reference in the GUI only EMM Generator Links the EMM to the predefined EMMG Type Expected type of generator EMM or PD...

Page 134: ...systemssimultaneously No particular configuration is required for this Simply define the appropriate ECMGs ECMs EMMGs and EMM connections required The system to be used for actual scrambling is defined as part of the output configuration process When configuring services that are to contain information for multiple CA systems the following must be done The corresponding ECMs for each service CA sy...

Page 135: ...s To establish a connection to an EIS service go to Scrambler SCS EIS node in the Navigation Tree enter appropriate values and click Add The following information is displayed Input Logical port representing the connection to the EMMG assigned automatically This number is used internally as well as for generating alarms Name For reference in the GUI only IP Filter IP address of the EIS service to ...

Page 136: ...APPEAR AS Confidential 136 352 Once the service is connected the EIS can schedule ECMs to the outputs ...

Page 137: ...coders with HP RF modulation and stereo 4 Decoders with SDI outputs 5 Decoder with Composite output The Decoders page contains the following information Slot Slot position in the chassis Output Depending on the number of channels in the decoder the channels are identified in the following style Channel A and B for decoders with two channels Channels A B C and D for decoders with four channels Chan...

Page 138: ...ice Name column Information such as the slot inputport andservice PID for the corresponding input module can be found just after the service name itself the decoder s type can be found in the About node The services will automatically be assigned to the output immediately after they have been selected To configure audio language subtitling etc click Edit for the service channel To view existing co...

Page 139: ...PID is received in bps Video PID Rate Audio PID Rate Subtitle PID Rate TTX PID Rate VPS PID Rate Video Status Aspect Ratio Aspect ratio of the input stream Aspect Ratio Conversion Aspect ratio conversion method for the input Aspect Ratio Output Aspect ratio for the output Video Codec Video codec used to decode the input typically MPEG or H 264 Video Enabled Indicates whether decoded video is enabl...

Page 140: ...dard used for the incoming subtitle either DVB or DTG EBU Sub Enabled Indicates whether EBU subtitling is enabled or not VBI VANC Status Current AFD Value The current AFD value is calculated based on the incoming AFD value the aspect ratio conversion and video format conversion Current WSS Value The current WSS value is calculated based on the aspect ratio conversion and video format conversion Li...

Page 141: ...g audio stream Audio Sample Rate Sample rate of the incoming audio stream Audio Standard The standard in which the incoming audio stream is encoded in Audio Status Information relating to whether the outgoing audio stream isrunning or not Possible values are OK Stopped or Error Closed Caption Status Closed Caption Enabled Indicates if Closed Caption is enabled on the outgoing stream or not Closed ...

Page 142: ...reo while the figure below shows the SDI version 7 2 1 SERVICE Current Service Name of the service currently being decodedand the active source Refer to the Input Redundancy section 12 1 for more information on the Backup source and Switching mode parameters 7 2 2 VIDEO Choose a video parameter thatbest matches your choice of output ...

Page 143: ...pplied because the output format is 4 3 o HD output if the incoming format is 4 3 the ARConversion is applied because the output format is 16 9 AR Conversion Standard Aspect Ratio Conversion Standard refers to the method in which the decoder is being told what the incoming picture looks like the options are Normal DTG and AFD Manual The chosen standard affects the AR Conversion and WSS value Signa...

Page 144: ...ent If you select 59 94 60Hz V Resolution will display SD HD 720p 59 94Hz HD 720p 60Hz HD 1080i 59 94Hz HD 1080i 60Hz Transparent Transparent mode is where input output V Resolution Vertical Resolution of the outgoing stream Available for the MPEG 2 4 SD HD SDI Decoder only H Resolution Determines the course of action in the event in the incoming video uses fewer samples than defined in the select...

Page 145: ...SD 576i 720 576 HD 720p 1280 720 HD 1080i 1920 1080 59 94 SD 480i 720 480 HD 720p 1280 720 HD 1080i 1920 1080 60 HD 720p 1280 720 HD 1080i 1920 1080 Transparent Mode Resolution Transparent Input Output Vertical Horizontal Frame Rate Hz Resolution Horizontal Frame Rate Hz In Out 576i All 50 576i 720 50 Yes 480i All 59 94 480i 720 59 94 Yes 720p All 50 720p50 1280 50 Yes 720p All 60 720p60 1280 60 Y...

Page 146: ... will be displayed either as separatestereo streams or as dual monostreams Indual mono streams the L and R channels carry different languages The user interface will notify if the selected service carries dual mono audio the selected language will be output on both the L and R audio channels The MPEG 2 4 SD HD SDI Decoder supports decoding of two stereo audio tracks labeled Audio1 and Audio 2 Both...

Page 147: ...eincomingservice the1st Languagelistedin the service will be chosen Only languages currently available in the video service can be selected from the drop down list Additional languages can be selected after they are added under the Admin view 7 2 3 1 Audio selection for SDI Decoder On the SDI Decoder module it is possible to configure per audio output which embedded output this will be available o...

Page 148: ...accordingly 7 2 3 3 Dual Audio Mono Configuration for MPEG 2 4 SD HD Quad RF Decoder It is possible to configure the Quad RF Decoder module to create an output DualAudio Mono carrier from 2 stereo input sources In this mode the density of the module is reduced in half In order to configure this you will need to access the module Setup features from the Maintenance Center and convert the module to ...

Page 149: ...l be available in the Decoders view in the Navigation Pane Once Dual Mono is selected for the Stereo Mode both Audio 1 and Audio 2 will be available for configuration Each can then be configured for the required audio languages that will be output as Dual Audio Mono ...

Page 150: ...the Dolby Digital Plus option a Dolby Digital Plus Professional Decoder section is available with Dolby specific configuration parameters These do only take effect if the input is of type AC 3or E AC 3 Additional parameters in Audio section for decoders with Dolby Digital Plus option in edit option ...

Page 151: ...en Downmix Mode and Compression Mode Downmix Mode Specify any of the options from the below list Stereo Lo Ro Surround Compatible Lt Rt The audio output of the decoder alwaysconsists of 2 channels If the content to be decoded consist off more than 2 channels downmixing has to be performed The Surround Compatible Lt Rt option performs a downmix of 5 1 channels to a 2channel output that can be decod...

Page 152: ...titling Current Active subtitling language 1st Language 1st preferred subtitling language 2nd Language 2nd preferred subtitling language Priority Subtitling priority order valid entries are DVB EBU DVB HH hearing impaired and EBU HH hearing impaired Click on the edit link to modify the priority order The subtitling prioritizing search will start usingthe 1st PriorityLanguage and try to match the e...

Page 153: ...eld 2 Interlaced video consists of two fields that make one picture field 1 and 2 are interlaced to create a 576 line frame Sinc Test lines The line number in VBI to insert the Sinc test signal valid entries are Off default 319 or 335 Off or 335 for the MPEG 2 4 SD HD Decoder The Sinc or Sin x x test signal is used to measure the group delay and amplitude response versus frequency Using Off will d...

Page 154: ...APPEAR AS Confidential 154 352 The MPEG 2 4 SD HD Decoder with SDI and RF with NTSC signal option contains these additional parameters ...

Page 155: ... SMPTE RP186 standard AFD Active Format Description can be received from the MPEG stream and output in the SDI signal If enabled AFD is output in the SDI signal If the incoming signal does not contain AFD the decoder will create an AFD value If the decoder applies any Aspect Ratio conversion or up downscaling of the video format the decoder will modify the AFD value from the MPEG stream to reflect...

Page 156: ...dules with up converter the configuration page will display an Up convertersection The following up converter parameters are available for configuration RF Channel list Select which channel plan to use The available options are ITU C C I R OIRT NTSC Mand User defined RF Frequency Sets the carrier frequency of the output Choose from a set of predefined frequencies accordingtotheselectedRFChannellis...

Page 157: ...ll be turned off when this is not enabled Every time the system boots or a change has been applied to the RF Frequency RF Power Level or RF Enable the decoder will automatically calibrate the power level to match the selected power output level 7 2 8 1 Semi agile frequency setting WhenconfiguringtheQuadDecodermodulewith8outputchannels itispossibletoconfigurethechannelspacing forthex2outputfrequenc...

Page 158: ...N300163v 1 2 1 before changing the default configuration for NICAM Nicam Video Carrier Ratio The nominal output level for the NICAM carrier is 20dB down from the video carrier This value refers to power and not amplitude The level can be adjusted from 3dB to 7dB Nicam Mode Choose between Stereo Single Mono or Dual Mono Nicam Reserved Turn the reserved flag On or Off Default value is On available o...

Page 159: ...o language on the left channel and Audio 2 language on the right channel The functionality to create a dual mono output service from two stereo audio PIDs is only available on the ADM HR RF output module 7 2 10 VIDEO SYNC SHUTOFF When a critical video alarm is turned on the video sync is turned off A user defined delay specifies the time between the alarm going off and video sync being switched ba...

Page 160: ...hich contains various statusparameters This hasthe following options Off Disable the On screen monitoring Broadcast In Broadcast we display the following parameters on screen Video Input AR codec format Video output AR format AR conversion Audio standard language DVB subtitling incoming standard EBU subtitling incoming language VBI EBU TTX VPS AFD in out WSS Multi Screen In Multiscreen we display ...

Page 161: ...Decoder is Genlock capable the drop down menu will include the Genlock option A PAL black burst reference signal connected to the Sync In port of the Switch module Genlock is currently supported in the three output resolutions 576i 720p50 and 1080i50 In order to enable the Genlock functionality it requires that you have the following o Switch Module with Frame Synchronization Input BNC port o Chas...

Page 162: ...N TVMOD For a number of TV sets their demodulators may introduce noise in the picture due to inter modulation between signal components A solution to this is to offset the channel frequency and or the audio carrier frequency This canbe enabledandadjustedontheDecoder Modulator Modulationoffsetssection Alldefaults areoff OIRT Channel offset Enable checkbox Frequency 16 16 KHz Default OFF 8Khz ITU Ch...

Page 163: ...service providers to display up to 48 unique short information messages ona given channel This function is optional and requires a license 7 5 1 ENABLING OSD MESSAGING In order to add OSD messages to an input stream the following procedure should be used 1 Click on the ODSM tab in the Navigation Pane to display theOn Screen Display OSD Messaging window 2 Choose which message number to enable 1 48 ...

Page 164: ...els will be removed from the Availabletextbox 4 Write the message to be displayed in the Message Text box This message can contain upto 255 ASCII characters 5 Select the vertical position by choosing Top or Bottom 6 Select the message appearance either Scrolling or Fixed 7 Speed can be either Medium or Slow 8 Background can be solid or transparent 9 Check Enable OSD Messaging to activate the messa...

Page 165: ...DM window by clicking on the OSDM tab 2 Choose which message number to disable 0 4 by clicking on the appropriate message number The message numbers are listed in red 3 Deselect Enable OSD Messaging to disable the message Note that the message will still be available and can be enabled again later 4 Click Submit to register the message ...

Page 166: ...ices assigned to the output module Output Rate Mbps Total data rate of all configured services the rateshown includes all overhead data such as IP headers Creating an output transportstream is done via the Outputs view present for each output module Before an output can be created the input module s must be configured correctly such that the list of input services is present The unit supports two ...

Page 167: ...a service from the Inputs panel and drop it on theOutput panel To add a service to an MPTS drop it on the MPTS symbol This applies to IP MPTS outputs as well as QAM COFDM ASI etc outputs To add an IP SPTS to an IP output module drop the service anywhere in the empty space on the Output panel To add a Transparent outputdrag and drop the input port to an empty space on the Output panel IP output or ...

Page 168: ... due to a duplicate ServiceID Program Number Forexample ifyoualreadyhaveanoutputservicewithServiceID100 andyouattempttodrag and drop an input service with ServiceID 100 the system will assume that you are trying to create two output services with the same ID To get around this firstremap the outputservice ID for the existing one Then add the new service This is only relevant when adding the same S...

Page 169: ...e services to the MPTS The following information is available on Add to Output Service layout Service Name Names of multiple services selected Service ID Service IDs of multiple services selected The following information is available on Add to Output Default stream properties Auto increment Auto increment by SID Component mode Component mapping rules Scrambler Selection of scrambler if any ECM Se...

Page 170: ...ing either standard shift key or control key and then pressing DEL ordragging these to the Input pane 8 2 AUTO SERVICE MODES The Auto Service modes are available to automate the process of adding services to the output I e instead of manually selecting a service from the input the user instructs the system to add services from the input automatically Two implementations of the auto service exist A...

Page 171: ...to an output Here it is notpossible to do any service editing at all The service dialogs will be replaced with another dialog to block selected services 8 2 1 CONFIGURING AN OUTPUT WITH AUTO ALL SERVICES The Auto All Services configuration is done via drag and drop of the source Auto All Services to the output The Auto All Services is then enabled for the given source Withan AutoAllServices config...

Page 172: ...vice Id dialog Always resolve It will always show the Service Id dialog when service s are added to a MPTS 8 3 TRANSPORT STREAM GENERATION To begin generating MPTS outputs we set the Transport related parameters via the Edit Multiplex5 dialog accessible by double clicking on the MPTS The procedure for adding services multiplexes varies according to the type of module For non IP modules services ar...

Page 173: ...d Scrambler If a scrambler module is installed it is possible to scramble the selected service by choosing one of the available scramblers from the pull down menu ECM If scrambling has been selected assign the output streamto the appropriate scrambled subscriber package Transcoder If a transcoder module is installed it is possible to assign this to the new service MPEG Packets Frame Number of MPEG...

Page 174: ...ed to reveal the individual services they encompass An MPTS stream provides more PSI options compared to an SPTS Both MPTS and SPTS provide the option to map through external PIDs which will not be signaled in the PSI Double clicking on an MPTS reveals port related settings Edit Multiplex dialog double clicking on an individual service inside the MPTS reveals service related settings Service Prope...

Page 175: ...herever there are differences they are pointed out in the text The SPTS output is only supported by the IP output module 8 3 1 TRANSPORT SETTINGS The generic Transport tab for all output modules contains theNetwork ID Orig Network ID and TS ID fields as well as the Import TS PIDs checkbox For IP and ASI output modules the tab holds the additional Delivery Descriptors panelas well described in the ...

Page 176: ...fication tag 8 3 1 1 Delivery Descriptors If the MPTS stream isto be converted to another network type modulation further down the signal chain it is possible to add Cable Satellite or Terrestrial parameters which will then be added into the NIT Select one of the three options under Delivery Descriptors from the Descriptordrop down box and enter the required parameters The figures below illustrate...

Page 177: ...e forwarded Out PID The input PID is mapped to this output PID number each output PID occupies one channel through the output module like any other channel The maximum number of channels through the output module is 250 Manually mapped PIDs on outgoing Transport Streamsare notchecked for PID conflicts These PIDs are not signaled in the generated PSI SI table Importing PIDs is treated as aservice b...

Page 178: ...ption will enable an incoming service to be transmitted with its original CA including EMM and CAT without being descrambled in the unit so thatreceivers further down the chain can carry out the descrambling process instead For IP MPTS and any other output module the Passthrough option will require also to select from which input the EMM will be passed through in the Choose EMM Source drop down me...

Page 179: ...bbTV Apps tab one or more HbbTV applications can be configured These applications will be signaled on the output AIT table for the selected service When you configure an application please note that you can only use URLs tospecify the location of the content User can alsoaccess from Output PSI PSI Base Values Edit AIT AIT Configuration PID Specify PID for AIT or configure Automatic Hbbtv Applicati...

Page 180: ...Prefetch Remote Playback auto start Priority Specify the priority ServiceBound Flag Specify the value for the Service Bound Flag URL URLs to specify the location of the content 8 3 5 PSI The PSI tab allows the base values defined in the Outputs PSI node to be overwritten for each specific output stream The list inthe table reflects the currently selected mode MPEG DVB ATSC or Default ...

Page 181: ...ividual services within an MPTS have a PSI tab that allows for the PMT s Mode and Playout Interval to be modified If the Global PMT accessible via Outputs PSI mode is set to Stop PMTs for services within the MPTS will not be played regardless of their mode 8 3 6 EPG The EPG tab enables transmission of EIT schedule information on a particular outputstream ifan EPG module is installed Further inform...

Page 182: ...used by the Output Redundancy system only Monitor Port Provides a way to monitor aservice if the system is configured with a decoder module If enabled a copy of the service is sent to the selected decoder If the service is descrambled the service is copiedafter descrambling Refer to the Input Redundancy Section for more information on the Backup sourceand Switching mode parameters Descrambler Sele...

Page 183: ...t following flag in the SDT is set to 0 Schedule Choose one of the following Auto If the EIT table configuration on the PSI page is set to Play or Pass then the SDT flag is setto 1 Otherwise it is set to 0 Present the EIT schedule flag in the SDT is set to 1 Not Present the EIT schedule flag in the SDT is setto 0 If an EPG module is available and the schedule is enabled on the output then both Pre...

Page 184: ...ll PIDs will be mapped to the output Auto A V Only Audio and Video PIDs will be mapped If multiple Audio PIDs are available on the inputs all will be mapped through Auto A V TTXT Audio Video Teletext and DVB Sub PIDs will be mapped If multiple Audio PIDs are available on the inputs all will be mapped through Manual It is possible to define your own custom filtering and mapping rules to get the des...

Page 185: ...put Daytime 501 Video 600 Video 502 Audio nor 601 Audio nor 503 Audio swe 510 TTX Evening 501 Video 600 Video 502 Audio eng 601 Audio eng 505 TTX 505 TTX A set of rules fulfilling this purpose would be Input Component Type Language Incoming PID Mode Outgoing PID 1 mpeg audio nor REMAP 601 2 mpeg audio eng REMAP 601 3 mpeg video REMAP 600 4 ttx 505 PASSTHROUGH Default STOP The default rule will in ...

Page 186: ...ID value In an output service if a video PID with PCR is stopped then this will be stopped on the output but the PCR can be extracted and output This can be used in cases where you would like to create a radio service using a PCR from asignaled video PID in the service 8 3 8 2 Component multiplexing With Service component multiplexing it is possible to add a Audio Teletext DVB Subtitle AIT HbbTV c...

Page 187: ...ate a new description for the PMT The following mapping modes are available on after enabling the PSI override and clicking the edit button Type Specific type as Teletext or VBI data Type of Teletext Specific type as Teletext Initial Subtitle Additional Info Programme Schedule Hearing Impaired Subtitle Language Specific Language for teletext descriptor Page Specific page number for teletext descri...

Page 188: ...APPEAR AS Confidential 188 352 8 3 9 SCRAMBLING The Scrambling tab handles allaspects of encryption apart forthe EMM which is handled by a separate EMM tab Section 0 ...

Page 189: ... Control Word section Available ECMs A list of predefined ECMs select which ECM to use for the encryption Multiple ECMs may be selected but only if they are defined with the same CW i e they are created with the same SCG_ID When an ECM is selected all ECMs not containing the same CW will be tagged red and will not be selectable Scrambling Rules Specifies which component types to scramble all autom...

Page 190: ...PORT SETTINGS 8 4 1 IP OUTPUT MODULE The following parameters IP Port RTP Time toLive Type ofServiceand MPEG packets Frame are populated based on the values given in Default Stream Properties panel see Section 8 4 The remaining parameters Rate Mbps andSource Port are described below ...

Page 191: ... details on the parameters for Port Settings 8 4 1 1 Forward Error Correction FEC Related Parameters If the IP output module contains the Forward Error Correction FEC license the Port Settings tab will contain FEC parameters This feature can be enabled with the Forward Error Correction checkbox the following parameters will appear The following parameters are available FEC Mode FEC mechanism can b...

Page 192: ...ity are in error One OutputTS isdisabled if one service is in error None Output TSis notautomatically controlled PleasenotethatSourceIPneeds tobeenabledandconfigured correctlyifOutputRedundancy OSPF is enabled 8 4 1 3 Port Settings for IPv6 output For IP output modules with IPv6 the Port Settings tab is shown below When using standard IPv6 address syntax 128 bits instead of the GUI will interpret ...

Page 193: ...orts Default Port A is active Port B is inactive ie no output bitrate Link on B port only link down on A port Port A is inactive link down Port B is active Link on A port only link down on B port Same effect as default When the module is in exclusive output mode only one port is outputting transportstreamsatonce If link is down on one port the other port will take over Where port A is the default ...

Page 194: ...individual output interfaces to be connected to network sources but for the system thisis exactly as two IP output cards The output streams can be either SPTS VBR or CBR mode or MPTS All function and status normally associated with IPoutput modules are present but the total Output Bitrate for both IP ports cannot exceed 850 Mbps or 250 services ie the limit is shared between the two ports ...

Page 195: ...ata byte and each packet start indicator 0x47 is preceded with at least two idle bytes The ASI output streamin spread mode guarantees that each data byte is preceded with two idle symbols This effectively reduces the maximum data rate to 1 3 of the maximum ASI output rate i e 213 3 Mbps If higher rates are required use burst mode 8 4 4 1 MIP Inserter for ASI Output Please refer to the Terrestrial ...

Page 196: ...gured as such the first two block modulators A andB output on the port marked as A B the lasttwo block modulators C and D output on the port marked as C D The configuration of the QAM modulator parameters is available in a separate node in the Navigation Pane calledDevice Setup which is beneath each QAM output node The QAM module supports the ITU T J 183 JCTEA standard where output several transpo...

Page 197: ...low show the Device Setup node for Annex A Cand AnnexB QAM modulators correct values for these parameters can be obtained from respective network operators Listed below are the parameter limit values for the QAM Output Module Annex A C Annex B Symbol rate 4 7 7 0 MBd RF Level 12 2 2dBm RF Level 12 2 2 dBm Interleaver Imax 128 Jmax 16 ...

Page 198: ...th two physical RF connectors the first two channels Aand B output on the port marked as A B the lasttwo channels C and D output onthe port marked as C D The Port Settings tab for aCOFDM module allows for modulation settings of each individual channel to be modified The following parameters are available Frequency 47 862MHz Constellation Choose either QPSK QAM16 QAM64 RF Level 10 2 2dBm Bandwidth ...

Page 199: ...atasheet for the correct value 8 4 7 DVB S S2 DVB S2X OUTPUT MODULES The DVB S S2 and DVB S S2 S2Xoutput modules are available in two with two different SM 100 or combined SM 300 output bands IF andL Band Depending on the module there are different parameters available for configuration The following parameters are available Modulation System The following option can be selected from system DVB S ...

Page 200: ... configured frequency Inverted Spectrum If enabled the output spectrum is inverted 10MHz Ref Output Enable embedded 10Mhz output on the output port SM 300only 24V DC Output Enable 24V DC output on the output port SM 300 only Signaling Frequency Downstream frequency to be signaled in the output NIT Orbital Position Ex 19 2 West East West or East Polarization Lin Horizontal vertical Circular Left Ri...

Page 201: ...hical view may also be switched to a textual view where the points can be added and changed This can be done by pressing the co ordinates button In this view the graph window ranges may also be changed through Min X Max X and Min Y Max Y This values can bechosen freely within reasonable values Gain Min X 0 MaxX 35 Min Y 5 Max Y 5and for Group Delay Min X 0 MaxX 35 Min Y 0 Max Y 300 The restriction...

Page 202: ...rate of the output port Theavailableconfigurationparameters intheGUIwillnotbedocumentedindetail Theparameters areaccording totheDVB T2specification ETSIEN302 755v 1 2 1 2010 10 TheconfigurationofaDVB T2transmitterrequires agoodworkingknowledgeofthisspecificationaswellastheDVB T2implementationguidelines ETSITS102 831 Chapters 4 through 6 of the implementation guidelines is a good place to start wit...

Page 203: ...e as the parameter values are setunder Outputs ISDB T Device setup Although the ISDB T output has two physical outputs it carries up to eight transportstreams The RF connectors on the output are configured as such the first two block modulators Aand B output on the port marked as A B the last two block modulators C and D output onthe port marked as C D When Device Setupis selected both modulators ...

Page 204: ... 1 32 1 16 1 8 or CW Carrier Enables Continuous wave signal disable modulation and only output a single carrier at the configured frequency for test only Inverted Spectrum Enables Inverted Spectrum on Output signal 8 4 10 SRT IP OUTPUT MODULE For SRT output module the SRT settings tab isshown below SRT Settings SRT Mode Select SRT mode Caller Listener or Rendezvous IP Address Specify the IP addres...

Page 205: ...retransmission on lost packets Payload size packets frame Number of MPEG TS packets in each transmission Advanced TTL Time to live for IP packet TOS Type of IP service Overhead bandwidth Specify how much bandwidth above the estimate bandwidth the SRT can use when recovering lost packets 8 5 OUTPUT OPTIONS 8 5 1 ENABLE DISABLE SERVICES IN OUTGOING MPTS It is possible to enable and disable a service...

Page 206: ...p data inserted will be included in the NIT For the ASI COFDM or QAM output the virtual output provides this feature It maybe added from the Outputs page using the Add Virtual button enabling the signaling of other transportsnot present inthe same unit Clicking the Add Virtual button displays a dialog similar to theone shown below allowing you to insert the Network ID TS ID in the Transport tab fo...

Page 207: ...output pane In the output pane the name of astream will indicate whether it is transparentor not as shown in the figure below 8 5 4 MPTS SEMI TRANSPARENT MODE The semi transparent mode is a subset of the transparent mode The semi transparent mode allows the user to replace some selected components Currently thisfeature allows for replacement of the NIT table only To configure semi transparentmode ...

Page 208: ... be required to regenerate the following PSI tables PAT SDT Actual Other NIT Actual This option is available to be enabled disabled per table 8 5 5 SERVICE FILTERING IN SEMI TRANSPARENT MODE Service filtering in Semi Transparent mode enables user to enter SID of the services to be stopped It is possible to click magnifying icon and select from list of services found on the input When a service is ...

Page 209: ...l rate exceeds the constant bit rate of the output MPTS This is configured from the Service tab under Service Properties for each program under an output MPTS Service priority is supported on all output cards The default value for all services is high priority If low or medium priority packets are discarded due to exceeding the band with limitations the major alarm Low medium priority packets drop...

Page 210: ... always being a CBR service user should compare the bitrate of that input service with the bandwidth left in the output MUX MPTS and if adding the new service would exceed the total bandwidth and cause packet dropping the user should get a pop up toconfirm the action or cancel 8 6 PSI PSIP CONFIGURATION TheunitoffersPSI SIaswellasinitialPSIPregenerationsupport withatableprofilemodeofeitherDVBorATS...

Page 211: ...ors SDT A DVB 1000 Regenerated from input if available otherwise generated The Service ID name provider and type can be modified SDT O DVB 5000 Content is identical to corresponding SDT A EIT P F A DVB 1000 Regenerated from input EIT P F O DVB 5000 Regenerated from input Supported in MPTS mode only TDT DVB 15000 Generated based on system time TOT DVB 15000 Generated based on system time AsingleTOT...

Page 212: ...ORK CONFIGURATION To access this information select Outputs PSI and select the PSI Networks tab PSI Networks can be added and removed via this dialog shown in the figure below To add a new PSI Network select New network in the Add drop down menu fill in the Net ID Name field is optional and click Add This feature allows the operator to edit the network name that is signalled in the PSI via the net...

Page 213: ... create a default network within a newly defined domain with network ID 1337 8 6 2 NIT MAPPING IN PSI NETWORK CONFIGURATION This feature allows the user to map a NIT Actual table from aninput that contains a NIT Othertable instead of generating a NIT Actual table from scratch in the output In order to perform NIT Mapping user have to select the DVB NIT Other in the PSI Mode drop down menu when edi...

Page 214: ...pping in the Add drop down menu and choose one from the NIT source drop down Once the desired Network is selected the user can create a new output MPTS MUX In the Transport tab user have to choose the Network ID that has been mapped previously as shown below 8 6 3 EDITING THE PSI DEFAULT VALUES The PSI Default Values tab displays the default playout mode and interval for each PSI SI table ...

Page 215: ...mmon Pass settings toavoid a PID clash with regenerated tables from the playout carousel In addition Passis notsupported for PMT MGT TVCT and CVCT Play the table will be enabled for playout Playout Interval Interval in ms between transmissions of each section of the table by the playout carousel Edit Detail configuration of the values The BAT Settings dialog provide access to the ability to define...

Page 216: ... outgoingNIT click on the edit NIT option Specifier Four possible options are available NorDig the Nordic region descriptor version 1 and 2 DigitalEurope with HD Simulcastsupport Ofcom LCD UKspecific LCN descriptor Net ID Output Network ID TS ID Output TransportStream ID Service ID Output Service ID Service Name Service Name obtained from the stream itself This parameter is empty if the service is...

Page 217: ...hat will be added later click on and manually insert all data required for each service Tomodifyanexistingsetup simplychangethechannelnumberorclick toremoveanexistingchannelnumber entry If the service re multiplexing layout changes this configuration needs to be updated manually e g if a service is added or removed WhenselectingDigitalEurope thiswillenablesupportforHDSimulcastdescriptorbyclickingo...

Page 218: ...TA Irdeto defined special bouquet which is used for STB software download 8 6 6 EDITING THE TOT LOCAL TIME OFFSET DESCRIPTOR It is possible to use Time Zones for automatic generation and updating of the Local Time Offset descriptor Once the correct Time Zone information has been loaded to the unit the PSI Base Value tab will present these and the user can edit the Time Offset Table TOT andgenerate...

Page 219: ...figure any future changes in time such as SummerTime and leap years intwo sections Local Time Offset Change and Time of Change For more information refer to ETSI EN 300 468 v1 7 1 2006 05 DigitalVideo Broadcasting DVB Specification for Service Information SI in DVB systems It is also possible to enter Manual changes but these entries will not be automatically updated This information is used to ge...

Page 220: ... for PSI synchronization enter in the MMI IP address of the external unit indotted quad format and click Add Now a table entry will be visible in the Retrieve PSItables from external unitssection of the dialog identifiable by the IP address The following parameters are displayed IP Address IP address of the external unit MMI management interface Filter by Domain Optional Optionally select the PSI ...

Page 221: ...ected desired output table Playout Placement A series of table dependent drop down boxes to select the desired descriptor loop locations Net ID TS ID DVB Network and Transport StreamID of desired output TS Service ID DVB service ID of desired output service Component inputPID of an elementary_stream not remapped value All drop down boxes provide a list of currently available options together with ...

Page 222: ...xplicit Net ID and TS ID Select All from the TS ID drop down box transport Descriptors for current transport_stream block Specify explicit Net ID and TS ID SDT service Descriptors for current service block Specify explicit NET ID and TS ID TOT Only one loop No placement option since TOT is globally defined for the unit Generic descriptor play out placement is static and the operator mustmaintain p...

Page 223: ...t Specify a source port TTL Set the Time to Live TTL IPv4 TOS Specifies the Type of Service TOS Payout Interval Interval in ms between transmissions of each section of the table by the play out carousel 8 6 10 PSI GENERATION SETUP The Setup tab allows for modification of PSI generation settings like table versioning scheme CA descriptor placement PMT caching and so on ...

Page 224: ... are incremented using odd numbers only Force Even version numbers are incremented using even numbers only CA descriptor placement Some STBs have specific requirements on the location of the CA descriptor in the PMT By default the unit will place the CA descriptor in both Service and Component level in the PMT The drop down box provides three options ServiceLevel CAdescriptor is in the service loo...

Page 225: ...xcluded from the NIT 8 6 11 DVB ATSC ATSC DVB CONVERSION When the output PSI mode is set to ATSC some selected information will be translated from the DVB format to the ATSC format Also the DVB has alarger reserved PID range than ATSC The following information is translated Service name DVB SDT VCT Short channel name VCT Short channel name DVB SDT Audio AC3 descriptor The AC3 audio component is si...

Page 226: ...ts elementary stream content makingthe service stream the same content asthe original one When license is installed choose PMT Switching tab under Outputs All configured outputs MPTS MUX will be listed and each service in each of them will be originally pointing to its own elementary stream content components showing As original in the Status column The elementary stream content of one output serv...

Page 227: ...ransport Streamidentification tag Output IP address of the output stream Status As Original No Switching rules applied PMT Switching Active By choosing a replacement service the service output will become the content of the replacement service Switch Delay Delay in seconds to wait until the switch is performed after SCTE35 message signaling is received Switch back Delay Delay in seconds to wait un...

Page 228: ... and licenses These modules are configured separately but have similar video encoding parameters The common parameters for encoders and transcoders are described in the Encoder and Transcoder Parameter Guide The Coders view in the Navigation Pane gives a summaryof the encoders andtranscoders present The Coders View contains the following information Slot Slot in which encoder is placed Type Type o...

Page 229: ... 29 97Hz 25Hz 720p 60Hz 59 94Hz 50Hz 1080i 29 97Hz 25Hz 720p 59 97Hz 50Hz 480i 29 97Hz 576i 25Hz PAL B G I D K SECAM D K PAL Nc PAL M NTSC M PAL B G PAL I SECAM D K Video Profile High Main High Main Baseline High Main High Main High Main High Main Rate Control Mode Constant Bit Rate CBR Capped VBR CVBR with QP target Constant Bit Rate CBR Capped VBR CVBR with QP target Constant Bit Rate CBR Capped...

Page 230: ...Confidential 230 352 Clicking on the port letter ie A B C D under the Input column will present the SDI and encoding status for this port Clicking on the Service Name will display the parameters for this service ...

Page 231: ... SD PIP The overview and configuration of this is on the Setup Hardware page under the Coders tab in the Navigation Pane In order to change the mode of the block select the correct option from the pull down menu and click the Apply button Re configuring a block with existing channels will cause this block to be de configured and the services removed from the output configuration 9 2 2 SOURCE CONFI...

Page 232: ...timally for a specific scenario with respect to content and or bitrate These Presets are applied as a templates in the sense that even after a preset has been chosen the user can access and alter all the parameters as normal 9 2 2 2 Analog Encoder AC 100 AC 200 Once Composite RF signals areconnected to their respective input ports the source parameters can be set on the Source tab on the encoder e...

Page 233: ...er Type Selects compression standard to use Available options are H 264 MPEG 4 part 10 or MPEG 2 video codec Profile Selects the encoder profile to be used The profile determines the range of tools from the codec toolkit that the encoder is allowed to utilize when encoding The level is set automatically depending on the current configuration MPEG 2 Simple Main and High H264 Constrained Baseline Ma...

Page 234: ...This controls the translation of Video Inserted Time Code VITC from VANC in the input to Video Elementary stream VITC is used to accurately time stamp video frames Picture In Picture Enable PIP video This will generate a new selectable service for use on any of the output modules Both share the same audio PIP Resolution Sets the resolution of the PIP video PIP Video Bitrate Sets the bit rate of th...

Page 235: ...oders per card 0 12 12 1 9 10 2 6 8 3 3 6 4 0 4 If Dolby Digital AC 3 is present on the input signal embedded SDI or AES thiscan be passed through to the encoded output service 9 2 6 2 Audio Support EC 400 The EC400 high performance broadcast encoder can do 4 stereo pairs per encoded video This can be a mixof MPEG 1 0x03 layer 2 MPEG 1 0x04 layer2 AAC LC HE AAC v1 v2 Dolby Digital and Dolby Digita...

Page 236: ... updated based on the current selections For example if Encoder Type is Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus the Advanced section will change accordingly and present additional settings Changing Source Mode Encoder Type or Encoder Mode resets all selections to their default values for the chosen combination of the aforementioned three settings Choices are automatically checked for dependencies and ...

Page 237: ...er Mode 3 4 LFE 7 1 Bitrate Bitrate of compressed audio available choices depend on Encoder Type and Mode Container ADTS or LATM Encoder Type AAC HE AACv1 and HE AACv2 only Bitstream Mode Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus audio service description Dialogue Normalization Dolby Digital Dolby Digital Plus setting used for aligning the output level based on the set level of dialogue Important to config...

Page 238: ...annel The following parameters are available for Automatic Loudness Adjustment configuration Enable Enable disable Automatic Loudness Adjustment feature Initial loudness adjustment Input field with valid range 20 dB to 20 dB If initial gain is set to0 the application will begin measurements at04 00 a m next day and after measuring for 24hours will fast forward the result the next night Target loud...

Page 239: ...al or exceed 1LUFS 9 2 7 VBI VANC PARAMETERS The VBI VANC tab allows you to create Private Data PIDs andconfigure the PSI SI descriptors based on VBI or VANC information in the input SDI signals The source data can be embedded in the SDI signal in the VBI Vertical Blanking Interval or in the VANC Vertical Ancillary ...

Page 240: ...t line s to be filtered Data ID Needed for SMPTE 2031 to uniquely identify the data type as the standard allows one data type to appear more than once Page Page information used to create the teletext descriptor Up to 6 pages can be created Page Type Type of teletext page Options Startand Sub Title Start page for teletext defining which page the TV Receiver shall show when teletext is switched on ...

Page 241: ...found by clicking on the Port on the statusand configuration page provides useful information when configuring the VBI VANC Teletext subtitling pages WSS andVPS status isgiven for VBI SMPTE 2031 and OP 47 9 2 8 SERVICE PARAMETERS The following default parameters areavailable for service configuration The Components tab of the output card can also be used configure different PID values and componen...

Page 242: ...d stream Valid Range 32 8190 9 2 9 SUBTITLING Two different features can be configured in this tab if the corresponding licenses are installed Import Subtitles from a PID from an externalsource into the service re stamping the PTS accordingly Conversion from Teletext EBU subtitles to DVB subtitles The parameters displayed for Subtitling tab are shown in the picture below In order to import DVB and...

Page 243: ...tles in SDI If PID Import is selected instead the Teletext EBU subtitles PID will be imported from a different input source and then converted into DVB In that case the user mustindicate the Input Source and the PID in thatInput Source to import the PID from Once the Source is properly configured the user must configure the Pages where the subtitles are present within the Teletext Type User can se...

Page 244: ... thenthe logo will need to be configured but not enabled 9 3 TRANSCODER MODULES The following is an overview of the available Encoder modules and functionality available Transcoder SD Transcoder HD Universal High VQ Transcoder Universal Dense Transcoder Universal Dense Transcoder Product TC 100 TC 100 TC 400 TC 200 TC 400 Max SD 4 SD 2 SD 2 SD 16 SD Max HD N A 2 HD 1 HD 4 HD Statmux Yes No Univers...

Page 245: ...change the codec bit rate or resolution of the service which can then be routed to any of the output modules When configured the input video is decoded rescaled and then re encoded All incoming PIDs that are not transcoded will be kept in sync with video after transcoding and are able to be configured on the output service All Transcoder modules are show under the Coders menu in the Navigation pan...

Page 246: ...anscoder blocks A B C and D to different input output resolutions eg HD SD HD PIP SD PIP The overview and configuration of this is on the Setup Hardware page under the Coders tab in the Navigation Pane In order to change the mode of the block select the correct option from the pull down menu and click the Apply button Re configuring of a block with existing channels will cause this block to be de ...

Page 247: ... 100 In order to assign atranscoder resource to a stream you will first need to configure an output service Transcoding is then enabled by selecting an available transcoder channel on the Service tab of the Service Properties page The Name Service ID Service type and PID values of the input stream areall kept unchanged unless it is changed in the Service Properties page The PSI SI will be changed ...

Page 248: ...rvice PID PID number received Type Type of component for selected PID Rate Bit rate for selected PID Info additional information such as language code Output PID reference of the output component and processing Backup Source Here a valid input service can be selected as a Backup Source for the currently selected main service Switching Mode Off Once Floating or Reverting 9 3 4 PRE PROCESSING PARAME...

Page 249: ...lects the encoder profile to be used The profile determines the range of tools from the codec toolkit that the encoder is allowed to utilize when encoding The level is set automatically depending on the current configuration MPEG 2 Simple Main and High H264 Constrained Baseline Main and High Coding Mode H 264 PFAF or Filed MPEG2 MBAFF or Field Video Bitrate Sets output bit rate in CBR mode Rate Co...

Page 250: ...ideo This will generate a new selectable service for use on any of the output modules Both share the same audio PIP Resolution Sets the resolution of the PIP video PIP Video Bitrate Sets the bit rate of the PIP video Range 250kbps to 1Mbps The CBR video bit rate affects only the video PID An IP output maystill be a VBR transportstream Some IP receivers require that the IP output is set toCBR mode ...

Page 251: ...encoding Dolby Digital AC 3 and DolbyDigital Plus E AC 3 decoding and pass through Please refer to the transcoder datasheet and license information for specifics on what is supported The following sections outline the parameters supported for each audio format and how where these are configured 9 3 7 1 Audio Support TC 100 The audio transcoder can receive MPEG 1 AAC LC AAC HE compressed audio from...

Page 252: ...r 2 AAC LC 2 0 HE AACv1 2 0 HE AACv2 2 0 Dolby Digital or Dolby Digital Plus components can also be set to pass through 9 3 7 3 Audio Parameter Configuration The audio transcoders are shared between the channels of the board The user can allocate different numbers of transcoders per channel as long as the maximum number is notexceeded An audio transcoder is added by clicking on the Create button o...

Page 253: ...ailable choices depend on Encoder Type and Mode Container ADTS or LATM Encoder Type AAC HE AACv1 and HE AACv2 only Advanced Lip Sync Adjustment 200ms to 500ms adjustmentto the lip sync Level Adjustment 20 to 20 dB adjustment tothe input level 9 3 8 SUBTITLING PARAMETERS The user can adjust the subtitle language priority on type basis If a service contains both DVB subtitling and EBU subtitling on ...

Page 254: ...dwidth than programs with less complex video or with a lower priority The statistical probability that all programs in amultiplex shall demand a high bit rate at the exact same time decreases when the size of the multiplex group increases The motivation for a Statmuxsystem is to either Avoid spending bandwidth on simple video sequences in order to free up capacity for new programs in the multiplex...

Page 255: ...p 9 4 2 STATMUX GROUP CONFIGURATION The Statmux tab isavailable under the top level Coders menu in the Navigation Pane Clicking the Statmux tab will bring up the Statmux GUI page This is where the Statmuxgroups are generated On this page the Statmux groups are listed status displayed and able to be modified 9 4 3 ADDING AND EDITING A STATMUX GROUP The Add Statmux Group button will pop up a dialog ...

Page 256: ... 3 Transcoder No Yes Yes Yes Yes Enable Enable the Statmux Group Composition This lists the services available to be added or services that area partof the Statmux Group To add remove a service the checkbox of the service can be used To edit an existing Statmux group click on the next to the group The above dialog will then be presented When AC 3 passthrough audio is enabled a fixed bitrate of 640...

Page 257: ...nel will have a higher video activity and higher bitrate requirements thana SDchannel Distortion Informal measurement of video distortion after encoding based on the amount of quantization introduced per video frame A low distortion value indicates that a low QP and a high VQ was achieved The statistics can be reset using the Reset Stats button For each bar the following information is shown Maxim...

Page 258: ...oup The priority parameter will directly affect the amount of quantization QP allowed for this program in QP steps 9 4 4 1 StatMux Service Status Clicking on a specific service in the Statmux will bring up the program status with history view up to 24 hours The following status isavailable per program VideoBitrate Bitrate allocated by the video PID in this program Activity Informal measurement of ...

Page 259: ...er program in the output multiplexer Any output can contain a combination of non Statmuxand Statmux channels from different Statmux groups Statmux programs are grouped under the input column and colour markers are used to mark Statmux group membership Removing a service from a Statmux group will also remove this service from the output ...

Page 260: ...to the Coders Logospage Note If no micro SD card is present on the MMI the following message will appear No microSD card inserted into card reader Please contact support The next step is to click the and navigate to the PNG file with appropriate resolution Once uploaded this will create a new entry in the logo table Required size depends on resolution of encoder SD 720P 1080i Encoder Edit Source V...

Page 261: ...eo Example 2 Position X 200 Y 100 positions logo s TLC 200 pixels from LHS and 100 pixels down from first line of active video The logo can be updated at anytime by clocking on the Update image text 9 5 2 CONFIGURING LOGO INSERTION Once there is a valid logo on the MMI section 0 then it ispossible to assign this toan Encoder Transcoder or MS Transcoder channel This is configured on the Logo tab in...

Page 262: ...on 7 5 then it can be assigned to an encoder transcoder service from the Available pool of services Font size of OSDM can alsobe adjusted as per options available in drop down list 9 7 AUDIO PROCESSOR MODULE The Audio Processor module AP 100 allows both the encoding of SDI Embedded and AES67audio along with audio transcoding from any input module The following codecs and bitrates are supported Bit...

Page 263: ... the 32 inputs arepre defined and can be enabled individually When configuring AES67 input you must firstdefine the input multicast on the Input Data Sources page in the GUI PTS and PES Alignment Enable or Disable PTS and PES Alignment Source Name Name of the encoded service Source Source Select from either SDI port A B C or D orAES67 input multicast Total Channels Available for AES67 Specify numb...

Page 264: ...tput 9 7 2 AUDIO TRANSCODER MODE In Audio Transcoding mode the module is capable of transcoding audio of up to 32 services New services can be added by clicking on the Add button The input service can be selected from the pull down box for each service To edit service transcoding parameters click on the icon This will display the following dialog box To add a transcoder option click the Add button...

Page 265: ...by Digital Dolby Digital Plus MP3 Channel Mode Output channel format Available choices depend on selected Source Mode and Encoder Type Stereo Mono 3 2 LFE 5 1 LFE 7 1 Bitrate Bitrate of compressed audio available choices depend on Encoder Type and Mode Container ADTS or LATM Encoder Type AAC LC HE AACv1 and HE AACv2 only Advanced Lip Sync Adjustment 200ms to 500ms adjustmentto the lip sync Level A...

Page 266: ...the Multiscreen modules the following steps are recommended Configure Coding Profiles for the desired output resolutions screens and audio components Configure Output Schemes required for multicast output Configure Encoder Transcoder services and assign these toa Coding Profile and Output Scheme 9 8 1 CODING PROFILE 9 8 1 1 Overview A Coding Profile defines a set ofdesired video and audio formats ...

Page 267: ...ions are available by clicking on the icon associated with the service Copy the profile Edit the profile Delete the profile Please note that this will not allow you to delete profiles that are in use In addition the total allocation statusis show on this page This statuswill be updated dynamically when services are added or removed 9 8 1 2 Configuration In order to create a Coding Profile navigate...

Page 268: ... GOP size Controls the GOP length IDR Frequency Sets how often I frame should be upgraded to IDR frames IDR to IDR Time Status field presenting the distance in time between IDR frames calculated on the basis of configured GOP size and IDR frequency Aspect Ratio Defines aspect ratio If input AR differs from the output AR pillar boxing or letterboxing will be applied ...

Page 269: ...e Profile CBP and High Profile HP The H264 Level is calculated based on bitrate resolution and frame rate CABAC Enable or disable CABAC entropy coding RBF Enable or disable hierarchical B frames Listed at the bottom of this tab the Multiscreen resources required for the defined videos in the profile are displayed Each Multiscreen module contains 4 video recourses and this overview shows the number...

Page 270: ...S are supported PTS and PES Alignment Enable or Disable PTS and PES Alignment Frames per PES Specify frame per PES from the drop down list Support for 6 audio tracks per video block Services The coded video formats and audio formats are transported asservices in MPEG 2 Transport streams See output section One SPTS will be created per video format and the individual audio formats needs to be assign...

Page 271: ...t Broadcast Output When enabled this allows the specific video audio to be selected and routed to an output module as astandardoutput service 9 8 2 OUTPUT SCHEME Coding a service with a particular coding profile will generate multiple video and audio components carrying the same content but in different formats The configuration system will automatically generate the necessary output MPEG TS to be...

Page 272: ... CBR for the output stream Output Redundancy Below options can be selected for Output Redundancy from drop down list OFF One Majority All Component Mapping Here it is possible to define component mapping rules for the generated output PIDs It is possible to create as many rules as required 9 8 3 ENCODING Navigating to the Encoding page under the Multiscreen tree will present you with an overview o...

Page 273: ...der to configure a port click on the Add Service on Slot XX button that corresponds to where the SDI signal is connected You will then be presented with the following dialog The following parameters are available for Edit MS Encoder Service Input section Encoder Input Name Specifies the Service Name FPS Specify Frame Rate form the drop down list Video Format Specify the Video Format from the drop ...

Page 274: ...ervice Coding section Profile Select from the drop down list of profiles available Video Formats List of Video format defined by the profile Audio Formats List of Audio format defined bythe profile 9 8 4 TRANSCODING Navigating to the Transcoding page under the Multiscreen tree will present you with an overview of the transcoded services as well as the total current allocation of the resources ...

Page 275: ...e Input source and Press Next button The second step is to select which coding profile to use for coding The following parameters are available for the Coding Parameters Coding Profile Select from the drop down list of profiles available Video Formats List of Video format already defined by this profile Audio Formats List of Audio format already defined by this profile WSS Blanking Enable WSS line...

Page 276: ...uages of subtitles to parse and apriority in which they can be assigned to the transcoder Language 1 Specify the Language for subtitle burn in Language 2 Specify the Language2 for subtitle burn in Priority Set the priority of which subtitle type should be used DVB EBU DVB Hearing Impaired EBU Hearing Impaired 9 8 5 MULTISCREEN SETUP The Setup page is available to configure the redundancy settings ...

Page 277: ...page of the required output module On the left hand Inputs panel find the Multiscreen Coded Services top level option and this will expand to display first the Coding Profiles in use then each service using this profile To create a unified output of each service you can drag drop the top level service to the right hand Output panel This will bring up a dialog box which allows you to set the Output...

Page 278: ... services frequency RDS etc For quick installations the default module configuration can be used allowing the operator to skip straight to service configuration 10 1 1 CONFIGURING GLOBAL PARAMETERS FOR A MODULE To configure global module parameters from the NavigationPane select FM Radio CardSetup Click Edit for the module you would like to configure The FM radio settings page below will be displa...

Page 279: ...ices along with default frequencies will be listed 10 1 2 CONFIGURING RADIO SERVICES To configure services on the FM radio module select FM Radio from the Navigation Pane A list of all FM radio modules in the chassis isshown by slot number together with a list of services with configurable fields for each service on the module The following variables are displayed Slot The slot in which the module...

Page 280: ...kup Source Choose a backup source from the drop down box Switching Mode Choose one of the following Off Once Floating Reverting RF Frequency MHz The output frequency of the particular service Audio level adjustment dB The output audio level can be adjusted to achieve the desired deviation Adjustments between 12 and 12 dB can be made in 0 5 dB steps Audio clipping per second This is a read only par...

Page 281: ...crosoft Internet Explorer versions 6 and7 require a third party add on A few options not commonly used are available by clicking the Advanced button next toApply The following parameters are available in this dialog RDS Signal deviation Signal deviation kHz the default value is 2 5 kHz valid input range is 0 1 9 kHz on 0 1 kHz steps Preemphasis µs Default is 50 µs otherwise off Test signal Possibl...

Page 282: ...e relevant information e g only PSN is required in the case of multiple services and only one dataset Leaving a PSN DSN field blank causes automatic behavior for this field In ancillary mode it is usually only information related to the service present while in auxiliary mode separate PID it may be data for several services in the UECP stream 10 1 3 1 Manual RDS The following parameters are availa...

Page 283: ...n PSN Programme Set Number manually select which programme set should be decoded from the UECP stream DSN Data SetNumber manually select which programme set should be decoded from the UECP stream Encoder Id Select the RDS encoder s ID only one encoder ID can be entered Site Id Select which site ID this RDS encoder belongs to the operator can select multiple site IDs Adequate information to uniquel...

Page 284: ...APPEAR AS Confidential 284 352 10 1 3 4 Stereo override The stereo override feature allows the user to bypass the in band signaling The user can choose between Mono Stereo or As signaled ...

Page 285: ...s and two output configuration pages DAB modulation and transparently mapped data outputs 10 2 2 DATA SOURCE The source page is where the EDI UDP IP input stream is configured Port The physical IP port module where this EDI stream ispresent in the network All supported IP ports are shown in the dropdown list If any VLANs are configured for this port aseparate dropdown box will be used to select th...

Page 286: ...his EDI stream ispresent in the network All supported IP ports are shown in the dropdown list If any VLANs are configured for this port aseparate dropdown box will be used to select the VLAN used The DAB settings interface displays the following values under the Output section Frequency The RF frequency for the DAB multiplex in the range 174MHz to 260 64 MHz band III The four RF channels within a ...

Page 287: ...Note IP FEC input streamsarenot supported EDI Address on Input EDI stream containsvalid address fields Sequence Errors Total number of EDI sequence errors Frame Counter Number of DAB logical frames received last second Should be 41 42 one logical frame every 24ms Error Counter Total number of DAB logical frames dropped due to errors Number of Sub channels Number of DAB sub channels services in the...

Page 288: ... data stream will leave the unit All supported IP ports are shown in the dropdown list IP The destination IP address of the unicast or multicast carryingthe EDI stream UDP port The destination UDP port of the unicast or multicast carryingthe EDI stream TTL Set the IP header Time to Live value TOS Set the IP header Type of Service value Source Port Override UDP header source port Source Address Ove...

Page 289: ...dio leveling card is intended to be used with all available outputs The audio leveling parameters are configured as part of the service output setup Figure 11 2 Setting up Audio Leveling The following parameters are available Processor Select the audio leveling card to route the input stream through the unit supports multiple cards per chassis Check box Enable the audio leveling algorithm Slider D...

Page 290: ...figure matching criteria for incoming EIT tables manually defining EIT PIDs EPG synchronisation and other miscellaneous parameters 11 2 1 EPG STATUS The EPG Status node Figure 11 4 displays all outgoing transport streams carrying EPG data The data is aggregated according to each network service configuration Figure 11 4 EPG Status Node The following information is displayed per output Network kb S...

Page 291: ... program being displayed P F Present Following status Sch Schedule status Validity Secify the Validity of the scheduled service 11 2 2 SETTING UP EPG To set up EPG for your output transportstream select EPG Setup Figure 11 5 EPG Setup The following parameters are available for configuration Automatic EIT Source Selection Matching Criteria Used to determine which component s of the triplet NET ID T...

Page 292: ...ransmitted in a different table_id compared to EPG for day six This parameterspecifies the duration the system should wait between table_ids before it starts to regenerate the content If the parameter s value is low it is likely that the system will regenerate several times during the transfer of EPG covering many days The default value is 300seconds EPG Sync Peer Units In a system with many units...

Page 293: ...MATION TO A TRANSPORT STREAM Figure 11 8 Setting up EPG within the Outputs Node Typically schedule information is carried only on one transport stream per network To enable EPG regeneration select the outgoing transport stream on which EPG information will be broadcast using the following steps 1 Select Outputs from the Navigation Pane 2 Select the particular output module 3 Double click on the ou...

Page 294: ...on time Playout Limit The amount of schedule information being sent out Priority The number of times schedule information for the next 12 hours is repeated in your carousel Actual Schedule Only When enabled the EIT Schedule Actual table will only be sent on this output The EIT Schedule Other will be disabled Assuming 1 rotation r the figures below illustrate these three parameters and how they can...

Page 295: ...if the Playout Limit is modified In the first box suppose the Playout Limit is L In the second box we reduce the Playout Limit to L This reduces the amount of schedule information being output Consequently the size of one rotation will be halved as well making it equivalent to r Figure 11 11 Setting a Priority To improve the time it takes for schedule information to load you can assign a Priority ...

Page 296: ...eing configured The following options will be presented in the corresponding drop down menu AutoAuto Corresponds to the value chosen in the EPG Setup node under Matching Criteria If multiple sources match it will select one according to theMultiple Match Action setting Stop Ensures thatno schedule information is transmitted from this service If no drop down box is displayed it means that there is ...

Page 297: ...e for schedule information This relies on EPG XMLTV import which is covered in the Appear EPG XMLTV Interface document By default if no tag is specified this will be NetID TSID ServiceID corresponding to the output service Time Offset Apply a time offset to the EPG schedule if required choose None otherwise Present Following Enable if EPG module should re generate outgoing EIT table for Present Cu...

Page 298: ...ors on input cards Input redundancy is managed by the Man Machine Interface MMI board which determines when to switch From one service Main to another service Backup or From one port Main to another port Backup However it is possible that both these services and ports have different content Input Input port or service the notation is X Y Z where X input module s slot position Y input module s port...

Page 299: ...ailable Backup source Assign abackup service choose None to disable input redundancy Switching mode Select a suitable mode for each redundancy pair The following modes are available Off Stop switching whether it is on main orbackup Once Switch from main to backup when an alarmoccurs on main and remain there Floating Switch when an alarm is seton the service that is active ignore clear alarms Rever...

Page 300: ...ms Reverting Switch to backup only if there is an alarm on mainbut not on backup switch back when alarms on mainare removed or set on backup this is the recommended mode 2 When using port based input redundancy it is intended to have the same input structure for both main and backup ports 3 Port based input redundancy applies to transparenttransportstreams and imported PIDs 12 1 3 ALARMS THAT CAUS...

Page 301: ...g the Man Machine Interface MMI this configuration will remain even though all input sources areswitched from Main to Backup card 12 1 5 SEAMLESS INPUT REDUNDANCY The Seamless IP input module allows two input interfaces to be connectedto different network sources but for the system thisis asingle module Configured multicasts are subscribed to on both interfaces Depending on the configuration there...

Page 302: ...port and on a failure Port A will be used Once the filaure condition is cleared on Port B the source will be switch back to this Reverting 12 1 5 2 Port configuration When adding a source the default is thatthe multicast is configured by be received on both input interfaces on the input card i e both Port A and Port B These defaults maybe overwritten by editing the input The following seamless spe...

Page 303: ...these cards in detail The chassis will have two switches MMI modules One switch will be configured as the main switch while the other switch will be configured to be the redundant switch The following cards support Internal Redundancy DDM and ADM FM Radio ASI Output IP output Dual IP output Dual IP Cloned output Modulators 12 2 1 DUAL BACKPLANE CONFIGURATION The figure below shows the signal flow ...

Page 304: ...d to notify the internal redundancy GUI about the module This other MMI module is referred to as Twin MMI Once aTwin MMI is added both MMI modules will exchange their module list all other configuration must be done separately on each MMI module Internal redundancy supported cards displays alist of modules on which internal redundancy is supported along with the service name or number of services ...

Page 305: ... operator clicks the button without any Switching Delay Reboot The Decoders FM Radio and QAM Output modules are designed to log into the first available MMI board They will always try to login to the Main MMI board first which is connected to default backplane But only during the boot process if login fails through the default backplane it will try to connect to the backup even if internal redunda...

Page 306: ...configuration will not try to switch asnothing is wrong Decoder Switch Alarms The table below lists the alarms displayed as a resultof the switch Switched reason link down Refers to internal link failure Switched reason logout The decoder module is logged out from the input module that hosts the MMI Switched reason alarm The alarm refers to input stream failure having caused the switch Switched re...

Page 307: ...t will make the FM radio module switch is when the card looses communication with the MMI Card This could happen when the card cannot login to the MMI when the switch is not working properly or when the MMI card has been removed Alarms displayed as a result of the switch Switched reason operator This alarm refers to the operator having performed a manualswitch Switched reason no contact with MMI b...

Page 308: ...ate events to anexternal switch which can then perform the appropriate redundancy switch For the IP output card this event is the OSPF messages and for all other outputs the event is in the form of an SNMP alarm This allows external equipment and switches to be configured to switch to a redundant source when these messages are received ...

Page 309: ...igurable switch mode one majority all per port Manual triggering of the output faulty alarm trigger by disabling the output port o For the QAM output card 8 transports isgrouped into one Physical port For this output all transportsmustbe disabled before the output faulty alarm will trigger To configure the Redundancy options select Redundancy Output and click on the Edit Slot X button for a partic...

Page 310: ...led to be faulty if one of the outgoing services are faulty 12 3 2 IP OUTPUT REDUNDANCY The Appear always on intelligent redundancy software is a seamless integration between broadcast equipment and IP networks providing unmatched reliability of service up time using the minimum amount of operating resources possible The IP output redundancy functionality makes it possible to have multiple units w...

Page 311: ...d the multicast from the main and the backup unit as one multicastorigin from the virtual source network and will automatically chose to forward packets only from the one with the lowest cost This is important and mustbe ensured when the unit is configured The output redundancy configuration is split ontwo locations The global settings that applies to an output card and the per streamsettings appl...

Page 312: ...abled in the Appear unit In this case the Appear takes over the role as the subnet PIM DR The ATV PIM DR is signaling its own multicastsonly hence other sources on the same network will be time out and become unavailable This feature requires the output redundancy license RP Point RP Point Rendezvous point Enable Mute On Error Check to enable or disable Mute on Error Switching delay s Number of se...

Page 313: ...e faulty One The streams inthe group are signaled to be faulty if one of the outgoing services in the group are faulty Manual Noautomatic operation will occur 12 3 5 STREAM SPECIFIC SETTINGS When the global redundancy attributes are defined output redundancy must be enabled for all outgoing streams When enabled the output redundancy will monitor the stream statusand if anyerrors perform the approp...

Page 314: ...t aservice failed to be descrambled If this service is the only service being transmitted on an outputthe choice is simple the system can easily just stopthe output On the other hand if the output is anMPTS containing 10 services for example Then the choice is not so simple should one failure result in all 10 services to be stopped on the output The redundancy control option lets the operator deci...

Page 315: ...protects the system against possible hardware failure for selected card types Module redundancy is currently supported by the following modules encoder sd encoder hd transcoder sd transcoder hd encoder cvbs analog encoder rf analog Universal Broadcast Transcoder Universal HVQ Transcoder Universal Broadcast Encoder Universal HVQ Encoder Universal Multiscreen Encoder Before the redundancy will take ...

Page 316: ...GROUP CONFIGURATION The redundancy group parameters are defined under the Card Groups navigation pane To edit the group settings press the edit to the right of the group name Following parameters are present under Group setting Name Automatically generated based on card type Switch mode Selectasuitablemodeforeachredundancypair Thefollowingmodesare available Manual Noautomatic switching Enable manu...

Page 317: ... delay acard redundancy switch is triggered Switch back delay Specify the Switch back delay only applies on Reverting mode Switch Select from a list of previously definedSDI switches 12 4 2 REDUNDANCY MODULE CONFIGURATION Within the group the role of each card and for encoder modules and itscabling SDI Switch configuration must be defined To edit the group press the edit to the right of the card T...

Page 318: ...y properties Enabled When checked this card is partof the redundancy group Role Either of one Main Spare Input switch properties for Main Card Channel A B This defines which input port on the switch receives the same signal as this port on the card Input switch properties for Spare Card Connected to This is the output port of the switch which is connected to the input port of the spare encoder ...

Page 319: ...tion will be aborted Changes to encoder transcoder parameters shall alwaysbe performed on the main device even when this device is switched to a spare The system will automatically redirect any editing of the spare card to the main card when the spare is running asa backup 12 4 4 SDI INPUT SWITCH CONFIGURATION The following system topologies aresupported for encoder redundancy requiring an externa...

Page 320: ... inputs to the main cards can be connected either directly or via the SDI switch see pictures above while the input to the spare cards isalways connected via the SDI switch To add a new switch press the signand enter the relevant parameters ...

Page 321: ... Mapping Select which input port must be mapped to which output port of the SDI switch This can be used for both main and spare cards The mappings to spare cards will be undone when a N M redundancy switch happens to map the main signalpath to the spare card 12 4 5 MULTISCREEN TRANSCODER CONFIGURATION For Multiscreen Transcoders it is possible to define a number of modules to be reserved for redun...

Page 322: ...HD ADM ASI Output Bamboo ASI Input Bamboo Universal Multiscreen Transcoder Universal Broadcast Transcoder Universal HVQ Transcoder Universal Broadcast Encoder Universal HVQ Encoder Universal Multiscreen Encoder DVB S2X output DIP Monitor In Out DVB S2X input 8VSB input EPG Bamboo Enhanced DVB S2 input ISDB T input module DVB T2 input module SIM bulk Descrambler Bulk Descrambler Scrambler Audio Pro...

Page 323: ...e slightly different depending on which MMI the user is accessing We will refer as Main MMI for MMI on Slot 0 and Backup MMI for MMI on Slot 17 The configuration for MMI Redundancy is available under the Redundancy MMI page in the GUI First the twin MMI IP address must be set as MMI Synchronizer works based on an external Ethernet connection between both MMIs The Card status list shows all cards t...

Page 324: ...odules will be logged into the same backplane so this list will show all cards as Logged in in one MMI as Logged in to twin in the other MMI Finally after enabling MMI Redundancy we will get the complete MMI Redundancy GUI page Main MMI Following are MMI Redundancy Settings parameters ...

Page 325: ...rrent status Automatic MMI synchronization is active Currently no issues Unable to automatically synchronize MMI configuration Possible issues with synchronization 12 5 2 MMI SWITCHING CRITERIA There are three possible triggers that will perform an automatic MMI Switch Alarms There are two alarmswhich will trigger MMI switch They can be checked in Triggers node under Redundancy tree in the left pa...

Page 326: ...red and Main MMI is running properly there are two possible situations There is no MMI switch registered so there is no reason tostayin Backup MMI All cards will be forced to switch back and Main MMI will be Active again There is a MMI switch registered This means either manual orautomatic triggered by alarms MMI switch was performed before losing contact with twin MMI link down Depending on the s...

Page 327: ...ured mute on error for all streams on both ports See Section 12 3 5 for more information The output streamswill be muted on both ports in case of a failure input lost low level etc and a user initiated failure manual switch 12 6 2 BACKUP UNIT CONFIGURATION The primary units Switch IP module will be configured in Cloned IP Output mode and have the identical MPEG transportstreamson both interfaces T...

Page 328: ...of bitrate is detected on a multicast from the Primary unit the output multicast from the Backup unit will be un muted This multicast will continue to be output until there is a return of bitrate from the Primary multicast 12 6 3 SWITCHING BEHAVIOR By default in an error state where the Backup unit is streaming when the output streams fromthe Primary return these will be detected by the Backup and...

Page 329: ... it is also possible to configure the Main MMI in Cloned Link State mode When in this mode if there is a port link error on Port A ie main distribution output then the system will also force a link down on Port B ie output feeding the backup unit This will then have the effect that the backup unit will begin to transmit This can be configured from the Maintenance Center as such It is not possible ...

Page 330: ...ose defined for the Main ECMG In terms of alarms When the connection to the Main ECMG is lost a warning alarm will be displayed in the GUI When the multiplexer switches to the Backup ECMG the earlier warning alarm disappears it isreplaced with another alarm indicating that aswitch has occurred Connection to the Backup ECMG is only established at the time of switching In other words if the Backup E...

Page 331: ... as IP Filter Specifying an IP filter prevents unknown EMMGs from connecting to the Scrambler module However it is not compulsory to add this IP Filter Using the value 0 0 0 0 ensures thatthe EMMG connection will not validate the Source IP address of the EMMG In addition multiple sources may connect to the same listening port but not concurrently If a Main and a Backup EMMG are present in the syst...

Page 332: ...ce View can be sorted by clicking on the column headers It is possible to search within this page by using the field with the magnifying glass inthe top right corner The Service Viewshows all configured services by default and the following information is available Input Input information about the corresponding service The notation is X Y Z where X input module s slot position Y input module s po...

Page 333: ...on available is described below Descramber Descrambler module assigned The notation is X Y where X descrambler module s slot position Y descrambler module s Common Interface CI slot Transcoder Transcoder module port assigned to the service Audio Level Audio leveling module assigned to the channel ECM ECM defined Monitor Monitor module used for monitoring the service 13 1 2 OUTPUT VIEW Expand the S...

Page 334: ...e specific to the type of output ie IP will include multicast address QAM will include frequency Services Lists the number of services in the given output port Effective Bit Rate Shows the current effective bitrate of the output port Total Bit Rate Shows the current total bitrate configured for the output port EPG Displays if there is currently EPG information EPG Schedule configured on the output...

Page 335: ...e view shows the unit s status graphically In the figure below there is one module with critical alarm status shown in red A description of the alarm status isshownin the statuspane at the bottom of the screen 13 1 4 ACTIVE ALARMS Expand the Status view in the Navigation Pane and click the Active Alarmsicon All active alarms will be displayed as shown below The active alarms are first filtered by ...

Page 336: ...e alarm is referring to Error Code Type of alarm Refer to Appendix A for further details On the module itself the Status LED changes color according to the active alarm BLUE Booting or No contact to backplane GREEN No critical alarm s RED Critical alarm s 13 1 5 ALARM HISTORY Expand the Status view in the Navigation Pane andselect The alarm history will be displayed as shown below Alarm History ...

Page 337: ...rt and alarm type If an incoming alarm does not pass the filter the alarm is discarded In other words the alarm is not visible in the Active Alarms node not recorded in Alarm History and not indicated on the LED of the module itself The alarm filter page lists all the relevant alarms for the card type selected if no specific card is selected all alarms are listed When an alarm filteris removed any...

Page 338: ... 13 1 8 1 Scrambled Input Raise alarm for scrambled inputs in IP input ports in below of following condition selected by user These are the following options supported Off Never raise the alarm Any input PID Raise alarm if anyof the PIDs are scrambled at the input Routed PID only Rise alarm if any of the PIDs are scrambled at the input 13 1 8 2 PID Status Timeout This option allows you to specify ...

Page 339: ...onfigure a bitrate limit for monitoring input component types eg MPEG Video H 264 Audio etc Services that are selected to use the filter will raise analarm if anyof their monitored components drops below the configured bitrate threshold A service level profile is configured in three steps ...

Page 340: ...criteria of PID Limits as well as PCR PID presence are specified If no other profiles are set up the default is to monitor all services The system allows a service to be monitored by only one profile If a service has been set up for monitoring in one profile it will not be available as an option inthe other profiles 13 1 8 4 Port Monitoring This feature allows you to enable CC error monitoring on ...

Page 341: ... profile If no name is given a default name is given A profile must have a name Limits has two parametersto be specified CC Window Specify the time window of which to accumulate CC Errors in seconds This value is recommended to be 60 seconds or greater CC Max Specify the maximum number of CC Errors in thistime window ...

Page 342: ...y strings for user access and alarms and the trap destination table This is explained below 13 2 1 CONFIGURATION OF SNMP COMMUNITY STRINGS IN GUI The SNMP Mib Access is configurable in GUI which containing the public and private community strings forRead only and Read write community 13 2 2 CONFIGURATION OF SNMP HEARTBEAT RATE IN GUI The SNMP heartbeat rate can be enabled in GUI and this trap isse...

Page 343: ...ould be forwarded To enable traps towards aspecified address the corresponding tdRowStatus field must be set to active 1 To disable traps set the tdRowStatus field to notInUse 2 Errors are reported when trying to send traffic towards IP address 0 0 0 0 which is the default IP address 13 2 6 INTERPRETATION OF TRAPS Each trap is uniquely identified with the combination of msgId msgSlot msgPort and m...

Page 344: ...onfidential 344 352 13 3SOAP XML INTERFACE The SOAP XML interface can be used for external control and monitoring of the unit For more information on the SOAP XML interface refer to the Appear SOAP XML APIdocument ...

Page 345: ... is located in the ejector Next press the white button inside the module ejector and push the ejector down The module is now released from the chassis To insert a new module into the chassis itis importantto alignthe module s edges with the module guides in the chassis Ensure thatthe jack on the module is in the open position as illustrated in the figure below Slide the module into the unit on the...

Page 346: ...ed with the front panels Leaving a slot positionopen without a module or front panel will cause the unit to draw false air and consequently result in over heating of the modules in the chassis To permanently remove modules from a specific slot position the modules should first be removed from the chassis Next go tothe About page from the Navigation Pane Click to remove the modules Modules flagged ...

Page 347: ...elect the file by clicking Browse Then check Include local IP addresses if the IP addresses should be included and click Restore Figure 14 2 Saving Importing and Exporting Chassis Configuration This feature has two benefit o To restore a unit toa previous state or o To use the same setup on multiple units Use the Include local IP addresses option to bring a unit back to a previous state when lots ...

Page 348: ...APPEAR AS Confidential 348 352 14 6SUPPORT FOR CONFIGURATION BACKUP It is possible to automatically take a backup of the configuration database once per day to an external FTP account ...

Page 349: ...P server password Each backup is stored in different file with timestamp Only backup if there has been changes since last time 14 7SYSLOG EXPORT OF ALARMS When an external syslog serveris specified then all alarms raised should also be logged to the syslog which sends the entries to the external server 14 8EXPORT OF ALARM HISTORY It is possible to export alarms from GUI This will save the Alarm Hi...

Page 350: ...ateway 192 168 1 1 After setting the DIP switch the MMI card has to be rebooted The factory default IP settings will be active as long as the setting is present While the DIP switch on all IP parameters in memory can be changed and saved via the web interface Once the DIP switch is changed back to OFF and the card is rebooted the IP settings in memory will be activated 14 10RESTORING THE DEFAULT I...

Page 351: ...ress 192 168 1 100 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 1 1 After setting the DIP switch the MMI card has to be rebooted The factory default IP settings will be active as long as the setting is present While the DIP switch on all IP parameters in memory can be changed and saved via the web interface Once the DIP switch is changed back to OFF and the card is rebooted the IP settings in...

Page 352: ...ks of Dolby Laboratories This product contains one or more programs protected under international and U S copyright laws as unpublished works They are confidential and proprietary to Dolby Laboratories Their reproduction or disclosure in whole or in part or the production of derivatives works therefrom without the express permission of Dolby Laboratories is prohibited Copyright 2003 2007 by Dolby ...

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