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CHAPTER 1: SESSION SETTINGS

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Setting

Value

Description

Video Encoding Parameters

Use Video

Tick box

Tick to enable the Video stream in the output.

Codec

Dropdown menu Choice between MPEG2 & H.264. Some following settings depend on this choice.

Codec Profile

Dropdown menu Choices of Baseline, Main, High, Low Latency.

Bit Rate

Integer

Enter encoding rate in kbps.

Codec Speed

Dropdown menu Adjust for best performance based on scene action. Recommended to use default

setting for most streams.

Subtitles Method

Dropdown menu Determines how subtitles (closed captions) are handled; default is On Separate

PIDs.

•

On Separate PIDs: Subtitles are placed on PIDs separate from video and audio

streams.

•

Overlay in video: Subtitles are added into the video stream.

•

Ignore Subtitles: Subtitles are not passed through.

VBR

Tick box

Tick to enable variable Bit Rate output; default is

Constant Bit Rate

(Un-ticked)

Keyframe Duration

Dropdown menu The time period in seconds between IDR keyframes; default is

2 seconds

Badapt

Tick Box

Turn on the adaptive B-frame placement decision algorithm. This setting controls

how H.264 decides between placing a P or B-frame. Choice is true (Ticked) or

false (not ticked), default is

Box Ticked

MPEG2 Level

Dropdown menu Only in effect for MPEG2 codec. Choice is Main & High.

Scenecut

Tick Box

Selected (enabled) by default (and cannot be disabled in MPEG2 Codec),

adaptive I-frame decisions are enabled. Disabling Scenecut prevents H.264 from

generating a key frame when there is a scene cut in the video; important to keep

key frames consistent for multi-bitrate videos. See Figure 1-4 & Figure 1-3

and

description below.

Bframes

Dropdown menu Specifies the maximum number of concurrent B Frames that H.264 can use;

default is

CABAC

Tick box

Enables CABAC (Context Adaptive Binary Arithmetic Coder) stream compression

and reverts to CAVLC (Context Adaptive Variable Length Coder) system if un-

ticked, which significantly reduces efficiency and the decoding requirements.

Default

CABAC

(Ticked).

Video Pre-processing Parameters

Frame Rate

Dropdown menu Encoded frames per second; default is use original. Choices between 1 and 60.

Resolution

Dropdown menu Select from many choices for the appropriate resolution.

Top Field First

Dropdown menu Ordering of fields either Top or Bottom field first. Default is

Auto

Aspect ratio

Dropdown menu Choice between 1:1, 4:3 and 6:9 or Use Original; default is

Use Original

De-Interlace

Tick Box

Allows de-interlacing of video frames to convert from Interlace to Progressive if

box is ticked; default is

not ticked

(no de-interlace).

Interlace Method

Dropdown menu Only effective if De-Interlace is selected. De-interlace choices between Simple

and Advanced detect (with and without Double Frame rate) and Linear; default is

Linear

Cropping

Integer

If box ticked, enter number of Pixels to be cropped from each side of the picture.

Summary of Contents for DigiVu II

Page 1: ...Operation Manual Patent Pending ...

Page 2: ...ference outside documents if the reader needs that additional information The Table of Contents is entirely hyperlinked and bookmarks are available but the bookmark feature must be turned on in your Reader application Symbol Usage Throughout the manual some symbols are used to call the readers attention to an important point The following symbols are in use WARNING This symbol usage will call the ...

Page 3: ... User Management 2 4 2 5 Licence 2 6 2 6 SNMP 2 7 3 DEVICE CONFIGURATION 3 1 3 1 Chapter Contents 3 1 3 2 Basic Information 3 1 3 3 Ethernet Network Settings 3 2 3 4 Capture Demod Cards 3 4 3 5 Licence Information 3 5 3 6 QAM Output Devices 3 5 4 ENCODING APPLICATION 4 1 4 1 Chapter Contents 4 1 4 2 Capture Card Resources 4 1 4 3 SPTS Encoding Application 4 5 4 4 Adaptive Encoding Application 4 7 ...

Page 4: ...ding Multiple TS Sources 9 5 10 ALARMS EVENTS 10 1 10 1 Alarms 10 1 10 2 Events 10 2 11 MONITORING 11 1 11 1 Chapter Contents 11 1 11 2 Monitoring the Device 11 1 11 3 Monitor Resources 11 3 11 4 Monitoring a Multiplex 11 5 11 5 Displaying Stream Information 11 6 12 VLAN TAGGING 12 1 12 1 Chapter Contents 12 1 12 2 VLAN General Information 12 1 12 3 Support for VLANs 12 1 12 4 Create a VLAN Using ...

Page 5: ...Menu TCP Dump 13 9 13 10 Menu Eth0 Set Default 13 11 13 11 Menu Date Time 13 12 13 12 Menu Set Time by NTP 13 13 13 13 Menu Restart 13 15 13 14 Menu Shutdown 13 15 13 15 Menu Authentication Mode 13 15 14 SERVICE SUPPORT 14 1 14 1 Contact ATX Networks 14 1 14 2 Warranty Information 14 1 ...

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Page 7: ...118 Communications 1935 TCP RTMP E Adobe Flash Previewing Monitoring Flash Media Server listens for RTMP E requests on port 1935 TCP Flash Player and AIR clients attempt to connect over ports in the following order 1935 80 RTMP 80 RTMPT 1935 UDP RTMFP Adobe Flash Previewing Monitoring Flash Media Server listens for RTMFP requests on port 1935 UDP 8443 TCP HTTPS HTTPS Communications 1 2 1 Notes on ...

Page 8: ...e 1 4 1 4 Configuring the Device Quick Summary These are the key steps required to set up the Device 1 4 1 Covered in this Chapter GUI Overview Open the GUI and log in 1 4 2 Covered in General Configuration Chapter Managing Firmware Managing Users SNMP 1 4 3 Covered in Device Configuration Chapter Configure Ethernet Input Output Streaming Ports Configure QAM Output Modulators 1 4 4 Covered in Enco...

Page 9: ...ding Streaming from the Resource icon 1 4 5 Covered in Ethernet Multiplexer Chapter Create an Ethernet Multiplex If a number of programs will be aggregated into a single MPTS stream first create a MUX instance Create TS Sources to the MUX Create a program to the TS source 1 4 6 Covered in QAM Multiplexer Chapter Create a QAM Multiplex to the Device icon If a number of programs will be aggregated i...

Page 10: ...nes the parameters to be used for encoding transcoding multi bitrate Streams 4 Publish The Publish defines the output protocol SPTS HLS Flash the output URL and Physical Interface 1 7 Descriptive Icons The icons used in the Tree View are designed to be as descriptive as possible to identify each element s function but each element may also be named by the user with a flexible descriptor 1 7 1 Gene...

Page 11: ...us These are menus that appear on Right Click and are different depending on the element that was first selected 1 8 1 Device Menu Tool Bar Device Configuration options are available on both the Right Click menu and the Tool Bar Figure 1 5 1 Add Resource Add to this Device a Capture Card Resource for encoding content or an Ethernet Resource for transcoding content 2 Add MPTS Multiplexer Multiplexe...

Page 12: ...y replicate Resources Will copy all streams created on the selected resource 5 Paste A powerful feature used along with the Copy feature to quickly replicate Streams Sessions and Publishes 6 Settings A shortcut to basic Info tab 7 New Adaptive Session Used to create a new Adaptive session Multiple sessions may exist on any single Resource 8 New SPTS Stream Used to create SPTS streams for IPTV appl...

Page 13: ...blish Points only Copying a Resource will result in the Resource Name being appended with a sequential number to ensure it is unique 1 9 1 Copy Paste Sessions 1 Create the Donor Resource with a Session and Publish Points that it is desired to replicate Figure 1 7 2 Create a Recipient Resource or multiple Resources that will have Sessions copied to them 3 Right click the Session on the Donor Resour...

Page 14: ...lect Paste from the menu Figure 1 9 5 An exact copy of the session is replicated on the new Resource Figure 1 10 NOTE The replicated Session will have identical properties to the copied Session so conflicting properties must be edited manually before the session may be streamed Figure 1 9 Select Paste Figure 1 10 SessionReplicated ...

Page 15: ...ame such as the service name Figure 1 11 7 Click Save to save the new session name in Tree View 8 Click the Stream in Tree View to open the stream parameters window Figure 1 12 9 Edit Video Audio Video Pre processing Parameters as required 10 Click Save to save and add the session to the Tree View Figure 1 11 Copied Session Renamed Figure 1 12 Update Copied Stream Parameters ...

Page 16: ...e Publish parameters window Figure 1 13 12 Next Tick the box of the Connection to be edited 13 Click Edit to enable changing the IP address 14 Next Edit the IP address to the correct value for this publish 15 Click Apply to apply the change to the connection 16 Click Save to save the changes Figure 1 13 Update Copied Publish Parameters ...

Page 17: ...stem Time User Management Licence SNMP 2 2 Firmware Upgrade Firmware upgrades when available are obtained from ATX Networks Technical Support group Obtain the file and save it to your Management Computer before beginning this upgrade Warning Before proceeding you must stop any configured streams before upgrading the Device 2 2 1 Upgrade Procedure 1 Login to the system to be upgraded 2 Click on the...

Page 18: ...e upload is complete the new version will be listed below any previous versions Figure 2 4 6 Click the selector Button to select the firmware you just uploaded Figure 2 5 7 Click Install Version The firmware upgrade process will begin and a progress screen is presented Figure 2 6 Soon the SEULA Software End User Licence Agreement is presented Figure 2 7 Figure 2 3 Select File Figure 2 4 New Upload...

Page 19: ... Pro DigiVu II DigiVu II Micro Operation Manual 2 3 8 Click the I Agree box 9 Click Accept Login to the GUI and check that the firmware is installed The pin icon identifies the firmware just installed Figure 2 8 Figure 2 8 New Version is Now Current ...

Page 20: ... 5 Enter the IP Address of the desired NTP server do not enter the URL 6 Click the adjacent Apply button Note While it is possible to manually change the date on the System do so with the caution that Licensing may be adversely affected This is to ensure that dates are not changed to defeat licence expiry dates Contact ATX Networks Technical Support if the date on the System needs to be manually c...

Page 21: ...er 6 Enter Password for new user password will be masked by default 7 Click abc to show password momentarily 8 Click Save 2 4 2 Radius Server Authentication 1 Click General Icon at top of Tree View to select it Figure 2 12 2 Click the User Management tab 3 Select Radius Server from the menu 4 Enter the appropriate information and choose the Radius Authentication Type from the drop down menu 5 Clic...

Page 22: ...updated from a file provided by ATX Networks and this needs to be obtained and stored on the management computer first Procedure 1 In the Tree View click the General icon to select it Figure 2 14 2 Click Licence Update on the Tool Bar 3 Click Browse to locate the file on the management computer Figure 2 15 4 Select the file with the explorer window 5 Click Open 6 Click Upload The licence file is u...

Page 23: ...Enter the IP Address of the remote SNMP manager 4 Click Add IP button to add this IP address to the list 5 Click Save to apply the changes Repeat to add more SNMP Managers 2 6 2 Download and Compile the MIB The MIB will need to be compiled to the SNMP Manager and it is stored locally on the Device hard drive It may be obtained from the link on the SNMP tab 1 Click General Icon at top of Tree View ...

Page 24: ...S successfully or unsuccessfully userLogoutTrap This trap appears when the user successfully logs out VersAtive Communication Traps versativeConnectTrap This trap appears when the VersAtive connects successfully to the VMS versativeTimeoutTrap This trap appears when there is no response from the VersAtive versativeTakenToOtherVmsTrap This trap appears when the VersAtive is taken to another VMS The...

Page 25: ...tive is retrying Info indicates the name of the resource and that the streaming is OK versativeResourceRedundancyStopTrap This trap appears when no redundancy for the resource is found This trap can only be an error The message indicates that the resource is stopped and that no backup for the resource is found versativeResourceRedundancySwitchTrap This trap appears when the resource redundancy swi...

Page 26: ... the streams versativeFailedToPutFileTrap This trap appears when an HLS or RTMP stream fails to publish versativeSignalDetectedTrap This trap appears when a signal for resource is detected versativeReconnectTrap This trap appears when the VersAtive reconnects successfully to RTMP server versativePipeEvntNoUdpInput This trap appears when there is no UPD input for the pipeline VersAtive Hardware Tra...

Page 27: ...he mux didn t stop Info message indicates that the mux stopped successfully versativeMuxMonitorTrap This trap appears when the mux monitor sends a trap This trap can be an error or info Error message indicates that multiplexer monitor received time out Info message indicates that the mux monitoring is OK versativeMuxStillNoTsTrap Not Used versativeMuxEventLostTsTrap This trap appears when the inpu...

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Page 29: ...input and output interfaces of the hardware platform 3 1 Chapter Contents Basic Information Ethernet Network Settings Capture Demod Cards Licence Information QAM Output Devices 3 2 Basic Information This tab specifies the actual hardware model such as VersAtivePro DigiVu II or DigiVu II Micro This model number name is shown on the Basic Info tab Figure 3 1 Figure 3 1 Basic Info Page ...

Page 30: ... previously been defined NOTE Changes to the Management Port address will result in a platform reboot You will need to login on the new IP address Change an ETH Port Address 1 Click on the Device icon to select it Figure 3 2 2 Select Settings and Info tab 3 Select Ethernet Cards tab 4 Select the Pencil Icon for the ETH port to be changed 5 Edit settings as required 6 Click Save to apply the change...

Page 31: ...ottom of the Settings and Info tab Figure 3 3 Change the Management Port Assignment 1 Click on the Device icon to select it Figure 3 3 2 Select Settings and Info tab 3 Select Ethernet Cards tab 4 Click Management Interface eth0 change link 5 In the dialog that opens select the physical or VLAN port Figure 3 4 6 Click Set to select the chosen interface Figure 3 5 7 Click Save to apply the changes a...

Page 32: ...lash is entered on the platform needing to be resolved Set DNS Server 1 Click on the Device icon to select it Figure 3 7 2 Select Settings and Info tab 3 Select Ethernet Cards tab 4 Enter the IP Address of the DNS server 5 Click Save 3 4 Capture Demod Cards View installed Demodulator and Capture cards in platform Figure 3 7 Configure DNS Server Figure 3 8 Platform Interface Cards ...

Page 33: ...mation This tab displays installed encoding licences 3 6 QAM Output Devices This page allows configuration of QAM modulator for QAM output models Note Full configuration information is provide in chapter QAM Multiplexer on page 8 1 Figure 3 9 Platform Encoding Licences Figure 3 10 QAM Output Configuration Page ...

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Page 35: ...y the 8 channel selections be used for either Dolby Digital 5 1 encoding or for multi language support Note Currently in this firmware release for Embedded 8 ch selection not Embedded ML 8ch embedded channels 7 and 8 cannot be utilized even if they appear on the input program For the Embedded 8ch selection it is assumed that the input conforms to the industry recognized standard channel plan shown...

Page 36: ...Dolby Digital 5 1 Embedded Channels Embedded Channel Channel Content Abbreviation PID Available Ch 1 Front Left FL Audio PID 1 Ch 2 Front Right FR Ch 3 Front Center FC Ch 4 Low Frequency Effects LFE Ch 5 Surround Left SL Ch 6 Surround Right SR Ch 7 Not currently available for use Ch 8 Table 4 2d Embedded Channel Name Abbreviations Abbreviation Channel Content Dis Discard FM Front Mono FL Front Lef...

Page 37: ...the installed cards multi input cards only 6 Give the Resource a meaningful Name select the Video Format for the incoming video stream must match what it actually is not what it will be on the output as that will be set later Figure 1 5 7 To customize the output audio channel lineup select one of the options in the Audio Input drop down menu Figure 1 6 then either select Customize or a known profi...

Page 38: ...gure 1 1 11 When finished click Save to create the Resource with customized audio channels Figure 1 8 12 The Capture Card Resource is added to the Tree View Figure 1 9 13 With the Capture Card Resource selected in the previous step Properties are displayed in adjacent window 14 The Preview ON tick box is selected by default Untick the box to disable Preview for this resource only and click Save if...

Page 39: ...select the previously created Resource in the Tree View Figure 1 10 2 Select New SPTS Stream on the Tool Bar or Right Click menu 3 On the page that opens Figure 1 11 give the stream a meaningful Name such as the service name 4 Edit Video Audio Video Pre processing Parameters For details see Session Settings on page 6 1 5 Click Save to apply the changes and add the session to the Tree View Figure 1...

Page 40: ...ch as the IP Address Figure 1 13 4 Define the Connection with IP address and port number then choose physical output Ethernet Interface Choices available will differ between models and could include VLANs if previously created 5 Tick the Multicast box if a multicast IP address was entered default is unticked unicast 6 Click Add to create and add the connection to the Tree View 7 Connection is crea...

Page 41: ...ptive Sessions An Adaptive Session defines the Codec and Encoding parameters of the encoding Multiple Adaptive Sessions with differing resolutions and bitrate may be created 1 Highlight the Resource that will have a new Adaptive Session Figure 1 16 2 Click New Adaptive Session on the Tool Bar 3 Give the session a Name and refine parameters such as choice of Codec Figure 1 17 Figure 1 15 Publish Ad...

Page 42: ...he same way 6 Sessions may be edited just click to select the Session in Tree View then make changes and click Save 4 4 2 Create Adaptive Streams An Adaptive Stream defines the output Resolution and Bit Rate of the Adaptive Session 1 Click to select the Adaptive Session that will have the stream added Figure 1 19 2 Click New Adaptive Stream on the Tool Bar Figure 1 18 Adaptive Session Created Figu...

Page 43: ... and Video Codec parameters 5 Select the Resolution and Aspect Ratio 6 Click Apply to save the changes and create the stream 7 The Adaptive Stream is added to the Session and is displayed on the Tree View Figure 1 21 8 The Adaptive Stream is also displayed on the Path Bar when the Stream is selected Figure 1 20 Refine Adaptive Stream Parameters Figure 1 21 Adaptive Stream is Added to Session ...

Page 44: ...uch as the Format IP Address Figure 1 23 4 Select the Publish point Format from the dropdown menu choices SPTS HLS Flash 5 Enter the Connection URL address Figure 1 24 6 Chose the physical output Interface from the dropdown menu Ports available may differ between models and could include VLANs if previously configured 7 Click Add to create the connection Multiple connections may be added 8 The Con...

Page 45: ...5 Start the Encoding Process The Streaming process is started from the Resource icon and each Resource is started individually 1 Click to select the Resource to be started In the Tree View Figure 1 26 2 Click the Start button on the Tool Bar or Right Click menu 3 The Streaming starts and is indicated on the Tree View by small triangles in the lower right corner of all streaming Element Icons Figur...

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Page 47: ...rce 1 Click on the Device icon Figure 1 1 2 Click Add Resource on the tool bar or Right Click menu 3 In the window that opens select Ethernet from the Type drop down choices Figure 1 2 4 Choose the physical rear panel Ethernet port that the stream appears on from the Card choices eth1 eth2 eth3 or eth4 Depending on the model ordered there may be more or less Ethernet port choices 5 Enter the IP ad...

Page 48: ...e with the included SPTS Incoming stream PIDs detailed in the adjacent Pane View Figure 1 6 13 The Preview ON tick box is selected by default Untick the box to disable Preview for this resource only and click Save if a change was made The Preview function requires a small amount of Device CPU cycles If the Device is running close to 100 CPU utilization as witnessed by the Device Monitoring page se...

Page 49: ... for the Ethernet Resource by repeating these steps 1 Click to select the Ethernet Resource icon in the Tree View Figure 1 7 2 Select New SPTS Stream on the Tool Bar 3 On the new page that opens Figure 1 8 give the stream a meaningful Name such as the service name 4 Edit Video Audio Video Pre processing Parameters as required For details see Session Settings on page 6 1 5 Click Apply to save and a...

Page 50: ...s the IP Address and the type of publish Figure 1 10 4 Define the Connection with IP address and port number then choose the physical Output Ethernet Interface Ports available may differ between models and could include VLANs if previously configured 5 Tick the Multicast box if this is a multicast IP address default is unticked unicast 6 Click Add to create and add the connection to the Tree View ...

Page 51: ...daptive Session defines the Codec and transcoding parameters Multiple Adaptive Sessions with differing resolutions and bitrate may be created 1 Highlight the Resource that will have a new Adaptive Session Figure 1 13 2 Click New Adaptive Session on the Tool Bar 3 Give the session a Name and refine parameters such as choice of Codec Figure 1 14 4 Click Apply to save and add the session Figure 1 12 ...

Page 52: ...ons may be edited just click to select the Session in Tree View then make changes and click Save 5 4 2 Create Adaptive Streams An Adaptive Stream defines the output Resolution and Bit Rate of the Adaptive Session 1 Click to select the Adaptive Session that will have the stream added Figure 1 16 2 Click New Adaptive Stream on the Tool Bar Figure 1 15 Adaptive Session Created Figure 1 16 Add Adaptiv...

Page 53: ...io and Video Codec parameters 5 Select the Resolution and Aspect Ratio 6 Click Apply to save the changes and create the stream 7 The Adaptive Stream is added to the Session and is displayed on the Tree View Figure 1 18 8 The Adaptive Stream is also displayed on the Path Bar when the Stream is selected Figure 1 17 Refine Adaptive Stream Parameters Figure 1 18 Adaptive Stream is Added to Session ...

Page 54: ... 20 4 Select the Publish point Format from the dropdown menu choices HLS SPTS Flash 5 Enter the Connection URL address Figure 1 21 6 Chose the physical output Interface from the dropdown menu Ports available may differ between models and could include VLANs if previously configured 7 Click Add to create the connection Multiple connections may be added 8 The Connection is created and may be further...

Page 55: ...ocess is started from the Resource icon and each Resource is started individually 1 In the Tree View click to select the Resource to be started Figure 1 23 2 Click the Start button on the Tool Bar or the Right Click menu 3 The Streaming starts and is indicated in the Tree View by small triangles in the lower right corner of all streaming Element Icons Figure 1 24 Figure 1 22 Publish is Added to Ad...

Page 56: ...cators When streaming starts the icon for each element changes to show a small triangle to indicate that Before the streaming is started the icons appear without triangle indicator Figure 1 25 Once streaming has begun the triangle appears in each icon Figure 1 26 Figure 1 25 Streaming Stopped Figure 1 26 Streaming Started ...

Page 57: ...is should be a meaningful name which clearly identifies the stream or it s purpose Audio Encoding Parameters Use Audio Tick Box Tick to enable the Audio stream in the output Codec Dropdown menu Choices MPEG2 MP3 AAC AC3 EAC3 HEAAC AC Passthrough Tick Box Only used for AC3 or EAC3 Tick to enable using the original audio configuration Bit Rate Dropdown menu Audio bitrate Choices available depend on ...

Page 58: ...ox Selected enabled by default and cannot be disabled in MPEG2 Codec adaptive I frame decisions are enabled Disabling Scenecut prevents H 264 from generating a key frame when there is a scene cut in the video important to keep key frames consistent for multi bitrate videos See Figure 1 4 Figure 1 3 and description below Bframes Dropdown menu Specifies the maximum number of concurrent B Frames that...

Page 59: ...scene changes and placement of new I IDR frames as illustrated in Figure 1 3 where we see the irregular timing of the I IDR frames the red blocks indicative of an open GOP structure When Scenecut is disabled box is un ticked illustrated in Figure 1 4 the red blocks representing I IDR frames occur in a timed interval based on the Keyframe Duration setting Figure 1 2 SPTS Scenecut Setting Figure 1 3...

Page 60: ...t is not ticked Scenecut Tick box Not selected by default and cannot be enabled adaptive I frame decisions are disabled Disabling Scenecut prevents H 264 from generating a key frame when there is a scene cut in the video important to keep key frames consistent for multi bitrate videos See Figure 1 3 Figure 1 4 Subtitles Method Dropdown menu Determines how subtitles closed captions are handled defa...

Page 61: ... menu Number of audio channels Choices 1 2 or 5 1 channels Video Encoding Parameters Use Video Tick box Tick to enable the video stream in the output Codec Profile Dropdown menu Choices of Baseline Main High Low Latency Codec Speed Dropdown menu Adjust for best performance based on scene action Default setting is best for most streams Bit Rate Integer Enter video encoding rate in kbps VBR Tick box...

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Page 63: ...should be a meaningful name which clearly identifies the Publish or it s purpose Closed Captioning Tick Box Tick to include the closed caption Subtitles if existing CBR Out Integer Un tick Automatic to enable entering a CBR bitrate for the Video stream Automatic Tick Box Tick to turn on Variable Bit Rate output Un tick to set to CBR then enter an integer in CBR Out Default is ticked VBR Program No...

Page 64: ...r playback on iOS based devices including iPhone iPad iPod touch and Apple TV and on desktop computers Mac OS X HTTP Live Streaming supports both live broadcasts and prerecorded content video on demand multiple alternate streams at different bit rates and the client software can switch streams intelligently as network bandwidth changes HTTP Live Streaming also provides for media encryption and use...

Page 65: ...mber to change default value PCR PMT PID xx Integer Change default values if required Default PCR PID always follows Video PID Video PID Integer Change default value if required Audio PID xx Tick Box Integer Input audio PIDs detected are listed along with their PID number and language Tick to include this language in the output Mouse over Info icon to see the language of the audio stream Add New C...

Page 66: ... menu Select Flash Audio PID xx Tick Box Integer Input audio PIDs detected are listed along with their PID number and language Tick to include this language in the output Mouse over Info icon to see the language of the audio stream Add New Connection Protocol Fixed Value RTMP by default URL IP Address Enter the IP address or URL for the publish Entry of URL requires a DNS entry defined on the mana...

Page 67: ... channel center frequency is incremented by 6 MHz from the first specified frequency 8 1 Chapter Contents Setup a QAM Modulator Create a QAM Multiplex Create A TS Source Adding TS Source Programs Adding Multiple TS Sources 8 2 Setup a QAM Modulator This setup is required only if QAM modulators are provided as a hardware option Click to select the Device in Tree View Figure 1 1 1 Click the QAM Outp...

Page 68: ...menu 3 Give a Name to the MUX Optional Figure 1 3 4 Select M QAM from the Output Type drop down 5 Select the desired RF output channel from the QAM Channel drop down 6 Enter the TS Transport Stream ID number 7 Tick PSIP Enable if the PSIP should be active on this channel alternately DVB SI Enable or None Figure 1 4 Figure 1 2 Create QAM Multiplex Figure 1 3 Edit QAM Multiplex Figure 1 4 Select PSI...

Page 69: ...lick Save to apply the changes made 8 4 Create A TS Source 1 Click to select the MUX in Tree View then click New TS Source on the Tool Bar Figure 1 6 2 Name the Source Suggestion Use a meaningful name Figure 1 7 3 Tick or untick Multicast then enter the appropriate IP address and port number 4 Select the physical Interface Ethernet port that the stream appears on from the drop down menu 5 Click Ad...

Page 70: ... Programs Each TS Source may have one or many programs available as it may be an SPTS or MPTS Select programs from the added TS sources to fill the MUX 1 With the TS Source selected in Tree View click Analyze Figure 1 9 2 Click to select the Program to be added in the left MPTS Results window Figure 1 10 3 Click the Source Multiplex in the right MUX window 4 Click the Right Arrow to add the progra...

Page 71: ...ources Multiple input TS sources and programs may be added to any MUX up to the bitrate specified for the MUX Figure 1 13 1 Add more new TS Sources to a MUX see Create A TS Source on page 8 3 2 For each TS Source add program s to the source see Adding TS Source Programs on page 8 4 Only the bitrate of added programs counts toward filling the output MUX Figure 1 11 Program Added to TS Source Figure...

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Page 73: ...ecified however there is no internal mechanism to limit bitrate 9 1 Chapter Contents Create an Ethernet MUX Create a TS Source Adding TS Source Programs Adding Multiple TS Sources 9 2 Create an Ethernet MUX 1 Click to select the Device in the Tree View Figure 1 1 2 Click Add MPTS Multiplex on the tool bar 3 Give a Name to the MUX optional Figure 1 2 By default Ethernet is selected in Output Type 4...

Page 74: ...1 so these two ports should not be used for streaming an Ethernet MUX 6 Enter the TS Transport Stream ID number 7 Tick DVB SI Enable only if required for the application Figure 1 3 If this box is ticked then enter Network ID Name and Service Provider as well 8 Once added the MUX will be in the Tree View under the Device Figure 1 4 No need to click Save 9 If any changes are required select the MUX ...

Page 75: ...P address is in the multicast range 4 Select the input Ethernet port from the drop down that the stream appears on 5 Click Add to add the Source 6 The new TS Source is added to the MUX in Tree View Figure 1 7 To add multiple TS sources to a MUX return to step 1 Multiple TS sources may be added to a MUX to aggregate content One or more programs may be added from any TS Source Programs may be added ...

Page 76: ...t the Program to be added in the left MPTS Results window Figure 1 9 3 Click the Source Multiplex in the right MUX window 4 Click the Right Arrow to add the program to the MUX Repeat to add more required programs from this TS Source to the MUX if there are multiple Programs may be deleted by selecting them in the MUX window then click the Left Arrow 5 The Program is added to the output MUX Figure ...

Page 77: ...rces and programs may be added to any MUX up to the bitrate specified for the MUX Figure 1 12 1 Add more new TS Sources to a MUX see 9 3 Create a TS Source on page 9 3 2 For each TS Source add program s to the source see 9 4 Adding TS Source Programs on page 9 4 Only the bitrate of added programs counts toward filling the output MUX Figure 1 11 Added Program is Displayed under TS Source Figure 1 1...

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Page 79: ...on the Device Enabled or Disabled 4 Alarms Button Opens the alarms window for review and deletion of reported alarms 10 1 1 Reviewing Alarms Open the Alarms window by clicking the Alarms Button top right corner of the GUI Figure 9 8 4 The Alarms window opens and displays the current alarms Figure 9 9 1 Select the desired action from the actions list Clear All Alarms action will directly delete all...

Page 80: ...nological order most recent first Use scroll bars or mouse wheel to view list extents 2 The sort ordering can be changed by clicking the column header All headers toggle and sort the list between top down bottom down when clicked 3 Click the control actions to clear events or open Events History window 4 Search an alarm condition with criteria The list is dynamically refreshed with the items match...

Page 81: ...utton initiates the action All filter settings require Apply button to initiate action 4 Events are displayed by default in chronological order most recent first Use scroll bars or mouse wheel to view list extents 5 The sort ordering can be changed by clicking the column header All headers toggle and sort the list between top down bottom down when clicked 6 Search an alarm condition in the current...

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Page 83: ...2 Monitoring the Device The Device may be monitored at a Hardware level which is the underlying machine motherboard 1 In Tree View click the Device icon Figure 1 1 2 Click to select the Device tab Performance factors monitored include 3 CPU Load The histogram of average CPU load over the last 30 seconds displayed in Green 4 RAM The histogram of average RAM usage over the last 40 seconds 5 CPU Heat...

Page 84: ...b by clicking the History link shown in Figure 1 2 1 In Tree View click the Device Icon 2 Click to select the Device tab 3 Click the See History tab A number of options may be selected to determine the length of history The exact dates may be selected from the calendar by clicking in the From and To windows Figure 1 3 Preset time periods of from the last hour up to 2 weeks may also be selected Fig...

Page 85: ...case a user may disable Preview to lower CPU load 11 3 1 Single Resource Preview Any single Resource may be Previewed to determine the content or quality of the ingested video and audio before the content encoding transcoding is started Video is displayed at 5 frames sec The resource may be from Capture Cards or Ethernet input A resource may also be previewed to hear its audio quality if it alread...

Page 86: ...1 7 9 Click to select Stop in the menu The Resource stops streaming to the monitor window 11 3 2 Multiple Resource Monitoring All available Resources may be monitored on a single page but audio output will not be available Video is displayed at 5 frames sec For audio monitoring see 11 3 1 Single Resource Preview 1 Click to select the Monitoring tab Figure 1 8 2 From the Tree View click the Device ...

Page 87: ... to select the MUX to be monitored 2 Click to select the Monitoring tab Figure 1 9 3 The output bitrate of the MUX and the average payload is displayed 4 A histogram of the output bitrate and payload of the MUX are charted below 5 The resource in Tree View shows a Purple triangle indicating monitoring Figure 1 6 This must be manually stopped before adding Sessions or Streams Figure 1 9 Monitor a M...

Page 88: ...g there is full stream information available that is displayed by default but this may be turned off 11 5 1 View Less Stream Information Expanded stream information shown in the Pane View window is the default setting Turning off Expanded Information 1 From the Tree View click to select the Resource to be monitored Figure 1 12 2 Click Less 3 Expanded Stream Information is not displayed example sho...

Page 89: ...96 12 3 Support for VLANs The Device supports VLAN tagging to enable the Management MGMNT physical port to be accessed across the streaming GbE network on a configured switch This allows remote management of the Device without the problems associated with connecting the management port to an already congested network Data packets intended for the management process are effectively partitioned from...

Page 90: ... 4 In the new dialog that opens enter the VLAN Number VLAN tag in the name window Figure 1 2 The full name will comprise the selected Ethernet port number plus the VLAN number or tag In the example the selected physical port is eth1 and we entered 666 with the resulting full name in the GUI being eth1 666 5 Chose the output Ethernet Interface that the VLAN should appear on Changing the phy port ch...

Page 91: ... 4 Create a VLAN Using the Device GUI Procedure 1 Install and run PuTTY or another ssh client 2 Configure PuTTY or other ssh client with the IP address of the Device and use the default SSH port 22 3 Log in with user mkip and password 123456 4 Once connected and access to the menu is attained arrow down to Set Network then click OK Figure 1 4 5 Select the Streaming Ethernet Port that a virtual por...

Page 92: ...synonymous 9 Enter the vlan tag in the format ethx xxxx where the Ethernet port is typed followed by a dot then the vlan tag in up to 4 numeric digits ranging from 0 to 4096 ie eth1 1234 shown in Figure 1 7 Alphabetic characters are not allowed 10 Click OK to accept opening a new page for the IP address Figure 1 8 Enter the IP address and click OK Figure 1 6 Select Add VLAN Figure 1 7 Enter vlan t...

Page 93: ...r the mask Figure 1 9 and click OK 12 A new page opens to set the default gateway Enter the IP address of the gateway Figure 1 10 Click OK 13 Before creating the VLAN check that the settings are correct then click OK Figure 1 11 Figure 1 9 Enter VLAN IP Mask Figure 1 10 Enter Default Gateway IP Figure 1 11 Check Settings then accept ...

Page 94: ...ation may be viewed with the Display menu item Figure 1 13 16 When completed filling the requests a reboot from the main menu is required select Restart and click OK 17 After the restart of the server the new VLAN will be displayed in the GUI on the Device Ethernet Cards page as shown in Figure 1 14 Figure 1 12 Added VLAN shows in list Figure 1 13 Display shows new VLAN Figure 1 14 Newly Added VLA...

Page 95: ... necessary to connect a Management PC directly to the MGMNT port eth0 of the Device for configuration This situation can be inconvenient if the Device is remotely located This scenario is shown in Figure 1 15 12 6 2 Management MGMNT VLAN Figure 1 15 Access the Device GUI Direct Connect to MGMNT No VLAN Figure 1 16 Access to MGMNT Redirected to VLAN eth4 123 ...

Page 96: ...t tagged 123 and likewise traffic for management is only routed to the port tagged 123 12 6 3 Streaming Network VLAN In the same way that management traffic is partitioned to appear only on the management VLAN switch port VLANs may be created to partition streaming traffic segments also An example is shown in Figure 1 17 Three VLANs are created and all stream from the same Ethernet port eth1 Netwo...

Page 97: ...within the mkip shell and assumes the connection is by SSH client PuTTY rather than physical connections 13 1 Chapter Contents SSH Clients Supported Connect Using Monitor Keyboard and Mouse MKIP Shell Menu Menu Display Menu Set Network Menu Ping Menu TCP Dump Menu Eth0 Set Default Menu Date Time Menu Restart Menu Shutdown Menu Authentication Mode 13 2 SSH Clients Supported Any ssh client may be us...

Page 98: ...ill be presented with the MKIP System Settings menu on the monitor which will be similar to Figure 1 4 13 4 Connect Using SSH Client It may be more convenient to use SSH than to connect a monitor In this manual we demonstrate using PuTTY an SSH client A free copy of PuTTY is obtainable at http www chiark greenend org uk sgtatham putty download html 1 Start PuTTY and enter the Device default IP add...

Page 99: ...t Network S The IP address settings of eth0 eth1 eth2 eth3 and eth4 Also enables the addition of virtual interfaces which are most notably used for VLAN tagging Ping P PING is a network interface utility to test connectivity to other network Devices TCP dump T Allows the user to check source multicasts on each of the ETH ports eth0 set Default e Restores all eth0 settings to their Factory Setting ...

Page 100: ...nu Display 1 Click Display to choose to display system IP addresses Figure 1 5 2 Click or select OK to open the information window Figure 1 6 3 Click OK again to return to the System Configuration Settings Menu Figure 1 5 MKIP System Configuration Settings Menu Figure 1 6 Display System Information ...

Page 101: ...dresses for VLAN tagging Setting the MGMNT IP address 1 Arrow down to Set Network Figure 1 7 2 Click OK to open the Network Configuration Settings page Figure 1 8 3 The eth0 network is selected click OK to set the eth0 IP Address the MGMNT port This is a series of pages Click OK each time to proceed to the next page in the series Figure 1 7 Set Network Figure 1 8 Choose Network ...

Page 102: ...age opens where a virtual interface could be added Again select the physical eth0 port and click OK to change the IP address settings Figure 1 9 5 Enter the desired IP address Figure 1 10 6 Set Subnet mask Figure 1 11 Figure 1 9 Set eth0 Network Figure 1 10 Set IP Address Figure 1 11 Set Subnet Mask ...

Page 103: ...ddress 8 If the default gateway IP address was set and this interface default gateway is not already the current machine default gateway you are prompted next to set that Figure 1 13 Select yes to set it as the machine default or no 9 When finished and you accept the changes Figure 1 14 the server will reboot 10 Reconnect on the new IP address if changed Figure 1 12 Set Gateway Figure 1 13 Set as ...

Page 104: ...is is helpful when managing the Device remotely 1 Arrow down to Ping menu item and click OK Figure 1 15 2 Enter a target address on the network or VLAN Figure 1 16 3 Depending on the ability to reach the destination target address one of the following results will be obtained If target is not reachable Figure 1 17 Figure 1 15 Ping Figure 1 16 Enter target IP Figure 1 17 Output for no Connectivity ...

Page 105: ...n to the menu 13 9 Menu TCP Dump Use this option to obtain a TCP protocol dump for troubleshooting interface issues and connectivity 1 Select TCP Dump from the menu Figure 1 19 2 Specify a target interface by typing the interface name Figure 1 20 Click OK Figure 1 18 Output for Connectivity Figure 1 19 Select TCP Dump Figure 1 20 Select an Interface ...

Page 106: ...II DigiVu II Micro Operation Manual 3 A time limit for this dump must be specified in seconds Figure 1 21 Click OK 4 Receive the output of the TCP dump on your terminal session screen Figure 1 22 Figure 1 21 Enter a time limit Figure 1 22 View the Dump Data ...

Page 107: ...of the MGMNT management Interface eth0 may be set to factory default 192 168 0 23 with this option 1 Select eth0 Set Default from the menu Figure 1 23 2 Confirm action click Yes Figure 1 24 3 The change takes place after a reboot Log in again using 192 168 0 23 Figure 1 23 Select eth0 Set Default Figure 1 24 Confirm Restore eth0 to Default ...

Page 108: ...is entered the NTP server IP address if entered will be removed 1 Select Date Time from the menu Figure 1 25 2 Enter the time and date in the format Day Month Year HH MM SS Example 3 mar 2013 11 22 00 Figure 1 26 Click OK 3 Time will be set to the specified time and any NTP server IP addresses will be cleared Figure 1 25 Select Date Time Figure 1 26 Enter Date Time in correct format ...

Page 109: ...e time may be set to be updated by an NTP server This is the only way to define the NTP server It cannot be set from the GUI 1 Select Set Time By NTP from the menu Figure 1 27 2 Enter the IP address of the NTP server Do not use the url Figure 1 28 Click OK Figure 1 27 Select Set Time By NTP Figure 1 28 Choose Set NTP Server IP ...

Page 110: ... Time Zone from the menu next 4 If the time zone was incorrect select Set Time By NTP again from the menu Figure 1 27 This time choose Time Zone Figure 1 28 5 Choose the geographic region for the time zone of the Device Figure 1 30 then click OK 6 Choose the local region of the Device Figure 1 31 Click OK 7 Time will be automatically updated from the defined server Figure 1 29 Enter the IP address...

Page 111: ...in through SSH will be defined also on the remote radius server In this mode the Operator must configure through mkip several parameters for identification against the Remote RADIUS Server Local Authentication GUI current and default mode In this mode The User name and the Password are as Usual and hard coded Both the Apache2 username password and mkip password Radius Authentication In this mode t...

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