Harman FG3107-12K, Instruction Manual

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Overview
1
Vision
2
Instruction Manual
Overview
Vision
2
is a sophisticated, fully-integrated video capture, management, and broadcast system for organizations and homeowners
wanting a comprehensive, yet simple-to-use, IP video delivery solution. Vision
2
offers live, scheduled, or on-demand video, all
managed from a convenient web interface. Through the web interface, you can perform the following:

Capture and encode content

Upload, archive, manage, and publish content

Schedule programming

Broadcast at selectable bitrate to any platform

Provide live TV and video on-demand over Intranet to PCs and Set-top boxes attached to displays

Provide video on-demand to supported tablets
Live Channels
Vision
2
services output one or more multicast video streams, called Live Channels, which can be viewed by PC or Set-top box users.
Live Channels are managed by Vision
2
and so they are referred to as managed channels. If using a third party multicast video
stream source, it can be added to Vision
2
as an unmanaged channel. Unmanaged refers to the fact that Vision
2
does not control the
channel. Unmanaged channels also appear in the list of Live Channels available to PC and Set top box users.
Vision2 Services
Vision
2
consists of a number services which correspond to the main video functions. See the table below for a description of each
service.
Components of a Vision2 system
A Vision
2
system can consist of one or more Vision
2
servers. One of the Vision2 servers must be set as the master server, the other
servers known as
clients
are subordinate to this server. Typically a V2-MASTER-xxxx server is used as the Master server but it is
possible to use other servers as the master server in smaller installations. User access the Vision2 user interface through a web
page on the master server,
http://<master server name>/v2.aspx. Tablet users connect to http://<master server name>/tablet.aspx
Similarly set-top boxes connect to the master server using the url http://<master server name>/v2.aspx.
The following table lists the different Vision
2
servers:
Vision2 Services
Service Description
Archive Video archive used for viewing videos on demand
DVB Add Digital Tuner channels to your Vision
2
system
Record Record any of the channels in your system to a selected Archive
Producer Create a scheduled TV channel using video stored in your archives
Reflector Transmit your Vision
2
channels over the Internet or onto another subnet
MAX CSE Encoder Use a MAX CSE encoder to add an analogue video source to your Vision
2
system
Vision2 Server
Name FG number Description
V2-MASTER-0300 FG3106-03
V2-MASTER-1200 FG3106-12
V2-MASTER-1210 FG3107-12K
V2-MASTER-1210 FG3107-12
V2-MASTER-2400 FG3106-24
V2-MASTER-3600 FG3106-36 FG3106-03K 1.8 TB
FG3106-12K 9.1 TB
FG3107-12K 12 TB
FG3107-12 12 TB
FG3106-24K 18.2 TB
FG3106-36K 27.3 TB Hosts VOD Archive, Reflector, Producer, and Record Services.
There can be only one Master Server per Vision2 installation,
however the same hardware can be used as a
Client
Server.
Access point for Vision2 user interface. The V2-MASTER is
available with different amounts of archive storage (Note the
storage amounts quoted in TB are the amounts available for use
by all Archives on the system, not the hard drive space).