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any source, and another input with the same address/port combination and a specific
source, you must configure the input with specific source first.
Maximum number of streams exceeded on this port
: you will receive this message if
you attempt to create more than 8 IP inputs on a given Ethernet port.
Clicking on
Cancel
discards all the changes.
Active IP Inputs Table
Once the input is created, it is added to the
Active IP Inputs
table, which has
Basic
and
Advanced
views. This table provides a summary of the configuration and status of the input
stream. An example of this table, in the Basic view, is depicted below
The Basic view includes the following:
Enabled:
The configured value of this parameter.
Locked:
This column will have
Yes
for inputs that are receiving a valid transport stream,
and
No
for inputs that are not.
TS Bit Rate (b/s):
This column provides the measured bit rate of the input transport
stream. This does not include UDP and IP overhead.
UDP Port:
The active reception UDP port (i.e., the UDP port currently being used by the
input).
Reception Address:
The active reception address (i.e., the address being currently used
by the input). If you selected
Unicast
, this field will contain the IP address of the
corresponding Ethernet interface. If you selected
Multicast
, this field will contain the
configured multicast address. If you selected
Broadcast
, this field will contain the word
“Broadcast”.
Stream Name:
The configured stream name.
Edit Port:
If you click on this button, you can modify all the parameters for this input.
The configuration area will re-open with the current input settings.
Delete Port:
If you click on this button, the port is deleted and removed from the table.
When you click on the
Edit Port
button for an IP Input configured with primary/backup
reception addresses, the Redundancy Control part of the configuration screen will include one
additional control, to permit manual redundancy flips: