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DVB Monitor M1 User Manual 2.21 

4.2.6.

 

Active Alarms 

 

 

Click 

CONFIG -> Alarms -> Active Alarms

 

 

You can see all currently active alarms with just one click.  
 

o

 

NOTE:

 If any alarms are detected during a cycle, they will be displayed in the Active Alarms 

menu in 

grey

 colors. Grey alarms are not active yet, and are not logged in the log files. If on 

the next scan cycle the alarms are still active, they change from grey to 

red

 – signifying that 

they have become Active, and are logged in the log files. The number of required scan cycles 
before any alarms become active(from grey to red) are determined by the 

Additional checks

 

number input. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for DVB MONITOR M1

Page 1: ...www kvarta net 1 32 1 DVB Monitor M1 User Manual 2 21 DVB MONITOR M1 KVARTA USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... AND OPERATION 9 4 1 STREAMING mode single carrier measurements and streaming 9 4 1 1 RF Configuration 9 4 1 2 Streaming configuration 10 4 1 3 RF Measurements 11 4 1 4 Constellation diagram 12 4 2 MONITORING mode multiple carrier monitoring and alarms 13 4 2 1 Search and install carriers 13 4 2 2 RF Configuration 14 4 2 3 Monitoring status 15 4 2 4 RF alarms 17 4 2 5 MPEG alarms 18 4 2 6 Active A...

Page 3: ...7 A 2 Configuration and special files on the device 27 a config ini Keeps all configuration information windows configuration file 27 b config2 ini Backup for your config ini 27 c freq txt Keeps monitoring frequencies comma separated file 27 d programs txt Keeps programs on the device comma separated file 27 e help txt ASCII commands description file 27 f mib SNMP MIB file 27 A 3 ASCII COMMANDS 27...

Page 4: ... reliability quality and functionality at exceptional prices All of our products have been designed for professional broadcast use and are fully meet the standards Our devices incorporate embedded web site and SNMP communication 1 2 About DVB Digital Video Broadcasting DVB is a suite of internationally accepted open standards for digital television DVB standards are maintained by the DVB Project a...

Page 5: ...0 V1 2 1 Level 30dBuV 100dBuV 2dBuV MER 19dB 45dB 2dB C N 19dB 45dB 2dB SNR 19dB 55dB 2dB BER DVB C 1E 1 1E 7 CBER VBER DVB T 1E 1 1E 7 LBER DVB T2 1E 1 1E 7 MER BER DVB S 1E 1 1E 7 MER BER DVB S2 1E 1 1E 7 MPEG Decoding Tables PAT PMT SDT TDT TOT Alarms Service Audio Video alarms with e mail notifications and SNMP traps Monitoring Alarms Carrier count Level low high SNR low C N low MER low BER hi...

Page 6: ...Interval Missing PID Priority 2 alarms Transport error indicator CRC PCR Interval PTS Interval CAT Priority 3 alarms NIT Interval SI repetition rate Unreferenced PID SDT Interval EIT Interval RST TDT Interval CA Alarms ECM Maximum Interval Scrambling change interval EMM minimum bitrate NOTE Advanced MPEG Monitoring is a purchasable add on option for our DVB devices ...

Page 7: ...nitor M1 User Manual 2 21 2 4 SFN OPTION SPECIFICATION SFN Measurements Alarms SFN Impulse delay 30000µs to 30000µs 4µs SFN Drift 0µs to 1000µs 4µs absolute value SFN Network delay 0µs to 1000µs 4µs GPS Lock Alarm MIP packet Alarm ...

Page 8: ... site is displayed NOTE Your computer should have IP address which is in the same network 3 2 LED Indication POWER Indicates that power supply is available LAN Indicates LAN connection ON OFF blinking indicates problem with the SD card plugged out or can t read config ini file properly ALARM Indicates reception blinking indicates parameter out of range or bad reception 3 3 Back panel Micro SD 2GB ...

Page 9: ... AND OPERATION 4 1 STREAMING mode single carrier measurements and streaming 4 1 1 RF Configuration Open the embedded web page and click CONFIG Config Streaming mode should be ON as it is in the picture below Select the modulation type Analog DVB C DVB S DVB S2 DVB T2 DVB T 1 Type the center frequency of the monitored carrier Click Save Tune Connect the RF Antenna or CATV source to IN A or IN B Sel...

Page 10: ...d web page and click CONFIG Stream Select the protocol OFF UDP RTP RTSP Select the type of MPEG TS MPTS Multi Program Transport Stream SPTS Single Program Transport Stream For SPTS select up to 5 services on the same frequency to be streamed For MPTS just select the destination address for the IP stream ...

Page 11: ...s web page constantly displays the measured RF parameters Demodulator lock FEC Lock C N MER BER and other measurements depending on the modulation type Click the STATUS MPEG This page displays various MPEG tables PAT PMT SDT TDT CAT TOT Click F5 to reload tables You can also add or remove alarms for specific PIDs in the MPEG transport stream ...

Page 12: ... DVB Monitor M1 User Manual 2 21 4 1 4 Constellation diagram Click the STATUS Constellation button in the side menu and the constellation diagram will be displayed NOTE This is available only for single frequency measurement ...

Page 13: ...either Quick Search or Search For standard Search select the modulation a starting and ending frequency and click START o NOTE Please be patient while the device searches for carriers The device will automatically search for and install any carriers it finds For Quick Search select the modulation and the frequency you want to search and click START o NOTE Specific frequencies must be known for thi...

Page 14: ...orner of the standard and type in the exact carrier frequency and then press Add Connect the RF Antenna or CATV source to IN A or IN B Select the appropriate Input A or B used for the type of modulation Analog DVB C DVB T DVB T2 DVB S DVB S2 Configure other relative settings like Bandwidth Symbol Rate Constellation and Spectrum by pressing the Settings button located in the upper left corner for e...

Page 15: ... 15 32 15 DVB Monitor M1 User Manual 2 21 4 2 3 Monitoring status Check the status and measured values for the configured scan ranges and frequencies Click STATUS Monitoring to check RF parameters and carriers found ...

Page 16: ... STATUS Status to check RF parameters and carriers found When clicking additional detailed information is displayed Clicking on MORE displays the detailed information for all PIDs and Sections NOTE This view is only available with Advanced MPEG Monitoring option ...

Page 17: ...r M1 User Manual 2 21 4 2 4 RF alarms NOTE Alarms are only working while the device is in monitoring mode Click CONFIG Alarms RF Alarms Click the tick next to the alarm to enable it NOTE Carriers alarm is the minimum number of carriers ...

Page 18: ...1 4 2 5 MPEG alarms Click CONFIG Alarms Service Alarms An alarm will be triggered if data for the specified service is missing for more than 3 seconds The DVB Monitor automatically searches for Audio or Video PID and if such not found an alarm is triggered ...

Page 19: ...hey will be displayed in the Active Alarms menu in grey colors Grey alarms are not active yet and are not logged in the log files If on the next scan cycle the alarms are still active they change from grey to red signifying that they have become Active and are logged in the log files The number of required scan cycles before any alarms become active from grey to red are determined by the Additiona...

Page 20: ...log files become available only if the device has the Advanced MPEG Monitoring or the Alarm Profiles options 4 3 1 Alarms log Click STATUS Log Alarms log Displays log with 20 of the latest alarms 4 3 2 Stream log Click STATUS Log Stream log Displays log with 20 of the latest stream changes ...

Page 21: ...on of the new update file update bin After the update file has been selected click Upload file Wait for upload to finish o NOTE It takes 10 15 seconds for the file to be uploaded to the device Once the file has been uploaded successfully just select Update and the device will automatically install the new update and restart it takes about 30 seconds o NOTE Please do not turn off the power of the d...

Page 22: ...gin authentication no SSL For assistance please contact us Click E mail in the side menu Set appropriate SMTP server and authentication configuration Configure e mail parameter and subject can include alarm text using the macro ALARM 4 4 3 SNMP configuration NOTE Please contact us for more support at support kvarta net ...

Page 23: ...d edit delete all parameters for the services found in the multiplex 4 4 5 RTSP configuration Click CONFIG General RTSP to enter real time streaming protocol specific configuration The device URL can be used if the device is behind router programs m3u can be loaded in VLC for video monitoring NOTE You should be in Streaming mode and RTSP should be the protocol Only one RTSP client is supported ...

Page 24: ...ONFIG Remux to enter SPTS remultiplexer specific configuration You can reconfigure the output SID PIDs Service Name Provider Name etc NOTE It is only working in Streaming mode and SPTS streams 4 4 7 VLAN Click Streaming VLAN to configure VLAN settings for the output streams or the management ...

Page 25: ...www kvarta net 25 32 25 DVB Monitor M1 User Manual 2 21 4 5 Charts Click Charts in the side menu to view a graphical representation of the RF parameters works only in monitoring mode ...

Page 26: ...e DVB T Digital Video Broadcasting Terrestrial SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol PID Packet Identification PAT Program Allocation Table PMT Program Map Table NIT Network Identification Table TDT Time and Date Table TOT Time Offset Table SDT Service Description Table CAT Conditional Access Table ...

Page 27: ...ion windows configuration file b config2 ini Backup for your config ini c freq txt Keeps monitoring frequencies comma separated file d programs txt Keeps programs on the device comma separated file e help txt ASCII commands description file f mib SNMP MIB file A 3 ASCII COMMANDS Device Model DVB MENTOR 0 05B 10 05 2013 Auto generated file Definitions apply to DVB MENTOR Supported ASCII COMMANDS fo...

Page 28: ...s CURRENT_IP read only Reads the current IP address CURRENT_MASK read only Reads the current sub network mask CURRENT_GATEWAY read only Reads the current gateway IP address DHCP_STATUS read only Reads DHCP status UPDATE_AVAILABLE read only Reads if there is update available UPDATE_START write only Starts un update The WEB group WEB SERVER read write Embedded Web Server On Off WEB PORT read write T...

Page 29: ...e SMTP PASSWORD read write SMTP authentication password SMTP FROM read write E mail From address SMTP TO read write E mail To address SMTP CC read write E mail CC address SMTP BCC read write E mail BCC address SMTP SUBJECT read write E mail subject Macro ALARM can be used SMTP TEXT read write E mail signature The TUNER group TUNER_MODE read write Tuner mode Analog DVB C DVB T FREQUENCY read write ...

Page 30: ... write Scan timeout alarm On Off ATV LEVEL_LOW read write Low level threshold in dBuV ATV LEVEL_LOW_ON read write Low level alarm On Off ATV LEVEL_HIGH read write High level threshold in dBuV ATV LEVEL_HIGH_ON read write High level alarm On Off ATV SNR_LOW read write SNR low level threshold in dB ATV SNR_LOW_ON read write SNR low level alarm On Off ATV LOST_ON read write Carrier lost alarm On Off ...

Page 31: ... write MER low alarm On Off DVBT VBER_HIGH read write VBER high threshold 0 1e 7 1 1e 6 max 7 DVBT VBER_HIGH_ON read write VBER high alarm On Off DVBT CBER_HIGH read write CBER high threshold 0 1e 7 1 1e 6 max 7 DVBT CBER_HIGH_ON read write CBER high alarm On Off DVBT LOST_ON read write Carrier lost alarm On Off The MPEG group MPEG PID_TIMEOUT read write MPEG alarm timeout in seconds MPEG PID_TIME...

Page 32: ...settings S ADDRESS read write Stream destination IP address and port S SID read write Streaming sid number S VLAN read write Streaming VLAN S REMUX read write Streaming remuxer On Off S SDT_EN read write Stream SDT table On Off S EIT_EN read write Stream EIT table On Off S TDT_EN read write Stream TDT table On Off S OUT_SID read write Stream REMUX ouput SID S OUT_TS read write Stream REMUX ouput T...

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