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June 2021

Form 8222

www.sencore.com | 1.605.978.4600

Revision 1.0

Impulse 300D
Network Decoder

User Manual

Summary of Contents for Impulse 300D

Page 1: ...June 2021 Form 8222 www sencore com 1 605 978 4600 Revision 1 0 Impulse 300D Network Decoder User Manual...

Page 2: ...hould be made directly to those companies This document may also have links to third party web pages that are beyond the control of Sencore The presence of such links does not imply that Sencore endor...

Page 3: ...Impulse 300D User Manual Page 3 67 Revision History Date MM DD YYYY Version Description Author 03 16 2021 1 0 Initial Release RAG...

Page 4: ...ts have fallen into the apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped Do not expose this apparatus to dripping or splashing and ensure that...

Page 5: ...have another person close by in case of an accident Always refer to the manual for safe operation If you have a question about the application or operation call Sencore for assistance WARNING To reduc...

Page 6: ...cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the inte...

Page 7: ...e 2 Quick Start Guide Note If any option cables were ordered with the IMPULSE 300D they will be included in the box as well If any of these items were omitted from the packaging of the IMPULSE 300D pl...

Page 8: ...the IMPULSE 300D Web Interface 21 4 1 2 Hiding Unused Inputs 21 4 1 3 Buttons and Status Indicators 22 4 2 Main Panel 23 4 2 1 Configuring Active Inputs 24 4 2 2 Configuring IP Receive Input 25 4 2 3...

Page 9: ...Impulse 300D User Manual Page 9 67 Appendix D Open Source Software 64 Appendix E Warranty 66 Appendix F Support and Contact Information 66...

Page 10: ...r Manual Page 10 67 Section 1 Overview Introduction This section includes the following topics 1 1 Product Introduction 11 1 2 Front Panel Overview 11 1 3 Rear Panel Overview 12 1 4 Cooling 12 1 5 Rac...

Page 11: ...icensable feature Composite audio video output and HDMI 2 0 output The digital video output means that video monitoring is as easy as finding the nearest standard consumer television or PC monitor The...

Page 12: ...Connector 1 4 Cooling The IMPULSE 300D is cooled via forced induction through the front of the unit and exhausted through the vents in the rear of the chassis 1 5 Rack Information The IMPULSE 300D is...

Page 13: ...se 300D User Manual Page 13 67 Section 2 Installation Introduction This section includes the following topics 2 1 Rack Installation 14 2 2 Power Connection 14 2 3 AC Power Connection 14 2 4 Maintenanc...

Page 14: ...This could cause damage to the IMPULSE 300D personnel or property 2 3 AC Power Connection The IMPULSE 300D is intended for use on either 120V or 240V systems The power supply will automatically detec...

Page 15: ...300D User Manual Page 15 67 Section 3 Operating the Front Panel Section 3 Introduction This section includes the following topics 3 1 IMPULSE 300D Front Panel Overview 16 3 2 Network Setup via Front P...

Page 16: ...and bitrate 3 IP address of Network 1 interface 4 IP address of Network 2 interface The figure on the next page shows a typical screen on the front panel Several important features have been circled a...

Page 17: ...etwork it is connected to By default the IMPULSE 300D follows this configuration scheme Network 1 o Mode DHCP Network 2 o Mode Static o IP Address 10 0 0 72 o Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 o Gateway 0 0 0...

Page 18: ...utton to apply the changes 7 Alternatively if the unit is currently set to Static it can be set to DHCP by using the and buttons to move the cursor to IP Mode Press the button to enter Adapter Config...

Page 19: ...ect the column to edit and use the and buttons to change the Mask then press the button to save the selection 5 The cursor will now be on Gateway 6 Use the and buttons to select the column to edit and...

Page 20: ...age 20 67 Section 4 Operating the Web Interface Introduction This section includes the following topics 4 1 IMPULSE 300D Web Interface Overview 21 4 2 Main Panel 23 4 3 Admin Panel 38 4 4 Reporting Pa...

Page 21: ...ersions on these browsers may not be supported The user will need to login to the web interface Press the login button in order to login to the web interface Default Credentials Username admin Passwor...

Page 22: ...text in status menus shown in ORANGE are user configurable settings Text shown in BLUE is not user configurable and is strictly a status or value To minimize the status windows again click the icon S...

Page 23: ...s used to configure the unit to decode and de encapsulate When configuring the IMPULSE 300D the user begins at the top of the menu and works down The inputs are configured then decoding baseband proce...

Page 24: ...e active input will be the only information shown in the decoding menu To change the active input click the icon next to Input Selection Active Input Indicator Active Input Configuration Menu Setting...

Page 25: ...EG IP Input This menu configures the MPEG IP input for reception of unicast or multicast transport streams The version of IGMP the IMPULSE 300D uses is automatically determined when it connects to the...

Page 26: ...red to receive a unicast stream IGMP Filter Mode Exclude Include Used on networks supporting IGMPv3 If this setting is set to Exclude any streams originating from the user defined IP addresses will be...

Page 27: ...Impulse 300D User Manual Page 27 67 MPEG IP Input Statistics Menu The button is used to reset all the statistics for incoming IP packets and establish a new point of reference...

Page 28: ...iption Receive Enabled Disabled This setting allows the user to enable or disable these input stream settings Interface Network 1 Network 2 The physical connector on on which to receive the HLS traffi...

Page 29: ...cessing if decryption is to be done Discovery Timeout 0 infinite 1 100 seconds Defines the length of time to wait for the stream to be discovered Click the icon by the HLS input to view information ab...

Page 30: ...Receive Enabled Disabled This setting allows the user to enable or disable these input stream settings Interface Network 1 Network 2 The physical connector on which to receive the SRT traffic Call Mod...

Page 31: ...e 1 100 seconds Defines the length of time to wait for the stream to be discoverd Latency 1 8000 ms Defines buffer size in milliseconds Passphrase 10 79 characters Defines encryption passphrase Click...

Page 32: ...etwork 2 The physical Ethernet connector on which to receive the Zixi traffic Remote Host xxx xxx xxx xxx or url The IP address or domain name of the remote host broadcaster Alternate Remote Host xxx...

Page 33: ...S 192 AES 256 Automatic Select the type of Decryption Mode Decryption Key User entry AES 128 32 characters AES 192 48 characters AES 256 64 characters Provides the key to allow signal processing if de...

Page 34: ...h the native video format General and Overlay Options Setti Range Description Format Mode Auto Manual Setting to Auto the IMPULSE 300D will output video to match the incoming native video format Setti...

Page 35: ...D Color subcarriers and VBI embedding are configured in this menu Please note that the composite video output is only active if the output video format is SD Setting Range Description 525 Standard NTS...

Page 36: ...he two network ports can be set to either receive or transmit MPEG IP This menu is for setting up the transmission of MPEG IP unicast or multicast transport streams Setting Range Description Transmit...

Page 37: ...e IP Mode Auto Manual Enables automatic or manual source IP address Source IP 0 0 0 0 255 255 255 255 Source IP for stream Source Port 0 65535 This is the port used by the IMPULSE 300D to transmit the...

Page 38: ...Impulse 300D User Manual Page 38 67 4 3 Admin Panel 4 3 To access the Admin Control Panel click on the tab This menu allows the user to control many aspects of the IMPULSE 300D...

Page 39: ...tton A window will appear to enter the current password and new password 4 3 2 Profiles The IMPULSE 300D has the ability to save all configured settings to multiple profiles Profiles can be saved loca...

Page 40: ...ect a profile from the drop down menu and click this button The user will be prompted to confirm deletion of the profile Download Profile Select a profile from the drop down menu and click this button...

Page 41: ...f the IMPULSE 300D can be configured from the web interface To make changes to the management port click the button under the Unit Network Configuration section Domain name servers can be configured o...

Page 42: ...ic allows the user to manually define all TCP IP settings for the management port IP Four decimal octets XXX XXX XXX XXX This option is only available if Static Mode is set This is the IP address assi...

Page 43: ...d details in the Add SSH Tunnel window Most of the values for these settings can be found in your ZEN Master instance Setting Range Description Host IPv4 Address Valid Doman Name The IP address or web...

Page 44: ...LSE 300D web client is the default 4 3 7 Licensing Certain features of the IMPULSE 300D require licenses in order to be functional The interface displays all licenses available as well as the followin...

Page 45: ...onize date and time Manual allows the user to define a date and time NTP Server Four decimal octets XXX XXX XXX XXX Domain Name This is the IP Address or Domain Name of the local NTP Server on the net...

Page 46: ...upload software updates to the unit click on the button The current version and uploaded version is displayed in the Software Versions section The IMPULSE 300D will reboot after a software update is c...

Page 47: ...2 Rollback Software Updates The IMPULSE 300D is capable of reverting back to a previous version of software using the Rollback feature The IMPULSE 300D maintains two separate software images one is th...

Page 48: ...he reboot is complete the login screen will appear allowing the web interface to be logged into 4 3 11 Reset Defaults The IMPULSE 300D settings can be reset to factory defaults All settings will be re...

Page 49: ...an event log The active alarms are updated periodically in order to reflect the real time state of the unit Once an error is cleared it will be cleared from the active alarms window The event log can...

Page 50: ...ture of the alarm The icon means the log entry is informational and is not an error The icon means the log entry is an active alarm Name This column displays the description of the error The function...

Page 51: ...e icon means the log entry is informational and is not an error The icon means the log entry is an active alarm Timestamp This column displays the date and time the error was raised or cleared This da...

Page 52: ...ured time offset can also be applied to allow viewing the logs in a local time zone Title Description Name This column displays the name of the error or condition This is informational data no options...

Page 53: ...elected the icon will be displayed in the event log Alarm This column is only available in the tab This option allows the user to enable or disable this alarm in the Active Alarms log If checked the a...

Page 54: ...4 67 4 5 About Panel Under the tab there are no user definable parameters but there is information about software versions currently installed which licenses are installed how to contact Sencore and t...

Page 55: ...roduction This section includes the following appendices Appendix A Acronyms and Glossary 56 Appendix B Error and Event List 59 Appendix C Specifications 61 Appendix D Open Source Software 64 Appendix...

Page 56: ...ocol DPI Digital Program Insertion DTVCC Digital Television Closed Captioning DVB Digital Video Broadcasting EBU European Broadcasting Union EIA Electronic Industries Alliance EIT Event Information Ta...

Page 57: ...dards 13818 1 Systems 13818 2 Video 13818 3 Audio 13818 4 MPTS Multiprogram Transport Stream MRD Modular Receiver Decoder NTP Networking Time Protocol NTSC National Television System Committee OSD On...

Page 58: ...SSRC Synchronization Source STD input buffer A first in first out buffer at the input of a system target decoder for storage of compressed data from elementary streams before decoding STD System Targe...

Page 59: ...nfigured unicast receiver No Services Detected Service Lock service selection mode is enabled but no services are present in the active input transport stream NTP Server Unreachable The system cannot...

Page 60: ...Present The IMPULSE 300D has detected that the transport stream from the active input is no longer present UHD Video Unsupported Without UHD4K decoding license and video type is UHD4K Video Not Decodi...

Page 61: ...P or RTP Constant Bitrate IP Encapsulation 1 to 7 TS Packets per IP Packet Protocols Unicast and Multicast IGMP Compatability Version 1 2 and 3 TS Bitrate 250 Kbps to 30 Mbps Input Interfaces IP Physi...

Page 62: ...5 1 Sources Analog down mixed for 5 1 Sources Audio Sampling Rate 48 KHz Ancillary Data Pass through AFD SMPTE 2016 Closed Captions EIA 608 EIA 708 Operation Modes Live Decoding to HDMI SDI or CVBS Pl...

Page 63: ...C Cooling Software regulated fan Storage Temperature 40 to 149 F 40 to 65 C Relative Operating Humidity 95 non condensing Operation Modes Impulse 300D Impulse Decoder HDMI CVBS output UDP RTMP HLS SR...

Page 64: ...e Konstantin Knizhnik FCGI 2 4 6 FastCGI Open Market Inc FFmpeg 3 4 LGPL Version 2 1 February 1999 Fabrice Bellard gptfdisk 1 0 3 GPL Version 2 1 June 1991 Roderick W Smith Grub 2 00 GPL Version 3 29...

Page 65: ...der 12 0 4 BSD 2000 2012 Seungyoung Kim samba 4 7 0 GPL Version 3 29 June 07 Andrew Tridgekk et al Spawn FCGI 1 6 3 BSD Jan Kneschke Stefan Bahler Srt 1 3 2 MPLv2 License 2018 Haivision Systems Inc TC...

Page 66: ...returned for service or calibration an RMA number must be obtained In order to obtain a RMA number use the following steps 1 Contact the Sencore service department by going online to www sencore com...

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