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32 EPG Overview
Each COM51 card gives you access to an integrated Electronic Program Guide (EPG) that can
be used to create a user-defined guide channel of all programming offered at your location.
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The EPG provides the viewer with an auto-scrolling channel listing. It is essentially a dynamic
MPEG video stream made up of still images of the current programming. It moves down the
list of assigned channels every 2.5 seconds, creating a constant cycle, showing nine channels
at a time. As such, the guide is not interactive, so the viewer must manually tune to their
channel of choice.
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Guide data includes
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All AT&T DIRECTV networks tuned on the system
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Channels from external sources.
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COM3000 EPG has the ability to store and stream welcome screen images to the QAM that will
play direct from the COM51 card.
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See section 33.1 for details on creation of Welcome Screen images.
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The basic EPG information is stored on the COM51 card. Therefor you will need to log into the IP
address of that card when setting up or editing the EPG file.
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The SysInfo page will display ‘EPG’ in the EPG field of a card utilized for this purpose. Figure 52
below shows an example of the SysInfo page displaying the EPG designation The EPG is running
on card one in chassis one. The card IP address is 192.168.3.18.
Figure 52 - SysInfo EPG
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If the number of channels in the EPG fits in one screen (nine or less) the channel listing will
not scroll. This permits the installer to have multiple cards generating a different EPG
channel listing nine channels each. This will create the user experience that channeling up or
down will page up or down nine channels in the guide.
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The EPG can also convert the AT&T / DIRECTV guide information into PSIP guide information
that is decodable by many televisions.
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PSIP permits the channel number to be remapped, the channel name can be displayed, the
current time displayed, and the current and next program titles displayed.
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To generate PSIP guide information, the last two numbers for each channel must list the
QAM20 chassis number and QAM20 destination port number. This information is
automatically filled in when EpgLoad is clicked. To disable PSIP guide generation for a