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Monitor

VBrick H.264 Appliance Admin Guide

Manufacturing Information

Figure 11.

Monitor: System – Part 2

System Date & Time

Read-only. Set date and time on System Configuration >
General page.

User Information Version As displayed.

Part Number

VBrick part number of appliance.

Box Serial Number

As displayed.

Customer Class

As displayed.

Manufacturing Date

As displayed.

Board Assembly Number

As displayed.

Power Assembly Number

As displayed.

Lot Number

As displayed.

Board Serial Number

As displayed.

MAC Address

Displays the appliance's Media Access Control address.

Upgrade Date

VBrick manufacturing data.

Add-on Boards
Information Table

Use this table to find specific information about the add-on
boards in the appliance assembly. Shelf data, if shown, is read
from Slot 1 on an H.264 blade server.

Summary of Contents for 7000 Series

Page 1: ...VBrick v2 0 H 264 Appliance Admin Guide September 10 2009 4410 0253 0002 VBrick 7000 Series Network Video Appliances ...

Page 2: ...ass A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numerique de la Classe A respecte toutes les exigences do reglement dur le materiel brouilleur du Canada VBrick declares that this product conforms to the following certificate standards for electromagnetic emissions when installed according to the manufacturer s specifications EN...

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Page 4: ...Program Configuration 5 Getting Help 6 Configuring Local Online Help 6 2 System Configuration Network 7 Domain Name Server 9 Network Time Synchronization 9 General 10 System Identification 10 System Time 11 System Mode 11 System Reset 11 Front Panel 11 Usernames Passwords 13 Manage Configuration 14 Reset System Configuration 14 Read System Configuration 15 Restore System Configuration 16 Auto Conf...

Page 5: ...ouncements 49 Announce Settings 51 External Announce Settings 52 Servers 53 Announce Settings 55 External Announce Settings 55 5 Monitor System 57 System Information 58 Manufacturing Information 59 System Restart 59 Network 60 Network Time Synchronization 60 Video Audio 61 Video 61 Audio 62 System Logs 62 Program Status 64 Programs 64 Transmitters 64 Servers 65 6 Troubleshoot Ping Test 69 Ping Tes...

Page 6: ...VBrick H 264 Appliance Admin Guide v Trace Route Test Configuration 71 Device Tests 71 Maintenance Mode 72 Limited Run Mode 73 ...

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Page 8: ...ols in the left pane to open documents and the up and down arrows to page through them Use the Search box to find specific information Simply enter one or more words in the box and press Enter The search results will return pages that have all of the words you entered highlighted in yellow Internet Explorer only The Search box is not case sensitive and does not recognize articles a an the operator...

Page 9: ... commands Courier bold fixed width font is used for user input in scripts code examples or keyboard commands This bold black font is used to strongly emphasise important words or phrases Folder names and user examples in text are displayed in this sans serif font User input in text is displayed in this bold sans serif font Italics are used in text to emphasize specific words or phrases Printer Fri...

Page 10: ...table scalable and manageable networked video appliances Organizations worldwide can now deliver video in a wide range of quality from 3G to HD over any network infrastructure The new H 264 appliances promise vastly improved quality to deliver an even better customer experience for any given bandwidth Figure 1 VBrick H 264 Network Video Appliance Home The Home page provides a snapshot of the curre...

Page 11: ...dress Read from the System Configuration Network page System Description Read from the Monitor System page System Name Read from the System Configuration General page System Location Read from the System Configuration General page System Contact Read from the System Configuration General page System Up Time Read from the Monitor System page Refreshed every 60 seconds Total System Up Time Read from...

Page 12: ...Login T To login to an H 264 appliance 1 Open a browser and enter the IP address of the appliance in the address bar Video Input Checks whether Video State on the Monitor Video Audio page is running or not running Green Running Red Video Input problem Streaming Checks whether the State on the Program Status Transmitters page is transmitting or not transmitting This includes any configured transmit...

Page 13: ...site connector and S Video connector exist in a certain hardware configuration the two physical connectors may represent two separate sources for two separate programs or may represent a single source This allows users to select between the Composite S Video connectors thereby allowing switching within a designated program Configuration Quick Start This section gives a quick overview of the steps ...

Page 14: ...his release supports only a single mono or stereo audio source If two physical connectors are defined as being utilized for stereo there will be one configuration for the stereo pair That is the two physical connectors will represent a single audio program source The options shown in the dropdown box labeled How is audio connected define how the audio connectors can be used There is an Automatic V...

Page 15: ...text sensitive help for that page Configuring Local Online Help The online help system points to a VBrick web server and requires an Internet connection In some cases it may be preferable and faster to put the help files on your local web server To do this you need to edit two MIB variables using the Command Line Interface or a MIB browser You also need to copy the help files from the Product CD t...

Page 16: ...VBrick H 264 Appliance Admin Guide 7 Chapter 2 System Configuration Topics in this section Network 7 General 10 Usernames Passwords 13 Manage Configuration 14 Advanced Configurations 18 Network ...

Page 17: ... uniquely identifies each node of a network The VBrick Host Name identifies the appliance to various network applications including DHCP SNMP and VBrick application tools The Host Name syntax can be a maximum of 18 characters the first character must be a letter and the rest can be letters numbers or hyphens Network Interface Speed 10Mbps 100Mbps or Automatic This allows the Ethernet interface of ...

Page 18: ...be transmitted A higher MTU brings higher bandwidth efficiency and VBrick recommends using the default However you may wish to reduce MTU size to meet the requirements of some networks with VPN or other security tunnels that cannot tolerate 1500 byte packets Primary Server IP Address This is the primary server used for DNS Secondary Server IP Address This is the secondary server used for DNS Defau...

Page 19: ...Brick Host Name or DNS Host Name or IP address of valid SNTP server providing time synchronization A blank field indicates the server address will be acquired via the DHCP server only if the Network DHCP field above is checked System Description Read only Company name appliance model number and serial number System Name User defined System name for example Biology Dept System Location User defined...

Page 20: ... the front panel see the Front Panel topic in the H 264 Appliance Getting Started Guide System Date Time Sets system date and time in mm dd yyyy hh mm format The appliance will reset when you click Set Time Time Zone Select from list GMT 12 Eniwetok GMT 12 Auckland Daylight Saving Time U S only Check this box and the appliance will automatically adjust for Daylight Savings Time This is particularl...

Page 21: ...lay User Description Check to display user defined text on the first two lines of LCD panel User Description 1 Enter user defined text 20 chars max that will be displayed on first line of LCD panel Default VBrick Systems User Description 2 Enter user defined text 20 chars max that will be displayed on second line of LCD panel Default Release nn nn nnn User Function Description 1 4 After navigating...

Page 22: ...xt script file with F1 F4 function keys on the front panel Simply press the appropriate function key to execute the script For an example of a user defined script see Sample Script on page 17 User Name Enter desired user name Cannot exceed 20 characters It may include any combination of alphanumeric characters and only the following special characters See Table 2 below for defaults Password Enter ...

Page 23: ...e following functions Reset System Configuration 14 Read System Configuration 15 Restore System Configuration 16 Auto Configuration 16 Feature License 17 Reset System Configuration This menu lets you default some or all appliance configuration parameters User Level Default User Name Default Password Permissions Administrator admin admin Read diagnostics edit change password network and routing Ope...

Page 24: ...licking the Read button on the page After clicking on the button an xml document with all the configuration parameters will pop up see Figure 4 The xml document can then be saved to your PC as an xml file using File Save As To view this file offline you must download the style sheet to the same directory as the saved file Do not change the name of the style sheet It should always be saved as cfgda...

Page 25: ...upported or guaranteed T To restore the system configuration from an xml file 1 Click the Browse button and navigate to the configuration file you want to write to the appliance 2 Click on the Restore button to write the selected file to the VBrick appliance If there are no validation errors the configuration parameters will be saved to flash memory and the appliance will reset 3 If the configurat...

Page 26: ...cript file config xml is an xml file with the following syntax It can set any VBrick parameters and force an apply as needed This example shows how to set various recorder parameters Note that a VBEXECUTE tag is required and all commands must be preceded by an svar set variable command xml version 1 0 VBEXECUTEFORCE VBRICK SVAR vbrickEncoderVideoCommonAspectRatio 1 1 2 SVAR vbrickEncoderVideoH264R...

Page 27: ...h 26 SNMPv3 Passwords 29 SNMP Traps 30 Management SAP These parameters define information used in the management SAPs session announcements emitted by the VBrick appliance These SAP announcements are received by the VBDirectory management tool and the EtherneTV Portal Server See the VBDirectory User Guide for more information Feature License Key Cut and paste the license key you received from VBri...

Page 28: ... used to identify each VBrick in a group SAP Timeout Provides a configurable timeout in seconds for received management SAPs If no SAP is received within the timeout period the entry is removed Default 90 sec Retransmit Time Defines the Management SAP Retransmit Time Time To Live The number of hops between routers for which a Management SAP is valid on the network Type of Service The TOS Type of S...

Page 29: ...led Disabled will prevent FTP sessions to the VBrick appliance Note that this feature must be enabled to upgrade the appliance firmware using VBDownload External VBAdmin Enabled Default Lets you manage the appliance from a web browser using the VBAdmin management application Supports HTTP or HTTPS Disabled Prevents you from managing the appliance using VBAdmin HTTPS Only Encrypts and secures the V...

Page 30: ...r client specifies the http syntax the port value is generally omitted Typically port 80 is the default value used by browsers As a matter of consistency the VBrick default VBAdmin Server Port value is also defaulted to 80 To access a different HTTP port the remote VBAdmin client user would specify the URL as follows http IPaddress port where IPaddress VBrick IP address or hostname and port This f...

Page 31: ...mote systems are typically discovered using ICMP or Ping It is standard industry practice to block all ICMP and Ping requests from off net foreign hosts This is typically done in a centralized location using router firewall technology which is more successful and cost effective than resolving the issue at each host Logging Logging of certain events can be stored both locally within the VBrick devi...

Page 32: ...fig Log Local Stores the log of user initiated configuration changes traps locally within the unit The log file will wrap after 20 events General Config Log Remote Sends the log of user initiated configuration changes to an external server Script Config Log Local Stores the log of script generated configuration changes locally within the unit The log file will wrap after 20 events Script Config Lo...

Page 33: ... Pin8 High COM Pin7 Low COM Pin7 High associated with four different scripts The script file names cannot be changed scripts com1Pin8LowEventScript txt scripts com1Pin8HighEventScript txt scripts com1Pin7LowEventScript txt scripts com1Pin7HighEventScript txt Run Scripts Using VBAdmin You can run scripts using the Run Script button in VBAdmin This button is only available in Edit mode and is basica...

Page 34: ...value of 1000 1 second Most variable changes require an apply set There is no clear command Refresh Count and Status Refresh entire page including Event Counts and Event Script Status Reset Counts Reset Event Counts only Read or Write Script Files Click the FTP Scripts button to login to the VBrick via FTP and manage script files Requires a valid user name and password Script files have explicit p...

Page 35: ...ontact VBrick support for details and restrictions End to end control is initiated by enabling or disabling Passthrough For more about passthrough and how it can be used see the H 264 Appliance Getting Started Guide Passthrough State Used to enable disable Passthrough You must be the Active Editor to enter a Passthrough state Three states are possible Disabled The VBrick will neither initiate nor ...

Page 36: ...is active Under no conditions are RTS or DTR controls passed through end to end All control handling is local When using a VBrick VCC 3 or VCC 4 camera set this control to Automatic when using a VBrick VCC 50i camera set this control to Force ON DTR Control Force OFF Force ON or Automatic If automatic the control will be ON when Passthrough is active Under no conditions are RTS or DTR controls pas...

Page 37: ...ated Destination The VBrick appliance whose serial port is the destination of this COM port can be configured and identified using either an IP address or a host name Dedicated Port Default 4439 Baud Rate Rate of Passthrough port Rate can be set to the following Default 9600 110 300 600 1200 2400 3600 4800 7200 9600 14400 19200 28800 38400 57600 115200 Stop Bits Number of stop bits for Passthrough...

Page 38: ...tor Operational State Describes the current status of a Passthrough connection including error conditions if any Refer to the Monitor Network page This will display Active if in Passthrough mode User Name Read only Set user name on Usernames Passwords page Authentication Password Enter password Cannot exceed 20 characters May include any combination of alphanumeric characters but only the followin...

Page 39: ...ent entities Traps are generally used to alert network administrators of potential equipment problems or other noteworthy events Two types of information are conveyed in the trap mechanism Events and Alarms Events Traps are sent every time the monitored event occurs Events have only one state Alarms are events having two states Active and Clear When the alarm condition is first detected an alarm a...

Page 40: ... a reset request from an administrator 6 vbrickSysTrapTemperatureOutOfRangeActive Means the VBrick temperature is out of range 7 vbrickSysTrapTemperatureOutOfRangeCleared Means the out of range VBrick temperature is recovered 8 vbrickSysTrapUnitOverloadedActive Means the VBrick is configured to transmit and receive video streams beyond its capability 9 vbrickSysTrapUnitOverloadedCleared The overlo...

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Page 42: ...s In this release you can define one video source and one audio source The audio source can be one or both audio jacks or digital with HDMI or SDI video input There is also one program consisting of the audio source and or the video source The options available for some parameters e g Video Format and Resolution will change with HD inputs HD inputs include Component HDMI and SDI ...

Page 43: ...y used for broadcast grade video Meets SMPTE 259M HD SDI High Definition SDI at bit rates of 1 485 Gbits sec provides broadcast grade video with greater fidelity and higher resolution options Meets SMPTE 292M HD 3G SDI High Definition SDI to process 1080p at bit rates of 2 97 Gbits sec Meets SMPTE 424M Video Format The options for Video Format vary depending on how the input video is connected see...

Page 44: ...of an image that are proportional to the voltage differences between the black and white levels of the signal Saturation 0 127 Default 64 Saturation is the spectral intensity of a color It operates on the PbPr chroma components of the color space by increasing or decreasing both components by the same percentage Tint 50 50 degrees Default 0 The tint is the attribute by which a color may be identif...

Page 45: ...nd lower CPU requirements for decoder Main Default Originally intended for broadcast and storage applications providing better quality and more efficient bandwidth usage Resolution Sets the video encoding resolution the width and height respectively of the video on a PC screen See Table 5 below for all resolutions Target Bit Rate bits sec 32 000 10 000 000 bits sec Constant bit rate Default 750 00...

Page 46: ...ression efficiency Lower values create more access points but with less compression efficiency Zero means all frames are IDR frames Rate Control Setting frames Default 60 The size in number of frames of the video encoder buffer This parameter allows lets you trade off video quality with how tightly rate control is imposed A larger number increases the number of frames over which the target number ...

Page 47: ...ated or plug in power SoundBlaster style Dynamic type balanced or unbalanced Externally powered phantom types and otherwise amplified types such as wireless The microphone input is automatically boosted by a pre amplifier The pre amplifier provides a selectable 16 or 32 db of gain boost Various configuration parameters control how the input signals are conditioned as well as how the resultant audi...

Page 48: ...Select one of the following depending on the electrical cable configuration of the input Unbalanced typically used with consumer devices e g VCRs Balanced typically used with professional audio equipment Unbalanced on Separate Jacks typically used with consumer devices that support two jack stereo In this mode connect the right stereo channel to the Aux connector Digital L R 1 4 Use any pair of le...

Page 49: ... separated to avoid crosstalk Note There is performance benefit in bitrate efficiency when operating in Stereo rather than Dual mode However if the original audio source has separate channels you must use Dual Mute Mutes the audio signal but does not stop audio encoding Silent audio will be encoded and streamed Gain Attenuation This setting controls the audio attenuation or gain applied to the inp...

Page 50: ...hanges are applied The low level boost threshold defines the threshold whereby lower signals lower will be amplified by gain The gain is applied gradually until the audio level is higher than the configured threshold The high level limit threshold defines the threshold whereby signals higher than this value will be attenuated until the audio level is reduced to a lower value than the threshold Min...

Page 51: ...is optimized for better quality at lower bit rates L R Bit Rate bits sec Defines the audio encoding bit rate of the audio stream In general higher bit rates provide better audio quality The range of selectable values for this parameter is determined by 1 the Audio Source Stereo or Mono 2 the AAC HE setting enabled disabled and 3 the Encode Stereo Inputs as Mono setting enabled disabled Sample Freq...

Page 52: ...on transmitter mode and server mode Topics in this section Global 43 Programs 45 Transmitters 48 Servers 53 Global The Global page is used to configure global parameters which apply to all programs These settings are usually determined by the network configuration Transmitter Mode In this mode a transmitter pushes the stream to multiple destinations It is a constant push and there is no client req...

Page 53: ...Interval 1 9999 Default 10 Determines how often the announcement is transmitted Announce IP Multicast TTL 1 255 Default 64 Announce IP Unicast TTL 1 255 Default 64 Announce IP TOS Type of Service settings control the level of priority a service or source receives while traveling through a network VBrick supports setting the IP TOS Type of Service in accordance with RFC 791 RFC 1112 and RFC 2474 Di...

Page 54: ...o the default value of 0 Programs As noted this initial release supports one program This page is used to define common shared parameters for all transmitters and servers in a program Figure 6 Programs Part 1 Standard Settings Bits 6 7 Reserved for future use Number of Programs Available Read only This release supports one program Program Enable Select to enable disable selected program All transm...

Page 55: ...rted automatically into these fields H or h Host Name of VBrick appliance When the default entry is used the program is identified by the default VBrick Host Name Number of Transmitters 0 25 Default 1 Number of Servers 0 3 Default 1 Max RTP Packet Size 248 8000 Default 1452 For high bit rate and CPU intensive configurations use the default packet size Note When streaming to Quicktime players a Max...

Page 56: ...o those described above The Portal Server will parse the bitmask and send the live stream only to clients with a masked IP address that matches the masked IP address of the source VBrick For example a stream with a category IPMask 255 255 0 0 from a VBrick with an address of 172 22 6 67 will be available to a client with an IP address 172 22 3 4 but not to a client with an IP Address 172 16 3 4 Th...

Page 57: ... the unicast destination periodically to test connectivity before sending the stream If Unicast Ping is not enabled and the destination goes offline the unicast stream may be broadcast to all destinations on the network flooding the network Default Enabled This feature should only be disabled if the network has a particular requirement that makes it unworkable Transport Stream Mode Used by the app...

Page 58: ... on the VBrick or on an external HTTP server The URL address for the SDP file is based on the program and transmitter number for example http AAA BBB CCC DDD vbStreamXdY sdp where X is the program number Y is the transmitter number and AAA BBB CCC DDD is appliance IP address For multicast applications where the VBrick is operating in Transmitter Mode the SDP information is periodically broadcast t...

Page 59: ...Y sdp where X is the program number Y is the transmitter number and AAA BBB CCC DDD is appliance IP address Choose Transmitter to Configure Select from dropdown list The number of transmitters is configured on the Program Configuration Programs page Enable Transmitter Use to individually disable a transmitter Default Disabled The transmitter must be enabled for streaming to occur Transmitter Name ...

Page 60: ...e System Configuration Network page Transport Type RTP Default Realtime transport protocol provides end to end network transport functions suitable for video Transport Stream Multiplexes the digital video and audio into one bit stream Destination Video Port Destination video port for this transmitter Note that viewing a unicast and multicast stream configured on different transmitters on the same ...

Page 61: ...he announcements to be accessible using the IP address 255 255 255 255 Use Global Announce IP and Port Use Announce IP Address for Transmitters and Announce Port defined on Program Configuration Global page If checked the Destination and Port fields are greyed out Send to Unicast Destination If enabled and the destination is unicast the unicast IP address is used for the announcement and the Desti...

Page 62: ...to include unicast video or audio or video and audio and you can configure up to three servers per program The server also accepts RTSP interleaved and HTTP tunneled requests from a client External Announce This section is used to announce RTSP streams to a network device outside of the broadcast domain Use Global Announce IP and Port Use Announce IP Address for Transmitters and Announce Port defi...

Page 63: ... Default enabled The server must be enabled for streaming to occur Server Name User defined name for this server Select Video Rate Select video rate defined on Audio Video Configuration Video page from dropdown list Select Audio Rate Select audio rate defined on Audio Video Configuration Audio page from dropdown list Estimated Bit Rate Read only This is an estimate The actual bit rate will vary ba...

Page 64: ...nouncements to be accessible using the IP address 255 255 255 255 Use Global Announce IP and Port Use Announce IP Address for Servers and Announce Port defined on Program Configuration Global page If checked the Destination and Port fields are greyed out Destination IP Address The destination IP address the announcement is sent to By default the announcement is sent to the multicast network If usi...

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Page 66: ...and cannot be edited Topics in this section System 57 Network 60 Video Audio 61 System Logs 62 Program Status 64 System Figure 10 Monitor System Part 1 Note Many of the parameters on the Monitor pages have counters that track dynamic system events for example Frames Processed on the Monitor Video Audio page On most pages these counters are auto updated every two seconds so that the current status ...

Page 67: ...ata rates Under this condition the appliance temporarily reduces video traffic in order to maintain VBAdmin functionality Temperature Displays the appliance temperature in Celsius for example 50º Celsius 122º Fahrenheit A temperature exceeding 72º C will cause an alarm a trap and a log message if the temperature drops below 70 C the alarm and trap will clear When the temperature exceeds the maximu...

Page 68: ...isplayed Customer Class As displayed Manufacturing Date As displayed Board Assembly Number As displayed Power Assembly Number As displayed Lot Number As displayed Board Serial Number As displayed MAC Address Displays the appliance s Media Access Control address Upgrade Date VBrick manufacturing data Add on Boards Information Table Use this table to find specific information about the add on boards...

Page 69: ...assthrough port The possible values are Disabled Enabled Active Enabled Internal Error Enabled Rejected No Dedicated IP Addr MAC Address Displays the appliance s Media Access Control address Network Port Status Status of the Ethernet network interface Network Port Speed Speed of transmission for the Ethernet network interface Network Port Mode The mode of transmission for the Ethernet network inte...

Page 70: ...primary server Secondary Network Time Server Successful Update Counter The number of times the time was reset from the secondary server Failed Update Counter The number of times the appliance failed to read the time from the secondary server Current Server Status Status of secondary server How is Video Connected Shows video connection type from Audio Video Configuration Video page Video State Show...

Page 71: ...ppliance Buffer Full Count Increments when the appliance is in an overloaded condition Reduce the load by lowering bit rates or reducing the number of RTSP and or HTTP clients How is Audio Connected Shows audio connection type from Audio Video Configuration Audio page Audio State Only audio from SDI or HDMI inputs can be monitored Audio from the Main or Aux inputs is not monitored and will not gen...

Page 72: ...stem Events This log contains reports of system events within the VBrick These events may occur during normal operation and include some details of successful and unsuccessful attempts to access the HTTP and RTSP server as well as a some details concerning server push retries System Information This log contains unexpected behaviors detected by the appliance software Normally this log is used by V...

Page 73: ...and or RTSP clients connected to the server Use Refresh to update page use Reset Counters to reset to zero Maximum Number of Served Clients Highest number of HTTP and or RTSP clients that were concurrently connected since the last time these parameters were Reset Current Served Bandwidth Used The approximate calculated bandwidth being used by all currently connected clients Maximum Served Bandwidt...

Page 74: ...ion Transmitter page State Transmitting no transmitter problems detected Disabled transmitter has not been enabled Ping Failed ping to unicast destination failed Ports Not Open IP port failure Loopback Address destination address is a loopback address Bytes Transferred Use Reset Counters to reset to zero IP Packets Sent Use Reset Counters to reset to zero Note When CPU usage on the selected server...

Page 75: ... Used The approximate calculated bandwidth being used by all currently connected clients Maximum Bandwidth Used The highest approximate calculated bandwidth used by all connected clients since the last time these parameters were Reset Session State Setup Play Pause Suspend IP Address As displayed Start Time Time the session started Video Port As displayed Video Packets Sent As displayed Audio Port...

Page 76: ...Monitor VBrick H 264 Appliance Admin Guide 67 Video Packets Dropped Video packets dropped since session start Audio Packets Dropped Audio packets dropped since session start ...

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Page 78: ... This menu lets you initiate a data test from the VBrick appliance to another IP device Enter the IP address and Test Settings and select the Start button The Operational State will read Ping Test The results of the test will be displayed in the top portion of the screen Ping Test Result Response Counter Counts the successful responses Timeout Counter Counts the response timeouts ...

Page 79: ...ocol ICMP Intermediate hops are discovered by launching probe packets with a small TTL and then listening for an ICMP Time Exceeded reply from a gateway Use Refresh Start Stop and Default to run the test Resolved IP Address IP Address of destination Ping Result Host is alive not alive Destination IP Address or Host name Cannot be blank Number of Packets Number of packets to send for the test defau...

Page 80: ... performs a full POST Power On Self Test hardware test whenever the unit is powered on or reset The Device Test runs the POST and displays the results The Operational Mode on the System Configuration General page must be set to Diagnostics to run this test When done be sure to reset the appliance to Run mode or you will not be able to stream video T To run the Device Test 1 Go to System Configurat...

Page 81: ...via the Command Line Interface only You can access the Command Line Interface via the serial port or Telnet see the H 264 Appliance Getting Started Guide for more about the Command Line Interface As shown below Maintenance mode has limited configuration and diagnostic capabilities It enables the FTP server on the appliance so you can download new software Number of Loops to Run Number of times to ...

Page 82: ...ited Run Mode and a message will display on the front panel In Limited Run Mode you can make configuration changes with VBAdmin reboot the appliance or perform other admin tasks to resolve the problem The only thing you cannot do in Limited Run Mode is stream video When the error condition s that initiated Limited Run Mode have been resolved the appliance will reboot and come up in normal Run Mode...

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