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7881TSM-IP  

User Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

© Copyright 2021 

 

EVERTZ MICROSYSTEMS LTD. 

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Version 1.0, Jan 2021 

 

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purchasers of the 7881TSM series product. Evertz Microsystems expressly prohibits the use of this manual for any purpose other than the operation 

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Summary of Contents for 7881TSM-IP

Page 1: ...ertz Microsystems and is intended solely for the use of purchasers of the 7881TSM series product Evertz Microsystems expressly prohibits the use of this manual for any purpose other than the operation of the 7881TSM series product Due to on going research and development features and specifications in this manual are subject to change without notice All rights reserved No part of this publication ...

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Page 3: ...ird grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong is provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus Only use attachments accessories specified by the manuf...

Page 4: ... Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communicati...

Page 5: ...offered by Evertz in relation to this product is the Evertz standard limited warranty stated in the sales contract or order confirmation form Although every attempt has been made to accurately describe the features installation and operation of this product in this manual no warranty is granted nor liability assumed in relation to any errors or omissions unless specifically undertaken in the Evert...

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Page 7: ... CONFIGURATION 5 3 1 7881TSM IP WEBGUI FOR SWITCH ONLY 5 3 2 SYSTEM 8 3 2 1 Information 8 3 2 2 Control 8 3 3 VLAN CONFIGURATION 9 3 3 1 VLAN 9 3 3 2 VLAN Table 10 3 3 3 VLAN Ingress Setting 10 3 3 4 VLAN Egress Setting 10 3 4 PORT MONITORING 11 3 4 1 Port Monitoring 11 3 4 2 Rx Monitor 12 3 4 3 Tx Monitor 12 3 5 NOTIFY 13 4 7881TSM IP ON VISTALINK PRO FOR SWITCH 15 5 7881TSM IP CONFIGURATION ON V...

Page 8: ... 3 CAPTURE CONTROL 32 7 1 4 INPUT CONTROL 33 7 2 INPUT MONITOR 33 7 2 1 INPUT MONITOR ENTRY 34 7 2 2 MDI MONITOR 34 7 2 3 ERROR MONITOR 35 7 3 TRANSPORT STREAM 35 7 4 DPI MONITOR 36 7 4 1 DPI MONITORING 36 7 4 2 DPI TRAP ENABLE 36 7 4 3 DPI TRAP STATUS 36 7 5 TS SYNTAX ERRORS FOR P1 AND P2 37 7 5 1 P1 NECESSARY FOR DECODING 38 7 5 2 P2 RECOMMENDED 39 7 6 TS SYNTAX ERRORS FOR P3 40 7 6 1 P3 DVB TAB...

Page 9: ...VistaLINK PRO Port Monitoring 19 Figure 4 8 VistaLINK PRO Notify 20 Figure 5 1 VistaLINK PRO Status Tab 21 Figure 5 2 VistaLINK PRO Ethernet Ports Control Tab 22 Figure 5 3 VistaLink PRO Ethernet Ports Monitor Tab 23 Figure 5 4 VistaLINK PRO SNMP Configuration Tab 24 Figure 5 5 VistaLINK PRO Fault Tab 24 Figure 5 6 VistaLINK PRO Timing Configuration Tab 25 Figure 5 7 VistaLINK PRO NTP Settings 25 ...

Page 10: ...ing 50 Figure 8 9 7881TSM IP PuTTy Main Menu 50 Figure 9 1 VistaLINK PRO Navigation Tree 51 Figure 9 2 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Tab Contextual Menu 51 Figure 9 3 VistaLINK PRO Add Update Agent Setting 51 Figure 9 4 VistaLINK PRO TSM General Contextual Menu 52 Figure 9 5 VistaLINK PRO Version Information Setting 53 Figure 9 6 VistaLINK PRO Version Information Setting Upgrade Tab 53 Figure 9 7 VistaLI...

Page 11: ...AN tagging to the incoming outgoing data The incoming Data MPEG_TSoIP from all the 4 ports is internally fed to the TSM application for monitoring user does not need to configure this part Therefore this product can be divided into two parts 7881TSM IP for TS monitoring Control monitor through VistaLINK only 7881TSM IP Switch with VLAN support Control monitor through VistaLINK and WebGUI both Feat...

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Page 13: ...IP 1x RJ 45 Control Port NETWORK MANAGEMENT Control SNMP ELECTRICAL Voltage 12V DC Power 23W EMI RFI Complies with FCC Part 15 Class A EU EMC Directive PHYSICAL Number of slots 2 TRANSPORT STREAM ANALYSIS TR101290 P1 TS Sync Loss Sync Byte Error Pat Error Continuity Count Error PMT Error TR101290 P2 Transport Error CRC Error PCR Error PCR Accuracy Error PTS Error CAT Error ...

Page 14: ...IP Transport Stream Monitor 3RU 3RU rear plate for use with 350FR 7800FR or 7801FR Multiframes 2 6 1 Enclosures 350FR Portable Multiframe which holds 7 single slot modules 7800FR 3RU Multiframe which holds 15 single slot modules 7801FR 1RU Multiframe which holds 4 single slot modules 2 6 2 SFP Interface Options SFPTR RJ45 SGM AV SFP module for 10 100 1000 interface ports SFP1G TR13 SFP optical tra...

Page 15: ...proxy IP address without going through 7800FC webpage 7881TSM IP WEBGUI FOR SWITCH ONLY 1 Open the 7800FC frame controller webpage using the IP address assigned The default login and password here is customer customer Figure 3 1 WebEASY Login Menu 2 Navigate to the slot where 7881TSM IP card is installed and click on Name The proxy IP of the card is displayed under Alias column In Figure 3 2 it is...

Page 16: ... User Manual Page 6 Version 1 0 Figure 3 2 WebEASY Frame Menu 3 You will need to login again when entering the 7881TSM IP web page The default login and password here is admin admin Figure 3 3 WebEASY Login Menu ...

Page 17: ...ically saves the user s configuration o Upgrade Upgrade the Firmware s version of the product o Logout Logs the user out of the User Interface Figure 3 5 WebEASY Side Menu Side Menu Displays a menu of all tabs the user is able to monitor configure Main Tab Middle section of the interface displays all the fields for the item selected from the side menu These menu tabs and fields will be fully descr...

Page 18: ...on Product Name This field shows the product name Firmware Version This field shows the firmware version currently running on the card Serial Number This field shows the card s serial number SN 3 2 2 Control System Reboot This button allows the user to reboot the 7881TSM IP card Factory Reset This button allows the user to reset the whole 7881TSM IP back to factory settings Note Whenever a paramet...

Page 19: ...e 9 VLAN CONFIGURATION Figure 3 7 WebEASY VLAN Configuration 3 3 1 VLAN Number of Data Ports This field shows the number of available ports on the switch should be 4 VLAN Enable This field allows the user to enable disable the VLAN tagging ...

Page 20: ...ser needs to select a specific data port from the list to change the next following settings 3 3 3 VLAN Ingress Setting VLAN Tag ID This section allows the user to set VLAN tags for each of the 4 ports Each port can only tag to one of the VLANs that the port has membership of the membership is defined as per previous 3 3 2 3 3 4 VLAN Egress Setting VLAN Untag This section allows the user to enable...

Page 21: ...utgoing traffic details on each of the 5 ports User needs to switch between tabs 1 to 4 in order to view details of a particular port 3 4 1 Port Monitoring Link Status This field displays if the link is currently active i e if the traffic is flowing through the port Port Speed Mbps This field displays the data rate the port is currently operating at ...

Page 22: ...byte Frame Count This field displays the number of recieved frames between 256 to 511 bytes 512 to 1023 byte Frame Count This field displays the number of recieved frames between 512 to 1023 bytes 1023 to Maxbyte Frame Count This field displays the number of recieved frames over 1023 bytes Oversize Packet Count This field displays the number of recieved oversize packet Counter Reset This control a...

Page 23: ...specific data port from the tabs 1 to 4 to view the following setting Link Status Alarm This parameter displays the link up or down status for each of the ports Send Trap When set to TRUE this control allows the user to send an SNMP trap whenever a link goes down Fault Present This indicator shows GREEN if the link is up and shows RED if the link is down ...

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Page 25: ...creen For login and password type in customer Upon entering the correct credentials the user will need to enter the proxy IP address of the 7881TSM IP To do this right click the Hardware tab in the navigation tree and select Add Change Agent Figure 4 2 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Contextual Menu Expand the Hardware tab if not done so already Double click on the proxy IP of the 7881TSM IP GE or by right...

Page 26: ...Page 16 Version 1 0 Figure 4 3 VistaLINK PRO 7881TSM IP Contextual Menu Figure 4 4 VistaLINK PRO 7881TSM IP Configuration Window Note For details on every parameter available refer to the Web Interface in the previous section ...

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Page 31: ...re still not applied please look at the parameters settings again or the unit may need power cycle STATUS The unit can be confirmed here if the correct board has been selected by seeing all the statuses of the card In the case of the 7881TSM IP only TSMIP will be available Figure 5 1 VistaLINK PRO Status Tab ETHERNET PORTS CONTROL The configurations for the network parameters can be made here It i...

Page 32: ...re 5 2 VistaLINK PRO Ethernet Ports Control Tab ETHERNET PORTS MONITOR The network statistics will be display here for all data and management ports The ports availability is indicated by the colour of the border In this case only Data 1 and 2 ports are available Refer to 5 2 for more details Network Statistic Details Adapter Speed The capable speed the port can handle Adapter Duplex Type of commu...

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Page 34: ... The fault tab allows for which warning alerts the user would like to send to a device To specify which faults to send simply check or uncheck each desired box The current faults will also be indicated in the Fault Present column by colour Only Data 1 and 2 will have faults because all other ports are not used Refer to Section 5 2 PSU 1 and 2 are also no available as the device is powered by the f...

Page 35: ...nt Earth times Time Settings Set Device Time Button Allows user to set a specific date and time Time Source Whether the user want Local or NTP see Figure 5 7 for NTP menu Server IP 1 3 NTP only IP address of the NTP server Add Server IP 1 3 NTP only Whether to enable or disable NTP server timing NTP Status Server IP 1 NTP only Indicating if signal is locked or not Figure 5 6 VistaLINK PRO Timing C...

Page 36: ... Disk Folder Manager tab shows current details of the disk folder and how the user would like to manage it The columns are as followed Name Displays name of folder Location Where the folder is stored Used Space Amount of space currently occupied Auto Clean Up Toggle setting allowing folder clean up Lower and Upper Limit Disk Usage Thresholds for said folder Size Size in MB on how much to delete if...

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Page 39: ...e look at the parameters settings again or the unit may need power cycle GENERAL The Configurations for all each transport stream can be made here To add a transport stream simply enter the required information The Ethernet port must remain on Data 1 Refer to section 5 2 for more details The Status will become green ACTIVE if the stream is connected The columns are as followed Input Displays the i...

Page 40: ... the hard disk with their corresponding buttons Hard Disk Management Configurations Mode Selection Whether the user wants the unit to operate on their own or not TS File Reserve Days How long transport stream files will be kept for Disk Usage Threshold How much space the hard disk is allow to use Disk Usage Percentage How much space the hard disk has currently used Disk Free Space How much room in...

Page 41: ...ion tab is used to select the stream type which is being monitored input basic configuration information for the stream and so forth The additional information is used to further enhance the transport stream diagnostics and alarming capabilities of the 7881TSM IP Figure 7 1 VistaLINK PRO Input Confiuration Tab ...

Page 42: ...to select the trigger mode Duration Control to set the capture duration for recording a stream The final recorded file size will be limited by the setting of the file size or duration whichever comes first The unit of duration is in seconds The maximum is 1 hour length Base Name File Control to set to set the file base name for a stream The maximum length of the octet string is 256 characters The ...

Page 43: ...ro Server Destination IP address Enter here the destination IP address Unicast Multicast you want the TSM to monitor Port Number Enter here the destination port number for the IP address entered above Ethernet Port Use this drop down box to select the GigE port to be used to receive the stream to be monitored INPUT MONITOR The Input Monitor Tab provides the user with an overview of the input statu...

Page 44: ...he number of lost or out of order media packets per second This is measured using the continuity count in the MPEG header Delay Factor Max Displays the Max delay factor since the last reset The delay factor that is acceptable for any particular network varies greatly because of the wide range of buffer sizes used in STBs Media Loss Rate Max Displays the max Media Loss Rate since the last reset Los...

Page 45: ...s A system message that displays the current status of the IP Layer If the IP address and port number has been correctly entered and the stream is available this will display IP Layer OK TRANSPORT STREAM The standard Transport Stream parameters are displayed using trees for which the branches can be expanded or collapsed by pressing respectively the or sign Selecting the beside the tree root i e P...

Page 46: ...ax This control enables disables the DPI Syntax SNMP trap 7 4 3 DPI TRAP STATUS DPI Timeout Indicates whether the specified timer runs out before the program receives a new DPI message since the last DPI message was received If the DPI Inactivity Timeout setting is met before the next DPI packet arrives a trap will be sent This is only the status this parameter wouldn t send any trap DPI Message I...

Page 47: ...s are context sensitive to the type of input stream selected under Input Configuration Figure 7 5 VIstaLINK PRO TS Syntax errors P1 P2 Tab For each test there is a Fault Monitor check box 1 and a Trigger fault 2 Selecting the check box 1 will update the Input Configuration Tab Syntax Error status The highest alarm severity will prevail When selecting the checkbox 1 be sure to select from the drop ...

Page 48: ...int to the component video audio and data streams that make up the program If the PAT is missing then the decoder can do nothing no program is decodable Nothing other than a PAT should be contained in a PID 0x0000 Continuity_count_error For this indicator three checks are combined The preconditions Incorrect packet order and Lost packet could cause problems for receivers that are not equipped with...

Page 49: ... the local 27 MHz system clock If the PCR do not arrive with sufficient regularity then this clock may jitter or drift The receiver decoder may even go out of lock This error indicates that the time interval between two consecutive PCR values is more than 40 ms PCR_accuracy_error The accuracy of 500 ns is intended to be sufficient for the colour subcarrier to be synthesized from the system clock T...

Page 50: ...s defined by DVB contain information on frequency code rates modulation and polarization etc of various programs that the decoder can use It is checked whether NITs are present in the TS and whether they have the correct PID The test checks that sections with table_id 0x40 or 0x41 in PID value 0x0010 occur at least every 10 s Unreferenced_PID Each non private program data stream should have its PI...

Page 51: ...ror The RST is a quick updating mechanism for the status information carried in the EIT TDT_Repetition_error This test checks that any two sections with table_id 0x70 TDT occur on PID 0x0014 within 25 ms TDT_error Sections with table_id 0x70 TDT not present on PID 0x0014 for more than 30 s The TDT carries the current UTC time and date information More information can be found at http www etsi org ...

Page 52: ...est checks that the System Time Table repetition rates do not exceed 1000ms More information can be found at http www atsc org ETSI TR 101 290 Test Conditions The status LED located to the left of each test will highlight when in Auto Refresh the dynamic status of the stream For the majority of the ETSI TR 101 290 test it is possible to configure custom configurations to ensure that particular ala...

Page 53: ... alarm condition will be caused if the stream rate should drop below this value Max Bitrate Enter a decimal value corresponding to the highest bitrate expected for the whole stream an alarm condition will be caused if the stream rate should exceed this value 7 7 2 MISC TEMPLATE TS ID Expected Enter the value for the Transport Stream ID expected enter zero to disable the test Note It is not possibl...

Page 54: ...s used to populate the PID List window with the PIDs currently found in the stream Use of this control is slightly different to most normal operations within VLPro Upon selecting the Snapshot Live Stream button the action trigger is automatically executed and the PID List Template Windows is refreshed after selecting OK in the popup Windows On an operational system ensure to de select the PID List...

Page 55: ...This can be done by double clicking the column header making sure you are not in the auto refresh mode when doing this For each individual PID it is possible to view the minimum and maximum Bitrate since the last reset By configuring the minimum and maximum threshold it is possible to configure the desired thresholds for notifying the user through VLPro The Bitrate View is a dynamic view by clicki...

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Page 57: ...LLER 1 Open up the 7800FC frame controller webpage using its IP address and login with your credentials Figure 8 1 WebEASY 7800FC Login 2 Open up the front door of 7800FR frame note the slot your 7881TSM IP is inserted in 3 From the menu click Proxy Configuration Figure 8 2 WebEASY 7800FC Sidebar Menu ...

Page 58: ...is located 5 Enable proxy mode and enter the address netmask and gateway Make sure this is on the same subnet as your FC Figure 8 3 WebEASY Network 6 Once everything is entered hit the Apply key to save your settings 7 Click the Refresh key to ensure the settings have been implemented Figure 8 4 WebEASY Top Menu Bar ...

Page 59: ...the unit with username customer and password customer 3 Select option 2 Network Configuration Figure 8 5 7881TSM IP PuTTy Main Menu 4 Select option 1 Network Interfaces file Figure 8 6 7881TSM IP PuTTy Networking Configuration Menu 5 Using up down left right keys on keyboard move the cursor to Data 2 Address column You can see square brackets appear at your current selection Hit Enter ...

Page 60: ...mn of Data2 eth1 row Click to set this to DG as shown in above figure 9 Press s to save the changes 10 Press x to exit 11 Start a new putty session Login using username root and password Evertz 12 Type reboot command to perform full restart of the unit When the unit comes back login into customer account and make sure new IP address is saved 13 The IP address in Interfaces file and Active in kerne...

Page 61: ... in the navigation tree Figure 9 1 VistaLINK PRO Navigation Tree 2 Add the TSM IP address if not added already This is done by right clicking the hardware tab and selecting Add Update Agent A pop up will appear to enter the IP Address Figure 9 2 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Tab Contextual Menu Figure 9 3 VistaLINK PRO Add Update Agent Setting ...

Page 62: ...7881TSM IP User Manual Page 52 Version 1 0 3 Expand the TSM IP address Right click on TSM General and select Version Information at the bottom Figure 9 4 VistaLINK PRO TSM General Contextual Menu ...

Page 63: ...l tab Information will appear on the right side 5 Ensure the current firmware version reads As shown below SW Major 3 SW Minor 01 SW Build 10 Figure 9 5 VistaLINK PRO Version Information Setting 6 Checkmark the Upgrade box then hit the Upgrade button on the bottom right Figure 9 6 VistaLINK PRO Version Information Setting Upgrade Tab ...

Page 64: ...e completed the unit will reboot automatically Figure 9 7 VistaLINK PRO Update Firmware Setting 8 Once the unit is active again reopen the Version Information window again 9 Ensure the correct firmware version is installed properly As shown below SW Major 3 SW Minor 01 SW Build 12 Figure 9 8 VistaLINK PRO Version Information Setting Upgrade Tab ...

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