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TSMIP-10GE 

IP Transport Stream Monitor 

 

User Manual 

 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

© Copyright 2016 
 

EVERTZ MICROSYSTEMS LTD. 

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Version 1.0, June 2016 

 
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Summary of Contents for TSMIP-10GE

Page 1: ...e property of Evertz Microsystems and is intended solely for the use of purchasers of the TSMIP series product Evertz Microsystems expressly prohibits the use of this manual for any purpose other than the operation of the TSMIP 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 ...

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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: ...4 1 1 Status 12 4 1 2 Ethernet Ports Control 13 4 1 3 Ethernet Ports Monitor 14 4 1 4 SNMP Configuration 15 4 1 5 Fault Tab 15 4 1 6 Timing Configuration 16 4 1 7 Disk Info 16 4 1 8 DNS Server 17 4 2 TSMIP GENERAL 17 4 2 1 General 17 4 2 2 System 19 4 2 3 Hard Disk Management 19 4 3 INPUT CONFIGURATION 20 4 3 1 Input Configuration 20 4 3 2 Input Monitor 22 4 3 3 Transport Stream 24 4 3 4 DPI Monit...

Page 6: ...onfiguration System 19 Figure 4 13 VistaLINK PRO General Configuration Hard Disk Management 19 Figure 4 14 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration Tab 20 Figure 4 15 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration Input Monitor Tab 22 Figure 4 16 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration Transport Stream Tab 24 Figure 4 17 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration DPI Monitor Tab 25 Figure 4 18 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration TS s...

Page 7: ...ly warranty 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 ...

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Page 9: ...ck viewing of the different points in the system It makes the TSM probe system a valuable system in any operational environment Features Benefits 10G inputs Over 2 SFPs IGMP v1 v2 v3 subscription and IP layer monitoring including MDI Real time T STD buffer analysis Transport Stream analysis o Presence Bitrate analysis table rate analysis o TR101290 Level 1 level 2 and partial level 3 Complete TS a...

Page 10: ...TSMIP 10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Page 2 Revision 1 0 Figure 1 1 TSMIP 10GE Front and Rear Panel ...

Page 11: ...oring and IGMP Subscription TS Monitoring IP Monitoring and IGMP Subscription RX RX SFP SFP Card Edge DATA3 MPEG over IP DATA4 MPEG over IP RX RX CONTROL VistaLINK Interface DATA1 MPEG over IP DATA2 MPEG over IP 10 100 1000 RJ 45 10 100 1000 RJ 45 10 100 1000 RJ 45 1G 10G SFTP10G TR85AV 10G SPF10G TR13S Figure 1 2 TSMIP 10GE Block Diagram Note The 10GE ports currently support up to 5 Gb s per port...

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Page 13: ... Transceiver 10Gbs 1550nm SMF 40km 2 3 MPEG 2 TS MEASUREMENTS TR101290 P1 TR101290 P2 TR101290 P3 DVB TR101290 P4 ATSC 1 1 TS_sync_loss 2 1 Transport_error 3 1 NIT_repetition 3 1 MGT_repetition 1 2 Sync_byte_error 2 2 CRC_error 3 2 NIT_error 3 2 TVCT_repetition 1 3 Pat_error 2 3 PCR_error 3 3 Unreferrenced_PID 3 3 CVCT_repetition 1 4 Continuity_count_error 2 4 PCR_accuracy_error 3 4 SDT_repetition...

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Page 15: ...ct the other end of each power cord to a power source that meets product requirements Connecting to a power source should automatically power the device on If there was a problem pressing the Power button manually should power on the unit 3 1 CONFIGURE IP INTERFACES TO THE TSMIP a Connect RS 232 cable to the TSM and set 115200 bitrate Login and password is customer Figure 3 1 Configure IP Interfac...

Page 16: ...ables to desired ports and the other end to the Ethernet switch User can connect to 10GE ports Figure 3 2 TSMIP 10GE Rear Panel Control 1 2 These connectors allow the TSMIP to be able to communicate with the computer allowing for the user to control the TSM through the interface of choice Note Control 2 is not used Data1 Data Port 1 Data2 Data Port 2 Data3 Data Port 3 Data4 Data Port 4 10GE 1 and ...

Page 17: ...et Protocol TCP IPv4 and click the properties button again Select the button labelled Use the following IP address and click ok Enter in an IP address that is on the same subnet as the TSMIP with the same subnet mask and gateway d Now check communication with the device Select Start in the bottom left corner of the computer screen Then select Run and in the space provided enter cmd followed by cli...

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Page 19: ...while the card and switch negotiate network settings this can be verified directly on the switch if necessary Note If after a couple of minutes the card has still not appeared select Add Agent from the Tree Add Update Agent menu Enter the IP address used in the configuration stage earlier and select OK The card should now be listed and will remain grayed out for a moment while VLPro finds the card...

Page 20: ... Page 12 Revision 1 0 4 1 TSMIP FRAME 4 1 1 Status Figure 4 2 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration Status Tab The Status tab indicates the current status of the module including firmware installed on the box and CPU and memory usage in percentage ...

Page 21: ...IP to VLPro data port configurations Control Port 2 is not used Control Port 1 Control Port 2 Data Port 1 Data Port 2 Data Port 3 Data Port 4 Control NA DATA1 DATA2 DATA3 DATA4 Table 4 1 VistaLINK PRO Mapping to Rear to TSMIP 10GE IP Address Self IP address of the port Netmask The Netmask address which is 255 255 255 0 by default Gateway Gateway IP address for this port DHCP This check box can be ...

Page 22: ...sport Stream Monitor Page 14 Revision 1 0 4 1 3 Ethernet Ports Monitor Figure 4 4 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration Ethernet Ports Monitor Tab The Ethernet Ports Monitor tab indicates the current status of the Ethernet ports ...

Page 23: ...ure 4 5 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration SNMP Configuration Tab Trap destination 1 5 The user can define IP addresses of VLPro server where SNMP traps will be sent 4 1 5 Fault Tab This tab indicates status of the ports and also allows the user to enable disable traps to be sent upon fault detection Figure 4 6 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration Fault Tab ...

Page 24: ... Configuration This tab allows the user to configure time specifications Figure 4 7 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration Timing Configuration Tab 4 1 7 Disk Info Figure 4 8 VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration Disk Info The functionality of this section will be added in the future ...

Page 25: ...P GENERAL Right click on the TSM General on hardware tree and select View Configuration 4 2 1 General The configuration parameters for the IP inputs are displayed in the mapping table of General view This view provides an overview of all the streams configured on the box and also allows for quick configuration modifications After any change e g IP Address clicking apply will make the change effect...

Page 26: ...l to Enable Disable each IP input Bitrate Displays the bitrate value Mbit s of the monitored MPEG 2 TS Configuration By clicking the Configuration button the user can make TSM Input configurations as is explained in 4 3 Sync By clicking Sync button on the top of IP Port Ethernet Port and Enable columns the information in the first field will be copied to the rest of the column This facilitates les...

Page 27: ... VistaLINK PRO General Configuration System 4 2 3 Hard Disk Management Figure 4 13 VistaLINK PRO General Configuration Hard Disk Management This tab allows the user to have a management on Hard Disk specifications such as TS file reserve days Data usage and percentage and also free space This functionality is currently under development and will be available in future releases ...

Page 28: ...Figure 4 14 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration Tab 4 3 1 Input Configuration Input Parameters Input name This field allows the user to define an easily identifiable and user configurable name to the stream Input Mode This drop down menu allows the user to define the input mode of the stream Possible options are ATSC DVB and MPEG PID Display Mode This drop down menu allows the user to choose the Dis...

Page 29: ...setting of the file size or duration whichever comes first Maximum size is 360 and the unit is measured in Mega bytes Manual Capture Control This control allows the user to manually record the stream If the user does not stop the recording the recording will stop when file size reaches maximum Capture Free Disk Space This field displays the storage size available for additional capture The unit is...

Page 30: ...urce address es defined IGMPv3 SSM Source This control allows the user to enter the Source Specific Multicast SSM IP address Up to twelve SSM could be configured for the same Multicast Group 4 3 2 Input Monitor The input monitor tab provides the user an overview of the input status Figure 4 15 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration Input Monitor Tab Input Monitor Entry Input State This filed shows the ...

Page 31: ...a calculated value representing the ideal delay factor in milliseconds which depends on the stream bitrate and the available bandwidth of the network Up to 200 Mb s for the TSM Delay Factor Threshold ms This field shows a user definable value in milliseconds When the value is exceeded an SNMP trap will be sent to VLPro providing notification that the stream has exceeded the preset Delay Factor Thr...

Page 32: ... Selecting the beside the PID tree root will drill down to the PSI SI Tables Others and Programs sub tree Selecting the beside Tables Others will drill down to tables PAT PMT SDT submenu Each table submenu will drill down to the table descriptors Selecting the beside each program will drill down to the Elementary Streams ES submenu Each will drill down to the ES descriptors Figure 4 16 VistaLINK P...

Page 33: ...rap DPI Syntax This control allows the user to enable disable the DPI Syntax SNMP trap DPI Trap Status DPI Timeout This field 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 and this paramete...

Page 34: ... drop down menu be sure to select the severity that is associated with this alarm Selecting the check box 2 will enable the relevant SNMP trap to be triggered and send to VLPro P1 necessary for Decoding TS Sync Error The most important function for the evaluation of the data from the MPEG 2 TS is the sync acquisition The actual synchronization of the TS depends on the number of correct sync bytes ...

Page 35: ...ere exists a data stream for each PID that occur This error often occurs where TS are multiplexed or demultiplexed and again remultiplexed P2 Recommended Transport Error The primary Transport_error indicator is Boolean which counts the erroneous TS packets This counter is intended for statistical evaluation of the errors If an error occurs no further error indication should be derived from the err...

Page 36: ...B 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 0 40 or 0 41 in PID value 0 0010 occur at least every 10 s Unreferenced PID Each non private program data stream should have its PID listed in the...

Page 37: ...ections with table_id 0 70 RST occur on PID 0 0014 within 25 ms or lower TDT Error Sections with table_id 0 70 TDT not present on PID 0 0014 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 P3 ATSC Tables MGT Repetition Master Guide Table For each type of PSIP tables the MGT provides the location in the Transport stream...

Page 38: ...ocated 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 alarms and conditions are fed back to the operator It is important to select the Monitor Enable Check box to enable custom monitoring parameters to be invoked select the desired ...

Page 39: ...al Control Min Bitrate bps Enter a decimal value corresponding to the absolute lowest bitrate expected for the whole stream an alarm condition will be caused if the stream rate drops below this value Max Bitrate bps Enter a decimal value corresponding to the highest bitrate expected for the whole stream an alarm condition will be caused if the stream rate exceeds this value Misc Template TS ID Exp...

Page 40: ...dow Measurements as detailed above Snapshot Live Stream This control is used to populate 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 Window is refreshed after selecting OK in the popup ...

Page 41: ... condition s which have triggered the alarm status red Figure 4 21 VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration Trigger Faults The two window subsections Trigger Fault Enable and Trigger Fault Status permits the user to customize the top level alarms By de selecting all levels are checked by default In the third window subsection there is a single fault called TS Bitrate Enable This relates to the Template C...

Page 42: ...he TS stream organized in ascending order by Service ID It is possible to reverse the ordering or select another column to re sort the data This can be done by double clicking the column header Make sure it is not in auto refresh mode when doing this For each individual PID it is possible to view minimum and maximum Bitrate since the last reset By configuring the minimum and maximum threshold it i...

Page 43: ...e branches can be expanded or collapsed by pressing respectively the or sign Selecting the beside the PID tree root will drill down to the PSI SI Tables Others and Programs sub tree Selecting the beside Tables Others will drill down to tables PAT PMT SDT submenu Each table submenu will drill down to the table descriptors Selecting the beside each program will drill down to the Elementary Streams E...

Page 44: ... 4 24 VistaLINK PRO PID Tree View Tab 4 4 3 Buffer Analysis View The function of this section is not available and will be added in the future Figure 4 25 VistaLINK PRO Buffer Analysis View Tab The definition for other parameters is explained before in configuration section ...

Page 45: ...ar file Ensure that all VLPro clients are closed If the clients are not closed they will be automatically disconnected after restarting VLPro server On the main page of VLPro Server select Help on task bar then choose Apply Update and Product Figure 5 1 Figure 5 1 VistaLINK PRO Updating Jar file In the new appeared window navigate to the proper Jar file and double click on it to select the Jar fil...

Page 46: ...ional features to the unit The firmware update can be initiated using the VLPro For upgrading the firmware new version of firmware supplied by Evertz is needed Firmware comes as a deb archive file Ensure that the TSMIP 10GE is running the latest firmware version To check this right click on the card address in VLPro client and select Version Information Figure 5 2 Figure 5 2 VistaLINK PRO Selectin...

Page 47: ...ossible to select the module for upgrade Figure 5 3 Follow up the below steps in order to upgrade the firmware Figure 5 3 VistaLINK PRO Version information window Open hardware tree and select the card for upgrade Check mark the box beside the card for upgrade Figure 5 4 Figure 5 4 VistaLINK PRO Check mark the hardware for update ...

Page 48: ...o select the TSMIP 10GE image file Figure 5 5 Figure 5 5 VistaLINK PRO Browsing Firmware window Select the proper firmware file and click OK Figure 5 6 VistaLINK PRO Selecting Firmware File Click the Start button and wait for completion This will take some time After completion the module will reboot automatically and return in normal mode ...

Page 49: ...1 5 DVB T Digital Video Broadcasting baseline system for digital terrestrial television EN 300 744 9 EIT Event Information Table ETR ETSI Technical Report ETS European Telecommunication Standard FEC Forward Error Correction HEX Hexadecimal ISO International Organization for Standardization ITU International Telecommunication Union MGT Master Guide Table MPEG Moving Picture Experts Group NIT Networ...

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