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TV Stream Monitor User Manual 1.06 

 

 

TV STREAM MONITOR  

KVARTA USER’S MANUAL 

 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for TV STREAM MONITOR

Page 1: ...www kvarta net 1 32 1 TV Stream Monitor User Manual 1 06 TV STREAM MONITOR KVARTA USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... 3 4 System Configuration 8 3 5 System Reset 8 4 CONFIGURATION AND OPERATION 9 4 1 Monitoring Tab 9 4 2 Alarms Configuration 10 4 2 1 Stream Alarms 10 4 2 2 Service Alarms 11 4 2 3 TR 101 290 Alarms Optional 12 4 2 4 Active Alarms 15 4 2 5 Alarms Log 15 4 3 Details Tab 16 4 3 1 Status 16 4 3 2 MPEG Tables 17 4 3 3 Statistics 17 4 3 4 Alarms 20 4 3 5 Logs 20 4 4 Playlist Tab 21 4 5 Advanced Configu...

Page 3: ... Configuration and special files on the device 26 a config ini Keeps all configuration information windows configuration file 26 b config2 ini Backup for your config ini 26 c help txt ASCII commands description file 26 d mib SNMP MIB file 26 A 3 ASCII COMMANDS 26 Depends on the model ...

Page 4: ...have been designed for professional broadcast use and fully meet the standards Our devices incorporate embedded web site and SNMP communication 1 2 About IPTV IPTV Internet Protocol Television is a service that provides television programming and other video content using the TCP IP protocol suite as opposed to traditional cable terrestrial or satellite signals An IPTV service typically distribute...

Page 5: ...larms with e mail notifications and SNMP traps Monitoring Alarms Max CC errors Min Bitrate Max Delay Max RTP errors Min Video bitrate Min Audio bitrate Min Service bitrate Log E mail SNMP traps Available MPEG TS HTTP streaming For remote observation of TV channels using VLC or other compatible player Power Supply Supply voltage 230V 115V Voltage tolerance 10 Main AC frequency 45 65 Hz Fuse 0 8A Co...

Page 6: ...nterval Missing PID Priority 2 alarms Transport error indicator CRC PCR Interval PTS Interval CAT Priority 3 alarms NIT Interval SI repetition rate Unreferenced PID SDT Interval EIT Interval RST TDT Interval CA Alarms ECM Maximum Interval Scrambling change interval EMM minimum bitrate NOTE Advanced MPEG Monitoring is a purchasable add on option for our monitoring devices ...

Page 7: ...edded web site is displayed NOTE Your computer should have IP address which is in the same network 3 2 LED Indication POWER Indicates that power supply is available LAN Indicates LAN connection ON OFF blinking indicates problem with the SD card it s either plugged out or can t read config ini file properly ALARM Indicates reception blinking indicates parameter out of range or bad reception 3 3 Bac...

Page 8: ... 001 MIB mib contains MIB file for SNMP configuration Selecting FACTORY_RESET will prompt you to confirm if you wish to reset the monitors default factory settings NOTE this will NOT reset the device s IP address 3 5 System Reset How to reset the TV Stream Monitor to its default IP address 192 168 2 3 and default settings Remove SD card from the TV Stream Monitor Use a card reader to plug the card...

Page 9: ... OPERATION 4 1 Monitoring Tab Displays the currently installed monitored TSoIP streams Can add new TSoIP streams with the Add new button Selecting a stream from this page will send you to the Details tab containing all the various details and statistics for the selected stream ...

Page 10: ...arm threshold for Min Service Bitrate is set to 50Kbps and the Warning treshold is set to 100Kbps like in the picture below If the service bitrate falls beneath 100Kbps to anywhere between 100 to 50Kbps it will be classified as a Warning in the Alarms Log menu and notify through e mail SNMP If the Service Bitrate falls beneath 50Kbps then it will be classified as an Alarm in the Alarms Log menu an...

Page 11: ...l 1 06 4 2 2 Service Alarms Click Alarms Config Alarms Service Alarms Click the tick next to the alarm to enable it Input alarm treshold for each alarm The Warning column is used as a secondary alarming method Remember to Save the new changes you ve made ...

Page 12: ...er synchronization has been achieved the evaluation of the other parameters can be carried out PAT PID 0x0000 is not transmitted every 500 milliseconds or less A section with a table number different than 0x00 is found at PID 0x0000 Program Allocation Table If the PAT is missing then the decoder can do nothing no program is decodable Continuity This error indicates incorrect packet sorting A packe...

Page 13: ...ery 800ms It is only accessible if the TS is not scrambled CAT A CAT error means that there are encrypted packets in the transport stream but there is a missing table with number 0x01 CAT at PID 0x0001 Third Priorities NIT Active when sections with table numbers other than 0x40 0x41 or 0x72 found at PID 0x0010 It is checked whether NITs are present in the TS and whether they have the correct PID S...

Page 14: ... CSA the common scrambling algorithm and DVB CI the Common Interface These standards define a method by which one can obfuscate a digital television stream with access provided only to those with valid decryption smart cards This is achieved by a combination of scrambling and encryption The data stream is scrambled with a 48 bit secret key called the control word Knowing the value of the control w...

Page 15: ...ll go through all the streams before activating an alarm depends on the number set in the Additional checks field If set to 0 an alarm would trigger immediately If set to 1 the device will have to make an additional scan trough the streams before activating an alarm but only if it is still not in the threshold bounds 4 2 5 Alarms Log Click Alarms Alarms Log Displays a list of the logged alarms ...

Page 16: ...ltiple status and statistics details about the currently selected stream The Details Status menu displays two charts The bottom one shows the video and audio PID bitrates of the selected stream and the upper one indicates if there were any CC Delay or Bitrate alarms activated over the passage of time ...

Page 17: ... 1 06 4 3 2 MPEG Tables Select the Details MPEG Tables menu This page displays various MPEG tables PAT PMT SDT EIT TDT CAT TOT of the currently selected stream 4 3 3 Statistics Select the Details Statistics menu This page holds details for the Rx Bitrates ...

Page 18: ...varta net 18 32 18 TV Stream Monitor User Manual 1 06 This page holds details for the Service Bitrates NOTE Clicking on a specific service will further show you video and audio PID bitrates for that service ...

Page 19: ... 32 19 TV Stream Monitor User Manual 1 06 This page holds details for TR 101 290 priority 1 2 3 status This page holds details for the PID Statistics of the stream This page holds details for the Sections of the stream ...

Page 20: ... the currently activated alarms with details regarding them like the type of the alarm the value that didn t meet up to the designated threshold and the time it was activated 4 3 5 Logs Select the Details Log menu This page stores a list of log files in txt format regarding the streams alarms RX details and services over the passage of time ...

Page 21: ...1 06 4 4 Playlist Tab Selecting Playlist will generate and prompt you to download a programs m3u playlist file containing all the streams installed on the device These playlists can be opened in external media players like VLC player in order to be viewed ...

Page 22: ...nstalling new updates Current device firmware is displayed in the General Update tab You can check for updates for your device through the Online Update button o NOTE Please do not turn off the power of the device while updating Refresh the embedded website and your new firmware is ready to use ...

Page 23: ...iguration NOTE TV Stream Monitor supports Login authentication no SSL For assistance please contact us Click General E mail in the side menu Set appropriate SMTP server and authentication configuration Configure e mail parameter and subject can include alarm text using the macro ALARM ...

Page 24: ...www kvarta net 24 32 24 TV Stream Monitor User Manual 1 06 4 5 3 SNMP configuration NOTE Please contact us for more support at support kvarta net ...

Page 25: ...net Protocol Television SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol PID Packet Identification PAT Program Allocation Table PMT Program Map Table NIT Network Identification Table TDT Time and Date Table TOT Time Offset Table SDT Service Description Table CAT Conditional Access Table ...

Page 26: ...ini Backup for your config ini c help txt ASCII commands description file d mib SNMP MIB file A 3 ASCII COMMANDS Definitions apply to Device Model TV STREAM MONITOR 1 00A 21 05 2017 File Auto generated file Supported ASCII COMMANDS for more information support kvarta net Kvarta Soft Ltd www kvarta net The LAN table LAN LAN IP read write IP Address LAN MASK read write Sub network mask LAN GATEWAY r...

Page 27: ...isplay Guest password TCP_TIMEOUT read write Timeout in seconds if no communication close socket VLAN_ON read write Outgoing VLAN On Off TCP_VLAN read write Management VLAN MODEL read only Device model VERSION read only Firmware version DEVICE_NAME read write Name of the device Location DEVICE_ID read only Device ID WEB_SMTP_AUTH read only E mail authentication On Off WEB_SMTP_ALARM read only E ma...

Page 28: ...e SMTP group SMTP SEND COMMAND SMTP Send e mail command SMTP ALARM read write SMTP e mail alarms Enable Disable SMTP SERVER read write SMTP server url address SMTP AUTH read write SMTP authentication enable disable SMTP USER read write SMTP authentication username SMTP PASSWORD read write SMTP authentication password SMTP FROM read write E mail From address SMTP TO read write E mail To address SMT...

Page 29: ...PTS MPTS TX ADD COMMAND Command to add new tx stream TX DELETE COMMAND Command to delete tx stream The PORTABLE group Portable commands INSTALL_TER read write Install Terrestrial INSTALL write only Install sat INSTALL_SAT read write Install sat SPECTRUM_CONFIG read write Config spectrum SHUTDOWN write only Disable shutdown SYS_REBOOT write only System restart UPDATE_PROGRAMS_ALL COMMAND Update all...

Page 30: ...read write Priority 3 NIT alarm On Off MPEG_ADVANCED SI_ON read write Priority 3 SI alarm On Off MPEG_ADVANCED UNREF_PID_ON read write Priority 3 Unreferenced pid alarm On Off MPEG_ADVANCED SDT_TIMEOUT read write Priority 3 SDT timeout in ms Default 2500ms MPEG_ADVANCED SDT_ON read write Priority 3 SDT alarm On Off MPEG_ADVANCED EIT_TIMEOUT read write Priority 3 EIT timeout in ms Default 2500ms MP...

Page 31: ...d write Delay alarm high threshold in ms STREAM DELAY_HIGH_ALARM_ON read write Delay alarm high threshold On Off STREAM DELAY_HIGH_WARNING read write Delay warning high threshold in ms STREAM DELAY_HIGH_WARNING_ON read write Delay warning high On Off The SERVICE table Service alarms SERVICE SERVICE_LOW_ALARM read write Service bitrate low alarm threshold in Kbps SERVICE SERVICE_LOW_ALARM_ON read w...

Page 32: ...f SERVICE SERVICE_CC_HIGH_ALARM read write Service CC errors alarm high threshold SERVICE SERVICE_CC_HIGH_ALARM_ON read write Service CC errors alarm high On Off SERVICE SERVICE_CC_HIGH_WARNING read write Service CC errors warning high threshold SERVICE SERVICE_CC_HIGH_WARNING_ON v read write Service CC errors warning high On Off ...

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