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VBrick 9000 Series Appliances

H.264 Encoding/Decoding Appliance v2.0

Getting Started Guide

October 23, 2012
4410-0315-0001

Summary of Contents for 9000 Series

Page 1: ...VBrick 9000 Series Appliances H 264 Encoding Decoding Appliance v2 0 Getting Started Guide October 23 2012 4410 0315 0001...

Page 2: ...terference at their own expense This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numerique de la Classe A respecte toutes l...

Page 3: ...ppliance Setup Appliance Setup Overview 9 Using the Quick Start Guide 10 Environmental Considerations 11 Appliance Setup 11 1 Connect Encoder Audio and Video 11 2 Connect to the IP Network 12 3 Power...

Page 4: ...to Configuration 34 6 VBAdmin Using VBAdmin 35 Login Page 36 Home Page 36 Configuration Menu 37 LED Indicators 38 Edit Mode 38 Using Apply Revert and Default 40 Resetting the Appliance 40 Logout 41 He...

Page 5: ...assthrough 56 How Passthrough Works 57 Serial Port Passthrough Using Telnet 58 10 VBrick iPhone App Overview 59 Getting the App 59 Monitoring an Appliance 60 Running Scripts 60 Creating Script Files 6...

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Page 7: ...l configuration recommendations as well as how to cable the appliance and connect it to the network 3 Shelf Setup Explains how to set up and configure a Rack Mount Shelf that houses from 1 to 11 H 264...

Page 8: ...n usually answer your technical questions in 24 business hours or less Note that all VBrick documentation is on the web For more information about any VBrick product go to www vbrick com documentation...

Page 9: ...device has tamper evident seals Breaking or modifying the seals will immediately invalidate the product warranty If you have problems with this appliance contact VBrick Support Services Placement Use...

Page 10: ...x Preface...

Page 11: ...rmance ease of use and flexibility The H 264 decoder is fully compatible with encoder appliances and supports single or dual channel HD decoding at either 1080p or 720p resolutions or decodes up to D1...

Page 12: ...High Definition Video Appliances encode and stream HD 720p and 1080p video at 60 frames per second the highest frame rate available from standard video sources This provides incredible video quality...

Page 13: ...1080i 720p50 60 576i 480i 1280x1024 1024x768 4 3 Aspect Ratio Resolutions D1 720x480 720x576 SIF NTSC QSIF NTSC CIF PAL QCIF PAL 400x304 384x288 PAL 640x480 320x240 128x96 192x144 16 9 Aspect Ratio Re...

Page 14: ...45 Static or DHCP Auto sense Full Half duplex Protocols Unicast Multicast DiffServ QoS UDP IPv4 and IPv6 RTSP RTCP RTP HTTP RTSP Interleave IGMP MPEG 2 Transport Stream Automatic Unicast RTSP ANNOUNCE...

Page 15: ...HDMI HDMI SDI connectors mounted directly on appliance blade Breakout cable to BNC connectors for Analog Audio Composite Video and Component Video Audio Outputs Analog Stereo Line Level Unbalanced BNC...

Page 16: ...RoHS 5 of 6 Cooling Capacity 50W per blade with one failed fan Hot Swap Power Supplies Fan Tray Encoder Blades Air Filter Media AC Power 485 watts per power supply 47 to 63Hz 8 amps at 90 132VAC 4 am...

Page 17: ...4 Intel based PC 750 MHz Pentium III processor Windows 128 MB RAM SVGA video card 640x480 256 colors or better Windows or Macintosh compatible sound device Minimum 5 MB hard disk space for installatio...

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Page 19: ...nts Each shipment comes with the components shown in Table 7 Table 7 What s in the Box Appliance Setup Overview Your VBrick H 264 appliance is shipped with all appropriate cables and connectors The ap...

Page 20: ...e for your convenience Click to enlarge Figure 5 H 264 Appliance Quick Start Guide HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface that transmits uncompressed digital data A V Attach VBrick breakout cable w...

Page 21: ...sure there is at least two inches of space between the appliance and the edge of the rack Best Practices In general VBrick appliances are designed for rooms that are comfortable for humans approx 70 F...

Page 22: ...ed below When powered on the appliances will automatically run a power on self test sequence 1 For standalone appliances insert the power connector that comes with the appliance into the 24 VDC power...

Page 23: ...etwork requires a Gateway IP Address and this is not provided by the DHCP server you will also need to enter this address manually To Find or set an IP address using the serial port 1 Connect an ASCII...

Page 24: ...reamPlayer Windows only You can verify operation on Windows desktops by playing the stream directly from the appliance with StreamPlayer 5 3 VBrick s StreamPlayer application lets you receive and play...

Page 25: ...go to Step 1 on previous page and complete Steps 1 5 7 Configuring a Decoder A VBrick 9000 Series decoder is available in a single channel model or an encoder decoder EnDec model Use the following st...

Page 26: ...on the System Configuration General page in VBAdmin See the H 264 Encoding Decoding Appliance Admin Guide for details Sequence Message Description 1 VBrick Systems Release x x x IP xxx xxx xxx xxx Ho...

Page 27: ...Display IP Address Check to display the appliance IPv4 address Default enabled Display Hostname Check to display the appliance host name If host name is not configured on System Configuration Network...

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Page 29: ...rs in a standard 19 in rack It has hot swappable redundant AC input power supplies and LED and audible failure alarms It also has a common hot swappable cooling unit and a replaceable air filter The c...

Page 30: ...management program The blade in Slot 1 will read and display shelf manufacturing data from an EEprom on the backplane Figure 8 VBrick H 264 Blade Table 10 Rack Mount Shelf Specifications Dimensions 8...

Page 31: ...in EIA rack mount chassis Table 12 What s in the Box Environmental Standard operating temperature 5 to 40 C Storage temperature 45 to 85 C FCC Part 15 Class A CE UL EIA Compliant RoHS Compliant Color...

Page 32: ...der card is properly seated in the guides before connecting to the backplane 5 When done tighten the spring loaded screws with a screwdriver to prevent them from being accidentally removed 6 Connect a...

Page 33: ...failed power supply a redundant power supply will ensure there is no downtime Each supply can handle a full load of 500W if the other supply has failed or been turned off There will be no loss of ser...

Page 34: ...tatus LED will turn red if any of the fans has failed To avoid damaging the blades do not run the shelf if more than one fan has failed When you pull out the fan tray you can see the fans slowly spinn...

Page 35: ...ers who are familiar with the electrical hazards and required safety precautions It should not be used in a home school or other area accessible to the public To be installed only in restricted access...

Page 36: ...ttempt to replace the battery since it may explode if replaced incorrectly Return to VBrick Support Services for replacement with the same or equivalent type of battery VBrick will dispose of used bat...

Page 37: ...boot after the upgrade Do not power off the unit during this time The process may take 5 minutes and include an automatic reboot of the unit The appliance is ready for operation when you are able to l...

Page 38: ...ility will query the VBrick to determine which release components need to be downloaded When prompted press OK to allow VBDownload to upgrade the suggested components This may take several minutes 8 W...

Page 39: ...Highlight VBDownload then right click and select Create Shortcut Then highlight the new shortcut and select Rename 3 Enter a meaningful name highlight it then right click and select Properties 4 In t...

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Page 41: ...Admin management interface allows quick and secure control through the VBrick s IP interface See Using VBAdmin on page 35 VBDirectory The H 264 Appliance Product CD includes VBDirectory an application...

Page 42: ...application called VBDirectory that provides quick reference and access to all VBrick Appliances on a network VBDirectory v4 4 or higher is compatible with H 264 appliances VBDirectory is automatical...

Page 43: ...ry standard Telnet The same suites of menus that are displayed on a local terminal are instantly available over an IP network VBrick uses the standard Telnet port 23 Telnet uses the same commands as C...

Page 44: ...o purchase the SDK Auto Configuration Auto Configuration lets you perform a configuration via a URL script file It is typically used for remote configuration and troubleshooting or to configure VBrick...

Page 45: ...ways you can manage the VBrick encoder for example you can also use Telnet or the Command Line Interface but VBAdmin is the easiest to use Table 17 Supported Browsers To login to a VBrick 9000 Series...

Page 46: ...hanumeric characters and only the following special characters Table 18 Default Passwords and Privileges Home Page The first time you launch VBAdmin you will need to page down and accept the End User...

Page 47: ...igured values for each slot and channel the streams associated with each program and the transmitters and servers associated with each stream System Configuration Used to configure system settings suc...

Page 48: ...h Edit to avoid interfering with other users Encoder LEDS Decoder LEDs Video Input Checks whether Video State on the Monitor Encoder Status Video Input page is running or not running Green Running Red...

Page 49: ...ick the Edit button to see all fields parameters and buttons VBAdmin validates most user entries If you select and apply invalid settings or mismatched parameters it will display error messages in red...

Page 50: ...n General page This button is only available in Edit mode Apply Applies the changes made on the screen to the appliance Note that these changes will not be stored in the appliance s flash memory until...

Page 51: ...m has a powerful full text search engine that can quickly find the information you need You may wish to take a few minutes to familiarize yourself with the help system It can save time when tying to f...

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Page 53: ...manage an appliance via terminal emulation for example with HyperTerminal connect the included cable which provides a standard 9 pin serial connection from the serial port on your computer to the VBri...

Page 54: ...h Windows or Telnet the command structure is the same The CLI interface is launched as soon as you enter a valid Login name and Password The following window shows the Command Line Interface and the s...

Page 55: ...d from the VBrick In this case the commanding entity must be prepared to wait before continuing the editing session In practice it is unlikely that any automated program will be tasked with initiating...

Page 56: ...d value for this variable is DisplayString If the syntax calls for an integer use a numeric value if the syntax calls for a string use an alpha value To find the VBrick parameter name and syntax 1 Fin...

Page 57: ...Once you find the parameter other related parameters are usually contained in the same group Each of the top level groups comprises a page in VBAdmin Note that valid values for the selected parameter...

Page 58: ...need to do this at the start of an edit session or if someone has ended your edit session Also you only need to begin an edit session to set variable and table parameters not to get parameters You ca...

Page 59: ...variables will be appended with n m Single Index Example This example shows how to read and change the Brightness parameter on Channel 1 VBrick gvar vbrickEncoderVideoCommonBrightness 1 vbrickEncoderV...

Page 60: ...mand You can also detect potential errors in advance by getting the value of various status parameters in the VBrick For example if you are writing a script you might want to check Transmitter State o...

Page 61: ...VBrick svar vbrickProgramTransmitterApplySet 1 2 Scripting Syntax Script commands must start in column 1 svar set variable must precede the variable name Wait time is defined milliseconds A value of...

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Page 63: ...K if successful ERROR otherwise beginEdit sessionId editName Used as a method to begin the edit session to become editor of parameters Returns editName if successful ERROR otherwise endEdit sessionId...

Page 64: ...x if any Note Some parameters may require the user to be the active editor More parameters can be retrieved by calling the method several times 4 Logout of the session by calling the logout method To...

Page 65: ...means you can configure an appliance for maximum performance but you can also configure it in such a way that it will only work well in a very limited environment Video quality is also relative What...

Page 66: ...some recommended rules for multicast IP Address assignment 1 Do not use 224 in the first octet since many of these are reserved 2 Use a digit between 225 239 for the first octet and standardize on it...

Page 67: ...n when trying to establish a connection The destination can be configured as follows Since the medium used for setting up Passthrough connections is a generic TCP IP port any IP device that is prepare...

Page 68: ...a present on the VBrick serial port will be sent to the connected PC If multiple Telnet sessions are active on one VBrick each VBrick supports up to 64 sessions the data from the VBrick will be sent t...

Page 69: ...uns script 1 F2 runs script 2 etc You cannot change the script file names e g event1Script txt nor can you add more scripts After you create the scripts you will need to FTP them to the scripts folder...

Page 70: ...see the home page for the device 4 Click on the Monitor button to display a list of Channels and then select any available Channel This will display below right the relevant status values for the sele...

Page 71: ...have explicit predefined names that cannot be changed There are also specific syntax rules that must be observed see Scripting Syntax on page 51 In particular make sure that every configuration eleme...

Page 72: ...commands is associated with a specific function key Replace the bolded text below with a meaningful label that describes the script Do not exceed 20 characters including spaces svar vbrickFrontPanelU...

Page 73: ...ries Appliance Part Number Blade 9304 0000 00 Industrial 9302 0000 000 Enterprise 9301 0000 111 Audio Video Module Part Number Channels Max Streaming Resolution XPS 9000 Encoding AVM SD 1CH HDMI YPbPr...

Page 74: ...l port operates at a default rate of 9 6 Kbps Async 8 Bit No Parity Controls None The pins on the passthrough port can be set for RS 232 or RS 422 485 see below using the COM Interface Type parameter...

Page 75: ...1 RTS Request to Send Output 2 DTR Data Terminal Ready Output 3 TXD Send Data Output 4 Ground Common 5 Ground Common 6 RXD Receive Data Input 7 DSR Data Set Ready Input 8 CTS Clear to Send Input Pin...

Page 76: ...he Admin Guide for configuration details see RS 232 422 485 COM Port Pinouts for pinout details The 9000 Series encoder has two COM ports and supports a total of four external events Note that Pin8 is...

Page 77: ...M port output Connect the COM output pin COM2 pin1 RTS or COM2 pin2 DTR through a switch to a COM event pin For this method to work you must force the desired output pin RTS or DTR to On using VBAdmin...

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