CatonCaster HD422 User Manual
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CatonCaster HD422
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Страница 1: ...CatonCaster HD422 User Manual Page of 1 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 CatonCaster HD422 User Manual...
Страница 2: ...ce marks or product names as designated by the companies who market those products Inquiries should be made directly to those companies This document may also have links to third party web pages that...
Страница 3: ...CatonCaster HD422 User Manual Page of 3 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Date Version Description Author 6th May 2020 0 8 Draft KS FH 7th July 2020 1 0 Initial Release KS FH...
Страница 4: ...he apparatus the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped Do not expose this apparatus to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled wi...
Страница 5: ...posed to water rain or high moisture environments If exposed to a liquid remove power safely at the breaker and send your equipment to be serviced by a qualified technician To reduce the risk of shock...
Страница 6: ...to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her own...
Страница 7: ...If any option cables were ordered with the CatonCaster HD422 they will be included in the box as well If any of these items were omitted from the packaging of the CatonCaster HD422 please email suppor...
Страница 8: ...Main Panel 22 4 2 1 Configuring Active Inputs 23 4 2 2 Configuring ASI Input 25 4 2 3 Configuring MPEG IP Input 25 4 2 4 Configuring DVB S S2 S2X Input 28 4 2 5 Configuring DVB S S2 Input 29 4 2 6 Co...
Страница 9: ...slog 78 4 3 10 In Band Control 79 4 3 11 Updating the CatonCaster HD422 79 4 3 12 Reboot Unit 81 4 3 13 Reset Defaults 81 4 4 Reporting Panel 82 4 4 1 Active Alarms 82 4 4 2 Event Logs 83 4 4 3 Config...
Страница 10: ...ction 1 Overview Introduction This Section includes the following topics 1 1 Product Introduction 1 2 Front Panel Overview 1 3 Rear Panel Overview 1 4 Cooling 1 5 Rack Information Page of 10 107 www c...
Страница 11: ...support engineers 1 2 Front Panel Overview The CatonCaster HD422 can be controlled from the front panel using the LCD screen and buttons that are shown below A detailed description of using the front...
Страница 12: ...emperature controlled status indicator If the temperature inside the unit exceeds 60 C the red Error text will illuminate on the front panel and a description of the error will appear in the Error Lis...
Страница 13: ...ion includes the following topics 2 1 Rack Installation 2 2 Power Connection 2 3 AC Power Connection 2 4 AC Dual Redundant Power Connection Optional 2 5 DC Power Connection 2 6 Maintenance 2 7 Network...
Страница 14: ...The Dual Redundant option allows the CatonCaster HD422 to be powered by two separate supplies either operating 120V or 240V systems The power supply will automatically detect the system it is connecte...
Страница 15: ...virtually a maintenance free piece of equipment There are no user serviceable parts on the inside of the unit 2 7 Network Setup via Front Panel The CatonCaster HD422 can be setup on a network connecti...
Страница 16: ...the button 2 Use the and buttons to select the column to edit and use the and buttons to change the IP then press the button to save the selection 3 The cursor will now be on Mask 4 Use the and button...
Страница 17: ...ter HD422 User Manual Section 3 Operating the Front Panel Introduction This Section included the following topics 3 1 CatonCaster HD422 Front Panel Overview Page of 17 107 www catontechnology com July...
Страница 18: ...s of management port 4 Current decoded service The following figure shows a typical screen on the front panel Several important features have been circled and noted below These features are common to...
Страница 19: ...ating the Web Interface Introduction This section includes the following topics 4 1 CatonCaster HD422 Web Interface Overview 4 2 Main Panel 4 3 Admin Panel 4 4 Reporting Panel 4 5 About Panel Page of...
Страница 20: ...ble without a password Press the login button in order to login to the web interface 4 1 2 Hiding Unused Inputs The CatonCaster HD422 web interface allows the user to hide inactive inputs using the bu...
Страница 21: ...resent and function is operating normally Red LED Status indicates function is a ected by active error To view the errors navigate to Alarms panel to view Active Errors Grey LED Status is inactive Fun...
Страница 22: ...and demodulate When configuring the CatonCaster HD422 the user begins at the top of the menu and works down The inputs are configured then descrambling if present then service or PIDs are selected for...
Страница 23: ...ary backup input in order to provide a continuous output Which input is primary and backup how the inputs switchover and restore and switchover timing is all user configurable The user can force the C...
Страница 24: ...ync Loss the CatonCaster HD422 will switch from the primary to the backup input if the primary stream loses synchronization for the duration of the Switchover Interval Decode Failure the unit will swi...
Страница 25: ...ard has two ports that can be set to receive and or transmit This menu is for setting up the reception of MPEG IP unicast or multicast transport streams The menu for Stream 1 and 2 have the same setti...
Страница 26: ...rom a source device Destination IP 224 0 0 0 239 255 255 255 This setting is only available when receiving a multicast stream This address is the IP address the source device is sending to Destination...
Страница 27: ...ng a stream with RTP SSRC Buffer Mode Size KB Delay ms Allows option to set buffer mode to Size in KB or Delay ms Buffer Size KB 1 4000 KB This setting determines how much data is received before the...
Страница 28: ...in the Admin tab Page of 28 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Receive Enabled Disabled This setting allows the user to enable or disable this input stream Physical Connector Port A Port B Port...
Страница 29: ...between DVB S or DVB S2 modulation schemes Setting to Auto will have the unit automatically detect whether the input is DVB S or DVB S2 Satellite Frequency C Band 4GHz 8GHz Ku Band 11 2Ghz 14 5Ghz L...
Страница 30: ...g PL Scrambling In order to receive the stream enter the value of the incoming signals PL Scrambling code LNB Power Off 13 VDC 14 VDC 18 VDC 19 VDC The CatonCaster HD422 has the ability to provide the...
Страница 31: ...able or disable this reception port Mode 8VSB 64 QAMB 256 QAMB This setting allows the user to choose between 8VSB or QAM modulation schemes Channel Plan Off Air FCC Cable HRC Cable IRC Cable If 8 VSB...
Страница 32: ...PSK modulation schemes Modulation QPSK 1 2 QPSK 2 3 QPSK 3 4 QPSK 5 6 QPSK 7 8 8PSK 2 3 8PSK 3 4 2 05 8PSK 3 4 2 10 8PSK 3 4 2 20 8PSK 5 6 8PSK 8 9 This setting allows the user to select which modulat...
Страница 33: ...tween DVB T T2 C C2 or ISDB T modulation schemes Channel Plan Australia Eur Asia Afr Ireland New Zealand Taiwan South Africa South America United Kingdom European Cable Japan Philippines This setting...
Страница 34: ...pective slot MMI support is dependent on what is supported by the CAM Page of 34 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Frequency MHz 42 1002 Selecting a channel from the c...
Страница 35: ...scrambled will show the icon Clicking the button forces the CatonCaster HD422 to rescan the transport stream for changes DVB CI Service Descrambling Menu Page of 35 107 www catontechnology com July 20...
Страница 36: ...SS key set and selects it from the drop down For streams with multiple per service keys the user must first configure the key sets and then assign them to services 4 2 10 1 Configuring BISS Keys This...
Страница 37: ...www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Operation Mode Disabled Descramble Decoded PIDs Descramble Selected Services Descramble All PIDs Descramble Decoded PID s will descrambl...
Страница 38: ...hnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Selection Mode Service Lock PID Lock Auto Seek Setting to Service Lock sets the unit to decode any PIDs associated with a service number or service n...
Страница 39: ...020 R1 Setting Range Description Lock Mode Service Name Service Number If set to Service Name the CatonCaster HD422 will decode only services matching the name specified SDT in DVB or TVCT in ATSC tab...
Страница 40: ...Ds will automatically be assigned and decoded No other configurations are available in this mode This mode should only be used to verify the CatonCaster HD422 is receiving a valid signal and it able t...
Страница 41: ...l output Manual Format Refer to Appendix C for supported formats This setting is the video format the CatonCaster HD422 will output Raster Mode Solid Color Last Frame If no input is present the CatonC...
Страница 42: ...ys completely Closed Caption NTSC DTVCC Sets the type of closed captions that will be in the overlay NTSC Service CC1 CC4 Sets the NTSC closed caption service that will be displayed in the overlay Thi...
Страница 43: ...ideo output Page of 43 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Format Mode Auto Manual Setting to Auto the CatonCaster HD422 will output video in an SD format based on the i...
Страница 44: ...the AFD code in the incoming stream If 4x3 Auto Conversion is set to AFD but the AFD code is not present or invalid in the incoming stream the 4x3 Conversion Mode setting will be used 4x3 Output Aspec...
Страница 45: ...Channels Refer to Appendix F Dynamic Range Enabled Disabled Refer to Appendix E for explanation Downmix Lo Ro Stereo Lt Rt Dolby Surround Lt Rt Auto Dual Mono Dual Left Dual Right When the audio is d...
Страница 46: ...on SCTE35 DPI splice message and user configurations for the relays Page of 46 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Reference Source Disabled External Setting to Disable...
Страница 47: ...2020 R1 Setting Range Description Heartbeat Timeout min 1 60 Setting this value will determine the time in minutes between SCTE35 messages before the CatonCaster HD422 will report an error Setting Ran...
Страница 48: ...h SCTE 35 messages that will trigger the relay Offset ms 4000ms to 4000ms Specify an offset for the Trigger Relay Mode Pulse Latch Specify a mode for the relay In pulse mode the relay will fire once o...
Страница 49: ...e SCTE 35 message will be of the splice immediate type which can trigger an instantaneous switch downstream or the normal type which uses a PTS based preroll value to time the insertion Pre Roll ms 0...
Страница 50: ...e the message Asynchronous SCTE 35 message insertion allows the ESAM server to create and insert SCTE 35 messages onto a specified PID in the transport stream Page of 50 107 www catontechnology com Ju...
Страница 51: ...rom the ESAM server PID SCTE 35 PID present in TS PID on which the SCTE 35 messages will be inserted in the transport stream Setting Range Description Lookup Mode Auto Manual Setting Lookup Mode to au...
Страница 52: ...ded audio and auxiliary data in the SDI video output for port 1 2 There are unique settings for SD and HD video All VANC embedding Line settings contain the values 4 through 19 All HANC embedding Line...
Страница 53: ...waveform data embedding in the VANC Choose one line between lines 4 19 to embed data AMOL TVG2X VITC Enabled Disabled Enable Disable SCTE127 VBI waveform data embedding in the VANC Choose one line bet...
Страница 54: ...put on line 23 in the VBI VPS Enabled Disabled Enable Disable Video Program System VPS embedding in the VBI VPS is output on line 16 in the VBI AMOL Enabled Disabled Enable Disable Automated Measureme...
Страница 55: ...hnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Video Loss Mode Disable SDI Display Raster Setting to Disable SDI squelches the SDI output of the CatonCaster HD422 in case of an error state Setting...
Страница 56: ...VPS WSS S2031 Enabled Disabled Enable Disable EN301775 VBI waveform data embedding in the VANC Choose one line between lines 4 19 to embed data AMOL TVG2X VITC Enabled Disabled Enable Disable SCTE127...
Страница 57: ...on Group 1 4 Pair 1 2 Off Audio 1 8 PCM Audio 1 8 Pass through Assigning a PCM audio to a Group Pair will embed the decoded or downmixed two channel audio using the settings defined in Section 4 2 13...
Страница 58: ...put All VANC embedding Line settings contain the values 4 through 19 General Page of 58 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Video Loss Mode Disable SDI Display Raster Se...
Страница 59: ...he VANC Choose one line between lines 4 19 to embed data AMOL TVG2X VITC Enabled Disabled Enable Disable SCTE127 VBI waveform data embedding in the VANC Choose one line between lines 4 19 to embed dat...
Страница 60: ...text will be embedded is dependent on data in the incoming stream WSS Enabled Disabled Enable Disable Widescreen Signaling WSS embedding in the VBI WSS is output on line 23 in the VBI VPS Enabled Disa...
Страница 61: ...ription Group 1 4 Pair 1 2 Off Audio 1 8 PCM Audio 1 8 Pass through Assigning a PCM audio to a Group Pair will embed the decoded or downmixed two channel audio using the settings defined in Section 4...
Страница 62: ...eo format is SD Page of 62 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Video Loss Mode Disable Composite Display Raster This option allows the user to define how the composite v...
Страница 63: ...ent on data in the incoming stream WSS Enabled Disabled Enable Disable Widescreen Signaling WSS embedding in the VBI WSS is output on line 23 in the VBI VPS Enabled Disabled Enable Disable Video Progr...
Страница 64: ...e Selected Services PIDs box or use the currently decoded stream The user can also configure a TS bitrate for each PID filtered stream and select different table inclusion options Page of 64 107 www c...
Страница 65: ...D Filter PID filter 1 10 Select which PID filter to configure TS Bitrate Mbps 25 to 160 Configure the TS Bitrate for the PID filter stream selected Table Processing Mode PSI MPEG Adjusted tables PAT P...
Страница 66: ...ns as Transmit 1 and Transmit 2 with one exception Forward Error Correction is only available if licensed on Transmit 1 and 2 Page of 66 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Descript...
Страница 67: ...d will output the TS with any applied BISS or DVB CI decryption PID Filter will output the TS from the PID filter menu option Physical Connector Port 1 Port 2 The physical connector on the MPEG IP car...
Страница 68: ...number Source Port 0 65536 This is the port used by the CatonCaster HD422 to transmit the MPEG IP stream TS Packets Per IP Packet 1 7 The number of TS packets that are contained with a single IP pack...
Страница 69: ...n in the upper left corner will update the tables displayed Page of 69 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Transmit Enabled Disabled Enable or disable transmission of de...
Страница 70: ...HD422 User Manual 4 3 Admin Panel To access the Admin Control Panel click on the tab This menu allows the user to control many aspects of the CatonCaster HD422 Page of 70 107 www catontechnology com J...
Страница 71: ...d decoding requirements Page of 71 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Action Button Description Add New Profile Adds a new profile from current settings User must name profile before creation is...
Страница 72: ...e Unit Alias or protect the BISS E Injected I D click on the button The PID Display mode changes how PID values are displayed in the web interface The values can either be displayed in decimal or HEX...
Страница 73: ...e DHCP Static Setting to DHCP will allow the network assign an IP address automatically to the CatonCaster HD422 if supported Setting to Static allows the user to manually define all TCP IP settings f...
Страница 74: ...f the MPEG IP ports click the button under the MPEG IP Network Configuration section next to the corresponding port The settings for both ports are the same Page of 74 107 www catontechnology com July...
Страница 75: ...tion IP Address 1 0 0 0 126 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 191 255 0 0 192 0 1 0 223 255 255 0 Setting to DHCP will allow the network assign an IP address automatically to the CatonCaster HD422 if supported Setting...
Страница 76: ...of these communities click on the button Page of 76 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Setting Range Description Update Mode NTP Manual Setting to NTP uses the local network s NTP server to syn...
Страница 77: ...echnology com July 2020 R1 Action Button Description Add Manager Clicking this button prompts the user for the IP address of the SNMP trap manager Delete All Clicking this button prompts the user to c...
Страница 78: ...es can be downloaded directly from the CatonCaster HD422 by clicking on the button The screen below will appear where the files can be downloaded and saved off of the unit 4 3 9 Syslog The CatonCaster...
Страница 79: ...re updates to the unit click on the button The current version and uploaded version is displayed in the Software Versions section The CatonCaster HD422 will reboot after a software update is complete...
Страница 80: ...July 2020 R1 Action Button Description Upload Software Update To upload software updates to the CatonCaster HD422 click this button The user will be prompted to navigate to an update file The file wi...
Страница 81: ...Caster HD422 settings can be reset to factory defaults All settings will be returned to the factory defaults except the network management ports TCP IP settings All event logs will be cleared To reset...
Страница 82: ...ll be cleared from the active alarms window The event log can be used to view alarm and event history Both the active alarm and event logs can be configured to hide or change the behavior of alarms an...
Страница 83: ...lumns in the log that display different types of information Page of 83 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Title Description State This column displays the nature of the alarm The icon means the...
Страница 84: ...gy com July 2020 R1 Title Description Severity This column displays the nature of the alarm The icon means the log entry is informational and is not an error The icon means the log entry is an active...
Страница 85: ...m This column is only available in the tab This option allows the user to enable or disable this alarm in the Active Alarms log If checked the alarm will be displayed in the Active Alarms log if raise...
Страница 86: ...he tab there are no user definable parameters but there is information about software versions currently installed which licenses are installed how to contact Caton and third party software informatio...
Страница 87: ...Error and Event List Appendix C Specifications Appendix D Pinouts for Analog Audio and Relay Connectors Appendix E CatonCaster HD422 Audio Explanation Appendix F CatonCaster HD422 Discrete Audio Confi...
Страница 88: ...Message ETT Extended Text Table Event An event is defined as a collection of elementary streams with a common time base an associated start time and an associated end time FCC Federal Communications...
Страница 89: ...ing of transport streams and the successful regeneration of programs Program A program is a collection of program elements Program elements may be elementary streams Program elements need not have any...
Страница 90: ...VBI Video Blanking Interval VCT Virtual Channel Table Used in reference to either TVCT or CVCT XLR Cannon X series connector with a Latch and Rubber around the contacts YPbPr Component Red Green Blue...
Страница 91: ...to be embedded on is conflicting with another line of data in the VANC ANC VBI Line Conflict SCTE127 The VANC line SCTE127 is currently set to be embedded on is conflicting with another line of data i...
Страница 92: ...ection Fan Speed Below Lower Limit Cooling fan in the CatonCaster HD422 has failed Genlock Not Present Genlock reference is enabled but not present IP Loss Error No IP packets have been received by th...
Страница 93: ...elected Video PID Not Present PID Locked mode is set as service selection mode and video PID defined by user is not present in the incoming stream Service Not Found Service Lock service selection mode...
Страница 94: ...onitoring SNMP Control monitoring Operating Altitudes 0 to 10000 feet AC Power Operating Voltage 100 240VAC PSU Max Power 150W Current Draw Base Unit with no option cards 38 40W Base Unit with active...
Страница 95: ...Video Profiles and Levels Base Unit MPEG 2 HP HL SD Only H 264 Hi422P 4 2 SD Only H 264 Constrained BP 4 2 SD Only HD 4 2 0 License MRD 58710 Adds MPEG 2 HP HL HD Formats H 264 up to HP 4 2 HD Format...
Страница 96: ...B G I D M N Connector One 75 10 Female BNC CVBS Return Loss 25dB 0 to 6 00 MHz Frequency Response 0 7dB From 0 to 4 00MHz Drive Level 140 IRE 1 0Vpp 2 IRE Chroma Luma Delay 26 ns Max Field Time Distor...
Страница 97: ...AMOL 48 96 SCTE 127 Teletext WSS VPS SMPTE 2031 Time Code SMPTE 12M 2 SMPTE2038 Source ID SCTE104 SMPTE 2010 VII SMPTE RP 186 SDI HANC Data Types Time Code SMPTE 12M 2 VBI Waveforms SDI Composite Line...
Страница 98: ...e Base T RJ 45 Ethernet Ports Receive Input Format UDP RTP and RTP with extension headers Multicast and Unicast CBR VBR Null Stripped Receiver Capability 2 simultaneous MPEG over IP transport streams...
Страница 99: ...0 MSps Pilot On Off Auto Detect DVB S2X Standard EN 302 307 Decoding type LDPC and BCH Modulation QPSK 8PSK Modulation Coding supported CCM FEC Framing Type Short frame size 16200 Normal frame size 64...
Страница 100: ...ing supported CCM FEC Framing Type Short frame size 16200 Normal frame size 64800 Supported rates QPSK 1 4 1 3 2 5 1 2 3 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 9 9 10 8PSK 3 5 2 3 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 10 Symbol rate 0 5 60 MSp...
Страница 101: ...or F Type Female Impedance 75 Ohms Sensitivity 34dBmV to 40dBmV A74 Compliant Modulation QPSK 16QAM 32QAM 64QAM 128QAM 256QAM 1024QAM 4096QAM MER Range 0dB to 40dB Accuracy 2dB Low Limit Flag User Def...
Страница 102: ...l 1 Right 3 Channel 2 4 Channel 2 Left 5 Right 6 Channel 1 Left 7 Channel 1 Right 8 Channel 2 Left 9 Channel 2 Right 10 11 Ground 12 Ground 13 Ground 14 Ground 15 Ground PIN Channel Function 1 Channel...
Страница 103: ...e processing as the Transmission mode to the analog outputs AES digital outputs set to PCM and any embedded outputs set to PCM There is an additional selection at the bottom of the Dolby setup pull do...
Страница 104: ...us Mono Stereo and 5 1 and AAC Mono Stereo and 5 1 Page of 104 107 www catontechnology com July 2020 R1 Incoming audio PID Downmix Option Output e ect Stereo Lo Ro OUT IN Stereo Lt Rt DS OUT IN Stereo...
Страница 105: ...hannels into 2 channels The service selection mode from 4 2 8 must be set to PID lock in order to output 3 pairs of audio and completely decode a full 5 1 input Assign the audio PID containing the 5 1...
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Страница 107: ...e returned for service or calibration an RMA number must be obtained In order to obtain a RMA number use the following steps 1 Contact the Caton service department by going email to support catontechn...
