Using OmniStream
™
with Velocity
™
Device Manager
101
Scrambling
Click this toggle switch to enable or disable scrambling on the encoder. Atlona recommends enabling scrambling for
security purposes. When enabled, the toggle switch will be green.
Key
This field is only displayed if the
Scrambling
toggle switch is enabled (green). Enter the scrambling key in this field.
The scrambling key must be ASCII and must contain a minimum of eight characters. Special characters and spaces
are not permitted.
The Velocity/OmniStream Interface
Video
Audio
Encoder
Click this drop-down list to select the encoder input.
Enable Video
Click this toggle switch to enable or disable the video signal. When enabled (green), video will pass from the encoder
to the decoder.
Destination Multicast/Unicast Address
Enter the IP address that will be used to stream the content.
Destination UDP Port
Enter the destination UDP port in this field.
TTL
Set the
TTL (Time-To-Live) duration, from 1 to 255 seconds, in this field. The default value is 255 seconds.
DSCP
Click this drop-down list to select the DSCP value. Refer to
Differentiated Services Code Point (page 146)
information on this topic.
FEC Enable
Click this toggle switch to enable (green) or disable Forward Error Correction (FEC). This feature can be used when
transporting streams over a network that is suspected to be unreliable, due to noise or other factors. By default, this
feature is enabled. Refer to
for more information.
FEC Rows
Specify the number of FEC rows in this field. Refer to
for more information.
FEC Columns
Specify the number of FEC columns in this field. Refer to
for more information.
LINK TEST
Click this button to perform a link integrity test. This feature validates the quality of the link between the encoder
and decoder. Link tests are initiated at an encoder, and any decoders that are configured to join that encoder’s video
multicast address will return packet loss statistics to the encoder, which displays the combined results under the
Notifications
tab. Refer to
Performing a Link Test (page 141)
for more information.
Source
Click this drop-down list to select the desired input.
Enable AES67
Click this toggle switch to enable AES67. When this feature is enabled, the toggle switch will be green.