October 2022
8210D
www.sencore.com | 1.605.978.4600
Revision 1.3
ARD 3100/3400 ATSC 3.0 Receiver Decoder
User Manual
Страница 1: ...October 2022 8210D www sencore com 1 605 978 4600 Revision 1 3 ARD 3100 3400 ATSC 3 0 Receiver Decoder User Manual...
Страница 2: ...should be made directly to those companies This document may also have links to third party web pages that are beyond the control of Sencore The presence of such links does not imply that Sencore endo...
Страница 3: ...2 Revision History Date MM DD YYYY Version Description Author 08 17 2020 1 0 Initial Release JDN 05 14 2021 1 1 1 10 0 Feature Release JDN 05 09 2022 1 2 1 13 0 Feature Release JDN 10 12 2022 1 3 1 14...
Страница 4: ...ts have fallen into the 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...
Страница 5: ...lication or operation email ProCare Sencore com WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock never allow your equipment to be exposed to water rain or high moisture environments If exposed t...
Страница 6: ...wing is a list of the items that are included 1 ARD 3100 3400 Chassis 2 ARD 3100 3400 Software 3 AC Power Cable 4 5 x HD BNC Cables 5 Quick Start Guide If any of these items were omitted from the pack...
Страница 7: ...r 21 3 3 5 Configuring Decoding and Service Selection 22 3 3 6 Advanced Configuration 23 3 3 7 Configuring Baseband Processing 24 3 3 7 1 Configuring Video 24 3 3 7 2 Configuring Audio 27 3 3 7 3 Conf...
Страница 8: ...tes 54 3 4 17 Rebooting the Unit 55 3 4 18 Resetting to Defaults 56 3 5 REPORTING PANEL 57 3 5 1 Active Alarms 57 3 5 2 Event Logs 58 3 5 3 Configuring the Logs 59 3 6 ABOUT PANEL 61 SECTION 4 APPENDI...
Страница 9: ...ARD 3100 3400 User Manual Page 9 72 Section 1 Overview Introduction This section includes the following topics 1 1 PRODUCT INTRODUCTION 10 1 2 FRONT PANEL OVERVIEW 10 1 3 REAR PANEL OVERVIEW 11...
Страница 10: ...t configurations that will change the physical connectors available on the back of the chassis Input Capabilites 1x ATSC 3 0 RF tuner o Single Channel PLP receive and decode for the 3100 o Multi Chann...
Страница 11: ...gh 4 2 Bi level and tri level genlock input port 3 Eth0 One of two available RJ45 Ethernet ports for management 4 Eth1 One of two available RJ45 Ethernet ports for management 5 Local monitor output us...
Страница 12: ...er Manual Page 12 72 Section 2 Installation Introduction This section includes the following topics 2 1 RACK INSTALLATION 13 2 2 AC DUAL REDUNDANT POWER CONNECTIONS 13 2 3 MAINTENANCE 13 2 4 NETWORK S...
Страница 13: ...ngs into the back of the unit 3 Locate a protected outlet usually inside of the rack to plug the male ends of the power cables into 2 3 Maintenance Refer to the server manufacturer documentation for d...
Страница 14: ...Section 3 Web Interface Operation Introduction This section includes the following topics 3 1 ARD 3100 3400 WEB INTERFACE OVERVIEW 15 3 2 SUMMARY PANEL 16 3 3 DECODER PANEL 17 3 4 ADMIN PANEL 33 3 5 R...
Страница 15: ...Firefox 3 5 above Google Chrome Microsoft Edge The user will need to login to the web interface By default the admin user account is available with the password below Press the login button in order...
Страница 16: ...normally Red LED Status indicates function is affected by active error To view the errors navigate to Alarms panel to view Active Errors Grey LED Status is inactive Function is currently disabled or...
Страница 17: ...Panel The Decoder panel of the ARD 3100 3400 web interface is used to configure the input decoding and output settings Each functional piece has a heading Inputs Decoding Baseband Processing and Baseb...
Страница 18: ...one Backup input used as the active input during failover operation Switch On Manual Only TS Sync Loss Decode Failure Manual Only the user must manually switch inputs using the icon TS Sync Loss the A...
Страница 19: ...o the Primary Input when the Backup Input experiences a decoding error 3 3 2 Configuring ATSC 3 0 over RF Input This menu on the Decode tab is used to disable and enable the decoder s reception of the...
Страница 20: ...e be configured per decoder Setting Range Description Receive Enabled Disabled This setting allows the user to enable or disable this reception port Interface eth0 eth1 Choose the IP interface to rece...
Страница 21: ...able Viewer is used to view the incoming available services that can be selected for decode Use the dropdown icons by Service Table to expand the contents This menu can be used to view the Service ID...
Страница 22: ...The ARD will decode the first service found Locks the decoder to defined service number Service Number Click the drop down to select a service number This list will be populated by all services in th...
Страница 23: ...lues too low can result in dropped video frames Default settings are recommended unless minimal latency is crucial to the application Clicking the Restore Defaults button will reset all values to the...
Страница 24: ...tion Source ATSC 3 0 SMPTE TT IMSC1 Legacy Video Header The user chooses which caption data the decoder will reference when overlaying or embedding onto SDI 3 3 7 Configuring Baseband Processing The s...
Страница 25: ...at value Manual Format 3840x2160p 60fps 1280x720p 59 94fps Refer to Appendix C in Section 4 for complete list Raster Mode Solid Color Last Frame Selected color outputs if no input is locked Last decod...
Страница 26: ...ay type Closed Caption NTSC DTVCC Select subtitle overlay CC type NTSC Service CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 Select subtitle overlay NTSC type DTVCC Service SERVICE 1 SERVICE 2 SERVICE 3 SERVICE 4 SERVICE 5 SERVICE...
Страница 27: ...The audio menu allows the user to configure the audio processing mode decode discrete settings of the ARD 3100 3400 Up to 8 audio PID s inside of the decoded service can be processed Once configured...
Страница 28: ...vel for AC 4 audio This following audio level ranges correlate to the mode of AC 4 audio selected Downmix Lo Ro Stereo Lt Rt Dolby Surround Lt Rt Auto Dual Mono Stereo Dual Left Dual Right Head Phone...
Страница 29: ...this setting 3 3 7 3 Configuring Genlock The Genlock menu allows the user to configure Horizontal Offset Pixels The configure menu is opened by clicking on the gear icon Genlock status is reported as...
Страница 30: ...displays how SDI video can be configured General Setting Range Description Video Loss Mode Disable SDI Display Raster Setting to Disable SDI disables the SDI output of the ARD in case of an error stat...
Страница 31: ...o assign to a output using the named discrete options The following audio formats identify specific channels Dolby AC 4 AAC LC HE AAC If the specific channels are not identified LPCM Audio for example...
Страница 32: ...lected line Closed Captions VANC Embedding The ARD 3100 3400 supports extraction of SMPTE ST 2052 1 SMPTE TT from the input PID and embedding in SDI User configuration is needed for enabling Closed Ca...
Страница 33: ...is menu controls many global settings and maintenance tasks on the ARD 3100 3400 Admin Tab The and icons on the far right may be used to expand and hide panes on the Admin tab expanded General Setting...
Страница 34: ...n to assign a user entered Unit Alias After entering the name and pressing the apply button or the Enter key this alias will be shown on the browser s web interface title pane as well as the top right...
Страница 35: ...one for each Decoder ARD s configured for Quad 3G SDI UHD will only have one Decoder to set the alias for see Section 3 4 4 1 for details After entering names and then clicking the Apply button or pr...
Страница 36: ...er Level Network Configuration Use the Configure Networks icon to choose server level network settings Setting Range Description Hostname User Entry Specify the hostname for the server Default Gateway...
Страница 37: ...3 0 over IP Input Settings Section 3 3 3 Mode Static DHCP Static will enable user defined IP settings DHCP will provide the interface MAC address to a DHCP server to acquire IP settings When using DHC...
Страница 38: ...D will output in quadrants across the four SDI output ports Independent will split the ARD 3400 to decode up to four separate FHD services independently Each of the four services will be output on the...
Страница 39: ...If the reboot was prompted after toggling the Module Configuration field to Independent HD SD then there will now be four separate Decoder tabs along the top of the web page to choose from and the SD...
Страница 40: ...nputs may be selected by any decoder on board the system as per Section 3 3 1 3 4 4 1 Configuring the RF Input Port Click on the cog by the Input Port intended for configuration to enter its settings...
Страница 41: ...icon on the far right of the ATSC 3 0 Module pane will become green to indicate signal lock is achieved 3 4 4 2 RF Input Metrics and PLP Settings Once lock is achieved on the RF Input port click the...
Страница 42: ...The number of Block errors during Forward Error Correction Last Reset Read Only yyyy mm dd hh mm ss This shows the last date and time the statistics were manually reverted to zero using the Reset Cou...
Страница 43: ...of FEC is detected on the selected PLP Size Read Only Shows the size in cells of the selected PLP 3 4 5 License Information Pane The License Information pane can be found on the Admin tab All ARD uni...
Страница 44: ...this link https www sencore com company contact us Regardless of the status of the software subscription agreement Sencore offers phone and email technical support during regular business hours for al...
Страница 45: ...ed date A calendar widget can be used to select the data by clicking the button This setting is only available if Update Mode is set to Manual Time 00 00 00 24 00 00 This setting is the user defined t...
Страница 46: ...the sending of SNMP traps to one or more user specified trap receivers Located on the Admin Tab click on the Configure SNMP Managers icon to add or remove the SNMP trap destinations Use the icon to a...
Страница 47: ...g row To remove all IP addresses use the icon Remember to click Apply when finished editing the SNMP Manager list After configuring the SNMP managers to send SNMP traps use the SNMP Trap column of the...
Страница 48: ...nation settings Action Range Description State Enabled Disabled Enable or Disable sending messages to Syslog server Network Protocol UDP TCP Select which network protocol used to transmit to the Syslo...
Страница 49: ...ord can be changed using the icon A blank entry here remove the password otherwise any user specified password can be entered here The password change will take effect immediately after clicking the A...
Страница 50: ...y change the configuration of an ARD to suit different inputs and decoding requirements Click the Profiles icon to enter the Profile Manager menu Action Button Description Add New Profile Adds a new p...
Страница 51: ...on The user will be prompted to select a directory to download the profile 3 4 12 Downloading SNMP MIBs SNMP MIBs are useful to identify the OIDs for the SNMP GET and SET commands for the system The S...
Страница 52: ...agnostics icon on the Admin tab is a download link that will prompt the unit to generate the diagnostics file before saving it into the requesting local PC s downloads folder When clicked a window wil...
Страница 53: ...Updates Once the software file is downloaded the update can be performed under the Admin tab of the ARD 3100 3400 Web Interface Click on the Update Unit button in the top right of the page The curren...
Страница 54: ...Update Software to Uploaded Version Clicking the button starts the software update process The ARD will prompt the user to confirm the update Click Yes to continue or No to cancel 3 4 16 Rollback Sof...
Страница 55: ...rm the rollback or click cancel to stop the process 3 4 17 Rebooting the Unit The ARD can be rebooted from the web interface Admin page In order to perform a reboot click the reboot button on the Admi...
Страница 56: ...t 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 all settings to default click th...
Страница 57: ...button displays the Active Alarms menu This list displays all of the active alarms currently affecting the unit There are four columns in the log that display different types of information Title Desc...
Страница 58: ...tional and is not an error The icon means the log entry is an active alarm Timestamp This column displays the data and time the error was raised or cleared This data and time correlates with the Date...
Страница 59: ...re alarms and events Events and alarms can be Logged Hidden or have the Severity adjusted In order to configure these options click the Configure button while in the section of the Reporting tab When...
Страница 60: ...creates an entry in the event log in the case this error or event is raised If this box is unchecked this error or event will be hidden and not logged if raised Log Severity This column is only availa...
Страница 61: ...2 3 6 About Panel Under the About tab there are no user definable parameters but there is information about software versions currently installed which licenses are installed how to contact Sencore an...
Страница 62: ...ntroduction This section includes the following topics APPENDIX A ACRONYMS AND GLOSSARY 63 APPENDIX B ERROR AND EVENT LIST 64 APPENDIX C SPECIFICATIONS 65 APPENDIX D OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE 67 APPENDIX E...
Страница 63: ...Kbps 1000 bit per second LED Light Emitting Diode Mbps 1 000 000 bits per second NTP Networking Time Protocol PCM Pulse Code Modulation PID Packet Identifier A unique integer value used to associate e...
Страница 64: ...Input Video Unsupported The video source format or codec is unsupported Insufficient Decoder Performance The unit does not have enough processing power to decode the transport stream Contact ProCare...
Страница 65: ...16x9 25Hz 480i x 720 4x3 or 16x9 29 97Hz 2160p x 3840 16x9 23 97 24 25 29 97 30 50 59 94 and 60Hz Base Audio Decoding Features Number of Audio Services 8 Audio Services per video Audio Codecs Support...
Страница 66: ...nverter cable HD BNC to BNC Video Standards SD SDI SMPTE 259M HD SDI SMPTE 292M 3G SDI SMPTE 424M 4K multi link SMPTE 425 5 Two Sample Interleave Video Formats 480i 576i 525i 625i 720p 1080i 1080p 108...
Страница 67: ...91 David Miller et al expat 2 1 0 MIT 2001 2006 Expat maintainers FastDB 3 71 MIT like Konstantin Knizhnik FCGI 2 4 6 FastCGI Open Market Inc FFmpeg 5 0 1 LGPL Version 2 1 Feb 1999 Fabrice Bellard fon...
Страница 68: ...ect 1995 1998 Linux PAM 1 3 1_2020 0 GPL Version 2 June 1991 Copyright c 2005 2006 2009 Thorsten Kukuk TACACS Master_2020 GPL Version 2 June 1991 Copyright C 2010 Pawel Krawczyk and Jeroen Nijhof PCRE...
Страница 69: ...User Manual Page 69 72 srt 1 4 2 MPLv2 0 License 2018 Haivision Systems Inc TCLAP 1 2 0 MIT 2003 Michael E Smoot uuid 1 0 3 BSD Robert Boehne Zlib 1 2 7 Zlib libpng License 1995 2005 Jean loup Gailly...
Страница 70: ...Year Warranty Sencore warrants this instrument against defects from any cause except acts of God and abusive use for a period of 1 one year from date of purchase During this warranty period Sencore wi...
Страница 71: ...ce department by going online to www sencore com and select Support 2 Select Service and Repair from the options given 3 Fill in the following required information a First Last Name b Company c Email...
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