VBrick Systems VB4000 manual

VBric k v4.1 MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Guide August 21, 2007 4410-0216-0000 VB4000-5000-6000 Series Netw ork Video Appliances[...]

Copyright © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . All rights reser ved. 12 Beaumont R oad W allingford, Conn ecticut 06492, USA www .VBrick.com This pu blication contains confiden tial, proprietary , and trade secret infor mation. No part of this doc ument may be copied, photocopied, re produced, translate d, or reduced to any mach ine-readable or electr on[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de iii Contents MPEG-2 Admin Guide Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Getting Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Font [...]

iv Contents Configuration: Conferencing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Configuration: P assthrough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 9 Configuration: P assthrough > COM1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de v 5. Dia gnostics Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 User Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Diagnostics: Netw ork T e[...]

vi Contents Configuration: FTP File T ransfer > T ransfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 VBStar Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Index[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de ix MPEG-2 Admin Guide Thi s VBrick MPEG-2 Admin Guide is written for anyone who wi ll be using or configuring a VB6000 Series MPEG-2 VBrick appliance. Th is includes system administrators , netw ork technicians , and anyone who will be using or configuring a VBrick netw ork video appliance . VBrick encoder and d[...]

x Preface If you can't find the infor mation you need fr om th e online help , or from your certified VBrick reseller , yo u can cont act VBrick Support Ser vices on the w eb . Suppor t Ser vices can usually answer your tec hnical questions in 24 business hours or less . Also note that our publications team is committed to accurate and reliabl[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 1 Chapter 1 Introduction Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 VBSSM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

2 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . • Video encoding rates configurable from 8 Kbps to 15 Mbps . • T ranspor t and Elementary stream support. • Provi des closed caption i ng with text inser tion. • Optional – video camera wi th pan, tilt and zoom. • Optional – 19 in. rack moun t adapter (holds two across). Ta b l e 1 . VBSSM Models † M[...]

Introducti on VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 3 Figur e 1. Arc hiv er/R ecorder Functionality[...]

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VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 5 Chapter 2 MPEG-2 Configuration Topics in this chapter MPEG-2 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Configuration: Netw ork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

6 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . T able 2. IWS Configurable Options Optimizing MPEG-2 P erfor mance VBrick appliances are designed to accommodate a v ariety of configurations . Options such as Hard Disk record and playbac k, and FTP file ser ving capabil ity are fully meshed t ogether, supporting a diverse set of applic ations . VBric k unit's[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 7 original content and s ignal, and the quality of the decoder and monitor. As a general r ule, use the lowest video rate that best suits the application. The following infor mation re presents guidelines for product configuration limitations , with regard to specific u nit types . Wh en con[...]

8 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . 6200 15,15 15 0 No 0 6200 13,0 13 13 No 0 6200 12,0 12 12 Y es 0 6200 11,0 11 0 No 11 6200 9,0 9 0 Y es 9 6200 11,11 11 11 No 0 6200 10,10 10 0 No 10 4300 17,0 17,0 0 No 0 4300 11,11 11,11 0 No 0 4300 13,0 13,0 13 No 0 4300 11,0 11,0 0 No 11 4300 9,9 9,9 9 No 0 4300 8,8 8,8 0 No 8 5300 17 17 0 No 0 5300 13 13 13 No [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 9 Configuration: Netw ork Configuration: Netw ork > Ether n et Network DHCP Dynamic Host Confi guratio n Protocol – (Enable, Disable). On Ethernet models, if DHCP is enabled, the VBrick gets its IP Address or Network Timer Ser ver and Subnet Mask from the DHCP ser ver . If the DHCP ser [...]

10 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Gatewa y IP Address V alid g atewa y IP Addr ess for communicating across distinct network segments . A valid gateway IP address is essential even though the VBrick will operate without one in some cases . W hen no gateway is configured, the VBrick ma y be unable to communi cate with off-net IP host s , for exampl [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 11 Domain Name Ser ver Netw ork Time Synchronization These fields are used to syn chronize ne tw ork time using the host name or IP address of a known server to provide a sync hronized time fo r all appliances in the network. T o e nable Network Time Synchron ization after these parameters a[...]

12 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . R outing Method T his selects which routing method will be used: Chang es made to the R outing Method will requi re a reset of the box. • Static – Allo ws routes entered in the stati c routing table to be automatically appl ied to the inter nal routing tables, after a pow er- up . • RIP V e rsion 1 – Config[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 13 Configuration: Network > Management These parameters defin e infor mation us ed in the SAPs emitted b y the VBrick, whic h are receiv ed by the VBDirector y management tool (see the VBDirector y User Guide ) and other VBrick applica tions such as the ETV P ortal Ser ver . Group Name Op[...]

14 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Netw ork > IPv6 In the current implementation of IPv6, MPEG-2 encoded streams can be unicast o ver IPv6 to an IPv6-enabled version of VBric k StreamPl ayer . In this version, you contin ue to manage and configure the appliance over IPv4. Configuration: Billboard The Billboard feature allo ws you t[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 15 Using the Billboard Billboard ma y be in vok ed in sev eral w ays . Either use the PC brow ser to communic ate with the VBrick Integ rated W eb Ser ver (see se parate section) to apply the bi llboard and tur n it on and off, or press the Billboard key o n the optional remote control to to[...]

16 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Use the User name and P assw ord (default is ca se sensitive admin, admin ) to login to the VBrick. BB01 through BB16 are directories establ ished to receiv e Billboard content. It is possible to cut and paste new contents to a Bill board location from a file located anyplace on the netw ork or on the computer . T [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 17 Creating a Billboard A billboard that fits on one screen (640 x 480 resolution) can be created using the following HTML tags: The billboard text ge nerated b y the browser is Times R oma n. The F ont sizes supported are <Font Size = 1> to <Font size = 7> . Background color and[...]

18 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Decoder Configuration: Decoder > Video The VBrick decoder is used to uncompre ss MPEG streams and display them on a TV or monitor . Decoder Video Fo r m a t The for mat can be configured to be NTSC (30fps), P AL (25fps) or P AL-M (30fps). P AL-M is a video format standard used in Brazil. The main [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 19 Configuration: Decoder > Audio The audio selection provides for the con trol an d configuration of the decoded audio stream. Actual PID Actual PID being played. This re ad-only parameter is of interest when the user selects automatic . A v alu e of 8191 indicates the PID has not yet be[...]

20 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Decoder > Netw ork These parameters are deco der lev el IP parameters t hat instruct the decoder which IP st ream to decode on TV monitors . Right Gain Used to adjust v olume . Default = 0. Configure PID MPEG-2 transmits its data in pack ets of 188 bytes each. At the start of each pac ket is a pac[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 21 R eceiv e Address Mode Allows the user to specify how the recei ve address will be configured: IP address , Host Name, or Program Name. If Program Name, select from the dropdo wn list of A vailable Programs. A vailable Prog rams Select from dropdo wn list of av ailable programs . This aut[...]

22 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Decoder > Pictur e-In-Picture This menu allo ws the user to configure the Picture-In-Picture parame ters on the decoder output. The Picture in Pictur e feature is only a vailable for en coder/decoder VBrick appliances . SAP Timeout If SAP Timing method is fixed, this pro vides a configurable timeo[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 23 Picture in Pic ture By checking the Bo x this w ill enable the Picture-In-Picture display . PIP Location Picture-In-Pictu re can be any of the follo wing 5 locations: top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right and center . PIP Horizontal Size The Picture-In-Picture horizontal size can[...]

24 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Encoder Configuration: Encoder > T ranspor t T ransport Rate T his option allo ws selection of th e actual transport rate for the MPEG-2 transpor t stream transmi tted from this encoder . If A uto is selected, the VBrick will choose an appropriate conser va tiv e transport rate, whic h will allo w[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 25 Configuration: Encoder > Video These parameters are used to configure the Encoder vid eo settings . T he encoder v ideo and audio configurations change if the appliance has an SDI, Serial Digital In terface. Please refer to SDI Configuration on page 57 for more infor mation. A udio PID[...]

26 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Video F orm at The for mat can be configured to be NTSC (30fps), P AL (25fps) or P AL-M (30fps). (The P AL-M feature is supported on models ending in xxx1 or higher .) P AL-M is a video for mat standard used in Brazil. The main difference between P AL and P AL-M is a lower resolution (525 lines v ersus 625) and a h[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 27 Closed Capti on Enable Disables or enables clos ed captioning . It is re commended that Closed Caption be disabled unless requi red by an application. Default = disabled. Does not apply to models ending in -xxx0. • Disabled – Default. • Video CC Enabled – R eads the em bedded vide[...]

28 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . R eference Distance F or models ending in -xxx1/-xxx2, enables a user to set the difference between consecuti ve refe rence frames within a group of pictures (GOP). The va lues av ailable a re 1–3 (default = 2). If the Encoder T ransport Delay se tting is lo w or medium, the v alue m ust be 1. Does not apply to m[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 29 Configuration: Encoder > Audio Models ending in other than -xxx0 may contain different types of audio hardware . The difference can be identified by physical differences in the audi o connectors or by the revision number identified in Status : Encoder/Decoder Status – PL X EEProm R e[...]

30 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Audio In put Input can be from an Audio J ack (1/8" mini-phono jac k) or from Microphone DIN (AudioMate microp hone). The default setting is Aud io Jack . Audio Balance -127 to 127. Sets audio balance betw een left and right c hannels . Zero is balanced. 127 sends audio to right channel only; -127 to left chan[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 31 Configuration: Encoder > Destination 1/Destination2 Audio Channels Model dependen t. (If the EEPR OM R e vision is 2 or higher , changing the Audio Channel settin g affe cts the S ample F requency . ) • If the model number ends in –xxx0, the parameter can be set to Stereo , Mono an[...]

32 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Destination Address Mode Allows the user to specify how the destination address will be configured: IP Address , Host Name , or IPv6. • IP Address – This is the Destin ation IP Address of the encoded video . When this is a mu lticast ad dres s , the tran smit mode is al so set to multicast. Similarly , if this [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 33 Configuration: Encoder > Announce (SAP ) Contains parameters used to change the SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) advertisements. SAPs are adv ertisement packets th at are transmitted by VBrick appli ances to other VBrick appliances and VBrick applications such as the P ort al Ser ve[...]

34 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Announce Common Infor mation Prog ram Name The string prov iding the name of the stre am associated with this SAP . T his SAP text shows up in the Program Guide for other VBrick products . Default is H Program x (where x is 1 or 2, for slot1 or slot2). Note: All of the Common Infor mation fields support replacemen[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 35 SAP for Destination 1 and/or 2 Categ ory An encoder can hav e a SAP Catego ry string . This string consists of one or more keyw ords separated by spaces . Eac h categor y keyw ord represents a tag associated wi th the Encoder's video stream. Decoders can be configured to display in t[...]

36 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Encoder > T ext Inser tion The T ext Inser tion feature is a hardware option for MPEG-2 encoders and requires a separate daughter card. It lets you configure text messag es that ov erlay the video stream during encoding . T he message you configure he re will be displayed and refreshed as the stre[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 37 Configuration: Pump See VBStar Pump on page 100. Configuration: Recorder See VBStar R ecord on page 105. Configuration: FTP File T ransfer See VBStar FTP File T ransfer on pag e 112. Configuration: Conferencing Conferencing is a feature th at allo ws a user to set up a tw o-w ay video con[...]

38 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Conferencing Setup This option enables/disabl es the ability of a user to initiate a conference us ing an IR remote co ntrol unit. Disa bled prev ents this VBrick from appearing on the Conference Guide of other VBr icks . Conferencing Accept If Manual , the called party on this VBrick must expl icitly accept the ca[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 39 Configuration: P assthrough The TCP/IP network can ser v e as an inter med iar y betw een tw o VBric ks and their serial ports or between a PC applicati on sendin g IP pack ets and a VBric k's serial port. Passthrough can be configured using addresses on Ethern et. Passthrough on COM[...]

40 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . P assthrough State: R esponder Operational State Descri bes the cur rent stat us of a P assthrough connection, including er ror conditio ns , if any . Refer to th e Netw ork Status Section. This will displa y "Activ e" if in P assthrough mode. COM Interface Ty p e Describes the COM interface conn ector . [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 41 Pa s s t h r o u g h S t a t e : I n i t i a t or COM Interface Ty p e Describes the COM interface conn ector . (RS422/485 options are displa yed only if main board has a P ar t Number endi ng in xxx3. See Status: User Infor mation > Main Board.) • RS232 – standard RS-232 serial po[...]

42 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Destination • Remote COM1 using Slot1 Video Endpoint. T his means that all serial data origin ating at the CO M1 por t being configured is sent to the COM1 port of the VBrick identified as the Slot1 video source (if Slot1 is a decoder) or to the Slot1 video destination VBrick (if Slot1 is an encoder). • R emote[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 43 Dedicated Address Mode When the P assthrough State is set as Initiato r and the Destination is Ded icated, the VBric k appliance can be configured and identified using either an IP address or Hos t Name . Configuration: P assthrough > COM2 P assthrough settings for COM2 are a subset of[...]

44 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: System > General System Network Time Synchronization Enabled or Disabled. If enabled, the System Date Time field is inactiv e . See Netwo rk Time Synchronization on pag e 11 to set host name or IP address of time ser ver . Y ou must set these parameters befor e y ou can enable Network Time Synchro[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 45 Front P anel LCD Display These settings will be displayed for approximat ely 6 seconds . After 6 seconds the LCD will displa y the current release, IP a ddress , hostnam e plus transmit and re ceiv e addresse s . Configuration: System > SNMP T raps SNMP T raps are a subset of the SNMP [...]

46 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . manager application (not supplied). The SN MP MIB , whic h for mally defines the SNMP interface to the VBrick, is conta ined within the inst all directory of the VBric k release or from the VBric k. The two MIB file s are VBrick_ box2.mib and VBrick_reg.mi b . The default installation dir ector y is: Program Files[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 47 T able 4. T rap Summar y T ables SNMP T r ap V ersion Select V ersion number . T rap User Name User assigned t rap name . A uthentication P assword En ter passw ord. Cannot ex ceed 20 characters . May include any combination of alphan umeric c haracters but only the follow ing special cha[...]

48 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . 22 The 2.5 volts pow er supply failure has cleared. 23 There is a R eal Time Clock battery failure . 24 The unit has been configured to tran smit and/or receive vi deo streams beyond its capability . 25 Signifies the overloaded unit is recovered to nor mal. 26 A componen t on the main board faile d P ow er On Self [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 49 Configuration: System > Security Improving Security Y ou can impro ve security b y (1) blocking un authorized attempts to login and access a device and (2) by reducing expo sure to malicious softw are attacks . T he most common vuln erability Note If you disable T elnet, FTP , IWS , an[...]

50 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . is related to user accounts and passwor ds . After a successful installation, y ou should immediately c hange the default passw ords. Ma ny attac ks come from wi thin an organization and this helps to minimize the risk. The IWS login is g enerally secure si nce it utilizes encr yption tech niques to hide username s[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 51 Configuration: Video On Demand This screen is used to configure the capability of the VBrick to support VBrick's legacy Video on Demand ser ver (VBV oD). This is not the V oD ser ver used with VBric k's ETV P or tal Ser ver . Log Time Zone Specifies the time zone (Local or GM T [...]

52 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Script Mana gement Configuration: Script Mana gement > Ev ent T riggering Y ou can create and r un scripts to activ ate certain functions on a VBrick appliance . There are three wa ys to r un scripts on an appliance . (1) Y ou can r un scri pts for test purp oses using the Run Script button in IWS[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 53 Figure 2. Script Management – Part 1 Click here to read or write script files Login to the VBrick via FTP and mana ge script files . Requires a v alid user name and passwo rd. Event Enable Allows the user to Enable/Dis able Event T rig g ering for each input event. Ev ent Stable Time Al[...]

54 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Figure 3. Script Management – Part 2 Run Scripts Using the IR R emote Control IR Re mote Control scripts are enable d b y simply placing a file named irNScrip t.txt (where N is a number from 0–9) in the script dir ector y of the unit. F or example na ming the following script ir0Script.txt will enable the 0 on [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 55 Scripting Notes • * denotes end of g roup . • Each group can ha ve a maximum of six sets . • Each group must ha ve apply sets for all normal sets. • W ait state will be alone in a g roup . • There is no clear comman d. • Script commands must star t in column 1. • There is no[...]

56 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Sample Script The auto config script file ( conf ig.xml ) is an .xml file with the follo wing syntax. It can set any VBrick parameter s and force an "apply" as ne eded. This example sho ws ho w to set va rious recorder parameters . Note that a VBEXECU TE tag is required. <XML Header> <?VBEXECUTEF[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 57 Chapter 3 SDI Configuration Topics in this chapter Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Configuration: Encoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

58 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . the SDI output module. T he SDI output module is available with model numbers ending in – x110, –x011, -x111 , -x010, -x012, –x112. Configuration: Encoder The following sections explain how to config ure SDI encoders and decode rs . Note that closed captioning is not supported on SDI encoders or decoders . Co[...]

SDI Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 59 Configuration: Encoder > Audio The encoder video and audio configurations fo r an SDI (Serial Digital Int erface) equipped appliance are only av ailabl e on a model ending in part number –xxx1/–xxx2 (see Status: User Infor mation for part number). These paramete rs are used to set the[...]

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VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 61 Chapter 4 Status The Status menu lets you view information and status relativ e to the VBrick ap pliance . The Refresh button allows t he user to update the statistics to display the most cur rent v alues . A Reset button is also present on some screens , allo wing a user to reset all st atistic coun ters . T[...]

62 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . System Model Displays the model n umber of the appliance. MA C Address Displays the M A C (Media Ac cess Control) a ddress of the applianc e. MA C Address Va l i d V erifies that the MAC address is v alid. Cur rent Operational Mode Indicates the cur rent operational mo de of the VBrick . The following modes are sup[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 63 Status: Netw ork Status Status: Netw ork Status > Codec This menu allows the user to v iew var ious network -level co nditions . DHCP Status Dynamic Host Co nfiguration Protocol – Ethernet models only . Enabled/Disabled. Possible DHCP Status values: •D i s a b l e d • Succeeded •F a i l e d [...]

64 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . General COM1/COM2 Pa s s th r o u g h Operational State The cur rent op erational sta te of COM1/COM2 serial P assthrough port. T here will be a conflict if the slot selected through the P assthrough De stination parame ter has neither an en coder nor a decoder present; or has an encoder wi th a multicast destinat [...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 65 Interface This section reports the existence of any un desired (and unrequested ) video streams being receiv ed by the VBric k. Unreque st ed streams greater than 1.5 Mbps are automatically flag ged and dropped. The repor ting is made for each IP interface indi vidually . On Ethernet models, only one i[...]

66 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: Netw ork Status > Network Time Status: Network Status > IPv6 Status: Decoder Status MPEG-2 Decoder Status This menu lets you view vital Decoder statistics . As you Refresh , the Source IP Address and Bytes Transferred fields are updated. If you see deco der sync , lost sync count, non-video packets an[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 67 Decoder State • Displa ys decoder st ate from the decode r standpoint. •I d l e • Setup T ranspor t • Setup PCR And PID • W ait F or STC Interr upt •L o o k F o r S T C A c t i v e • Setup El ementary Streams • Setup El ementary Decoders • Audio STC Access Error •N o r m a l R u n ?[...]

68 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: Encoder Status This menu allows users to view vital Encoder statistics . As yo u Refresh you sho uld see Transmit State – Transmitting and the IP Bytes Transferred count s hould increment. If t his does not happen check y our VBric k's encoder configuration or netw ork. Source IP Address The IP Addre[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 69 MPEG-2 Encoder Status Status: Hard Dri v e Status MPEG-2 and VBStar only . Encoder State Display s encoder state as running or not running . Micro-Code R evision Displays the encoder micro-code revision. FPGA Re vision Displays the FPGA revision nu mber . PLX EEProm Revision Displays th e EE Prom revis[...]

70 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: Hard Dri v e Status > General Disk T ype This variable contains the Hard Dri ve model n umber as repor ted b y the hard dri ve firmware . Free Space Amount of remaining space on the hard dri v e. Video File Count Number of files on the hard drive . R ead Er rors The count of repor ted bloc k read failure[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 71 Status: Hard Dri v e Status > Pump General Netw ork Pump State Stopped Ru nn i ng Fa st F orward F ast Fa st F orward Slo w Pa u s ed Re wi n d Fas t Re wi n d Sl ow Hard Driv e F ailed No Batch File Hard Drive Unfor matted File Not F ound File Cannot Be Opened Inv alid File Failed T o Get Length Fa[...]

72 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: Hard Driv e Status > R ecorder R ecorder State Failed Stopped, nev er started Stopped, by user Stopped, Disk Full Stopped, File Size Limit Stopped, FTP Ov err un Stopped, Duration Complete Stopped, Unfor matted Stopped, IO Error Stopped, File Is Pumping Ru nn i ng , Fr o m Powe r Up R unning, Sc heduled [...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 73 Status: FTP Ser v er Status Status: System Log Status: System Log > Config This log contains a list of the la tes t V Bri ck co nfi gur at ion chan ge s . Detected T ransport Rate The measured transport rate recei v ed by the re corder . File Star t Time Allows viewing the start date/timestamp for c[...]

74 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: System Log > System Ev ent The system event log contains repor ts of system events within the VBric k. These events may occur during nor mal operation and include report s of suc cessful and unsuccessful attempts to access video s ources by the local decoder and ac cess to the local e ncoder using R TSP [...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 75 Status: System Log > System Info This log contains unexpected behaviors detected b y the VBric k softw are . Nor mally this log is used by VBric k Customer Support to he lp debug possible system malfunctio ns . Status: User Infor mation Status: User Infor mation > Main Board This menu allo ws the[...]

76 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: User Infor mation > Slot1/Slot2 This menu allo ws the user to view factory set infor mation relativ e to the sl ots in the appliance. User Infor mation V ersion As displayed. P art Number As displayed. Box Serial Number As displayed. Customer Class As displayed if any . Manufacturing Date As displayed. B[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 77 User Infor mation V ersion As displayed. Board Assembly Number As displayed. Lot Number As displayed if any . Main Board Serial Number As displayed. This Board Serial Number As displa yed.[...]

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VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 79 Chapter 5 Diagnostics Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Diagnostics: Netw ork T ests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

80 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . in the top portion of the screen. If the test is inter r upted b y pressing the Stop button, the results of the test prior to ter mination will be displayed. Diagnostics: Network T ests > T race Route T est The Internet is a large and complex ag gregati on of network har dware , connected together by gateways . [...]

Diagnostics VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 81 T ra ce Route T e st Resul ts The r esults of the te st appear at th e top of the screen. The results inc lude the R esolved IP Address of the Destination Host Name . W hen th e test is finished or stopped, the Overall R esult will display the result of the test, such as "T est Done," or[...]

82 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Diagnostics: Network T ests > Data T est Data tests are used primarily to test the integrity of a netw ork connection betw een tw o VBricks . A loopback test tak es al l data receiv ed at the video IP port and retransmits the data to the configured transmit IP destination. A l oopback test ma y be used to obser [...]

Diagnostics VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 83 Cell test is a v ailable for en coder -decoder , enco der only , and decoder only appliances. In this mode the encoder VBrick transmits the data pattern and the decoder VBric k receiv es and val idates the data pattern. In this mode the following steps are recommended. No timed or continuous optio[...]

84 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Diag nostics: Decoder Color Bars The Decoder Color Bar test is a simple test that g enerates colo r bars at the video decoder and outputs them in the place of video . It can be used to test basi c decoder operation an d the monitor .[...]

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VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 87 Chapter 6 Maintenance Topics in this chapter Maintenance: Device Infor mation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Maintenance: Default All Configur ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Maintenance: R e[...]

88 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Maintenance: Default All Configuration This menu allows the user to default all the configuration parame ters of the VBrick. Maintenance: Read/W rite Configuration Maintenance: Read/W rite > Read F rom Device The Read/W rite Configu ration page allows you to read configur ation parameters from the VBrick to a fi[...]

Maintenance VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 89 Read Configuration Data from Device Y ou can read the configuration parameters from the VBric k by clic king the Read button on the page. After clicking on the button, an xml document with all the configuration p a r am e t e r s w i l l p o p u p ( s e e F i g u r e 4 ) . T h e . x m l d o c u m [...]

90 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Figure 4. Sample VBric k Configuration File Maintenance: Read/W rite > W rite T o Device This page lets y ou write configuration parameters from an .xml file to the VBrick. On a successful write, all pa rameters will be sa v ed to Flash and the appliance will reboot. Only administrator lev el users and abo ve ha[...]

Maintenance VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 91 W rite Configura tion Data to Device T T o write configuration parameters to the VBric k from an .xml file: 1. Click the Browse button and navigate to the configuration file you want to write to the appliance. 2. Click on the Write button to write the selected file to the VBr ick. The configuratio[...]

92 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . User Name Enter desired user name. Ca nnot ex ceed 20 char acters . It ma y include any co mbination of alpha numeric c harac ters and only the following special characters: ~ ! # $ ^ * + & % [ ] { } | < > P assw ord Enter desired password. Cann ot exceed 20 characters . It ma y include any co mbination o[...]

Maintenance VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 93 T able 5. Default Use r Names and P a ssw ords Maintenance: User names & Pass words > Change SNMPv3 Pa s sw o r d s SNMPv3 provid es additional security that ex ceeds that availa ble with SNMPv2. SNMPv3 authentication pro vides the ability to v alidate the transaction betw een host and clie[...]

94 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . User Name Re ad-only . Set user name on previous pag e. Au thentication P assw ord Enter passw ord. Cannot exceed 20 c haracters . May include any combination of alphan umeric c haracters but only the follo wing special c haracters: ~ ! # $ ^ * + & % [ ] { } | < > See T able 5 for defaults . Au thenticati[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 95 Chapter 7 Maintenance Mode Topics in this chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Maintenance Mode CLI Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9[...]

96 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Maintenance Mode F eatures • Provides support for the download and upg rade of software via VBDownload. • Supports limited IWS and CLI fo r configuration and diagnosis . • Local access of the VBrick is supported through COM 2 on the rear of the box, refer to the section on Command Line Interface (CLI ) in Cha[...]

Maintenance Mode VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 97 • The T elnet and/or Command Line Interf ace (CLI) prompt after you login is VBMaintMode> and displays one of t he following codes. Maintenance Mode CLI Operation After log ging into Maintenance M ode as the Administrator, the VBMainMode> prompt is displayed and one or more of the fol[...]

98 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . c nt 6 xxx T o edit the IP Host Nam e. The default is the Medi a Access Control (MA C) address , a hardw are address that uniquely identifies each node of a netw ork. The Host Name can be a maximum of 18 characte rs; the first characte r must be a letter and the l ast character a numbe r . The middle c harac ters c[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 99 Chapter 8 VBStar Topics in this chapter Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 VBStar Pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

100 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . screen icon indicates when a recording is in progress. VBStar combi nes digital television recording, netw orking and video storage with an MPEG-2 video ser ver in one compact package. VBStar provides efficient, robust and feature-rich MPEG video storage and playbac k capabilities . Through its record and FTP capa[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 101 Configuration: Pump > General Click here to examine ... Click on this li nk to examine hard dri ve con tent. Y ou must know the user name and password to lo gin to the FTP ser v er and view content. Y ou can use any FTP clie nt application to access the hard driv e using a URL lik e this: ftp://adm[...]

102 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Pump > Destination 1 See MPEG-2 Configuration: Enco der > Destination 1/Destin ation2 on page 31. Continuous Enable If Once is sele cted the selected file or batch will play thr ough to completion and stop . If Con tinuous Repump is se lected, the selected file or bat ch sequenc e w ill be con[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 103 Configuration: Pump > Announce (SAP) See MPEG-2 Configuration: Encoder > Announ ce (SAP) on page 33.[...]

104 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Pump > Operation This screen shows you the status of your Pump and allows you to manually Star t, Stop and P ause the cur rent Pump . Use the Refresh to update the status .[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 105 VBStar Record Using Mix ed Models MPEG-2 encode rs beha ve di fferently wh en mix ed models are presen t in the sa me enclosur e. F or example when there is a WM encoder in Slot1 and an MPEG -2 en coder in Slot2, the MPEG-2 recorder becomes an archi v er and not a recorder . This section explains in d[...]

106 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . test1.mpg; if t est1.mpg, test2. mpg and test3.mp g exist, and the Recorder File Name is still set at test.mpg, the new recording will start at test4.mpg . If the R ecorder File Name is set at to particular index number, suc h as test2.mpg, the first file to be recorded will be test2.mpg an d the batc h recording [...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 107 Configuration: Recorder > General Click h ere to examine ... Opens an Internet Explorer FTP session windo w . See Configuration: R e corder > Operation on page 110 for more infor mation. R ecorder Mode • User Controlled – T he user contro ls when to record files via any of the following meth[...]

108 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . FTP Ser ver Ena ble 1 to 8 ser vers are av ailable for FTP . The pa rameters for these ser vers are set in the Configuration: FTP File T ransfer > Ser v er men u sc re en of IW S. W he n m ore t han o ne se r ve r is enabled, the appliance will transfer the newl y recorded file to ea ch of the enabled sev ers ,[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 109 record mode and the recorder attempts to open a new file that has not been completely transfer red, the recorder will stop . T he F ailur e condition is noted in the R ecorder Status menu. Configuration: Recorder > Netw ork The Network configurat ion tab is only displa yed if you select Dedicated f[...]

110 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Recorder > Operation P ac ket Orderi ng T og gles the state IP pac ket ordering . T he identifi cation nu mber in the IP header dete r mines IP pac k et ordering . Out of order packets are discarded prior to being giv en to the decoder . Generally , when packet or dering is enabled, the VB rick w[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 111 R ecorder State Displays the state of the recorder . V alues can be Fai l ed Stopped, nev er started Stopped, by user Stopped, Disk Full (les s than 100 MB remains) Stopped, File Size Li mit (appro ximately 4 GB) Stopped, FTP Ov err un Stopped, Duration Complete Stopped, Unfor matted Stopped, IO Error[...]

112 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . VBStar FTP File T ransfer Configuration: FTP File T ransfer > Ser v ers Up to eight ser vers are av ailable and can be sim ultaneous ly selected. When more tha n one ser v er is enabled, the appliance will tra nsfer the newly recorded file to each of the enabled severs , up to a maximum of eight. Since FTP tran[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 113 FTP Ser ver 1–8 Configuration: FTP File T ransfer > T ransfer s Y ou can separate ly setup and use eight ser vers for FTP File T ransfer . Enter the ser ver parameters in the Conf iguration: F TP File T ransfer > Servers screen of IWS . Name Ftpser ver1 th rough Ftpser ver8. T ype VBrick or No[...]

114 © 2007 VBrick Systems , Inc . FTP Status Cur rent File T he filename of the cur rent file be ing FTP ed. Destination FTP ser ver name from server configuration page. State T he cur rent state of the Hard Drive . V alues can be: • T ransfer in Prog ress •I d l e • Inv alid FTP Ser ver • Inv alid Use r Name •I n v a l i d U s e r P a s[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 115 FTP Queue Operation Changes to the entries on the screen d not take effect until you sele ct an action button ( Add to FTP Queue , Remove from FTP Queue or Flush Q ueue ). VBStar Status F or a description of VBStar Status sc reens , see Stat us: Hard Dri ve S tatus on page 69. Last Queue Operation Fil[...]

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VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 117 A Absolute Maxim um T ranspor t Ra tes 7 Announce Common Infor mation 34 Archi ver and R e corder Functionality 2 B Billboard FTP 15 Billboard URLs 16 C Configuration Billboard 14 Conferencing 37 Decoder 18 Decoder > Audio 19 Decoder > Picture-In- Picture 22 Decoder > Video 18 Decoder 59 Encoder 58 [...]

118 Index Initiator 41 R R ead Config uration Data from Device 89 R ecording Batch Files 105 Re mo t e UR L 16 S Scriptin g Notes 55 SDI Configuration 57 Status Decoder Status 66 Encoder Status 68 Hard Driv e Status 69 Hard Driv e Status > General 70 Hard Driv e Status > Pump 71 Hard Driv e Status > R ecorder 72 Netw ork Status > Codec [...]

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