Cobalt-digital COMPASS 9223-SA Dual-Channel 3G_HD_SD MPEG-4 Encod Manuel d'utilisateur

Cobalt Digital Inc.9223-SA Dual-Channel 3G/HD/SD MPEG-4 Encoder UnitProduct ManualVersion 2.0 9223SA-OMVersion: 2.0

10 9223SA-OM (V2.0)When the 9223-SA is found by DashBoard, it is identified as Standalone Encoder:5. In the unlikely case that the 9223-SA is not aut

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101 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Playing Video on a Web PageIn general, there are two ways of playing video on a web page:• Using a web-browser pluginor• Using t

102 9223SA-OM (V2.0)InternetExplorerSupportFirefoxSafariChromeSupportWeb Pages Served by the 9223-SAThe 9223-SA automatically generates web pages that

103 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Multicast StreamingIf an encoder is connected to IP Output ports configured for multicast streaming (i.e., with adestination IP ad

104 9223SA-OM (V2.0)case if the encoder and the client are in the same subnetwork, but may not work across routersunless they have multicast support e

105 9223SA-OM (V2.0)If you configure an MPTS stream (i.e., both encoders routed to the same IP Output), the pagewill be available for both encoders, b

106 9223SA-OM (V2.0)to remap the Direct HTTP Streaming Listening Port (see the Direct HTTP Streamingconfiguration section). For example, if the Liste

11 9223SA-OM (V2.0)6. When the 9223-SA is available on DashBoard, open its user interface (by double-clickingon Standalone Encoder to open it, and th

12 9223SA-OM (V2.0)7. The two control ports in the 9223-SA are intended for redundancy. You can connecteither one of them (or both) to your control

13 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Indicators and SwitchesFront Panel Indicators• STAT LED: indicates the overall status of the unit.GreenNo active alarmRedAt least

14 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Rear Panel Controls, Indicators, and ConnectorsThe 9223-SA rear panel is depicted below. It includes two software-configurableCom

15 9223SA-OM (V2.0)9223-SA Operation and ManagementThe 9223-SA is configured using the free DashBoard™ application, which is available forWindows, App

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17 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Product TabThe Product Tab contains basic information about the 9223-SA.The following information is available:• Build Date: Date

18 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Network TabThe Network Tab allows for configuration/monitoring of the two video transport Ethernet ports(Transport ENET 1 and Trans

19 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Interface Settings: If you make any changes to the IP Address, Subnet Mask and/orDefault Encoder fields, the Apply and Cancel bu

2 9223SA-OM (V2.0)9223-SA • Dual-Channel 3G/HD/SD MPEG-4 Encoder Unit Product Manual• Cobalt Digital Inc. Part Number: 9223SA-OM• Document Version:

20 9223SA-OM (V2.0)DNS server configuration takes effect immediately, as soon as the information is entered.DNS Servers configured in the Control Tab

21 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Dashboard™ Card State will be yellow if there are no higher-priority alarmspresent.o No Link: The port does not currently have lin

22 9223SA-OM (V2.0)changes are made. At any given point in time, the currently running encoder configuration canbe inspected in the Encoder Statistic

23 9223SA-OM (V2.0)o Second stereo pair (only available for SDI inputs): MPEG-1 Layer II support only Valid input: SDI embedded• Dual Channel en

24 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Encoder Basic Configuration TabThe Encoder Basic Configuration Tab, shown below, is divided into three general areas:• General Con

25 9223SA-OM (V2.0)GeneralConfigurationVideoConfigurationAudioConfigurationApply/CancelConfiguration ChangesBasic Tab – Video ConfigurationThe 9223 is

26 9223SA-OM (V2.0)o Auto Detected: The encoder will auto-detect the input signal, and automaticallyconfigure for it if it is a supported signal. Th

27 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Field/Frame Rate: Select to match your source. For all input resolutions, the supportedoptions always include 59.94 (for NTSC-b

28 9223SA-OM (V2.0)o HD 1080i inputs can be scaled to ¼ resolution (960×540), with the sameincoming frame rateo SD inputs can be horizontally croppe

29 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Video Bit Rate: This field is shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and the BitRate Selection control is set to Video Bit

3 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Important Regulatory and Safety NoticesBefore using this product and any associated equipment, refer to the “Important SafetyInstruc

30 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Group, Channels: SDI embedded audio is typically divided into four groups (denoted byGroup 1 to Group 4); each group has four mo

31 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Mode: The available choices for this parameter depend on the Audio Encodingselection, as follows:o MPEG-1 Layer II: the availab

32 9223SA-OM (V2.0)After the first additional audio is enabled, the encoder may offer a second additional audiochannel, as depicted below:The second a

33 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Basic Tab – Secondary Audio SupportA dual-channel 9223-SA can be configured to offer secondary audio support (i.e., a second audioP

34 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Support for secondary audio requires that both encoder channels in the unit be tied together.When the Secondary Audio control depic

35 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Encoder Basic Configuration Tab. It is divided into four major areas:• Video Parameters: these are advanced controls related to t

36 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Also note that if the Input Resolution setting in the Basic Tab – Video Configuration is set to1920x1080p, the Profile and GOP Stru

37 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Active Format DescriptionThe 9223-SA can extract Active Format Description (AFD) information from the incomingvideo signal and inse

38 9223SA-OM (V2.0)can be used to override the original AFD information, or when the video is beingscaled (e.g., when the input is HD and is being con

39 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Encoder Basic Configuration Tab. A sample of the Audio Parameters section is depicted below.Analog AudioParametersPMT InformationA

4 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Maintenance/User Serviceable PartsRoutine maintenance to this Cobalt Digital Inc. product is not required. This product contains nou

40 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Audio Type: determines the audio type in the PMT audio descriptor. This setting has noactual impact on how the audio is encoded

41 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Copyright: Controls the state of the Copyright flag in the audio elementary stream. Thissetting does not affect the actual audi

42 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Advanced Tab – Mux ParametersThese parameters control the details of the audio/video multiplexing, and the (P)SI tables. If theOut

43 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Service Name: Enter the desired SDT service name for this encoder channel. Thedefault name is Encoder X, where is 1 or 2 (for E

44 9223SA-OM (V2.0)0xFF01, which is in the range of values allocated for video over IP. The complete set ofregistered Network IDs can be downloaded f

45 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Once an option is selected, the appropriate configuration parameters are displayed.ASI/IP StreamingIf this option is selected, the

46 9223SA-OM (V2.0)InternetEncoderMVN-EN460IP STBLocation 1IP STBLocation 2IP STBLocation N•••Web ServerFTP/SFTPHTTPInternetInternetEncoderMVN-EN460IP

47 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Server Location: Select Remote to have the segments uploaded to a remote web server,using FTP or SFTP; select Local to use the l

48 9223SA-OM (V2.0)live_1.ts, live_2.ts, live_3.ts, live_4.ts, and so on. At anygiven point in time, there will be five or six consecutive files in t

49 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Server Location: Select Local to use the local server in the device itself.• Segment (sec): Number of seconds per segment. Thi

5 9223SA-OM (V2.0)ContentsContents ...

50 9223SA-OM (V2.0)performance is not guaranteed at the capacity limits; if you need to scale, please use aremote server.• If you are streaming to Ap

51 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Where encoder_ip is the IP address of either one of the 9223-SA Ethernet ports (configuredin the Network Tab) and port is the Liste

52 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• RTMP Protocol: Select the protocol variant, as discussed above.• Primary Server: Enter the host name or IP address of the prima

53 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Username: Enter the username to be used for authentication.• Password: Enter the password to be used for authentication.• App:

54 9223SA-OM (V2.0)No changes to ApplyConfiguration ChangedIn general, most changes will cause the encoder channel to stop and start again, causing a

55 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The Status Tab provides a summary of the current status of the encoder. The variablesdisplayed in this tab vary according to the e

56 9223SA-OM (V2.0)If Closed Captions are enabled, the encoder reports whether or not it is receiving them:• Closed Captions: This reports Closed Cap

57 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• SDI Standard: this indicator reports the detected SDI signal. Possible values areunlocked, SD SDI, HD SDI and 3G SDI. This is

58 9223SA-OM (V2.0) Corrupted embedded audio in the input – checksum errors Audio sampling rate mismatch The channel is configured for Dolby Pas

59 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Audio 1IndicatorsAudio 2IndicatorsIf HTTP Live Streaming is selected in the Encoder Connections Tab, four more indicators areadded

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60 9223SA-OM (V2.0)bandwidth) or in the server (not enough CPU power/disk bandwidth). If the segment sizeis small (3 seconds or less), increasing the

61 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• IP Output Rate: this field reports the average bit rate transferred to the server. It will belower than the transport rate due t

62 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Video Buffer %, Audio Buffer %: The encoder has separate buffers for audio andvideo. These buffers are used to temporarily stor

63 9223SA-OM (V2.0)ASI Outputs TabThe 9223-SA has 2 ASI output ports that can be independently configured. This tab is used toconfigure and manage th

64 9223SA-OM (V2.0)ASI OutputParametersInput SelectionConnectionParametersThe configuration screen can be divided into two parts:• ASI Output Paramet

65 9223SA-OM (V2.0)connected bitstream in order to achieve the desired value. PCR packetswill be re-stamped as required. If there are not enough NUL

66 9223SA-OM (V2.0)IP Outputs TabIP Outputs receive data from connected inputs, format this data for transmission over UDP/IP,and send it with very pr

67 9223SA-OM (V2.0)IP OutputParametersInput SelectionConnectionParametersThe Basic View configuration parameters are as follows:• Enabled: This allow

68 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• NULL Padding: This setting controls whether or not NULL packets are transmitted,making the stream completely CBR. IP networks a

69 9223SA-OM (V2.0)AdvancedParameters• TOS: This parameter allows the configuration of the Type-Of-Service (TOS) byte in theIP header (also known as

7 9223SA-OM (V2.0)IntroductionThe 9223-SA is an advanced openGear™ H.264 SD/HD dual-channel encoder, with thefollowing features:• Video Inputs: suppo

70 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• SMPTE 2022 FEC: Check this box to enable transmission of SMPTE 2022 FEC packetsfor this stream.Once the SMPTE 2022 FEC box is ch

71 9223SA-OM (V2.0)o Increasing the number of columns decreases the Row overhead (if enabled) anddoes not change the Column overhead.o Increasing th

72 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The Basic view includes the following:• Enabled: The configured value of this parameter.• TS Bit Rate (b/s): This column provides

73 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• FEC: Summary of the FEC configuration. If FEC is disabled, this field will indicate it asOff. If FEC is enabled, this field wi

74 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Ethernet Port 1 Ethernet Port 2The indicators can have the following values:• OK: The IP Output is operating normally (either str

75 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Connections TabThe Connections allows the creation, deletion, and management of input-output connections.The Statistics tab include

76 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The connection process starts by selecting one of these data sources, using the Source drop-down menu:Once a source is selected, a

77 9223SA-OM (V2.0)To make the connections, simply check the Connect box in front of the input you wish to use.You can connect any source to as many o

78 9223SA-OM (V2.0)added, the connections can be managed using the functions in this table. A sample is depictedbelow.The following columns are avail

79 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The meaning of the indicators is as follows:• OK: The stream is operating normally. If it is an encoder, it means that it is ope

8 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The following outputs are available:• Two ASI outputs• Two Ethernet outputs, supporting full-duplex 100 Mb/s and 1 Gb/s operationB

80 9223SA-OM (V2.0)MPTS ConfigurationParametersMPTS PID/ProgramAllocationMPTS ConfigurationParametersMPTS PID/ProgramAllocationAs indicated above, the

81 9223SA-OM (V2.0)When building the MPTS, the 9223-SA will use the configured values for each encoder if at allpossible. However, if there are any c

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83 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Admin TabThe Admin tab contains several general administrative functions, each on its own tab. Thegeneral layout is shown below:Th

84 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• SNMP Traps: This allows SNMP traps to be enabled or disabled6. Note that thissetting does not take effect immediately – it will

85 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Note that uploading firmware to the 9223-SA does not affect its operation in any way and doesnot introduce any glitches in the inpu

86 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Boot Location: This field indicates which image will be used in the next boot. If animage is successfully uploaded through Dash

87 9223SA-OM (V2.0)User-Saved ConfigurationsThe fields in the user-saved configuration are:• Status: This indicates whether there is a saved configur

88 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Config Load Button: If you click on this button, the corresponding configuration isloaded in the 9223-SA. It will replace the c

89 9223SA-OM (V2.0)4. On the DashBoard™ Tree View, right-click on the unit, and select RestoreConfiguration. Follow the prompts and navigate to the

9 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Connecting 9223-SA To DashBoard Network Remote ControlNote: The 9223-SA is functional with all DashBoard versions, however GUI displ

90 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• SD-SDI to Ethernet 1, 2 and ASI: This template configures both encoders to run fromSD-SDI inputs (Encoder 1 from Video 1, Encod

91 9223SA-OM (V2.0)To configure one of the TPGs, click on the Edit button on its row. The following configurationparameters are displayed:Output Sele

92 9223SA-OM (V2.0)o Ramp48 Packets: TPG is generating packets with a “Ramp48 Payload”. A“Ramp48 Payload” is composed of the bytes 0x48, 0x49, 0x4A,

93 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• SMPTE 2022 FEC: This enables FEC for the unit. This is not a counted feature; if FECis enabled, the corresponding number is 1;

94 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Severity: The severity of the event. The 9223-SA defines three severity levels:o Error: These are events that affect the operat

95 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The fields are:• Log Download: The user interface only displays the last 10 events of each type. If youwould like to see the whol

96 9223SA-OM (V2.0)• Current Time: This field indicates the 9223-SA view of what the current date and timeis. If your frame is not NTP-synchronized,

97 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The configuration parameters are:• Device Name: This field controls the top-level name of the device in the Dashboard tree.It defa

98 9223SA-OM (V2.0)Control Port Statistics TabThe Control Port statistics screen is depicted below. It contains the current settings for thecontrol p

99 9223SA-OM (V2.0)The SNMP parameters are as follows:• Read Community: this is the SNMP Read-Only community string.• Write Community: this is the S