VBrick Systems VB4000 manual

VBric k v4.3 MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Guide March 9, 20 09 4410-0216-0002 VB4000-5000-6000 Series Netw ork Video Appliances[...]

Copyright © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . All rights reser ved. 12 Beaumont R oad W allingford, Conn ecticut 06492, USA www .VBrick.com This pu blication contains conf idential, proprietar y , and trade secret infor mation. No par t of this document m ay be copied, photocopied, re produced, translate d, or reduced to any machine-readable or electron[...]

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

iv Contents Configuration: P assthroug h . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Configuration: P assthrough > COM1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8 Configuration: P assthrough > COM2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114[...]

VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de vii MPEG-2 Admin Guide Thi s VBrick MPEG-2 Admin Guide is written for any one 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[...]

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

2 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . • Video encoding rates configurable from 8 Kbps to 15 Mbps . • T ranspor t and Elementar y stream support. • 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 † †S e e t h e VBric k Appliance Getting Started Guide f[...]

Introducti on VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 3 Figur e 1. Archi v 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 © 2009 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 The following infor mation re presents guidelines for product configuration limitations, with regard to specific u nit types . W hen configuring VBrick un its , close a tte ntion m ust be paid to the total transport rate of all sour ces both en tering and e xiting the unit. In mo st cases [...]

8 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Netw ork Configuration: Netw ork > Ether net 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 [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 9 Network DHCP Dynamic Host Configurati on Protocol – (Enable, Disable). On Ether net models, if DHCP is en abled, the VBrick gets its IP Address or Netw ork Timer Server and Subnet Mask from the DHCP ser ver . If the DHCP s er v er supplies the Gatew ay Address or DNS server address , th [...]

10 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Gateway IP Address V alid g atewa y IP Addr ess for communicatin g across distinct netw ork segments . A valid g atew ay IP address is essential even though the VBrick will operate without one in some cases . When no g atew ay is configured, the VBrick may be unable to communicate with off-net IP hosts , 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 Synchronization after these p arameters a[...]

12 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . R outing Method T his selects which routing me thod will be used: Changes made to the R outing Method will req uire a reset of the box. • Static – Allo ws routes entered in the static routing table to be automatically applied to the in ternal routing tables , after a pow er - up . • RIP V ersion 1 – Configu[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 13 Configuration: Netw ork > Mana gement These parameters defin e infor mation use d in the SAPs emitted b y the VBrick, whic h are receiv ed by the VBDirector y management tool (se e the VBDirector y User Guide ) and other VBrick appli cations such as the ETV P ortal Ser ver . Group Name[...]

14 © 2009 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 separate section) to apply the bi llboard and turn it on and off, or press the Billboard key o n the optional remote control to tog [...]

16 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Use the User name and P assword (default is ca se sensitiv e 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 o[...]

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 by the br owser is Times R oma n. The F ont sizes supported are <Font Size = 1> to <Font size = 7> . Background color and[...]

18 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . <META HTTP-EQUIV="TRANS PARENT" CONTENT="YES"> 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 co nfigured to be NTSC (30fps ), P AL (25fps ) or[...]

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. Configure PID MPEG-2 transmit s its data in pa c k ets of 188 b ytes eac h. At the sta rt of each pack et is a pac ket pa ckage identifier (or PID) that identi f[...]

20 © 2009 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 . Source-Specific Multicast Source-specific m ulticas t is enabled b y IGMPv3 and pro vides a w a y to share a limit ed number of m ulticast addresses . Y o u [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 21 R eceiv e Enable Controls whether the decode r rece iv es the video from the netw ork. R eceiv e Address Mode Allows the user to specify how the receive address will be configured: • IP Address – If the address entered in Recei v e IP Address (see below) is 232/8, the de coder will is[...]

22 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . R eceiv e IP Address Use when Recei ve Address Mode is IP Address . In m ulticast mode , this parameter defines the IP address of the stream to be decoded and displayed. In unicast mode , this parameter is optional. If left blank, the deco der will accept all data recei v ed on the recei v e IP port. If set, decode[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 23 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 av ailable for encod er/decoder VBrick appliances . SAP Catego ry This string can contain one or more c[...]

24 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: Encoder Configuration: Encoder > T ranspor t PIP Horizontal Size The Picture-In-Pictu re horizontal size ca n be changed to any of the followin g 4 sizes – full, half, quarter , thumbnail. PIP V er tical Size The Picture-In-Picture v ertical size can be c hanged to any of the follow ing 4 sizes:[...]

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. T ranspor [...]

26 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Video F ormat The for mat can be configured to be NTSC (30fps), P AL (25fps) or P AL-M (30fps). (T he P AL-M feature is supported on models ending in xxx1 or higher .) P AL-M is a vide o for mat standard used in Brazil. The ma in difference between P AL and P AL-M is a lower resolution (525 lines ve rsus 625) and a[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 27 Closed C aption Enable Disables or enables closed captioni ng. It is recommended that Closed Caption be disabled unles s require d by an application. Default = disabled. Does not apply to models ending in -xxx0. • Disabled – Default. • Video CC Enabled – R eads the embedded video [...]

28 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . R eference Distance F or mode ls ending in -x xx1/-xxx2, ena bles a user to set the differen ce between consecutive reference frames within a g roup of pictures (GOP). The val ues av ailabl e are 1–3 (defau lt = 2). If the Encoder T ranspor t Dela y setting is low or medium, the v alue mu st be 1. Does not apply [...]

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 r evision number identified in Status : Encoder/Decoder Status – PL X EEProm R [...]

30 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Au dio Input Input can be from an A udio J ack (1/8" mini-ph ono jack) or from Microphone DIN (A udioMate microphone). The default setting is Aud i o Ja ck . A udio Balance -127 to 127. Sets audio bala nce between left and right channels. Zero is balance d. 127 sends au dio to right channel only; -127 to left [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 31 Configuration: Encoder > Destination 1/Destination2 Au dio Channels Model dependent. (If the EE PROM R evision is 2 or higher , changing the Audio Chann el setting affects the Sample Frequency . ) • If the model number ends in –xxx0, the parameter can be set to Stereo , Mono and Du[...]

32 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Destination Address Mode Allows th e user to specify ho w the destination a ddress will be configured: IP Address , Host Name, or IPv6. • IP Address – This is the Destination IP Address of the encoded video . When this is a multicast addre ss , the transmit mode is also set to multicast. Simi larly , if this is[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 33 P ack et P a yload Size Controls th e amount of MPEG data withi n each UDP pac k et. The default v alue is 4136. Since Ethernet networks are limited to a pack et size of 1500 b ytes , multiple IP pack ets ar e required to span one UDP pack et. When choosing a pac ket pa yload size, specia[...]

34 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . 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 appliance s to other VBrick appliances and VBrick applications such as the P ort al Ser ver and StreamPla yerPlus . T[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 35 Announce Common Infor mation Program Name The string providing the name of the stream ass ociated with this SAP . This SAP text shows up in the Program Guide for other VBrick products . Default is H Prog ram x (where x is 1 or 2, for slot1 or slot 2). Note : All of the Common Information[...]

36 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . SAP for Destination 1 and/or 2 Categ or y An encoder can hav e a SAP Categ or y string. This str ing consists of one or more keywords separated by spaces . Each categor y keyword represe nts a tag associ ated with the Encoder's v ideo stream. Decoders can be configured to di splay in their Program and Guides o[...]

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 page 111. Configuration: Conferencing Conferencing is a feature th at allo ws a user to set up a tw o-w ay video conf[...]

38 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Configuration: P assthrough The TCP/IP network can ser v e as an inter med iar y between tw o VBricks 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 COM2 is only a v ailable on VBri[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 39 P assthrough State: R esponder P assthrough State Used to enable/disable P a ssthrough. Thre e states are possible: • Disabled – The VBrick will neither in itiate nor respond to P assthrough setup requests . • R esponder – In this case the VBric k will accept a connection request [...]

40 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Pa s s t h r o u g h S t a t e : I n i t i a t o r Baud Rate Rate can be set to the following (Default = 9600): 110, 3 00, 600, 1200, 2400, 3600, 4800 , 7200, 9600, 1440 0, 19200, 28800, 38400, 57600, 115200. Stop Bits Number of stop bits for P assthrough port (1 or 2). P arity None, Even, Odd. RTS Control F or ce [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 41 Destination • Remote COM1 using Slot1 Video Endpoint. T his means that all serial data originating a t the COM1 port being configured is sent to the COM1 por t of the VBrick identifie d as the Slot1 video source (if Slot1 is a decoder) or to the Slot1 vi deo destination VBrick (i f Slot[...]

42 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Dedicated Address Mode When the P assthrough State is set as Initia tor and the Destinatio n is Dedicated, 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 COM1. See Configuration: P [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 43 System Network Time Synchronization Enabled or Disa bled. If enabled, the Sy stem Date Time field is inactive . See Network Time Sync hronization on page 11 to set host name or IP address of time ser ver . Y ou must set these parameters befor e you can enab le Network Time Synchr onizatio[...]

44 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . 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 receiv e address es . Configuration: System > SNMP T r aps SNMP T raps are a subset of the SNMP manag e ment component o f [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 45 the VBric k. The two MIB file s are VBrick_box2.mib and VBrick_reg.mib . The default installation dir ector y is: Program FilesVBrickVB6000DownloadReleaseVxx_xx_xx T raps are SNMP base messages used by SNMP elements to re port change s in status or alar m conditions to remote SNMP ma [...]

46 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . T able 4. T rap Summar y T a bles SNMP T r ap V ersion Select V ersion number . T rap User Name User assigned tr ap name . A uthentication P assword Enter passw ord. Cannot ex ceed 20 characters . May include any combination of alphan umeric c haracters but only the follo wing special charact ers: ~ ! # $ ^ * + &am[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 47 Configuration: System > Security 22 The 2.5 volts pow er supply failure has cleared. 23 There is a R eal Time Clock batter y 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 [...]

48 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Improving Security Y ou can impro ve security b y (1) blocking un authorized attempts to login and access a dev ice and (2) by reducing expo sure to malicious softw are attacks . T he most common vulnera bility is related to user accounts and passwor ds . After a successful installation, y ou should immediately c h[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 49 benefit of collecting log infor mation from severa l VBricks sim ultaneously . When log ging externally , specify either the IP addre ss or hostname a server that is config ured to recei ve SN M P t r ap s on p or t 1 62 i nt o th e Rem o te Ev en t Lo g IP A dd r es s o r Rem ove E ven t[...]

50 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . 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). T his is not the V oD ser ver used with VBrick's ETV P or tal Ser ver . Video On Demand Enables or Disables the Vi deo-on-Demand capability of the VBric[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 51 Configuration: Script Mana gement Configuration: Script Mana gement > Ev ent T rig gering 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 sc ripts for test pur poses using [...]

52 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Figure 3. Script Management – P art 2 Run Scripts Using the IR Remote Control IR Re mote Control scripts are enable d b y simply placing a file named irNScript.txt (where N is a numb er from 0–9) in the script dir ector y of the unit. Fo r example na ming the following script ir0Script.txt will enable the 0 on [...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 53 Sample Script vbrickSlot2En coderNetworkT ra nsmitEnable = 2 // set enab le slot 2 encoder transmit vbrickSlot2Encoder NetworkA pplySet = 2 // apply ab ove encoder network set * // end of a group vbrickHDRecorderControlMod e = 1 // set recorder to user controlled mode vbrickHDRecorderCont[...]

54 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . The VBrick reads the URL field (e.g . www.mys erver.com/co nfig.xml ) via HTTP protocol and executes the script depending on the EXECUTE tag . If a VBEXECUTEFORCE tag is pr esent in the .xml file (see example below), the script runs ev er y time at the poll inter v al even if it has not changed. If a VBEXECUTEIFDIF[...]

MPEG-2 Configuration VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 55 vbrickHDRecorderControlBatchEnable = 1 vbrickHDRecorderCon trolApplySet = 2 </VBRICK>[...]

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

58 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . the SDI output modul e . T he SDI output modu le is av ailable with mode l numbers ending in –x110, –x011, -x111 , -x010, -x012, –x112. Configuration: Encoder The following sections explain how to config ure SDI encoders and decoders. Note that closed captioning is not supported on SDI encoders or decoders . [...]

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[...]

60 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Note The MPEG-2 SDI decode r output s audio via SDI and a nalog audio at the s ame time. SDI audio is sent in SDI audio channels 1-2; it is also sent in SDI audio channels 3-4.[...]

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 allo ws the user to up date the statisti cs to displa y the most cu rrent values . A Reset button is also present on some screens , allowing a user to reset al l statistic coun ters . [...]

62 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . System Model Displays the model number of the appliance . MA C Address Displays the MA C (Media Acce ss Contr ol) address of the appliance . MA C Address Va l i d V erifi es that the MA C address is valid. Cur rent Operational Mode Indicates th e current operational mode of the VBrick. The follo wing modes are supp[...]

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 C onfiguration Protocol – Ethernet models only . Enabled/Disabled. P ossible DHCP Status values: • Disabled • Succeeded •F a i l e d • S[...]

64 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . General COM1/COM2 P assthrough Operational State The cur rent operational state of COM1/COM2 serial P assthrough port. T here will be a conf lict if the slot selected through the P assthrough Destinati on parameter has neither an encoder nor a decoder present; or has an encoder wi th a multicas t destination; or ha[...]

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 sted 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 in[...]

66 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: Netw ork Status > Network Time Status: Netw ork Status > IPv6 Status: Decoder Status MPEG-2 Decoder Status This menu lets you view vita l Decoder statistics . As you Refre sh , the Source IP Address and Bytes Transferred fields are updated. If you see deco der sync , lost sync count, non-video packets[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 67 Decoder State • Displays decoder st ate from the deco der standpoint. •I d l e •S e t u p T r a n s p o r t • Setup PCR And PID • W ai t F or STC Interr upt • Look F or STC Activ e • Setup Elementar y Streams • Setup Elementar y Decoders • Audio STC Access Error • Nor mal R un • S[...]

68 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: Encoder Status This menu allows users to view vital Encoder statistics . As yo u Refresh y ou should see Transmit State – Transmitting and the IP Bytes Transferred count should increment. If this does not happen check y our VBric k's encoder configuration or netw ork. MPEG-2 Encoder Status Bytes T ra[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 69 Note The MPEG-2 encoder is desi gned to stream vide o indefinitely when it ha s a va lid video input and will stream bl ack video for up to a few hours when the video input is missing or invalid. Howev er , if the video input has been inv alid for more than a fe w hours y ou should either reset the enc[...]

70 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: Hard Dri v e Status MPEG-2 and VBStar only . Status: Hard Dri v e Status > General Status: Hard Dri v e Status > Pump Disk T ype This variable contains the Ha rd Driv e model n umber as reported by the hard drive fir mware . Free Space Amount of remaining space on the hard dri ve . Video File Count Nu[...]

Status VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 71 General Netw ork Status: Hard Driv e Status > Recorder Pump State Stopped R unning Fa st Fo r wa r d F as t Fa st Fo r wa r d S l o w Pa u s e d Re wi n d Fa s t Re wi n d S lo w Hard D riv e F ailed No Batch File Hard Driv e Unfor matted File Not F ound File Cannot Be Opened Inv alid File F ailed T[...]

72 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . R ecorder Sta te F aile d Stopped, never started Stopped, by user Stopped, Disk Full Stopped, File Size Limit Stopped, FTP Overr un Stopped, Duration Complete Stopped, Unfor matted Stopped, IO Er ror Stopped, File Is Pumping R unning, From P ower Up R unning, Scheduled R unning, User Initiated IP P ack ets Recei ve[...]

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 c onf ig ura tio n ch ang e s . File Start Time Allows viewing the st art date/timestamp for current or most recent file. Data R ecorded Bytes. Current file size of the file b[...]

74 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: System Log > System Ev ent The system event log contains repor ts of system events within the VBrick. Thes e ev ents may occur during nor mal operation and include report s of successful and unsuccessful attempts to access video s ources by the local decoder and ac cess to the loca l encoder 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 VBrick 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 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Status: User Infor m ation > Slot1/Slot2 This menu allo ws the user to view factory set infor mation relativ e to the slots in t he 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. [...]

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 Bo ar d Se ri al Number As displayed.[...]

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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 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . 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 m ination will be displayed. Diagnostics: Network T ests > T race Route T est The Internet is a large and complex agg regati on of network har dware , connected together by gateways . T [...]

Diagnostics VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 81 T ra ce Route T es t Results The r esults of the test appear at t he top of the screen. The results include the Resolv ed IP Address of the Destination Host Name . When th e test is finished or stopped, the Ov erall R esult will display the result of the test, such as "T est Done," or &q[...]

82 © 2009 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 val idates the data patt ern. In this mode the following steps are re commended. No timed or continuous option is a vaila ble for this test mode. • T urn on tran smit • T urn on rece iv e • T urn off receive • T urn off transmi t Dia gnostics: Device T est This screen shows the results of [...]

84 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Diag nostics: Decoder Color Bars The Decoder Color Bar test is a simple t est 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 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Maintenance: Default All Configuration This menu allows the user to default all the configuration parame ters of the VBric k. Maintenance: Read/W rite Configuration Maintenance: Read/W rite > Read F rom Device The Read/W rite Configura tion pag e allows you to read configuration parameters from the VBrick to a f[...]

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 documen t with all the configuration p a r a m 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 [...]

90 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Figure 4. Sample VBrick Configuration File Maintenance: Read/W rite > W rite T o Device This page lets you write conf iguration parameters from an .xml file to t he 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 VBrick from an .xml file 1. Click the Brows e button and navigate to the configuration file you w ant to write to the appliance. 2. Click on the Write button to write the select ed file to the VBrick. The configuratio[...]

92 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . User Name Ente r desired user name. Cannot ex ceed 20 characters . It may include any combination of alph anumer ic characters an d only the followin g special c haracters: ~ ! # $ ^ * + & [ ] { } | < > P assw ord Enter desired password. Can not ex ceed 20 c haracters . It ma y include any combination of [...]

Maintenance VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 93 T able 5. Default Use r Names and P a ssw ords Maintenance: User names & P ass words > Change SNMPv3 Pa s s wo r d s SNMPv3 provi des additional security tha t ex ceeds that av aila ble with SNMPv2. SNMPv3 authentication pro vides the ability to v alidate the transaction betw een host and c[...]

94 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . User Name Re ad-only . Set user name on previous pag e. A uthentication P assw ord Enter password. Cannot ex ceed 20 char acters . May include any combination of alphan umeric c haracters but only the follo wing special c haracters: ~ ! # $ ^ * + & [ ] { } | < > See T able 5 for defaults . A uthentication[...]

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

96 © 2009 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 Maint enance Mode as the Administrator, the VBMainMode> prompt is displayed and one or more of the fol[...]

98 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . c nt 6 xxx T o edit the IP Host Name. The default is the Media Access Control (MA C) address , a hardw are address that uniquely identifies each node of a network. The Host Name c an be a maxim um of 18 characters; the first c haracter must be a lett er and the las t character a numb er . The middle c haracter s ca[...]

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

100 © 2009 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 Click here to e xamine ... Click on this link to ex amine har d driv e co ntent. Y ou must kno w the user name and passw ord to login to the FTP server and view content. Y ou can use any FTP cl ient application to access the hard driv e using a URL like this: ftp://admin@<IP_Address>/D: Be sure [...]

102 © 2009 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 selected the selected file or batc h will play through to completion and stop . If Continuous Repump is selected, the selected file or batch sequence wi ll be contin u[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 103 Configuration: Pump > Announce (SAP) See MPEG-2 Configuration: Encoder > Announ ce (SAP) on page 34.[...]

104 © 2009 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 . Us e the R efresh 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 when mix ed m odels are pr esent in th e same encl osure . F or example when there is a WM encoder in Slot1 and an MPEG -2 en coder in Sl ot2, the MPEG-2 recorder becomes an archi ver and not a recorder . This section explains in [...]

106 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . test1.mpg; if t est1.mpg, test 2.mpg and test3 .mpg 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 Click here to examine ... Opens an Inter net Explorer FTP session window . Se e Configuration: R e corder > Operation on page 109 for more infor mation. R ecorder Mode • User Controlled – The user controls when to record files via any of the following methods: IWS , CLI, IR Remote, SDK, or SNMP[...]

108 © 2009 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 r ee n o f I WS. W h en mo re t ha n o ne se r ver 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 Configuration: Recorder > Operation R eceiv e Address Mode Allows the user to specify how the receive address will be configured: IP address or Host Name. R eceiv e Host Name The source for video to be receiv ed by using Host Name of the source. This parameter can be used only for a un icast source[...]

110 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . Click here to examine ... This link opens an Internet Explorer FTP session window . The link to view the hard driv e content from the Integ rated W eb Ser ver spawns an additional Internet Ex plorer window . After log ging out of the IWS , it is a good idea to close all Internet Explorer windows and exit Internet [...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 111 VBStar FTP File T ransfer Configuration: FTP File T ransfer > Ser vers Up to eight ser vers are av ailable and can be sim ultaneousl y selected. When more than one ser ver is en abled, the appliance will transfer the newly recorded file to each of the enabled seve rs , up to a maximum of eight. Sin[...]

112 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . been completely tra nsferred, the recorder will stop . T he failure con dition is noted in the R ecorder Status menu. FTP Ser ver 1–8 Name Ftpser ver1 th rough Ftpser ver8. T ype VBrick or Non-VBric k Appliance . • VBrick App liance – When sending to a VBrick appliance , the ser ving VBrick must select the D[...]

VBStar VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Gui de 113 Configuration: FTP File T ransfer > T ransfer s Y ou can separately setup and use eight ser vers for FTP File T ransfer. Enter the ser ver parameters in the Configuration: FTP Fi le Transfer > Servers screen of IWS . FTP Status Director y T his object allows a manager to switch to a different di[...]

114 © 2009 VBrick Systems , Inc . 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 Queue ). VBStar Status F or a description of VBStar Status sc reens , see Stat us: Hard Dri ve S tatus on page 70. State The cur rent state of th e Hard [...]

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