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H.264 HD/SD Standalone Encoder User Manual Version 3.01

1. 024 225 1 1 1 V SPTS From Encoder 1 225 1 1 11024 E Port 1 2 ooo 225 1 1 2 Encoder 1 NULL padded TRENT ET r Port 2 1 fo jfo24 226 1 2 1 PTS Auto Rate T YEXET r Port 2 2 6 000 000 MPTS Manual Rate E ASI ASI Output By ETTH a TS Bit Rate b s Port Name psouwu2 J r ASI Output 1 Primary Modulator Apply 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 outputs as you wish Conversely unchecking the box disconnects that particular source destination pair Two examples are shown below Add Connection Encoder 1 v Encoder 2 Ld Output Connections 9 Stream Names Stream Addresses Stream Names Stream Addresses Name Name Ethernet 1 SPTS From Encoder 1 e Ethernet 1 SPT8 From Encoder 1 B z r g z z z g z g z Source Selection in the Output Ports When configuring an output ASI or IP connections can be immediately made as well in that output s configuration interface see ASI Ports Configuration Tab and IP Outputs Configuration Tab The selection parameters are depicted below The user defined names for the Encoders and Test Packet Generators are displayed in the user interface to facilitate identification To make the connection just click on the corresponding checkbox under Connect Note that if an encoder channel is not available either because it 1s not installed or because it has been conf
2. gt 192 168 0 30 e Fa AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS Standalone Control Please use the DashBoard software to control this device Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device No encoder channels are available for monitoring 47 HLS Implementation Notes e When HTTP Live Streaming is selected the GOP Mode control is set to Closed GOP and is not selectable This is done to ensure that each segment is self contained e The maximum video bit rate allowed in HLS mode is 15 Mb s e The maximum aggregate performance of the built in HLS server in the NOVUS is between 20 and 30 Mb s total bit rate to all clients and is somewhat dependent on network conditions The built in server is intended to serve only a small handful of clients and performance is not guaranteed at the capacity limits if you need to scale please use a remote server e If you are streaming to Apple devices such as iPhones iPads or iPods you must also select the following e Audio Encoding Select AAC LC e Output Resolution If you are streaming to older Apple devices select one of the resolutions ending in 15p e g 320x240 15p If your input is PAL these resolutions will be shown ending in 12 5p Newer devices may be able to support higher resolutions Direct HTTP Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming 1s an output mode whereby clients open a standard HTTP connection to the NOVUS and issue a standard HTTP GET request The NOVUS w
3. 61 AS Output 1 Configuration ASI Output 1 188 ASI Output Parameters Input Connections J Input Selection Encoder 2 Encoder2 Connection Parameters The configuration screen can be divided into two parts e ASI Output Parameters e Input Selection Connection Parameters The Connection Parameters are common to all outputs and are described in the Connection section later in this document The ASI Output Parameters are e Port Name All NOVUS encoders and outputs can be assigned a user defined Port Name This name is used to identify the port later when making connections Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default e Packet Size Select between 188 and 204 bytes e ASI Rate The following two modes are available o Manual In this mode the ASI output bit rate is set to the value entered in the Bit Rate field The ASI output will maintain this rate at all times as follows If there is no connection to the ASI port or if the input connected to the ASI port is not active the ASI port will transmit NULL packets If the connected input bit rate is lower than the rate entered in the Bit Rate field the ASI port will add NULL packets as required to pad it to the desired value PCR packets will be re stamped as required 62 If the connected input bit rate is higher than the rate entered in the Bit Rate field the ASI port will attempt to remove NUL
4. Default Gateway 192 168 0 227 DNS Server 192 168 0 2 NTP Server 192 168 0 1 Apply Cancel If your NOVUS has access to the Internet you can point it to one of the public NTP servers for your region You can find more details on this link http psp2 ntp org bin view Servers WebHome The full Admin Event Log tab is displayed below 91 File Layouts Views Window Help Network Encoder 1 Encoder ASI Outputs IP Outputs Connections F7 Kdmin A Control IBI eves NOVUS Standalone Log csv save Log View OPE F2 GH warming info Event Log Date Time severity subsystem Event d interface speed set to auto negotiate Current Time Thu Dec 31 17 37 2009 Clear Log Display Note NOVUS time starts at 01 01 2010 00 00 General Firmware Config Files Test Packet Generator License Keys wu EventLog Refresh Upload Reboot The fields are Log Download The user interface only displays the last 10 events of each type If you would like to see the whole event log it can be downloaded to your computer by clicking on the Save button The log will be in CSV format and it can be opened by any utility that can read text files ideally you should use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or similar so it is presented in tabular format The log will be in chronological order oldest entry to newest Log View The user interface can display the last 10 events You can choose to see the last 10 events of any k
5. A license is required for this feature please contact AdvancedDigital 45 contain a single bit rate profile It is created when the encoder starts and not changed during operation For backward compatibility with previous versions a top playlist with a m3u extension and identical contents will also be created o basename p m3u This is the current playlist file for the encoder profile It is updated every time a new segment is created o basename XXXX ts These will be the bitstream encoded files XXXX is an increasing count For the example above the encoder will create files named live 1l ts live 2 ts live 3 ts live 4 ts andsoon At any given point in time there will be five or six consecutive files in the configured directory if the encoder is configured to remove older files e Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bitstream encoded files The valid range is from 1 to 20 seconds Note that the clients will experience latency approximately equal to the segment size times the number of segments The recommended value is 10 seconds Setting the segment size to less than 3 seconds may cause performance issues with the FTP SFTP server especially Windows servers running FileZilla the result will be a non zero count of dropped segments e Number of Segments This defines the number of bitstream segments advertised in the playlist The minimum number as per the HLS spe
6. Note that the video will only actually play if the network between the client and the encoder supports multicast This will typically be the case if the encoder and the client are in the same subnetwork but may not work across routers unless they have multicast support enabled and will definitely not work across the Internet The relevant pages are shown below Both UDP and RTP are supported 9 Sa B NOVUS lot 0 Enc Cos inode O Ba x a File Edit ew Fomes Jools E Advanced Disital Inc NOVUS Encoder 1 Eth 1 Multicast Streaming o6 E rite 10108 D E c x NOVUS Slet Encoder k File Edt Wiew Faverdes Teak Help Select Multicast Flow Multicast 225 1 1 1 Port 1024 Protocot UDP s Multicast 225 1 1 3 Port 1026 Protocok RTP Y a Li AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS Encoder 1 Ethi Multicast Streaming Mulicast 115 1 1 1 Port 1024 Protocot UDP Note For MPTS streams only the first program may be played If you configure an MPTS stream 1 e both encoders routed to the same IP Output the page will be available for both encoders but the plug in will only play the first channel Encoder 1 Also the plug in will only play the first audio PID even if secondary audio is configured 101 HTTP Live Streaming All the web pages accessible from the Ethernet ports and the Control port of the NOVUS include a link for the built in HTTP Live Streamin
7. Pillarbax 4 3 Center 1010 Full Frame 16 9 Protected 1011 Fillarbax 14 8 Center Advanced Tab Audio Parameters The Audio Parameters are divided into three subgroups some of which vary and may not be present according to the selections made in the Encoder Basic Configuration Tab A sample of the Audio Parameters section 1s depicted below 36 Audio Parameters Audio Gain L dB Audio Gain R 4B 55 Analo g Audio Audio Mute L Parameters Audio Mute R PMT Information CRC On Original Copy Original Audio Encoder Copyright 2 NotProtected Protected Specific Configuration Emphasis Mone Analog Audio Parameters These parameters are only displayed if Audio Source in Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to Analog Audio The parameters are e Audio Gain L dB Audio Gain R dB These controls allow an independent gain adjustment for the left right audio channels from 18 0 dB to 18 0 dB in steps of 0 5 dB e Audio Mute L Audio Mute R These controls allow muting of the left right audio channels PMT Information The PMT Information section has the following parameters e Audio Type determines the audio type in the PMT audio descriptor This setting has no actual impact on how the audio is encoded it only affects its description in the PMT The choices are o Undefined no further information This is the most common setting o Clean Effects indicates that the aud
8. but can be set to any descriptive name The name provided here will also appear in the Dashboard Tree View 81 e SNMP Traps This allows SNMP traps to be enabled or disabled Note that this setting does not take effect immediately it will become active the next time the NOVUS is rebooted e MIB File Download The NOVUS provides an up to date copy of its MIBs If you click on the Save button a zip file with the relevant MIBs will be downloaded to your computer This zip file contains the NOVUS MIBs as well as the Ross Video and openGear MIBs required to compile the NOVUS MIBs The Admin General Tab is depicted below Card Name SNMP Traps O Enabled disabled Weigel REN CARD MIBS ZIP ER Admin Firmware Tab The NOVUS can hold up to three distinct firmware images a Factory image and two upgrade images called Image 1 and Image 2 The Factory image can never be overwritten and will always be available as a fall back in case of problems or failed updates Image 1 and Image 2 can be updated at will Since the NOVUS offers two upgrade images it 1s always possible to fall back to the previous image if there are any problems with the current one The NOVUS will also automatically fall back to the factory image if it detects a corrupted firmware image Finally the push buttons on the front of the NOVUS allow for a forced override to the factory image as described in the Front Panel Default Switch section NOVUS firmware is
9. i The following information is available Build Date Date the firmware image was built Supplier AdvancedDigital Inc Product NOVUS Software revision This indicates the firmware revision currently running The format is Major Version e Minor Version e Build Number Serial Number This is the serial number of this particular NOVUS e Hardware Version This indicates the board version number All board versions are functionally equivalent e Rear Module This indicates the status of the Rear I O Module It can have one of the following states o OOK The encoding board is installed This indicator will be always green o OQ Not Installed The encoding board is not installed 18 e Card Uptime Indicates how long the encoder has been running since it was last rebooted e Ambient Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade of the air intake of the NOVUS measured at the front edge of the NOVUS e Internal Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade at the back of the NOVUS e MDP Core Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade of the core MediaStorm processing element The NOVUS is designed to operate in environments with up to 40 C ambient There is typically a 5 C temperature raise from the external ambient to the Ambient Temperature measured by the NOVUS If that measurement is at 45 C or higher action must be taken to cool down the ambient temperature Network Tab The Network Ta
10. kb s 192 wv Audio Source 9 Analog Audio 2 SDI Embedded Audio Language Code eng Audio Encoding AAC LC d Mode Stereo Nh fF tg v Audio Bit Rate kb s p29 Lal Peak Audio Rate kb s The individual controls work in the same manner as discussed before Each audio channel can be independently configured As before the SDI Embedded Audio option will only be available if the Encoder 1 input selection 1s one of the SDI variants The only input restriction 1s that when using Analog Audio the signal connected to Video Audio 1 will be the first audio channel and the signal connected to Video Audio 2 will be the second audio channel Support for secondary audio requires that both encoder channels in the NOVUS be tied together When the Secondary Audio control depicted above is set to Enabled Encoder 2 will be slaved to Encoder 1 Its Basic Configuration Tab in this mode is depicted below 31 Encoder 2 Configuration Hame Encoder 2 Encoder State Stopped Running Controls Slaved input Connection video Audio VideolAudio2 tO Encoder 1 Video Parameters Input Resolution HD 1920x1080i v nut source Mercatini with Encoder 1 Frame Field Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL Output Resolution Output 1920x1080i v Video Rate Mode CBR VBR Video BitRate 6000000 Audio Parameters Include Audio Ch1 Encoder 2 Audio Include Audio Ch2 Insertion Controls The operation is as fol
11. 1s obtained the NOVUS will cache it for about 5 minutes as 1t 1s usual for IP devices Unlike other IP devices the NOVUS will keep on using the MAC address until a response is received to avoid stream interruptions If no response is received at that time the NOVUS will raise a yellow alarm This alarm can be seen in the IP Output Statistics tab described in detail below The current state of the NOVUS current streaming ARP cache is available in the Advanced View of the Active IP Outputs table described above 71 IP Outputs Statistics Tab The Statistics tab for the IP output ports contains a summary of each stream status There are two sub tabs one for Ethernet 1 and another for Ethernet 2 The tab 1s depicted below IP Output Port 1 Summary sream 12 Port Ethernet Port 1 Ethernet Port2 The indicators can have the following values e OK The IP Output is operating normally either streaming or ready to stream e O No Response The IP Output is configured for unicast operation but it does not have a destination MAC address If there is a connection to this output Dashboard Card State and the Status LED will be red e Overflow The IP Output is configured for NULL Padding with a manual rate and the connected bitstream s exceed that configured manual rate If this alarm 1s asserted packets are being dropped The Dashboard M Card State and the Status LED will be red e O No Response The IP Output
12. Connection Connections Encoder 2 Product Name Encoder State Input Connection Input Resolution Input Source Frame Field Rate Output Resolution Video Rate Mode Video Bit Rate sample Rate Audio Source Language Code Audio Encoding Status Baic Advanced Encoder 1 Status Stopped ONLINE Admin Control ASI Outputs IP Outputs Rom Encoder 1 Configuration Network Encoder 1 stopped Video Audio 1 Video Parameters SD 720x480i Composite 59 94 NTSC Output 720x480 CBR 6000000 Audia Parameters co EX zl M Analog Audio eng MPEG 1 Layer Il Conne Refresh Encoder Configuration Tab The Encoder Configuration Tab 1s further divided into the following 3 tabs IP Outputs Metwork Name Encoder State Input Connection Input Resolution Input Source Frame Field Rate Output Resolution Video Rate Mode Video Bit Rate sample Rate Audio Source Language Code Audio Encoding Mode Audio Bit Rate kb s ite Upload Reboot Advanced Connections Admin Control Encoder 2 ASI Outputs Encoder 1 Configuration Encoder 1 Stopped Running lo Video Audio 1 e Video Audio 2 Video Parameters SD0 720x480i v Composite 59 94 ntsc 50 Pat Output 720x480 cor ver c c c c c Lee c lt gt E Audio Parameters 48 kHz Analog Audio e MPEG 1 Layer II Stereo k e 192 Con
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14. GOP The normal setting is Open GOP Closed GOP is used for some storage applications there is a very small negative impact in video quality if Closed GOP is selected e Profile This control has four options o Auto Select With this setting the encoder will signal High Profile for HD and Main Profile for SD o High Profile With this setting the encoder will always signal High Profile Main Profile With this setting the encoder will always signal Main Profile o Baseline Profile This setting will cause the encoder to go to Baseline Profile There will be a small loss of encoding quality The GOP Structure control will not be selectable in Baseline Profile e GOP Structure Select between IBBP IBP and IP Selecting IBBP gives the best video quality but some low end decoders require IP If Profile is set to Baseline Profile this control will not be selectable and will be forced to IP O Note that if the Output Resolution setting in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to one of the low resolutions 480x270 320x240 or 320x180 the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable this section will appear as follows Video Parameters GOP Mode OpenGOP Closed GOP Profile Baseline Profile GOP Structure IBBP OC IBP ip Also note that if the Input Resolution setting in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to 1920x 1080p the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable this section wil
15. Port indicators can have the following values e TX OK The port is operating normally in transmit mode ASI Output o O TX Overflow The connected bit rate is excessive The Dashboard Card State will be red and the Status LED 1n the front of the NOVUS will also be red To correct this problem either reduce the connected bit rate or increase the ASI output bit rate or configure the port in Automatic mode If this alarm is active data is being dropped e O TX Unlocked The port is in automatic bit rate and there is no data rate coming to it Any downstream ASI receivers will lose lock Dashboard M Card State and the Status LED will be red if there 1s a connection to this port 63 IP Outputs Tab IP Outputs receive data from connected inputs format this data for transmission over UDP IP and send it with very precise timing over the Ethernet ports The NOVUS supports up to 4 transport stream outputs per Ethernet port IP Outputs have the following specifications e Formats supported o MPEG 2 Transport Packets over UDP IP o MPEG 2 Transport Packets over RTP UDP IP Number of MPEG 2 Transport Packets per UDP datagram fixed at 7 Addressing support unicast multicast and broadcast Advanced control over the IP header fields available SMPTE 2022 FEC available The NOVUS supports one FEC session per Ethernet port IP Outputs Configuration Tab IP output stream can be created configured and removed using this configuration
16. Upload Reboot cem MDP Core Temp The fields in the Firmware Image Management tab are e Factory Image Image 1 and Image 2 These contain version and release date information for the corresponding firmware images If no image is present this field will indicate No Image e Upload Location This field contains the location where the image upload will go The NOVUS automatically chooses a location that will not overwrite the currently running image e Boot Location This field indicates which image will be used in the next boot If an image is successfully uploaded through Dashboard this automatically changes to point to that image It can also be manually changed e Auto Reboot After Update This field controls whether or not the NOVUS will automatically reboot after a successful firmware upload through Dashboard By default the NOVUS will not reboot after an update You can upload the firmware at any time and reboot later during a maintenance window 83 Admin Config Files Tab As you make configuration changes to the NOVUS they are automatically persisted in non volatile storage If the encoder 1s rebooted or power cycled it will come back in the same configuration In addition to automatic configuration persistency the NOVUS also offers the ability to save up to 5 complete configurations load them and even export them This can be used to quickly configure it for different scenarios or for saving configuration chec
17. applications DF Bit This parameter allows the configuration of the Do not Fragment DF bit in the IP header The NOVUS will never produce fragmented packets and with the UDP payload set to 7 transport packets the IP packets are guaranteed to fit inside the Ethernet MTU This control is provided for compatibility with legacy switches routers Some legacy equipment may exhibit performance problems if this bit is not set This is not an issue with current network equipment RTP If this box is checked the NOVUS will include RTP Real Time Protocol headers in the output flow If it is not checked the transport stream will be sent over UDP IP without any additional headers Note that RTP requires the use of even UDP port numbers when this box 1s checked the user interface will enforce this restriction The NOVUS will not generate RTCP packets If the RTP box 1s checked an additional control to enable SMPTE 2022 FEC may be displayed if a FEC session is available for configuration The NOVUS only supports one FEC session per Ethernet port once FEC is enabled on a given stream this option will not be offered for the other streams in the same port This 1s depicted below 67 Tos fo Q set Not Set RP E SMPTE2022FEC e SMPTE 2022 FEC Check this box to enable transmission of SMPTE 2022 FEC packets for this stream Once the SMPTE 2022 FEC box is checked additional parameters become available for configuration RTP LZ S
18. area Before any streams are created the Configuration Tab appears as depicted below View Basic Advanced Active IP Outputs Ho IP Output Streams Configured IP Output Stream Configuration Add Stream SelectEthernetPort W To create an IP Output stream first select the desired Ethernet port in the Add Stream drop down box Once that selection is made the IP Output Stream Configuration is displayed as depicted below Basic View The configuration screen has two areas e IP Output Parameters these are the parameters specific to the IP Output configuration The set of parameters available for configuration depends on the View selection In the Basic view suitable default values are entered for the advanced parameters e Input Selection Connection Parameters these allow a connection to be made to the output stream The Connection Parameters are common to all outputs and will be described in the Connection section later in this document Previously known as Pro MPEG FEC COP3 64 IP Output Stream Configuration Add Stream Ethernet Port 1 N UDP Port Destination Address 225 1 1 1 IP Output Stream Name Port1 Stream Parameters NULL Padding Disabled Enabled Automatic Rate Enabled Manual Rate Input Connections Connect Input Selection Connection Parameters The Basic View configuration parameters are as follows e Enabled This allows the output stream to
19. as long as the path from the encoder to the client has sufficient bandwidth Direct HTTP Streaming is always available on both Ethernet ports File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help LH NOVUS Sandalene Serner s AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS Standalone Control Please use the DashBoard software to control this device 4m gt 5 gt 102168030 Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device NOVUS Encoder 1 Wels reaming e i rad eH cai Encoders available for monitoring e Encoder 1 Encoder 2 not avenlab AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS Encoder 1 Web Streaming If the NOVUS is required to support clients on remote networks make sure that a Default Gateway 1s entered in the corresponding Ethernet port configuration see the Network Configuration Tab section When replying to a request the NOVUS will always use the Ethernet port where it received the request from 103 Using a Firewall between the NOVUS and the Internet Since both Direct HTTP Streaming and HTTP Live Streaming work over the Internet in some situations it may be desirable to do so for example to allow for remote monitoring AdvancedDigital believes it is safe to connect the NOVUS Ethernet ports directly to the Internet with a public IP address however this may not be desirable It 1s possible to place a port forwarding firewall between the NOVUS and the Internet the web pages and the streami
20. be enabled or disabled If it 1s disabled no packet transmission takes place This feature is provided for testing purposes 1 e temporarily disable an output for fault finding Most users will leave the stream enabled e UDP Port selects the UDP port to transmit to Valid values are between and 65535 Note that in traditional IP networks UDP ports between 1 and 1023 are reserved for administrative uses AdvancedDigital recommends the use of UDP ports 1024 and higher The NOVUS however will accept any legal value Note that if the port is configured for RTP see the Advanced View discussion later in this section the UDP port must be an even number and the NOVUS user interface will enforce this restriction odd numbers will be automatically rounded up e Destination Address selects the IP address to transmit to Any unicast or multicast address can be entered here with the exception of the loopback range 127 0 0 0 to 127 255 255 255 The NOVUS will also accept the broadcast IP address of 255 255 255 255 and will transmit the packets as Ethernet broadcasts Use of broadcasts however is strongly discouraged e Stream Name All NOVUS input and output ports can be assigned a user defined name This name is used to identify the stream later when making connections Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default 65 e NULL Padding This setting controls whether or not NULL packets are transmitted
21. choices made Basic Tab General Configuration e Name All NOVUS encoders and outputs can be assigned a user defined name This name is used to identify the encoder later when making connections Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default e Encoder State This control allows you to start stop an encoder This control needs to be set to Running for normal operation e Input Connection This control selects which of the two rear I O panel inputs is to be connected to this encoder The NOVUS can run both encoders from the same input The default is to run Encoder 1 from Video Audio 1 and Encoder 2 from Video Audio 2 but all combinations are allowed Note that the parameters presented in the Video Configuration section may change if this selection changes for example if you switch the encoder from a Composite input to an SDI input 25 Encoder 1 Configuration Encoder 1 Stopped Q Running General l Configuration Video Audio 1 VideolAudio 2 Video Parameters SD 720x480i Composite bal 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL s e NTSC PAL Video Output 720x480 v Configuration CER VBR 2000000 7 Audio Parameters Sample Rate Secondary Audio 9 Disabled Enabled Audio Source amp 9 Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Language Code eng Audio Configuration Audio Encoding MPEG 1 Layer Il Mode Stereo Nf Audio Bit Rate kb s 192 v apply Apply Cancel
22. each Ethernet port Support for UDP RTP on Ethernet Support for SMPTE 2022 FEC on Ethernet Support for HTTP Direct Streaming and HTTP Live Streaming HLS Support for RTMP streaming compatible with Adobe Flash players RTMP RTMPS RTMPE RTMPT RTMPTE RTMPTS Closed Captioning support both EIA 608 and EIA 708 captions AFD extraction and insertion support Audio Encoding support MPEG 1 Layer II and AAC LC Support for pre compressed Dolby AC 3 pass through embedded in SDI inputs Support for secondary audio for NOVUS 1E requires option OPT 2AUD Multiplexing support each output can be configured to carry either encoder as a Single Program Transport Stream SPTS or both encoders as a Multi Program Transport Stream MPTS Two additional Ethernet ports for control and management Typical application scenarios for the NOVUS are Contribution and Distribution Professional Broadcasting Video Distribution over IP backbones IPTV headends Monitoring High Quality OTT generation Other formats such as Dolby may be offered in the future 9 Product Overview The NOVUS supports up to two H 264 SD HD encoders The encoded transport stream can be routed and replicated to Ethernet and ASI outputs Both SPTS and MPTS outputs are supported The following inputs are available Software configurable Composite or SDI video inputs SDI video inputs support SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI Analog unbalanced audio stereo inp
23. easily updated Once you obtained the upgrade image from AdvancedDigital place it anywhere in your computer and click on the Upload button as shown below A dialog box allows you to select the upgrade file For more detail consult the Dashboard User Manual chapter 6 section Upgrading Device Software The Dashboard manual can be downloaded from http www opengear tv n p 94 Note that uploading firmware to the NOVUS does not affect its operation in any way and does not introduce any glitches in the inputs outputs except when running RTMP at high bit rate If you are running RTMP at high bit rate uploading firmware to the NOVUS may cause momentary stream interruptions 82 Slat 0 NOVUS s IP Outputs Connections lu Control Card state Encoder Status Stopped Network Encoder 1 Encoder 2 ASI Outputs Connection ONLINE Admin M Control mii Firmware Image Management diniin iiaii Factory Image Version 0 9 42 issued Sat Apr 7 05 51 50 2012 CHCOUOP Image 1 Version 1 0 1 issued Mon Jun 4 18 25 01 2012 SURE Jun 42012 11 24 24 oM UNE E Upload Location Image 2 Ina AdvancedDigital Inc Boot Location Image 1 miis odd NOVUS Auto Reboot After Update lad DEUME Aeneas mage 1 1 0 1 E Sotware Rey Serial Number ac 8 0001168 Hardware Version Rear Module E OK a ERITOHIEME hours 30 minutes Ambient Temp 34 13 Internal Temp 53 00 7 94 F General ekimware Config Files Test Packet Refresh
24. has a count of the number of access units dropped for the current connection This count resets when a new connection is established 60 ASI Outputs Tab The NOVUS has 2 ASI output ports that can be independently configured This tab 1s used to configure and manage them ASI Ports Configuration Tab The default appearance of the Configuration tab is ASI Outputs TS Bit Rate b s PortName ff Edit Ast ouput an ASI Output 2 Edit The ASI Outputs table contains the current configuration of the ports as follows e Status Indicates the port status It can contain the following values o OK Port is operating normally o Unlocked Port is unlocked This means that the port is in Automatic Bit Rate mode and it has no input o Overflow Transmit overflow This means that the ASI Output is in Manual mode and the configured bit rate is insufficient to carry the bitstreams connected toit This situation will raise an alarm as packets are being dropped Size Indicates the configured transport packet size in bytes TS Bit Rate b s This reports the actual transport stream bit rate in bits second Port Name This reports the user configured Port Name Edit Button Clicking on this button allows configuration of the port The ASI Output Configuration screen appears with the settings for the selected port To configure an individual port click on the Edit button for that port The following configuration interface opens
25. is a mismatch between the video input signal and the encoder configuration For example the input is 10801 and the encoder is configured for 720p e Encoder 1 2 Video Status This indicates whether or not the video input front end is locked This status is also reflected in the rear I O panel LED next to the video input The possible values are o Locked The video input front end is locked o Unlocked The video input front end is unlocked 53 e Video Detected If there is any recognizable video signal at the encoder video input this field will indicate what type of signal the encoder is detecting This detection is independent of the video input settings and is intended to aid the operator in making the correct selection If a video signal 1s detected the text 1n this field will either start with the word Composite if an analog composite video signal is detected or SDI if a digital SDI signal is detected If no recognizable video signal is detected this field will indicate No signal For the detected video signals the encoder will provide further information on the type of signal as follows o For Composite signals the encoder will further report the encoding system as follows Systems with 59 94 fields sec NTSC NTSC 4 43 PAL M Systems with 50 fields sec PAL B D G H I N PAL Nc SECAM o For SDI signals the encoder will indicate additional information as follows For Standard Definition signals this field will r
26. is green or yellow and will be red when Card State is red The following tabs are available e Product this tab provides general information on the NOVUS including firmware version uptime temperatures and other parameters It appears only on the Statistics panel e Network this tab is used to configure the IP addresses and network information for the Ethernet ports The statistics side of the panel includes some additional information such as link state e Encoder 1 Encoder 2 these tabs are used to configure the two encoder channels e ASI Outputs this tab is used to configure monitor the ASI ports e P Outputs this tab is used to configure monitor the IP Output ports The configuration panel provides the facilities to create manage and delete ports the statistics panel includes transmission status information e Connections this tab is used to configure monitor connections The configuration panel provides facilities to create edit and delete connections the statistics panel provides a table where the status of all the connections in the unit can be inspected at a glance e Admin this tab is used for general administrative functions such as firmware upgrades licensing logs and configuration management The Test Packet Generator configuration is also found under this tab e Control this tab is used to configure monitor the control ports and the SNMP functions of the device Please note that DashBoard versions 4 0 and 4
27. of the cases the first stereo pair 1s 1n Group 1 Channels 1 2 the second stereo pair is in Group 1 Channels 3 4 and so on The Group selection has one additional choice labeled Custom DID This allows the encoder to use a non standard embedded audio DID this quite uncommon If Custom DID is selected a new configuration option becomes available where the DID can be entered 28 Audio Source Analog Audio 9 SDI Embedded Audio Group Custom DID v Group DID 0x2FF Channels Channels 1 2 Nf e Group DID Enter the desired Group DID in hexadecimal Note that the entry will be immediately validated and rejected if invalid As a reference the table below contains the standard DIDs built into the system for Groups 1 to 4 SD SDI DID HD SDI DID Ox2FF Ox2E7 Ox1FD Ox 1E6 Ox1FB 0x1E5 0x2F9 0x2E4 e Language Code This parameter represents the 3 letter ISO 639 2 language code for the audio to be placed in the audio language descriptor in the PMT For a complete list of the language codes see this URL http www loc gov standards iso639 2 php code list php If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections Tab is set to RTMP this field will not be displayed as RTMP does not use the transport stream container e Audio Encoding This parameter selects the audio encoding algorithm The available choices depend on the Audio Source selection For Analog Audio the choices are MPEG 1 Layer II and AAC LC For SDI E
28. ss saat cee n 6 OTE SORRENTO TT mm 6 Sis E WILDE scissors scenes S 7 Installation ad CU NO E e d euckat usan eps detta amer ta eoque om p QMM PN aM MB EU UP RE IUDES QU dNE 7 Introd HOP Deperee meee ree A ener ereetrar ir eee nee E telorum eM Eel UO tet ree 9 Product Oy Cy onore sut emite diee SUM eaters ances se eer E PIER ERR sea S AE 10 NOVUS Indicators and SWitches cccccssssssseccccccceeeessseecceceeesaaeseseeceeeeessaueusseeeceseessaaeaaneeseeees 12 Dack Paue Losses uU URN MUR E M LMUUSM M E UEM E 12 Pront Panel nate AUS Boios caesar uiia doro OmU Peto mI UD dde E SUE DUE OPERE OPE 13 ere a M Pane DE A S D 14 NOVUS Operation and Management gcscsicscincenedocncsiapeis chu elossesdanchnnecalosassianeindeeeloeseaiantiaseealossssiaacs 16 lace ie AM oo T 18 NORT ID aaa isc 19 Network Somalie bz lo PE 19 Network Configuration Interfaces Tab eeeeeeesssssssssseeeeeeeeee eene nnne eene 19 Network Gron utei OIM DNS M Eom 21 Network ISIS Dolo TNR IRR REOR m 2 Network Statistics Interlace T3D usesoosa atrae endepta vor nene io veta A aE a EE e Dd 21 Network Stansics DNS T AD sss sgacee nice ee ac ssacesascueaiovsiacueDiecieslacsauaebacasctewaeseracendeactesarseuwsiecsscee 22 Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs NERO 23 Encoder C onoo TD a E E T 24
29. 0 seconds Note that the clients will experience latency approximately equal to the segment size times the number of segments Given the limited amount of memory storage in the local encoder server at higher bit rates the segment size will be limited The NOVUS has 20 Mbytes of storage per encoder Number of Segments This defines the number of bitstream segments advertised in the playlist The minimum number as per the HLS specification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices iPads iPods etc work well with 3 segments Program Name This program name is placed in the playlist file Whether or not it 1s shown depends on the client This 1s an optional parameter If entered it will be shown as part of the encoder link in the web page generated by the NOVUS In local server mode the access URLs for the content are http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoder1 m3u http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoder2 m3u where xxx xxx xxx xxxisthe IP Address of the NOVUS Ethernet port The NOVUS HLS streams are available through both streaming Ethernet ports In addition to the streaming Ethernet ports HLS content can also be accessed from the control port Also note that if you use a browser to go to the encoder IP address 1 e just go to http xxx xxx xxx xxx there will be a link for the HLS page as depicted below NOVUS Standalone Server Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools 3 NOVUS Standalone Server
30. 1 have GUI performance problems with the NOVUS We recommend either version 3 0 or 5 0 or higher with the NOVUS Contact AdvancedDigital if you need a copy of DashBoard 5 0 16 Standalone Encoder Slot0 NOVUS x Slot 0 NOVUS Card state Connection Admin IP Outputs Encoder Build Date Supplier Froduct Software Rev Serial Number Hardware Version Rear Module Card Uptime Ambient Temp Internal Temp MDP Core Temp Encoder 1 Status Stopped ONLINE Control Connections ASI Outputs Network Fncoder 1 Jun 4 2012 11 24 24 AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS 1 0 1 acB3t 001168 e M 16 minutes 29 63 46 00 51 00 Refresh IP Outputs Connections Admin Control Encoder 1 Encoder ASI Outputs Ethernet 1 Configuration Alarm on Link Loss OQ Yes fa No IP Address subnet Mask Default Gateway Interface Speed Interface Settings Ethernet 2 Configuration Yes No IP Address 10 10 10 112 Subnet Mask Alarm on Link Loss Default Gateway Interface Speed Interface Settings Upload Reboot 17 Product Tab The Product Tab contains basic information about the NOVUS Admin A Control IP Outputs aN Connections Encoder 2 ASI Outputs Metwork Encoder 1 eee Adva Pro duc t i i ipa E T Software Rev 1 0 1 SCM ME acost0001168 Hardware Version amp Rear Module Ome HE 16 minutes Ambient Temp 63 i Internal Temp 4t o MDP Core Temp 51
31. AdvancedDigital Inc fae AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS H 264 HD SD Standalone Encoder User Manual Version 3 01 Copyright 2003 2013 AdvancedDigital Inc All rights reserved Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of AdvancedDigital Inc Notice The material in this manual is furnished for informational use only and it is subject to change without notice It must not be construed as a commitment by AdvancedDigital AdvancedDigital assumes no responsibility or liability for errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual Trademarks DashBoard Control System 1s a trademark of Ross Video Limited openGear 1s a trademark of Ross Video Limited e Apple Mac OS Leopard and Snow Leopard are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc registered in the U S and other countries e Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U S A and or other countries Linux 1s the registered trademark of Linus Torvalds in the U S and other countries e All other product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned in this guide are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners Environmental Information The equipment that you purchased required the extraction and use of natural resources for its production It ma
32. Configuration Changes Cancel Basic Tab Video Configuration e Input Resolution Select the resolution of the input video signal The following four choices are available o SD 720x4801 this will be presented as 720x5761 if Field Frame Rate is set to PAL o HD 1280x720p o HD 1920x1080i o HD 1920x1080p e Input Source Select the input source type This control is available only if the Input Resolution is set to SD In this case the options will be Composite or SD SDI If Input Resolution is set to any of the HD values this control will not be selectable and 26 will show the appropriate type of input HD SDI for 1280x720p and 1920x10801 and 3G SDI for 1920x1080p e Field Frame Rate Select to match your source For all input resolutions the supported options always include 59 94 for NTSC based systems and 50 for PAL based systems Some resolutions have support for additional frame rates as follows o If you select the 1920x 10801 or 1280x720p resolution this field will also include an option for a field rate of 60 used by some cameras Input Resolution HD 1920x1080i Input Source HD SDI Frame Field Rate 9 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL C o If you select the 1920x1080p resolution this field will also include an option for a frame rate of 23 98 Film Input Resolution HD 1820x1080p d Input Source HD SDI FramelField Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL 23 98 Film e Output Resolution Sel
33. Gateway 192 168 1 1 The STAT front panel indicator will change colors for about 3 seconds to acknowledge the change Note that this operation does not disturb the encoding function or the streaming Ethernet ports 1 e it is not service affecting If you press and hold this switch when the unit is powered off and then power up the unit while holding the switch the following actions will be performed 14 e The control IP address mask and gateway are reset to the factory defaults as described above e The unit configuration is cleared e The unit reverts to the factory installed firmware As before the STAT LED will temporarily change color to acknowledge the command When it changes color you can release the switch You can use this feature in the unlikely event of a corrupted firmware upgrade or a corrupted configuration 15 NOVUS Operation and Management The NOVUS is configured using the free Dashboard application which is available for Windows Apple OS X and Linux Dashboard can be downloaded from this link http www opengear tv p 94 The NOVUS user interface is depicted below It 1s divided into a statistics panel on the left and a configuration panel on the right Each panel has multiple tabs corresponding to the various functions in the NOVUS Note that the Card State alarm indicator is also reflected in the green red Status LED in the front of the NOVUS The Status LED will be green when Card State
34. L packets from the connected bitstream in order to achieve the desired value PCR packets will be re stamped as required If there are not enough NULL packets to be deleted packets will be dropped and an alarm will be raised This alarm will be indicated in the Dashboard Card State field in the front Status LED and in the ASI Statistics page o Automatic If this mode is selected the Bit Rate field disappears The ASI output will exactly match the rate of the connected bitstreams However if the connected ports have no data or if there is no connection to the ASI port there will be no output and any connected downstream ASI device will indicate loss of sync The ASI Statistics page will indicate this state as well as the rear I O panel indicator LED Note that an alarm will only be raised if there is at least one connection to the ASI output e Bit Rate This field is only available if the ASI Rate mode is set to Manual Enter the desired ASI output bit rate here in bits second The minimum value 1s 64 000 and the maximum value 1s 213 000 000 Once the port is configured click on the Apply button and the configuration takes effect ASI Ports Statistics Tab The Statistics Tab for the ASI Ports provides a quick visual summary status for the ports A sample corresponding to the table example of the previous section 1s depicted below ASI Qutput Summary ASI Output TX Unlocked ASI Output TX OK Each of the ASI
35. MAC address of the Ethernet port Network Statistics DNS Tab The Network Statistics DNS Tab reports the current DNS configuration DNS Servers DNS Server 1 192 168 43 1 DNS Server 2 0 0 0 0 DNS functionality is only used for RTMP output 27 Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs The Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs are used to configure monitor the individual encoder channels The parameters in these two tabs are exactly the same The NOVUS can be configured with one or two encoder channels at the time the NOVUS is ordered It is possible to upgrade a single channel NOVUS encoder to dual channel by ordering an additional encoder daughtercard from AdvancedDigital If an encoder channel is not installed Encoder 2 both its configuration and statistics windows will indicate that as depicted below and no configuration controls will be available slot 0 NOVUS Connections Admin Control Card state Encoder 1 Status Stopped ASI IP Outputs Connection ONLINE Network Encoder 1 Admin Control Connections ASI Outputs M IP Outputs Encoder 1 Encoder 7 Ineoderbhamnnmel Mat Istalletd Product Network Encoder Channel Mat lastalled Refresh Upload Reboot Close 23 If an encoder channel is installed Encoder 1 both its configuration and statistics windows will show controlled parameters as depicted below Fi le Layouts Views Window Help L Standalone Encoder Sot NOVUS lt x Slot 0 NOVUS Card state
36. MPTE 2022FEC M Column Only FEC Mode Row and Column Columns 1 Rows 4 FEC Overhead 25 e FEC Mode If you select Column Only the NOVUS will send a single FEC flow corresponding to the column protection data using a UDP port number corresponding to the media UDP port number plus 2 If you select Row and Column the NOVUS will send two FEC flows the first corresponding to the column protection data and the second corresponding to the row protection data The row protection data will be sent using a UDP port number corresponding to the media UDP port number plus 4 Note that not all receivers support Row and Column mode such receivers will only use the FEC Column data and discard the FEC Row data e Columns Number of columns in the FEC matrix This variable must be between 1 and 20 if FEC Mode is set to Column Only and between 4 and 20 if it is set to Row and Column e Rows Number of rows in the FEC matrix This variable must be between 4 and 20 e FEC Overhead This field is updated as configuration is entered and contains the overhead for the selected FEC configuration Note that not all parameter changes cause the overhead to change The FEC overhead is the sum of a Column overhead and a Row overhead which is zero if FEC Mode is Column Only The overhead is a function of the settings as follows 68 o Increasing the number of columns decreases the Row overhead if enabled and does not change the Column overhe
37. NOVUS defines three severity levels o Error These are events that affect the operation of the device For example an ASI Input loosing lock or an IP Input no longer receiving packets An error will impact service until addressed o Warning These are events that may produce visible glitches but they do not have a continuous service impact Examples of warnings are automatic redundancy switches and ARP renewal failures o Info These are informational events All configuration actions are logged with this severity When an error is cleared for example an ASI Input regains lock the event is logged with this severity as well e Subsystem The subsystem affected by the event This may be a port a stream or the encoder itself e Event This is a textual description of the event The NOVUS does not have a battery backed real time clock It depends on an external Network Time Protocol NTP server to obtain current date and time By default the NOVUS will initialize its internal time of day clock to January 1 2010 GMT If the NOVUS is NTP synchronized it will then accept time from NTP server and set its time of day clock accordingly In order to configure the NOVUS for NTP open its CONTROL Tab on Dashboard and enter the IP address of an available NTP server 90 Device Mame Standalone Encoder Control Interface Configuration IP Configuration Static IP DHCP IP Address 192 168 0 30 SubnetMask 255 255 255 0
38. THE EQUIPMENT Power Supply e This unit must be grounded e The unit must be connected to a grounded outlet to comply with product safety standards e The grounded socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible e Do not connect the power supply unit to an AC outlet without a ground connection e All power cords must be disconnected before servicing Power Cords The plug on the power supply cords is considered to be the equipment disconnect device and must be approved for the country where it is used For USA and Canada e The cord set must be UL approved and CS A certified e The attachment plug must be an earth grounding type with a NEMA 5 15P 15A 125V plug and a EN60320 IEC320 receptacle Introduction This manual covers the following products The NOVUS IE H 264 SD HD single channel encoder The NOVUS 2E H 264 SD HD dual channel encoder Both products have the same set of features and the same user interface Unless specifically indicated all features and controls described in this manual apply to both products The NOVUS IE and the NOVUS 2E have the following features Video Inputs support for composite SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI Audio Inputs support for unbalanced analog audio and SDI embedded digital audio Outputs 2 ASI ports and 2 Ethernet ports supporting 100 Mb s and 1 Gb s operation Replication each encoded stream can be replicated on both ASI ports and 4 times on
39. TT 81 Admin Firm puit 82 nies Wb T ie cer eee er 84 Hseresdyed Oil SUT ALTOS asia sate austc Mecsas cttanseedAoua e eaei 85 Pie CC TING ESI TT T TT 85 Clear Current Configuration Button scscsecscrucanscscassessesicancasenseessdaucanosscaesessedisencessnteeiedaucanocaees 86 Admin lest Packet Generator MAD NR 86 A M eor aea Ta E E E E 88 ACn E vds T D vous 90 SOO TA nooetaeneesee 94 COTO POR Geri i RAOUL oo sete seated 94 Connor Ome SAU SCS FA 95 SNMP CAO M oc 96 Sh Eds ETS sce M Bra oe nee en ee ee ee eee 97 Plavins YOO Vy CD AG o oenen Ee Ea N EEA E rE EOE 98 WebPages Served Dy the NOVUS M 99 Meas e A a E E E naa oLO ChUEI ERU DETEonR ONT UNUEEE 101 HFIP PAV eS CAMINS eene ETN ao NEU EN E EET EEES 102 BDTI P DET A E T MM 103 Using a Firewall between the NOVUS and the Internet eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese 104 Web OVS SUPPO esra E E A 104 Safety Instructions for the NOVUS Appliance The AdvancedDigital NOVUS appliance is turned off by using the power switch Power may still be present in the appliance To ensure that the appliance is completely shut down unplug its power cord from its power source The AdvancedDigital NOVUS appliance ships with all required components installed There is no need to open the chassis to add or remo
40. Tab The Encoder Statistics Tab is divided into four lower tabs as indicated below IP Outputs Connections Admin Encoder 1 Encoder 2 ASI Outputs Product Network Encoder status Encoder 1 video Staus Video Detected Composite NTSC Transport Rate Status Advanced Connections The Basic Advanced and Connections tabs are direct equivalents of their configuration counterparts They present the current value of each of the configuration parameters When the Apply Cancel buttons are grayed out the contents of these tabs exactly match their configuration counterparts When the Apply Cancel buttons are active configuration parameters have been changed The current running encoder configuration can still be inspected in the statistics tabs prior to clicking on the Apply button The Status Tab provides a summary of the current status of the encoder The variables displayed in this tab vary according to the encoder configuration but the following three basic parameters are always displayed e Encoder 1 2 Status This gives the overall encoder status Its values are o OK The encoder is running normally o O Stopped The encoder has been manually stopped see Encoder State in Basic Tab General Configuration o O Error The encoder should be running but it is not This status will be briefly shown when the encoder is starting The possible causes for this are The encoder has no input check Encoder 1 2 Video Status There
41. ackup Server If you have a backup RTMP server configure it here otherwise this field can be left empty The encoder will only attempt to contact the backup RTMP server if it cannot establish a connection with the primary server Port Selection If your RTMP server is using the default TCP ports for the protocol variant select Use Default If your server is using a non standard port select Specific Port When Specific Port is selected an additional field is displayed 50 Notes Backup Server backup domain com Port Selection Use Default 9 Specific Port Port 1835 Authentication Yes No Port This field is only displayed if Port Selection is set to Specific Port Configure a non standard TCP port here Authentication Some RTMP servers require username password authentication for access If your server does not require authentication select No otherwise select Yes If you select Yes additional fields are presented Port Selection 9 Use Default Specific Port Authentication Yes No Username streamer O O App app parameter Username Enter the username to be used for authentication Password Enter the password to be used for authentication App Enter the application name in the server as discussed above Consult your CDN or server documentation to find out what should be entered in this field Server URL This field is automatically updated as you configure the RTMP parameters It displays th
42. ad o Increasing the number of rows does not change the Row overhead and decreases the Column overhead o Decreasing the number of rows and columns has the opposite effect as the previous items The following constraints apply to the FEC function e The number of rows must be between 4 and 20 e The number of columns must be between 1 and 20 for Column Only mode or between 4 and 20 in Row and Column mode e The size of the FEC matrix product of the number of rows and the number of columns must not exceed 100 The user interface will not allow invalid configurations to be entered and will automatically make parameter adjustments as required Examples e If you select Row and Column and the number of columns is less than 4 it will be automatically adjusted to 4 e If your number of rows is 10 and you set the number of columns to 20 the number of rows will be automatically reduced to 5 Once the configuration information is filled in click on the Apply button to make it active If there are no errors the stream will be created and the configuration area disappears If any errors are detected they will be displayed at the top of the Apply button The following configuration related errors are flagged e Error UDP Port Address conflict with Port X Y you have configured two IP Output streams with the same destination IP Address and UDP port on the same Ethernet interface Please review your settings Note that ports with FEC enab
43. ancel The configuration interface is divided into two areas e TPG Configuration Parameters described in this section e Output Selection Connection Parameters described in the Destination Selection section of the Connections Tab chapter The TPG Configuration Parameters are e Port Name All NOVUS ports have a user defined name to facilitate routing Enter any suitable name e Mode controls the type of MPEG 2 transport packets generated The options are 87 o Disabled TPG is disabled No packets are being generated o NULL Packets TPG is generating NULL packets If you select this option the PID parameter becomes read only with the value 1 FFF o Ramp4s Packets TPG is generating packets with a Ramp48 Payload A Ramp48 Payload is composed of the bytes 0x48 0x49 Ox4A OxFF Generated packets have the Payload bit set no Adaptation Field and a valid Continuity Counter field On request AdvancedDigital can supply a test program for Windows or Linux that receives the Ramp48 packets and checks them o PCR Packets TPG is generating packets with a valid PCR field stamped corresponding to the packet s departure time at the configured bit rate The packets have a small payload with random data so the Continuity Counter field is valid and counting e PID controls the PID of the generated packets This field accepts both decimal and hexadecimal values prefixed with Ox e Bit Rate bps controls the bit
44. and can be set to the same value if desired The URL for accessing the bitstream will be http encoder ip port encoderl1 access to encoderl Or http encoder ip port encoder2 access to encoder2 Where encoder ip is the IP address of either one of the NOVUS Ethernet ports configured in the Network Tab and port is the Listening Port configured above For example if one of the IP addresses of the NOVUS is set to 10 10 9 80 and the Listening Port is set to 8000 as shown above the URL for Encoder 1 will be http 10 10 9 80 8000 encoder1 The NOVUS standalone encoder when set in this mode can also serve bitstream through the management Ethernet ports Please note that none of the common web browsers Explorer Firefox etc are capable of directly playing this URL what these browsers will do is download the bitstream to a file If you wish to see video playback on a web page please review the Playing Video on a Web Page section later in this document RTMP The NOVUS can operate as an RTMP client and publish a real time live bitstream to an RTMP server RTMP clients such as the Adobe Flash Player can connect to the server and play the live stream The NOVUS can generally connect to the same servers as the Adobe Flash Live Media Encoder FMLE An RTMP server publishing point is defined by the following e An RTMP URL of the form rtmp t e s servername app e A stream name The first part of the URL define
45. asic Advanced and Connection screens These are not separate buttons they are multiple instances of the same buttons repeated on each screen for convenience If no changes have been made to the settings the Apply Cancel buttons are grayed out once any changes are made they become available Changes do not take effect until the Apply button is pressed If you make changes but decide not to apply them click on the Cancel button and the user interface reverts to where it was before Once you click on the Apply button the changes are implemented Apply Apply Cancel Cancel No changes to Apply Configuration Changed In general most changes will cause the encoder channel to stop and start again causing a brief 2 second interruption to the stream Changes to the following parameters are implemented on the fly without stopping the encoder Audio Source in Basic Tab Audio Configuration Language Code in Basic Tab Audio Configuration Any CC AFD configurations made in Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion Audio Gain L R in Analog Audio Parameters Audio Mute L R in Analog Audio Parameters Audio Type and Dolby PMT Type in PMT Information Transport Stream ID in Advanced Tab Mux Parameters Enable SDT and all the SDT parameters in Advanced Tab Mux Parameters Any connections made in the ASI IP Streaming selection Secondary Audio PID changes in Encoder when Secondary Audio is enabled 52 Encoder Statistics
46. ata Insertion VBUAncillary Data Insertion Enablecc Closed Captioning Disabled CC Source CEA 608 Line 21 CEA 508 Line 21 SMPTE 334 VANC Input Source SD SDI Input Resolution SD VBVAncillary Data Insertion VBl Ancillary Data Insertion Enable CC F7 Enable CC EZ CC Source CEA 508 Line 21 CC Source SMPTE 334 VANC Input Source Composite Input Source HD SDI or 3G SDI Input Resolution SD Input Resolution HD 34 Active Format Description The NOVUS can extract Active Format Description AFD information from the incoming video signal and insert it in the compressed bitstream AFD information can be extracted from the following sources e For SDI signals AFD information can be present in the VANC as per SMPTE 2016 3 This 1s the primary way of conveying AFD information on a professional video feed e For SD signals either from Composite or SD SDI sources AFD information can be synthesized from Wide Screen Signaling WSS data present in the VBI line 20 for NTSC signals line 23 for PAL signals e The NOVUS also has the option of inserting a user defined AFD code instead of receiving it from the video input The AFD controls are as follows e Enable AFD Check this box to enable AFD extraction and insertion This control is always available AFD is inserted in the video elementary stream as per ATSC A 72 and ETSI TS 101 154 e AFD Source This controls where the AFD information is coming
47. b allows for configuration monitoring of the two streaming Ethernet ports and optional configuration of DNS servers Network Configuration Tab The Network Configuration Tab is further divided into the following tabs e The Interfaces tab is used to set the individual parameters for each of the streaming Ethernet ports e The DNS tab is used to optionally configure DNS servers Interfaces Configuration Tabs Network Configuration Interfaces Tab This tab allows the configuration of the individual streaming ports Ethernet 1 Configuration Alarm on Link Loss IP Address 10 10 9 116 SubnetMask 2552552550 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Interface Speed Auto Negotiate v Interface Settings Apply Cancel 19 The following parameters can be configured e Alarm on Link Loss If set to Yes the NOVUS will raise an alarm if this Ethernet interface looses link The Card State indicator in Dashboard and the front Status LED will both be red If set to No the NOVUS will still report loss of link in the Statistics page but no alarm will be raised AdvancedDigital recommends turning on the alarm for ports that are in use only turn it off if you do not plan to connect that port to a network e IP Address Enter the desired IP address for this Ethernet port e Subnet Mask Enter the desired subnet mask for this Ethernet port e Default Gateway Enter the desired default gateway for this Ethernet port or 0 0 0 0 if no gate
48. b as well Once you receive the key from AdvancedDigital enter it in the License Key field shown above and click on the Apply License Key button If the key is accepted you will see the message License Key Installed OK as illustrated above If there are any problems you will see an error message in the same location The following are the possible error messages Invalid key missing characters the key you entered is too short Double check that you entered all the characters Invalid Corrupted Key the key you entered has the correct number of characters but it 1s invalid Double check what you entered Serial number mismatch this key is for serial xxxxxxxxxxxx NOVUS license keys are specific to an encoder You entered a valid license key but it 1s intended for a different encoder whose serial number 1s displayed in the message You must use this key on the correct encoder 89 e This key has already been applied License keys can only be applied once This is a valid key for this encoder but you have already applied it and its features are already available Admin Event Log Tab The NOVUS includes an Event Log in non volatile storage This event log can be used for fault finding and to check for error conditions The following information is included in each NOVUS event in the log e Date The calendar date in which the event occurred Time The time at which the event occurred e Severity The severity of the event The
49. been installed to provide playback services Direct HTTP Streaming and HTTP Live Streaming pages are also available from the control port To get started simply point a web browser to the IP address of the desired NOVUS Ethernet port http encoder ip The NOVUS will respond with a Web page with the appropriate links to access the streams depending on the current configuration Note that the pages served by each Ethernet port may be different for example if the encoders are set to ASI IP streaming and no IP Outputs are defined for a given Ethernet port the web page served from it will indicate that there are no streams available 99 The next page shows a few examples of how these web pages look like depending on the encoder settings ILS Content Maz Ele Edit View History Bookmarks Tools H t i NOVUS HLS Content e ii 192168 0 30 F 5 esc t AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS HLS Content Encoder 1 Encoder 1 Program Encoder 2 not installed File Edit View Histor NOVUS HLS Content gt fe 192 168 0 30 e ae rra AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS HLS Content Encoder 1 not configured for HLS Encoder 2 not installed 100 Multicast Streaming If an encoder is connected to IP Output ports configured for multicast streaming 1 e with a destination IP address in the range of 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 the NOVUS will generate a web page for that output in the relevant Ethernet port
50. cification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices iPads iPods etc work well with 3 segments e Extra Server Compatibility Check this box if the encoder has problems renaming files in the server This is typically required for Windows FTP servers Linux based servers do not need this AdvancedDigital recommends checking this box only if your server requires it e Keep Segments on Server Normally when a segment falls out of the playlist file it is automatically deleted by the encoder If you check this box the bitstream 1s left in the server Clients will still start playing from the first segment in the playlist e Program Name This program name is placed in the playlist file Whether or not it is shown depends on the client This 1s an optional parameter Using the settings above if the directory var www TV is published on server www example comas http www example com TV the URL for the video will be http www example com TV live m3u When using the built in server in the NOVUS the options are Output Protocol HTTP Live Streaming v Server Location Remote Local Segment sec 4 Number of Segments 3 Ca Program Name Encoder 1 Program 46 Server Location Select Local to use the local server in the device itself Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bitstream encoded files The valid range is from 1 to 2
51. ct the following areas e The settings in the Network tab are not changed e The settings in the Admin General tab are not changed e Saved configurations are not modified in any way Dashboard will take a few seconds to reload longer if you are accessing over a wide area network but the actual configuration in the NOVUS is virtually instantaneous The Status Message Area will indicate the result of the operation Admin Test Packet Generator Tab The NOVUS includes two Test Packet Generators TPG that are capable of generating a configurable constant bit rate sequence of MPEG 2 Transport Packets with very strict timing The TPGs are considered a source input and are available to be connected to any output The user interface for the TPGs includes a current status table which reports the current configuration of the generators 86 Test Packet Generators EN AN ERE II Bit Rate b s EN NN To configure one of the TPGs click on the Edit button on its row The following configuration parameters are displayed TPG 1 Configuration Port Name TPG 1 Mode Disabled NULL Packets TPG Ramp48 Packets Configuration PCR Packets Parameters 0x80 64000 Output Connections Stream Display e Stream Mames Stream Addresses Name Ethernet SPTS From Encoder 1 my Ethernet 1 Encoder 1 WULL padded Ethernet 2 MPTS Auto Rate Output Selection Connection Parameters Apply B r IN E C
52. d Emphasis Mone Nul Audio Channel 2 Audio Type Undefined a Dolby PMT Type DVB ATSC Advanced Tab Mux Parameters These parameters control the details of the audio video multiplexing and the P SI tables If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections Tab is set to RTMP these parameters will not be shown as RTMP does not use the Transport Stream container The following Mux Parameters are always available if the Output Protocol is not set to RTMP PMTPID 0x20 PCR PID 1 01 Video PID 0x100 Audio PID 0x110 E v Program Number 1 Transport Stream ID 1 Generate SDT 39 PMT PID PCR PID Video PID Audio PID These parameters control the Packet Identifier PID values for the PMT PCR Video and Audio The values can be entered in hexadecimal prefixed by Ox or in decimal Valid values are from 0x20 32 to Oxl1FFE 8190 PMT PID Video PID and Audio PID must be distinct values PCR PID can either be the same as the video PID or distinct from the other values as well The user interface will not accept an invalid entry at any time it will immediately revert to the previous value If Secondary Audio is enabled there will be an additional entry for the secondary audio PID This entry will always be available for Encoder 1 For Encoder 2 the audio PID selections will depend on whether the boxes for Include Audio Ch1 2 are checked Program Number Enter the desired program number f
53. e The encoding core is not running 1 e the encoder is not generating bitstream This can be because the encoder is explicitly stopped Encoder State set to Stopped in Basic Tab General Configuration or it has no valid input The RTMP output is configured not to connect to the server Connect set to No in the RTMP configuration section o Not Connected The encoder is running but it is unable to connect to the RTMP server Possible reasons are The encoder cannot contact the server The RTMP parameters are incorrect Check the Error Reference source not found for more details Server Connection RTMP can be optionally configured with a primary and a backup server If the primary server cannot be contacted the encoder will attempt to connect to the backup server This field indicates which server Primary or Backup the encoder is currently connected or attempting to connect Video Buffer Audio Buffer 9o The encoder has separate buffers for audio and video These buffers are used to temporarily store the bitstream if there is no enough network and or server bandwidth However if this situation persists the buffers start to fill up These indicators report the current state of the buffers If they overflow data 1s dropped Ideally these buffers should stay empty close to 096 Dropped Packets If the buffers overflow data is dropped The encoder will drop entire access units an audio block or a video frame This indicator
54. e complies with AS NZS CISPR 22 CE Mark Warning This 1s a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Installation Safety Notes e Do not place the AdvancedDigital NOVUS appliance underneath heavy loads or in an unstable position e Do not expose the AdvancedDigital NOVUS appliance under direct sunlight high humidity or wet conditions e Do not use or expose the AdvancedDigital NOVUS appliance around magnetic fields as magnetic interference may affect the performance of the device e Do not block the air vents to this device or impede the airflow in any way Important Safety Information Please note the following 1 The AdvancedDigital NOVUS is intended for indoor use only 2 Incase of emergency disconnect the power cords 3 If power cords are not provided e Inthe United States use standard computer power cords as specified below In Europe for 230 volt operation use a cord set marked HAR and consisting of a min 3 core HOS5VVF3G075 cord that has a minimum 0 75 square mm diameter conductors provided with an IEC 320 receptacle and a male plug for the country of installation rated 6A 250V 4 Do not block the equipment vents READ THE FOLLOWING SAFETY INFORMATION THOROUGHLY BEFORE INSTALLING THIS ADVANCEDDIGITAL PRODUCT FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS SAFETY INFORMATION MAY LEAD TO PERSONAL INJURY OR DAMAGE TO
55. e full RTMP URL for the primary server The backup server URL 1s similar Stream Enter the stream name Consult your server documentation or CDN to find out what should be entered here Some servers allow arbitrary stream names while others use this field for authentication and thus require specific names Connect This parameter controls whether or not the encoder should actually establish a connection with the server If you set this parameter to No the encoder will run but no data will be transmitted This 1s useful to pre configure a session and turn it on later when it comes the time to broadcast The maximum aggregate RTMP performance for the NOVUS is 12 Mb s If the unit has two encoder channels this limit applies to the sum of their video bit rates For example if one encoder channel is configured for RTMP at 8 Mb s the other can only be configured for RTMP at 4 Mb s orless The limit does not apply to encoder channels configured for UDP RTP ASI streaming Using one of the encrypted variants of the protocol rtmpe rtmps rtmpte or rtmpts will also have a performance impact and will reduce the maximum usable rate 51 e Performing a firmware update while the encoder is running RTMP at high bit rates may cause service interruptions to the RTMP stream If you need to update the firmware we recommend that you do so during a maintenance window The Apply Cancel Buttons The Apply Cancel buttons are available at the bottom of the B
56. ect the desired output resolution The values in this drop down list are a function of the Input Resolution and the Frame Field Rate Also please note that some resolutions require additional licensing for the encoder The following resolutions are offered o Same as the input no scaling o scaling from the input o Low resolutions 480x270 320x240 and 320x180 progressive at half and quarter frame rates not available for 1080p inputs o HD inputs can be scaled and re interlaced if necessary to SD resolution not available for 1080p inputs o HD 10801 inputs can be scaled to 1 4 resolution 960x540 o SD inputs can be horizontally cropped to 704 pixels or horizontally scaled to 640 pixels e Video Rate Mode This controls whether the video elementary stream is CBR or VBR The video bit rate setting varies according to this selection as shown below 3 AdvancedDigital may offer support for other standard frame rates such as 30 60 24 etc Please contact us if you require one of these rates 21 Video Rate Mode CBR VBR Video Rate Mode CBR 9 vBR Video BitRate 2000000 Peak Video Rate 3000000 7 Average Video Rate 2000000 2 e Video Bit Rate This field is shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and determines the video elementary stream bit rate expressed in bits second Note that the bit rate resolution 1s 1000 bits second e Peak Video Bit Rate Average Video Bit Rate These two fields are shown onl
57. en no active alarm o Red at least one critical alarm present When powering up the unit this LED will be red until the encoder starts operation At that point it will turn green if there is no active alarm or stay red if there is at least one alarm e PWR indicates that the power is OK o Green power OK o Off no power or insufficient voltage e CHI CH2 VID these behave exactly the same as the corresponding back panel video input indicators e CHI CH2 ASI these behave exactly the same as the corresponding back panel ASI output indicators e CHI CH2 ENC these LEDs flash if the corresponding encoder is running with output available for routing to ASI UDP or RTP They will not flash if the encoder is stopped either by explicit configuration or by lack of input or if it is in one of the Web streaming modes HTTP Live Streaming or Direct HTTP Streaming e CHI CH2 ETH and CTL these indicate the status of the corresponding Ethernet connection o Off no link o On link OK no activity o Blinking link OK port is transmitting and or receiving packets Front Panel Default Switch The front panel has a recessed switch that can be used to restore the unit to its defaults Use a pen or a small screwdriver to press this switch If the switch 1s pressed during normal operation the control port IP address mask and gateway are restored to the following factory default settings e IP Address 192 168 1 30 e Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 e
58. eport SDI SD For High Definition signals this field will report resolution frame field rate and whether the signal is progressive or interlaced Examples e SDI 1920x1080159 94 e SDI 1280x720p50 e For High Definition signals whose resolution is not 1920x1080 or 1280x720 the encoder will report the input as SDI unknown Encoding of such signals is not supported by the EN460 e Transport Rate This indicates the overall transport rate including NULL packets coming out of the encoder subsystem If you are connecting this encoder to an IP Output or ASI port in manual rate mode the configured bit rate must be at least this value If you are connecting this encoder to an IP Output with padding disabled the actual rate will be lower than this value as the NULL packets will be stripped from it If Closed Captions are enabled the encoder reports whether or not it 1s receiving them Encoder1Staus ok Encoder 1 Video Status Lockea si Video Detected Composite NTSC e Closed Captions This reports Closed Caption insertion This field will report Present or Not Present If Closed Captions are reported as Not Present the possible reasons are o If the caption source is EIA 608 Line 21 it means that the encoder cannot find a valid closed caption waveform on that line o If the caption source is SMPTE 334 VANC it means that the encoder is either not receiving closed caption messages or it 1s receiving EIA 708 messages without a cap
59. ernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from SD SDI inputs Encoder 1 from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multicasts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports e 720p to Ethernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from HD SDI 720p inputs Encoder 1 from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multicasts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports e 10801 to Ethernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from HD SDI 10801 inputs Encoder from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multicasts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports e 10 0i SD from Video 1 to Eth 1 2 ASI This template configures both encoders to run from an HD SDI 10801 input connected to Video 1 Encoder 1 runs at full resolution Encoder 2 downscales the content to SD Encoders are routed to individual multicasts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports Clear Current Configuration Button The Clear Current Configuration button clears all the configured ports and streams as follows All ASI Ports are set to manual configuration 20 Mb s 188 byte packets All Encoders are stopped and configured with a default set of parameters All IP Outputs are deleted All Connections are removed The Test Packet Generators are disabled The button does not affe
60. est Packet Generators describe in the Admin Test Packet Generator Tab section 73 The connection process starts by selecting one of these data sources using the Source drop down menu Add Connection Source Select Input d Encoder 1 Encoder 2 TFG 1 TPG 2 Once a source is selected a list of available destinations is presented Destination Selection The list of available destinations always includes all the defined IP Output ports as well as the two ASI ports This interface is also available if you select ASI IP Streaming in the Encoder Connections Tab and in the Admin Test Packet Generator Tab If Stream Display is set to Stream Names the user defined names are presented This is displayed below Add Connection Source Encoder 1 Vv Active IP Outputs Output Connections UDP a ee Stream Display Stream Names Stream Addresses E Ce e ETE Sar 7773 potan ves 0 ara parn MPTS Auto Rate MPTS Manual Rate Primary Modulator Fiber Link a ae oe SPEC 8j E NN E A ASI Output 1 20 000 000 Primary Modulator Apply ASI Output 2 20 000 000 Fiber Link Cancel If you would prefer to make the output selection by Destination Address and UDP Port set Stream Display to Stream Addresses this option is illustrated below 74 Add Connection TIT Enabled UDP ESET Stream Display Stream Names Stream Addresses ENE 17 E73 E7773 NC TN dali o
61. from The options are o Line 20 WSS Line 23 WSS This option causes the encoder to synthesize AFD information from WSS It is available only if the input resolution is SD It will be displayed as Line 20 for NTSC and Line 23 for PAL For PAL inputs the conversion follows ETSI TS 101 154 Appendix B 4 o SMPTE 2016 3 VANC This option causes the encoder to extract AFD from the VANC It is only available for SDI inputs o Manual AFD Selection This option allows the user to specify a fixed AFD code to be inserted Any AFD information received from the input is ignored This can be used to override the original AFD information or when the video is being scaled e g when the input is HD and is being converted to SD e AFD Code This control is displayed only when AFD Source is set to Manual AFD Selection It corresponds to the codes listed in SMPTE 2016 1 Table 1 35 Enable AFD Composite AFD Source Line 20 W55 Line 20 WSs Manual AFO Selection VBl Ancillary Data Insertion Enable AFD M AFD Source Line 20 vis8 v SMPTE 201 6 3 VANC Manual AFD Selection Enable CC Enable AFD Enable AFD M AFD Source SMPTE 201 6 3 vANC f H D SMPTE 201 6 3 VANC Manual AFD Selection Enable AFD M AFD Source Manual AFD Selection NP AFD Code 1000 Full Frame 15 8 NP 0000 Undefined 0010 Full Frame 16 9 0011 Pillarbox 14 9 Center 0100 Letterbox mare than 15 8 Center 1000 Full Frame 15 8 1001
62. fy all the parameters for this output The configuration area will re open with the current output settings e Delete Stream If you click on this button the stream is deleted and removed from the table When the Advanced view is selected additional fields appear in the table as depicted below View Basic Advanced E577 SE CTUM ERI 55572 OE a DAL EUJ ee oo EN 1 75 Padding f Port ECTETUR NE NE REUS RC NNI IUNCTA E51 f stream Seem res 2463000 No roz 225111 6 ras Bt res mac eroceeproror SPTSFromtncoseri tak seam 2 res 2965909 uis i 225112 0 as Bi wc OF etaceeproroz EncoderTN LLsegoes tak Sweam2 res 5825909 uis r02 225121 0 as Bi es oore erceepicaor PTS AuwRae tak stream za es 5990999 ianua i025 225122 W ias Bt wc oF etoseepicacz uPTSWancsRaw Eat The Advanced view includes all items in the Basic view plus the following e Null Padding The configured value of this parameter shown as No Auto or Manual e TOS The configured value of this parameter 70 TTL The configured value of this parameter DF The configured value of this parameter RTP The configured value of this parameter FEC Summary of the FEC configuration If FEC is disabled this field will indicate it as Off If FEC is enabled this field will indicate the FEC matrix size as Columns x Rows and the protection mode as C for Column Only or R C for Row and Column I
63. g For AAC LC the range is 112 to 512 kb s for Stereo and Dual Mono and 56 to 256 kb s for Mono This parameter is not displayed for Dolby Passthrough as the NOVUS will automatically detect the incoming audio bit rate e Peak Audio Bit Rate This parameter is only displayed for AAC LC It must be set at least 1 kb s higher than the Audio Bit Rate The maximum value is 288 kb s for Mono and 576 kb s for Stereo and Dual Mono Audio Encoding AAC LC v Mode Stereo v Audio Bit Rate kb s 128 Peak Audio Rate kb s 129 7 e Sample Rate This field is for information purposes only The NOVUS only supports 48 kHz audio sample rate Basic Tab Secondary Audio Support A single channel NOVUS 1E with the option OPT 2AUD and a dual channel NOVUS 2E can be configured to offer secondary audio support 1 e a second audio PID in the same program If this function is available it will be available in the audio section of Encoder 1 as indicated below Audio Parameters Secondary audio support is only available if the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections Tab is set to ASI IP Streaming 30 When Secondary Audio is set to Enabled the Encoder 1 Audio Configuration section will change as indicated below Audio Channel 1 Audio Source Analog Audio 1 9 SDI Embedded Audio Group Group 1 NP Channels Channels 1 2 S Language Code eng Audio Encoding MPEG 1 Layer Il dl Mode stereo V Audio Bit Rate
64. g server page e IE nip 10109 O B X B NOVUS Slot 0 Ethe File Edit View Favorites Tools Help AdvancedDigital Inc NOVUS Eth 1 Web Streaming No encoder channels are currently configured for Web streaming If the IP address of the port being accessed is xxx xxx xxx xxx the available local HLS channels can also be accessed through this direct link http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS The page accessed through this link will display a list of available local HLS channels with the value configured for Program Name as the label e a sm 5 Curtpat Proto of HTTP Live Streaming m hx 9 eas 0 86 X d Novus HLS con i o Edt Yew Fgvontes Took Help IPM NIME mand Segment sec rie E Humber of Segments Q 3 C 4 s ees AdvancedDizital Inc NOVUS HLS Content Note that HLS channels configured for remote servers will not be listed in this page as the NOVUS has no way of knowing the actual link to these channels Clicking on the link will cause the content to play For Apple devices iPods 1Pads iPhones etc this will launch the built in media player for PCs running Windows and possibly Linux if the VLC plug in is installed the video will play in the web page 102 Direct HTTP Streaming If an encoder channel is configured for Direct HTTP Streaming the selection happens as depicted below Unlike multicast Direct HTTP Streaming will work over the Internet
65. hich allow the setting of two MPTS specific parameters e The MPTS PID Program Allocation which reports on the actual PIDs and Program numbers used in the MPTS 78 MPTS Configuration Parameters Whenever possible the MPTS uses the same parameters as configured in the individual encoders However there are two parameters that need to be independently set as follows e MPTS Transport Stream ID This field sets the Transport Stream ID for the MPTS formed by multiplexing the two encoders This field accepts both hexadecimal starting with Ox and decimal entries Valid values are from 0 0x0 to 65535 OXFFFF e MPTS Original Network ID This field set the Original Network ID to be reported in the MPTS SDT if enabled For a discussion of how to set the Original Network ID please see the SDT description in Advanced Tab Mux Parameters in the Encoder chapter MPTS Transport Stream ID 4 MPTS Original Network ID OxFFO1 Note that this window does not have an Apply button changes take effect immediately and on the fly MPTS PID Program Allocation Since the PIDs and Program Numbers can be set arbitrarily in each encoder it is possible to select the same values for one or more of these parameters between Encoder and Encoder 2 However when the bitstream from the encoders is multiplexed into one MPTS these values have to be distinct When building the MPTS the NOVUS will use the configured values for each encoder if a
66. hrough Dolby AC 3 448 kb s SDI Standard Transport Rate e Encoder 1 2 Passthrough This indicator contains the status of the Dolby AC 3 Passthrough function It may contain the following values o Dolby AC 3 xxx kb s this means that the data in the selected group pair has been correctly identified as Dolby AC 3 its bit rate 1s reported here o Unknown Format this means that data 1s present in the selected group pair but it is not Dolby AC 3 o Not Present this means that there 1s no data in the selected group pair If Secondary Audio is Enabled then the status of both audio channels will show in the Encoder 1 Status tab The actual indicators displayed will depend on the individual settings of each audio channel The picture below shows an example where both audio channels are embedded Dolby AC 3 Passhthrogh Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected SDI 1920x1080i59 94 Encoder Embedded Audiot Encoder Audio 1 Status Audio 1 Indicators Encoder Embedded Audio2 Audio 2 Indicators Encoder Passthrough 2 Dol by AC 3 448 kb s SDI Standard Transport Rate 57 HTTP Live Streaming 1s selected in the Encoder Connections Tab four more indicators are added to the status area Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status O ee coca IP Output Rate Segments Transferred 1 HTTP Dropped Segments HTTP Transfer Errors e IP Output Rate this indicator reports the average transfer
67. igured for HTTP Live Streaming it will not show in the list 75 Encoder 1 Configuration CBS Feed Name i j Input Connections Encoder State Stopped Running E Input Connection Video Audio 1 Video Audio 2 d c ar2 NBC Feed Fj Encoder 2 Configuration Name NBc Feed TRG 1 TRG 1 Encoder State Stopped Running Wee TPG n Input Connection Video Audio 1 C Video Audio 2 The Established Connections Table As connections are established either in the Connections tab or as part of the source or output configuration they are added to the Current Connections table Regardless of how they got added the connections can be managed using the functions in this table A sample is depicted below The following columns are available in this table e Source Port this column indicates the physical port of the connection The possible values are Encoder 1 Encoder 2 TPG 1 and TPG 2 e Source Name this column contains the user defined name for the source e Output Port this column indicates the physical output port for the connection The possible values are Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 ASI 1 and ASI 2 e Output Name If the Stream Display control at the top of the table is set to Stream Names this column will have the user defined name for the output If itis set to Stream Addresses it will have the destination IP address and UDP port for IP Outputs and the values ASI Output 1 and ASI Ou
68. ill send the appropriate HTTP response followed by the encoder bitstream the bitstream will be transmitted for as long as the client maintains the connection Since HTTP runs on top of the TCP protocol it 1s possible for the NOVUS to deliver content over the Internet using this mode However it has the following limitations e The NOVUS has to send one independent copy of the bitstream to each client There is a limit of 5 clients or 20 Mb s per Ethernet port in this mode e The TCP protocol is capable of flow control if the client is not fast enough or if the network between the NOVUS and the client is not fast enough the protocol will attempt to throttle the encoder which is not possible The NOVUS will buffer a small amount of bitstream in this case but if the overall performance of the client network link combination is insufficient to support the configured encoder data rate the NOVUS will drop transport packets Direct HTTP Streaming has one single parameter Output Protocol Direct HTTP Streaming Listening Port 8000 Newer iPods iPhones may be able to play higher resolutions and frame rates 48 e Listening Port Use this to select the TCP port to be used by the NOVUS to listen to HTTP connections Please note that the NOVUS will not accept the values 22 23 and 80 1935 and 5253 for this parameter as these ports may be internally used by the NOVUS The listening ports for Encoders 1 and 2 can be set independently
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70. ind by selecting All or you can restrict the view only to Info Warning or Error Event Log This table presents the last 10 events of the selected type Time Zone To simplify the correlation of the events with your local time you can set your time zone using this drop down menu Note that the NOVUS presents a simplified list with standard GMT offsets Note that standard GMT offsets do not change back and 92 forth with Daylight Savings you will need to make this adjustment manually if 1t 1s relevant to you e Current Time This field indicates the NOVUS view of what the current date and time 1s If your NOVUS is not NTP synchronized this 1s useful to figure out how long ago did this event happen e Clear Log Display If you click on this button it clears all log views This is useful to quickly identify any new events after the unit has been set up Note that this action does not clear the logs stored in non volatile memory The NOVUS will store up to about 400 kbytes of logs in non volatile memory When that limit is reached the oldest half of the stored logs will be deleted to make space for new logs 93 Control Tab The Control Tab is used to configure the management Ethernet ports in the NOVUS This includes both the IP information as well as the SNMP parameters The NOVUS has two physical management control Ethernet ports However from a logical standpoint they are a single port with a single IP address the t
71. ing video on a web page e Using a web browser plug in or e Using the HTMLS VIDEO tag for browsers that support it Unfortunately the HTMLS standard did not actually specify what type of audio video encoding and container was to be supported Therefore even though the current versions of all major browsers support the lt VIDEO gt tag there is no single format that will work on all browsers Moreover since the NOVUS is an encoder designed primarily for the broadcast market it uses the transport stream container which is not supported natively by any browser Therefore it is not possible to use the HTMLS VIDEO tag with content generated by the NOVUS In order to play the bitstream coming from the NOVUS in a web page a plug in with the appropriate audio video and container support must be installed in the web browser The Open Source VideoLAN player includes appropriate plugging that will work with the bitstream coming from the NOVUS The VideoLAN player can be downloaded from http www videolan org vlc There are two types of plug ins e ActiveX controls used by Internet Explorer e Mozilla Netscape style plug ins used by most other browsers Firefox Chrome Safari When installing the VideoLAN player make sure to select the appropriate plug ins for the browsers you intend to use The figure below indicates the choices to be made during the VideoLAN installation in order to get the plug ins installed on a Windo
72. io has no language o Hearing Impaired indicates that the audio is prepared for the hearing impaired o Visual Impaired Commentary indicates that the audio is prepared for the visually impaired viewer If the Audio Encoding setting in the Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to Dolby Passthrough another parameter becomes available in the PMT Information section Audio Type Undefined V Dolby PMT Type DVB ATSC 37 e Dolby PMT Type this parameter controls how Dolby AC 3 audio is signaled in the PMT The two choices are o DVB Dolby Audio is signaled as per ETSI TS 101 154 Appendix C stream type 0x06 with the AC 3 Descriptor from EN 300 468 annex D o ATSC Dolby Audio is signaled as per ATSC A 53 Part 3 stream type 0x81 However the NOVUS is currently unable to generate the ATSC AC 3 Descriptor please contact AdvancedDigital if this is an issue in your network If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections Tab is set to RTMP the PMT Information fields will not be displayed as RTMP does not use the Transport Stream container Audio Encoder Specific Configuration The appearance of this control depends on the Audio Encoding setting in the Basic Tab Audio Configuration CRC CRC Off CRC On crc CRC Off CRC On Original Copy e Copy Original Original Copy Ce Copy Original AAC LC Configuration Copyright 9 NotProtected Protected eran Emphasis None bal MPEG 1 Layer Il Configuratio
73. is configured for unicast operation and the destination stopped responding to ARP The IP Output is using an old cached MAC address If there is a connection to this output the Dashboard Card State will be yellow but packets are being transmitted e O Disabled The IP Output has been disabled by setting Enable to No 72 Connections Tab The Connections allows the creation deletion and management of input output connections The Statistics tab includes all connected input output status indicators and an overall summary status indicator which allows the operator to immediately pinpoint errors Connections Configuration Tab The Connections configuration tab is depicted below The message No Connections will be displayed if there are no configured input output connections in the NOVUS If the NOVUS has two encoder channels installed there will be two lower tabs to switch between the Connections configuration interface and the MPTS configuration status interface Encoder 2 ASI Outputs IP Outputs Network Encoder 1 Connections Admin No Connections Add Connection Source Select Input v qp Present only if two encoder channels are installed To establish a connection simply select a source and a destination and then click on Apply Source Selection There are four sources in the NOVUS e Up to two Encoder channels described in the Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs section e Two T
74. kpoints as a complex configuration is built Since configurations can be exported they can be archived outside the encoder as well Finally the NOVUS also offers 5 pre saved configuration templates for some common scenarios The layout of the Admin Config Files tab is shown below Network A Encoder 1 Encoder2 ASI Outputs IP Outputs Connections Koc A Control Configuration Management Config Status Name Config Config Config Download Config 1 Manual Example Load Delete SHUT Standalone NOVUS Config 1_ogd SEAT Saved JJIPTV distribution ee Standalone NOVUS Config 2 ogd BEES ty aa Standalone NOVUS Contig 4 09 Mie ty a Standalone NOVUS Contig 5 094 TGS Preset Configurations status Description Template czas eons Lond Lond czad Clear Current Configuration General Firmware aonig Eiles y Test Packet Generator License Keys _ Event Log Refresh Upload Reboot 84 User Saved Configurations The fields in the user saved configuration are e Status This indicates whether there is a saved configuration on that particular slot It will contain the words Saved or Empty e Name This is an optional name for the configuration It is not required but highly advisable The name can be edited at any time even when there is no saved configuration e Config Load Button If you click on this button the corresponding configuration is loaded in the NOVUS It will replace the currently running configuration Dashboard
75. l appear as follows Video Parameters GOP Mode 9 Open GOP Closed GOP Profile Auto Select GOP Structure IBBP IBP IP 33 Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion The NOVUS can extract the following data types from the video input and insert them in the compressed video output e Closed Captioning e Active Format Description AFD Closed Captioning The Closed Captioning controls are only displayed if Field Frame Rate in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to NTSC The appearance of this control is also a function of the Input Resolution and Input Source parameters as depicted below The Closed Captioning controls are as follows e Enable CC check this box to enable Closed Captioning insertion Closed Captions are inserted in the video elementary stream as per ATSC A 72 Both CEA 608 and CEA 708 captions are supported e CC Source this controls where the encoder extracts closed captions from As depicted below this field may or may not be editable depending on the input resolution and input source The options are o CEA 608 Line 21 this option can only be used for SD inputs The encoder will extract all the CEA 608 information from both fields of Line 21 if present o SMPTE 334 VANC this option can only be used for SDI inputs The encoder will expect closed captioning information in the VANC Both CEA 608 and CEA 708 modes are supported and automatically detected VBl Ancillary D
76. ld selects the control port IP configuration mode as follows o Static IP This option selects a static IP address specified by the IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS Server fields o DHCP This option selects control port IP address configuration by DHCP If this option is selected the IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS Server fields are not shown e IP Address This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static IP Enter the desired control port IP address e Subnet Mask This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static IP Enter the desired control port subnet mask e Default Gateway This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static IP Enter the desired control port default gateway e DNS Server This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static IP Enter the desired DNS Server IP address Note that DNS is only used for RTMP output This field can be left at 0 0 0 0 1f RTMP is not used If you wish to configure more than one DNS server you can enter them in the Network Configuration DNS Tab If you configure DNS servers here and in the Network Configuration the server specified here will be contacted first e NTP Server If you want the unit to be NTP synchronized for logging purposes enter the IP address of an accessible NTP server in this field If you do not need NTP you can leave this field at 0 0 0 0 If your NOVUS has access to the Internet through the co
77. led will use either two or three UDP ports depending on the FEC settings these are checked as well e Maximum number of streams exceeded on this port you will receive this message if you attempt to create more than 4 IP outputs on a given Ethernet port e Error No SMPTE 2022 FEC License Available the SMPTE 2022 function requires licensing Please contact AdvancedDigital to obtain a license If the configuration 1s successful the output stream will be added to the Active IP Outputs table 69 Active IP Outputs Table Once the output is created it is added to the Active IP Outputs table which has Basic and Advanced views This table provides a summary of the configuration and status of the output stream An example of this table in the Basic view 1s depicted below Active IP Outputs rami m enr Stream 11 263 00 02 SPTS From Encoder 1 Edit Delete Stream 1 2 Yes 2 963 000 1025 225 1 1 2 Encoder1NULl padded Edit Delete Stream 24 5 926 000 225 1 2 1 MPT Edit Delete The Basic view includes the following e Enabled The configured value of this parameter TS Bit Rate b s This column provides the current bit rate of the output transport stream This does not include UDP and IP overhead UDP Port The configured value of this parameter Destination Address The configured value of this parameter Stream Name The configured stream name Edit Stream If you click on this button you can modi
78. lows e The Encoder State and Input Selection controls are slaved to the corresponding controls in Encoder 1 They will reflect the state of their Encoder 1 counterparts e The Input Resolution Input Source and Field Frame Rate controls are shared with Encoder 1 and apply to whatever input port is selected Changes here will be mirrored in the corresponding parameters for Encoder 1 e Encoder 2 can optionally share one or both audio channels from Encoder 1 This is accomplished by checking Include Audio Ch1 2 boxes in the Audio Insertion Controls displayed above Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab The appearance of the Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab is a function of the choices made in the Encoder Basic Configuration Tab It is divided into four major areas e Video Parameters these are advanced controls related to the encoding of the video e Closed Captioning controls related to Closed Captioning insertion This section is not shown if Field Frame Rate in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to PAL e Audio Parameters these are advanced controls related to the audio subsystem e Mux Parameters these are advanced controls related to audio video multiplexing and P SI tables 32 Advanced Tab Video Parameters The Video Parameters section 1s shown below Video Parameters GOP Mode OpenGOP Closed GOP Profile Auto Select v GOP Structure IBBP BP IP e GOP Mode Select between Open GOP and Closed
79. making the stream completely CBR IP networks are inherently VBR and do not require NULL packets which carry no information However the decoders may need them The following is a good set of rules for deciding whether or not to send NULL packets o If all your decoders are consumer IP set top boxes or PCs running software decoders NULL packets can be disabled o If your decoders include professional IRDs NULL packets must be enabled The great majority of professional IRDs will not work without them o If you are generating an MPTS routing both encoders to the stream enable NULL packets An MPTS without NULL packets 1s technically illegal as per ISO IEC 13818 1 but some systems support it o If you are not sure about what kind of decoder will be receiving the stream enable NULL packets This control offers the following options o Disabled NULL packets are disabled and will not be transmitted This will cause the stream to be somewhat VBR even if the encoder is set to CBR mode o Enabled Automatic Rate This setting enables NULL packets but the bit rate is automatically set by the NOVUS to the minimum suitable value This 1s the recommended setting If you later reconfigure an encoder connected to this stream the rate will be automatically adjusted o Enabled Manual Rate This setting allows you to specify the overall stream bit rate If you specify the bit rate 1t must be high enough to support the connected encoders 1 e i
80. mbedded Audio the Dolby Passthrough option is offered in addition to the previous choices Note that AAC LC requires additional licensing The two variants for this control are depicted below Audio Source Analog Audio e SDI Embedded Audio Group Group 1 Ld Audio Source e Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Channels Channels 1 2 v Language Code eng Language Code eng MPEG 1 Layer Il Dolby Passthrough Other formats such as Dolby may be offered in the future 20 If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Connections Tab is set to RTMP this field 1s forced to AAC LC and becomes not editable The reason 1s that the RTMP protocol has no support for MPEOG 1 Layer II audio at 48 kHz sampling It also has no support for Dolby e Mode The available choices for this parameter depend on the Audio Encoding selection as follows o MPEG 1 Layer II the available modes are Stereo or Single Channel If you select Single Channel Mono only the audio connected to the Left input will be encoded o AAC LC the available modes are Stereo Mono or Dual Mono If you select Mono only the audio connected to the Left input will be encoded o Dolby Passthrough This parameter 1s not displayed e Audio Bit Rate The format of this parameter is a function of the Audio Encoding setting For MPEG 1 Layer II this parameter is a drop down list of valid discrete bit rates the values in the list are also a function of the Mode Settin
81. mediately SNMP Configuration Read Community public Write Community private System Contact Contact Not Set System Location Location Mot Set Trap Destinations Trap Destination 1 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 2 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 3 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 4 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 5 0 0 0 0 96 The SNMP parameters are as follows e Read Community this is the SNMP Read Only community string e Write Community this is the SNMP Read Write community string e System Contact this configures the value for the MIB II System variable System Contact Whatever value entered here is returned for SNMP queries to that variable e System Location this configures the value for the MIB II System variable System Location Whatever value entered here is returned for SNMP queries to that variable e Trap Destinations the NOVUS supports up to 5 trap destinations Enter the desired IP addresses here Note that the NOVUS will only generate SNMP V2C traps SNMP Statistics Tab The SNMP statistics tab displays the current SNMP configuration SHMP Configuration Read Community public Write Community System Contact System Location Location Not Set Trap Destinations Trap Destination 1 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 3 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 4 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 5 0 0 0 0 Playing Video on a Web Page In general there are two ways of play
82. meter IP Address Reports the current IP Address for the port Subnet Mask Reports the current Subnet Mask for the port Default Gateway Reports the current Default Gateway for the port Interface Speed Reports the current setting for this parameter Port 1 2 Link This indicator has the following states o Link OK The port has established link with the switch o QO No Link The port does not currently have link If Alarm on Link Loss is set to Yes the Dashboard M Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the NOVUS will also be red If Alarm on Link Loss is set to No this indicator will still be red but the alarm will not propagate Port 1 2 Status This indicator is the port overrun status It has the following states o OK The port is operating normally o GO TX Overflow In the current configuration the IP outputs are attempting to transmit more than the port capacity 1 e the overall output data for this port exceeds the interface speed of 100 Mb s or 1 Gb s The Dashboard Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the NOVUS will also be red In this case reduce the output bit rate either by reducing the encoder bit rates or by removing output ports If this indicator is red data is being dropped Link Speed Mb s This parameter reports the actual speed negotiated with the switch for the port If the port has no link the value reported here is zero MAC Address This reports the
83. n The parameters are e CRC Enables Disables CRC insertion in the audio elementary stream This is normally left disabled CRC off e Original Copy Controls the state of the Original Copy flag in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding e Copyright Controls the state of the Copyright flag in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding e Emphasis Controls the state of the Emphasis flags in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding The available values are None 50 15 us and ITU T J 17 Advanced Tab Secondary Audio Parameters When Secondary Audio is set to Enabled the following changes take place e Two sets of controls are displayed in the Encoder Advanced Tab corresponding to the two audio channels Each set operates independently as described in the previous section e No Advanced Audio controls are displayed in the Advanced Tab for Encoder 2 38 The example below illustrates the Advanced Audio controls for Encoder 1 when secondary audio is enabled In this example Audio Channel 1 is set to MPEG 1 Layer II from the analog input and Audio Channel 2 is set to Dolby Passthrough Audio Channel 1 Audio Gain L dB 0 0 Audio Gain R dB 0 0 AudioMuteL Audio MuteR Audio Type Undefined v crc CRCOff CRC On OriginaliCopy Copy Original Copyright 9 NotProtected Protecte
84. n the example above Stream 1 1 has Column Only FEC with 1 Column and 4 Rows and Stream 2 1 has Row and Column FEC with 4 Columns and 10 Rows e Destination MAC The destination MAC address for this IP Output For multicast destination addresses this 1s derived from the destination IP address using the rules from RFC 1112 For unicast destination addresses this 1s obtained using the ARP protocol If this entry is the word Unknown the NOVUS has failed to obtain a destination MAC address The IP Output is not streaming A more detailed description of the unicast MAC address algorithms used in the NOVUS 1s presented below Managing Unicast MAC Addresses When the NOVUS is configured with a unicast destination address it needs to obtain a corresponding MAC address corresponding to either the final destination if it is in the same subnet or to the default gateway These MAC addresses are obtained using the ARP protocol The NOVUS uses a custom MAC address management algorithm designed specifically for MPEG operation When an IP Output stream with a unicast destination address is created the NOVUS immediately starts attempting to obtain a MAC address for it using standard ARP requests These requests are issued every two seconds until answered No packets will be transmitted on that IP Output until a MAC address can be obtained Note that this process will happen even if the stream is configured to be in the disabled state Once a MAC address
85. ncoder 1 2 Embedded Audio This indicator flags whether or not embedded audio is actually present on the selected Group Channel combination see Basic Tab Audio Configuration The following values are presented o Present Embedded audio is present in the selected Group Combination o O Not Present The SDI input has no lock it is not possible to determine whether embedded audio 1s present or not o Not Present Embedded audio is not present in the selected Group Channel combination Check the source settings or select a different Group Channel combination e Encoder 1 2 Audio Status This indicator flags any errors in the embedded audio and will have the following values o WOK No errors detected o O Not Present Embedded audio is not present errors cannot be detected This status will be issued when there 1s no SDI lock or when there 1s no embedded audio o QO Error Embedded audio errors are being detected If this indicator is red audio is corrupted or glitching The possible causes for this are Corrupted embedded audio in the input checksum errors Audio sampling rate mismatch The channel is configured for Dolby Passthrough and the data present in the selected Group Channel is not Dolby AC 3 If Dolby Passthrough is configured one additional indicator is shown 56 Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected Encoder 1 Embedded Audio D Encoder 1 Audio Status Encoder 1 Passt
86. nections e Basic Tab contains the more important configuration parameters which all users are likely to change e Advanced Tab contains the advanced configuration parameters which do not necessarily need to be changed 24 e Connections Tab allows the creation of connections between this encoder and the ASI and IP output ports Configuration Tabs In general the encoder user interface will change as a function of the parameter selections made to remove illegal parameter combinations Selections made in any of the encoder configuration screens do not take effect until the Apply button is pressed If you wish to discard the changes made to the user interface press the Cancel button The Apply Cancel buttons are present in all the tabs and will be grayed out until changes are made At any given point in time the currently running encoder configuration can be inspected in the Encoder Statistics Tab described later in this document Encoder Basic Configuration Tab The Encoder Basic Configuration Tab shown below is divided into three general areas e General Configuration generic configuration parameters e Video Configuration parameters related to video encoding e Audio Configuration parameters related to audio encoding Note that the basic configuration tab may look different from what is depicted below as the parameters may change or appear disappear in the GUI based on the device s configuration and the parameter
87. ng will still work as long as the firewall is configured not to remap the Direct HTTP Streaming Listening Port see the Direct HTTP Streaming configuration section For example if the Listening Port 1s configured to be 8000 the firewall must be configured to remap external port 8000 to internal port 8000 The reason for this requirement is that the plug in needs to know the listening port and that value is passed to it by the automatically generated pages from the NOVUS AdvancedDigital does not recommend connecting the Control Ports of the NOVUS directly to the Internet There is insufficient protection on the openGear and SNMP v2 protocols supported on that port The Control Ports should only be connected to protected management networks Web Browser Support The web pages generated by the NOVUS are known to work with the VideoLAN plug in version 2 0 1 to 2 0 5 and the following web browsers Windows Internet Explorer versions 9 0 2 9 0 13 Mozilla Firefox versions 7 0 19 0 Google Chrome versions 14 0 835 186 24 0 1312 57 Apple Safari 5 1 5 1 7 Other browsers and operating systems may work as long as the VideoLAN plug in 1s installed 104
88. ntrol port you can point it to one of the public NTP servers for your region You can find more details on this link http psp2 ntp org bin view Servers WebHome e Apply Cancel Use these buttons to apply or cancel the changes to the control port IP configuration Note that if you change the IP address DashBoard may lose contact with the NOVUS The IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway entries will be checked for consistency and will be rejected if invalid Control Port Statistics Tab The Control Port statistics screen is depicted below It contains the current settings for the control port If you have configured the unit for DHCP it will include the current IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and the first DNS server obtained from the DHCP server It also includes the link state for the individual control Ethernet ports 95 Device Name Standalone Encoder Control Interface Configuration IP Configuration Static IP 255 255 255 0 IP Address 192 168 0 30 Subnet Mask 492 168 0 227 DNS Server NTP Server Control 1 Link Control 1 Speed 100 Mb s Full Duplex Control 2 Link No Link Control 2 Speed SNMP Configuration Tab The NOVUS includes a built in SNMP agent with support for SNMP V1 and V2C It will respond to SNMP transactions only on the control port for security reasons This tab includes the parameters for the SNMP configuration Changes to these parameters take effect im
89. or this encoder channel Valid program numbers go from 1 to 65535 and are always entered in decimal Transport Stream ID Enter the desired Transport Stream ID for this encoder channel Values in this field can be entered both in hexadecimal prefixed by Ox or in decimal Generate SDT This box is always shown but is not selectable for the HTTP Live Streaming and RTMP protocols If this box 1s checked an SDT will be generated for this encoder channel Additional SDT parameters become available once this box 1s checked as depicted below Generate SDT Provider CEmTEME Advant edDigital Inc Advanced SDT Config B Service Name Enter the desired SDT service name for this encoder channel The default name is Encoder or Encoder 2 Provider Name Enter the desired SDT service provider name The default is AdvancedDigital Inc Advanced SDT Config By default the other SDT values are automatically set by the system If you need to configure them check this box and a new set of parameters appears as shown below 40 Generate SDT Service Name Encoder 1 Provider Name AdvancedDigital Inc Advanced SDT Contig Running Status unning Service Type advanced codec SD digital television service img Original Network ID aati EIT Schedule Flag EIT P F Flag Free CA Mode Running Status Indicates the status of the service The options are undefined not running starting pausing running and service off air The value used for
90. oversubscribed ASI or IP output in manual rate mode ASI Outputs with Automatic Rate will be in this state if they do not have data to transmit A sample of the Connection Statistics Tab is depicted below TI Established Connections Source Status Output Port Output Name Output Status Erona 685 Feee 6x Enemett Pr FrmEncorer O wan Emcaseri 685 Fe e GM 6x EmemerT Encoaert NoLL paaaea ox roaa earen 6x Enemet2 WTS marae ox fEnoaer Necran 6x Enemet2 WTS marae ox fEoaert 685 Feer ox Eemet2 WTS NenvalRae 3 Ero fEncoaer NBOFeed 6x Eemet2 WTS NanvalRate Ero Esser 085 Fer ox neri Prmaynoauaor fox fEncoaer ecra ox neri Pimaywoauaor ox Essi earen G ox asa Fieri ox fEncoaer NBCFeed ox e2 herum ox MPTS Configuration Tab If two encoder channels are installed in the NOVUS the MPTS Configuration Tab is available This tab contains information specific to muxing the two encoders into one Multi Program Transport Stream MPTS MPTS Parameters MPTS Transport Stream ID Ot MPTS Configuration Parameters MPTS Original Network ID xFF 1 PID Display Hexadecimal Decimal MPTS PID Program Allocation encoder As indicated above the MPTS Configuration Tab is divided into two distinct areas e The MPTS Configuration Parameters w
91. r unbalanced analog audio inputs on standard RCA connectors two streaming 100 1000 Mb s Ethernet ports on standard RJ 45 connectors and two control 10 100 1000 Mb s Ethernet ports on standard RJ 45 connectors 12 L AUD1 R ASI1 VID1 90 L AUD2 R ASI2 VID2 Q ETH2 Control Streaming Ethernets Ethernets Each of the video inputs has a green indicator LED with the following states e LED off no video signal detected or input not configured e LED flashing video input locked to the video signal o LED flashing about once per second input video is SD o LED flashing about twice per second input video is HD SDI o LED flashing about 4 times per second input video is 3G SDI 1080p60 Each of the ASI output ports has a green indicator LED with the following states e LED off ASI output port is disabled e LED flashing ASI output port is configured and enabled Each of the Gigabit Ethernet ports has two indicator LEDs with the following states e Green LED o Off No link o On Link e Yellow LED o Off No activity transmit and or receive o Flashing Port is currently transmitting and or receiving Front Panel Indicators A similar set of indicators exist in the front panel of the unit The layout is depicted below PWR i H ImaN 0000 00 ES Le 000 00 STAT VID ASI ENC CTL ETH 13 The front panel LED indicators are as follows e STAT indicates the overall status of the unit o Gre
92. rate into the server in bits second averaged over the last segment e Segments Transferred this indicator reports the number of bitstream segments successfully transferred so far e HTTP Dropped Segments this indicator reports the number of segments dropped A segment will be dropped if the previous segment has not been completely transferred when it becomes ready A non zero count here indicates that there is a performance problem between the encoder and the server either in the network not enough bandwidth or in the server not enough CPU power disk bandwidth If the segment size is small 3 seconds or less increasing the segment size may improve the situation e HTTP Transfer Errors this indicator reports the number of errors encountered while transferring segments These may be network errors or may be configuration errors The exact error description will be shown in the configuration area in the area on top of the Apply button One example is shown below where the server is not responding incorrect IP address Output Protocol Select Protocol N HTTP Streamer couldn t connect to host Apply Cancel If Direct HTTP Streaming is selected in the Encoder Connections Tab three indicators are added to the status area 58 Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected Composite NTSC cosed Captions IP Output Rate Connections Dropped Packets e IP Output Rate This indicator reports
93. rate of the generated packets The minimum value is 64 000 bps and the maximum value is 213 000 000 bps Admin License Keys Tab The NOVUS has a number of optional licensable features The Admin License Keys Tab is used to manage these features Using this tab you can see how many licenses you have for each optional feature and how many you are currently using The NOVUS has the concept of a temporary license If you want to try out a certain feature contact AdvancedDigital You will receive free of charge a license key that enables that feature for a specific period of running time license time does not count when the encoder is off The Admin License Keys Tab includes a License Status table and a configuration area as shown below The table rows are license counts and the columns correspond to different licensable features The rows are e Permanent Licenses This is the number of non expiring licenses for each feature e Temporary Licenses This is the number of temporary licenses for each feature Once the license period expires they are removed e Total Licenses This is the total number of licenses for each feature It is simply the sum of the permanent and temporary licenses e Used Licenses This is the number of licenses in use for each feature by the current encoder configuration If you have temporary licenses the Time Remaining field indicates how long until they expire If you do not have temporary licenses
94. reaming If this option is selected the encoder output is not available to ASI and IP Output ports and the video bit rate is limited to 15 Mb s Moreover the GOP Mode parameter in the Advanced Tab Video Parameters will be forced to Closed GOP This output option is not available if Secondary Audio is enabled e Direct HTTP Streaming the output of the encoder is available to clients over a standard HTTP connection Clients will open an HTTP connection to the encoder send a standard HTTP GET request and receive the bitstream for as long as they keep the connection open This output option is not available if Secondary Audio is enabled e RTMP the encoder will operate as an RTMP client connect to a specified RTMP server and publish the stream similar to the Adobe Flash Live Media Encoder FMLE This output option is not available if Secondary Audio is enabled Once an option is selected the appropriate configuration parameters are displayed 42 ASI IP Streaming If this option 1s selected the standard Output Selection Connection Parameters are presented These connection parameters are common to all data sources and are described later in the Destination Selection section in the Connections chapter of this document Output Protocol ABIIIP Streaming vi Output Connections Stream Display e Stream Names C Stream Addresses a NN EUN 7773 Output Selection dubios Parameters Ethernet 2 MPTS Manual Rate ASI 1 ASI O
95. rect setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to mux an EIT downstream of the NOVUS 41 e EIT P F Flag Check this box to set the EIT present following flag for this service Since the NOVUS does not generate EITS the correct setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to mux an EIT downstream of the NOVUS e Free CA Mode Check this box to set the Free CA Mode flag If this flag 1s set it indicates that one or more components of the service are scrambled Since the NOVUS does not offer scrambling the correct setting of this flag 1s not set Only set it if you intend to scramble the program downstream from the NOVUS Encoder Connections Tab The Connections Tab is used to create output connections for the encoder The set of output options offered is a function of whether or not Secondary Audio is enabled Output Protocol Select Protoc ASIP Streaming Output Protocol Select Proto HTTP Live Streaming Hue Direct HTTP Streaming RTMP select Protoco Select Protocol Secondary Audio Disabled Secondary Audio Enabled The options are e ASI IP Streaming the output of the encoder is available for connection to ASI Outputs and IP Outputs as described later in this manual e HTTP Live Streaming the output of the encoder is directed to a web server which can be the internal server in the encoder or an external server which in turn serves it to web clients using HTTP Live St
96. s the protocol as follows e rtmp standard RTMP with no security The NOVUS has an internal Web Server running on port 80 49 rtmpt RTMP tunneled over HTTP rtmpe encrypted RTMP using proprietary security rtmps encrypted RTMP over SSL rtmpte encrypted RTMP using proprietary security tunneled over HTTP rtmpts encrypted RTMP over SSL tunneled over HTTP The servername field is the host name or IP address of the RTMP server to be contacted The app field 1s the application in the server that should receive the data being transmitted Note that depending on the service the app field may contain a complete path or even a set of parameters The RTMP configurable parameters are Output Protocol RTMP v RTMP Protocol rimp Ny Primary Server server domain com Backup Server backup domain com Port Selection Use Default Specific Port Authentication Yes No App app parameter Server URL rtmp server domain com app parameter Stream stream name Connect Yes No RTMP Protocol Select the protocol variant as discussed above Primary Server Enter the host name or IP address of the primary or single RTMP server to be contacted If you want to use host names instead of IP addresses make sure to configure at least one DNS server DNS servers may be configured in the Network Configuration DNS Tab DNS servers can also be configured in the Error Reference source not found or obtained by DHCP B
97. t all possible However if there are any conflicts the following rules are employed 1 The PID Program allocations made for Encoder are used unchanged in the MPTS 2 If any PIDs configured for Encoder 2 conflict with those from Encoder 1 the Encoder 2 PIDs are remapped to the closest free value Note that this remapping only happens for the MPTS ports carrying the bitstream for Encoder 2 only will use the configured values 3 Ifthe program number is the same for Encoder 1 and Encoder 2 the program number for Encoder 2 in the MPTS will be that of Encoder 1 plus 1 For example if both encoders are configured to be program 4 Encoder 1 will be program 4 in the MPTS and Encoder 2 will be program 5 in the MPTS Both encoders will still be program 4 in their individual SPTS 4 The MPTS will have an SDT if either Encoder 1 and or Encoder 2 have the SDT enabled If only one encoder has the SDT enabled the MPTS SDT will have only one entry for that encoder The MPTS PID Program Allocation area reports the actual PIDs and Program Numbers being used in the MPTS It also reports whether or not the individual SDTs are enabled per encoder 79 PID Display 9 Hexadecimal Decimal The PID Display control determines whether PIDs are displayed in Hexadecimal or Decimal PID Display Hexadecimal Decimal MPTS Statistics Tab The MPTS Statistics Tab has the exact same information as the MPTS Configuration Tab PIDs are displa
98. t must be at least equal to the sum of the encoder Transport Rate found in each encoder Status tab Specifying a rate that is not high enough will cause the IP Output to drop packets Note that 1f this option 1s selected the IP Output will be transmitting continuously at the selected bit rate regardless of connections or the state of the encoders If there is no connection to the IP Output it will transmit only NULL packets if there are connections and the encoders are stopped it will transmit NULL packets plus P SI tables If the Advanced View is selected four more parameters are available for configuration 66 View Basic Advanced IP Output Stream Configuration Add Stream Ethernet Port 1 v Yes Enabled C No UDP Port 1024 7 Destination Address 225 1 1 1 Stream Name Port 1 Stream 1 Advanced Parameters TOS This parameter allows the configuration of the Type Of Service TOS byte in the IP header also known as the Differentiated Services DS field Valid values are between 0 and 255 Configuring this is only useful if the downstream router is configured to honor the field TIL This parameter allows the configuration of the Time To Live TTL byte in the IP header Valid values are between 0 and 255 If not explicitly configured it defaults to 128 This field controls how many hops the packet can traverse before it 1s dropped by a router The default value of 128 1s suitable for virtually all
99. tch supports at least 100 Mb s Full Duplex 20 Network Configuration DNS Tab The DNS tab allows manual configuration of up to two DNS servers They do not need to be in the same subnetwork as the streaming ports as long as at least one default gateway is configured DNS is only used in conjunction with the RTMP output functionality If you are not using RTMP there is no need to configure DNS servers DNS Servers DNS Server 1 192 168 43 1 DNS Server 2 0 0 0 0 DNS functionality is only used for RTMP output DNS server configuration takes effect immediately as soon as the information is entered It is also possible to configure DNS in the Control Tab DNS Servers configured in the Control Tab have priority over servers configured here Network Statistics Tab The Network Statistics Tab 1s subdivided into the same tabs as the Network Configuration Tab namely Interfaces and DNS Network Statistics Interface Tab The Interface Tab reports the current IP configuration of each Ethernet port as well as their link state and running status Ethernet 1 Configuration Alarm on Link Loss es IP Address 10 10 3 116 Subnet Mask 2552552550 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Interface Speed Auto Negotiate miu PotiStaus Qiok Link Speed Mbis MAC Address ac 83 f0 00 10 1a Zl The following parameters are reported in the Network Statistics tab Alarm on Link Loss Reports the current setting of this para
100. the aggregate average bit rate to all connected clients so it can be higher than the transport rate e Connections This indicator reports the number of clients currently connected to this encoder e Dropped Packets This indicator reports the number of transport packets dropped over the current connections Once a connection terminates the dropped packet count for that connection is reset If RTMP is selected in the Encoder Connections Tab five indicators are added to the status area Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected IP Output Rate Encoder 1 RTMP Status Server Connection Video Buffer Audio Buffer s Dropped Packets e P Output Rate this field reports the average bit rate transferred to the server It will be lower than the transport rate due to the lower container overhead used by RTMP It is possible for the IP Output Rate to be less than the intrinsic bit rate of the encoder for 59 short periods of time depending on server and network conditions The encoder will buffer the bitstream and attempt to catch up in these cases If it cannot audio video bitstream data may be dropped Encoder RTMP Status This indicator reports the state of the RTMP connection to the server The possible states are o Connected The encoder has established a connection with the RTMP server and is transferring data o O Waiting for Encoder The encoder is not attempting to connect to the RTMP server The reasons ar
101. this parameter when Advanced SDT Config is not enabled is running Service Type Indicates the type of service The value used for this parameter when Advanced SDT Config is not enabled is advanced codec SD digital television service if the encoder is in SD mode or advanced codec HD digital television service if the encoder is in HD mode The drop down list offers a few of the most common choices If you need to code something other than these choices select custom setting in the drop down list and a new parameter will become available as show below Service Type custom setting wi Custom Service Type x18 Original Network ID xFF 1 Custom Service Type Enter the service type This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by Ox and decimal values The valid range is from 0 0x00 to 255 OxFF Original Network ID This field contains the Network ID code from which this program originated This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by Ox and decimal values Valid values are from 0 0x0000 to 65535 OxFFFF The default value for this field is OxFFOI which is in the range of values allocated for video over IP The complete set of registered Network IDs can be downloaded from this URL http www dvbservices com identifiers export original network id EIT Schedule Flag Check this box to set the flag This flag indicates that EIT schedule information is present for this service Since the NOVUS does not generate EITs the cor
102. this field has the message No active temporary licenses The table columns correspond to the licensable features as follows 88 AAC LC Pairs The NOVUS requires one license per instance of AAC LC stereo encoding SD Instances HD 1080i Instances HD 1080p Instances The maximum output resolution for the NOVUS is subject to licensing Note that if the encoder has a license for a particular resolution that license is good for any lower resolution as well OTT Protocols OTT Over The Top Protocols are HTTP Live Streaming and RTMP Licenses in this column are applicable to both protocols Each instance of either protocol requires a license SMPTE 2022 FEC This enables FEC for the encoder This is not a counted feature if FEC is enabled the corresponding number is 1 if it is disabled the corresponding number is 0 The Used Licenses field will be set to 1 1f there 1s at least one FEC instance in use License Status Feature FV tee ey EEGUN BREED Baiil SU EL FS TET OTT Protocols SMPTE 2022 FEC Permanent Licenses 2 Be Je Jb Temporary Licenses 0 NNI makes 2 JB jb Je Je Jb wenkemes 2 Jo JE J Jb Jb Time Remaining 3 days 23 hours License Key Installed OK License Key Apply License Key Serial Number ac83100013b8 If you want to request a license key from AdvancedDigital you will need to provide the NOVUS serial number It can be found in the Product Tab and in the Admin License Key Ta
103. tion field 54 Note that it is possible for the encoder to be receiving closed caption data that is empty without actual captions These will be reported as Present If AFD insertion is enabled the encoder reports whether or not it is receiving them and what AFD code is being inserted Encoder 1 Video Status O Vico Detecten Closed Captions Present AFD Code 1000 Transport Rate 2 652 000 e AFD This reports AFD insertion This field will report either Not Present if no AFD is being received or Code XX XX if AFD is being received XX XX is the current AFD code being inserted If AFD Source is set to Manual AFD Selection this field will report the selected manual code If the input is SDI the encoder reports the detected type of SDI signal Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected SDE 1820x1080 593 84 Transport Rate e SDI Standard this indicator reports the detected SDI signal Possible values are unlocked SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI This is useful to resolve SDI signal mismatch issues for example when the input signal is SD SDI and the encoder is configured for HD If the input is SDI and the Audio Source parameter in Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to SDI Embedded Audio two more indicators are shown J Encoder 1 Status ok Encoder 1 Video Status Locked Video Detected Encoder 1 Embedded Audio Encoder 1 Audio Status SDI Standard Transport Rate e E
104. tput 2 for the ASI ports e Delete if you click on this button the corresponding connection will be deleted 76 Stream Display Stream Names Stream Addresses Connection Statistics Tab The Connection Statistics Tab presents the combined status of all the established connections in one table It includes the Source Port Source Name Output Port and Output Name fields to identify the connections and the rows are in the same order as the table in the Configuration Tab The Statistics tab contains two additional fields the Source Status and the Output Status Since these are color coded it is simple to quickly identify any problems If any of the Source Status or Output Status indicators are red the Dashboard Card State will be red as well and the Status LED 1n the front of the NOVUS will also be red The meaning of the indicators 1s as follows e OOK The stream is operating normally If it is an encoder it means that it is operating normally if it is an output it means that it 1s either transmitting or ready to transmit e O Warn The stream is configured but disabled Simply enabling the stream may clear this situation e Error The stream is configured but has detected a problem If it is an encoder it is not running If this is an output it normally means that the output 1s either unable to send e g an IP output configured for unicast but unable to find the destination MAC address or dropping packets e g an
105. utput 1 A 4 memez Peann g Vv In ssi ow O 43 HTTP Live Streaming HTTP Live Streaming is a protocol designed to deliver live streaming content to clients on the Internet using a standard unmodified Web Server and the standard HTTP protocol as depicted below e Encoder NOVUS 1E d Higli Web Server IPSTB IPSTB Location 1 Location2 LocationN The highlights of the protocol are e The encoder segments the bitstream into small files of similar duration at some suitable points e The encoder continuously uploads the files as they are created to a standard web server e Every time the encoder uploads a new file it also updates a special playlist file in the server which informs the clients of which segments are available e The encoder also takes care of deleting old files from the server e The clients can connect to the web server at will they download the playlist file and start playing the segments as they come e A standard unmodified web server can be used 44 HTTP Live Streaming 1s supported in the NOVUS The content can be uploaded to an external server or served directly from the unit When uploading to an external server the configurable parameters are Qutput Protocol HTTP Live Streaming N Server Location Remote Local Transfer Protocol FIP SFTP Server Address 10 10 9 48 Username encoder password eooe0ocee Server Path Vvariww
106. uts SDI embedded audio support Two internal test packet generators which can be used to generate ASI or IP test streams The following outputs are available e Two ASI outputs e Two Ethernet outputs supporting full duplex 100 Mb s and 1 Gb s operation In general terms configuring the NOVUS includes the following steps Step 1 Configure the encoders Step 2 Configure the outputs ASI or IP Step 3 Make connections between inputs and outputs The connections between inputs and outputs can be made as part of the input or output configuration steps The NOVUS supports many to many connections The overall architecture is depicted below 10 Outputs Inputs p LLL ASI 1 Composite SDI Q yu lt lt Unbalanced Audio ETH Composite SDI V Unbalanced Audio Management L ETH2 Test Generator Test MEE Generator For the remainder of this manual we will use the term port for a physical input output port such as ASI or Ethernet and stream for a transport stream present in the port ASI ports support only one stream while Ethernet ports support multiple streams 11 NOVUS Indicators and Switches The NOVUS can be used as a desktop encoder or in a 19 rack mount tray that holds up to three units Back Panel The NOVUS back panel is depicted below It includes two software configurable Composite SDI video inputs on standard BNC connectors two ASI output ports on standard BNC connectors fou
107. ve components Please contact AdvancedDigital regarding any malfunction or failure of the AdvancedDigital appliance Electrostatic Discharge ESD and ESD Protection Static electricity can damage boards and other components Before connecting or disconnecting any device to the AdvancedDigital NOVUS appliance we recommend you discharge static electricity by first touching a metal part of a grounded PC CAUTION To reduce the risk of electric shock do not open chassis do not defeat or remove the ground pin of the power cord connect only to a properly grounded ac power outlet No user serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to qualified service personnel Safety Notice and Warnings FCC Notice This device complies with Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation No Telecommunications Network Voltage TNV connected PCBs shall be installed Other Certifications This class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Issue 4 Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada This device complies with EN 55022 standards This device complies with EN 61000 3 2 standards This device complies with EN 61000 4 2 standards This device complies with CISPR 22 Edition 6 This devic
108. way is available e Interface Settings If you make any changes to the IP Address Subnet Mask and or Default Encoder fields the Apply and Cancel buttons become active The changes only take effect when you press the Apply button Pressing the Cancel button reverts the fields back to their original values Note that the NOVUS will check the consistency of the data entered and will reject invalid combinations 1 e combinations where the gateway is outside the interface subnet Once the Apply button is pressed a status message appears just below the Cancel button as follows Interface Settings Apply Cancel Interface configured successfully Interface Settings Cancel Error Gateway inconsistent with Interface Address Mask e Interface speed Configures the speed of the interface The NOVUS streaming Ethernet interfaces only support two modes 100 Mb s Full Duplex and 1 Gb s Full Duplex o Auto Negotiate The Ethernet port will auto negotiate the speed o 100 Mb s Full Duplex Force the port to 100Mb s Full Duplex mode Note that the port will still perform auto negotiation but it will only advertise this mode o 1Gb s Full Duplex restrict the operation to 1Gb s Full Duplex mode Note that the port will still perform auto negotiation but it will only advertise this mode AdvancedDigital has disabled support for 10 Mb s and Half Duplex modes as these are unsuitable for MPEG transport over IP applications Moreover any modern swi
109. wi html Base File Name live Segment sec 4 Number of Segments 3 Oa Extra Server Compatibility 7 Keep Segments on Server Program Name Encoder 1 Program e Server Location Select Remote to have the segments uploaded to a remote web server using FTP or SFTP select Local to use the local server in the device itself e Transfer Protocol This configures the protocol to be used between the NOVUS and the web server for uploading the files The two options are FTP and SFTP Secure FTP FTP exchanges data and password in the clear while SFTP encrypts both flows e Server Address Enter the IP address of the web server here It needs to be reachable from either one of the NOVUS s Ethernet ports The NOVUS standalone Encoder is capable of connecting to servers reachable through its control Ethernet ports e Username Enter the username to be used when uploading the files to the server e Password Enter the password corresponding to the user name to be used when uploading the files e Server Path Enter the absolute server path for the directory where the files should be placed It is recommended that a separate directory be created for each encoder e Base File Name Enter the base file name for the files created in the server The encoder will create the following files o basename m3u This is the top playlist file For the example above where the base file name is live the playlist file will be 1ive m3u This file will
110. will take a few seconds to reload longer if you are accessing over a wide area network but the actual configuration in the NOVUS is virtually instantaneous The Status Message Area will indicate the result of the operation e Config Delete Button If you click on this button the corresponding configuration and its description are deleted e Config Save Button If you click on this button the current NOVUS configuration is saved on the corresponding slot possibly replacing the configuration saved there if 1t 1s not empty e Download Config If you click on the Save button the corresponding file is downloaded to your computer This feature 1s provided to allow configuration backups If you save a configuration to your computer and later wish to restore it to the NOVUS use the following procedure Click on Views Basic Tree View Right click on Slot 0 NOVUS and select Restore Configuration Follow the prompts and navigate to the file you wish to restore Pre defined Templates The NOVUS offers 5 pre defined configuration templates as indicated below Status To load a template just click on the Load button next to it The pre defined templates are 85 e Composite to Ethernet 1 2 and ASI This template configures both encoders to run from composite inputs Encoder 1 from Video 1 Encoder 2 from Video 2 Encoders are routed to individual multicasts on both Ethernet ports and as an MPTS to both ASI Ports e SD SDI to Eth
111. wo connections are provided for control redundancy If one port looses link the unit can still be controlled from the other If you do not need control redundancy you can leave one of the ports disconnected The unit will automatically and dynamically select the control port as follows e If only one port has link that port will be used for control e If both ports have link but at different speeds the port with the highest speed will be used for control e If both ports have link at the same speed Port 1 will be used for control Both ports support operation at 10 100 and 1000 Mb s both half duplex and full duplex with auto negotiation and auto crossover detection The Control Tab has two bottom tabs e Control Port is used to configure the IP parameters of the control port e SNMP is used to configure the SNMP parameters for the unit Control Port Configuration Tab The control configuration window is depicted below Device Name Standalone Encoder Control Interface Configuration IP Configuration Static IP DHCP IP Address 192 168 0 30 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 0 227 DNS Server 192 168 0 2 NTP Server 192 168 0 1 Apply Cancel 94 The configuration parameters are e Device Name This field controls the top level name of the device in the Dashboard tree It defaults to Standalone Encoder Changes to this field take effect immediately e IP Configuration This fie
112. ws PC If multiple browser support is required both types of plug ins can be selected but at least one Mozilla style browser must be already installed We recommend VideoLAN version 2 0 1 orlater Earlier versions had stability problems with the Mozilla plug in and did not support HTTP Live Streaming 10 A number of browsers support the MP4 container format but this container does not support real time encoded video 98 VLC media player 2 0 1 Setup Choose Components Choose which features of VLC media player 2 0 1 you want to install Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Next to continue Firefox Safari Or select the optional Media Player required Su pport mE you wish to v Start Menu Shortcut Dim Desktop Shortcut v Discs Playback Internet Description E Space required 90 1MB s emen Web Pages Served by the NOVUS The NOVUS automatically generates web pages that will display the video being encoded depending on the output mode of the encoder channels please refer to the Encoder Connections Tab section The pages will be available for the following output protocols e ASI IP Streaming as long as IP Outputs with multicast destination IP addresses have been defined e Direct HTTP Streaming e HTTP Live Streaming when configured to use the local server The web pages generated by the NOVUS assume that the VideoLAN plug in has
113. y contain hazardous substances that could impact health and the environment To avoid the potential release of those substances into the environment and to diminish the need for the extraction of natural resources AdvancedDigital encourages you to use the appropriate take back systems These systems will reuse or recycle most of the materials from your end of life equipment in an environmentally friendly and health conscious manner If you need more information on the collection reuse and recycling systems please contacts your local or regional waste administration Company Address AdvancedDigital Inc 80 Finch Ave East suite 5 North Yourk ON M2N 4R3 Canada Telephone 1 416 848 0715 E mail Technical Support support advanceddigital ca E mail General Information sales advanceddigital ca Website http www advanceddigital ca Contents COD HIST ocu torn eect steepest dne EDuIU aU III MUI E MUN EN EN MEE 2 lon 2 OH I C NET AE N T E N 2 Fovronmental IM ormai essa E elise Jdetsasauanetiqiaisoueeasasanetetialosaeviancncs 2 Compan Ad e E E E A OE E EEE R 3 OO e E m 4 Safety Instructions for the NOVUS Appliance eeessesssseseeeeeennenneneeeenn nnne nennen nnns 6 Electrostatic Discharge ESD and ESD Protection ccccccccccccssseeseeeecceeeeeaeeeeeeeeceeeeeeaaeeeees 6 Deh ORCC i Wy ANTI Sa E E E tau ccn teens EN 6 F ONO Sate
114. y if the encoder is set to VBR mode and determine the desired average and acceptable peak bit rates for the video elementary stream The peak video bit rate must be between 1 5 and 2 times the average bit rate the user interface will enforce these limits automatically 1 e it will update either the average or peak to be consistent with the value being entered For both of these parameters the resolution 1s 1000 bits sec Basic Tab Audio Configuration e Audio Source This parameter selects the audio source The options are Analog Audio directing the encoder will to use the analog right left audio channels connected to the selected rear I O panel and SDI Embedded Audio directing the encoder to extract embedded audio from the SDI input If the video Input Source see Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to Composite this parameter is grayed out and forced to Analog Audio It will be selectable only if the video input source is one of the SDI variations When SDI Embedded Audio is selected additional configuration options become available as shown below Audio Source Analog Audio e SDI Embedded Audio Group Group 1 v Channels Channels 1 2 Sy e Group Channels SDI embedded audio is typically divided into four groups denoted by Group to Group 4 each group has four mono channels 2 stereo pairs denoted by Channels 1 2 and 3 4 These controls allow the selection of the desired group and channel pair In the large majority
115. yed in Decimal or Hexadecimal depending on the setting 1n the configuration tab MPTS Parameters MPTS Transport Stream ID MPTS Original Network ID OxFF01 80 Admin Tab The Admin tab contains a number of general administrative functions each on its own tab The general layout is shown below ASI Outputs IP Outputs Connections ime Control Network Encoder 1 l Encoder 2 eee HOOVUS SNMP Traps oO Enabled L disabled Stace CARD MIBS ZIP Beas Firmware Config Files Test Packet Generator __ License Keys Event Log Refresh Upload Reboot The Admin tabs are e General Manages a number of general encoder parameters provides an SNMP MIB download e Firmware Manages firmware images e Config Files The NOVUS has the ability to store multiple configurations and it has a number of pre set configurations as well These are managed in this tab e Test Packet Generator Manages the Test Packet Generators e License Keys Contains the current licensing state of the NOVUS and allows for new license keys to be entered e Event Log The NOVUS contains a non volatile event log It can be inspected and downloaded from this tab The Admin Statistics tabs are simplified read only versions of the corresponding Admin Configuration tabs They will not be explicitly described here Admin General Tab The Admin General Tab includes the following parameters e Card Name This field defaults to NOVUS

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