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1. 58 Figure 3 15 Ops Logs screen web interface 59 MTA TAO te 59 Po een 59 3 1 4 Front Panel Monitor and CH ee tin a a e re aes 60 l yj IO ee 60 LEDISCH o unun A 60 J o i NEU TERR em 60 Push ulit TMO u unu nuna uu DIEN nM IMP 61 B Till LEEDS T E 62 Front panel Menu Ee Rei nenne 62 WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 37 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Table 3 1 10220 Front panel Mentus 62 A EE 66 3 1 5 cuui M 66 3 1 6 vl s STAU ee 67 AL PIO TAPUI E 67 3 1 8 Automatic R stora E e EE 67 Lo 6 i Lu nn eee ua E 67 O O Oy p ND batea 67 3 1 9 Paul In Can ee ee 68 3 2 Basic IRD e vu nee ee 69 42 1 TranspoDL DEODE WE 69 DIN do NR W 69 AA 69 ENB DC O D EE 70 To pO P i u TEE 70 Ilid Ere AOD E 70 AWE E O CK O E 70 Codec resamplers timing adjustments buffer locked Toon 7 A Metis E Reise UIN UAI NM M UND ASIN SU 7 Audio Settings Muting Stereo Routing amp Attenuation 72 3 2 3 Delivery of Relay closures 12 3 2 4 Diver Or RED coi 73 3 3 Stored File Creation a
2. 103 4 2 5 Failure to get file downloads over satellltfe 104 4 2 6 Failure to get file downloads over internet HTTP 104 4 2 7 Failure to play file inserts on a Decoder 104 4 2 8 Failure to play play Hsi o er 105 4 2 9 Faluro to pet local web Connection nennen 105 4 2 10 Failure toget Return Path TODOS anne a a ai 105 4 2 11 Failure to upgrade application software 106 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 4 Page 101 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 4 1 Maintenance Maintenance of the Pump 6420 is limited to keeping the chassis clean and ensuring that cables remain firmly connected Occasionally wipe the exterior with soft damp cloth to remove any accumulated dust and dirt in order to keep the air vents clear Occasionally monitor the unit s temperature indication to see that it remains fairly constant while in use in a static location A sudden increase in the baseline daily temperature with no other explanation may indicate a failure in an internal ventilation fan If the unit temperature increases and this may be attributable to a hotter ambient environment then it is suggested that some effort be made to improve the local cooling The iPump 6420 will give a much longer operating lifetime
3. 13 1 5 A H 19 1 6 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations 20 WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 1 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 1 1 Manual Overview This manual provides instructions and reference information for the proper installation and operation of the WEGENER iPump 6420 Professional Audio Server referred to throughout the manual as the iPump 6420 This manual is divided into these chapters Chapter 1 General Information an overview of the iPump 6420 missions its functions and specifications and a glossary of terms Chapter 2 Installation instructions for initial installation and setup of the iPump 6420 Chapter 3 Operation detailed discussion of iPump 6420 operation Chapter 4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting information on maintaining the iPump 6420 and resolving possible operating difficulties Chapter 5 Customer Service our warranty and information on obtaining help Index list of keywords to help you quickly locate information Please e mail any suggestions or comments concerning this manual to manuals wegener com If you prefer to post through the mail please send your comments to the address below If you have substantial or complex changes to recommend our preference is that you copy the page s in question mark your changes on that copy and fax or mail
4. 35 23 2 Front panel LED Indications ccccccnnnncononccnnnnnnnnnonononnccnnnnnnnonnnnncconnnnnnnnnnaninccoos 36 WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 23 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 2 1 Unpacking and Inspection Carefully unpack the unit and its ac power cord and inspect for obvious signs of physical damage that might have occurred during shipment Also locate the bag of accessories including special cable pigtails and adaptors Any damage claims must be reported to the carrier immediately Be sure to check the package contents carefully for important documents and materials Note Please save the packing materials and original shipping containers in case you must later return the unit for repair Packing these units In other containers in such a way that they are damaged will void your warranty 2 2 Location and Mounting The iPump 6420 should be mounted in a standard 19 inch equipment rack After mounting maintain a clean dry environment for the unit Precautions WARNING FCC Mandated Suppression of Radio Frequency Emissions This is a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference for which the user may need to Bke mitigating action If the Ethernet port has a cable connected to it that cable must be properly shielded and grounded to minimize RF emissions that could interfere with nearby equipment DANGER To avoid damage to this and other equipment or pe
5. Transport Input Properites Transport Input Settings IP Settings Carrier Frequency in MHz 4032 3 MPE PIDs Hex Data Rate in Mbps 11 1000 D FEC Ratio 3 4 Tag Site 15 Program LNB Settings SNR Alarm Warnings LNB LO Type Custom Freq SNR Alarm Threshold dB 5 LNB Lo Freq kHz 5150000 SNR Margin Warning dB 3 LNB DC Power ON Done o mE o o o l d The Exp Relay screen allows the two sets of Port 1 and 2 cue relay to be checked and tested Figure 3 6 gives an example www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 49 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 6 Expansion Relay screen web interface iPump Mozilla Firefox File Edit Yiew History Bookmarks Tools Help a C X A http 172 17 194 5 cgi bin ipump xcgi menu relaysetup Most Visited ff Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bld Mgr betas d dddas Professional Audio server File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting S N 284405 Reciever s Local Time 07 18 2009 13 17 08 EDT Al Good Relay Properties User Relay User relay Off edit Expansion Relays for Audio Port 1 Expansion Relays for Audio Port 2 1 Off 3 Off 1 Off 9 Off 2 Off 10 Off 2 Off 10 Off 3 Off 11 Off 3 Off 11 Off 4 Off 12 Off 4 Off 12 Off 5 Off 13 Off 5 Off 13 Off 6 Off 14
6. Figure 2 3 16420 Home Screen 16420 LCD Home screen during normal operation M ee zm mm Ulelalzinl 58 5 C s N 28 625 ADO 0 EE Saa Ses RAE ERR fe s 8 5 alate o a ajos CL Sc Unit name Assigned at RF Setup Marquee of Signal Quality Marquee of Unit Serial Number factory and then re the following items the following items L assigned in Compel Transport Data rate Estimated link Eb No database Downlink RF frequency Estimated RF signal level FEC ratio Alternately if no carrier lock Alternately if ASI Input No Sig option is installed ASI input If ASI Input option installed this field currently unused www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 35 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual PAR Front panel LED Indications What you are expecting If locked on the satellite carrier then the green TRANSPORT LED should be ON and if receiving Compel command stream the COMPEL LED should be ON For a unit working exclusively over the internet you still want to see the COMPEL LED ON showing that the unit can find the remote Compel server and pull its commands Glossary of the terms e Blink is alternating ON for 200 mS and OFF for 2 seconds e Flash is alterna
7. Move to Decoder Setup select that Move to JP Setup select that Move to LAN IP Settings select that Move to LAN Addressing Mode select and edit to be either Static or DHCP If DHCP you are done with this port If Static move to LAN Static IP Addr select and edit If Static move to LAN Static Netmask select and edit If Static move to LAN Static Gateway select and edit If the WAN port is to be checked and set follow similar steps but substitute WAN for LAN in instructions Check set Terminal port settings l 2 3 4 Start or return to the LCD Home screen is reached see subsection 2 5 1 Move to Unit Setup same level select that Move to Serial Port Setup select that Move to Device Assigment the default is Terminal If not set there select and edit if you wish to use the Serial M amp C port for monitor and control Move to Term Baud select and edit the baud rate needed www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 34 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 2 5 Unit Indications This section discusses what the user can see and learn from the iPump 6420 front panel LCD screen and LED indicators 2 31 Front panel LCD Home Screen What you are expecting The RF setup parameters that you programmed and valid signal quality indications After the unit is entered into the uplink control system Compel database the name will show as assigned in Compel
8. b o o A WAN amp LAN lt gt WAN Ethernet adaptors 4 LAN FA A i telco li AA elco line Local PIO Incoming closure inputs closures Internal Control Front Panel LCD Keypad LEDs Terminal Serial Serial port M amp C Alarm relay Alarm relay closure AM FM Cue Relay Closures Audio re sampler amp Mixer RBDS serial Data output www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B AM FM radio antenna input n of 2 Cue relays Bank n of 2 RBDS Output n of 2 Audio Output n of 2 Chapter 1 Page 12 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 1 4 Pump 6420 Specifications DVB S1 QPSK Tuner RF Input Input Impedance Input VSWR 75 Q system 75 Q unbalanced lt 2 1 9 0 dB R L min 950 1450 MHz lt 3 1 6 0 dB R L min 1450 2150 MHz Surge Resistance Survives up to 10 direct coupled 8kV discharges per IEC 801 2 Warns within 10 5 dB of upper limit and 5 10 of lower Limits limit Power Demodulator FEC Modulation QPSK a 35 per DVB EN300 421 Carrier acquisition range 1 MHz or 10 of symbol rate QPSK whichever is greater Max Eb No Quasi error free threshold less than one uncorrected error event per hour Per EN300 421 QPSK R 1 2 4 5 dB QPSK R 2 3 5 0 dB QPSK R 3 4 5 5 dB QPSK R 5 6 6 0 dB QPSK R 7 8 6 4 dB Unitless metric SIGNAL corresponds to input power as follows RF Power
9. 7 172 17 190 104 automation list amp decno 2 YY gt Most visited f Getting Started A Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bld Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili Z Daisy specs Wegener Forums Vie View Issues Mantis M View Issues Mantis Status Wegener Forums vie Scheduled Events File Manager Record Play Playlist Builder ShowShifting S N 283004 Reciever s Local Time 07 23 2009 17 33 44 EDT 9 All Good gt Automation Status Decoder 2 General Status Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 segtest Mozart_Symph40_GMinor wav mp3 idle Parameter Info Total 00 06 21 Elapsed 00 02 26 Remains EE AdiomationeDeccderi Automation Decoder 2 Currently Executing Sequence default 2 Y Running default sequence for 2009 07 23 2 Action Air Time Data Duration Next Chain Type rbds 2009 07 23 17 28 38 4 Forlane 1 12 ll 3 audio file 2009 07 23 17 28 38 4 segtest 13 4 Forlane mp3 1 12 8 d audio_file 2009 07 23 17 29 51 2 segtest Jingle_5 mpg 0 08 1 rods 2009 07 23 17 29 59 3 Mozart Symph 40 7 39 E audio file 2009 07 23 17 29 59 3 segtest Mozart_Symph40_GMinor wav mp3 7 39 7 rods 2009 07 23 17 37 39 9 Forlane 1 12 i audio_file 2009 07 23 17 37 39 9 segtest 13 4_ Forlane mp3 1 12 68 M audio file 2009 07 23 17 38 51 8 segtest Jingle 5 mpg 0 08 1 S relay
10. Edit a show definition Delete a show definition not allowed if showshifts depend on this Create a showshift definition the ref d Show must be defined first Edit a showshift definition Delete a showshift definition Abort a show episode playback debug only Auto deletion expiration time Use the terminal command cert report to check for ShowShift authorization A s ss www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 98 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 20 ShowShift Shift definition screen local web interface Shift Definitions iPump Mozilla Firefox Eile Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help po day CI http 172 17 190 104 shifts list d E P A 3 Most Visited Getting Started DU Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog w USW Bid Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili Daisy specs Wegener Forums vie wu iPump6420 VERE NEE Professional Audio Server Status Setup File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting Logs S N 283004 Reciever s Local Time 07 24 2009 15 55 07 EDT 2 All Good Shift Definitions Recording Playing A Shift Definition includes all of the information needed to shift a idle idle Show Definitions Show Episode to a different time from its original air time Below is a Shift Definitions list of Shift Definitions Shift Name Show N
11. Off 6 Off 14 Off 7 Off 15 Off 7 Off 15 Off 8 Off 16 Off 8 Off 16 Off Done The AM FM tuning screen allows the user to check or change AM FM tuner settings if the option s installed and also check the reception Figure 3 7 gives an example www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 50 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 7 AM FM tuning screen web interface iPump Setup Mozilla Firefox File Edit view History Bookmarks Tools Help el Ira xXx A http 172 17 194 5 amfm edit Y gt dr AIM Search Most Visited f Getting Started D Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog X USW Bid Mgr betas gt iPump6420 M lidig oum ProressionaljAudiojserver File Manager Record Play Scheduled Everts Playlist Builder ShowsShifting S N 284405 Reciewer s Local Time 07 18 2009 13 22 12 EDT Al Good AM FM Tuner Properties Tuner 1 Tuner Frequency 1 3 s7 9 MHZ 87900 kHz Tuner Mode O AM EM Signal Quality EY Not Locked Click the reset button to enable tuning Tuner 2 Tuner Frequency 87 9 Mz 87900 kHz Tuner Made O El EM Signal Quality EY Not Locked Click the reset button to enable tuning Copa ht 2008 by ege ser Comm tnkations All right rece med Sofware Version 410 United Software Version U20170 ShowSh ft Software Vers ba
12. addi E cs www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 76 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 3 6 Asset Healing a content modeling amp recovery utility After delivering files using AFD WEGENER has a utility to allow the customers to model the files loaded to the field iPump6420s This utility includes a function in the uplink control system and within the 16420 To work the user must have Compel version 5 07 or later with MediaPlan and CSM A Return Path system see Section 3 1 2 must also be available Asset Healing is a regularly scheduled function which looks at the field 1Pump6420s and orders them to delete files they are not supposed to have while requesting NACK messages through the physical Return path mechanism to flag files that they lack Then the uplink control system re downloads the missing files Because of the complexity of Asset Healing Figure 3 16 is provided to assist understanding In the uplink control system MPcm machine models of all assets are held In a database Included in each asset at this location only 1s a Compel address tag in an assetname ini file where assetname 1s the name of the asset This may be a unit serial number or a Compel group number When the regularly scheduled script requests Asset Healing CSM copies over the entire asset and holds the address It then scours through the asset building a new metadata xml file with a correct file list showing the path for each It 1s
13. broadcast OBJECT IDENTIFIER wegener 2 business OBJECT IDENTIFIER wegener 3 pemiData OBJECT IDENTIFIER 1 wegener 4 pemilnfo OBJECT IDENTIFIER wegener 5 dtv7xx OBJECT IDENTIFIER cable 1 END www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 113 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual A2 2 PCMIMIB WEGENER PCMI MIB DEFINITIONS BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE IDENTITY OBJECT TYPE NOTIFICATION TYPE FROM SNMPv2 SMI MODULE COMPLIANCE OBJECT GROUP NOTIFICATION GROUP FROM SNMPv2 CONF TEXTUAL CONVENTION FROM SNMPv2 TC DisplayString INTEGER FROM RFC1213 MIB TRAP TYPE FROM RFC 1215 wegener FROM WEGENER ROOT MIB pcmiData MODULE IDENTITY LAST UPDATED 200 7031200008 ORGANIZATION Wegener Communications CONTACT INFO Wegener Communications Customer Service 359 Curie Drive Alpharetta GA 30005 service wegener com http www wegener com DESCRIPTION This MIB contains information exported by the common product PCMI framework REVISION 2007103120002 DESCRIPTION V1 01 PCMI Release wegener 4 PCMI GRP UNIT indexes 0 unitGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 1 M SERIAL NO serialNo OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory unitGroup 1 M SOFTWARE VERSION softwareVersion OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX DisplayString SIZE 0 255 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory Eer unitGboup 2 M BACKUP SOFTWARE VERSION www we
14. e i siy ans yew e eu Dei uonov WYIAINOOD i i y 0 esuodsaJ u I duu ldeID N SJIIg SE 4 da duu lldeID NW S IJ duu llgelp sSi 4 i i duu IgeIp NW S g EIE a S i i S I i dnos eweNiqo lt sseippe gt swen g lt ssalppe gt auen qo lt sselppe gt JO Jaquunu jenas i uieN qO lt ss ippe gt se6ueygpuss soBueyopuas soBueyypusas I s B5ueuopu s e Jouje sseippe IUl OLIENJOessy Ur 9WENJOSSW Ur 9WENJOSSW ul pp y IUP9WENJOSSY all a ad ajoulaJ SIU JOY a I euenjossy ewenjossy Re S JOSSE lt 00 jesse gt 1SJOSSB1 lt JOOJ jesse gt ul Iur euJeNIessy ur sseJppe Iur wey assy ur ssalppe SUENISSSV L2 J 9UIENIeSSV ey Aq peje ue N JO euo ay Aq pajeBe N Jo euo EIPSUW LWW Y MMM JEA S SSe lt OOJ josse pound ouu 1 uo JepjoJ jessy K i ouu 1 uo JepjoJ jessy NSO UO 1 p od JOSSY WOIJIN UO JOPjO JOSSY A fo AAA mmm KH QUuASad Jaye dung 29u sel 810Jaq dund WSO WIdW WWW WEgENET com WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 4 Insertion of Audio from Stored Files This section discusses the reason Store Forward implementers have purchased and deployed WEGENER iPump6420s The essential function is to allow local file based content to play in place of the live audio stream synchronized to overlay
15. relay closures and RBDS outputs all such outputs being directed to the correct Port Other primitives supply metadata about 1 how to chain the various operations together including overlap of multiple audio files 2 where to wait on external events such as a PIO input closure or 3 whether to start operations at fixed times Suffice it to say that these sequence files feature all the tools necessary to simulate a working radio station But it is not within the scope of this Manual to give more detailed information about how to create such files So f you are implementing Microcasting and need to build your own sequence files please contact WEGENER Customer Service for help The playlists and audio content placed on a Microcasting 16420 are the same things used by traditional iPump6420 functions After the network properly positions these playlists and content then one or more of the 16420 Audio Decoders ports must be permanently assigned to do the Microcasting task again also called Automation in many user interfaces After that operation begins and continues automatically so long as schedules playlists and content are supplied to the 16420 well ahead of their needed use To later disable Microcasting on a Decoder a user only needs to issue a command to go to some other permanent setting whether live audio loop forever playlist or to Just turn OFF Microcasting is initiated and run in the following manner Initialization
16. such as SMB or FTP access to the folder containing all audio files It also provides access to a telnet server which allows either Terminal control or diagnostic access to Linux For advanced users an SSH server is also provided for diagnostic access Of all these services only the Return Path capability is also provided in the WAN port This is a more secure port as it only allows the outbound HTTP connection and blocks all inbound services even Ping Where internet connections are not available from the LAN or WAN ports an optional modem may be installed to allow dial up connections back to the uplink control systems This WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 10 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual modem requires a simple analog POTS telco line for operation It would be used as a first alternative to the LAN or WAN ports for attempted Return Path reporting Moving on in Figure TBD the Local PIO closures are inputs provided to allow local automation equipment to cue the iPump6420 to deliver specific operations at precise times These are fully balanced wire pairs optically isolated from the 16420 chassis Under Compel network or local user control specific programmed events commands may be associated with any of the seven PIO inputs When a closure is detected that command is then immediately executed whether an order to play an audio file or to switch the live satellite audio feed Two more functional blocks not ye
17. the assets Spots directory listing is reshuffled and the new first item is returned HomeDepot_1 mp2 This is then played HomeDepot_1 mp2 CocaCola_1 mp2 HomeDepot_2 mp2 CocaCola_2 mp2 5 To finish on this execution of the playlist the last SHUFFLE entry file is played CocaCola_1 mp2 Notice that within this particular playlist execution the same file is played twice because of the reshuffle However the same file is not allowed to play back to back WWW wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 85 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 4 6 Asset Aliases Asset aliases are another simple method of indirection used to get localization To use this one must use asset based files downloaded and managed from the uplink control system In any file spec whether used in a discrete file insert or used in a line item of a playlist being inserted the top level asset directory name must appear in the path However an asset alias allows an alternative name to be used for an asset Usually the real asset name is particular to a specific locality and the alias is a name used network wide for a similar class of assets By using an alias in the file spec for an insert Compel can use one command to request many different field 16420s to each insert a different local file For example a typical full file pathname for a SHUFFLEd DJ Liner insertion request might be assets WKLS Rock Fred_McMurray 5 second SHUFFLE In
18. these indicators were found to accurately predict nearly 50 of imminent HDD failures usually weeks or months before the actual failures occurred When the 16420 sees any of these indicators then it will if not masked set a Warning of HDD failure imminent Valid customers may request this information from WEGENER Engineering 3 7 Premium Features In order to setup and access any of the iPump6420 premium features listed below the units must have been installed with the proper authorizing key files These are small text files that each authorize a specific unit serial number for a specific feature Their file names are formed as serialnumber featurename pem where serialnumber is the numeric unit serial number and featurename 1s a text mnemonic representing the feature see below As of this writing Compel versions 5 07 and higher supply controls to either manually authorize individual units or to authorize an entire network This is all done by simple MPE IP file downloads to a secure hidden directory in the 16420 Within 5 minutes of the file download the application will recognize its new authorizations and be ready to perform the new premium functions For information on how to order premium features and acquire authorizing key files for your iPump6420 please contact the WEGENER Sales Department For assistance in installing the authorizing keys please contact the WEGENER Customer Service Department www wegener com 800070
19. 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 92 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 7 1 Microcasting aka Automation Mode Microcasting is a new premium feature offered In the WEGENER 1Pump6420 This allows the functions of the customer automation system to be embedded in the remote field 16420 Because of this 16420s with no satellite access may provide operating radio stations with the same rich set of centrally controlled services provided by their satellite brethren live media music talk news etc play local spot insertion cueing closures RBDS messages etc Microcasting is often called by its former name Automation Mode in many WEGENER user interfaces and documents In order to implement Microcasting the network must first place schedules playlists and media content on the target iPump6420s Because remote 16420s doing Microcasting may have no satellite access this often must be done using Compel over Internet and HTTP file downloads Also since Microcasting requires an accurate time of day clock reference the unit will need to be set for NTP and be given the IP address of an accessible time source To support this the local implementer must ensure permanent reliable internet access for the 16420 The schedules are simple text files Within them are sets of instruction primitives written in a special automation language Some of these primitives give instructions for various operations such as file plays playlist plays
20. 12 41 EDT 9 All Good Operational Logs Event Logged Process Parameters Logs Menu Output File Name showshiftstzdelay 1 mp2 97151 07 20 2009 12 12 04 900 Record Show Epsiode Showshift Record Name tzdelay 1 Time Remaining 2071252342 seconds AsRun Logs Source Result Code Eom Operational Logs Record File Total Time 2077252342 seconds 97152 07 20 2009 12 12 04 900 End of Show Record Output File Name showshiftstzdelay 1 mp2 Showshift Record Name tzdelay 1 Show Loss Event Count 0 97147 07 20 2009 12 09 54 680 Current Relay State Exp Relay 04 Off 97146 07 20 2009 12 09 53 680 Current Relay State Exp Relay 04 On 97137 07 20 2009 12 07 54 460 Current Relay State Exp Relay 04 Off 97136 07 20 2009 12 07 54 450 Current Relay State Exp Relay 20 Off 97134 07 20 2009 12 07 53 450 Current Relay State Exp Relay 04 on 97133 07 20 2009 12 07 53 440 Current Relay State Exp Relay 20 On Output File Name showshifts tzdelay 1 mp2 97128 07 20 2009 12 07 34 700 Record Show Epsiode Showshift Record Name tzdelay 1 2077252342 seconds Time Remaining Source Result Code Completed m KEE E Page 1 of 52 Gotopage emsPerPage 46 Copyright 2009 by Wegener Communications All rights reserved Software Version 420A1 Unified Software Version USW 1 71a1 ShowShift Software Version 1 10p2 Done Diagnostic screen From any of the normal web screens f the user clicks on the WEGENER logo in the upper left corner while pres
21. 2007 Errored Seconds 304 Model Number 6420 11 01 11 11 210 Fades 6 Up Time 10 days 23 43 36 Good Packets x 1000 1787095 Free Disk Space 66 826 GB Error Packets 67334 Decoder Status COMPEL Statistics Decoder 1 Setting Program 501 Lang 202 COMPEL PID Ox 1026 4134 Decoder 2 Setting Program 501 Lang 102 Time Simce Last Header 00 00 01 Decoder 3 Setting Program 501 Lang 101 Time Since Last Addressed 00 00 09 Decoder 1 File State Play Live Total Addressed Packets 41553 Decoder 2 File State Play Live Total Processed Packets 1711926 Decoder 3 File State Play Live File Download Status Active Recordings Number of Current Downloads Record 1 State Stopped Aug IP Bandwidth Last 5 Seconds 0 000 Kbps Record 2 State Stopped Record 3 State Stopped Copa gto 200 by Wegerer Comm inkations All HE rese med Sofware Version 410 Uimed Sofware Version U20170 ShowShitSotware Vers bon 1 10p2 Done Under this tab a side control allows access to Parameter Info a read only screen to check basic unit settings See Figure 3 3 for an example WWW WEgENET com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 46 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 3 Parameter info screen web interface iPump Parameter Info Mozilla Firefox File Edit view History Bookmarks Tools Help e X ver 1 htte 172 17 194 5 genparams VW c AIM Search Most Visited f Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s
22. 2009 Tuesday 03 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s O 07 21 2009 Tuesday 04 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Fi 07 21 2009 Tuesday 05 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Fl 07 21 2009 Tuesday 06 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Fl 07 21 2009 Tuesday 07 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s O 07 21 2009 Tuesday 08 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Fl 07 21 2009 Tuesday 09 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Fl 07 21 2009 Tuesday 10 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s O 07 21 2009 Tuesday 11 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s O 07 21 2009 Tuesday 12 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s L1 07 21 2009 Tuesday 13 58 30 1 megident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s L1 07 21 2009 Tuesday 14 58 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Backto top Record Schedule No events scheduledBack to top Miscellaneous Events Next Event Date Time Event 07 21 2009 Tuesday 00 00 00 MCPC SERVICE 13910 ITT 08 22 2008 Saturday 23 59 59 SCHED REMOVELINE PRI 791 SU MO TU WE TH FR SA rr 00 59 30 AVDECODER SELECT 1 PLAYLIST wegident31se 0 0 1 0 TT 08 22 2008 Saturday 23 59 59 SCHED REMOVELINE PRI 791 SU MO TU WE TH FR SA rr 01 59 30 AVDECODER SELECT 1 PLAYLIST wegident31sec 0 0 1 0 v Done Playlist Builder screen The Playlist Builder screen allows the user to view build edit and delete resident playlists Figure 3 12 gives an example w
23. 2009 07 23 17 38 59 9 1 1 0 0N d audio_file 2009 07 23 17 38 59 9 assets spots SHUFFLE 0 29 5 i audio_file 2009 07 23 17 39 29 4 segtest ACE ACER6327 mp2 0 29 5 relay 2009 07 23 17 39 58 9 2 1 0 0N rods 2009 07 23 17 39 58 9 Variation on a Theme by Paganini 2 39 d audio_file 2009 07 23 17 39 56 9 segtest Rach_Paganiniwavw mp3 2 39 1 2 37 d audio_file 2009 07 23 17 42 35 9 segtest ID1004 4BK WAY 0 24 0 relay 2009 07 23 17 43 00 8 3 1 0 0N a audio file 2009 07 23 17 43 00 8 fassets spots SHUFFLE 0 29 5 relay 2009 07 23 17 43 29 5 4 1 0 ON rbds 2009 07 23 17 43 29 5 Serenade for Winds 6 12 s id audio file 2009 07 23 17 43 29 5 segtest Mozart SerenadeWinds 384 mp2 6 12 6 E 3 a Sequence to Audit Copyright 2009 by Wegener Communications All rights reserved Software Version 42041 Unified Software Version USW 1 71a1 ShowShift Software Version 1 10p2 Done WWW WEgENET com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 95 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Ze Ge ShowShifting Overview ShowShifting 1s an exciting new premium feature in iPump6420 which allows satellite network operators to reduce the daily satellite bandwidth and uplink storage needed to distribute syndicated radio shows In ShowShifting a syndicated talk show for example can be air d on the satellite a single time each day but at each of many field 16420s that show episode can air on the respective lo
24. Back mp3 00 03 07 Jassets 1970 Green Eyed Lady mp3 00 03 40 fassets 1970 Hitchin a Ride mp3 00 03 08 fassets 1970 Just Cant Help Believing mp3 00 03 16 lt lt END gt gt jassets 1970 Indiana Wants Me mp3 00 03 41 fassets 1970 Lay a Little Lovin on Me mp3 00 03 02 Jassets 1970 Lowe Grows Where hy Rosemary Goes mp3 00 02 lassets 1970 Ma Belle Amie mp3 00 03 17 Y Delete Selected Asset Filter 9 an O Random Sequential O Shuffle 77 Playlist contains items of unknown run length total time estimate may not be correct Done ShowShifting screen The ShowShift screen is an entry point to viewing and editing the setup of ShowShifting if this premium feature is authorized It also shows the status of shows In record or playback as well as upcoming events In a show episode playback Figure 3 13 shows the initial screen www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 56 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 13 ShowShifting initial screen web interface iPump Show Definitions Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help u X d m http 172 17 194 15 4shows list YW be AIM Search DIE LA Most Visited 4 Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog w USW Bld Mgr betas B Agile Link 1 U4600 DVB S2 capabili Z Daisy specs 3 Wegener Forums e Wie g g g g g g D y sp ege
25. Image is known to be good and it 1s the currently commanded or primary version then it 1s loaded and run without further qualification If the currently commanded primary application image 1s not known to be good for any of several reasons then the boot loader will load the alternate backup version if it is known to be good Also if the boot loader attempts to load and run the commanded application and if for any reason the application cannot be run then the boot loader after a few attempts can revert to the backup application loading and running that It will also mark the failing application image as bad avoiding later re attempts to load and run it The exceptions to these scenarios can be discussed shortly after describing the application upgrade process Software Upgrade process To upgrade software in unit Compel or the local web user may download a new application image to the running system This is in a special format which uses a dl extension and it is downloaded to the u user system dlfiles directory which is a hot folder There www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 88 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual the currently running application will checksum the received Image and 1f OK process and load it to the non volatile Flash storage in the backup position It will also mark the application image status flags If the file was installed by a local user the flags are always se
26. Level Estimator locked to carrier or not Above 25dBm Extrapolated up to 100 25dBm 90 55dBm 30 35dBm 70 65dBm 10 45dBm 50 no signal lt 0 Below 65dBm Extrapolated from 10 down to lt 0 Accuracy unit to unit lt 5 dB over frequency lt 10 dB LNB DC POWER supplied on RF center conductor User or network controlled selectable ON or OFF Voltage 18 7 VDC nominal at no loading 18 0 VDC min at max loading Current full load 350 mA max Short circuit protection Thermal fuse tripping at 500 mA European Universal Implements LNB polarization amp frequency band control per LNB ASTRA recommendation WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 13 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual ASI Transport Input Option DVB ASI Input Physical layer Minimum byte gap Transport data rate One input per DVB ASI per EN50083 9 Annex B 270 Mbaub signaling on 750 coax cable Down to 5 byte interbyte gaps 60 Mbps max MPEG DVB 60 Mbps Unlimited Unlimited Transport Demux Max Supported Rate Programs Audio streams per program MPE IP File Downloads Types 1 By MPE UDP IP in satellite Transport 2 By HTTP over Internet Max aggregate data rate 10 Mbps over satellite Audio Decoders One live and up to two file based audio decoders may be assigned per audio output Compressed modes live MPEG 1 Layers 1 and 2 MPEG 2 Layer 2 satellite audio streams File playback g EG 1 Layers 1 a
27. N O contact Cue Relay 1 3 N O contact _ 4 Cute Relay 1 4 N O contact OS Gmemd 9 LLL 6 CueRelay l5 NO contact 7 Cute Relay 1 6 N O contact ll 8 CueRelay l 7 NO contact x 9 CueRelys1 8 N O contact x j 10 Gun 0 SO Cute Relay 1 9 N O contact 2 CueRelay l 10 N O contact CueRelay l Il N O contact x H CueRelayil 12 NO contact A Gud SO x 16 CueRelyfl 13 NO contact tT CueRelay l14 N O contact 8 CueRelyfl I5 NO contact 19 CueRelyfl 16 N O contact 20 CueRelayi l I Common contact Cute Relay 1 2 Common contact ll 22 CueRelay 1 3 Common contact po 23 Cue Relay 1 4 Common contact round QJ O WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 29 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Connector Type Pin Signal Description Designation Options shown in red CUERELAYSI 38 Cue Relay ALS Common contact continued 26 Cue Relay 1 6 Common contact LI 27 Che Relay 1 7 Common contact 38 Cue Relay I 8 Common contact 2 Che Relay 1 9 Common contact 30 Cue Relay 1 10 Common contact tf Ce Relay AAA Common contact 82 Ce Relay 1 12 Common contact A 6mm CI M CuRelay i 13 Common contact 35 Cue Relay HAR Common contact 86 Ce Relay 1 15 Common contact P re aT RELAYS 2 37 pin D male D e pin Hoz CEE REL as CUE
28. a single Compel control system Just as events may be scheduled in the Compel control system those same schedules may also be loaded to the remote field 1Pump6420s These schedules can create a model for iPump 6420 automatic behavior guaranteeing that critical commands are executed on target 16420s precisely at expected times 1 2 4 Premium Features Automation Mode In Automation Mode the 16420 1s totally removed from the need for a satellite downlink connection In this mode the 16420 functions as a radio station in a box All its content from local spots to the music or talk format material is downloaded to the unit as audio files Daily schedule files which give traffic system instructions to the unit are regularly downloaded to the unit The unit is directed to an NTP time source through its LAN IP connection With the time reference and the traffic schedule the unit then autonomously plays it s files delivers closures and sends RBDS messages to the local radio network affiliate ShowShifting Many syndicated radio shows originate at a specific time in the broadcast day For a radio network to resell that show it often has to record the original feed and then re broadcast over satellite later at times convenient for the subscribing affiliates This is a waste of satellite bandwidth when the iPump6420 s ShowShifting feature is purchased and made available This feature allows the central radio network manager or a local use
29. an RF carrier it will repeatedly attempt to re acquire that carrier and relock to the Transport In the event that this process exceeds some user set timeout then the unit will enter an Auto Recovery mode called Services Recovery Also if the Compel network control stream is lost when it 1s required then likewise the unit will enter a similar Auto Recovery mode called Network Recovery In each case the unit will use an alternate set of carrier Presets in order to attempt to replace the missing item whether the carrier and all the audio streams or the Compel network control stream Each 30 seconds the unit will attempt to get carrier acquisition on another of the official carrier Presets see Section 3 2 1 If successful on carrier acquisition while in Services Recovery then the search is declared a success If in Network Recovery it will wait another WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 67 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual user set timeout to get Compel network control commands If not successful on any of the list of Preset before repeating on that List it will first re attempt at the Last Commanded and Last Successful carrier settings This cycle will continue indefinitely until success or an authorized user changes the carrier setting If a unit does eventually acquire and remain on a new carrier setting because of an Auto Recovery the local user is if local control is enabled authorized to abort the newly acqu
30. an audio file from a specified 16420 asset folder whether top level or deep in the directory tree The keywords apply to the file path description whether in a discrete file play command or in a single file spec line item of a larger playlist In the path syntax they literally take the place of a discrete file name Each keyword assumes that some memory of previous plays is retained However this memory is non volatile and is not retained through unit resets As of this writing three 3 keyword selectors are defined SHUFFLE RANDOM and SEQUENTIAL l SHUFFLE This keyword means that all files In a directory are each played once without any repeats as file insert requests using this keyword are made When all files have played then the order in the directory is re shuffled and a new file play order is remembered The only exception is that the last file from the previous shuffle is not the first In the next if there 1s more than one file in the directory This continues for all file plays called for a particular Decoder port until the unit resets or the directory has files added or removed So the remembered state 1s Ordered file list current position in list applicable Decoder and the type of call from discrete file play a file spec in a std playlist or file spec in a LOA playlist used for ShowShifting or Time Zone Delay see sections 3 7 2 amp 3 7 3 2 RANDOM This keyword means that a file is randomly selected from
31. and lock out control from other sources In particular it may set the edge devices the remote iPump6420s to have their local control disabled This will not disable all control capability but it will essentially prevent the local user from changing the unit settings in order to access some other audio programming Once disabled by Compel only Compel itself or a secured user with debugging access or a unit that has reverted to Local Control re enable as part of unit Auto Recovery see Section 3 1 8 can see it re enabled In channel Compel Control Compel is the name of the system used for control of most WEGENER products It is used in a star point to many point control structure where Compel will be controlling many edge devices called receivers that deliver media content at remote locations It is a one way control system that essentially depends on a command redundancy in a moderate reliability channel with refreshes to maintain synchronism between its database and the actual state of the receivers WEGENER s Return Path product at this writing is not yet used to fully synchronize the remote receivers to the database except In some special cases to be discussed In this section Compel commands are presumed to be borne in channel that is in a designated ghost PID in the MPEG Transport stream injected by WEGENER UMX5010s This in channel control system presumes that receivers will execute their recetved co
32. asset at each local affiliate with one single command Because of the similarity of use with playlists the discussion will focus on this in Section 3 4 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 73 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Note that files may be placed on the iPump6420 by any of several methods One is WEGENER s Assured File Delivery AFD performed m an MPE IP channel from Compel over the satellite Another is Kencast FAZZT a 3 party satellite based file distribution system Another is HTTP file download over internet Other methods are also available to the local user FTP or SMB upload and file recording In the cases of FTP or SMB upload be aware that the file management database must still be given time to locate and register all newly placed files Those files must be located somewhere in the u user file structure though the u user assets directory is strongly recommended for all files placed on and not recorded by the 16420 Automatic File and Asset Deletion If an asset is downloaded to the 16420 with an Expiration Date showing in its metadata xml file then the file management database will schedule that entire asset for automatic deletion one calendar day after the Expiration Date Just after midnight on the day following that Date all files and the asset folder itself are quietly deleted if they still exist Advanced users may verify this using logs in the web diagnostics page Another me
33. at 1 00pm Eastern for 3 hours duration But since Mr Howard starts each hour somewhat independently of the others a Show definition like this would also be valid Program 2 Audio LD 204 Mon Tues only 2 00pm Eastern for 1 hour It is only the imagination of the user which limits how the actual syndicated shows can be defined as Shows for purposes of 16420 ShowShifting Setup ShowShifting is a friendly interface to the iPump6420 Local Scheduler It allows users to setup Shows and Showshift definitions These definitions become json files stored to the 16420 u user sysconfig shows and showshifts directories respectively These definitions are then processed into Local Scheduler events These Scheduler events can be seen in the local web interface Later the Scheduler directs the episode recordings and playbacks During these recordings and playbacks the local web ShowShift interface allows the user to monitor their Status Figure 3 13 shows an example of a local web Showshift show definition screen while Figure 3 20 below shows a showshift definition screen A similar interface 1s also provided to the Compel uplink control system By creating and downloading json files defining shows and shifts Compel may control ShowShifting on remote 16420s While doing this Compel may allow local users the right only to monitor progress or the local user may be given permission to both setup and monitor the ShowShift functions However they are
34. at the highest level The first screen at the top level is the HOME screen Therefore pressing ESCAPE numerous times or pressing and holding will eventually return the user to the HOME screen P N A N A LEFT All except Display the previous screen at the current level OR wrap to the SCROLL last screen if currently on the first screen INFO RIGHT All except Display the next screen at the current level OR wrap to the first z g a O O SCROLL screen 1f currently on the last screen INFO LEFT SCROLL Scrolls to the left in a scrolled information screen INFO RIGHT SCROLL Scrolls to the right in a scrolled information screen INFO EDIT ENTER PARAMETER If the user input is valid the IRD accepts the changes that were made and enters the VIEW mode f the input was invalid the IRD flashes an Invalid Entry message on the LCD momentarily before returning to the same screen in the EDIT mode again mode P PARAMETER List Select Scrolls up to next value in the list or wraps if currently on the last item in the list Alpha numeric Increases the value of the current field If numeric and the current value is 9 if decimal or OxF if hex the value will wrap to a 0 If alpha numeric the value will wrap to the first ASCII value when at Ox7F PARAMETER List Select Scrolls down to previous value in the list or wraps to the last item if currently on the first item in the list Alpha numeric Decreas
35. check for received signal quality This signal quality is also reported to Compel s CSM program using the standard iPump6420 Return Path Status report Again the relevant user controls are l Tuner band each port 2 Tuner frequency each port 3 5 2 Off Air Capture To prepare for an off air capture the compression settings must be programmed The audio signal once demodulated by the AM FM tuner section s captured and digitized then the linear audio data 1s compressed to mp3 file format for storage The compression settings needed will specify to the mp3 codec just how this will be done The user settings are 1 MPEG elementary stream bit rate called just bit rate 2 Audio sample rate 3 Stereo mono selection and 4 Sample depth 1 or 2 bytes per sample Note that there is some advantage for the user to set the compression settings to minimize the resulting mp3 file size since the bandwidth available to the Return Path function may be limited After the tuners and the compression system are setup an audio capture may be executed This may be done with a simple manual Compel or user command However to automate the system 1t may be best to combine the OAR capture command with the playlist play command into one single Compel macro fired when the customer automation system requests the local insert The OAR capture command itself supplies the Port a tag and a capture time amount to the 16420 Immediately afte
36. command at a specific time the commands are executed at the moment a special Event occurs Two types of such events apply One are closures on the iPump6420s PIO inputs the other is the Compel TRIGGER command In each case the Trigger is assigned ahead of time by local user or Compel then the event forces the execution through the Trigger mechanism Triggers may be Temporary one shot or Permanent A Temporary Trigger will accept the triggering event execute the stored command and then will no longer respond on subsequent triggering events The Permanent Trigger on the other hand will cause stored Compel command execution on each and every triggered event Triggers are assigned a simple number codes 0 to 255 Any number code from 0 to 6 may be assigned to the local PIO trigger closures Any number from 1 to 255 may be assigned to Compel TRIGGER commands Note that numbers from 1 to 6 have a dual role and either local PIO or Compel TRIGGER commands will fire them The user control interfaces features the following commands Compel is the preferred command method 1 Create Temporary or Permanent Triggers 0 to 255 assigning them to a specific Compel command 2 Compel trigger command or PIO closure 3 Delete Triggers 4 Abort temporary trigger WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 43 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 1 2 Return Path Return Path is a set of return channel reporting methods which allow t
37. hour 13 00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 30min_TimingRefTestShow2 1330 1 2 hour 13 30 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 2 3 30min_TimingRefTestShow2 1400 1 2 hour 14 00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 3 30min_TimingRefTestShow2 1430 1 2 hour 14 30 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 2 8 lt Copyright 2009 by Wegener Communications All rights reserved Software Version 420A1 Unified Software Version USW 1 7131 ShowShift Software Version 1 10p2 Done Logs screen The Logs screen is actually a set of two subscreens the As run log screen and the Ops Log screen The As run Log shows file and playlist insertion history while the Ops log shows other events such as relay closures and audio stream switches Figures 3 14 amp 3 15 give examples www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 57 22 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 14 As run Log screen web interface iPump AsRun Logs Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help Q X amp m htp 172 17 194 15 custlog Y gt Most Visited f Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog X USW Bld Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili Daisy specs Wegener Forums Vie cs El Pump AsRun Logs File Manager 3 iPump AsRun Logs Re
38. if kept cool Occasionally monitor the unit for any Warnings about over temperature or HDD problems This is especially important if the HDD has seen more than 5 years of operation AVIS RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The iPump 6420 incorporates security labels over some of the chassis screws There are no user serviceable components within the Pump 6420 Tampering with security labels or opening the unit will void your warranty unless you are given written permission by WEGENER Customer Service or some other authorized WEGENER representative If you have any questions contact WEGENER s Customer Service Department at the street address email address or phone numbers listed under Customer Service 4 2 Troubleshooting When the common system problems occur and they will it is best to first consult the first three chapters of this Manual After that look for your problem in the following subsections and then review the checklists given Following that if there is still a problem call WEGENER Customer Service for assistance 4 2 1 Failure to acquire a carrier 1 Sure you do not have carrier lock Check CARRIER LED Is signal level displayed on Front panel between 10 and 90 If only 0 then functioning LNB 1s probably not connected to the 16420 or 16420 internal receiver card is failed RF input cable securely attached External LNB powered with DC Is LNB DC from un
39. interpreted by the receiver based on the Device and Command Addressing Rules Except for the Time of Day commands the receivers will only accept and execute those commands that are addressed to them They may be addressed by four different addressing modes One is the rarely used command to All The other is a command directly addressed by unit serial number though in the Compel GUI the user may direct the command by the receiver s unique name The truly powerful addressing mode is by Group where only receivers who know themselves to be members of the addressed Group will respond The last mode which is not truly independent adds on an additional requirement for an address match This is called Associated Audio This last command part of the complement of Extended Syntax www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 41 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual capabilities allows a receiver to be addressed as a logical AND of a basic address all group or SN and the unit state In the case of iPump6420 this state is the assignment of specific audio streams by Language Descriptor LD to one or more of its constituent Audio Ports If the base address matches and the audio stream is assigned to any of the Audio Ports then that command is executed and moreover directed specifically to that Port A pr me example s a command to pulse a relay If associated with an audio stream STR and if STR s only assigned to P
40. is called a Decoder With this caution in mind the operation of each of the Audio Decoders ports may be described Audio Stream Selection For each Audio Decoder the Compel or local user may select an audio PES stream from the Transport to decode and output The selection is by Program and then within that Program an audio Language Descriptor Using the PSI Tables the unit software identifies the PID bearing the audio PES stream This 1s then passed to the correct Audio Decoder or Decoders since the same live audio may be played on multiple outputs Where simple audio stream switches are requested the command is executed immediately but the old audio signal runs on until the audio buffer is cleared and then the new audio signal appears in the output see Audio Buffer delay following Key indicators are l SERVICES LED on during live audio playout on any Decoder 2 No Audio found fault indication The user controls for each Audio Decoder Port are 1 Program number select OFF follow tune Program number or use the first available in the PAT WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 70 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 2 Audio Language descriptor select Language Descriptor from list as found m the PMT or use the first available in the PMT as indicated by the wildcard Codec resamplers timing adjustments buffer locked loop The live audio PES stream is decomposed into separate audio ES fr
41. often with mixing where the live network feed continues but at a ducked audio level The result is the perception in the final radio audience that the DJ works their affiliate alone e g This is Ron Baylor here on your Rock Classics station WKLS Atlanta In addition to the above special functions the system may allow certain 16420s to operate more autonomously Instead of receiving its network control command through the satellite channel t may also be setup to receive it s commands by doing HTTP polls of the uplink control www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 7 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual system This is called Compel over Internet Along with this capability the 16420 may also poll for and then pull in it s local spot files over the same internet connections This is called Internet File Delivery This allows the 16420 to easily implement a premium radio network feature called Automation Mode to be discussed Compel commands either directly addressed or addressed as groups or indirectly addressed based on current unit settings are one method of controlling iPump6420 Audio Servers Because of tim ng delay functions built into Compel the network operator can accurately overlay network avails with local spots In addition to real time Compel commands the network operator can exploit the network wide time synchronization of all Wegener edge receivers when being fed from
42. only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 7 M PROGRAM NUMBER programNumber OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 8 M LABEL label OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX Displavouring SIZE 0x2525 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 9 M VALID valid OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 10 M SETTINGS LAST UPDATE settingsLastUpdate OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 11 M POLARIZATION polarization OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER horizontal 0 vertical 1 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 14 M SYMBOL RATE symbolRate OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B iPump 6420 User s Manual Appendix 2 Page 120 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 15 srchAcqGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 4 M IN RECOVERY inRecovery OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory srchAcgGroup 192 M USING BACKUP SETTING usingBackupSetting OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory 112 qd SECNACGEEOUD 195 y netconGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 5 M COM
43. read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Num Glitches over last Minute tunerGroup 16 M M GLITCHES IN 5 MIN glitchesIin5Min OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Num Glitches over Last 5 Minutes tunerGroup 17 M HI EBNO hiEbno OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory tunerGroup 18 M LO EBNO lobbuo OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory tunerGroup 19 M RF HIGH ERROR RATE rfHighErrorRate OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 117 WEGENER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory r A TunerGroup 195 j iPump 6420 User s Manual M EBNO AT MARGIN LVL ebnoAtMarginLvl OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory tunerGroup 199 M CARRIER STATUS carrierStatus OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER locked 0 notLocked 1 noSignal 2 signalOverload 3 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory tunerGroup 64 POMI GRE SETTINGS indexes 1 settingsGroupTable OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF settingsGroupEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory pcmiData 3 settingsGroupEntry OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX settingsGroupEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory INDEX settingsGroupIndex settingsGroupTable 1 set
44. software supplies re sampling to all mixer inputs as needed Again this 1s performed by an industry standard 3 party software module The user controls for each Audio Decoder Port are 1 Output audio sample rate Audio Buffer delay User should be aware that the decoded live audio 1s delayed in an audio buffer with a nominal factory set depth of 500 mS As file audio s pulled and decoded it too is passed to the same buffer and encounters the same delay This must be taken into account when constructing an overall system timing model see Section 3 4 3 The user controls are 1 Audio buffer delay factory set but may be adjusted with debug access www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 71 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Audio Settings Muting Stereo Routing amp Attenuation The two main Audio Decoders Ports 1 and 2 feature both digital and analog audio outputs The auxiliary Audio Decoder 3 only features an analog audio output Any of those three sets of outputs may be muted as an entire signal or by stereo component Left or Right After this the audio signals may then also have their stereo components re routed The current routes as of this writing are 1 to pass the Left and Right channels to the output as decoded 2 to reverse them Left for Right 3 to put Left on both as a mono or 4 put Right on both as a mono Following this the audio passed to the AES3 digital audio outputs gets no furth
45. specific time epochs we call spot avails These avails are those time periods a default network commercial is playing in the live audio track as originating in the customer s automation system and usually co located with the uplink compression and control system The avail becomes the opportunity to play out a locally relevant commercial spot in substitution thus offering true localization 3 4 1 Simple File inserts The iPump6420 can under Compel or local user command seamlessly insert the decoded audio from valid files into the decoded audio track from the live satellite PID streams When a Decoder is set to play live audio from the satellite Transport defined by Program and Audio LD then that is called permanent setting because it 1s non volatile surviving unit resets File audio inserts with only special exceptions are temporary The 16420 can execute 1 simple file plays of named files 2 simple file plays of named files but with asset alias indirection in the path 3 or file plays based on keyword indirection into a folder containing a selection of files It can also play one or more files as part of a playlist also using the same methods of file identification as just described see next subsection For all these file insertions whether discrete or as part of a playlist the currently supported file types are 1 the recorded MPEG program stream files with mpg extensions 2 MPEG elementary stream files with mp2 ext
46. st Report Preset Table Command R s Report Settings Status Command r trigger Trigger report Command sched stat Scheduler status Command setlnb Set the LNB LO Frequency LO freq 0 14000 00 MHz LO alias C KU ELKU EHKU Command SNMP community Set SNMPv2 Community Access String Command snr margin offset Set SNR margin offset margin offset 1 0 10 5 Command stat sched Scheduler status Command trigger report Trigger report Command wan gateway Sets the network gateway for the WAN interface Command wan ip Set the unit s static WAN IP Address Command wan mode Sets the WAN addressing mode DHCP STATIC or WEG Command wan setup 1p subnet Sets up IP address and subnet mask for the WAN port Command wan subnet Sets the unit s static WAN Subnet Mask addTermCmd playlist delete luaterm delPlaylist addTermCmd lua cmdargs luaterm dumpArgs addTermCmd lua testl function argv print lua command test n end addTermCmd core config function argv table foreach SYS hidden vals print end addTermCmd core build function argv addTermCmd core luaopts function argv addTermCmd ver luaterm_verReport addTermCmd APPSTA T luaterm_verReport addTermCmd sp luaterm sp addTermCmd decoff luaterm withDecoder decoff addTermCmd decabort luaterm withDecoder decabort addTermCmd decrejoin luaterm
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48. the iPump6420 LAN network parameters to get it to work Perform the following steps to accomplish this If any questions about using the 16420 Front Panel please refer to a more thorough discussion in Chapter 3 Note that these quick install instructions cannot go into details about setting up modern IP networks Please consult your IT department or even better a good book on networking to help you there Steps to setup LAN port networking in iPump6420 l 2 3 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 On the front LCD confirm that you are at the Home screen see Chapter 3 by pressing lt ESC gt button several times Press the lt C gt button twice to get the Unit Setup screen Press lt ENT gt then press either lt C gt or lt gt several times until you get to the IP Setup screen Press lt ENT gt and then you should see the LAN IP Settings screen If you were actually looking for the WAN IP Settings screen then press the lt gt button once Press lt ENT gt again and then you should see the LAN Addressing Mode screen The choices are either STATIC or DHCP If you wanted DHCP and that is what is shown then you are done Press lt ESC gt several times until you return to the original Home screen then cycle power on the unit to force a reboot and request for an IP address from the network s DHCP server Otherwise if you wanted LAN and that 1s what is shown then skip
49. this radio network 8 Connect one or more of your iPump 6420 AM FM tuner inputs to appropriate radio antenna if supplied and using Off Air Recording audits You must be using Return Path to support return transmission of recorded OAR files 9 Connect the local automation systems s relay closure outputs to the PIO Input connector 10 For diagnostics you may connect a text based monitor to the Serial M amp C port 11 Connect the Alarm port to downstream redundancy control or alarm monitoring system 12 Connect the supplied ac power cord to the iPump 6240 s IEC receptacle and then to a 100 to 120 VAC or 200 to 240 VAC source Once all of the ports are connected and power is supplied the iPump 6240 begins the startup process and will require about 2 72 minutes to complete WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 26 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 23 iPump6420 Connector Details Figure 2 2 iPump 6420 Rear Panel View OF SE eh mm Go Sr ASI IN LAN Table 2 1 iPump6420 External Connector Information Connector Type Pin Signal Description Designation Options shown in red On rear panel A j UU CU CU U C U EE RF IN Type F coax jack L band RF from external LNB LNB DC output on center pin AS AA SOS ASI IN BNC jack DVB ASI Transport input WAN RJ 45 jack Rightmost as viewed from rear of unit EN Ot EN In A SS 4A E LAN RJ 45 jack Same pin Same as WAN numbering bu
50. to step 10 While still at the LAN Addressing Mode screen if you need to change the setting then press lt ENT gt to get an edit session Use the lt gt or lt gt button to modify the value then press ENT to save it If you do not wish to make changes exit by pressing lt ESC gt If you were changing to DHCP then press lt ESC gt several times to return to the Home screen then cycle power on the unit to force a reboot and request for an IP address from the network s DHCP server you are done If the desired mode was STATIC and that is what you now have then press the lt gt gt button once to get the LAN Static IP Addr screen If you want to change the IP address shown press lt ENT gt to get an edit screen 12 Press the lt gt or lt gt buttons to move the cursor under the digit you wish to edit Then press the lt gt or v button to modify the value Repeat above as often as necessary remembering that all octets numbers between the periods less than 100 will be shown with leading 0 s so to show the value gt 3 the screen must show 003 When done press lt ENT gt to save the change or press lt ESC gt to leave the edit screen without saving Next press the lt gt button once to get the LAN Static Netmask screen If you want to change the Netmask shown press lt ENT gt to get an edit screen As done above finish editing the netmask t
51. to this newly downloaded application then if it 1s testing it will undergo a special performance self review In this self review the unit must if Compel is required acquire the Compel command stream in some short but reasonable time interval It must also not reset more than a couple of times in the first hour of operation If either criteria fails the application must mark the application management flags reversing the sense of primary and backup and then mark itself as bad Then it will jump to reset to allow the old backup to take over Otherwise if all is still OK after the test the application marks itself as good and continues running normally Relevant user controls l Application file downloads 2 Application switch either as a toggle or directed to specific application string preferred 3 Several debugging commands to monitor and manipulate the application flags exist but contact WEGENER Customer Service before contemplating such actions WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 89 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 6 2 Non volatile Parameter Management All non volatile unit settings NV parameters are retained in the internal flash memory storage the same physical location as the Linux OS and the application images At unit boot up these NV parameters are read into volatile memory for use As these parameters changes new values are written to the NV storage These parameters in
52. your terminal session enter the terminal command exit A listing of the available user accessible Terminal commands 1s given in Appendix 1 However it is fairly easy to access information about Terminal commands using the apropos searchword command where searchword 1s a keyword clue with no whitespace An example would be using wan if you are trying to get WAN port setup commands The user controls affecting the Terminal interface are listed 1 Assign Terminal to the Serial M amp C port 2 Terminal baud rate 3 Allow or disallow local control This affects many parameters needed to deliver the audio output payload Set by Compel or the factory WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 66 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 1 6 SNMP Status Simple Network Management Protocol SNMP is used in network management systems to monitor network attached devices for conditions that warrant administrative attention It consists of a set of standards for network management including an Application Layer protocol a database schema and a set of data objects SNMP exposes management data in the form of variables on the managed systems which describe the system configuration These variables can then be queried and sometimes set by managing applications In the Wegener implementation of SNMP variables will be available for query only See Appendix 2 for the root and PCMI MIBs The user controls affecting the Terminal interf
53. 0070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 69 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 11 Delete Preset Table entry 12 Select tuning by Preset Table entry LNB DC output To simplify site setup the 16420 features an LNB DC output source fed outward on the RF Input center conductor This powers the electronics in the LNB on the satellite antenna It is protected against shorted loads with an over current thermal fuse The user controls are 1 LNB DC ON OFF Transport Demux The incoming Transport stream from the tuner or alternately ASI input card 1s de multiplexed in a software module This module recovers the Program Allocation Table PAT and for each of the Programs listed a Program Map Table PMT It also recovers the PID assigned to COMPEL as well as all the PIDs assigned for MPE IP channels Using the Tables see Section 3 2 2 the unit controller then identifies the PIDs bearing the live audio streams and those are passed to decompression stages assigned to the appropriate audio Port Key indicators are 1 No PAT fault indication 2 No PMT fault indication Sub Live Audio play Live audio decode and playout from the satellite signal is the most important single unit function There are three audio ports in the iPump6420 with each assigned multiple MPEG decoders see Figure 1 3 in Section 1 3 However the user is cautioned to be careful here In most of the user control interfaces and in other 16420 literature each port itself
54. 1 10p2 Done I u I m The System screen allows the user to view and set time settings Figure 3 8 gives an example WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 51 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 8 System screen web interface iPump Mozilla Firefox File Edit Yiew History Bookmarks Tools Help s C xX f http 172 17 193 26 cgi bin ipump xcgi menu systemsetup Most Visited Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog w USW Bld Mgr betas uu iPump6420 4133434 Professional Audio Server File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting SM 284326 Reciever s Local Time 07 18 2009 13 27 56 EDT System Properties Time Settings Date 0718 2009 Time 13 27 13 Timezone America Mew_York Edit Time Date Change Timezone Doe I e i _ File Manager screen The File Manager screen allows the user to view and delete stored files as assets or individually see Section 3 3 Figure 3 9 gives an example WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 52 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 9 File Manager screen web interface iPump File Mozilla Firefox OB Q X 1 htp 172 17 194 5 4fle list o a gt 2 am Search P amp File Edit view History Bookmarks Tools Help Most Visited f Getting Started D Latest
55. 194 5 cgi bin ipump xcgi menu decodersetup1 p E Most Visited f Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog w USW Bld Mgr betas gt iPump6420 Professional Audio server 4432434472 Scheduled Events Playlist Builder File Manager Record Play ShowShifting S N 284405 Reciewer s Local Time 07 18 2009 13 11 23 EDT Al Good Decoder Properties Settings For Decoder 1 Setting Program 501 Language 202 Video Untvtuted Audio Left Unhtuted Audio Right Unhtuted Routing Normal Stereo Attenuation dB Boost Headroom dB D Done The Transport Input screen allows the user to check or setup important carrier and Transport operating parameters Figure 3 5 gives an example 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 48 WWW WEgENET com WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 5 Transport Input web interface iPump Mozilla Firefox File Edit Yiew History Bookmarks Tools Help a mo x me http 172 17 194 5 cgi bin ipump xcgi menu xportinputsetup Most Visited fj Getting Started D Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog USW Bid Mgr betas I gt iPump6420 2324443 _ professional Audiojerver File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting S N 284405 Reciever s Local Time 07 18 2009 13 15 55 EDT Al Good
56. 6420 User s Manual 3 6 5 HDD Failure The iPump6420 features an internal metal hard drive HDD for storage of media files playlists databases and logs It also includes a small partition called the Install partition but this is only useful to advanced users who may need under WEGENER supervision to rebuild or replace their Compact Flash memory cards The HDD 1s critical to all the Store Forward operations but 1s not needed in order to provide basic IRD functions Therefore the 16420 was designed to continue this limited IRD operation In the event of HDD failure The application software will basically declare the HDD as failed and unavailable only if 1t is not allowed by the Linux OS to mount partitions on the HDD for both reading and writing This will set off a permanent Alarm indication for HDD Failure The unit may or may not reboot at that time but it will eventually settle down to operate as a simple IRD continuing to play out the live satellite audio if commanded and available This state will continue indefinitely until an advanced user with debug access clears the indication and replaces the HDD A possible interim condition may also exist if during routine diagnostic scans the HDD 1s found to indicate legitimate pre failure indicators The scan for these indicators 1s based on extensive research on hundreds of thousands of HDD failures as carried out by Google and Carnegie Mellon University In this research
57. 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 38 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 5 2 RE AE 87 3 3 3 File tii ee ee ee ee eier 88 3 6 Miscellaneous Functions 88 3 6 1 Application Management 88 Redundant Application EE 88 BO BIW Abe L Til O iO een ee nen 88 3 6 2 Non yolatil Parameter Management unse 90 3 6 3 o ji att s np E ae oes ei en S ee 90 3 6 4 Time Mina i Lu cise espa u ET TT 91 Master Tee 91 Tune Zone hirta EE 91 3 6 5 DA A A 92 SU ai AAA o A 92 Scal Microcasting aka Automation Mode 93 Figure 3 19 Automation monitor screen local web interface 95 Do iZ ST ee E 96 Di H 96 Eege 96 EE E RS 96 ShowShifting authorizing keyfile names a 977 User Indications and Controls a nnne enne 97 Figure 3 20 ShowShift Shift definition screen local web interface 99 EN Tai Z0 ticas 99 3 7 4 AAA E o A 100 WWW wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 39 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 1 Monitor amp Control Interfaces 3 1 1 Compel The Compel control system is the premiere control method in the iPump 6420 It is the only user control method that can overrule
58. ANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING 101 Chapter 5 CUSTOMER SERVICGE 107 Appendix 1 TERMINAL COMMANDS 109 Appendix 2 SNMP MIBS 113 Appendix 3 FAULT CONDITIONS 129 WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B 111 WEGENER www wegener com iPump 6420 User s Manual This page intentionally left blank 800070 01 Rev B 1V WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Chapter 1 GENERAL INFORMATION This chapter gives a general overview of this Manual and of the iPump 6420 Table of Contents 1 1 Manual Overview 2 52 A een 3 1 2 1 Basic Store Forward Mission 3 Figure I I Store Forward System overview 5 J o E 5 Fieure I 2 Using Playlists as E E 6 1 2 3 Supplemental CAPADU NICS un en een ee ee 7 1 2 4 Premium Features 8 Ee ERE YES Re e oracion ee 8 EE 8 Ti 700 D Ch eee ee eee ee ee 9 E Eege 9 1 3 Functional Description 9 Figure 1 3 iPump6420 Functional Block Diagram 12 1 4 iPump 6420 Specifications
59. Data Rate select and edit as necessary OR Move to Transp Symb Rate select and edit as necessary www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 33 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 10 Move to Program Number select and edit as necessary Use to use the first Program available 11 Move to Tag Site select and edit as necessary Site 15 is the do not use choice 12 If any changes you wish to keep move to Done and select Check set audio port settings l Ge S sa Mo p Start or return to the LCD Home screen is reached see subsection 2 5 1 Move to Unit Setup same level select that Move to Decoder Setup select that Select the audio output 1 2 or 3 Aux under Decoder Number Move to Decoder Setup select and edit as necessary Set to Follow Tune if the DVB Program assigned in the RF setup is acceptable set to Program to set the DVB Program set to Off if not using that Audio Port Move back up to Decoder Setup then move to Audio Setup select that Select the audio output 1 2 or 3 Aux under Decoder Number Move to Audio Lang Setting select and edit that Use to use the first available audio stream in the Program OK if only one audio Repeat as necessary for multiple audio ouptuts Check set LAN and or WAN Ethernet port settings l L sal s he SE EE Start or return to the LCD Home screen is reached see subsection 2 5 1 Move to Unit Setup same level select that
60. GENER iPump 6420 User s Manual MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory swDloadGroup 193 progListGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 24 M PROG NOT IN PAT ProgNotInPat OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory progListGroup 196 M PAT STATUS patstatus OBJIECT TYEE SYNTAX INTEGER inactive 0 unknown 1 havePAT 2 noPAT 3 lostPAT 4 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory progListGroup 64 POMI GRP PROG INEO andexes I progInfoGroupTable OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX SHOURNCE OF prodlntoGroupEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory spe 4 pemdData 25 J progInfoGroupbntry OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX progInfoGroupkEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory INDEX progInfoGroupIndex progInfoGroupTable 1 ProgLnToGroupEntery 22 SEQUENCE 1 progInfoGroupIndex INTEGER 0 65535 index O main progInfoGroupIndex OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER 0 65535 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 123 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory progInfoGroupEntry 1 M PMT STATUS puutotauus OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER inactive 0 unknown 1 havePMT 2 noPMT 3 LOStPMT 4 badPMT 5 O MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory progInfoGroupEntry 129 pemilnto MODULE L IDENTITY bAST UPDATED 2007103120002 ORGANIZAT
61. Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bid Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili Daisy specs Wegener Forums vie iPump6420 KESEREE PF6f6FSISWSIJAGdiSYSSFVET File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowsShifting S N 284405 Reciever s Local Time 07 20 2009 11 48 25 EDT 9 Al Good File Manager root Name Last Modified Size assets 2009 07 07 13 17 43 Delete recorded 2009 07 07 13 17 43 Delete showshifts 2009 07 07 13 17 34 Delete test 2007 09 04 14 40 26 Delete testcontent 2006 1 1 30 22 53 20 Delete uf 2008 02 19 10 16 12 Delete assetexpires log 2009 07 20 00 05 02 50 6K Delete assetzapper log 2008 10 29 14 36 02 60 8K Delete hello world 2008 07 31 12 07 04 0 1K Delete sqlwatcher log 2008 10 29 14 24 02 96 5K Delete Copyright 2009 by Wegener Communications All rights reserved Software Version 410 Unified Software Version USVV 1 70 ShowShift Software Version 1 10p2 Done Record play screen The Record Play screen allows the user to view the status of a file or playlist play and request others either as temporary inserts or as permanent virtual channels see Section 3 4 Figure 3 10 gives an example www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 53 iPump 6420 User s Manual WEGENER Figure 3 10 Record Play screen web interface iPump Mozilla Firefox File E
62. ION Wegener Communications CONTACT INFO Wegener Communications Customer Service 359 Curie Drive Alpharetta GA 30005 service wegener com http www wegener com DESCRIPTION This MIB contains auxiliary information exported by the common product PCMI framework REVISION 2007103120002 DESCRIPTION V1 01 PCMI Release wegener 5 unitInfoTable OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF unitlInfoEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory DESCRIFTION A table containing PCMI meta information ess d BchiInfo 1 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 124 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual unitlntoEntry OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX unitInfoEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory INDEX unitInfoMember unitInfolndex unitInfoSubIndexOne unitInfoTable 1 unitlInfoEntry SEQUENCE 1 unitInfoMember INTEGER 0 255 unitInfoMember OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER ser ialNo 1 softwareVersion 2 backupSoftwareVersion 3 unitld 4 localControlStatus 5 unitLabel 6 productla 7 internTemp 8 mode 1 Num 9 ac3Support 10 osdDecoderToUse 11 biosVersion 12 cpuType 13 dstObserved 14 localTimezoneOffset 15 featureSupported 16 uswVersion 17 unitPower 18 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory unitInfoEntry 1 unitInfoLastUpdated OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX TimeTicks MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Last update time for this member in
63. L iPump General Status eal iPump Show Definitions a B File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting SM 284415 Reciever s Local Time 07 20 2009 12 07 34 EDT o All Good Show Definitions Recordinq Playing Ten A Show Definition includes all ofthe information needed to record an Episode of a show over the satellite link Below is a list of Show SR idle eet Wl Definitions Shift Definitions New Show Definition Show Name Duration Record Time Record Info Edit Delete 30min_TimingRefTestShow2 0830 1 2 hour 08 30 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 2 amp Y 30min_TimingRefTestShow2 0900 1 2 hour 09 00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 2 amp 3 min TimingRefTestShow2 0930 1 2 hour 09 30 Mon Tue Med Thu En Program 3 Audio AD1 2 30min_TimingReffestShow2 1000 1 2 hour 10 00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 A amp 30min_TimingReflestShow2 1030 1 2 hour 10 30 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 3 min TimingRefTestShow2 1100 1 2 hour 11 00 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 2 amp 3 min TimingRefTestShow2 1130 1 2 hour 11 30 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD 2 QO 30min_ TimingRefTestShow2 1200 1 2 hour 12 00 Mon Tue Med Thu Pn Program 3 Audio AD1 3 min TimingRefTestShow2 1230 1 2 hour 12 30 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Program 3 Audio AD1 2 8 30min_TimingRefTestShow2 1300 1 2
64. MPEG program stream and stored to the 16420 HDD as an mpg file The files are recorded at the stream rates as they appear in the incoming Transport The resulting recorded files are stored into u user recorded directory For SMB placement the user must access the 16420 over a network at the LAN port as f it were a Windows share location giving Windows the LAN ip address format in the Windows Explorer address bar where LAN ip address is the IP address of the LAN port Then the user may PUT the file to the desired location under u user Meanwhile for FTP placement the user again access the 16420 at the LAN port When accessing from text based FTP programs the 16420 supplies the user an anonymous FTP login Then the user may PUT the file to the desired location under u user However they are placed about 15 minutes or less after placing files on the iPump6420 the file management database should have located the file established playability and made them available for selection in the web File Manager and Playlist Builder VIeWs Putting the files to u user assets is preferred The relevant indicators are l RECORD LED on during file recordings The relevant user controls are FTP access on off SMB access on off Content access on off Allows access to modify or delete files through web or SMB Start file recording by Program Audio LD for a specified time duration to a specified file path and name 5 Abort file recording
65. PEL DATA STATUS compelDataStatus OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER inactive 0 unknown 1 haveCompel 2 noCompel 3 noContainer 4 lostContainer 5 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory netconGroup 64 alarmsWarningsGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 11 M NUM ALARMS numAlarms OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 121 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual alarmsWarningsGroup 32 M NUM WARNINGS numWarnings OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory alarmsWarningsGroup 33 storageInfoGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 15 M DISK USAGE GT J0 diskUsageGt90 OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory storageInfoGroup 192 M DISK FAILURE diskFailure OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory storageInfoGroup 193 descramGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 18 M AUTHORISED STATUS authorizedStatus OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER notEncrypted 0 authorized 1 notAuthorized 2 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory descramGroup 14 swDloadGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pcmiData 19 M REVERTED TO BACKUP revertedToBackup OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER false 0 true 1 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 122 WE
66. RELAYS 1 pm numbered 2 1 to 2 w ER aang waska 1 me ER ata ua 0 LA TxD datainpt SSS po 4 DTR ntcomeced GND po SR internally pulled to 5V LL 7 RTS mtcometed 0 po 8 CTS internally pulled to 5V RI internally pulled to 5V with weak current M Waw 2 9 pin D female api L Hames RRBS 000007 as RBDS 1 numbering me RJ 11 phone Jack Standard analog telco phone line an 9 pin D female jack AES3 dig audio port 1 ll AES dig audio port 2 LA AES3digaudiospare Ground L de x O 6 AES3diaudopotl x 7 AES3digaudopot2 7 po 8 AES3digaudospae oo O CT s L C E ll www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 30 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Connector Pin Signal Description Designation Options shown in red USB USB type A jack Universal Serial Bus host end 115 230 VAC Std IEC receptacle P AC Line In On Front Panel El 2 4 Establishing Compel Network Control After racking and cabling your iPump6420 it is now time to bring it up on the satellite carrier if applicable or get it connected to the internet if applicable such that full Compel network control may be implemented This will allow your Pump 6420 to fully participate in the rich feature set of WEGENER s MediaPlan based Store Forward system In many cases your unit was already pre set at th
67. Rev B Chapter 1 Page 22 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Chapter 2 INSTALLATION This chapter provides instructions on unpacking mounting and connecting the iPump 6420 as well as providing connector information including detailed pinouts Table of Contents 21 Nnp ckine and InspOctIoll ke 24 22 Location and Mounting u u uu euren 24 Figure 2 1 Proper rack installation for iPump6420 25 23 OA u cases cae 26 2ed Pump 6420 Rear Panel Connections au 26 2 3 2 iPump6420 Connector Details seen 21 Figure 2 2 1Pump 0420 Rear Panel View ee 27 Table 2 1 iPump6420 External Connector Information 27 2 4 Establishing Compel Network Control 31 2 4 1 Goto Local W eb OO ee ee 32 24 2 Setup through the Front Panel 33 Check Se ENE LO ee een 33 Check SeE REP ini p Gli nee tre UN SIME IU IUE 33 Aids E S uiceoeccetuie eneived ets birit REPE E D ved EI de 34 Check set LAN and or WAN Ethernet port settings seen 34 Check set Terminal port settings ne a 34 2 9 Uon Indic dU Soie aera D u eines 35 2 9 1 Pront panel LED Home Seren nannte 35 Figure 2 3 10420 Home Screen c
68. WW WEBENET COM Decoder Number n n 1 2 OR 3 Decoder Setting Select Decoder Number n n 1 2 OR 3 Audio Lang Setting if Availlable Audio Routing 800070 01 Rev B Table 3 1 16420 Front panel Menus Second Level Fourth Level OFF PROGRAM FOLLOW TUNE LAN UNICAST SAT MULTICAST LAN MULTICAST lt Availlabel Lang list gt Stereo Left on Both Right on Both Reverse Stereo Chapter 3 Page 62 Fifth Level Program Number Port Number ACTIVATE lt Yes No gt MULTICAST Addr Port Number ACTIVATE lt Yes No gt MULTICAST Addr Port Number ACTIVATE lt Yes No gt WEGENER Main Level Second Level IP Setup HTTP Proxy Setup Transport In Setup WWW WEBENET COM Third Level Attenuation Level Headroom Level LAN IP Settings WAN IP Settings HTTP Proxy Enable Mode Transport In Status lt gt Current Channel LNB Setup LNB DC Power If 800070 01 Rev B iPump 6420 User s Manual Fourth Level 0 20 0 20 Lan Addressing Mode lt STATIC gt Lan Addressing Mode lt DHCP gt Wan Addressing Mode lt STATIC gt Wan Addressing Mode lt DHCP gt DISABLE ENABLE Select Preset Symbol Format lt QPSK gt FEC Ratio lt 1 2 2 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 gt Download Frequency Transport Data Rate Transport Symbol Rate Program Number Tag Site Done LNB Type lt LOCAL OSC UNIVERSAL gt LO type If Type LOCAL OSC LO C
69. _FredM_Liner mp3 JassetsAnserts 65_FredM_Liner mp3 Ser A Loading 80 more events Copyright 2009 by Wegener Communications All rights reserved Software Version 42041 Unified Software Version USW 1 71a1 800070 01 Rev B Parameters Source Result Code Source Result Code Source Result Code Source Resuit Code Playlist Loop Count Playlist Style Playlist Loop Count Playlist Style Source Result Code Source Resuit Code Items Per Page 16 Enable AutoUpdate Exportto CSV Completed Completed Completed Completed 1 Play n Times 1 Play n Times Completed Completed ShowShift Software Version 1 10p2 AsRun Logs Operational Logs Chapter 3 Page 58 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 I5 Ops Logs screen web interface iPump Operational Logs Mozilla Firefox Eile Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help a http 172 17 194 15 oplog 7 Ir 28 La Most Visited fj Getting Started 3 Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog w USW Bld Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili Daisy specs Wegener Forums Vie L iPump General Status EI Pump AsRun Logs EI iPump Operational Logs a iPump6420 Protessional Audio Serve File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting SN 284415 Reciever s Local Time 07 20 2009 12
70. a directory as file insert requests using this keyword are made If there is more than one playable file in the directory then no file is repeated through repeated requests This continues for all file plays called for a particular Decoder port until the unit resets So the remembered state is Last file played applicable Decoder and the type of call from discrete file play a file spec in a std playlist or file spec in a LOA playlist used for ShowShifting or Time Zone Delay see sections 3 7 2 amp 3 7 3 3 SEQUENTIAL This keyword means that all files in a directory are each played once without any repeats in alphanumeric order as file insert requests using this keyword are made When all files have played then it repeats in the same order This continues for all file plays called for a particular Decoder port until the unit resets or the directory has files added or removed So the remembered state 1s Alphanumeric file list current position n list applicable Decoder and the type of call from discrete file play a file spec in a std playlist or file spec in a LOA playlist used for ShowShifting or Time Zone Delay see sections 3 7 2 amp 3 7 3 As files are added or deleted from the target folders the behavior of the unit is this As files are added then the new files are picked up each time SHUFFLE or SEQUENTIAL finishes the current file list and starts again As files are deleted the keywords would skip tho
71. a non volatile operation and if the unit reboots that audio decoder port will resume on the permanent live satellite audio feed The temporary playlist insert aborts not only after resets but also after any change to a Decoder permanent setting or by special Abort command The alternative to the temporary playlist insertion 1s to permanently assign an 16420 Audio Decoder port to be a virtual channel This is a permanent non volatile setting It is done by assigning a playlist to play under the rule Loop Forever Under this assignment the audio output from that Decoder will play one file after another until the playlist is complete then repeat from the top This repeats endlessly even through unit reboots as long as power is applied It only stops when the Decoder receives a command to go to another permanent setting e g play live audio from the incoming Transport if available Playlists are often built in the Compel MediaPlan system and either 1 downloaded to the field iPump6420Ss as discrete playlistname xml files into the u user system playlists folder or 2 built on the 16420 using Compel playlist build commands The local user through the web Playlist tab may also build edit and delete playlists Note that the names of playlists are allowed to contain whitespace Logging All temporary playlist plays are logged to the As run Log Relevant indicators are 1 PLAYBACK LED on during play of playlist audio whether te
72. ace are listed 1 Set the system MIB values of sysName and sysLocation via SNMP 2 Allow or disallow HTTP web access Set by Compel or the factory 3 Set the Community String Set at the factory hr PIO Inputs The local PIO inputs 1 to 7 may be assigned to Compel Triggers unfortunately numbered 0 to 6 To assign Triggers see the discussion on Triggers above in Section 3 1 1 To view the settings see the Scheduled Events local web page Figure 3 11 3 1 8 Automatic Restoral of Audio Loss of Signal After loss of a valid MPEG Transport or more precisely when an 16420 audio port loses its audio stream the unit can supply the end listener some relief from the silence that will appear If the loss is continuous for a user set interval then a specific user created playlist always with the standard name LOS will start to play on that audio port If the LOS playlist does not exist then no Loss of Signal restoral will be attempted Of course if the entire Transport is lost then all audio ports whose assignments were not OFF will play LOS The LOS playlist will play to completion and then repeat indefinitely for all applicable audio ports until the expected audio streams are restored the audio assignments changed or the unit is reset The user controls affecting the Loss of Signal feature are listed 1 LOS timeout Set at the factory Auto Recovery Modes After the iPump6420 unit loses its source of MPEG Transport from
73. adband IP connection Because HTTP is used most 16420s should have little problems with corporate firewalls at affiliates sites With the Return Path tool several other functions are possible The function that assures that the satellite bandwidth intensive process of MPE IP file download is working efficiently is called Asset Healing In this function the uplink control system maintains a database showing what each Compel address either individual 16420s or groups of such should have in it s own file repository Xml files showing the expected list 1s then sent to that 16420 or group of 16420s The 16420s in turn delete local files no longer required and request through Return Path any files that are still missing The uplink control system then re orders the missing files maintaining synchronism between the files as captured in the Compel MediaPlan subsystem and the files resident on each edge 16420 Two functions allow the customer to audit the radio networks to ensure that the local spots have properly played for audit and billing purposes Through Return Path the Compel control system requests returned reports showing spot as run logs for the edge 16420s From this information specific reports may be prepared for the customer comparing the original scheduled spot play requests against the returned logs Additionally iPump6420 features an two on board AM FM tuners These can be used to provide true Off Air Reporting OAR Whe
74. addressing this concern Reliable Earthing Reliable earthing of rack mounted equipment should be maintained Particular attention should be given to supply connections other than direct connections to the branch circuit use of power strips chassis ground lugs etc WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 24 WEGENER Rack Installation iPump 6420 User s Manual The iPump 6420 is sized at 1 RU and should be mounted in an ElA standard 19 inch wide equipment rack After mounting maintain a clean dry environment for the unit 1 First install angle brackets or cross supports capable of supporting both the unit and its connecting cables Screw or bolt the supports securely to the equipment rack NOTE Use of rack supports with cutouts on the sides that allow air circulation are also permitted Wegener P N 26429 07 26429 08 2 Place the iPump 6420 on its supports and use four anchor screws or bolts and nuts to secure the unit s front brackets to the rack 3 Do not block any of the ventilation or fan opening on the front side or rear of the unit Support arrangements that do not allow adequate air flow or that block the openings on front side and rear vents may result in overheating and damage to the iPump 6420 4 The front brackets must be secured to the rack If front brackets are left unsecured the unit may shift forward and fall from the rack during installation or operation Failure to secure the front brackets
75. affiliates was only possible with some cooperation between the central managing authority and the local operators The central network could deliver closure or DTMF pulses in the satellite control or media streams signaling avails to the local affiliates At those avail points the local affiliates could use their own ad insertion equipment to switch in local programming with minimal conflict The WEGENER Store Forward S F solution for satellite based radio networks provides localization by borrowing and storing bandwidth ahead of its use Media content 1s delivered in spare bandwidth not needed for the linear network mission to the edge receivers This content may be unique for each of the edge receivers where it is stored for later and repeated use Then using the indirection of playlists the central control system can signal for the local content to be inserted in the programming stream at the proper avail points WEGENER s S F solution for radio networks uses the WEGENER COMPEL MediaPlan control system in tandem with WEGENER iPump6420 Audio Servers This equipment along with other components is shown in a typical radio network application in Figure 1 1 This figure shows the three key components of the application 1 The real time linear media streaming sub system 2 the non real time portion of the S F sub system and 3 the real time portion of the S F sub system Each of these may now be introduced The real ti
76. al airing of the spot such as failures in the local radio station equipment To get OAR capability the system must be setup for Compel Return Path see Section 3 1 2 Meanwhile the 16420s must come equipped with the onboard AM FM tuners and be authorized for the mp3 audio codec see Section 3 7 4 The AM FM tuners installed must be specified to work in the common commercial bands in use where the 16420s will be deployed In the US this would be the well known 520 1720 kHz AM band and the 88 109 MHz FM band This is the standard package shipped 1f ordering 16420s with AM FM tuners But several world wide bands may optionally be supported as well see spec in Section 1 4 If any questions please contact your WEGENER Sales Dept for assistance To avoid confusion the local user should observe that the AM FM ports 1 and 2 should remain physically associated with the 16420 Audio Decoder port numbers 1 and 2 respectively That way audio captured off the air on AM FM tuner 2 should be the same signal as output on Audio 2 and thence sent to the local radio transmission system WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 86 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Sols AM FM tuner setup Compel or the local user may setup the AM FM tuners The setup consists of programming the desired band and frequency Once an external antenna connection has been provided a user may use either the local user web or front panel interface in order to
77. always begins after Microcasting is permanently assigned started on a Decoder Once started it also re initializes 1 5 minutes before midnight per local timezone rules or 2 after unit reboot At all those times the unit looks for a file named YYYY MM DD n seq in the u user sysconfig sequences directory where the first part is the date code and n 1s the Decoder port number assigned to do Microcasting If found then the unit begins processing the file executing the instructions therein If not found then the unit looks in the same directory for another file named default n seq If that is found where n matches then the 16420 proceeds to use that file for its daily schedule If neither file is found that Decoder remains silent until the next opportunity for re initialization Note that there is a soft link to another location under u user assets so that sequence files may be downloaded and managed in the same fashion as other assets Note that if content Is missing from the 16420 at the time the running schedule calls for it to play then the unit will do its best good faith effort to skip that content and continue running WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 93 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual normally What this means in practice is that operations will be moved up in time until the next hard time marker at which time the unit should return to normal operations To monttor a Microcasting se
78. ame Play Time Playback Info Edit Delete 09 20am Shift 09 20am Show 09 25 Wed Tue Thu Mon E Decoder 1 8 09 30am Shift 09 30am Show 09 35 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fr Decoder 1 8 09_40am Shift 09_40am Show 09 45 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fri Decoder 1 09 50am Shift 09 50am Show 09 55 Wed Tue Thu Mon En Decoder 1 10_ 10 Shift 10_ 10am Show 10 15 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fri Decoder 1 3 10_20 Shift 10_20am Show 10 25 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fri Decoder 1 2 38 10_30am Shift 10_30am Show 10 35 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fri Decoder 1 2 8 10 40am Shift 10 40am Show 10 45 Wed Tue Thu Fri Mon Decoder 1 2 8 10 50am Shift 10 50am Show 10 55 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fri Decoder 1 2 10am Shift 10am Show 10 05 Wed Tue Thu Mon Er Decoder 1 8 11 10am Shift 11 10am Show 11 15 Wed Tue Thu Fri Mon Decoder 1 11_20am Shift 11_20am Show 11 25 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fri Decoder 1 2 8 11 30am Shift 11 30am Show 11 35 Wed Tue Thu Mon Fri Decoder 1 2 38 11_40am Shift 11_40am Show 11 45 Wed Tue Thu Fri Mon Decoder 1 2 8 E Copyright 2009 by Wegener Communications All rights reserved Software Version 430p1 Unified Software Version USW 1 80p1 ShowShift Software Version 1 20p1 Done 3 7 3 Time Zone Delay The new premium Time Zone Delay TZD feature allows network operators to save satellite bandwidth by only having to transmit the feed for the easternmost time zone in his coverage area With Time Zone Delay iPump6420s in the t
79. ames and the compressed data is passed to a software codec In the 16420 an award winning industry standard audio codec is used The resulting linear data is passed to an output buffer to prepare for further processing At this point the linear audio samples are output by the codec at the sample rate used within the uplink compression system The 16420 however does not use the PCR or PTS timing signals normally conveyed in DVB MPEG Transport streams Instead the output timing is set by a fixed oscillator in the 16420 Now this would normally cause the buffer capturing the data from the codec to eventually over or under flow since the uplink is creating and the 16420 audio output consuming the audio samples at different rates So the 16420 maintains a fairly constant buffer by dropping or repeating samples This is done with an innovative algorithm which seeks out periods of low complexity audio either quiet moments or simple tones Then samples are dropped and added In groups which neatly match the cycle period Thus samples are dropped or repeated less often and when it is done it is hidden in such a way as to render it inaudible to even professional listeners After this step the audio data stream must be passed to an audio mixer where it may be summed with the outputs of codec stages which have processed audio files The mixer must output the audio samples at a user set sample rate so it requires all its inputs to be the same rate The
80. an advanced user and can get a serial text terminal on the SERIAL M amp C port then set it ON using the debug netsrvs http on command It is beyond this Manual scope to inform how to get debug access 4 2 10 Failure to get Return Path reports 1 2 If requested from Compel are you sure you are getting Compel Check COMPEL LED Is ON Check that you can address the 16420 from Compel by sending some other command such as a grouping command Verify COMPEL LED flashes When Compel requests the Return Path Status report does the COMPEL LED flash If not the 16420 still never received the command There may be a Compel CSM problem Can you manually send a Return Path report by requesting using the rpath sendrpt 0 terminal command This will send a Status report to the CSM function in Compel Have the uplink personnel check for the incoming Status report see Figure 3 1 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 4 Page 105 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 4 5 Can Compel order and receive Return Path Status reports from any other 16420s If not then the problem may be in the uplink control system or its IP setup Can a browser running on a PC on the same network with the 16420 reach an internet HTTP server such as www wegener com or if no DNS reach IP address 63 246 5 127 If not there 1s either no connectivity or no connectivity on the HTTP port 80 from your site back to the internet In this case consult
81. as been accepted and executed the 1Pump6420 will move the OAR files that were sent to a hidden folder u user system oar to be deleted All files therein are watched by another internal maintenance process When their age exceeds the automatic deletion time then they are quietly deleted The relevant user controls are l OAR Return Path request 2 OAR file auto deletion time In days 3 OAR file auto deletion time of day 3 6 Miscellaneous Functions 3 6 1 Application Management The Linux OS and the linux application that implements the Local Controller per Figure 1 3 both have their code stored in a flash memory card The code is stored there rather than the hard drive HDD so that the unit will function albeit as a more limited IRD in the event that the unit s HDD fails Storage of the application software is done in two redundant locations This allows the network operator some measure of security when trying to control many remote field iPump6420s especially when local users are unable to unwilling to or restricted from assisting in the proper management of the unit Redundant Application Images Normally the unit holds two versions of the application code and one is specified to be the commanded application At unit reboot a boot loader function evaluates the non volatile instructions specifying which application to load and the stored flags indicating the status of those application images If an application
82. ay be from any source whether the unit is reboot the satellite carrier fades out uplink failure or any other event that prevents valid MPEG audio from being available to the record process Called LOA only to differentiate from the already used LOS The limits on ShowShift capabilities are as follows Even while all three Decoders ports may be busy playing live audio or playing back shifted Showshift episodes or playing other file audio the 16420 may support two simultaneous Showshift episode recordings This restriction should be enforced in the user web interface but if an expected Show episode fails to record the user should check for conflicts Note that a showshift playback 1s considered permanent while it is in progress If the unit should reboot during a showshift playback then playback resumes if not completed But because Showshifting depends on the Local Scheduler the unit must be up and running at the show episode record start time and at the shift playback start time If either 1s missed the episode may not record or it may not play back When Showshift episode playback finally does end on a Decoder then that Decoder resumes its normal permanent activities If any Compel commands arrive during playback that are Associated with the audio stream which is the normal permanent setting for that Decoder then these are discarded if no other recording is taking place Compel commands directed to the unit itself are always obe
83. blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bld Mgr betas iPump6420 j 4434442 1 professional Audio Server File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowsShifting S N 284405 Reciewer s Local Time 07 18 2009 13 09 20 EDT 2 AI Good System Parameters A P eter Inf The parameters on this page are more than likely NOT found on any ne of the other web pages Automation Decoder 1 Unit Information Automation Decoder2 Audio Only Mode Allowed 1 Local Control Level 1 RF Tuner Information LNB ASTRA support Return Path Alarm Dialout Time 60 Modern Connection Timeout Modem Dial Attempts 5 LS Modem Seconds Between Attempts 30 PPP Connection Linger Time 15 Assured File Delivery Seconds to wait for Control Packet 50 Seconds to wait for missed packet resends 300 COMPEL amp CA Information CA PID Ox 1028 COMPEL Locked COMPEL PID Ox 1026 COMPEL Required COMPEL Shared D COMPEL TimeZone merica New York Done Setup screens This s a set of screens that allow the user to check and make changes to basic unit settings The top 3 choices are the Audio Decoder Port setup screens Figure 3 4 gives an example of one www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 47 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 4 Audio Decoder setup screen web interface iPump Mozilla Firefox File Edit Yiew History Bookmarks Tools Help a C X http 172 17
84. cal radio stations any number of times with no start time necessarily occurring at the original satellite air time This not just a simple recording and re play of the live audio feed but a capture and replay of every component of the show The audio track and associated Compel commands for local file or playlist plays cueing relay closures and RBDS strings To make use of ShowShifting the user must use a few simple concepts A Show s defined as live audio programming that is available on the same Transport Program number and within that Program the same audio stream indentified by Language Descriptor LD at the same start time and duration each day for one or more specified days of the week A show episode is one single day s airing of that Show A shift or Showshift of a show episode is an instance where an episode is recorded and then played back on one of the Decoders ports at some later time lasting for the same duration The only restriction on the time for playback is that it must start after but less than one full week after the original recording of the episode Note that a shift definition may define shifts of one or more episodes but all must be from the same Show Note that these show definitions understood correctly provide much flexibility on re airing all or portions of syndicated shows For instance a Show could be defined as the air ing of Clark Howard on the satellite on Program 2 Audio LD 204 M F
85. ceiving storing media files conditions and one or more latched Alarms downloaded over IP either under MPE within which is implied since any current Alarm Transport or thru WAN port must also be latched e OFF if no current download operations from e OFF with RED blink if no current Alarm but the specified locations un cleared latched past Alarms e OFF otherwise www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 36 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Chapter 3 OPERATION This chapter provides information on the operation and functions of the Pump 6420 Table of Contents Su Monitor E ic AAA EE EIOS CE dPs ao iR ua UN RIP EIE 0E 40 3 1 1 90 1 40 In channel Compel Control 40 Intertet debvered Compel C ODIO ea 42 PA A E MSN E 43 bysso E o NON 43 312 J ill l ee ee ee 44 Pbysical Delivery Methods EE 44 Report Kn 44 Figure 3 1 Typical Status report screen at uplink control system 45 3 1 3 Local Deere u ss 45 Home Status e AAPP iesu tuit PosttR rs re cO UM arri PN 45 Figure 3 2 Typical Home Status screen web interface 46 Figure 3 3 Parameter info screen web interface 47 DOBID IO E 47 Figure 3 4 Audio Decoder setup screen
86. clude many factory and user settings The full set of parameters can be stored downloaded and re loaded This allows duplication of unit settings in production and service To facilitate testing of the product tools are provided to save off and restore the complete set of non volatile settings This can be done from or two any of three different storage locations n addition to the current operating storage position so there are four total The production default is that used to do standardized tests In production and service The customer default is the ship configuration requested for all the 16420s ordered for a particular network by the customer A backup position is where the current settings might be temporarily stored Relevant user controls 1 Store current NV settings to backup 2 Store current NV setting as Production default 3 Store current NV setting as customer default 4 Restore current NV setting from backup Production or customer default positions 3 6 3 Logging The iPump6420 is constantly logging many different types of events to non volatile storage on the hard drive HDD The amount logged can vary considerably based on the current log levels Most of these logs are only useful to advanced users with debugging access No other information is supplied in this publicly accessible Manual about these logs If you are an advanced user and you have questions please contact WEGENER Customer Service for
87. cord Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowsShifting SM 284415 Reciever s Local Time 07 20 2009 12 09 46 EDT 9 All Good gt Event 97143 97142 97141 97139 97140 97138 97135 97132 97131 97130 97124 97123 97122 97121 97120 97119 Done d Logged 07 20 2009 12 08 52 510 07 20 2009 12 08 52 490 07 20 2008 12 08 22 970 07 20 2008 12 08 22 950 07 20 2008 12 08 22 950 07 20 2008 12 08 22 940 07 20 2008 12 07 53 510 07 20 2009 12 07 53 420 07 20 2009 12 07 53 020 07 20 2009 12 07 52 990 07 20 2009 11 59 25 690 07 20 2009 11 59 19 960 07 20 2009 11 59 19 150 07 20 2009 11 58 25 750 07 20 2009 11 58 19 950 07 20 2009 11 58 19 140 Process End of File Play End of File Play Play a File End of File Play Play a File End of File Play Play a File Play a File Command to Play Playlist Command to Play Playlist End of File Play Play a File Command to Play File End of File Play Play a File Command to Play File WWW WEgENET com AsRun Logs Decoder File or Playlist assets JonesComm_mp2 ELVISOLDIES mp2 assets JonesComm_mp2 ELVISOLDIES mp2 assets JonesComm_mp2 EL ISOLDIES mp2 assets 1023 mp2 assets JonesComm mp2 ELVISOLDIES mp2 assets t 023 mp2 assets 023 mp2 assets 1023 mp2 EX Ks ne E A 1 two30secspots 2 two30secspots assetsAnserts 6S_FredM_Liner mp3 assetsAnserts 6S_FredM_Liner mp3 JassetsAnserts 6S_FredM_Liner mp3 assetsnserts 6S_FredM_Liner mp3 assetsAnserts 6S
88. created Compel defines new Return Path reports that allows those definitions to be returned to the uplink for diagnostics and audits Operation In operation the Showshift episode recordings always create two files An MPEG audio mp2 file for the recorded audio track and a text evt file for the Events file These are both WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 96 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual stored to the u user showshifts directory In the Events file all Compel commands which were associated with the audio stream while being recorded are themselves recorded These are stored with precise timestamps indicating the exact time the command is to be executed relative to the beginning of the episode For instance if a Associated Audio Compel command to play a playlist is encountered and if the playlist and its referenced files exist then a playlist insert is done in the live audio track This is done during the playback just as 1s done in normal operation if receiving the original live satellite broadcast In addition for every audio outage seen in the audio stream during recording an Event 1s listed showing the start and duration of the outage The significance of this on playback 1s this For short outages the Decoder will output silence For outages exceeding a threshold LOS threshold the Decoder will after a delay LOS delay play audio from a playlist named LOA Note that the audio outages m
89. dds files then posts the correct address file to the asset The Asset Healing function running late at night then does the work of downloading files automatically WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 77 iPump 6420 User s Manual ion t ing n opera Asset Heal Figure 3 16 l Buys x3 pu B 7 all Jux ejepejeul z JO UOISISA SnolA 1d uieJeu pardos s WX eJepejJsw pue pajeaJo SI H ueuj dund pessejppe Aue uo jsixe s op 1 ploj jesse J JLON suopun AANVFID 39VHOLS Y INHIHNOO MSINIAQ Ue Bul le H Jessy H3N39 Wd S0 S 6002 12 2 NY paajoAu sda s ayy Buipuejsuepun 0 JUBA UII SI SIU Sol pezuoujneun y Bunejep Jo sseooJd ay o paj9auuos 1ou SI p peojumop 1 soi BureB Jo sseooud ay eouis mg y pue CH sda s Jaye au ur unooo AE jou seop umoys CH da s jeu JON ydos Chapter 3 Page 78 800070 01 Rev B 22 WEGENER i i mm IB9 eduioo wodw ayy Aq pejpueu si sduungi jus WEE J VYOLS eu 1u us lduui dung euj sjsenbeJ yolym sf raso y TE P s 0 ofl JX ejepe 9uJ f UO 9Je o yey UIUJIM papn 9u aj Jul eue N SSV SUL WSO UU p lno x aq 0 sd ls Z jux ejepejou z y s weu duingi ay uop uayM jux ejepejeui ay ui pjoeds sseuJppe
90. der 1 Play To Decoder 2 Play To Decoder 3 Profile 0 LANIP Unicast UDP LANIP Multicast Port Schedule Record Done Scheduled Events screen The Scheduled Events screen shows the status of all current scheduled events in the Local Scheduler These are divided up into Play events file or playlist inserts Record events file recordings from audio streams m Transport and Miscellaneous events requests to deleted schedule entries permanent audio switches etc Note that Triggered events will be listed under Play events Figure 3 11 gives an example www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 54 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 11 Scheduled Events screen web interface iPump Mozilla Firefox mI File Edit view History Bookmarks Tools Help es G x c A http 7172 17 191 70 cgi bin ipump xcgi menu schedule V gt amp AIM Search Most Visited gt Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bld Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili gt Daisy specs Wegener Forums vie co iPump6420 4424447 professional Audio Server File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder Show Shifting S N 284170 Recievers Local Time 07 20 2009 15 57 19 GMT A All Good Scheduled Events This page contains a list of a
91. dex entry unitInfoEntry 4 unit Intocmdsource OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER unknown 1 compel 2 terminal 3 frontPanel 4 osd 5 recovery 6 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 125 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Source of the last update re 4 nibctlonfoEntry S Jj settingsInfoTable OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX SEQUENCE OF settingsInfoEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION A table containing PCMI meta information J Dem lnfo 3 Jj settingsInfoEntry OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX settingsInfoEntry MAX ACCESS not accessible STATUS mandatory INDEX settingsInfoMember settingsInfoIndex settingsInfoSubIndexOne settingsInfoTable 1 settingsInfoEntry SEQUENCE settingsInfoMember INTEGER 0 255 settingsInfoIndex INTEGER 0 65535 settingsInfoMember OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER symbolFormat 1 inputNumber 2 carrierFrequency 3 dataRate 4 fecRate 5 tagSite 6 programNumber 7 label 8 valid 9 settingsLastUpdate 10 polarization 13 symbolRate 14 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory er 4 SettingsInfoBntry 1 settingsInfoIndex OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER 0 65555 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 126 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsInfoEntry 2 settingsInfoLastUpdated OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX T
92. dit View History Bookmarks Tools Help eh A D http 172 17 194 5 cgi bin ipump xcgi menu recplay LA Most Visited Getting Started D Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bid Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili Zo Daisy specs Wegener Forums Vie iPump6420 Professional Audio Server v de AIM search File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting S N 284405 Reciever s Local Time 07 20 2009 11 51 04 EDT All Good Decoder Status File Playback Decoder 1 Playing Live Program 501 222 Play a Playlist Select a Playlist v O O Loop Forever Filename Continuous Record O Length of Recording H M S deci secs Play a file o loo too o Loop on Last Loop N Times Decoder 2 Playing Live Program 501 102 Decoder 3 Playing Live Program 501 101 Recorder Status Recorder 1 Stopped Directory assets Previous Directory 1970 1971 30s Local Spots 72 75 Classical MPEG Single Audio All Audio s 501 101 M v Program 501 MPEG Under IP O SATIP Multicast Multicast AssetTest3 Recorder 2 Stopped Note All ShowShift record and play status can be found on the Show Shift tab Chorus Christian Address Christmas Classical v Schedule Playback Play To Deco
93. e lone children of a parent Menu screen This type of screen displays a specific parameter associated with a command group that CAN be edited if the correct authority has been established The initial value displayed is always the current unit setting This is the only type of screen that can enter the EDIT mode A PARAMETER screen will contain a field that can be different types alpha numeric or list select There will be no carries or borrows when wrapping on a numeric field e to go from 0999 to 1000 4 digits have to be edited Screens of this type have no children so they are leaf nodes WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 60 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Push Button Definitions The push buttons react differently based on what mode the user is in and what screen type 1s currently being displayed The following table describes this interaction Note that this 1s a general guideline Exceptions will be noted in the individual IRD specifications LCD Mode Push LCD Screen Function Button Type VIEW ENTER Go to next lower level and display the first screen on that level N A PARAMETER Enter EDIT mode and set cursor on first digit if alpha numeric or blink entire field if field type is list select EDIT mode is only entered if the user has the authorization to edit the parameter ESCAPE All Go to previous higher level and display the current screen OR display the first screen at the current level if
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95. e factory per the instructions from your network provider and require no setup operations by the local user In that case see Section 2 5 Unit Indications to confirm unit operation If however your unit is not fully configured for your site then continue reading To start check with your network operator to find out how your iPump6420 will be controlled Typical satellite networks require network control over the satellite channel However special Microcasting sites will pull their network control commands and media file downloads solely over the internet After you have decided how you need to get network control then you need to configure or check configuration of your 16420 unit If you are going to use local web control then you are going to need to network a working computer with approved web browser See Specifications Chapter 1 to your 16420 and then from the Front Panel set the 16420 s LAN IP address Subsection 2 4 1 covers this issue If you are not using web control to setup the 16420 but need to do some configuration through the Front Panel user interface then see subsection 2 4 2 WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 31 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 2 4 1 Getting Local Web Control The user web interface is the preferred method of local control If it has been enabled at the factory then this subsection should allow you to properly setup and verify Even if enabled you probably may need to setup
96. e front Continuous fan cooling WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 17 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Use JL Indoor only Heat dissipation 48 watts typical with full LNB DC load Us Operating Temperature 10 C to 40 C 50 F to 104 F Unit gives warning indication for over temperature conditions Storage Temperature 20 C to 70 C 4 F to 158 F To 93 non condensing Up to 10 000 ft 3048 m Agency Approvals UL UL 60950 1 2003 First Edition CSA C22 2 No 60950 1 03 1st Ed April 1 2003 FC CE EN60950 1 02 EN55022 EN55024 98 A2 03 tested per EN61000 4 2 95 4 3 02 4 4 95 4 5 95 4 6 96 and 4 e C EN55022 EN61000 3 2 EN61000 3 3 and FCC Part 15 Subpart B Rules and regulations Class A www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 18 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 1 5 Safety Summary The iPump 6420 is designed for safe use with few special precautions required of the user The following items are basic precautions to use when installing and working with your iPump 6420 Do not open the iPump 6420 chassis cover AVIS RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR CAUTION RISKOF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The iPump 6420 incorporates security labels over some of the screws There are no user serviceable components within the iPump 6420 Tampering with these security labels or opening the unit may void your warranty If you have questions contact Wegener s Custom
97. e sum total of all significant delays in the system to actual insertion of the file audio content This is shown as COMPEL cmd d Insertion delay The difference between the two terms is called the Insertion Timing Error Note that this value is minimized when the sum of NETCON delay and Pump COMPEL cmd delay equals the delay through the uplink MPEG audio compression system The first term can mean the traditional legacy NETCON DELAY command used in Compel macros or it can mean the newer Delay term in the Compel Command Extended Syntax The Pump Compel Cmd Delay is an 16420 setting usually set by the factory but WEGENER can advise customers on how to adjust this in their field 16420s The non hard time system shown is not the only example for using local file insertions In some hard time systems file inserts may be scheduled in the iPump6420 Local Scheduler In these cases 1f an insert is scheduled for a specific time then the file insertion command is executed instantly per the 16420 s real time clock and the only delay to seeing the file audio appearing in the final audio output is the standard 500 mS audio buffer delay Relevant user controls are 1 Compel Cmd Delay setting factory setting 2 NETCON DELAY Compel command OR 3 Compel Extended Syntax command delay www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 81 iPump 6420 User s Manual WEGENER Model iming T le Insertion i iP
98. ed 4 Local Control Re enable timeout 5 Abort Auto Recovery 6 Compel required yes no flag factory setting 3 1 9 Fault Indications The iPump6420 interprets fault conditions as either 1 failures in 16420 operation 2 problems detected in incoming signals or 3 inability to honor command requests Typically fault conditions may be allowed to show as an Alarm a Warning or not to indicate at all Control of this 1s set by a programmable fault indication mask usually set at the factory Fault conditions allowed by the mask to indicate as Alarms will 1 de energize the rear panel Alarm contacts 2 show on the front panel ALARM LED 3 show in local web screens and 4 show on Compel Return Path Status reports Similarly Warning indications will show in the same manner though there is no rear panel closure The Fault Indications will usually show for the length of time that the fault exists In some cases the fault indication 1s transitory In these cases the indication may be lengthened to several seconds or a few minutes to allow user recognition and monitoring In other cases the indication may last until there 1s a successful instance of the same operation that had previously faulted or the unit reboots Appendix 3 gives a complete list of all the Fault conditions The relevant user control is only the debug command to edit the fault indication mask WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 68 WEGENER iPump 6420 Use
99. ed by phone line to a server Quadrature phase shift keying Term usually used to imply the specific carrier protocol modulation and FEC described in DVB specifications and used world wide to convey MPEG Transports over satellites Radio Frequency Often used as a noun to mean any RF signal such as the satellite downlink signal or the IF signal emitted from the antenna LNB A computing program that constantly runs while waiting to deliver and then performing the delivery of services to other programs running on the same or other computers Also used to describe the computer upon which a Server program is running Server message block a protocol for requesting services from and reading and writing to a file server An SMB server can present its files for easy viewing by Windows Explorer Industry standard method for communicating between host computers over IP networks 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 21 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Temporary Setting A volatile setting of the i6420 which is limited in time After this expires the unit returns to a permanent setting Transport The aggregate satellite borne data stream defined by MPEG and DVB Warning An indication of a minor fault or perhaps early warning about an imminent major fault At the point the Warning is displayed it is for user information only and does not mean that a basic i6420 mission may not be fulfilled www wegener com 800070 01
100. en accept files properly transmitted on those channels by the FAZZT server Relevant user controls are 1 Kencast channel assignment 2 Set or edit MPE PID WWW wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 75 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 3 4 HTTP File Delivery over internet An alternate method of file delivery from Compel that does not require a continuous satellite connection is HTTP File Delivery over Internet Here the 16420 is commanded by Compel to request a file download from the Compel server using HTTP messages over IP Ifa path to the server can be found and the file s ready to send then the 16420 may pull packets of file data by HTTP from Compel using the WGET utility Again the first packet delivered is a control packet and any following packets are used to complete the file The file is then checksummed and if OK placed in the designated path under u user building new folders as necessary The relevant user controls are 1 COMPEL server IP address Compel command scheduled over internet or by satellite to request HTTP file download 3 First packet timeout 4 File send timeout 3 38 Other file creation amp delivery mechanisms The remaining mechanisms used to either create or place files on the iPump6420 is File Recording FTP placement or SMB placement File recording 1s a process where an audio stream is designated by Program and Language Descriptor then 1t is converted into an
101. ener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 42 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual process some of the satellite delivered Compel commands would not make sense and are not supplied such as many of the Action commands the Time of Day command and satellite File Download operations For Compel control the unit indications are 1 COMPEL LED some units NETWORK ON if Compel server is responding flashing briefly when personally addressed commands are received The user control interfaces feature the following controls The user with debug access or the factory is the preferred command method 1 Compel internet server IP address 2 Poll time Local Scheduler The Local Scheduler is a database that holds and stores Compel commands each for execution at a pre specified date and time This allows Compel to assure itself that receiver s will all execute a particular function at a specific time regardless of the availability of Compel command stream at that time To distinguish the different missions that sets of Compel command might perform each stored Command has a priority code The user control interfaces feature the following controls Compel is the preferred command method 1 Add schedule line Compel command date time and command priority 2 Delete schedule lines by command priority 3 Delete all schedule lines Triggers Triggers are similar to the Local Scheduler but instead of executing stored Compel
102. ensions 3 16 bit PCM wave files with wav extensions and 4 MPEG I layer 3 files with mp3 extensions if option 1s installed see Section 3 7 4 When a file is requested to play its compressed file data will be passed to the audio codec after a time interval following the command depending on the source If that source is in channel Compel a Command Delay is applied and then decoding begins For all other sources the decoding begins virtually immediately probably less than 50 mS Remembering the model for the 16420 internal functions see Figure 1 3 the decoded linear audio data is then passed to a 500 mS deep buffer creating an automatic 500 mS latency on file plays So the system implementer must keep this in mind to avoid confusion After a Compel file or playlist play command there will be a Compel Command Delay before execution Then after execution begins the old live audio will continue to play for 500 mS before the new file based audio is heard The same applies on exiting the file play and return to the live satellite audio stream For purposes of this discussion it makes no difference whether the file audio is actually compressed audio data or linear PCM wave file data Logging All temporary file plays are logged to the As run Log Relevant indicators are 1 PLAYBACK LED on during play of any file based audio whether temporary or permanent 2 File not found fault indication Relevant user controls are 1 File in
103. er name Sets the PPP user name Command net dhcpupdate Tell devices in DHCP mode to poll for DHCP connection Command net dns primary secondary Sets the primary or secondary dns servers Command net forcedns Force specified dns servers to take precedence over dhcp dns servers Command OAR report Status of Current Active Recording Command port number Select RBDS port RBDS Command Select RBDS DB9 connector sets DataRate Databits Parity Stopbits www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 1 Page 109 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Usage PORT number datarate settings number 1 or 2 for the two RBDS DB9 connectors datarate 1200 2400 9600 settings 7 8 N E O M S 0 1 2 Command PROFILE report Reports all profile definitions Command pw passwd Sets the PPP password Command RBDS report Report RBDS Status Command RD asi Report ASI Diagnostics Command RD ca Conditional Access Command RD rf Report Carrier Acquisition Tracking Diagnostics Command RPATH relay addr Sets the address of the ReturnPath or mail proxy server Command rpath sendrpt report id Sends the specified report to the ReturnPath server See addtional help for id values report id 0 Health amp Status Report default Asset Inventory Report 2 As run Log Report with delete 3 As run Log Report no delete 5 Operational Log Report with delete 6 Operational Log Report no delete 7 Return ShowSh
104. er processing But the analog outputs for each of the three Decoders Ports may also be programmed for a fixed attenuation This will reduce the audio output at clip level from either the factory set 18 or 24 dBm levels in 1 dB steps Levels set by jumpers not programmable Note that all the processing described in this subsection would apply to both the audio output decoded from live satellite audio as well as file based audio either as used in inserts or as permanent virtual channels see Section 3 4 The user controls for each Audio Decoder Port are 1 Mute Off L or R or both 2 Stereo route Normal stereo reverse stereo L to both R to both 3 Analog attenuation 0 to 20 dB in 1 dB steps only local control Sud Delivery of Relay closures The iPump6420 features two banks each of 16 form A relays each of which are assigned to or associated with one of the two main audio Decoders Ports These relays are generally used to deliver cueing closures to local affiliates radio stations signaling the precise time point where local spots may be inserted into the audio feed by downstream ad insertion gear So that the 16420 may support two different local affiliate missions such as two different radio stations one audio and a bank of relays along with an RBDS signal see next may be directed to each To properly enforce this it is best to use Compel Associated Audio commands part of Compel Extended Syntax
105. er Service Department at the address or numbers listed in Chapter 5 Customer Service on page TBD CAUTION As this unit is intended to interface with other electrical electronic systems proper engineering practices must be adhered to during installation and check out All AC power and ground must be installed in accordance with National Electric Code Standards as to conductor size and limitations see NFPA 70 articles 200 280 as amended if required and lightning protection must be provided All RF interconnections must be properly shielded to prevent ingress or egress of potential interfering sources to existing services Any damage to this unit caused by improper wiring interconnections will void any warranty extended WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 19 WEGEN 1 6 Glos AFD Alarm Application ASI Boot Loader Carrier Client Compel Eb No lt Ethernet FEC FTP HTTP www wegener com ER iPump 6420 User s Manual sary of Terms and Abbreviations Assured File Delivery the WEGENER system for file downloads through satellite channels An indication of a serious fault generally expected to prevent the 16420 from fulfilling a basic mission Term used to describe the controlling software that runs on top of an Linux Operating System and that provides most 16420 functionality A physical interface for MPEG Transport streams featuring bit serial transmission on a baseba
106. erate Sets the output audio sample rate for the decoder Command errors type threshold Set alarm threshold type E for Errored Seconds or C for Continuity Errors C is not supported in this release threshold Threshold when to decalre an alarm Command HTTP PROXY addr proxy ip addr Sets displays the HTTP Proxy Address Command HTTP PROXY enabled 0 1 Disables Enables the use of the HTTP proxy info Command HTTP PROXY port proxy port Sets displays the HTTP proxy port Command ifconfig Displays the current ethernet device s configuration Command ipconfig Displays the current ethernet device s configuration Command lan gateway Sets the network gateway for the LAN interface Command lan ip Set the unit s static LAN IP Address Command lan mode Sets the LAN addressing mode DHCP STATIC Command lan setup ip subnet Sets up IP address and subnet mask for the LAN port Command lan subnet Sets the unit s static LAN Subnet Mask Command localtimezone Set or display the local timezone To set Parameter must be a path to an exisitng binary zoneinfo timezone relative to the zoneinfo top level directory Command margin margin offset Set SNR margin offset Usage MARGIN margin offset margin offset Range 1 0 10 5 dB Command MODEM passwd passwd Sets the PPP password Command MODEM phone number Sets the dialout phone number Command MODEM prefix string Sets the dialout phone number prefix Command MODEM us
107. es the value of the current field If numeric and the current value is 0 the value will wrap to 9 if decimal or to OxF if hex If alpha numeric the value will wrap to the last ASCII value when at the first LEFT PARAMETER List Select N A Alpha numeric Moves to the previous digit Wraps to the last digit if currently on the first RIGHT PARAMETER List Select N A Alpha numeric Moves to the next digit Wraps to the first digit if currently on the last www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 61 WEGENER Default LCD Screen No matter where a user may be in the LCD menu hierarchy if no front panel keypress 1s made for more than a factory set time typically 5 minutes and if the screen is not parked then the LCD menu state reverts to the default screen The default screen is always a Top Level screen Typically this is the Home Screen Layout of the Home Screen Is given in Figure 2 3 in Section 2 5 See User Controls Front panel Menu structure iPump 6420 User s Manual Table 3 1 shows the current menu structure for the iPump6420 Front panel interface If local control 1s disabled some of these screens may be hidden Main Level Home Screen Download Screen if applicable Alarm Warning if applicable Request DHCP Update Unit Setup Current Alarms if applicable Third Level Current Warnings if applicable Clear Indications if applicable Decoder Setup Audio Setup W
108. esources and 4 allows standard communication methods to external hosts Local area network An IP Ethernet network to which either the i6420 LAN or WAN ports may be connected Liquid Crystal Display Text display technology for i6420 front panel Low noise block downconverter equipment generally at the antenna that converts the incoming satellite signal to the appropriate frequency for reception by the iPump 6420 Moving Pictures Experts Group Often used to describe a set of specifications based on ISO 13818 x Program Allocation Table A single metadata structure provided in all MPEG Transport streams that show what Programs are available A non volatile setting of the 16420 which has no time limit Packet ID Identifies a specific single data stream within an aggregate MPEG Transport stream Program Map Table A single metadata structure that is provided in MPEG Transport streams one such table per Program Gives information about the media components video audios data etc within the Program In an i6420 an ordered set of playable media files When used the entire set is played or executed in its entirety Under MPEG these are the basic channels under which media is conveyed in MPEG Transports Typically all media services within a Program share a single time base PPP Point to Point Protocol is a protocol for communication between two computers using a serial interface typically a personal computer connect
109. et an RMA number you must give us this information 1 Unit model number see pre printed label usually on the bottom of the unit 2 Unit serial number in running 16420 see front panel Home LCD screen or also see same label displaying model number and 3 Brief description of the problem 2 To help us identify and control returned units plainly write the RMA number on the outside of the product shipping container This will help us return your unit to you as quickly as possible 3 Return the product freight prepaid to the address given below It is best to use the original shipping container to optimally protect the unit If unable to do so then any substitute container must adequately protect the unit WEGENER is not responsible for additional damage to the unit resulting from the use of an unsuitable shipping container Service Department RMA Wegener Communications Inc 359 Curie Drive Alpharetta GA 30005 Note All returned material must be shipped freight prepaid C O D shipments will not be accepted WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 5 Page 108 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Appendix 1 TERMINAL COMMANDS Terminal Command Listing Note this list in process of cleanup Complete Listing of Available Diagterm Commands Command dec 1 audiosamplerate Sets the output audio sample rate for the decoder Command dec 2 audiosamplerate Sets the output audio sample rate for the decoder Command dec 3 audiosampl
110. feeling the same as the live feed n the most eastern zone MP3 Codec In addition to the standard wave PCM only mp2 and mpg files iPump6420 may also support the popular mp3 MPEGI L3 files This is convenient for the extra flexibility in file types for the local spots And it is also required in order to make use of OAR since files must be compressed as mp3 1 3 Functional Description This section is to describe the functional theory of operation of the Pump 6420 The Pump 6420 is basically a Linux based x86 computer with advanced peripheral devices How this hardware works together to fulfill the 16420 s missions is shown in Figure 1 3 The RF input from the satellite antenna LNB is brought In to a DVB receiver subsystem This stage takes the incoming L band carrier demodulates the carrier to FEC encoded data then decodes and de interleaves the FEC data into the original MPEG Transport stream This stage also provides the main Local Controller function with key status information including carrier lock error d second data quality and RF signal level After this the Transport stream is brought In as a serial byte stream to the Linux based application software that runs the Pump 6420 There a software Transport demultiplexer recovers the PSI tables the COMPEL command packets MPE IP data streams and the desired live audio PES streams The PSI tables are used to determine the locations of audio streams finding their Pac
111. gener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 114 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual backupsoftwareVersion OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX Displaystring SIZE 0 255 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory f d UnaeGroup gt 7 M LOCAL CONTROL STATUS Foca lControlstatus OBJECTI TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Local control allows the local user to change unit settings If Local control is not enabled certain unit settings may only be modified by the uplink controls stream Compel unitGroup D M UNIT LABEL unitLabel OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX DisplayString SIZE 0 255 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory f UnIEGCOUp O M INTERN TEMP internTemp OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory sf E unitGroup M MODEL NUM modelNum OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX Displaystreino SIZE 0 299 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory re unicocroup 9 j M USW VERSION uswVersion OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX Dieplaystering SIZE 0 32592 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory unitGroup 17 POMI GRP TUNER andexes 0 tunerGroup OBJECT IDENTIFIER pomiData 2 M AGO STATUS agcotet s OBUECI TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER good 0 high 1 low 2 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 115 WEGENER unknown 3 goodHigh 4 goodLow 5 noRF 6 r Present 7 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory
112. ges sent to all devices which convey a UTC time date stamp The 16420 uses these messages to implement a low bandwidth timebase tracking loop Therefore the 16420 must see at least one such message each second for the most effective time tracking that 1s to make guarantees on time tracking for the Local Scheduler and for premium features see Section 3 7 Of course if the Compel system itself has its clock synchronized by NTP to a precision local or internet source then the field 16420s due to the satellite transit delay seen by the Compel stream 250 mS will see their current time value lag behind those same NTP sources by the same amount As an alternate to using the n channel Compel command stream for synchronizing the 16420 RTC the unit may also be set to use NTP direct to a specified source This 1s recommended for the non satellite based installations which will receive Compel control over the internet and will execute timed events based on a Local Scheduler and its RTC The relevant user controls are 1 Time source control Compel or NTP 2 NTP time source by IP address only 3 Set time if not using Compel or NTP generally a test scenario only Time Zone management All timed events loaded into the Local Scheduler show the time of the event as it was set in the Compel system To set a local Scheduler line Compel must tell the iPump6420 what time in local Compel time that the event must occur Along with this Compel co
113. he database which captures the location playability and lengths of all audio files is also resident on that HDD Later on command those same audio files must be read from the HDD and passed to audio decoders for mixing into the output audio track When playlists of audio files are built the results are stored to the HDD As new events are added and old ones executed or deleted the internal scheduler database on the HDD s read and written As new OAR recordings are captured the new compressed mp3 files are stored to the HDD As the unit performs ts bas c functions depending on its Log Level various status data is logged to the HDD To provide the ability to seamlessly splice or overlap audio sources the iPump6420 supports up to three instances of software based audio decompression per audio Output These software decoder stages may actually decompress live classical MPEG audio or they may operate on wave 16b PCM mp2 or optionally mp3 audio files Their outputs feed an audio re sampling stage which translates their sample rates to the final user set sample rate for that audio Output Then the audios are muted or attenuated as required and fed to an audio mixer The mixer output then feeds the final digital and analog audio outputs Note that the entire structure shown is duplicated for both the two main audio outputs as well as the Aux audio 3 though only one example is shown in the Figure As companions to each of the two
114. he field iPump6420s as network edge devices to report back status information to the uplink control system Its position in the entire Store Forward system is illustrated in Figure 1 1 in Chapter 1 of this Manual Physical Delivery Methods The Return Path reports are returned using the POST HTTP method to the listening CGI scripts in the CSM software subsystem CSM is a subsystem of the Compel uplink control system installed exclusively for the Store Forward missions The HTTP connections may be made using IP over the internet or by IP PPP using the optional telephone modem and an analog telco line Report Types At this writing the following report types are supported 1 General Status Report type 0 Asset Inventory As run Logs As run Logs without local deletion Operation Logs Operational Logs without local deletion ShowShift Show definitions ShowShift Shifted episode definitions 9 ShowShift event file 10 OAR capture files In addition to these reports which are directly user accessable there is a higher report type for the NACKs used in Asset Healing the file modeling and management utility see Section 3 3 6 With the reports sent in by Return Path the uplink control system may provide the system operator with access to several processed reports See Figure 3 1 for an example of the receiver Status web screen available in the CSM subsystem The relevant user controls are WAN or LAN IP settngs IP add
115. he web screens will be introduced Note that 1f Local Control s disabled by Compel that some of the user edit capabilities will be blocked Home Status screen This s the default home screen the user encounters on entry of the unit IP address into the browser It has basic unit information such as unit name serial number unit status and key metrics such as the total unit operation time See Figure 3 2 for an example General Status screen www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 45 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 2 Typical Home Status screen web interface iPump General Status Mozilla Firefox File Edit view History Bookmarks BC X LI http 172 17 194 5 genstatus index Y gt Tools Help AIM Search Most Visited f Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bld Mgr betas File Manager Record Play S N 284405 Reciever s Local Time 07 18 2009 13 00 08 EDT Al Good Unit Infor mation Scheduled Events Signal Quality Playlist Builder ShowShifting General Status Unit Label WEG_284405 Receiver Mode Tracking Signal OK Parsmater infe Serial Number 284405 First Acquired 2 days 21 31 27 Automation Dacedari Software Version 410 Last Acquired 23 50 23 Automation Deooder2 Backup Version 41046 Eb No 12 0 dB Linux Load Version 11031 RF Level 0 100 86 BIOS Version 03 23
116. hen press lt ENT gt to leave the edit session and save the results or press lt ESC gt to leave without saving Next press the lt gt button once to get the LAN Static Gateway screen WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 32 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 18 19 20 If you want to change the Gateway IP address shown press lt ENT gt to get an edit screen As done above finish editing the Gateway IP address then press lt ENT gt to leave the edit session and save the results or press lt ESC gt to leave without saving Remember that this must be the address of the router that allows you to connect to remote IP networks If it is not set correctly you will not be able to reach your iPump from remote networks nor will you be able to do Return Path to the uplink control system using this LAN port When done press lt ESC gt repeatedly until back at the Home screen Now you are ready to access the Pump 6420 from your web browser 2 4 2 Setup through the Front Panel This subsection gives you a checklist of items to setup or check to get your Pump 6420 on the carr er and ready for satellite based network control Very few items are suggested for user setup because normally Compel will control must unit settings and the web interface is much more fully featured and thus recommended These instructions are fairly terse and f any difficulty please refer to the general guide on the Front Pane
117. iPump 6420 Professional Audio Server WEGENER iPump 6420 Professional Audio Server User s Manual 800070 01 Rev B WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Data drawings and other material contained herein are proprietary to Wegener Communications Inc and may not be reproduced or duplicated in any form without the prior written permission of Wegener Communications Inc The information contained herein is subject to change without notice Revisions may be Issued to advise of such changes and or additions WEGENER COMPEL CONTROL MEDIAPLAN ENVOY UNITY UNITY IP and iPUMP are trademarks of Wegener Communications Inc All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners 2009 Wegener Communications Inc All rights reserved Correspondence regarding this publication 800070 01 Rev B Second Edition July 2009 should be forwarded to Wegener Communications Inc Technology Park Johns Creek 11350 Technology Circle Duluth GA 30097 1502 Phone 770 814 4000 Fax 770 623 0698 The WEGENER iPump 6420 is approved under FCC Part 15B Class A UL1950 CSA and CE www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B 11 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 GENERAL INFORMATIONN 1 Chapter 2 INSTALLATION 23 Chapter 3 OPERATION 37 Chapter 4 MAINTEN
118. ift Show Definitions 8 Return ShowShift Shift Definitions 10 Return OAR files Command RPATH send report 1d Sends the specified report to the ReturnPath server See addtional help for id values report id 0 Health amp Status Report default Asset Inventory Report 2 As run Log Report with delete 3 As run Log Report no delete 5 Operational Log Report with delete 6 Operational Log Report no delete 7 Return ShowShift Show Definitions 8 Return ShowShift Shift Definitions 10 Return OAR files Command rpath srvraddrbackup addr Sets the backup address of the ReturnPath or mail proxy server Command rpath srvraddr addr Sets the address of the ReturnPath or mail proxy server Command RP ca Conditional Access Command RP rec Report Auto Recovery status Command RP rf Report RF Parameters Command rrbds Report RBDS Status Command R c Report Carrier Status Command r groups Report list of groups not entire table Command r g pagel Report COMPEL Group Table or page of it www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 1 Page 110 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Command R http Report HTTP Information Command R ns Report Network Services Status Command r oar Status of Current Active Recording Command R profile Reports all profile definitions Command R p Report Configuration Information Command R r Report Relays Status Command r sched Scheduler status Command R
119. ime zones further west can store and replay the same audio track with associated Compel commands at the same local time everywhere In operation this feature operates as a large rolling time delay buffer which can be set to delay and play on any delay up to 4 hours Contact WEGENER Sales Dept about the option for larger time delay settings To operate either of the two main Audio Decoders ports on the 16420 1 or 2 needs to have a permanent assignment to a valid audio stream in the currently received Transport Then Time Zone Delay acts like a permanent add on setting When first activated the normal live audio track will continue to play and the associated Compel commands for inserts and relay closures will continue to execute However the unit will also begin recording that audio and the associated Compel commands in a manner similar to that done with ShowShifting see Section 3 7 2 When the total content recorded reaches the value of the TZ delay time then the 16420 WWW WEgENET com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 99 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual will switch from playing out the live content to playing out live delayed content From that point on the unit will continue to play audio from that stream and execute Compel commands associated with that audio but both delayed by the TZ delay time from their original transmission over the satellite If the user wishes to change the TZ delay value o
120. imeTicks MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Last update time for this member index entry settingsInfoEntry 4 settingsInfoCmdSource OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER unknown 1 compel 2 terminal 3 frontPanel 4 osd 5 recovery 6 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Source of the last update settingsInfoEntry 5 secrtingsIntolndication OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX DisplayStrang SIZE 0 255 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settinosIntoBntey 6 END www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 127 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual This page intentionally left blank WWW wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 128 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Appendix 3 FAULT CONDITIONS The following list is a compendium of the possible fault conditions Where it makes sense any of these may be masked to Indicate as Alarms Warning or give no Indication at all App Self testing App SW D load fail New application in self test Download of application software failed so backup flash space still shows INCOMPLETE until good download Switch to backup application not allowed either requested app App SW switch fail version does not exist or the code image is corrupt or not available Audio PES data becomes unavailable buffer underflow for decoder number Audio PID not found for decoder number No audio PID found in PMT with a
121. ined in the Compel database For example a command to pipe a terminal command to iPump6420 may be sent using the Compel SCRIPT TERMINAL command e Scheduling commands Commands to add or delete line items in receiver s Local Scheduler where supplied See the discussion following on Local Scheduler e Refreshes Not formally a type of command This is a special Compel function to keep remote receiver settings equal to that specified in the Compel database It uses many receiver state commands to do this There is an immediate version where a fairly complete refresh is done on command of a human user And there is a background version where as time permits Compel will regularly and automatically refresh edge receivers on a rolling basis Command Structure Compel commands are structured as Header Sequence number Address Device Command and Data fields The Header may be a generic 4 character string or it may be a string unique to a customer If unique then it imposes special security measures on all listening receivers where the receiver s own Compel header setting must match that of the Compel messages to avoid going into Recovery Mode see below The Sequence number is the way the Compel hardware tags each unique command allowing them to be double transmitted to avoid data loss Addressing will be discussed below The Device is a general command grouping The Command is a specific command within that grouping The Data field is
122. ired carrier and force a re attempt at the original authorized carrier settings Note that a unit may also be forced into Auto Recovery when encountering a Compel network command that bears a Header which does not match the internal Header setting and whose security does not allow Sharing See Section 3 1 1 for more details Once the unit enters Auto Recovery then another timer called Local Control Re enable may begin counting down This timer can only be aborted if Auto Recovery is vacated If this timer expires while the unit is still in active Auto Recovery the unit will automatically clear the Local Control Disabled flag so that local users now have full local control This will allow networks n the ultimate disaster scenario where all backup carrier settings are unusable to use local personnel to re program the units to new settings Entry into Auto Recovery will show both as an indication to the user on the Front panel and it will be logged to the Ops Log If recovery is made to a new carrier setting that will continue to be a maskable fault condition a Warning The user controls affecting Auto Recovery Modes are listed below The primary method for setting these values will be Compel or the factory 1 Services Recovery timeout used for loss of carrier 2 Compel Recovery timeout used for loss of Compel 3 Recovery Iteration timeout linger time on each carrier after lock while waiting to get Compel 1f requir
123. it ON Correct tuning parameters Carrier frequency data rate FEC ratio Are carrier ID tags required Is carrier tag set correctly in 16420 Can other receivers on same antenna lock to this carrier ae ae WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 4 Page 102 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 8 Can other receivers anywhere lock to this carrier Any of these 16420s 9 Does 16420 Compel header setting match to Compel header borne on this carrier 10 Is carrier encrypted 11 Does it have compatible modulation If DVB S2 is your 16420 compatible Is it a DVB carrier at all 4 2 2 Failure to get Compel control over satellite 1 Sure you have carrier lock Check CARRIER LED 2 Sure you are not getting Compel Check COMPEL or NETWORK LED 3 Compel PID set correctly 4 Does 16420 Compel header setting match to Compel header borne on this carrier 5 Can Compel control other receivers on this carrier Other 16420s Other 16420s right on Transport output from WEGENER UMX5010 4 2 3 Failure to get Compel control over internet 1 Sure you have internet connection 2 Are you set to receive Compel over internet of over satellite This setting the poll time and the server IP addresses are all factory settings that can be changed by advanced users with debug access 3 Sure you are not really getting Compel over internet It is a polled system Have Compel send a dummy command such as a grouping command and wait for the po
124. it will be inoperative amp needs to be returned for service PAT lost after first being verified Playlist to play doesn t exist PMT disappears or becomes corrupt Requested program number not listed in current PAT Auto Recovery in progress User requested application failed self test and Unit reverted to Backup application until next commanded app switch Secure micro cannot be accessed at bootup in order to verify unit serial number Current settings derived from successful Auto Recovery until local or network user setting command Unit temperature sensor detects very high internal temperature operator needs to check that ventilation fans have not failed vents are clear and ambient temperature is not exceeded 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 3 Page 130 WEGENER www wegener com iPump 6420 User s Manual 2009 Wegener Communications Inc All rights reserved 800070 01 Rev B Second Edition July 2009 Wegener Communications Inc Technology Park Johns Creek 11350 Technology Circle Duluth GA 30097 1502 Phone 770 814 4000 Fax 770 623 0698 800070 01 Rev B
125. k control system via Return Path Arrangement Two AM FM inputs each logically associated with one of the two main Audio Decoders ports either 1 or 2 Frequency 520 to 1720 KHz Sensitivity 5 0 uV for S N 10dB Sensitivity 2 0 uV for S N 30 dB Extended worldwide In addition to US commercial bands add these bands support option AM Long Wave 153 to 279 kHz contact WEGENER sales AM Medium Wave 520 to 1710 kHz AM Short Wave 2 3 to 21 85 MHz FM 64 108 MHz MP3 file compression ES bit rate 8 16 24 32 64 kbps parameters Audio sample rate 8 16 and 32 kHz Stereo mono selection Sample depth 8 or 16 bit Total recording time per For best stability unit must record 12 minutes or less per hour hour from all sources Time Synchronization Compel TOD messages or NTP Unit Control epee _ gt Local User Front panel Terminal thru serial port or under Telnet Web SNMP status only Compel Real time COMPEL command stream in Transport Polled Compel commands by HTTP over internet Stored Compel commands in Scheduler fixed time or Triggered either by Compel cmd or PIO input Power AA AC Voltage 90 132 or 175 264 VAC auto selected Chassis j Depth Back of rack ears to rear panel 19 4 inches 49 27 cm Back of rack ears to end of connectors 20 2 inches cm 18 2 Pounds 8 27 kg Cooling Fan cooled with front side and right side inlets with back side and left side exhausts viewed from th
126. ket IDs PIDs from the user designated Program number and Audio Language Descriptor LD The COMPEL packets are parsed to find addressed commands for execution The MPE IP data streams are captured and recorded to the HDD storage as commanded The desired audio PES streams are identified by their PID and then fed to software based MPEG decoders not to be confused with the unit s audio outputs The Local Controller shown in the Figure is functionally the application software running on the Linux based x86 processor The Linux OS and this software boots from a Compact Flash card installed to all Pump 6420s This way in the event of HDD failure the unit can still continue operation as a traditional IRD All the functional blocks not associated with specific hardware are executed in real time In this software system As stated the Compact Flash is the booting device from which first Linux then the operating application will boot The writes to the Compact Flash are limited to downloads of www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 9 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual new versions of application software and the maintenance of the basic non volatile unit parametric settings The Hard drive HDD storage is provided to store all the media and objects needed for the full Store Forward mission From the satellite media file content transmitted in the MPE IP encapsulation is extracted and the file then stored to the HDD T
127. l interface n Chapter 3 In some cases control of some or all of the following parameters has been disabled by a factory setting In this case 1t was assumed that the unit was setup well enough to lock onto the carrier and receive Compel network commands when first supplied the correct antenna connection You may then reference section 2 5 to see if the indications all show OK and if not use the Troubleshooting guide in Chapter 4 Check set LNB LO l ot eo mt SES Start or return to the LCD Home screen is reached see subsection 2 5 1 Move to Unit Setup same level select that Move to Transport In Setup same level select that Move to LNB Setup same level select that For LNB Type select either Local Osc which is typical or Universal ASTRA for special European satellites Leave LO Type set to Custom Freq all versions below 420 Move to LO Custom Freq and set it to either 5150 or 10750 MEZ if domestic consult with satellite provider outside US Check set RF carrier settings l nr wer eS Start or return to the LCD Home screen is reached see subsection 2 5 1 Move to Unit Setup same level select that Move to Transport In Setup same level select that Move to Current Channel select that Move to Symbol Format select and edit as necessary QPSK is std DVB SI QPSK Move to FEC Ratio select and edit as necessary Move to Downlink Frequency select and edit as necessary Move to Transp
128. l screens and these are peers to the Home Screen a special screen to which an IRD usually defaults LED Indications Please see Section 2 5 2 LCD Screen Modes Eligible LCD screens can be in one of the following modes Mode VIEW EDIT Description Information is being displayed on the LCD for the user to view None of the push buttons can be used for editing in this mode This mode is entered from the VIEW mode This is where the users has the ability to edit a parameter The LCD cursor is on the edit field when in this mode In the 16420 the cursor will be a flashing underscore LCD Screen Types The following table lists the screen types Type MENU STATIC INFO SCROLL INFO PARAMETER Description This 1s a read only screen that displays the menu name for a command group This command group is a set of lower level screens The level beneath a menu screen type might contain any of the other screen types i e menus info parameter This type of screen is read only This s a read only screen that displays information and is NOT editable though the unit may or may not refresh it dynamically The Home Screen is considered this type of a screen Screens of this type have no children so they are leaf nodes Same as STATIC INFO except that the right and left arrow keys are active to scroll through a message more extensive than can be displayed on a 20 character line Because of this these screens must b
129. list insert to be delayed by the value given with audio silence inserted between the end of live and the delayed position of the insert Values are 1n mS 0 to 5000 postSilence This forces the resumption of the live audio after the file playlist insert ends to be delayed by the value given with audio silence inserted Values are in mS 0 to 5000 ducking This allows the live permanent audio to continue to mix with the file playlist insert at the audio output during the entire time of the insert The value specifies the amount of attenuation from normal level experienced by the live audio while mixing Into the insert This value is in dB and may be specified down to tenths of a dB e g 6 2 for 6 2 dB atten This attenuates the file playlist audio during the insert The value specifies the amount of attenuation This value is in dB and may be specified down to tenths of a dB User Controls The relevant user controls are l Create a profile file 2 Delete a profile file WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 83 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 4 5 File Selection Keywords File selection keywords give the user the ability to play files in random order These are typically used in temporary inserts ordered by Compel commands However they can be used as file specs in loop forever playlist plays a permanent Decoder port setting The keyword signals to the playback process a method to select
130. ll remotely and locally scheduled events These events are split into 3 sections Playback Events Record Events and Miscellaneous Events Note that all of the times displayed on this page are in the Receiver s Local Time not the timezone ofthe computer you are browsing from or Compel s timezone All ofthe events that are grayed out are currently deactivated To activate them select each one and click the Activate button Scheduler is currently Enabled Disable Scheduler Select All None Play Events Record Events Miscellaneous Events Play Schedule Next Event Date Time Decoder File Playlist Options 4 O 07 20 2009 Monday 15 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s 1 L1 07 20 2009 Monday 16 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s O 07 20 2009 Monday 17 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s O 07 20 2009 Monday 18 58 30 1 megident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s L1 07 20 2009 Monday 19 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s L1 07 20 2009 Monday 20 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s O 07 20 2009 Monday 21 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s L1 07 20 2009 Monday 22 59 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Fl 07 20 2009 Monday 23 59 30 4 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s EI 07 21 2009 Tuesday 00 59 30 4 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s Fl 07 21 2009 Tuesday 01 58 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s L1 07 21 2009 Tuesday 02 58 30 1 wegident31sec Style Loop 1 Time s L1 07 21
131. lling interval to expire Does the COMPEL LED ever flash 4 Which port LAN or WAN are you using to connect to remote Compel server 5 Check IP address netmask and Gateway of port you are using IP address filtered by netmask must match Gateway address And Gateway address must be assigned to a router that an reach the internet Can other devices on same local network reach Compel server by telnet on port 80 Can other 16420s anywhere get Compel over internet 8 Ifnot using direct IP connection but modem is phone number PPP username and PPP password correct If using a modem can you manually dial the number for the uplink modem server 10 Can other 16420s dial In and connect by PPP through this modem server for Compel over internet SEN 4 2 4 Failure to get live audio play on a Decoder output l Sure you have carrier lock Check CARRIER LED 2 Sure you are on the correct carrier 3 Is your audio output wired correctly to be able to listen 4 Have you connected up AES3 digital audio instead of analog audio OR vice versa 5 Are you playing live audio to any of the 3 Decoders Check SERVICES LED Check the other audio outputs Are you set to correct Program If Program is OK are you set to correct Audio Language Descriptor LD Is your audio output command muted Are you in Recovery Mode waiting on the Compel stream 0 Can any 16420 monitor this audio stream see www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapte
132. m s switching to the backup it may be marked as bad If this version had been downloaded by Compel and failed its self test then it will be marked bad and cannot be run Re download the application and when you switch over to it please be sure it can see Compel quickly and do not reboot the unit at least for the first hour of operation WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 4 Page 106 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Chapter 5 CUSTOMER SERVICE This chapter gives information on the warranty and technical support available for the iPump 6420 Table of Contents WARE ATE o R EE OAE E EE EES 108 52 Technical SU ORO eege 108 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 5 Page 107 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 5 1 Warranty The following warranty applies to all Wegener Communications products including the iPump 6420 Professional Audio Server 5 2 Technical Support If the unit should fail to perform as described if you need help resolving problems with your iPump 6420 or for questions about obtaining service for your iPump 6400 please contact Wegener Communications Customer Service at 770 814 4057 Fax 678 624 0294 or email service wegener com To return a product for service 1 Obtain a Return Material Authorization RMA number by completing and faxing a copy of the RMA Request Form to 678 624 0294 Or you may call or e mail WEGENER at the contact information given just above To g
133. m lt Current Ver to Backup Ver gt iPump 6420 User s Manual Fourth Level Fifth Level lt HORIZONTAL VERTICAL gt Indicator Thresholds Errored Seconds Rate lt FULL ACCESS READ ONLY gt Rename which file Dir Delete which file Dir Are you sure Y N lt TERMINAL PRINTER gt lt 2400 9600 19200 38400 57600 gt lt 1200 2400 4800 9600 gt lt 1200 2400 4800 9600 gt lt 1200 2400 4800 9600 gt lt ON OFF gt lt ON OFF gt Tuner lt 1 2 gt Mode Tuner lt 1 2 gt Frequency lt AREA gt lt COUNTRY gt MUTE On Reset lt Enabled Disabled gt 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 64 WEGENER Main Level Second Level File Playback Signal Quality AM FM Tuner Status Network History Current IP Info EXP Relay Status Unit Temperature in Version Info Clear Diagnostic Counters WWW WEBENET COM Third Level Current Quality History this Setting Elapsed Times AM FM Tuner 1 2 Status COMPEL Lock Status COMPEL Regired Local control Total Addressed PKTS Total Valid PKTS Last Addressed PKT Last Valid PKT UNIT Uptime Current LAN Info Current WAN Info Exp Relay Port 1 ON OFF Exp Relay Port 2 ON OFF C Software Version Backup Version USW Version CPU BIOS Info Core OS Version Installed OS Patches Clear Signal Counters 800070 01 Rev B iPump 6420 User s Manual Fourth Level Fifth Level Eb No Esti
134. main audio outputs a bank of 16 cue relays and an RBDS serial output Is associated with each These are logically grouped together as a Port for purposes of control and advanced operations The cue relays are used to provide the synchronizing signals to local station equipment The RBDS serial output along with the main audio output may feed the local radio station exciter This provides the local station listeners with the added experience of station song and artist identification In addition to the main audio cue relays and RBDS each Port may also be provided an associated optional AM FM tuner This tuner is connected to an external radio antenna and is used to pick up the local radio station driven by that Port of the Pump 6420 Under network COMPEL control the audio feed from the local station 1s captured compressed to mp3 file format and then recorded to the HDD storage This Off Air Recording OAR feature is expected to be executed during spot file insertions so that the uplink control may request return of the recorded file method to be discussed for commercial audits Moving on in Figure TBD the Pump 6420 features two 100 base T Ethernet adaptors the LAN and WAN ports The LAN port is used to transmit various Return Path reports or OAR files back to the uplink control system via HTTP It also supports its own web interface for local user control It also provides various other network services
135. mate Signal Strength Loss from Fades Errored Seconds Signal First Acquired Signal Last Acquired Tuner 1 2 Mode Tuner 1 2 Frequency Tuner 1 2 Quality LAN Current IP Address LAN Current Netmask LAN Current Gateway LAN has link LAN MAC Address WAN Current IP Address WAN Current Netmask WAN Current Gateway WAN has link WAN MAC Address Chapter 3 Page 65 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual User Controls The user controls affecting the Front panel interface are listed Compel is the preferred command method 1 Allow or disallow local control This affects many parameters needed to deliver the audio output payload Set by Compel or the factory 2 Freeze or park a front panel screen Press in the lt Y gt and the lt ENT gt buttons at the same time Press any button later to release 3 1 5 Terminal The Terminal interface is a interactive text based control method somewhat deprecated in favor of the web interface It may be accessed from the Serial M amp C port using a text based terminal This can be a legacy VT100 or it can be a PC equipped with a serial port said PC running Procomm or Teraterm Hyperterminal is not the best choice Or t may be accessed from a Telnet session using the User term and the Password termterm From the web diagnostic page the Terminal Command text box may also be used to send Terminal commands with replies posted to the same web page To exit out of
136. may result in personal injury and or damage to the equipment 5 Locate the iPump 6420 and its cables to avoid impacts spills and pulling cables and to ensure sufficient air flow Failure to locate the iPump 6420 in a proper environment may result in damage to the equipment 6 No more than 3 iPump6420s may be stacked contiguously after that there needs to be a 1RU buffer space before any other heat generating equipment This may be repeated indefinitely so long as the local ambient temperature requirements are observed temperature of air at side and front ventilation points Figure 2 1 Proper rack installation for tPump6420 Note Use of rack supports with cutouts on the sides that allow air circulation are also permitted Wegener P N 26429 07 26429 08 Caution Do not block any of the front side or rear ventilation holes www wegener com iPump 6420 MAXIMUM 3RU STACKUP MINIMUM 1RU SEPARATION RACK SUPPORT BRACKET REVERSED 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 25 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 2 3 Equipment Setup Zi iPump 6420 Rear Panel Connections Before applying power make the following connections as necessary to your iPump 6240 For connector details refer to Table 2 1Error Reference source not found For help deciding which connectors and signals to use consult Chapter 3 1 Connect the L band output from your antenna s LNB to your iPump 6240 s input RF port OR if supplied with ASI Inpu
137. me linear media streaming sub system accepts the aggregated audio feeds from the customer traffic systems and compresses them in an array of MPEG audio encoders These are then multiplexed together into an MPEG Transport stream That Transport 1s then passed through the WEGENER UMX5010 where the network Compel control stream is injected The resulting Transport 1s fed to the RF system where the information 1s impressed on a DVB carrier and then uplinked to the satellite From there 1t is distributed to the satellite downlinks and thence to the edge iPump6420s who are tuned to the proper carrier Program and audio stream to deliver the desired live audio feed The Compel network control system can support this portion of the overall mission by tuning the edge receivers which may be 16420s or other linear receivers such as WEGENER Unity4600 setting their audio stream assignments sending the RBDS data traffic ordering local relay closures and supporting the logical grouping of the edge receivers www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 3 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual The non real time portion of the S F sub system accepts a schedule file on a regular basis for each supported affiliate site This schedule will define local spots as files to be played in each available segment of the day These segments are defined by the radio network management as those portions of each hour where specific spots will be eligible for play at
138. mmands immediately and that they will be executed in order of arrival with the last command always taking precedence if the receiver setting is to be changed This Manual cannot discuss Compel to exhaustion The user is referred to their Compel Manual and associated Informative Bulletins However the basic types of Compel commands their structure and basic applied rules and their addressing rules may be briefly reviewed herein Command Types e Grouping commands Commands that assign a receiver to a logical group which in turn may be used as an address for other commands including other grouping commands A more advanced grouping mechanism the Group Page may also be employed While a receiver may be a member of up to 10 000 groups it may have only one Group Page membership generally a value between 1 and 255 e Receiver state commands Commands that change a receiver setting and whose new value is retained in Compel s internal database e Meta commands that are a special set of the above state commands These affect the unit s ability to process control from Compel or other sources An examples is the Compel LOCK command which prevents the receivers from executing any other command except the companion UNLOCK command Another example is the LOCAL CONTROL enable disable commands These serve to block the local user from innocently changing critical receiver settings that would directly affect revenue though they cannot block malici
139. mmunicates its own timezone rule to the listening 16420 In turn the 16420 must translate this command to setup its Scheduler to show the command execution time In terms of the 16420 s own time This is done by translating the Compel time to UTC using Compel s timezone rule then translating UTC to its own time using its own timezone rule The timezone rule is a logical concatenation of a time zone offset from GMT a logical Boolean stating whether a daylight savings 1s observed and the legal dates of that observance in that locality For instance the eastern US uses the America New_ York timezone rule which implies that the offset from GMT is 5 and that DST is observed between the 2 Sunday in March and the 1 Sunday in November The set of possible rules are also called the Olson database strings Since the local web interface displays the time in terms of the 16420 s own timezone rules users monitoring the Scheduler must be aware of the opportunity for confusion In the event that the web user s browser is not running on a PC in the same time zone as the target iPump6420 then the time values shown in the Scheduler may appear to be in error to the observing user When checking the Scheduler the user is cautioned to check both the time and the timezone rule setting of the 16420 The relevant user controls are l Settimezone rule web or front panel www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 91 WEGENER iPump
140. more information However two important logs are available at all times to local web users One is the As run Log a log of all temporary file playlist insertion events including results entries stating whether the insert was successful or not The other 1s the Operational Log Ops Log a log of miscellaneous events such as relay closure changes error d second events In the Transport audio file and OAR recordings carrier and or audio stream switches and other events Note that the As run Log may be requested as a Return Path report by Compel see section and a csv file with the same info may be requested by the local web user As of this writing the Ops Log 1s only available for display on the local web though that page may be saved to the PC running the browser The relevant user controls are 1 Clear logs 2 Set log limits factory setting 3 Request Return Path As run Log 4 Request As run CSV file local web only WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 90 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 6 4 Time Management Master Time Reference The iPump6420 makes use of a real time clock RTC for many different functions not just elapsed time In most missions the 16420 RTC must be synchronized to some other reference In the majority of missions this is the Compel clock The way this is done is to make use of the Compel time of day messages also called keep alives see Section 3 1 1 These are messa
141. mp 2 PES or Program recordings only MPEG 2 Layer 2 PES or Program recordings only 16 bit PCM wave MPEG 1 Layer 3 mp3 option see below Up to 384kbps ES rate 32 44 1 and 48 kHz only mono or stereo Compressed data rates Input Sample rates formats Supported User set output sample 32 44 1 and 48 kHz rates MP3 codec Constant bit rate only Max ES bit rate 256 kbps ID3 tags v1 file end v2 file start both or neither OK File insertion tools Playlists 1 Quantity Unlimited 2 Length Unlimited number of files spec d literally by name or using keyword selection from folders see next 3 Execution options i play once as temporary insert ii loop N times as temporary insert or iii loop indefinitely as permanent Port setting virtual channel WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 14 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual File selection keywords SHUFFLE select files to play from folder such that used in any file play each plays once before any repeat but order is specification for an insert different each time through RANDOM select files to randomly play from folder but without any repeats SEQUENTIAL Like SHUFFLE but maintains same play order each time through file list in folder Insertion Profiles Pre silence mutes live for programmable period before file insert starts Post silence mutes live for programmable period after file insert ends Programmable attenua
142. mpel try to play it from the local web 5 Check that the files you expect to hear are actually in the playlist and resident on the 16420 6 Check the Profile that might be used to play the playlist from Compel Is the atten profile used If so make sure that the attenuation is not set too high 4 2 9 Failure to get local web connection l Sure that you are trying to access the 16420 at the LAN port The WAN port does not allow inbound connections 2 Check the IP address setting on the LAN port using the front panel Did you enter this correctly into your browser 3 Check that the LAN port is connected to the local Ethernet switch by checking cable connection and looking at the small LEDs on the rear connector Are they lit Flashing 4 Can you PING the 16420 LAN port from the PC hosting your browser If not there is no network connection 5 Ifno network connection check that your PC and 16420 are on the same network as defined by their respective IP addresses and netmasks 6 Ifno network connection and the PC and 16420 are on differing networks then they must communicate through a router Is each set to reach the correct gateway router Is there a network path between the routers if they are different After this and the above 2 steps you are still unable to reach the 16420 from your PC consult with appropriate IT personnel 7 Is HTTP access turned OFF in your 16420 Double check by asking Compel to turn it ON Ifyou are
143. mporary or permanent 2 Playlist does not exist fault indication 3 File not found fault indication Relevant user controls are 1 Create a playlist local or using Compel playlist build command 2 Download a playlist as a file 3 Edita playlist Adding removing moving changing line items only a local operation 4 Delete a playlist by name using wildcards Compel only or all 5 Temporary File insertion by named playlist with optional Profiles see section 3 4 4 Permanent virtual channel using loop forever playlist 7 Abort playlist play explicitly only a local operation but any perm setting of the Decoder will abort temp or perm playlist play zh WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 80 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 4 3 Timing Model The timing model for insertion of file audio into the live audio stream is illustrated by the example shown in Figure 3 17 From the audio feed and companion closures emitted by the customer s automation system looking forward WEGENER s Compel and iPump6420 both provide tools to align the local file insertion onto a network avail This is in a non hard time system the opportunity to substitute local file content for network wide audio material usually a default network commercial spot Viewing the figure we see the sum total of all significant delays to the live audio stream This 1s shown as Live audio delay Meanwhile we can see th
144. n the uplink control system requests the play of local spots it can also request simultaneous recording of audio demodulated from the local AM or FM radio broadcast Presumably this recording will show evidence of the local airing of the requested spot The 16420 then compresses the recorded material and when requested by the uplink control system returns those OAR audit files to through Return Path To enhance the true local experience WEGENER S F systems also implement a feature called DJ Liners With this feature all local affiliates in a radio network share a single on duty DJ and that DJ s liner greetings are customized for each and every affiliate This is done by having the control system maintain a database of all DJs assigned and their on duty hours The DJ prepares liner greetings for all the member affiliates In the particular network These files are then downloaded to special Liner Assets one at each affiliate but all aliased to the network s name When the DJ on duty wishes to send a liner greeting of a certain length in seconds to all the affiliates he pushes a button that creates an incoming closure to the Compel control system This causes a request to be sent out to all affiliate 16420s to play one of the liner files of that length under that aliased network name chosen as a semi random shuffle from all files available This generates a local DJ liner greeting to be generated at each affiliate
145. name Closure from customer traffic system Fires Network COMPEL cmd to execute Playlist CR 100305 13 1 where CR is Classic Rock network On each local File affiliate if that 4502 mp2 SONG ALN Playlist exists it references a different local file Song 26A Affiliate 282 E Playlist CR 100305 13 1 File 4502 mp2 On each local affiliate if that File Song 26A TU Song 27A Playlist exists it references a different local file Affiliate 085 E Playlist CR 100305 13 1 File 4502 mp2 On each local affiliate if that Network Song 26A ake Song 27A Playlist does not exist then the default network spot is heard Affiliate 661 Playlist CR 100305 13 1 Not defined Figure 1 2 Using Playlists as indirection for local inserts www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 6 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 1 3 Supplemental capabilities Along with the above basic S F system functions certain supplemental capabilities are beneficial to the radio network mission As shown in Figure 1 Return Path provides a general tool to request and receive low bandwidth status and logging information from edge 16420s back to the uplink control system Return Path is implemented with HTTP protocol allowing the 16420s to communicate with the uplink control system with through either dial up connections if modem equipped or with bro
146. nd Managemetnt 73 3 3 1 File Storage and Management database 73 Basic Dile and Asset Manage Ciel een 73 Automatic File and Asset Deletion 74 L EE 74 32 Assured File Delivery E IA 74 3 3 3 KencastTile Delivery over satellite u ie L LLL dicas 75 3 3 4 Pe DP We Delivers e e u u naa ae 76 3 3 5 Other file creation amp delivery mechanisms oooooooooooonooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnonnnnnnnnnnos 76 3 3 6 Asset Healing a content modeling amp recovery utillty va Figure CEET 78 3 4 Insertion of Audio from Stored Files 79 3 4 1 Slip E e III SA 79 342 J EE 80 3 4 3 a E 81 Figure 3 17 iPump6420 File Insertion Timing Model 82 3 4 4 AAA ee en UNE EM EA 83 SA Z H s 83 CUE lol EOS uu ee 83 eegener eegen 83 3 4 5 EAS a E 84 Figure 3 18 Example of using the SHUFFLE file selection keyword 85 3 4 6 A oo III MEE II UN NIMM MM EE 86 3 5 Off Air Recording option 86 3 5 1 AI YA CUTIE SO ride 87 WWW wegener com
147. nd signal with 270 MHz signaling rate The data is sent asynchronously meaning the interface conveys a data byte when available at the sender and padding bytes otherwise A small program that briefly runs on top of the Linux OS in the 16420 that loads and runs the main application An RF signal whose envelope and phase is modulated manipulated in an defined fashion in order to convey information A program that can be started and ran on a computer that seeks services from server programs Usually human operators will interface directly with the client to seek these services WEGENER s trademark Control system optimized for control of media distribution systems using edge devices such as WEGENER s iPump 6420 Digital Video Broadcast Term used to represent the methods and protocols using MPEG Transport streams to distribute media content over satellite In digital carrier systems the energy per information bit divided by the channels noise density per Hertz This is the key figure of merit for signal to noise ratio Forward Error Correction A transformation done on a stream or block of information expressed in bits bytes or frames where some small amount of redundancy is added This is done in a manner such that when the transformed FEC encoded stream of data is conveyed over error prone communication links such as satellite channels the errors can be removed and the original information message recovered File Transfer Prot
148. not limited to a single level folder but will scan the structure of even deeply nested folder trees When done with that it adds Action Tags STORAGE CONFIRM and STORAGE CLEANUP to the metadata xml file It then uses AFD to download the metadata xml file to the address specified In the assetname ini file At the iPump6420s their part of the task begins The 16420 will take the newly downloaded metadata xml file and place it in the correct asset if it exists or creates a new one if not It then proceeds to analyse the files it has and compare the resulting list to the files it 1s supposed to have Files it is not supposed to have are deleted For files that are missing it uses Return Path to send a NACK which flags the file identity and the corresponding asset name This tells Compel s CSM program which group for grouped addresses needs a particular file Each file 1s then re downloaded by Compel using either satellite or internet download When the process 1s complete the 16420 renames the metadata xml file to be z_metadata xml Since the 16420 is constantly watching its asset files for metadata xml files the rename prevents it from duplicating work already done The above process is optimum for very large assets with multiple layers as is often used for DJ Liner assets In fact it may not be necessary to ever explicitly request download of this asset The network operator merely places the asset folder correctly to the MPcm machine a
149. nt Two banks of 16 each bank may be logically associated with a main audio output Form A relay 30VDC 100mA Type Commons may be wired together by factory set jumper or each wire pair left floating Alarm User relay One relay dedicated to indicate ALARMS and one relay dedicated to user control The ALARM relay automatically de energizes for alarm conditions so that power loss to unit indicates as an alarm Form C wiper contacts NC contact when de energized and NO contact when energized Common NC and NO contacts supplied externally 30VDC open circuit 100mA max current closed Type Polarity Rating RBDS Serial Ports Arrangement Two serial ports each may be logically associated with a main audio output Baud protocols Programmable to 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 baud fixed at 8N1 output only Serial M amp C Port Assignment Terminal default or Compel email Baud protocol Terminal Programmable to 2400 9600 or 19 2 k baud fixed at 8N1 full duplex Programmable to 1200 2400 4800 or 9600 fixed at 8N1 output only Baud protocol Printer email PIO Inputs Physical Logical 7 balanced wire pairs triggering on closure Closures may be programmed to trigger stored Compel cmds WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 16 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Off Air Recording Audio captured from demodulated radio carriers Audio optional compressed into mp3 files and returned to uplin
150. o Carrier lock Carrier not yet acquired No COMPEL PID No COMPEL PID packets received gt 2 minutes since signal acquisition Audio Underrun Dec Aud not found Dec Aud not in PMT Dec Aud CMD muted Dec Bad PMT Bad Sec Micro SN Cannot Open File Disk Usage gt 90 Eb No Margin High RF level ID Tags lost ID Tag mismatch Invalid File Format IP address conflict Lost COMPEL PID Low RF level Modem Busy Signal Modem Failure No Answer on Dialout No ASI stream www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 3 Page 129 WEGENER No ID Tag found No LAN detected No Modem Dial Tone No PAT No PMT No PPP Connection No Signal No valid software PAT Disappeared Playlist Doesn t Exist PMT Disappeared Program not found Recovery Reverted to B up app Sec Micro no resp Using backup setting Unit overheating www wegener com iPump 6420 User s Manual No carrier ID tag found on newly acquired carrier if carrier ID tag match is required cannot access this Transport No Ethernet network detected at LAN port No dial tone on phone line No PAT Program Association Table found in initial Verify Transport if a warning while occurring amp carrier ASI still locked No PMT Program Map Table found for Program listed in PAT PPP connection couldn t be established No carrier lock and no RF power detected at RF input At unit boot up boot loader detects no valid application present to load and run un
151. ocol Industry standard method for transferring files between host computers over IP networks Hypertext Transfer Protocol This is the protocol supported by web servers and clients It actually describes a set of methods to upload and download not only web pages but any kind of file The 16420 uses the HTTP POST method to upload files to remote servers and uses the GET method to download files from remote servers computers to communicated over local networks or over the internet Integrated Receiver Decoder A product which features a receiver to extract Transport streams from satellite borne carriers a companion decoder to decompress MPEG elementary streams from within said transport streams in order to recreate the original audio video data signals The WEGENER Unity 4600 is an IRD 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 20 WEGEN Language Descriptor or LD Linux LAN LCD LED LNB MPEG PAT Permanent Setting PMT Playlist Program Program Number QPSK Server SMB Telnet www wegener com ER iPump 6420 User s Manual MPEG Program within a Transport stream A modern open source free operating system OS The OS provides these standardized services to the i6420 application software 1 access to the hardware 2 rations access to the microprocess for the application s multiple processes 3 interrupts the application with events and messages 4 ration computer r
152. oked only by in channel Compel commands A field in the insertion command may specify a profile Zero 0 is the normal default in Compel commands and means use no profile But a value between 1 and 255 requires a user specified profile be used if found Remember that the effects of the profiles last only as long as the applicable insert and have no meaning after the end of the file playlist insert or any meaning after said insert is aborted The profiles themselves are defined In special files that reside in the 16420 s u user sysconfig profiles directory The files are named n def where n is the profile number code between 1 and 255 inclusive Any kind of profile design may be assigned any number though it is advised that all 16420s n a network use the same profile number code for the same profile design The profile files themselves are simple text files of the form where key 1 is one of the possible keywords and value I is a value selection for that keyword and so on Note that a profile file may contain any or all of the legal keywords But if a keyword appears twice in a profile file or there are other spelling or format errors the profile will not be used when the Compel insertion command is received It is best that Implementers try out their profiles first in a controlled environment to be sure that the desired behavior results Current Profile Keywords preSilence This forces the start of the file play
153. or not along with useful metadata They are all created in the uplink control system and managed by the MediaPlan Content Manager which is outside the scope of this Manual see the MPcm User s Manual Then they are downloaded to the edge receivers the iPump6420s for storage All downloaded assets are stored in the 16420 filesystem in the u user assets directory They are usually single layer folders with the folder name equal to the asset and all files located directly under that level However assets may now have multiple folder layers When downloaded to the iPump6420 from Compel MediaPlan they included a special metadata file called metadata xml This file tells the 16420 what playable audio files should be included in the asset what their path is the asset expiration date and also will indicate the asset s alias if any see section 3 4 6 Generally the asset concept is only used for the management of files and 1s usually not relevant to the problem of playing single audio files or of building playlists to play one or more such files at a time However there is one exception to this and it is the concept of the asset alias The alias for an asset becomes an alternate name for an asset So a network may put a different asset in any of many local affiliates all loaded with content exclusively for that locality However if they are all given the same alias then the network can then request a play from that
154. ort 2 then a relay associated with Port 2 is pulsed Note that the basic Compel address field may actually be a Boolean expression combining groups and AND and OR operators to create more complex addresses Timing Because Compel commands frequently must be aligned or synchronized to events occurring in the live audio streams Compel provides some methods to assist For example the audio track and a closure may originate from a customer automation system in sync where the closure occurs at the moment a local spot is to be inserted Because the audio track will be delayed in the MPEG compression system the Compel command created by the Compel Event handler will also need to be delayed This may be done with the legacy Compel NETCON DELAY command see Compel Manual But this affects a commands coming from Compel during the delay period A superior tool is another capability found in the Compel Extended Syntax Command Delay With this only that one Compel command will see its execution delayed after receipt The delay can then be fine tuned to tightly align the overlay of the local spot with the network avail default network spot When fine tuning the alignment of switches inserts or relay closures at 16420 outputs to the live audio track the system implementer should also be aware that the 16420 will implement an automatic delay In all Compel commands that are timing critical relative to the audio track This is called Com
155. ous actions e Receiver action commands Commands that stimulate a receiver to execute a particular function usually limited in time It is assumed that the long term state of WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 40 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual the receiver Is unaffected by command execution or the lack thereof These Commande must often be synchronized to other external events For example a closure arriving from a customer s media automation system requesting the play ofa commercial spot must cause a command to edge iPump6420s to insert a particular file to be aligned precisely with a network avail local spot opportunity e Time of day commands Non addressed commands that signal the date time to all listening receivers Receivers that must know the precise time will interpolate over many such commands to maintain accurate TOD tracking e Satellite File download operations A special command and functions to go with it that allow the download of media files to edge receivers This 1s discussed more thoroughly in Section 3 3 e HTTP File download operations A special command to request that receivers pull media file content from Compel by HTTP over the internet e Playlist build commands Commands to build playlists on edge receivers who support that function Playlists are discussed more thoroughly in Section 3 4 2 e Miscellaneous commands Commands that affect the remote receiver state but are not reta
156. output is generally wired directly into the RBDS input of the station s AM or FM radio exciter So that the 16420 may support two different local affiliate missions such as two different radio stations one audio and a bank of relays see above along with this RBDS signal may be directed to each To properly enforce this it s best to use Compel Associated Audio commands part of Compel Extended Syntax to do all the RBDS messages This will ensure that the RBDS data strings are properly associated with that audio feed The user controls are 1 RBDS serial port baud settings ports 1 and 2 2 RBDS message output from Compel 3 3 Stored File Creation and Management The Store Forward mission of the iPump6420 requires that file based audio content be pre positioned on the unit before use and stored there for subsequent repeated uses This section discusses the delivery or creation and then management of that audio content 3 3 1 File Storage and Management database Basic File and Asset Management All files positioned on the iPump6420 for later use must be registered In a local management database This database logs in the file and notes its playability its play time length its location and its parent asset A key concept in the management of these audio files is this asset Assets are objects in the WEGENER MediaPlan based Store Forward system that may encapsulate any number of files whether playable audio files
157. pel Command Delay For more details on the 16420 timing model see section 3 4 3 For Compel control the unit indications are 1 COMPEL LED some units NETWORK ON if Compel command stream is being received flashing briefly when personally addressed commands are received For Compel the following unit controls are applicable For most the user with debug access or the factory is the preferred command method 1 Compel PID Transport packet ID conveying Compel messages 2 Compel Header must match between Compel and receiving 16420s 3 Local Control Enable generally set by Compel 4 Compel sharing flag if set to Share and Compel s a shared Compel then the unit is allowed to accept the command stream regardless of conflicting Headers Compel Command Delay factory set defaults to 500 mS 6 Compel required factory setting GN Internet delivered Compel Control The iPump6420 may be set to receive its Compel commands not through a satellite channel but over the internet In this method the 16420 will do scheduled HTTP polling of the Compel server which must in turn be set to support this method At each poll the set of pending commands that would be addressed to the 16420 are downloaded from Compel This is a complex operation in Compel to decode all the Group addresses back to direct by serial number addresses The commands are then processed in order Because of the expected latency in this www weg
158. r s Manual 3 2 Basic IRD Functions Sad Transport Front end DVB Tuner The standard configuration of the iPump6420 features a front end DVB RF tuner The unit will at initial reboot or after a user local or Compel changes the applicable setting attempt to acquire lock on an RF carrier presented at its RF Input In this case lock 1s an intricate series of recursive steps starting with carrier frequency lock symbol rate lock inner convolutional FEC pattern lock de interleaver pattern lock and finally outer Reed Solomon FEC pattern lock When all these are achieved the DVB tuner hardware signals the unit software that carrier lock 1s achieved In some cases before lock is accepted the unit must further verify the validity of the carrier If WEGENER Carrier ID Tags are in use and required then the carrier Tag must match that expected by the unit software If not then the acquisition process resumes Carrier ID Tags are generally only needed for very narrow band carriers and or situations with large LNB frequency offsets In addition to the permanent unit carrier settings the 16420 provides the user with a Preset Table an internal list of alternate carrier tuning settings These may be used as canned shorthands for users to use rather than remember all the individual settings for alternate carriers The Preset Table is also significant for support of Automated Recovery see Section 3 1 8 For an ASI nput op
159. r to schedule local recording of the original show episodes then subsequent planned playback times These recordings are unlike a Tivo include more than the streamed audio feed but also include a capture of the timestamped track of associated Compel commands that went out with the original program episode Commands for local spot plays RBDS messages and for local relay closure outputs This whole effort 1s done so seamlessly that at playback the local affiliate cannot distinguish between the original show episode broadcast and the ShowShifted episode playback www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 8 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual TimeZone Delay Most radio networks span several time zones Because of this to keep the same scheduled feel at all affiliates through all those time zones they once again must do their own recording and re broadcasts using extra satellite bandwidth The iPump6420 TimeZone Delay TZD feature allows the central radio network manager to avoid these complexities Using TZD the radio network manager can broadcast one feed over the satellite with all the correct localization At those sites in later time zones the 16420 implementing TZD will hold the entire compressed audio feed along with all associated Compel commands like ShowShifting in a rolling recorded buffer At the precise buffer depth corresponding to the hour difference n time the original feed is heard sounding and
160. r 4 Page 103 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 11 Can any IRD of any kind monitor this audio stream 12 On a stream analyzer is there any activity on that audio PID 4 2 5 Failure to get file downloads over satellite 1 Sure you have carrier lock Check CARRIER LED 2 Are getting Compel Check COMPEL LED 3 Sure you are on the correct carrier 4 Check MPE IP PID setting matches your uplink 5 When Compel sends the MADD command does your COMPEL LED flash If not it may not be getting addressed to your 16420 6 Does your DOWNLOAD LED come on at all If not the 16420 is probably not seeing the first file packet with the metadata 7 Sure you are not actually getting the file download Check with uplink control on the path filename used 8 Can any other 16420 get file downloads especially the same downloads Make sure to address another known working unit at the same time with a download and observe both 4 2 6 Failure to get file downloads over internet HTTP 1 Because of the similarities in the missions do the same checks as in sections 4 2 3 and 4 2 10 Can you get Compel over internet if applicable and send Return Path reports OK 2 Are you getting Compel commands to request HTTP downloads When the uplink says it sends the command verify the COMPEL LED flashes or flashes when the unit polls the Compel server for Compel over internet 3 Can other 16420s receive HTTP file downloads OK 4 2 7 Failure to pla
161. r change the audio stream assigned to that Decoder port then the TZD system re initializes from the top starting over Again it plays true live audio while charging up its buffer and then when that buffer is full resumes on live delayed audio If the unit reboots during operation then the recording process will note the outage but the playback process will resume working on the content that is still exactly the TZ Delay in age For that unit reboot or any other such outages e g carrier fades an Event will be written into the rolling event buffer and when the unit comes around to the time to play that it will operate in the same manner as a shifted show episode see ShowShifting section 3 7 2 using either silence and or the LOA playlist as a filler In addition to this recovery mechanism TZ Delay features another level of protection At user set intervals an audit Is done over the content recorded for the previous interval Ifthe amount of audio content lost exceeds a user set threshold then TZ Delay re initializes from the top starting over These intervals must divide evenly into a 24 hour day and should be set equal to or less than the TZ delay time Timezone Delay authorizing keyfiles are named serialnumber tzdelay pem The relevant indicators are l The RECORD LED is on during TZ Delay 2 The PLAYBACK LED 1s on once TZ Delay has a full buffer and s playing delayed content The new relevant user controls are 1 Se
162. r the command the 16420 will capture the demodulated audio from the requested AM FM tuner port number for that specified time As the audio is captured it is compressed into an mp3 file and that is written to local HDD storage The name of the file captured will be of the form YY YYMMDD HHMMSS tag port sn label mp3 where Y Y YMMDD is a date code HHMMSS is a 24 hour time code tag is a user provided Identifying tag port Is the Port number sn Is the unit serial number and label s the unit name The resulting OAR capture file will be stored into the u user system oar directory Again the relevant user controls are l Capture bit rate each port Capture sample rate each port Capture stereo mode each port Capture Sample depth Capture audio level factory set OAR capture command Port Tag Time length OAR file capture status request A S Se WWW wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 87 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 5 3 File Return for Audit As the captured OAR files accumulate on field 16420s the Compel system may regularly request that they be returned so that they are available for auditing This is done through the Return Path OAR file return report This will cause the field iPump6420 to upload all OAR files by HTTP POST to the CSM function in the Compel system The CSM function in turn will place the files to a directory for that unit serial number After the request h
163. ress netmask and Gateway Return Path server IP address Return Path backup server IP address Return Path modem phone number Return Path modem PPP login Return Path modem PPP password Return Path modem remote phone number Return Path modem backup remote phone number Commands to request Return Path reports see above 0 Action Tag requests to send Return Path file NACKs to support Asset Healing see Section 3 3 6 A sa gt ee oi s www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 44 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 1 Typical Status report screen at uplink control system COMPEL Return Path Mozilla Firefox SEE Eile Edit view History Bookmarks Tools Help 2 s v br am Search AA Most Visited f Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog Ww USW Bid Mgr betas Agile Link U4600 DVB S2 capabili Daisy specs Wegener Forums Vie M 0003432 When tz delay is enga T 0003438 while in TZ Delay loca COMPEL Return Path Y S X A a file C Documents and Settings steveo S OLIVIER2 Desktop screen_grab COMPEL Return Path htm uu WEGENER List All Receivers Done 3 1 3 Local Web The web interface 1s the premier local user interface All other modes of local user control where duplicated are deprecated in favor of this interface In the next few paragraphs several of t
164. rsonal injury the following items should be strictly observed Elevated Operating Ambient When equipment is installed in a closed or multi unit rack assembly the operating ambient temperature of the rack environment may be greater than the room ambient temperature Therefore consideration should be given to the ambient air temperature within the rack and not just inside the room when deciding if the maximum recommended ambient operating temperature Tmra is being met Reduced Air Flow Equipment should be installed such that airflow required for safe operation of the equipment is not compromised To ensure adequate air flow the iPump 6420 should be arranged in a rack with at least one empty rack unit between it and adjacent equipment and with adequate clearance around both side vents Mechanical Loading Mounting of the equipment in a rack should be such that a hazardous condition is not produced by uneven loading This unit is moderately heavy so total rack loading must be considered Also do not rest any unsupported equipment on your iPump 6420 DANGER Circuit Overloading Consideration should be given to the connection of the equipment to the supply circuit and the effect that overloading of circuits could have on overcurrent protection and supply wiring Ensure that the total rack or breaker power consumption does not exceed the limits ofthe ac branch circuit Appropriate consideration of equipment ratings should be used when
165. se file positions in their lists if any An example of the use of the SHUFFLE keyword is given in Figure 3 18 There are no relevant user controls for this automatic process beyond use of these keywords in the standard file and playlist play commands WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 84 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 18 Example of using the SHUFFLE file selection keyword Use of SHUFFLE keyword a simple playlist example Consider the following playlist definition lassets Song Song_A mp2 lassets Spots SHUFFLE lassets Song Song_B mp2 lassets Spots SHUFFLE lassets Song Song_C mp2 lassets Spots SHUFFLE Note that each time this playlist is invoked it will play 3 files each randomly selected from the assets Spots directory using the SHUFFLE keyword 1 A command is received to play this playlist on decoder 1 When the first SHUFFLE keyword is reached the Spots directory listing is shuffled randomly in the following order with the first tem HomeDepot_2 mp2 returned as the file to play HomeDepot_2 mp2 CocaCola_2 mp2 HomeDepot_1 mp2 CocaCola_1 mp2 2 For the remainder of the playlist the next 2 files CocaCola_2 mp2 and HomeDepot_1 mp2 will be played 3 The next time the receiver is commanded to play this playlist when it reaches the first SHUFFLE keyword it will play the last unplayed file CocaCola 1 mp2 4 When control reaches to the next entry with the SHUFFLE keyword
166. sertion by named file by indirection with asset alias see section 3 4 6 and or by indirection with keyword based selection from folder see section 3 4 5 2 Abort file play only a local operation WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 79 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 4 2 Playlists Playlists give the user the opportunity for insertion command indirection that makes localization convenient see Figure 1 2 while allowing for more powerful file based audio functions By defining the same playlist name on many field 1iPump6420s but each pointing to its own local files the network by requesting an audio insert with that playlist can get a group of field 16420s to do a synchronized local insert These inserts execute simultaneously at all sites with each unit using its own local content In the iPump6420 a playlist is an ordered set of one or more audio file specifications Each of those file specifications may 1 explicitly name a file by path and filename 2 name a file as before but using an asset alias m the path see section 3 4 6 or 3 use a keyword to select a file from an asset folder see section 3 4 5 Any or all playable file types may be used in a single playlist When a playlist play is invoked as a temporary insert the typical use the live audio feed is muted and then all the files are played In order once and then the audio decoder port output returns to the live satellite audio feed This 1s
167. sing CR TL then the user is sent to the web Diagnostics screen This is a fairly powerful diagnostic and debugging tool and only advanced users should access this screen No other information is supplied in this publicly accessible Manual about this screen If you are an advanced user and you have questions please contact WEGENER Customer Service for more information User Controls The user controls affecting the web interface are listed Compel is the preferred command method LAN IP settngs IP address netmask and Gateway Allow or disallow local control This affects many parameters needed to deliver the audio output payload Set by Compel or the factory Allow or disallow HTTP web access Set by Compel or the factory 4 Content access permission on off If ON then local users may modify or delete stored files NO m LA www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 59 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 1 4 Front Panel Monitor and Control The front panel interface consists of 8 LEDs a 2 X 20 character LCD and six push buttons With this a hierarchical M amp C structure is implemented This means that all monitor and control objects or screens are grouped with related screens under parent menus Further levels of abstraction are implemented by ordering those parent menus perhaps with child less screens under higher parent menus and so forth Note that the highest level screens are called the top leve
168. ssigned language descriptor for decoder number Audio output is command muted for decoder number PMT PID not found or data corrupt Serial number reported by the internal Secure Micro does not match unit serial number File to play stream can t be opened Storage device is approaching maximum capacity Eb No value less than sum of Threshold Margin evaluated over 10 sec intervals File Doesn t Exist File to play doesn t exist High Error rate Number of incoming Error d seconds in Transport exceeds fault threshold RF level may be too high for reliable operation Valid ID tags had been detected and used to allow carrier lock but now are unavailable preventing carrier re acquisition after fades or reboots Carrier ID tag in satellite Transport does not match unit tag setting may have acquired incorrect carrier Invalid COMPEL Hdr Compel header in satellite Transport does not match unit Compel header setting may have acquired incorrect carrier File to play stream is an unsupported format LAN or WAN IP address conflicts with pre existing host COMPEL PID packets lost if valid COMPEL seen since signal acquisition and COMPEL disappeared for gt 2 minutes RF level may be too low for reliable operation Got busy signal Defective Modem or unacceptable connection to Modem Called number didn t answer ASI Transport stream not detected on ASI Input No audio for Dec No audio allocated to wildcard assigned to decoder number N
169. ssion the local web Interface features an Automation sub tab under Status for each Decoder When Microcasting s enabled for that screen s Decoder the screen will feature a list of all the current day s operations past and future if desired with a marker showing the current position in the list See Figure 3 19 for an example In addition to the web status screen the operator should observe that the front panel s PLAYBACK LED 1s lit during Microcasting operation Note that all operations In Microcasting are logged just the same as normal operations For each file or playlist play there will be a pair of As run Log entries For the starting and stopping of Microcasting as well as every relay closure there will be an Ops Log entry Microcasting authorizing keyfiles are named serialnumber automation pem The relevant indicators are l PLAYBACK LED on while Microcasting is running with a valid sequence file The relevant new user controls are 1 Command to start Microcasting on a Decoder 2 Any permanent Audio Decoder command to go to some other perm setting 3 Use the terminal command cert report to check for Automation authorization WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 94 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 19 Automation monitor screen local web interface iPump Automation Decoder 2 Mozilla Firefox File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools Help or G X dq 1 http
170. t TZ Delay on a Decoder port 2 Set content audit interval 3 Set content audit threshold some portion of the above interval 4 Use the terminal command cert report to check for TimeZone Delay authorization 3 7 4 MP3 Codec For a small added license fee standard iPump6420s may be upgraded to support MPEG 1 Layer 3 audio files commonly called mp3 files These files are treated no differently than the normally supported mp2 and wave files They are playable discretely or as part of playlists where they may be combined with the other audio file types Note that all forms of ID3 tags are supported either Version 1 or 2 both or no Tag at all see spec Section 1 4 MP3 authorizing keyfiles are named serialnumber mp3 pem The new relevant user controls are 1 Use the terminal command cert report to check for mp3 authorization www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 100 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Chapter 4 MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING This chapter gives information on maintenance and troubleshooting of the iPump 6420 Table of Contents jl AI EN 102 A A EEEE EEEE A ESEESE RENED 102 4 2 1 Fahne 10 20 dune Eege 102 422 Failure to get Compel control over satelltte 103 4 2 3 Failure to get Compel control over Imternet 103 4 2 4 Failure to get live audio play on a Decoder output
171. t discussed are used for unit Monitor and Control This is the Front Panel system and the Serial M amp C port The Front Panel features LEDs for indications a 2x20 character LCD for status and control menus and a keypad interface for user control The Serial M amp C port allows the user a local Terminal control session Lastly the 1Pump6420 features an alarm relay contact closure to allow use of the unit in redundant fail safe configurations This closure indicates Fail when the unit is in an Alarm state or when AC power is removed WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 11 RF Input WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure I 3 iPump6420 Functional Block Diagram DVB Receiver subsystem MPEG Transport Transport Demux Selected Progr Audio stream Logically considered Port n of 2 Flash Storage Software amp settings Compel Local Controller Supports Compel web terminal amp FP cntl Audio Decompression module 1 Wave PCM mp2 or mp3 option Audio Decompression module 2 Wave PCM mp2 or mp3 option Media playlists schedules OAR recordings logs Audio Decompression module 3 Wave PCM mp2 or mp3 option MS I mp3 codec option a HDD Storage
172. t interface connect a coax cable to your ASI Transport source such as another satellite IRD Connect your balanced analog audio ports 1 2 or 3 Aux to your analog audio distribution system DA Or connect the AES3 digital audio outputs for 1 amp 2 only to your digital audio distribution system DA 2 Connect a CAT5 cable from the Pump 6240 s LAN port to the desired LAN segment in order to access the iPump 6240 s web control screen If that LAN segment can reach the internet then this may be the only adaptor needed see next 3 If you wish to have your iPump 6420 be able to send Return Path over internet to the uplink control system then the LAN segment connected to the LAN port must be allowed to make outbound HTTP connections and you must protect the iPump 6420 from inbound connections from the internet f so then you may skip the next step 4 Connect a CAT5 cable from the iPump 6240 s WAN port to an external broadband internet connection Remember this is used only for connections unprotected by NAT router and or firewall 5 Connect the Modem jack to a local analog phone line if using Return Path but where the Ethernet adaptors cannot be wired to have access to the internet 6 Connect one of more of your iPump 6240 Cue Relays ports to the local commercial insertion equipment if used 7 Connect one or more of your iPump 6420 RBDS output ports to the radio station exciter s RBDS input if supporting RBDS distribution in
173. t spatially reversed because of connector inversion AUX AUDIO Left Ground 9 pin D male Jack Ground Right Left Ground Z Z Q Q Right WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 27 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Connector Type Pin Signal Description Designation Options shown in red a NN 2 RxD data output 0 7 8 CTS internally pulled to 5V RI internally pulled to 5V with weak current limiting LL JPOZmn J O Ys PIOfBI 5 O LL 4 PO Ys LO 6 PIO 6ln 0 0 00 000 8 Grund 4 9 PlOflReum PO HA Return gt gt gt oo o y B E CT Lo 14 PIOF6Rewm SS pS PIO HT Return s ALARM 15 pin D male jack x x 2 RD spare data output po 3 TxD Spare data input Eo O AT x O AT po 6 CueRelay l Common contact Alarm COM closes here on alarm or when power 1s off 8 OK COM coses here when OK o Grad 15 OO COM WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 2 Page 28 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Connector Type Pin Signal Description Designation Options shown in red O BE a Se r has 2 Gud S l3 INC 2 oo O AT pS Right O x o 6 Left oo O AT BN Ed 8 RE EE E ee corresponding to port 1 audio en input corresponding to port 2 audio LL 2 Cure Relay 1 2
174. t to OK and that is the end of it If the download was done under Compel management the flags are set to indicate OK but testing Regardless of these flags the download task itself does not complete the upgrade process Later Compel or the local user if local control 1s enabled must request that the new application version be loaded and run This 1s called the application switch probably because it can be done as a command to use the backup application or as a command to switch to a particular application version nnn The second method is actually preferred except in a panic situation because it forces the operator to know what he she is doing and think about what application the field iPump6420s will be switching to Regardless of how it is ordered the incumbent application software first marks the non volatile storage flags to show the backup new application version as the new primary commanded and its own flag to show as the new backup Then it jumps to reset eventually giving control of the unit over to the new application version as the boot loader loads and runs that new version Being a hot folder after the follow on processing the downloaded images shall be deleted from difiles Recall that 16420s downloaded from Compel have their newly downloaded application images marked as OK but testing The meaning of the testing flag 1s this If the user later requests an application switch
175. the remote receiving 16420 sites And for each segment of each hour of each day a playlist name is defined For each affiliate that playlist may define a different file or no file at all The Compel network control system then orders the building of those playlists on the affiliate 16420s In addition the referenced files are also ordered for downloading The file will be pulled or pushed from a file server in the customer traffic system and then broadcast by UDP to a satellite IP address The emitted UDP messages are encapsulated by MPE protocol creating a Transport stream which is re multiplexed with the main Transport and sent over the satellite to the receiving 16420s The Compel control stream bears control commands that instruct which 16420s or which groups of 16420s will receive each file While setting up the affiliate 16420s the Compel system also sets up it s internal scheduling mechanism to re assign known incoming customer closures for the supported networks each to a new playlist execution command on each segment s time boundary This sets up the real time portion of the S F system In real time Figure 1 2 represents a method by which the S F system creates localization under central control On a PIO input assigned for spots on a specific supported networks the Compel system receives a closure from the customer s traffic system The customer s traffic system sends this closure to coincide with the start of a network
176. the main Satellite Transport by the main uplink MPEG Multiplexer Thence it goes out over the satellite to the waiting iPump6420s Meanwhile if any of those 16420s has been set to use an MPE PID which is correct then that data stream is demultiplexed and fed to the IP stack at the satellite IP address which is assigned to the virtual DVB adaptor in all iPump6420s Those UDP packets of course are sent to a specific port number As part of AFD before the file is sent out as UDP packets Compel had instructed the target 16420s with a command to listen on that port If it is listening and the packets are received the 16420 reads the very first packet a control packet to get the file name its size destination path and tts checksum Then f all the other packets are received OK the file 1s re assembled and checksummed said checksum then compared to that WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 74 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual sent in the first packet If OK the file is copied Into the 16420 HDD filesystem at u user creating new folders as necessary This completes the immediate file delivery process However to keep the 16420 from wasting time accepting files not intended for it 1t will receive a follow on command from Compel ordering it to stop listening on the original UDP port This completes the actual AFD process for that file Currently AFD may send as many as ten files at once conceivably all directed
177. this example the network wide alias assigned to the WKLS Rock asset was Rock With the alias loaded to the 16420 Compel can request the file insert by asking for assets Rock Fred_ McMurray 5 second SHUFFLE This will then randomly play a 5 second Liner for Fred McMurray in all stations In the Rock network that is the network where all 16420s share the alias Rock The method to install an asset alias is by using the metadata xml file traditionally downloaded with each new asset built on field iPump6420s by Compel The alias tag of the xml file will define the alias This then creates a logical link in the 16420 file system So the creation of asset aliases is an uplink control system function usually done with special scripts If a user wishes to implement this in a network please contact WEGENER Customer Service The relevant user controls are None 3 5 Off Air Recording option An optional feature in iPump6420 is Off Air Recording OAR capability OAR capability gives the network operator the power to audit field 16420s to ensure that the correct commercial spots are being played on the air by the local radio stations One should note that using Return Path alone the operator already had the power to confirm the 16420 s opinion that a spot was air d using returned As run Logs However using OAR the operator is provided an added level of assurance that nothing else in the system prevented the actu
178. thod whereby files in the u user folder structure may be automatically deleted is under those conditions where the HDD storage appears to be insufficient for new asset file downloads In this case the 16420 performs a TBS algorithm to find candidate files for deletion As new downloads are made the candidate files are deleted to make room User Controls The user controls are Delete individual files by name or by using wildcard Compel only Move copy or rename folders and file local user only Delete entire assets 4 Register all new files in database debugging command only d im RAS LA Assured File Delivery over satellite Assured File Delivery AFD over satellite 1s the premier method for file distribution in WEGENER MediaPlan based Store Forward networks In those networks AFD distributes the files to the edge receivers the iPump6420s It does this by breaking those files into fixed size frames and then using a special ghost PID in the Transport stream as the pipe to convey those frames to the waiting 16420s The protocol used to send the frames of data to the 16420s 1s MPE UDP IP usually called just MPE IP The data is sent from Compel CSM by UDP to the satellite IP address used In WEGENER S F systems 173 16 200 222 Uplink equipment called an IP Encapsulator then forwards those UDP packets encapsulated per MPE protocol within a small Transport stream This small stream is then multiplexed within
179. ting ON for 600mS and OFF for 600mS e Flutter is like flash but shorter 200mS ON and OFF times TRANSPORT LIVE SVCS e GREEN if acquired valid Transport Stream e GREEN if playing decompressing services from either carrier or terrestrial input selected from incoming Transport stream on e Flashes GREEN if physical layer detects data any port from carrier lock and or Transport framing e OFF if no live streaming media playing at but no valid PSI or Services This is any port indication for physical layer lock if no CA Authorization Note that there may be a fault indication ALARM or WARNING if no CA Authorization e OFF if no physical layer detection of incoming Transport stream from any source COMPEL PLAYBACK e GREEN if incoming COMPEL packets incl e GREEN if playing services from stored keep alives are detected from any source in media on any port This includes all time last 2 minutes shifted or delayed live services e Flutter GREEN if addressed COMPEL Flutter GREEN when any cue relay state has packet received in last 5 seconds from any changed in previous 5 seconds source e OFF if no media playback at any port e OFF otherwise WARNING RECORD e AMBER for one or more current unit e GREEN if recording Program Streams direct Warning conditions from Transport Stream e OFF otherwise e OFF if no current storage operations ALARM DOWNLOAD e RED for one or more current unit Alarm e GREEN if re
180. tingsGroupEntr y s SEQUENCE settingsGroupIndex INTEGER 0 65535 index O main settingsGroupIndex OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER commanded 1 lastsuccess 253 perm 254 current 255 temp 256 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 2 Page 118 WEGENER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 1 M SYMBOL FORMAT symbolroznat OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER asi 0 apsk 2 psk8 3 qam16 4 turbogpsk 5 turbopskg8 6 turbogaml6 7 dvbs2qpsk 8 dvbs2psk8 9 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 2 M INPUT NUMBER inputNumber OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 3 M CARRIER FREQUENCY carrierFrequency OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Units Mhz Factor 001 settingsGroupEntry 4 M DATA RATE dataRate OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory settingsGroupEntry 5 M FEC RATE fecRate OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER fec14 6 turbolfec34 7 turbo2fec34 8 fec13 9 www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B iPump 6420 User s Manual Appendix 2 Page 119 WEGENER fec25 10 recso 11 fec45 12 fec910 13 MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory gt j settingsoroupbntry 6 M TAG SITE tagsite OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read
181. tion a much more limited set of steps Is needed to detect the ASI Transport timing and then find symbol and frame timing lock on the incoming baseband signal At any rate the result for either Transport option is that a valid MPEG Transport stream 1s presented to the unit s internal software Demultiplexer Key unit indicators at this stage are l TRANSPORT LED on for good Transport flashes if RF carrier lock OK but Transport not usable such as if encrypted 2 Estimated RF signal level shown as a unit less metric 0 to 100 where 100 is highest 3 Estimated link Eb No in dB a metric for signal to noise ratio 4 Error d Seconds one second intervals with Transport packets with errors Tuning Parameters The unit has a primary set of DVB tuning parameters needed to get carrier lock plus some supporting data structures This list includes the following l ASTRA Universal LNB On off generally a factory or local user setting LNB LO frequency generally a factory or local user setting Carrier downlink frequency Carrier modulation Carrier Transport data rate or Symbol rate for modern DV B S2 systems Carrier inner FEC ratio may be omitted for modern DVB S2 systems Carrier ID Tag 15 means do not use Program number Significant only when any audio port is assigned as Follow Tune used to remain compatible with legacy systems 9 Add Preset Table entry 10 Edit Preset Table entry pe LE l eie os a WWW Wegener com 80
182. tion of file audio during insert Duck allows live to mix with file audio during insert at programmable attenuation insertions to live audio track 2 Compel Extended Syntax command delay 24 0 dBm is optional 0 to 20 dB attenuation in 1 dB steps from Output Levels above Output Impedance Balanced lt 60 Frequency Response 20Hz to 20 kHz 0 5 1 5 dB 50 Hz to 15 kHz 0 5 dB Phase Accuracy 50 Hz to 15 kHz lt 2 from linear phase gt 88 dB 22 Hz to 20 kHz unweighted Harmonic Distortion lt 0 1 IKHz test tone 1dB below PPL Dynamic Range 16 Bit Delta Sigma DAC Muting Muting control of each Audio Decoder port is available muting both analog amp digital outputs in tandem d sample rate per each audio output Muting Muting control of each Audio Decoder port is available muting both analog amp digital outputs in tandem WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 15 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual LAN WAN Ethernet Ports S O Physical Layer LAN amp Full duplex auto negotiating 10baseT 100base TX twisted WAN Media Access and Link Layers Network and Transport Layers Network Services Telnet SMB FTP SSH for diagnostics HTTP web server HTTP client for Return Path All inbound TCP connections blocked inbound ICMP messages e g PING blocked pair on RJ45 jack Per IEEE 802 3 Ethernet Binds to TCP IP stack WAN port security Cue Relays Arrangeme
183. to do all the cue relay pulses This will ensure that the relay number is properly indexed in the bank of relays associated with that audio feed Note that to ensure good time alignment with events in the audio feed Compel Extended Syntax may also invoke an additional delay to the relay pulse command Along with the fixed Compel Command Delay the net delay should be set equal to the audio compression system delay thus allowing the closure to line up precisely on the start of the local avail see Timing Model section 3 4 3 One additional user cue relay 1s provided in the standard iPump6420 This appears on the same rear pane connector as the Alarm relay contacts It may be controlled similar to the relays discussed above but it 1s not logically associated with any Audio Decoder All relay activity 1s logged to the Operational Log see Section 3 6 3 The user controls primarily set from Compel are l Permanent relay setting on off 2 Temporary non volatile relay setting on off 3 Pulse relay command www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 72 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 2 4 Delivery of RBDS data The iPump6420 features two serial ports to perform Radio Broadcast Data Services RBDS data output each assigned and dedicated to one of the two main Audio Decoders Ports RBDS is used to deliver metadata to the local affiliate such as Information about the current song the artist the station call sign etc This
184. to the same iPump6420s So 10 different UDP ports may be simultaneously opened on the 16420 s satellite IP address At each the 16420 may be receiving and buffering all or part of a file in process of being downloaded The relevant indicators are DOWNLOAD LED on during file downloads The relevant user controls are Set or edit MPE PID Listen to the UDP port in satellite IP address MADD in Compel Stop listening to the above UDP port MREMOVE in Compel First packet timeout timeout waiting for control packet after MADD factory set 5 File send timeout timeout waiting for entire file delivery factory set Se ix 3 3 3 Kencast File Delivery over satellite WEGENER s iPump6420 also supports an industry standard gr party server client application for satellite based file distribution Kencast s FAZZT product kencast com This system utilizes a similar MPE IP download technique as used in WEGENER s AFD The FAZZT client is built into the 16420 standard However it is beyond the scope of this Manual to introduce the user to FAZZT so please reference that product s literature for help To do file distribution from Compel through a FAZZT server through the satellite Transport stream to waiting iPump6420s the implementer must have this setup The 16420s must have an authorizing FAZZT serial number and key file be listening on the correct MPE IP PID and be properly assigned to one or more Kencast channels The 16420 will th
185. tunerGroup 1 M AVALIABLE E availability OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION In tenths of a percentage tunerGroup 2 M FADES fades OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory tunerGroup 3 M GLITCHES SINCE SIGNAL LOSS glitchesSinceSignalLoss OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory tunerGroup 4 M AVG EBNO avgEbno OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Average EbNo in tenth of a dB tunerGroup 5 M INSTANT EBNO instantEbno OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Instant EbNo in tenth of a dB tunerGroup 6 TIME SINCE FIRST ACO timesincerirstAcg OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX TimeTicks MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B iPump 6420 User s Manual Appendix 2 Page 116 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Time since first Acquisition tunerGroup 9 M TIME SINCE LAST ACQ timeSinceLastAcq OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX TimeTicks MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory DESCRIPTION Time since last Acquisition tunerGroup 10 M M RF LVL 0 100 rfLv10100 OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS read only STATUS mandatory tunerGroup 14 M GLITCHES IN 1 MIN glitchesInlMin OBJECT TYPE SYNTAX INTEGER MAX ACCESS
186. ump6420 F Figure 3 17 WV S 6 all E90 L 1nSo O 60 ZZ el Jo pue 1e Spud Yaesu Jed su B5 q uesu ejop uoniesu Aejap Jajnq oipne dund Aejap pw dund eje e op oyjoyes Jap JONG OIP d Ae 9p PWD TIANOD d AB 9P NOOLAN el p eye D puu9 13dINOO n JOXIW O IIN UN olpne ally pepooeq Aejap uoisse4duioo 7 N Aejap pur T3dWO2 duingi Aejap NOILIN 10446 But uonaesu lt q Aejap oipne A 1 Aejap uoni sul P PWI IIJINOI 40419 Burn uonaesu x JOXIW O 498 1 OISNIA 498 ISN OIDnV 3A17 pepooeq Jesu euJojui o sindmo 4epooep olpne Oz pol Aejap Jajnq oipne dwnd Aejap ayjojes Aejap uu 1s s uoiss iduuoo quijdn Aejap oipne an gt q 0 eduJo ul oew 1s nb l uonjesuil sesneo juany eJnso esid oul 1 IJesul ju9 3 D lt L 1nso O 09 0 lt q Spuodas sosseW TIANOD 9 BAI JOe 0 indu Old Y jndui olpny 1981 ISN 1981 ISNIN waj s s UONEWOINE Jauo sn9 UO ulojs s uoirss iduioo 9 E9S o jou uo ejduJex3 oipne AdW Y I8duuoo o sindui nso 5 9 oipny epon Buruui uoeasuj 9 i4 2907 PAEMIO 1 810 S OZy91 Jeue6eM Chapter 3 Page 82 800070 01 Rev B WWW WEBENET COM WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 3 4 4 Insertion Profiles Overview Insertion profiles are optional modifiers that are applied to an entire temporary insert whether a discrete file or a playlist This Is inv
187. us the copy We always appreciate constructive criticism Our Address Attn Manuals Wegener Communications Inc Technology Park Johns Creek 11350 Technology Circle Duluth GA 30097 1502 Our fax number 770 497 041 1 WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 2 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 1 2 Pump 6420 Overview The WEGENER iPump 6420 is an integrated digital satellite receiver decoder and audio server designed to provide the most cost effective method of delivering and storing content for radio network operations In tandem with WEGENER Compel MediaPlan the iPump 6420 is a key part of the WEGENER Digital Media Delivery System which combines secure MPEG and IP digital transmission with media management and server storage to provide the most modern Store Forward solution now possible n the radio network market 1 2 1 Basic Store Forward Mission A technological goal in current satellite based radio network design is to concentrate more control at a central management point while retaining and expanding the local feel WEGENER is a leader in moving its radio network customers toward this goal A linear satellite network is one where all media content aggregated at the central uplink is instantaneously delivered at the edge receivers To deliver a greater variety of content more channels using more bandwidth was needed Localization the origination of unique material from each of many local
188. ustom Freq If LO CUSTOM FREQ lt ON OFF gt Chapter 3 Page 63 Fifth Level Lan Static IP Address Lan Static Netmask Lan Static Gateway Wan Static IP Address Wan Static Netmask Wan Static Gateway HTTP PROXY IP HTTP PROXY PORT Permament Last Commanded Last Success Current Stored Channels CUSTOM FREQ STD C BAND US KU BAND EURO LOW KU BAND EURO HI KU BAND XXXXXX XX MHZ WEGENER Main Level Second Level Return Path Setup Content Access Setup File Control Modem PPP Setup Serial Port Setup RDBS Settings User Relay Setup Expansion Relay Setup AM FM Tuner Setup Date Time Setup Unit Label S W Switch to Backup MUTING Setup Unit Status Detail Current Operation Normal OR Normal after Recovery OR In Auto Recovery Service Status Acquiring carrier OR Services BAD OR Services OK Active Recordings WWW WEBENET COM Third Level LNB type LO LNB Polarity If LNB Universal Astra SNR Margin Warning lt gt dB Signal Quality Setup Main Server IP Backup Server IP Content Access Control RENAME Files DELETE Files Phone number Dial Out Prefix PPP Username PPP Password Device Assignment Term BAUD Printer BAUD RDBS 1 BAUD Rate RDBS 2 BAUD Rate User Relay 1 Exp Relay 1 32 Select AM FM Tuner lt 1 2 gt Setup Current Date lt YYYY MM DD gt Current Time lt HH MM SS gt TIMEZONE selection lt CITY gt Fro
189. web interface 46 Figure 3 5 Transport Input web interface 49 Figure 3 6 Expansion Relay screen web interface 50 Figure 3 7 AM FM tuning screen web interface 51 Figure 3 0 Sysiem Screen ER 52 EC 52 Figure 3 9 File Manager screen web interface 53 Record play e E 53 Figure 3 10 Record Play screen web interface 54 DC MCC UNC VC Eet 54 Figure 3 11 Scheduled Events screen web interface 55 dias AAA A 55 Figure 3 12 Playlist Builder screen web interface S6 ShowShifting screen uuussssssssssssnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnenn 56 Figure 3 13 ShowShifting initial screen web interface 37 A o E 57 Figure 3 14 As run Log screen web interface
190. wide spot the default play for any linear edge receiver At the time that closure is received by Compel it causes a playlist execution command to be emitted to the entire network of 16420s The name of the playlist has been assigned by the Compel scheduler for that network day hour and segment The remote affiliate iPumps either have that playlist defined or not If not they continue decoding the live network feed playing out the network spot If they do have that playlist defined those 16420s each mute the live network feed and instead insert the audio for the referenced file a local spot As the spot concludes the live network feed unmutes and resumes on the 16420 audio output www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 1 Page 4 iPump 6420 User s Manual 22 WEGENER lew Store Forward System overv Figure I I ozpodunqg BuunjeeJ SAJOMJ9N OIPEY PUeMIO4 BIOIS MSIAJOAQ SINBIY Wid 0 Z L 600Z G1 Z Joypue SOJIS BAIOIA Auew JO our euugjue Xy NY s e d ay Buinpayos spueuuuJoo T3dlNOO Yomau Ind sjsi Aeld Ind sjods poJois INnd Bumuweu oud oppe poJois Wmd Ajajyeusayje sseooe Gem ny L 1918 N w pow emai pulyeq NV Jo Wy 8907 euoud Bojeuy JO 398JIp NYM Ocrgdungl J u B AA zs mim mamam N la N EH I xz 40 lt q sjndjno oipny xe 140 indui eod amp p
191. with appropriate IT personnel If internet connection is OK from the local Ethernet network check that the 16420 has a good connection at the LAN or WAN port whichever you are trying to use Is there a connection causing the LEDs to light on the rear connector If the internet connection is OK from the local Ethernet network is the 16420s IP address netmask and gateway set correctly The gateway must be a router with internet access If not using direct IP connection but modem is phone number PPP username and PPP password correct If using a modem can you manually dial the number for the uplink modem server Can other 16420s dial in and connect by PPP through this modem server for Compel over internet 4 2 11 Failure to upgrade application software l 2 Is the problem with application file downloads or switching to the downloaded now backup application If application file download problem can you get content file downloads If not consult section 4 2 5 If you can get other content file downloads then application file downloads are only not accepted if the same app version is being loaded to the backup that is already resident In one of the two positions primary or backup To load the same version to both slots consult WEGENER Customer Service If the problem is switching to the backup be sure you have requested it by the correct version string the preferred method to load the new application If the proble
192. withDecoder _ decrejoin addTermCmd decfollowtune luaterm withDecoder decfollowtune addTermCmd playfile luaterm withDecoder playfile addTermCmd 1 playlist play luaterm withDecoder playPlaylist addTermCmd 1 record start function argv addTermCmd rec1 function argv addTermCmd date function print os date end addTermCmd 1 seq print 1 addTermCmd seq validate www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 1 Page 111 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual addTermCmd syscmd function argv print os backticks unpack argv end addTermCmd group add y function argv term group cmd 2 argv 1 end addTermCmd 1 group del function argv term group cmd 3 argv 1 end addTermCmd r dec www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Appendix 1 Page 112 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Appendix 2 SNMP MIBS A2 1 Root MIB WEGENER ROOT MIB DEFINITIONS BEGIN IMPORTS MODULE IDENTITY enterprises FROM SNMPv2 SMI wegener MODULE IDENTITY LAST UPDATED 2007103120002 ORGANIZATION Wegener Communications CONTACT INFO Wegener Communications Customer Service 359 Curie Drive Alpharetta GA 30005 service wegener com http www wegener com DESCRIPTION This MIB Contains the root of the Wegener MIB tree REVISION 200710312000Z DESCRIPTION V1 01 PCMI Release enterprises 18137 cable OBJECT IDENTIFIER wegener 1
193. ww wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 55 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual Figure 3 12 Playlist Builder screen web interface Playlist Builder Mozilla Firefox File Edit view History Bookmarks Tools Help a WC gy EI http 172 17 194 15 cgi bin plbuilder plbuilder cgi decno amp piname beatle_shuffle v amp P 2 Most Visited f Getting Started Latest Headlines Create New Blog Post Steve Olivier s blog B Steve Olivier s blog w USW Bld Mgr betas gt iPump6420 4244432 SO Protes s onal sudio Server File Manager Record Play Scheduled Events Playlist Builder ShowShifting SIN 284415 Recievers Local Time 07 24 2009 21 44 42 EDT aud Not Found Dec2 SG Hen Goen eil Save 1 RB Save As gt lt Delete Edit Description Edit Aiases Harne beatle_shuffle Total Elements 1 Total Time 00 00 00 Description New Playlist ON Screen Graphic XPos YPos Intro Outro Time none mSec sset File Name je e Sta Asset List ength fassets 1022 mp2 00 00 29 Jassets 1023 mp2 00 00 29 fassets 02_A_Passage_To_Bangkok_44k _192kS mp2 mp3 00 03 fassets 1022 mp2 00 00 29 fassets Beatles SHUFFLE Unknown RB 00 00 00 00 00 00 o mp2 00 0023 l Jassets 1970 11 Everything Is Beautiful mp3 00 03 33 Jassets 1970 Cracklin Rosie mp3 00 03 06 Jassets 1970 Early in the Moming mp3 00 02 48 Jassets 1970 Everything Is Beautiful mp3 00 03 33 fassets 1970 Go
194. y file inserts on a Decoder l Are you listening to live satellite audio on this decoder now If not your wiring may be wrong or Decoder turned OFF or muted 2 Sure that the file insert did not actually play The PLAYBACK LED comes on during play 3 Sure you are getting Compel if that is where the command originated 4 Ifnot playing from Compel can you play the file from local web 5 Check that you actually have the file resident on the unit and you have path filename correct in the command 6 Did the file get loaded to the 16420 very recently If so it may not yet be registered in the database 7 When other 16420s are commanded to play this file are they OK 8 Is the file playable Can other 16420s play this file Can you play this file from Windows Media Player See spec section 1 4 for playable file limitations 9 Ifthe file is mp3 are you authorized 10 If you are using a random keyword selector are there playable files In the target 16420 directory www wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 4 Page 104 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual 4 2 8 Failure to play playlists l Use the list for file inserts above to first check for basic file insertion problems 2 Double check the playlist play command for the playlist name It must match up precisely on the 16420 whitespace and all 3 Check that your playlist exists Use the Playlist tab in local web interface 4 Ifthe playlist play is commanded from Co
195. yed regardless of ShowShift activities except that if the permanent assignment for the Decoder doing playback changes that change only takes affect after the episode playback is completed Note that it is the showshift definitions that end up driving iPump6420 actions For any episode of a defined Show if there are no showshifts defined at the start time of the episode then that episode is not recorded During ShowShift ongoing operations many recorded files will be created both mp2 and evt The name of each will include the creation date A cleanup function will run each day using that date and a user set expiration time Those files that exceed the allowed age will be automatically deleted Logging of ShowShift operations is similar to normal operation When a record or playback starts or ends there will be an Ops Log entry During playback if any cue relay closures those are also logged During playback if any local file or playlist inserts those are logged to the As run log ShowShifting authorizing keyfile names ShowShifting authorizing keyfiles are named serialnumber showshift pem User Indications and controls The relevant indicators are WWW Wegener com 800070 01 Rev B Chapter 3 Page 97 WEGENER iPump 6420 User s Manual l The RECORD LED Is on during ShowShift episode recordings 2 The PLAYBACK LED s on during ShowShift episode playback on any Decoder The new relevant user controls are Create a show definition

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