Blankom 5105.82, Manual

Page 1: ...Professional Headend Solutions Device manual A PALIOS IPM4 Part No 5105 82 8 pole IP ASI TV Modulator IP SFP ASI H 264 AVC MPEG2 ATV 8x AM ...

Page 2: ...t 2 5 6 4 3 Status LED at the ASI socket 5 6 4 4 Status LED at the output coupler 5 6 4 5 LED s at the 10 100 Mbit control port 5 7 Adjusting by web server 6 7 1 Network connection to the computer 6 7 2 Setting of individual parameters 7 7 2 1 Menu Overview 8 7 2 2 Menu IP input 9 7 2 2 1 SFP option 10 7 2 3 Menu Transponders 11 7 2 4 Menu Adjustment 11 7 2 5 Menu Language 15 7 2 6 Menu Setup 15 7...

Page 3: ...ived as a complete system for big and middle sized networks The A PALIOS IPM4 selects 8 programs from up to 8 adjacent IP transport streams or from an ASI transport stream and con verts these into analogue TV signals to transmit it in cable networks In this case a maximum of 8 analogue television channels are generated from the available H 264 AVC or MPEG2 transport streams 4 Main features 8x IP S...

Page 4: ...ng temperature is critical the device will no longer work or is forced to shut down off device is not ready for work CH 1 CH 8 green permanently on channel operates without error amber permanently on error warnings depending on signal input and or output without sync input sync but in bad quality eg mosaic effect in the TV picture flashing hardware is faulty off channel is off 6 3 Rear view Status...

Page 5: ...ion is a GbE connection does not light up at a 10 100 Mbit connection off no GbE connection LINK TRAFFIC amber permanently on cable connection is established flashing data is received off no cable connection or option is not enabled 6 4 3 Status LED at the ASI socket Designation Colour Status Meaning of display STATUS green permanently on ASI transport stream is present flashing no ASI transport s...

Page 6: ... IP address within the network To do so the address of the network port on the PC temporary must be adapted to the IP address of the device subnet mask 255 255 255 0 IP address 192 168 1 XXX where XXX is not the same as the corresponding value of the device IP address After the network configuration of the device s the IP address of the control PC is converted to the provided IP address and the de...

Page 7: ...e chapter 7 2 6 may be selected so that the help appears in the status bar of your browser If appro priate setting changes in the browser options are necessary In addition in the lower part of the navigation tree status information for the device is displayed By changing the Setup menu the status information can also be moved to the right see also chapter 7 2 6 All 8 channels are listed individual...

Page 8: ... 1 Menu Overview This page provides a status overview of the 8 channels If a channel is working without errors SYNC is displayed If errors occur you will see an Error display If the RF power is switched off the display Off appears behind the respective channel In addition below the status window the head end display is visible There all A LINE SBL and SBL devices are listed which are in the same n...

Page 9: ...ch IP channel Everything is confirmed by pressing the send button If not all 8 ports are used the unused ports can be disabled by entering the IP address 0 0 0 0 Identical settings within these 8 IP channels are not permitted and are automatically marked red Note Some switches it can happen that a configuration change concerning on the multicast group will take effect after the end of the switch s...

Page 10: ... when and how to switch Inclusion in the monitoring is configured on a per channel basis This is a global option deciding when to switch either when an input channel is down or all monitored channels have failed Switching back to the preferred IP input is not automatic but can only be done manually via the user interface Please note that actual monitoring on a particular channel starts for real on...

Page 11: ...d In the next both columns there can be selected the language respective the language of the subtitles if there are more than one of them In the column Output frequency there is to be selected the output channel of the program On double assignments within these 8 channels is called attention to this automatically With the checkbox RF the RF output of the channel is set to on or off Clicking the Se...

Page 12: ...ction selection menu direct input see be low Selected program variant 2 direct input Program name displays the name of the program which was selected in the input menu Service ID input of the service ID of the requested program adjustment range 0 65535 Type selection of the program type TV Radio Language input of the language no adj range 0 255 Output output parameters of the channel Frequency inp...

Page 13: ...no Settings teletext subtitling Teletext page adjustment range 0 65535 Language group selection West East Russian Arabic Farsi only available if Subtitling option is enabled see chapter 7 2 6 Test lines The A PALIOS IPM4 offers the opportunity to output test signals on up to 4 image lines from the following selection Off CCIR 17 CCIR 18 CCIR 330 CCIR 331 Sin x x Ramp As a default the image lines 1...

Page 14: ...enu the selection of the user interface language is executed You can choose between German and English The transition can be made either to the left in the navigation tree in the subtree of the point language or top right via the language selection box 7 2 6 Menu Setup In this menu various administrative and system settings are made ...

Page 15: ...of the user interface Optimization for low speed data connectivity By clicking the box the data volume of the browser pages is greatly reduced So it is possible to adjust the device if there is only a low speed connectivity GSM The available reduction is achieved by reducing image size Output frequency raster It is possible to choose between the standard B G raster 7 or 8 MHz and the D K rasters I...

Page 16: ...nt A PALIOS IPM4 releases the current A QAMOS IP release is to select and then perform the update process If the option is not enabled after selecting the A QAMOS IP releases appears opposite error message so that accidental conversion is not possible Pressing the button View logbook leads to an overview in which all the processes have been documented since the start of the GUI Each operation is l...

Page 17: ...n configure the DHCP range from which the IP addresses of the connected clients are assigned The address range must match the address range according to IP address and subnet mask of the server and should not be too small The default is the area 192 168 1 1 to 192 168 1 99 Additonally with the DHCP server will also set up a local DNS Domain Name Server To use it in full extent a connected PC lapto...

Page 18: ...y with what thresholds they should trigger traps There are three ways to configure a trap without parameters e g fan on off with a freely selectable parameter for a medium priority with a selectable parameter from a list for a medium priority References and notes All users using SNMPv3 must use passwords with at least 8 characters For SNMPv3 the SBL supports only the authentication pass word not t...

Page 19: ...d software release is displayed 7 2 8 Menu Level With the top box the loop through output loop is enabled or disabled If enabled the underlying selection of the nominal level for all 8 channels may be set in the range from 62 82 dBµV If the loop is disabled the output level of the 8 channels may be set in the range of 76 94 dBµV Below each channel can be set individually with an offset of 3 6 dB i...

Page 20: ...conds It lists only the current values the naming of the parameter appears in the help box in the lower part of the user interface or in the status bar of the browser as adopted configuration if you hover the mouse cursor above the parameter The listing is in 3 groups input modulators and sy stem With the selection box at the top right you determine whether you have an overall view or only one of ...

Page 21: ...uses a reboot i e the device restarts and all stored values are adjusted If the device is to be reset to factory settings the reset button must be pressed so long to keep up until the POWER and SYSTEM LED will illuminate green permanently This process takes about 15 seconds In this case the device is set to the following Input parameters Output parameters Setup settings Network settings ...

Page 22: ...IPM4 ASI TS IN IN OUT IP TS IN2 IP TS IN1 CONTROL SFP A PALIOS IPM4 F F F A PALIOS IPM4 192 168 1 103 A PALIOS IPM4 192 168 1 101 A PALIOS IPM4 192 168 1 104 A PALIOS IPM4 192 168 1 102 Management Management Management Management Feed IP stream Feed IP stream Feed IP stream Feed ASI signal Feed ASI signal Output PAL 81 dBµV Stratix IV FPGA SDRAM 8x Decoder MPEG 2 4 MOD UPC DAC Eth CPU NIOS FLASH D...

Page 23: ...4 Byte Signal processing EN 50083 9 1 MPEG decoder Video H 264 AVC Level 4 1 HP MPEG 2 MP HL Audio MPEG 1 Layer 1 2 TV output TV standard B G D K Sound type double carrier FM Sound carrier frequencies B G 5 5 5 742 MHz D K1 6 5 6 25 MHz D K2 6 5 5 742 MHz D K3 6 5 6 742 MHz each above picture carrier Sound mode mono stereo dual auto VPS controlled Audio deviation 1 mono carrier 30 50 kHz Audio dev...

Page 24: ...FC 1157 Request for Comments RFC RFC Database URL http www rfc editor org rfc html 14 Notes on the device software Device Software of the A PALIOS IPM4 Copyright C BLANKOM Antennentechnik GmbH Bad Blankenburg This device software based on top of Linux 3 6 8 is free software you can redistribute it and or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software ...

Page 25: ...the conformity of the product Product name IP ASI TV Transmodulator Type A PALIOS IPM4 Product number 5105 82 according to the following regulations EN 50083 2 3 EN 60728 11 2 as far as relevant and additional device specific regulations enclosed above which this product is subjected to Date 08 03 2013 Signature Dr Piero Kirchner Managing Director ...