Blonder tongue 6364, User Manual

Page 1: ... Date Document No Issue No Author ACTIVE July 28 2015 651231400 D 4 KK OBSOLETE September 25 2014 651231400 C 3 KK OBSOLETE July 1 2014 651231400 B 2 KK OBSOLETE March 15 2013 651231400 A 1 KK MPEG 2 Enhanced SD Encoder SDE 4AV QAM 4xAV to 1xQAM ASI IP Professional MPEG 2 HD SD Encoder HDE HVC PRO 1xHDMI VGA Component to 1xQAM ASI IP Stock No 6364 6364 PRO USER MANUAL Stock No 6364 6364 PRO USER M...

Page 2: ...ngue Laboratories Inc One Jake Brown Road Old Bridge NJ 08857 USA Document Number 651231400D Printed in the United States of America All product names trade names or corporate names mentioned in this document are acknowledged to be the proprietary property of the registered owners This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by U S patents and other intellectual prop...

Page 3: ...RING THE UNIT 13 5 1 ACCESSING THE UNIT VIA THE WEB BROWSER 13 5 2 MAIN STATUS SCREEN 14 5 3 MAIN PROGRAM SCREEN 15 5 4 MAIN VIDEO SCREEN 16 5 5 MAIN AUDIO SCREEN 18 5 6 MAIN TS MAP SCREEN 20 5 7 MAIN TS CONFIG SCREEN 21 5 8 MAIN IP SCREEN 23 5 9 MAIN QAM SCREEN 24 5 10 MAIN OUTPUT SCREEN 25 5 11 MAIN REFRESH TAB 26 5 12 NETWORK SCREEN 26 5 12 1 ADMIN HTML HIDDEN SCREEN 28 5 13 TIME SCREEN 31 5 14...

Page 4: ...g instructions before you operate the unit å Retain all safety and operating instructions for future reference å Heed all warnings on the unit and in the safety and operating instructions WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE NOTE TO CATV SYSTEM INSTALLER This reminder is provided to call the CATV System Installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the N...

Page 5: ... fault protection For added protection during a lightning storm or when the unit is left unattended and unused for long periods of time unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the lines between the unit and the antenna This will prevent damage caused by lightning or power line surges å Do not locate the antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits or where it c...

Page 6: ...optimization for programming such as fast paced live sporting events and is configurable in either HD or SD mode via its web interface When operating in HD Mode the encoder accepts one 1 program from any one of the following inputs 1xHDMI unencrypted 1xVGA or 1xComponent In SD Mode the encoder operates the same as the SDE 4AV QAM above The encoders supports Dolby Digital audio encoding and Closed ...

Page 7: ...input with error Off Audio input not detected Video LED Green Video input type detected is Composite V or Component YPbPr only applicable for LED 1 if optional HD software is used Green Blinking On Off Video input type detected is HDMI or VGA only applicable for LED 1 if optional HD software is used Red Video input with error Off Video input not detected EAS Mode LED Indication When EAS is trigger...

Page 8: ...eams Only static IP address can be assigned to this interface The factory default value is 192 168 253 1 IP RESET After pressing the IP Reset button for about 10 seconds the front panel power LED will start flashing It will flash for 5 minutes during which time the 10 100 Control port will have the default IP address and logins to enable the User to access the encoder After this time the LED will ...

Page 9: ...DE 4AV QAM RCA connectors marked Pr Pb Y for Analog Component Video input VGA INPUT ACTIVE ONLY ON HDE HVC PRO OR AFTER HD PRO SOFTWARE UPGRADE HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE SDE 4AV QAM DE 15 male connector for VGA input VGA Output ACTIVE ONLY ON HDE HVC PRO OR AFTER HD PRO SOFTWARE UPGRADE HAS BEEN APPLIED TO THE SDE 4AV QAM DE 15 female connector for loop through VGA output INPUTS 1 thru 4 RCA connect...

Page 10: ... C max non condensing Local Monitoring Local Control 8x Input Status LEDs Video 1 4 Audio 1 4 1x Power LED 1x F Female RF Test Port 1x IP Reset button Remote Monitoring Control GUI based menu via Web browser 1x RJ45 rear panel connector 10 100Base T HDMI Connectors Video Resolution HDCP Encryption Audio 1x HDMI 480i 720p 1080i Not supported Embedded PCM pass through Dolby Digital only VGA Connecto...

Page 11: ... and DIN 41494 SC48D To install the encoder secure the unit s front panel to the rack by inserting four 4 machine screws with cup washers through the four 4 mounting holes in the front panel 3 3 Power up 110 230 VAC Encoders Stk 6364 6364 PRO Connect the line cord to a 110 230 VAC 60 50 Hz outlet The POWER LED on the front panel will light green 48 VDC Encoders Stk 6364 48 6364 PRO 48 Connect the ...

Page 12: ...le click on the Internet Protocol TCP IP e A dialog box entitled Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties will appear Select the Use the following IP address option and enter the following addresses IP address 172 16 70 2 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 No need to enter a value for the Default Gateway Click OK to close the dialog box Now your computer is ready to communicate with the unit OR The following st...

Page 13: ...sitive Password pass case sensitive Monitoring and configuration of the unit is achieved via a series of web pages described in following sections The following read only information is displayed in a blue page header on top of each web page ESN unit s Serial number Headend name a user defined field to make identification easier Temperature temperature of unit s chipset Uptime time elapsed since l...

Page 14: ...details In the section entitled Output under blue header the following parameters about each output are displayed IP indicates the encapsulation method IP address and the port number to which an output is assigned The MPTS stream contains all 4 programs Each SPTS P contains one program from the respective input ie SPTS P1 IP is from input program 1 P1 SPTS P2 IP is input program 2 etc QAM indicate...

Page 15: ...2 P3 P4 Composite in 2 3 4 Audio Source allows the user to select the type of the audio source Possible options for P1 are Audio In 1 and HDMI only on HD equipped units All other programs inputs are fixed to their respective audio input ie P2 Audio In 2 P3 Audio in 3 Video Resolution indicates the resolution of the video input selected in above Video Bitrate indicates the video bitrate as assigned...

Page 16: ... the degree with which the input video is filtered Possible options are Off no filtering On Level 1 On Level 2 On Level 3 and On Level 4 highest filtering coefficient Level 1 filtering of the video will smoothen the sharp edges of the pixels and produce a softer image The softer an image the less number of bits required to encode the image at the quantizer level Video Coding Mode must select the V...

Page 17: ...17 MPEG 2 Encoder Instruction Manual THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...

Page 18: ...match Sample Rate indicates the input sampling rate of the encoder The encoder supports 48 kHz sampling rate Audio Coding Mode also referred to as Channel mode Indicates the number of main audio channels within the encoded bitstream and also indicates the channel format The unit supports 2 0 L R audio is a dual channel Left Right Dialog Normalization behaves as an audio Automatic Gain Control AGC ...

Page 19: ...ull bandwidth of 10 dB 31 to 21 dB and can add up to 6 dB of boost for low levels and attenuate high levels The setting is used to quiet load shouting and amplifier whispers See Dolby Encoding guidelines for additional information iii Film Light is similar to Film Standard but with a null bandwidth of 20 dB 41 to 21 dB and can add up to 6 dB of boost for low levels and attenuate high levels iv Mus...

Page 20: ...d button This will add the selected programs to the Output as shown in of Figure 5 6 In the section entitled Output under an orange header the user can view the list of the programs that are present in output TS1 TS1 IP QAM ASI indicates Transport Stream 1 and the type of outputs assigned to it IP QAM and or ASI The fields under the TS1 IP QAM ASI under grey header displays the list of the program...

Page 21: ... is 1 to 65535 TS Bitrate When using the encoder s QAM output the QAM Modulator setting must be used The 19 39 and 38 81 Mbps options are only used when precise ASI outputs are desired Always select the option QAM Modulator if QAM output is required The TS Bitrate assigned will then depend on the Output QAM Mode selected on the Main QAM Screen refer to of Section 5 9 for details and will be as fol...

Page 22: ...es are embedded by the content provider in the MPEG 2 stream to identify tables and programming packets Program Number must enter an output program number PMT Program Map Table provides information of program present in the transport stream such as program_number and the list of the elementary streams audio video or data The range is 1 to 65535 Short Name must enter the short name of the channel U...

Page 23: ...ed Ports respectively Time to Live is an upper bound on the time that an IP packet can exist in an IP network The value is set by the sender of the packet and reduced by every host on the route to packet s final destination If the Time to Live reaches zero before the packet arrives at its final destination then the packet is discarded The purpose of this field is to avoid an undeliverable packet f...

Page 24: ... operation Output QAM Mode must select the desired QAM modulation mode Possible options are 64B 256B 16A 32A 64A 128A and 256A For most applications in the USA the recommended QAM modulation mode is 256B Output QAM Map must select the desired QAM Map Possible options are STD IRC and HRC Output QAM Data Rate indicates the maximum data rate depending on the selected QAM mode for example 5 3605 Mbaud...

Page 25: ...that the input video source is Composite and the elementary stream PID is 101 102 A Audio In 1 indicates that the input audio source is Audio In and the elementary stream PID is 102 Bitrates indicates the incoming transport stream bitrate and the TS Bitrate refer Section 5 7 for details In the section entitled Output under blue header the following parameters about the output TS are displayed IP S...

Page 26: ...een Figure 5 12 is a read and write screen where the following parameters are displayed or configured 10 100 MAC Address Indicates the MAC Address of the Remote Control 10 100 Port 1 GIGE MAC Address Indicates the MAC Address of the Data Out GIGE Port Software Version Indicates the software version of the unit FPGA Version s Indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA 1 2 chipsets QA...

Page 27: ...dress Disabled when using a static IP address as entered in below 10 100 IP Address Current IP address of the encoder See of Section 5 12 1 for details 10 100 Subnet Mask Current subnet mask address of the encoder 10 100 Default Gateway Current default gateway address of the encoder 1 GIGE IP Address See of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE IP Subnet Mask See of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE I...

Page 28: ...assword values for the unit you must be logged in to the unit as Admin to access a hidden screen shown in Figure 5 11 1 by typing the URL of the unit followed by a forward slash and Admin html for example http 172 16 70 1 Admin html Figure 5 12 1 Admin html Hidden Screen 1 3 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 2 4 6 8 ...

Page 29: ...e displayed System Watchdog automatically resets unit s Operating System if or when it is required System Reboot allows the user to reboot encoder Software Update Click Choose File to select the firmware update file to be applied by Start Update Typically there will be two files to be updated EPCS_1 and EPCS_2 Update progress can be viewed on the Event Log page Once the updates have been completed...

Page 30: ... disable encoder to forward error messages in red font to syslog The factory default value is disabled Syslog Informational is to enable disable encoder to forward information messages in blue font to syslog The factory default value is disabled Syslog Feedback is to enable disable encoder to forward feedback or confirmation messages in green font to syslog The factory default value is disabled Lo...

Page 31: ...tion 5 12 1 for details Time Adjustments In this section the local time zone based on Coordinated Universal Time UTC can be set Daylight Saving Time In this section the user can set the Daylight Saving Settings either manually or automatically using the DST Adjustment option NTP Server In this section the user can enter the IP address of the NTP server to acquire the time directly from the NTP Ser...

Page 32: ...Section 5 12 1 for details Log Destination Port See of Section 5 12 1 for details Clear Log Allows to clear the records generated during unit s boot up process and operation afterward The records are cleared if the unit loses power Lines to Display Allows the user to select the number of lines to be displayed The unit supports up to 400 MB of data or approximately 65 000 lines The range is 1 to 65...

Page 33: ...s NOTE a The EPCS_1_ver bin is to program PROM1 and EPCS_2_ver bin is to program PROM2 b All the commands are case sensitive c It is recommended to copy the EPCS_1_ver bin and EPCS_2_ver bin files in the root directory i e My Computer C From a command DOS prompt you must be in the same folder as the EPCS files enter ftp A 172 16 70 1 At the FTP prompt enter the following commands Please ensure tha...

Page 34: ...l program such as Putty to telnet into the server board can use Linux DOS prompt Putty etc You can save your configurations so it s very quick and easy to telnet into the board again Figure 5 14 After you telnet into the server board you must login into the unit with the following credentials Username Admin case sensitive Password pass case sensitive Then cd to the home ftp directory where the EPC...

Page 35: ...g the procedure all over again from Step 1 above Figure 5 15 Ready Please read the rest of this page once before typing the commands Update FPGA1 by programming EPCS1 epcs e1 EPCS_1_ver bin Update FPGA2 by programming EPCS2 if necessary epcs e2 EPCS_2_ver bin NOTE Both EPCS PROMS can be programmed concurrently using two different terminal sessions logins If you get errors during programming then D...

Page 36: ...r PROM2 This step is only needed after upgrading the software to 1_1_10 txt 1 Telnet into the unit 2 Type eeprom_RW 3 Type 5 Note This procedure returns the unit to its factory default IT settings including the control IP address 172 16 70 1 4 Type O 5 Type epcs c ...

Page 37: ...he Destination IP updated on the Main IP screen refer to of Section 5 8 for details and refer Section 4 for instructions to change IP address of a computer Step 2 Using the VLC Media Player i Open VLC Media Player ii Select Media Open Network Stream iii Under the Network Protocol field enter the network address using any one of the formats depending on the Encapsulation method selected on the Main...

Page 38: ...DE 4AV QAM Procedure i Login ii Highlight the word status on the address bar and rename to license Make sure to keep the rest of the address the same Hit ENTER iii This brings you to the License Key page Enter the License Key you were given by Blonder Tongue Click the Save button when done iv Once License Key is saved the unit must be rebooted for changes to take effect Pull power for 5 seconds an...

Page 39: ...y any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 9 Any modification of the product by any person other than Blonder Tongue Service Department 10 Fire flood war civil disturbance industrial action acts of God or any other causes beyond the reasonable control of Blonder Tongue 11 Any defect caused by lightning strike or power surges 12 Shipping costs to return products to Blonder Tongue for...

Page 40: ...ITIVE DIRECT OR SPECIAL DAMAGES BASED UPON BREACH OF WARRANTY BREACH OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE STRICT TORT LIABILITY OR OTHERWISE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY ARISING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM THE SALE USE INSTALLATION OR FAILURE OF ANY PRODUCT ACQUIRED BY BUYER FROM BT All claims for shortages defects and non conforming goods must be made by the customer in writing within five 5 days of receipt of me...