Blonder tongue HDE-4S-PRO, User Manual

Page 1: ...ut notice Trademarks are the property of their respective owner MPEG 2 PROFESSIONAL ENCODER HDE 4S PRO 4xHD SDI 1x SPARE TO 4xQAM 4xIP 4xASI Outputs EAS Compatible Status Date Document No Issue No Author ACTIVE September 9 2014 651235100 B 2 KK OBSOLETE July 22 2014 651235100 A 1 KK Stock No 6372 USER MANUAL Stock No 6372 USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... Laboratories Inc One Jake Brown Road Old Bridge NJ 08857 USA Document Number 651235100 B 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 propert...

Page 3: ...1 SECTION 5 CONFIGURING THE UNIT 12 5 1 ACCESSING THE UNIT VIA THE WEB BROWSER 12 5 2 MAIN STATUS SCREEN 13 5 3 MAIN PROGRAM SCREEN 14 5 4 MAIN VIDEO SCREEN 15 5 5 MAIN AUDIO SCREEN 16 5 6 MAIN TS MAP SCREEN 18 5 7 MAIN TS CONFIG SCREEN 20 5 8 MAIN IP SCREEN 23 5 9 MAIN QAM SCREEN 24 5 10 MAIN OUTPUT SCREEN 26 5 11 MAIN REFRESH TAB 27 5 12 NETWORK SCREEN 28 5 12 1 ADMIN HTML HIDDEN SCREEN 30 5 13 ...

Page 4: ...ructions before you operate the unit Retain all safety and operating instructions for future reference 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 NEC that pr...

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 Do not locate the antenna near overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits or where it can ...

Page 6: ...08 and EIA 708 It is also equipped with an Emergency Alert System EAS interface A front panel RF test point allows for monitoring testing of the QAM output without service interruption Comprehensive remote monitoring and control is accomplished using any standard Web browser via a front panel 10 100BaseT Ethernet connection Features Accepts up to four 4 programs 4xHD SDI Supports HD SDI input loop...

Page 7: ...re input 5 as follows Input Status Green Good Red Bad Off Input disabled ASI OUT The ASI OUT BNC connectors 1 to 4 delivers multiplexed SPTS or MPTS output and is typically used as input to an external modulator POWER LED is Green AC power is detected LED is off indicates i AC power is not connected or ii AC power is connected but the power supply is defective The unit must be sent to Blonder Tong...

Page 8: ... 608 also known as Line 21 which will then be digitized and inserted in the MPEG 2 Transport Stream of the Component inputs DATA OUT 1 GIGE RJ45 connector for GigE 1000Base T Ethernet interface for multiplexed SPTS or MPTS output streams Only static IP address can be assigned to this interface The factory default value is 192 168 253 1 REMOTE CONTROL 10 100 RJ45 connector for 10 100Base T Ethernet...

Page 9: ...rate Bit rate MPEG 2 HD MP ML ISO 13818 2 4 2 0 480i 720p 1080i 29 97 fps 480i 29 97 fps 1080i 59 97 fps 720p 4 3 16 9 I P frames user selectable Variable user selectable Variable user selectable Variable user selectable YCbCr and RGB Dolby Digital 48 kHz Variable 96 448 Kbps user selectable Closed Captioning HD SDI EIA 708 Embedded in HD SDI input Output QAM Connector Modulation Standards DVB Sym...

Page 10: ...C48D 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 115 230 VAC Encoders Stk 6372 Connect the line cord to a 110 230 VAC 60 50 Hz outlet Please note that the IEC power connector on the rear panel of the unit is equipped with an ON OFF switch and a fuse SLO BLO 2 0...

Page 11: ... 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 steps explain how to do this for a computer with Windows 7 operating software a On your computer open the Control Panel b Click on Ne...

Page 12: ...logged in simultaneously 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 page header in blue color 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 las...

Page 13: ...e assigned to TS TS 1 thru 4 The program information includes the PMT PID Program number Short Name Major minor channel number Bitrates indicates the transport stream bitrate and the TS Bitrate see of Section 5 7 for details In the section entitled Output under blue header the following parameters about each output TS are displayed IP indicates the encapsulation method IP address and the port numb...

Page 14: ...gram 3 4 as above NOTE HD SDI Spare can only be selected on one program Audio Source allows the user to enable or disable audio 1 or audio 2 on the HD SDI input Video Resolution indicates the resolution of the video input selected in above Video Bitrate indicates the video bitrate as assigned in of Section 5 4 Audio Bitrate indicates the audio data rate as assigned in of Section 5 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 1 ...

Page 15: ...bled and Disabled The factory default value is Disabled Video Filter Level is a two dimensional low pass filter controlling 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 soft...

Page 16: ...dio 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 Left Channel Track allows the user to select the location in the HD SDI stream where the audio track resides The default location is 0 which is typically used for the left stereo channel The range setting is 0 to 15 Right Channel Track allows the user to sele...

Page 17: ... 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 Music Standard suitable for program content that is mainly m...

Page 18: ... in top green header and select the Add button in the bottom green header see below for details If the user requires the output as MPTS and wants to add the above selection P1 and program P3 to MPTS output stream 2 then select the programs P1 and P3 select TS 2 and select Add see below for details NOTE Input Programs 1 4 can be assigned to only one transport stream TS at a time The software will n...

Page 19: ... can remove any of the programs from the current list by selecting it and clicking the Remove button PIDs Program Numbers Channels or Channel Names must be unique in a MPTS output stream The user must edit the duplicated values using the Main TS Config Screen see Section 5 7 for details The duplicate values will be highlighted in red color under of Figure 5 6 MPTS Output Stream x and MPTS Output S...

Page 20: ...0 HDE 4S PRO Instruction Manual 5 7 Main TS Config Screen The Main TS Config screen Figure 5 7 is a read and write screen to assign TS parameters Figure 5 7 Main TS Config Screen 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...

Page 21: ... ATSC and Cable standards the Modulation Mode and Out of Band fields are required to be assigned in the TS packet Selecting the above two fields would allow the TS packets to be compliant with industry standards but would not affect the input or output configuration of the encoder In the section entitled Output Mapping the user can select and configure the following parameters for each output TS i...

Page 22: ...Program Number Short Name or Major Minor Channel Pair in a MPTS output stream when the SAVE button is clicked the following pop up window would appear accordingly Error Duplicate Program Numbers found 10 The channel number displayed on the screen is the combination of the major and minor channels Make sure that the major minor channel pair is unique for each program on the MPTS output For example ...

Page 23: ...red ports Time to Live is limit to the amount of time 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 from circulating ...

Page 24: ...24 HDE 4S PRO Instruction Manual 5 9 Main QAM Screen The Main QAM screen Figure 5 9 is a read and write screen to assign the QAM parameters to the TS Figure 5 9 Main QAM Screen 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 9 ...

Page 25: ...t The range is 35 to 42 dBmv A 40 dBmv output level default is recommended Output QAM Mode selects 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 selects the desired QAM Map channel frequency plan Possible options are STD IRC and HRC Output QAM Data Rate indicates th...

Page 26: ...he Program number as assigned in of Section 5 7 DVD indicates the Short Name as assigned in of Section 5 7 3 1 indicates the Major minor channel number as assigned in and of Section 5 7 101 V Comp 1 indicates that the input video source is Component 1 and the elementary stream PID is 101 102 A Audio In 1 indicates that the input audio source is Audio In 1 and the elementary stream PID is 102 Bitra...

Page 27: ...n be clicked while you are on any of the following sub tabs screens Status Program Video Audio TS Map TS Config IP QAM and Output When clicked it will update all relevant fields parameters of the active screen as that information is retrieved from the encoder in a real time basis ...

Page 28: ...e version of the unit FPGA1 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA1 chipset FPGA2 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA2 chipset FPGA3 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA3 chipset FPGA4 Version indicates the current hardware version of the unit s FPGA4 chipset FPGA5 Version indicates the current hardware version o...

Page 29: ...s Range is 5 15 30 or 60 minutes 10 100 IP Address see of Section 5 12 1 for details 10 100 Subnet Mask see of Section 5 12 1 for details 10 100 Default Gateway see of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE IP Address see of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE Subnet Mask see of Section 5 12 1 for details 1 GIGE Default Gateway see of section 5 12 1 for details Event Log Destination see of Section 5 12 1...

Page 30: ...nd Password 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 11 1 Admin html Screen 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 20 24 25 23 ...

Page 31: ... reboots the unit if the Operating System stops working or the Status LED turns stable green or Off When Disabled manual reboot is required in case of above events System Reboot allows the user to reboot encoder 10 100 IP Address is the static IP address that is assigned to the unit It allows the user to access the unit via the web interface The factory default IP address is 172 16 70 1 10 100 Sub...

Page 32: ...e IP address for the Time Server from where the unit can obtain its clock reference see Section 6 9 for details The factory default value is 172 16 70 2 Syslog Errors is to enable disable encoder to forward error messages in red font to an SNMP syslog The factory default value is disabled Syslog Informational is to enable disable encoder to forward information messages in blue font to an SNMP sysl...

Page 33: ...ure 5 12 Time Screen In the section entitled Time Adjustments the local time zone based on Coordinated Universal Time UTC can be set In the section entitled Daylight Saving Time the user set the Daylight Saving Settings either manually or automatically using the DST Adjustment option In the section entitled NTP Server the user can enter the IP address of the NTP server to acquire the time directly...

Page 34: ...ent Log Destination see of 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...

Page 35: ...server board there are many ways to do this 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 ente...

Page 36: ... 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 EPCS...

Page 37: ...ng 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 ...

Page 38: ...atch the Destination IP updated on the Main IP screen see 1 of Section 5 8 for details and see 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 selected on the Main IP sc...

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...

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