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SDI-IP-GTW User Manual

 

 

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QoS:

 Quality of Service. A common term for a set of parameters 

describing the quality you get from an IP network: Throughput, 
availability, delay, jitter and packet loss. 

QPSK:

 Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying. The digital modulation type 

typically used for transmission of digital TV signals over satellite. Often 
referred to as DVB-S. 

RIP2:

 Routing Information Protocol v2. A protocol used between 

network routers to exchange routing tables and information. 

RSVP:

 ReSerVation Protocol. A Quality-of-service oriented protocol used 

by network elements to reserve capacity in an IP network before a 
transmission takes place. 

RTP:

 Real-time Transfer Protocol. A protocol designed for transmission 

of real-time data like video and audio over IP networks. RTP is used for 
most video over IP transmissions. 

SDI:

 Serial Digital Interface. Also known as ANSI/SMPTE 259M-1997 

or ITU-R BT.656. A specification describing how to digitize and transmit 
uncompressed video signals. The typical bit rate of an SDI signal is 
270Mbit/s. 

SDP:

 Session Description Protocol. A protocol to signal multicasts in a 

network. SDP is used as a mechanism to describe an ongoing 
multicast; for example the type of compression used, IP addresses etc. 

SDTI:

 Serial Data Transport Interface. A mechanism that allows 

transmission of various types of data over an SDI signal. This may be 
one or more compressed video signals or other proprietary data types. 
The advantage of SDTI is that existing SDI transmission infrastructure 
can be used to transport other types of data. 

SDTV:

 Standard Definition Television. The normal television 

standard/resolution in use today. 

SFP:

 Small Form-factor Pluggable module. A standardized mechanism 

to allow usages of various optical interfaces for Gigabit Ethernet. 
Several types of SFP modules exist: Single mode fiber modules for long-
distance transmission and multi mode fiber modules for shorter 
distances. SFP is also known as "mini-GBIC". 

SIP:

 Session Initiation Protocol. A common acronym for the ongoing 

effort to standardize 

signaling

 over IP networks, i.e. connection setup 

and tear-down. SIP makes it possible to "dial" a remote receiver of data 
and set up the connection in this way. 

SNMP:

 Simple Network Management Protocol. A fundamental, simple 

protocol for management of network elements. Very common in use 
today by most Network Management Systems and other applications. 

Summary of Contents for SDI-IP-GTW

Page 1: ...network electronics com SDI to IP Gateway Rev 1 3 0 Flashlink User Manual SDI IP GTW...

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Page 3: ...k Electronics If passing the equipment to a third party please ensure to pass all relevant documentation including this manual Issues of this manual are listed below Revision Date Software version Com...

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Page 5: ...15 2 1 Introduction 15 2 1 1 Read this first 15 2 1 2 To inspect package content 15 2 2 Installing the Equipment 15 2 2 1 Selecting a site for the equipment 15 2 2 2 To fix the equipment 16 2 2 3 To c...

Page 6: ...7 4 2 1 Introduction 57 4 2 2 IP Transmit Mode 57 4 2 3 IP Receive Mode 57 4 2 4 Management 58 4 2 5 Alarms 58 4 3 Overview of Video over IP 59 4 3 1 Protocol mapping 59 4 4 Data Flow Block Diagrams 6...

Page 7: ...2 B 4 Alarm relay and maintenance port specification 72 B 5 AC Mains Input 72 B 6 Physical Details 72 B 7 Environmental Conditions 73 B 8 Compliance 73 Appendix C References 74 Appendix D Upgrade of F...

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Page 9: ...ital Interface stream over an Ethernet IP link This manual provides necessary information for installation operation and day to day maintenance of the unit 1 1 2 Warnings Cautions and Notes 1 1 2 1 He...

Page 10: ...mail support network electronics com Web http www network electronics com Service 47 90 60 99 99 Mailing and visiting address Network Electronics ASA Thor ya P O Box 1020 N 3204 Sandefjord Norway This...

Page 11: ...deo signals to the IP based Network At the reception site the unit receives the IP encapsulated data end regenerates the SDI stream Figure 2 provides an overview of the SDI IP GTW in transmit and rece...

Page 12: ...s LED is lit when power is being received by the unit Alarm Red This LED is lit when a failure is detected by the unit I e at least one alarm with severity level Critical is present IP TX Blue This LE...

Page 13: ...d the data port 1 5 4 Construction The SDI IP GTW SDI to IP Video Gateway consists of a main board and an SDI board mounted horizontally in a screened cabinet The unit is 1RU high and two units can be...

Page 14: ...ctionality enabled through software licenses Functionality Max value Description Forward Error Correction NA Pro MPEG Forward Error Correction enabled for use on the transmitted stream VLAN tagging NA...

Page 15: ...nal accessories you may have ordered o SDI IP GTW o Power cord o User s manual 2 2 Installing the Equipment 2 2 1 Selecting a site for the equipment As with any electric device you should place the SD...

Page 16: ...y that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them Do not run ac power cables and signal cables in the same duct 2 2 4 Equipment access The SDI IP GTW has conne...

Page 17: ...e operating ambient temperature Figure 4 shows the air path through the unit Figure 4 Air Path though the unit 2 2 6 To connect the equipment Once the SDI IP GTW is installed in its intended operating...

Page 18: ...utput signal may be locked to this input reference signal 2 2 6 2 Ethernet data port Connect the Ethernet data port to the network In IP transmit mode the SDI IP GTW will send an IP stream to the netw...

Page 19: ...the removed plug is inserted into a mains outlet Caution Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them paying particul...

Page 20: ...ed use an M4x12mm long pozidriv panhead Using a longer screw may cause a safety hazard 2 3 2 3 Connecting the Video Gateway to the AC Power Supply Warning Do not overload wall outlets and extension co...

Page 21: ...ecification Safety status SELV Type Analogue Connector name SDI IN SDI OUT Connector type BNC 75 ohm socket Signal Compliant with ANSI SMPTE 259M 1997 Line rate 270Mbit s 2 4 2 1 SDI input Inputs conn...

Page 22: ...stomers to use different SFPs for special distance cost existing infrastructure and future expansion requirements The SDI IP GTW is prepared for electrical 1000Base T or optical 1000BASE SX and 1000BA...

Page 23: ...ved by the unit Alarm Red This LED is lit when a failure is detected by the unit IP TX Blue This LED is lit when the unit is configured to transmit data to the IP Network IP RX Yellow This LED is lit...

Page 24: ...talled in a suitable location The unit has been connect to external equipment as required 2 6 2 Powering Up To power up the unit by inserting the power cable connected to a power source The cooling fa...

Page 25: ...wer installed on your computer this will be detected and you will be informed to install this prior to configuring the SDI IP GTW Note Network Electronics recommend using Internet Explorer 6 0 or newe...

Page 26: ...TX IP RX Network and Save Load Some of the main pages have a number of sub pages The following table gives an overview of the different pages Main tab page Sub tab Description Status The current stat...

Page 27: ...tion status of each stream is shown FEC This is where the FEC parameters are configured IP TX VLAN This is where VLAN tagging is configured This is where the outputs are configured Main This is where...

Page 28: ...vent This can be Critical or Warning Text This gives a description of the alarm condition Source This parameter describes which module has created the alarm Alarm ID Each alarm condition has an alarm...

Page 29: ...first time the alarm log page is visited the alarm log is read from the unit In order to refresh the alarm page press the Refresh button Note The alarm log is not automatically refreshed when you visi...

Page 30: ...it Software build time The time and date when the software was compiled Internal temperature The internal temperature of the unit shown in degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit Flash Power LED When this butt...

Page 31: ...by decimal points full stop period e g 255 255 255 0 MAC address The MAC address is displayed For the Data interface the following is also possible to configure the following on the main tab Media se...

Page 32: ...use the data port as the default management interface This should be enabled to allow remote configuration of the unit through data port when the client is connected to other LANs Multicast router The...

Page 33: ...SDI IP GTW User Manual 33 Figure 12 The device info network and advanced sub page IP RX 3 5 1 2 SFP Figure 13 The device info page Network and SFP sub page...

Page 34: ...5 2 Time setting Figure 14 shows the sub page for time setting used for alarm reports Figure 14 Time setting sub page Current time This shows the current time used by the unit SNTP server address The...

Page 35: ...l Filtered Warning or Critical from the list and press Apply Filter Change to change the severity level The severity level is reflected in the user interface and in the SNMP traps sent by the unit The...

Page 36: ...Destination Servers List of IP addresses to added trap servers Add Trap Server Enter the IP address of the server and press the Add Trap Server button Delete a trap server Select the IP address in the...

Page 37: ...etween data interfaces the allow ping response option on the network page advanced tab see ch 3 5 1 must be enabled on both the transmitter and the receiver TTL Time to live Enter the time to live val...

Page 38: ...he number of ping requests that were not answered If the timeout counter is incrementing while the OK responses counter is zero there is no contact with the specified IP address Last The round trip ti...

Page 39: ...e Enable Password Protection Mark this to enable password protection If a new password is not entered the factory default password will be used Factory default Administrator login admin Password salva...

Page 40: ...the lowest metric i e in effect automatic redundancy switchover Figure 19 RIP 2 sub page The configuration parameters are as follows Mode Controls the mode of the RIP 2 engine The valid choices are O...

Page 41: ...rom a Critical Clear change to when the clear metric value will be sent in the outgoing RIP 2 messages In other words it specifies the time that must elapse in alarm OK state before the SDI IP GTW act...

Page 42: ...Input Configuration Enable input Tick this box to enable an input If this is not ticked you will not receive any SDI stream in this input The input port will be grey in the status view See Section 3...

Page 43: ...rt and four higher than the media port e g if UDP destination port is 5510 column FEC UDP port is 5512 and row FEC UDP port is 5514 UDP source port Enter the UDP source port to be used in the outgoing...

Page 44: ...Status Resolved Yes when the MAC address of the receiving unit is found The parameter is always yes when multicast is used No when the MAC address is not found Destination MAC address Shows the destin...

Page 45: ...protecting it It is recommended to enable skew but this may cause incompatibility problems with other manufacturers equipment FEC overhead This number is the overhead in percent caused by the current...

Page 46: ...ber of frames discarded at the output of the unit 3 6 3 VLAN Settings Figure 22 The VLAN page of an IP transmitter This sub page will only appear if the unit is enabled with VLAN tagging By enabling V...

Page 47: ...ht of the page is related to the selected stream 3 7 1 1 Output Configuration Enable output Tick this box to enable the SDI output If this is not ticked you will not send any SDI stream on this output...

Page 48: ...peated e g frozen picture until the data is back again This number may therefore be high dependent on the duration of the data loss 3 7 1 3 Reference Signal This frame contains status information for...

Page 49: ...rors A counter showing the number of RTP sequence errors caused by lost packets or out of order packets A value of zero indicates that all packets are received in order Lost IP frames A counter showin...

Page 50: ...ed Max burst loss length Maximum number of IP frames in a burst loss Columns L This shows the number of columns in the incoming FEC stream Rows D This shows the number of rows in the incoming FEC stre...

Page 51: ...pear if the unit is enabled with VLAN Enable VLAN tagging Tick this box to enable the use of VLAN tagging VLAN ID Enter the ID of the VLAN 3 8 Network Figure 26 shows the Network page for a unit confi...

Page 52: ...mes received over the network data interface Total TX bitrate The total bitrate of IP frames sent over the network data interface TX load The percentage of the total interface speed used by the IP fra...

Page 53: ...of a unit configured in IP RX mode shows information summary for the SDI output For the SDI output the table shows the name of the output if the output is enabled Yes No the IP source address the UDP...

Page 54: ...erating is called the current configuration 3 9 1 Saving a Configuration In order to save the current configuration of the unit to a file press right mousebutton on the link labelled XML Configuration...

Page 55: ...onfiguration In order to upload a new configuration file to the unit browse to find the file and select the file or enter the file including path directly When the file name including path is entered...

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Page 57: ...The SDI IP GTW is able to handle SDI signals on the following formats ANSI SMPTE 259M 1997 The sourced SDI stream is then processed by the Main board The SDI IP GTW will encapsulate the SDI data acco...

Page 58: ...Alarm LED on the front and on the rear SNMP traps to Network Management System Alarm relay The user can define the severity level of the different alarm events The three levels are No alarm Warning an...

Page 59: ...m One or more SDI frames have been repeated at the SDI output Typical cause is either data loss at the input or too low buffer fullness when using lock to reference 172 No SDI reference sync Critical...

Page 60: ...HTTP is used when the unit is configured and monitored via the internal WEB server SNMP is used for alarm traps and simple status polling Telnet is used for development purposes The transport stream d...

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Page 63: ...with a mixture of mild detergent and water Make sure that the unit is completely dry before reconnecting it to a power source 5 2 3 Servicing Warning Do not attempt to service this product as opening...

Page 64: ...ve the covers of this equipment Hazardous voltages are present within this equipment and may be exposed if the covers are removed Only Network Electronics trained and approved service engineers are pe...

Page 65: ...sult of action is Yes If the result of action is No 1 Check the Power LED Is the Video Gateway still working If the Video Gateway is clearly working normally then the Power LED itself is probably at f...

Page 66: ...ng of this Equipment 5 5 1 General Dispose this equipment safely at the end of its life time Local codes and or environmental restrictions may affect its disposal Regulations policies and or environme...

Page 67: ...ynchronous Serial Interface A common physical interface for transmission of MPEG2 Transport Streams i e MPEG2 compressed video over a serial interface typically coaxial cables DWDM Dense Wavelength Di...

Page 68: ...i Program Transport Streams Transport Streams that carry multiple TV Radio services Multicast An IP mechanism that allows transmission of data to multiple receivers A multicast can also have several t...

Page 69: ...asts in a network SDP is used as a mechanism to describe an ongoing multicast for example the type of compression used IP addresses etc SDTI Serial Data Transport Interface A mechanism that allows tra...

Page 70: ...The common name for MPEG2 Transport Streams A bit stream used to carry packets with MPEG 2 compressed video A transport stream typically carries approximately 10 compressed TV channels but can consis...

Page 71: ...Link layer VLAN Transport layer UDP RTP FEC DVB MPEG 2 IEEE Std 802 3 2002 IEEE Std 802 1q RFC 760 RFC 768 RFC 1889 RFC 3550 RFC 2250 Pro MPEG CoP3 rev 2 RFC2733 Pro MPEG CoP3 rev 2 ISO IEC 13818 1 20...

Page 72: ...o parity 1 stop bit RS232 handshake None Relay rating 0 1 A max 50 Vdc max Relay minimum load 10 A at 10 mVdc Pins 1 NC 2 RS232 Receive Data input 3 RS232 Transmit Data output 4 NC 5 Ground 6 Alarm on...

Page 73: ...The equipment has been designed and tested to meet the requirements of the following EN60950 European Safety of information technology equipment including business equipment IEC 60950 International S...

Page 74: ...aws of the Member States relating to electromagnetic compatibility 73 23 EEC of 19 February 1973 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to electrical equipment designed for the...

Page 75: ...0791 IPv4 Internet Protocol RFC 3261 SIP Session Initiation Protocol RFC 0793 TCP Transmission Control Protocol RFC 0792 ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol RFC 0768 UDP User Datagram Protocol RFC...

Page 76: ...on your SDI IP GTW you will receive a license key on email Figure 32 shows the format of the license key The license key is an encrypted code linked to the serial number of the unit to be upgraded 6ys...

Page 77: ...Manual 77 Figure 33 Feature upgrade page Note Remember to include the dashed line before and after the encrypted contents The dialogue shown in Figure 34 will appear when a valid license key is downlo...

Page 78: ...ion to the feature upgrade field the Upgrade page contains information about the unit and currently enabled features The license files already entered to the unit are listed under current license file...

Page 79: ...page uses HTTP port 80 making it useful to pass through firewalls If you have not blocked pop ups in your browser a progress meter Figure 36 is displayed during file transfer By pressing the cancel bu...

Page 80: ...SDI IP GTW User Manual 80 Figure 37 SW load status Please remember to verify the new SW version on the Device Info page after the device has re booted...

Page 81: ...uter The labelling is done on the basis of packet classification F 2 Layer 3 Routing An alternative technique to get QoS is to use layer 3 routing and give video content packets higher priority than o...

Page 82: ...ting the Class of Service COS The operation is further defined in 802 1p The COS bits will be handled in the same ways as diff serve or precedence bits with regard to packet classification in the netw...

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