Sencore VB7880, User Manual

Page 1: ...Content Extractor User s Manual Software version 5 2 Form 8124B VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 2016 c Sencore 3200 W Sencore Drive Sioux Falls SD 57107 Phone 1 605 978 4600 www sencore com ...

Page 2: ...beyond the control of Sencore The presence of such links does not imply that Sencore endorses or recommends the content on those pages Sencore acknowledges the use of third party open source software and licenses in some Sencore products This freely available source code can be obtained by contacting Sencore Inc About Sencore Sencore is an engineering leader in the development of high quality sign...

Page 3: ...5 0 0 13 2 6 3 Upgrading From Version 5 1 0 14 2 7 Upgrading To a Maintenance Release 14 2 8 Accessing the User Interface 14 3 QUICK SETUP GUIDE 16 3 1 Basic Setup 16 3 2 Input Signal Definitions 16 3 3 Monitoring 16 3 4 Adjusting Alarm Thresholds 17 3 5 License 17 4 REMOTE VIDEO WALL 18 4 1 Introduction to the Remote Video Wall 18 4 2 Accessing the Remote Video Wall 19 4 3 Remote Video Wall Widge...

Page 4: ... 2 OTT Details Manifest Option 37 5 3 2 3 OTT Details Alarms 39 5 3 2 4 OTT Details Thumbnails 40 5 3 2 5 OTT Details Alignment 42 5 3 3 OTT Channels 43 5 3 4 OTT Settings 44 5 3 5 OTT Thresholds 45 5 4 Multicasts 48 5 4 1 Multicasts Thumbnails 48 5 4 2 Multicasts Join 54 5 4 3 Multicasts Streams 55 5 4 4 Multicasts Ethernet thresh 57 5 4 5 Multicasts Service thresh 61 5 5 Captions Option 65 5 5 1...

Page 5: ...Eii 83 5 9 About 85 5 9 1 About Release info 85 5 9 2 About License 85 5 9 3 About Technologies 86 5 9 4 About Credits 87 A Appendix Network configuration 88 B Appendix OTT Profile Health 89 B 1 OTT Profile Health Bar 89 B 2 OTT Profile Health Timeline 90 Build ID 9345e02e7e51ebaf5e2a0f6e8e545ba6d22f1e1f Last modified 2016 02 03 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 5 ...

Page 6: ...Objective QoE of large amounts of services the VB7880 offers thumbnail and metadata extraction for up to 100 streams TV multicast streams or OTT concurrently depending on the license The VB7880 with its RVW Remote Video Wall capability is ideal for visual at a glance monitoring in the NOC VOC head end or remotely via any standard web browser The VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor is typically inser...

Page 7: ... This User s Manual is valid for software version 5 2 of the VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor Throughout this manual the term stream is often used rather than unicast or multicast One stream may consist of one or more services and refers to one IP uni or multicast Chapter 2 INSTALLATION AND INITIAL SETUP explains how to install the software on a server Chapter 3 QUICK SETUP GUIDE contains a quick...

Page 8: ...ownloaded ISO image to a CD DVD and insert into the server For USB based installation transfer the downloaded image to a USB mass storage device using a tool such as dd Mac Unix Linux or USBWriter1 Windows For installation in a virtualized environment attach the downloaded ISO image to a virtual DVD ROM unit It is recommended that you disable any Easy install or similarly worded option and do not ...

Page 9: ...ve the installation media and ensure that the system boots up properly 6 Enter the selected IP address in your web browser to access the Software Activation page If your host is using dynamic addressing you can log in to the account created during installation and issue the command ip addr to display the address assigned to the system Continue to chapter 2 4 for details on how to enable the VB7880...

Page 10: ...lled and restarted all further configuration takes place through HTTP 1 Launch a web browser application on the management system Any web browser with support for JavaScript can be used to access the Software Activation interface one of the following are recommended Edge Internet Explorer 11 0 or higher Firefox 2 0 or higher Chrome Safari 2 Type the IP address of the server in the browser URL fiel...

Page 11: ...y installed server To enable it use the link labelled Not activated next to its name This will take you to a page giving you the details of the installed software such as the installed version and the hardware key If you have a license key that you want to enable and have not yet done so enter the key in the field labelled Apply license key and click the Add license button 7 Click the button label...

Page 12: ... the same subnet and that they have different addresses Make sure that the IP address of the gateway and the network interface are not the same Verify that the appropriate Ethernet link indicators of the PC and the VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor are lit Verify that web browser proxy settings are not interfering Verify that local firewall settings on the PC are not interfering Try rebooting the ...

Page 13: ...stom images for the Remote Video Wall make sure you have copies of these available so that you can re upload those separately 5 Re install the system as described above 6 Using the Software Activation page import the previous license key under More options or re enter it using the activation page and activate the software 7 Import the configuration from Data Configuration Import configuration XML ...

Page 14: ...he default password 2 7 Upgrading To a Maintenance Release Please refer to chapter 5 8 2 for details on how to upgrade to maintenance releases You need to use the upgrade image labelled upgrade from 5 2 0 when installing a maintenance release 2 8 Accessing the User Interface Once the software has been installed and activated all further configuration takes place through HTTP The following web brow...

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Page 16: ... 1 Define multicasts either by defining multicasts from scratch Multicasts Streams or by importing a multicast list exported from another VB7880 or probe Note that the sequence of the multicast definitions will be reflected in monitoring so order the multicasts correctly if required 2 Join multicasts in the Multicasts Join view OTT 1 Define OTT channels OTT Channels 3 3 Monitoring When input signa...

Page 17: ...eams view In addition to the miscellaneous thresholds that affect only the streams with which they are associated the Alarm Alarm setup view allows the user to enable and disable alarms on an overall basis It is also possible to define the alarm severity levels for different alarms in this view OTT When a OTT channel is defined the default OTT threshold template is assigned to it To change thresho...

Page 18: ...dio loudness level according to the ITU R BS 1770 2 standard The measurement used is the EBU R128 momentary 400 ms value You can display this data by selecting LUFS LKFS in the Remote Video Wall configuration The raw measurements can be gathered through the External integration interface Eii The specification of the Eii can be obtained from Sencore The Remote Video Wall can also be configured to d...

Page 19: ...to locally generated alarms but no MicroTimeline or OTT alarm graph will be displayed 4 2 Accessing the Remote Video Wall The Remote Video Walls can be reached by entering IP address rvw m 1 in a browser s URL field m 1 m 2 m 3 and m 4 selects Mosaic A B C and D respectively configured under the RVW tab as described in chapter 5 6 2 The RVWs can also be reached through the management GUI in the se...

Page 20: ...e VideoBRIDGE Controller In the configuration you can select any RF interface on probes available in the VideoBRIDGE Controller 4 3 4 DataMiner Alarms requires DataMiner integration This widget makes it possible to display the current alarm count from a Skyline DataMiner server Active alarms on the server are grouped based on the severity as defined on the DataMiner server and the numbers are disp...

Page 21: ... for probes running 5 1 0 5 or earlier or 5 0 2 4 or earlier the threshold colorization does not completely reflect what is seen on the probe 4 3 10 RF Graphs requires VBC integration This widget displays customizable RF graphs from the VideoBRIDGE Controller It can be configured to show RF parameters for any stream that is applicable in the VideoBRIDGE Controller with a selectable interval The pa...

Page 22: ...r to the IP address of the VB7880 as shown in the screen shot above Note that different web browsers behave differently with respect to memory leaking and if the VB7880 GUI should be available at all times the browser should be selected 22 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 ...

Page 23: ...rms events list usually referred to as the alarm list The alarm list can be displayed or hidden by clicking the Toggle link which is displayed as an arrow head The web interface has been designed to be resizeable in both vertical and horizontal directions with a minimum screen resolution of 1024 768 pixels Tool tips are available for most buttons and labels To access tool tip information simply na...

Page 24: ...gray indicates that the Extractor runs in unlocked mode or the status is unknown Updated The time since the last time synchronization update Timezone The time zone relative to UTC Configured in the OS Time The current local time Counters and alarms Clear all Click the Clear all button to reset all counters graphs and alarms All VB7880measurement and alarm history is cleared Note that it is not pos...

Page 25: ... all monitored multicast streams Joined multicasts The number of joined multicast streams OTT channels The number of enabled OTT channels Available network interfaces Interface The id of the selected network interface Enabled Is the selected interface enabled and running Type What type of IP address is set for the selected interface Address The IP address of the selected network interface Netmask ...

Page 26: ...ose button will close the view Status bulbs indicates the current content check status for the streams The available status bulbs are Audio silence scrambling freeze frame and color freeze and profile alignment OTT only A gray bulb means that the test has not been enabled for the stream A green bulb indicates that no error has been detected A yellow bulb indicates that the extractor is detecting a...

Page 27: ...larm configuration whereas settings defined for each multicast and service in the Multicasts Streams views will also affect VB7880 alarming A simplified diagram of the VB7880 alarm handling is shown below The Alarms view gives the user the possibility of viewing alarms according to type or as one complete list VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 27 ...

Page 28: ... a detailed alarm description can be viewed The search field in the upper right corner of the view allows the user to type a text string and the alarm list is updated to display only streams and alarms matching the specified text The alarm lists can be deleted by clicking the Flush alarms button However it should be noted that this action will permanently clear the alarm lists they cannot be resto...

Page 29: ...y the user Multicasts Ethernet thresh and Multicasts Service thresh for multicasts OTT Thresholds for OTT and Caption Thresholds for captions Also note that only enabled alarms are shown in the alarm lists and forwarded as SNMP traps Enabling or disabling Extractor alarms does however not affect the alarms presented by the VideoBRIDGE Controller The following alarm severity levels may be selected ...

Page 30: ...ce has no data on video PID Default Enabled sever ity Major CC Errors detected The service has an excessive amount of CC errors Default Enabled sever ity Major No signal detected The stream has no signal Default Enabled sever ity Major Wrong DAR The stream has wrong Display As pect Ratio Default Enabled sever ity Major Wrong PAR The stream has wrong Pixel Aspect Ratio Default Enabled sever ity Maj...

Page 31: ...er ity Major HTTP redirect error HTTP 3xx redirection error Default Enabled sever ity Major HTTP client error HTTP 4xx client error Default Enabled sever ity Major HTTP server error HTTP 5xx server error Default Enabled sever ity Major Freeze frame detected The profile has frozen frames Default Enabled sever ity Major Color freeze detected The profile has frozen in one color Default Enabled sever ...

Page 32: ...than specified in the threshold Default Enabled sever ity Major Bad quality Some or all caption data was cor rupt Default Enabled sever ity Error Unknown Unknown error Default Enabled sever ity Warning 32 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 ...

Page 33: ...The OTT support enables monitoring of OTT channels Up to 100 OTT channels can be monitored in parallel up to a total maximum of 100 channels multicasts and OTT combined depending on the license VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 33 ...

Page 34: ...y the user and linked to a URL in the OTT Channels view Progress The progress bar shows which channel is currently being monitored and how analysis is progressing Profiles The number of profiles associated with a channel Encryption Scrambling information is resolved from the profile manifest If the profile is scrambled the encryption field will read Yes If the profile is transmitted in clear the e...

Page 35: ...bles detailed below The following information relevant for the overall OTT channel is shown in the first part of the Details Profiles pop up window Channel The channel name defined by the user and linked to a URL in the OTT Setup view A bulb indicates the current status of the channel i e the most severe profile status Progress Channels will be analyzed sequentially and the progress bar shows whic...

Page 36: ...of these graphs The timeline duration is either 2 or 24 hours and the graph resolution is one minute for the 2 hour graph and twelve minutes for the 24 hour graph Profile bps Only displayed if OTT Active Testing is enabled for this channel The profile nominal bandwidth as flagged in the manifest files Download bps Only displayed if OTT Active Testing is enabled for this channel The download bitrat...

Page 37: ...the channel i e the most severe profile status Progress Channels will be analyzed sequentially and the progress bar shows which channel is currently being monitored and how analysis is progressing Profiles The number of profiles associated with a channel Profile status The channel health bar displays the current status for individual channel profiles Profiles are separated by vertical black lines ...

Page 38: ...ormation per profile This view contains the following information Profile The name of the OTT profile as flagged in the manifest files Profile bps The profile nominal bandwidth as flagged in the manifest files Type Live for live content or VoD for stored content The distinction between the two is done based on the contents of the manifest file Seq age The profile sequence age Manifest size The siz...

Page 39: ...earch field used to narrow down the entries in the alarm log The alarms are the same ones as explained for the Alarms Setup view see chapter 5 2 2 for more information When the OTT Active Testing option is available but the currently displayed channel has Active Testing disabled the alarms that are not applicable to the channel are shown as black squares in the top half of the dialog VB7880 Advanc...

Page 40: ...ile from the drop down list the thumbnail will be switched to the default selection Auto Select Auto select will select the profile with the highest bitrate and video data Click the Play profile audio button to play back the last decoded audio chunk for the selected profile in the browser Decoder information Size The video picture size of the selected profile Aspect ratio The video aspect ratio of...

Page 41: ...dio bitrate Loudness The integrated loudness value for the currently decoded chunk Peak level The audio peak level for the currently decoded chunk Chunk Information Engine ID The OTT engine monitoring the selected stream Channel ID The id of selected channel corresponding to the list of streams defined by the user Profile ID The ID of the selected profile Bitrate Bitrate rate of the a chunk Stream...

Page 42: ...le ID bitrate size and Sequence number If the sequence numbers are highlighted in yellow the thumbnails are not generated from the same chunk for all profiles and may therefor appear to be out of synchronization Click the Play button to play back the last decoded audio chunk for the selected profile in the browser 42 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 ...

Page 43: ...ected pop up view by an asterisk wildcard symbol The search field allows searching for one for more list entries containing a user defined text string OTT Channel Configuration Enabled Check the Enabled check box to start monitoring the OTT service Threshold The OTT threshold that should be assigned to the OTT channel OTT thresholds that have been defined in the OTT Thresholds view are available f...

Page 44: ...ngs section global round time for all of the OTT engines can be set The round time setting does not apply to channels for which real time audio analysis have been enabled 44 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 ...

Page 45: ... an asterisk wildcard symbol The search field allows searching for one for more list entries containing a user defined text string Content check thresholds Name The threshold template name defined by the user Profile alignment Picture matching in video streams is not an exact science as noise can be introduced in many of the stages the stream goes through This setting makes it possible to define h...

Page 46: ... by checking the appropriate checkbox in the channel setup Depending on the purchased license there might be an upper limit as to the number of channel the Active Testing thresholds can be applied to this limit is described in the Edit Threshold dialog To disable a threshold alarm set the threshold value to 1 This does not apply for Manifest XML size Active testing thresholds Download speed error ...

Page 47: ...Min Profiles Minimum number of profiles in the selected channel before an alarm is raised VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 47 ...

Page 48: ...dicates the current alarm status of the associated stream In addition the Remote Video Wall features offers a better overview of content and alarm status for each stream The bulb can have the following colors Green stream status OK Yellow The extractor is observing possible problems but the thresholds have not yet been exceeded Red stream status alarm Gray stream status start up unknown 48 VB7880 ...

Page 49: ...dit views The different bulb colors are White Unknown typically due to the Extractor being unable to decode video Grey freeze frame detection is disabled Green freeze frame detection is enabled no freeze frame is detected Yellow freeze frame detection is enabled Two consecutive equal frames have been detected but the freeze frame error timeout value has not been exceeded Red freeze frame is enable...

Page 50: ... from the Main Thumb Overview view see chapter 5 1 2 for more information Clicking the Close button will close the Thumbs Details view For multicasts the following metadata is displayed in the Thumbs Details view Audio fields PID The audio PID for which the associated parameters apply Language The audio language as derived from PSI SI Average The average audio level in dB measured over 0 4 seconds...

Page 51: ...h and Multicasts Streams Edit views Consecutive frozen frames The number of consecutive equal frames that have been detected Time since OK The time in seconds since freeze frame status OK was last detected When a freeze frame condition occurs this value indicates for how long video has been frozen Color freeze A bulb indicating the color freeze detection status The freeze frame error timeout value...

Page 52: ...e MPEG TS control bit PES sync scramble state The scramble state as detected from the PES sync state Number of PIDs The number of PIDs associated with the selected service Bitrate The total bitrate of the selected service bits s Video PID PID Number PID The video PID of the selected service Has PCR Yes if the selected stream contains PCR No if not Bitrate The video PID bitrate of the selected serv...

Page 53: ...yout Format The binary format of the audio stream Bitrate The effective audio bitrate If the Extractor cannot generate a thumbnail from the signal it will present one of the following icons Shown if no data is received for the stream or if no PSI is found There should be a match between presenting this icon and a No signal alarm however since the alarm and thumbnail mechanisms work independently o...

Page 54: ... custom video PID refer to the Multicasts Streams view The VB7880 can only generate a thumbnail picture if the video data is not scrambled The Extractor will always try to generate a thumbnail picture and will only conclude that it is scrambled if decode fails and the PID is signaled as being scrambled If the stream is configured not to raise an alarm upon scrambling the icon will be colored green...

Page 55: ... field in the upper right corner of the view allows the user to type a text string and the multicast list is updated to display only streams matching the specified text Clicking Add new or selecting one or more multicasts and clicking Edit selected will open the Multicast Edit pop up menu When multicasts have been defined clicking Join selected will join the selected multicasts and enable monitori...

Page 56: ...lticasts Service thresh view are available for selection from the drop down menu Schedule The scheduling scheme that should be assigned to the multicast Scheduling schemes that have been defined in the Setup Scheduling view are available for selection from the drop down menu Scheduling allows alarm masking at predefined time periods Custom video PID If a stream is known not to contain PSI needed i...

Page 57: ...button and assign a name and value to the new threshold In the threshold presets list the Refs column displays how many streams are associated with each stream threshold template Another way of creating a user defined thresholds is by highlighting one of the thresholds already defined and then clicking the Duplicate highlighted button Deleting a threshold is done by highlighting the threshold that...

Page 58: ...PTS all services in the stream counts towards the active service limit defined by the license If only one or a few services need to be monitored disable this setting in which case services not referenced by the Service threshold applied to the same stream will be ignored Please refer to chapter 5 4 5 for details on Service thresholds 58 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 ...

Page 59: ...or 40 seconds This is useful when scrambling alternates between scrambled and unscrambled and you don t want to raise an alarm every time the stream is not scrambled but only when there is a real error Freeze frame noise floor Picture matching in video streams is not an exact science as noise can be introduced in many of the stages the stream goes through This setting makes it possible to define h...

Page 60: ... field below Expected display aspect ratio The expected DAR must be given in the text field i e 16 9 or 4 3 if Specified DAR has been selected in the drop down menu above DAR alarm timeout The number of seconds before an alarm is triggered when the Expected display ratio is not correct PAR alarm mode The alarm mode of the expected Pixel Aspect Ratio can be set to Ignore same or Specific PAR Ignore...

Page 61: ... applied to a stream any services not referenced by a Service threshold even if all service specific settings are disabled or set to Same as stream will be ignored by the VB7880 In the service threshold template list the Refs column displays how many streams are associated with each service threshold template Thresholds are associated with each stream in the Multicasts Streams Edit view To add a n...

Page 62: ...unnamed no service names in the SDT or when services should be recognized by the VideoBRIDGE Controller under a different name than indicated in the SDT Scrambling Each service can be configured to raise an alarm when that stream s scrambling status changes The default behavior is to ignore whether a stream is scrambled or not In order to trigger an alarm if a clear service is received when it is ...

Page 63: ... contain PSI Custom video mode When a custom video PID has been defined for a service the user must specify the video encoding format MPEG2 H264 or HEVC DAR Mode The alarm threshold for Display Aspect Ratio can be set to Ignore Same or Specific DAR Ignore No alarming for DAR Same Alarm if the DAR changes Specified DAR The DAR expected for the stream must be specified in the text field below Expect...

Page 64: ...ined scheduling templates Never and Always will always be selectable and these will result in service alarms never and always being masked respectively When Same as stream is selected the requirement defined in the stream threshold will apply Note that alarm masking only affects alarm lists and SNMP traps other alarm indications in the GUI will remain visible 64 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor U...

Page 65: ... Alarm history A bar graph showing alarm severity history for the last 24 hours Each bar color represents the alarm severity level as configured under Main Alarm setup Parent MC stream Name of the multicast stream this service is extracted from SCTE 20 Number of SCTE 20 caption services detected in this service CEA 608 Number of non SCTE 20 CEA 608 caption services detected in this service CEA 708...

Page 66: ...service format selector and the list to display the select captions By default only the closed caption text is shown in the list If you would like to see all control messages as well check the Show control messages checkbox at the bottom left 66 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 ...

Page 67: ...lected service In the right corner of the pop up window is a free text search field used to narrow down the entries in the alarm log The alarms are the same ones as explained for the Alarms Setup view see chapter 5 2 2 for more information 5 5 3 Captions Thresholds VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 67 ...

Page 68: ...lds is by highlighting one of the thresholds already defined and then clicking the Duplicate highlighted button Deleting a threshold is done by highlighting the threshold that should be removed and clicking Delete selected Note that the predefined No Captions threshold template cannot be deleted or changed Caption Thresholds Name Unique name of these threshold settings Enabled Tick this to start c...

Page 69: ...Video Wall feature Setup Branding Name The name of the selected RVW Mosaic is shown as a label at the top of the RVW Image A small image logo that will be visible in the top left corner of the RVW Mosaic The file must be selected from the corresponding drop down menu Setup External system integration VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 69 ...

Page 70: ...to obtain a session key the RVW widgets do not have access to the password directly The Remote Video Wall allows logos or similar images to be uploaded and set on the each RVW A company logo or image can be set as an reference to a selected RVW To upload an image use the file selector under the Import image heading and press the Go button To delete an uploaded file select it from the drop down men...

Page 71: ...ile can be selected in the Channel drop down menu below Make sure that the channel has been enabled in the OTT section Widget Embed a web based widget in this frame After selecting this type the widget to embed can be selected from the Widget drop down menu Iframe Embed a web page in this frame After selecting this type the address of the page to embed can be entered in the Address field Superfram...

Page 72: ...up the widget In the configuration dialog select Apply to apply the changes or Close to close the dialog without saving changes Some widgets may also provide a Reset button that restore the widget s default setting Preview Click the Display button to display a preview of the widget inside the configuration UI Please note that not all widget might display correctly in this mode 72 VB7880 Advanced C...

Page 73: ...ow that it is full When the list is full new alarms are ignored until Clear alarms is pressed This can sometimes be useful if a unit is placed unattended Treat events as alarms When enabled each event is treated as an alarm that is active for 5 seconds This may be useful when reporting to external systems that do not support events but only active or cleared alarms This setting affects the local a...

Page 74: ...guring the system clock The settings on this tab are deprecated and will be removed from a future release of the VB7880 software Please refer to the operating system instructions1 for further details on how to configure the date and time SNMP Community string The Extractor SNMP community string can be changed Trap destination 1 3 SNMP traps will be sent to the specified destinations Set to 0 0 0 0...

Page 75: ...maximum of four colors may be defined An existing color may be modified by clicking the associated Edit link Edit color Name The color name This name will be part of a color alarm description and the associated SNMP trap Description A description of the color or an error indication Color The RGB color on the format XX Red XX Green XX Blue where XX represents a hexadecimal figure spanning 0 255 in ...

Page 76: ... Content Extractor and add it to the VideoBRIDGE Controller equipment list provided that the auto detect functionality is enabled and the VideoBRIDGE Controller server address is known to the Extractor Note that the network must be transparent to traffic between the VideoBRIDGE Controller server and VB7880 Advanced Content Extractors for auto detection to work The VideoBRIDGE Controller server s h...

Page 77: ...control but only users who are logged in can disable it or change the password When access control is activated a READ ONLY access message is displayed under the alarm list for users that are not logged in It will be necessary to log in each time a web browser application is launched and pointed at the extractor Log in is performed by providing the correct password The default password is elvis Th...

Page 78: ...C thresh This tab is only available if the OTT Active Testing option is enabled and the settings here only apply to these tests The VBC error second thresholds are used by the VideoBRIDGE Controller to issue VBC specific alarms The VBC will raise an alarm when the number of error seconds exceeds the error seconds threshold The VBC thresholds are only relevant when a VideoBRIDGE Controller is part ...

Page 79: ...ted to proportional values In the VBC threshold presets table the Refs column shows how many streams are associated with each VBC threshold template By clicking the Add new threshold button the user will enter a VBC thresholds edit view enabling definition of a new threshold template It is possible to copy or delete an existing threshold template by clicking the Duplicate selected or Delete select...

Page 80: ...The alarm masking intervals are defined for individual week days or for all week days Intervals are specified on the form hhmm hhmm for instance the interval 1200 1400 means that alarm masking should start at noon and finish at 2 pm Several alarm masking intervals may be specified for each day using comma separation To edit an existing scheduling template highlight it and click the Edit selected b...

Page 81: ...s the login will expire two minutes after accessing this section This page uses the same log in credentials as the Software Activation interface Please refer to chapter 2 4 for details on Software Activation Security parameters Enable SNMP If SNMP is disabled no MIB is available on port 161 However SNMP traps are sent as usual on port 162 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2...

Page 82: ...ormation can be exported to and imported from Sencore VideoBRIDGE probes You can also import and export license and software maintenance keys in XML format from this page It should be possible to import the configuration from a VB280 Go to the Data tab in the VB280 and select Full configuration under Export XML Due to the changes in the architecture between the VB280 and the VB7880 some changes ma...

Page 83: ... document containing debug information that may be useful if Extractor misbehavior is reported This file should be sent along with a description of the misbehavior 5 8 2 Data Software The software section allows the VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor to be upgraded to a newer version just by pressing the choose file button and selecting the tea file from the directory of the local PC and then press...

Page 84: ... to facilitate integration the Data Eii view allows export of XML files containing the data typically being requested by an NMS system via the regular Eii interface Please refer to the document Eii External Integration Interface for detailed information about Eii 84 VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 ...

Page 85: ...9 1 About Release info This section shows the version and build date of the installed software and the underlying operating system 5 9 2 About License VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 85 ...

Page 86: ...ftware Activation interface see chapter 2 4 for more information To disable the VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor uncheck the Activate software checkbox and click the Change button You cannot do this if it has been set as the default software through the Software Activation interface which is done by default the first time you activate the software you will need to change the default back to Softw...

Page 87: ...5 9 4 About Credits This view shows information about the software included with the Extractor VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 87 ...

Page 88: ...ive connections nmcli con Add a new connection nmcli con add con name eno2 ifname eno2 type ethernet ip4 10 100 100 1 24 Disconnect the eno2 connection nmcli con down eno2 Reconfigure the IPv4 address nmcli con mod eno2 ipv4 addresses 10 100 100 2 24 Connect the eno2 connection nmcli con up eno2 More documentation on nmcli is available in the Networking Guide2 1 https access redhat com documentati...

Page 89: ...rent status for individual channel profiles Different colors indicate status Green OK Yellow Warning Orange Error Red Major Black Fatal All enabled alarms may affect the profile health bar and alarm severities can be assigned to each alarm in the Alarms Alarm setup view VB7880 Advanced Content Extractor User s Manual version 5 2 89 ...

Page 90: ...reen graph as seen in the left hand part of the graph above When download times exceed the user defined profile bitrate warning and error thresholds the graph is colored yellow and orange respectively In addition to profile bitrate indication the graph displays profile status information related to non bitrate alarms Active profile alarms are represented in the graph as 100 bars the color reflecti...