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Electronic Program Guide and PSIP
8.1
EPG Overview
Each COM46 card gives you access to an integrated Electronic Program Guide (EPG) that can be
used to create a user-defined guide channel of all programming offered at your location. The setup
is done through the same web interface as is used for the normal system setup. The guide can be
expanded to include all channels being offered at the property, whether the source is the
COM2000, an analog SMATV system, or over-the-air signals.
Another feature of the COM2000 EPG is the ability to upload and playback welcome screen
images that will play direct from the COM46 card.
See section 6.5 for details on creation of Welcome Screen images.
There are some important items to note when working with the EPG:
The EPG information can only be contained within a single card. You cannot access your EPG
settings when logging in from any other card. Therefore, it is important to keep track of which
card contains your guide information. It is also recommended to keep a text file containing the
EPG listing in case you lose access to that particular card.
The SysInfo page will show ‘EPG’ in the EPG field if a card is transmitting the EPG channel. In
the example below in
Error! Reference source not found.
the EPG is running on card one in
chassis one. The card IP address is 192.168.3.18.