Cobalt Digital COMPASS 9220 User Manual

9220 Bidirectional

ASI/MPTS Gateway

Product Manual

Version 1.1

Cobalt Digital Inc.

9220-UM Version: 1.1

9220 • Bidirectional ASI/MPTS Gateway Product Manual

• Cobalt Digital Inc. Part Number: 9220-UM

• Document Version: 1.1

• Printed in the United States.

• Last Author: CGG

• Printing Date: 10/18/11

The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice or obligation.

Contents of this publication may not be reprod uced in any form without the written permission of Cobalt Digital Inc.. Reproduction or reverse engineering of copyrighted software is prohibited.

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Important Regulatory and Safety Notices

Before using this product and any associated equipment, refer to the “Important Safety Instructions” listed below to avoid personnel injury and to prevent product damage.

Products may require specific equipment, and/or installation procedures to be carried out to satisfy certain regulatory compliance requirements. Notices have been included in this publication to call attention to these specific requirements.

Symbol Meanings

This symbol on the equipment refers you to important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions within the Product Manual Documentation. Failure to heed this information may present a major risk of damage or injury to persons or equipment.

Warning — The symbol with the word “Warning” within the equipment manual

indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in death or serious injury.

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indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices.

Notice — The symbol with the word “Notice” within the equipment manual indicates a

situation, which if not avoided, may result in major or minor equipment damage or a situation which could place the equipment in a non-compliant operating state.

ESD Susceptibility — This symbol is used to alert the user that an electrical or

electronic device or assembly is susceptible to damage from an ESD event.

Important Safety Instructions

Caution — This product is intended to be a component product of an 8300 series

frame. Refer to the frame User Manual for important safety instructions regarding the proper installation and safe operation of the frame as well as its component products.

Warning — Certain parts of this equipment namely the power supply area still present

a safety hazard, with the power switch in the OFF position. To avoid electrical shock, disconnect all A/C power cards from the chassis’ rear appliance connectors before servicing this area.

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Warning — Service barriers within this product are intended to protect the operator

and service personnel from hazardous voltages. For continued safety, replace all barriers after any servicing. This product contains safety critical parts, which if incorrectly replaced may present a risk of fire or electrical shock. Components contained with the product’s power supplies and power supply area, are not intended to be customer serviced and should be returned to the factory for repair. To reduce the risk of fire, replacement fuses must be the same time and rating. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

Maintenance/User Serviceable Parts

Routine maintenance to this Cobalt Digital Inc. product is not r equired. This product contains no user serviceable parts. If the frame does not appear to be working properly, please contact Technical Support using the numbers listed under the “Contact Us” section on the last page of this manual. All Cobalt Digital Inc. products are covered by a generous 5-year warranty and will be repaired without charge for materials or labor within this period. See the “Warranty and Repair Policy” section in this manual for details.

Environmental Information

The equipment that you purchased required the extraction and use of natural resources for its production. It may contain haza rdous substances that could impact health and the environment.

To avoid the potential release of those substances into the environment and to diminish the need for the extraction of natural resources, Cobalt Digital Inc. encourages you to use the appropriate take-back systems. These systems will reuse or recycle most of the materials from your end-of-life equipment in an environmentally friendly and health conscious manner.

The crossed-out wheeled bin symbol invites you to use these systems.

If you need more information on the collection, reuse, and recycling systems, please contact your local or regional waste administration.

You can also contact Cobalt Digital Inc. for more information on the environmental performances of our products.

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Contents

Contents .......................................................................................................................................... 5

Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 7

Product Overview ....................................................................................................................... 7

Redundancy Options................................................................................................................... 8

IP Input Address/Port Redundancy......................................................................................... 9

Connection Redundancy.........................................................................................................9

Indicators and Switches ................................................................................................................ 11

Rear I/O Module Indicators......................................................................................................11

Front Indicators......................................................................................................................... 12

Front Switches .......................................................................................................................... 13

Operation and Management.......................................................................................................... 14

Product Tab................................................................................................................................... 15

Network Tab ................................................................................................................................. 16

Network Configuration Tab...................................................................................................... 16

Network Statistics Tab.............................................................................................................. 17

ASI Ports....................................................................................................................................... 19

ASI Ports: Configuration Tab...................................................................................................19

ASI Ports: Statistics Tab........................................................................................................... 22

IP Inputs........................................................................................................................................ 24

IP Inputs: Configuration Tab....................................................................................................24

Common Parameters............................................................................................................. 25

Redundancy Control ............................................................................................................. 26

Addressing Parameters.......................................................................................................... 26

Active IP Inputs Table..........................................................................................................28

Determining the Latency Settings......................................................................................... 30

IP Inputs: Statistics Tab............................................................................................................ 30

IP Outputs ..................................................................................................................................... 32

IP Outputs: Configuration Tab.................................................................................................. 32

Active IP Outputs Table........................................................................................................ 35

Managing Unicast MAC Addresses...................................................................................... 36

IP Outputs: Statistics Tab.......................................................................................................... 37

Connections................................................................................................................................... 38

Connections Configuration Tab................................................................................................ 38

Source Selection.................................................................................................................... 38

Destination Selection............................................................................................................ 41

Establishing the Connection ................................................................................................. 42

The Current Connections Table............................................................................................ 43

Connection Statistics Tab ......................................................................................................... 44

Redundancy................................................................................................................................... 45

Address/Port Redundancy.........................................................................................................45

Connection Redundancy...........................................................................................................46

Admin ........................................................................................................................................... 48

Admin General Tab................................................................................................................... 48

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Admin Firmware Tab................................................................................................................ 49

Admin Config Files Tab ........................................................................................................... 50

User-Saved Configurations................................................................................................... 51

Pre-defined Templates.......................................................................................................... 53

Clear Current Configuration Button ..................................................................................... 53

Admin Test Packet Generator Tab............................................................................................ 54

Admin License Keys Tab..........................................................................................................55

Admin Event Log Tab .............................................................................................................. 56

Warranty and Repair Policy......................................................................................................60

Contact Cobalt Digital Inc........................................................................................................ 61

Visit us at the Cobalt Digital Inc. website. ............................................................................... 61

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Introduction

The 9220 is an advanced openGear™ ASI-to-IP and IP-to-ASI gateway, with the following features:

• Up to 6 ASI ports, which can be individually configured as inputs or outputs. Each port

supports the full ASI line rate of 213 Mb/s.

• Up to 2 100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet ports, capable of transmitting and receiving at line rate.

• Up to 8 simultaneous transmit and receive streams per Ethernet port.

• Advanced redundancy features.

• Very low latency (under 4 milliseconds for ASI content).

• Advanced IP de-jitter features.

• Internal stream replication – any input to the 9220 can be internally connected to up to 8

outputs.

Typical application scenarios for the 9220 are:

• Contribution and Distribution: interfacing traditional MPEG equipment with IP networks

for transport.

• Video Distribution over IP backbones.

• IP to ASI adaptation for devices such as receivers, IRDs, etc.

• IP and ASI protection switching.

Product Overview

The 9220 is essentially a cross-connect switch where transport streams from inputs can be connected to one or more outputs. A given input can be connected to as many as 8 outputs.

The following inputs are available:

• Up to 6 ASI inputs (shared with ASI outputs)

• Up to 8 IP inputs per Ethernet port (for a maximum of 16 IP inputs)

• One internal test packet generator (which can be used to generate ASI or IP test streams)

The following outputs are available:

• Up to 6 ASI outputs (shared with ASI inputs)

• Up to 8 IP outputs per Ethernet port (for a maximum of 16 IP outputs)

In general terms, configuring the 9220 is a two-step process:

Step 1: Configure the input. Step 2: Configure the output. As part of this step, a connection between the input and the output

can be established.

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If you are making one-to-many connections, step 1 is performed once, and step 2 is performed multiple times. It is also possible to configure the output first (without making the connection to an input), configure the input next, and finally make the connection between the input and the output.

Note that while it is possible to connect one given input to multiple outputs, only one connection is allowed for a given output.

The overall architecture is depicted below.

Outputs

Inputs

ASI

Up to 6

••• •••

••• ••••••

Up to 6

•••••••••

Up to 6

Outputs

ASI

ETH1

ETH2

Test

Generator

Up to 8

Cross-Connect

Switch

Up to 8

•••

••••••

Up to 8

ETH1

ETH2

For the remainder of this manual, we will use the term port for a physical input/output port (such as ASI or Ethernet), and stream for a transport stream present in the port. ASI ports support only one stream, while Ethernet ports support multiple streams.

Redundancy Options

The 9220 can be configured to support transport stream redundancy. This means that the unit can be configured with a “primary transport” and a “backup transport”. If the primary transport disappears, the unit may be set to automatically switch to the backup transport, after a configurable timeout. The following features are common to all redundancy modes:

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• Transport stream redundancy can be set to “Manual” or “Automatic”. In “Automatic”

mode, the unit will switch to the backup stream after a configurable timeout, if the primary stream disappears. In “Manual” mode, the switch has to be performed by the operator.

• Regardless of the Automatic/Manual mode, the operator always has the ability to instruct

the unit to switch to the other transport stream.

The 9220 offers two independent redundancy levels, which can be combined if desired:

• IP Input Address/Port Redundancy

• Connection Redundancy

IP Input Address/Port Redundancy

An IP Input receives a transport stream over UDP/IP, on a given IP Address/UDP Port combination, with an optional Source IP address specification. For each IP Input, the unit allows an optional backup IP Address/UDP Port/Optional Source IP Address combination to be specified. If the transport stream disappears from the primary address/port combination, the port can switch to the backup address/port combination (if configured for automatic redundancy). The automatic switch timeout can be set to a value between 2 and 45 seconds.

This level of redundancy is available for all IP input ports, and is independent of any connections that may exist to the port. It uses no internal resources in the 9220 (i.e., it does not “count” as an input or as a connection), but it has the following limitations:

• It is only available for IP input ports.

• The primary and backup transport streams must be available on the same Ethernet port.

• The 9220 does not monitor the inactive stream. Therefore, if the active stream disappears

and the other stream not running either, the 9220 will be switching back and forth until one of the two streams comes back.

The Connection Redundancy level does not have the above limitations, but it does use internal resources in the 9220.

Connection Redundancy

In normal operation, an output port is connected to an input port. The 9220 offers the option of having a backup input port for each connection. If the transport stream coming from the primary input disappears, the connection can switch to the backup input if configured for automatic redundancy. The automatic switch timeout can be set to a value between 2 and 45 seconds.

Connection redundancy does use resources – two input ports must be created and available, and two connections are used (counting against the 8-connection maximum per input). This mode of operation offers the following features:

• Different port types can be used as primary/backup pairs. For example, an ASI input can

be configured as the backup for an IP input or vice-versa. Here are some examples of configurations that can exploit this flexibility:

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o An ASI input can be the backup for an IP Input. For example, the IP input can be

the primary feed, and the ASI input a local feed that will be switched in if the primary remote feed disappears.

o ASI protection switching: two ASI inputs can be configured as primary/backup

feeds for an ASI output. If the primary ASI input disappears, the 9220 will connect the ASI output to the backup ASI input.

o Primary/backup IP streams on separate networks: an IP input in ETH1 can be

configured as the primary, and another IP input in ETH2 can be configured as backup.

• The unit continuously monitors both the primary and the backup transport streams. It

will only switch to the backup if it is active. In the situation where both streams are inactive, and one of them starts flowing again, Connection Redundancy will recover faster than Address/Port Redundancy.

• A given input may be used as a primary or backup input for multiple output ports (up to 8

ports).

Note that the two redundancy levels can be combined. It is possible to have a primary and a backup IP input port for some output port, and each of these two IP inputs may be configured for Address/Port Redundancy.

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Indicators and Switches

The 9220 card can be installed in the 10-slot 8310 frame, or in the 20-slot 8321 frame. Prior to installing the card, first install the corresponding rear I/O module. Note that the rear I/O module for the 8321 frame is different from the module for the 8310 (8310 frame requires an RM-9220B rear I/O module; 8321 frame requires an RM20-9220-B rear I/O module).

Rear I/O Module Indicators

The 9220 rear I/O module is depicted below. It includes 6 ASI ports (configurable as inputs or outputs) on standard BNC connectors, and two 100/1000 Mb/s Ethernet ports on standard RJ-45 connectors.

Each of the ASI ports has a green indicator LED, with the following states:

• LED off: ASI port is disabled.

• LED flashing once every 3 seconds: ASI port is configured as input, but it is not locked

to a signal (i.e., there is no input signal).

• LED flashing once per second: ASI port is configured as input, and is locked to a

signal.

• LED flashing multiple times per second: ASI port is configured as output.

Each of the Gigabit Ethernet ports has two indicator LEDs, with the following states:

• Green LED:

o Off: No link o On: Link

• Yellow LED:

o Off: No activity (transmit and/or receive) o Flashing: Port is currently transmitting and/or receiving

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Front Indicators

A similar set of indicators exist in the front of the board. These are visible when the frame front door is opened. The indicator layout is depicted below.

The LED indicators are as follows:

• Status LED: indicates the overall status of the board.

o Green: no active alarm o Red: at least one critical alarm present

When inserting a board in the frame, this LED will be red until the board starts operation. At that point, it will turn green if there is no active alarm or red if there is at least one alarm.

• Power OK LED: indicates that the power received from the frame is OK.

o Green: power OK o Off: no power (or insufficient voltage – check the frame power status)

• AS1 1 through ASI 6 LEDs: these behave exactly the same as the corresponding rear

I/O module indicators.

• ETH1 and ETH2 LEDs: these indicate the status of the corresponding Ethernet

connection.

o Off: no link o On: link OK, no activity o Blinking: link OK, port is transmitting and/or receiving packets

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Top Corner

Status Power OK

ASI 1

ASI 2

ASI 4

ASI 6

ETH 2 ETH 1

ASI 1

ASI 3

ASI 5

The board has other LEDs that may or may not be illuminated. They are intended for engineering debug only.

Front Switches

The board has two pushbutton-type switches in the front, just below the LEDs, as depicted below. Their operation is as follows:

• Default IP Switch: This switch is used to recover the board in the unlikely case of a

corrupted or broken firmware update. In most cases, the 9220 will detect the error and automatically fall back into the factory-default firmware load. If it does not, pull the card out, press and hold this switch, and push the card back into the frame while still holding the switch. You can release the switch once the Status LED turns orange. This action causes the card to revert to the factory-default firmware.

• Reset Switch: Pressing this pushbutton switch causes the card to reset.

Top Corner

Default IP

Reset

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Operation and Management

The 9220 is configured using the free Dashboard™ application, which is available for Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux. Dashboard can be downloaded from this link:

http://www.opengear.tv/n/?p=94

As with any openGear™ card, the card display is divided into a statistics panel on the left, and a configuration panel on the right. Each panel has multiple tabs, corresponding to the various functions in the card. Note that the Card State alarm indicator is also reflected in the green/red Status LED in the front of the board. The Status LED will be green when Card State is green or yellow, and will be red when Card State is red.

The following tabs are available:

• Product: this tab provides general information on the card, including firmware version,

uptime, temperatures, and other parameters. It appears only on the Statistics panel.

• Network: this tab is used to configure the IP addresses and network information for the

Ethernet ports. The statistics side of the panel includes some additional information such as link state.

• ASI Ports: this tab is used to configure/monitor the ASI ports.

• IP Inputs: this tab is used to configure/monitor the IP Input ports. The configuration

panel provides the facilities to create, manage and delete ports; the statistics panel includes reception status information.

• IP Outputs: this tab is used to configure/monitor the IP Output ports. The configuration

panel provides the facilities to create, manage and delete ports; the statistics panel includes transmission status information.

• Connections: this tab is used to configure/monitor connections. The configuration panel

provides facilities to create, edit and delete connections; the statistics panel provides a table where the status of all the connections in the unit can be inspected at a glance.

• Redundancy: this tab is used to manage and monitor the redundancy function. Manual

redundancy switches are initiated from the configuration panel.

• Admin: this tab is used for general administrative functions, such as firmware upgrades,

licensing, logs, and configuration management. The Test Packet Generator configuration is also found under this tab.

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Product Tab

The Product Tab contains basic information about the 9220.

The following information is available:

• Build Date: Date the firmware image was built.

• Software revision: This indicates the firmware revision currently running. The format is

Major Version • Minor Version • Build Number.

• Serial Number: This is the serial number of this particular 9220 card.

• Rear Module: This indicates the status of the Rear I/O Module. It can have one of the

following states:

OK: The Rear Module is the correct module for the 9220.

o Not Installed: The 9220 is not connected to a rear module. The card is

operating normally, but it will not be useful as there are no input and output connections to it.

o Wrong Module: The 9220 is connected to a rear module that was not designed

for it (most likely from another openGear™ vendor). Depending on the signals present on that module, there may be a small chance of damage to the 9220; Cobalt Digital Inc. recommends that this situation be rectified immediately. This alarm will cause the front status LED to turn red.

• Card Uptime: Indicates how long the card has been running since it was last rebooted.

• Ambient Temperature: Temperature, in degrees centigrade, of the air intake of the card

(measured at the front edge of the card).

• Internal Temperature: Temperature, in degrees centigrade, at the back of the card.

• MDP Core Temperature: Temperature, in degrees centigrade, of the core MediaStorm

processing element.

The openGear™ frame is designed to operate in environments with up to 40 typically a 5 measured by the 9220. If that measurement is at 45

C temperature raise from the external ambient to the “Ambient Temperature”

C or higher, action must be taken to cool

down the ambient temperature.

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C ambient. There is

Network Tab

The Network Tab allows for configuration/monitoring of the two Ethernet ports.

Network Configuration Tab

The Network Configuration Tab is used to set the individual parameters for each of the Ethernet ports.

The following parameters can be configured:

• Alarm on Link Loss: If set to Yes, the card will raise an alarm if this Ethernet interface

looses link. The Card State indicator in Dashboard™ and the front Status LED will both be red. If set to No, the card will still report loss of link in the Statistics page but no alarm will be raised. It is recommended to turn on the alarm for ports that are in use; only turn it off if you do not plan to connect that port to a network.

• IP Address: Enter the desired IP address for this Ethernet port.

• Subnet Mask: Enter the desired subnet mask for this Ethernet port.

• Default Gateway: Enter the desired default gateway for this Ethernet port, or 0.0.0.0 if

no gateway is available.

• Interface Settings: If you make any changes to the IP Address, Subnet Mask and/or

Default Gateway fields, the Apply and Cancel buttons become active. The changes only take effect when you press the Apply button. Pressing the Cancel button reverts the fields back to their original values. Note that the 9220 will check the consistency of the data entered and will reject invalid combinations. Once the Apply button is pressed, a status message appears just below the Cancel button, as follows:

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• IGMP Version: The 9220 implements the IGMP protocol for multicast reception. This

parameter controls the version of the protocol to be used.

o Auto-Detect: The 9220 will attempt to auto-detect the IGMP version in use by

inspecting the Group Membership Requests received from the router. It defaults to IGMP Version 3 if no messages are received.

o IGMP Version 1: Force the use of Version 1 only (not recommended) o IGMP Version 2: Force the use of Version 2 only o IGMP Version 3: Force the use of Version 3 only

• Interface speed: Configures the speed of the interface. The 9220 Ethernet interfaces

only support two modes: 100 Mb/s Full-Duplex and 1 Gb/s Full-Duplex1.

o Auto-Negotiate: The Ethernet port will auto-negotiate the speed. o 100 Mb/s Full-Duplex: Force the port to 100Mb/s Full-Duplex mode. Note that

the port will still perform auto-negotiation, but it will only advertise this mode.

o 1Gb/s Full-Duplex: restrict the operation to 1Gb/s Full-Duplex mode. Note that

the port will still perform auto-negotiation, but it will only advertise this mode.

Network Statistics Tab

The Network Statistics Tab reports the current IP configuration of each Ethernet port, as well as their link state and running status.

Support for 10 Mb/s and Half-Duplex modes has been disabled, as these are unsuitable for MPEG transport over IP

applications. Moreover, any modern switch supports at least 100 Mb/s Full-Duplex.

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The following parameters are reported in the Network Statistics tab:

• Alarm on Link Loss: Reports the current setting of this parameter.

• IP Address: Reports the current IP Address for the port.

• Subnet Mask: Reports the current Subnet Mask for the port.

• Default Gateway: Reports the current Default Gateway for the port.

• IGMP Version: Reports the current setting for this parameter.

• Interface Speed: Reports the current setting for this parameter.

• Port 1/2 Link: This indicator has the following states:

o Link OK: The port has established link with the switch. o No Link: The port does not currently have link. If Alarm on Link Loss is set to

Yes, the Dashboard™ Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the board will also be red. If Alarm on Link Loss is set to No, this indicator will still be red, but the alarm will not propagate.

• Port 1/2 Status: This indicator is the port overrun status. It has the following states:

OK: The port is operating normally.

o o

TX Overflow: In the current configuration, the IP outputs are attempting to

transmit more than the port capacity (i.e., the overall output data for this port exceeds the interface speed of 100 Mb/s or 1 Gb/s). The Dashboard™ Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the board will also be red. In this case, reduce the output bit rate (either by externally controlling the inputs or by removing output ports). If this indicator is red, data is being dropped.

• Link Speed (Mb/s): This parameter reports the actual speed negotiated with the switch

for the port. If the port has no link, the value reported here is zero.

• MAC Address: This reports the MAC address of the Ethernet port.

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ASI Ports

The 9220 card has 6 ASI ports that can be individually configured as inputs or outputs. Unused ASI ports can be disabled. This tab is used to configure and manage the ASI Ports.

ASI Ports: Configuration Tab

If the 9220 has not yet been configured, all the ASI ports are disabled. The appearance of the Configuration Tab is:

From the Add Port drop down list, select the port you wish to configure. The port configuration defaults to Receive (ASI Input):

All 9220 inputs and outputs can be assigned a user-defined Port Name. This name is used to identify the port later when making connections. Use any descriptive name suitable for your application, or accept the default.

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