Extron electronic VNR 100 User Manual 2

User Guide

VNR 100

VN-Matrix Single Channel Recorder

VN-Matrix

68-2237-01 Rev. A

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Safety Instructions

Safety Instructions • English

WARNING: This symbol, D, when used on the product, is intended to

alert the user of the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may present a risk of electric shock.

ATTENTION: This symbol, I, when used on the product, is intended

to alert the user of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature provided with the equipment.

For information on safety guidelines, regulatory compliances, EMI/EMF compatibility, accessibility, and related topics, see the Extron Safety and Regulatory Compliance Guide, part number 68-290-01, on the Extron website, www.extron.com.

Instructions de sécurité • Français

avertissement: Ce pictogramme, D, lorsqu’il est utilisé sur le

produit, signale à l’utilisateur la présence à l’intérieur du boîtier du produit d’une tension électrique dangereuse susceptible de provoquer un choc électrique.

attention: Ce pictogramme, I, lorsqu’il est utilisé sur le produit,

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Sicherheitsanweisungen • Deutsch

warnung: Dieses Symbol D auf dem Produkt soll den Benutzer

darauf aufmerksam machen, dass im Inneren des Gehäuses dieses Produktes gefährliche Spannungen herrschen, die nicht isoliert sind und die einen elektrischen Schlag verursachen können.

Chinese Simplified（简体中文）

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电压，有触电危险。

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重要的操作和维护(维修）说明。

关于我们产品的安全指南、遵循的规范、

使用的特性等相关内容，敬请访问

安全规范指南，产品编号

68-290-01。

EMI/EMF 的兼容性、无障碍

Extron 网站 www.extron.cn，参见 Extron

Chinese Traditional（繁體中文）

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可能會導致觸電之風險的未絕緣危險電壓。

注意I 若產品上使用此符號，是為了提醒使用者。

有關安全性指導方針、法規遵守、EMI/EMF 相容性、存取範圍和相關主題的詳細資訊，請瀏覽 Extron 網站：www.extron.cn，然後參閱《Extron 安全性與法規

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Japanese

警告: この記号 D が製品上に表示されている場合は、筐体内に絶縁されて

いない高電圧が流れ、感電の危険があることを示しています。

注意: この記号 I が製品上に表示されている場合は、本機の取扱説明書に記載されて

いる重要な操作と保守 (整備)の指示についてユーザーの注意を喚起するものです。

vorsicht: Dieses Symbol I auf dem Produkt soll dem Benutzer in

der im Lieferumfang enthaltenen Dokumentation besonders wichtige Hinweise zur Bedienung und Wartung (Instandhaltung) geben.

Weitere Informationen über die Sicherheitsrichtlinien, Produkthandhabung, EMI/EMF-Kompatibilität, Zugänglichkeit und verwandte Themen finden Sie in den Extron-Richtlinien für Sicherheit und Handhabung (Artikelnummer 68290-01) auf der Extron-Website, www.extron.de.

Instrucciones de seguridad • Español

aDvertencia: Este símbolo, D, cuando se utiliza en el producto,

avisa al usuario de la presencia de voltaje peligroso sin aislar dentro del producto, lo que puede representar un riesgo de descarga eléctrica.

atenciÓn: Este símbolo, I, cuando se utiliza en el producto, avisa

al usuario de la presencia de importantes instrucciones de uso y mantenimiento recogidas en la documentación proporcionada con el equipo.

Para obtener información sobre directrices de seguridad, cumplimiento de normativas, compatibilidad electromagnética, accesibilidad y temas relacionados, consulte la Guía de cumplimiento de normativas y seguridad de Extron, referencia 68-290-01, en el sitio Web de Extron, www.extron.es.

安全上のご注意、法令遵守、EMI/EMF適合性、その他の関連項目については、エクストロンのウェブサイト www.extron.jpより

『Extron Safety and Regulatory Compliance Guide』 (P/N 68-290-01) をご覧く

ださい。

Korean

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안전 가이드라인, 규제 준수, EMI/EMF 호환성, 접근성, 그리고 관련 항목에 대한 자세한 내용은 Extron 웹 사이트(www.extron.co.kr)의 Extron 안전 및 규제 준수 안내서, 68-290-01 조항을 참조하십시오.

FCC Class A Notice

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part15 of the FCC rules. The ClassA limits provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference; the user must correct the interference at his own expense.

NOTE: For more information on safety guidelines, regulatory compliances, EMI/EMF

compatibility, accessibility, and related topics, see the “Extron Safety and

Regulatory Compliance Guide” on the Extron website.

Specifications Availability

Product specifications are available on the Extron website, www.extron.com.

Trademarks

All trademarks mentioned in this guide are the properties of their respective owners.

The following registered trademarks

(R)

, registered service marks

(SM)

, and trademarks

(TM)

are the property of RGBSys-

tems, Inc. or Extron Electronics:

Registered Trademarks

AVTrac, Cable Cubby, CrossPoint, eBUS, EDID Manager, EDID Minder, Extron, Flat Field, GlobalViewer, Hideaway, Inline, IP Intercom, IP Link, Key Minder, LockIt, MediaLink, PoleVault, PowerCage, PURE3, Quantum, SoundField, SpeedSwitch, SystemIntegrator, TouchLink, V-Lock, VersaTools, VN-Matrix, VoiceLift, WallVault, WindoWall

(SM)

Registered Service Mark

AAP, AFL (Accu-Rate Frame Lock), ADSP (Advanced Digital Sync Processing), AIS (Advanced Instruction Set), Auto-Image, CDRS (Class D Ripple Suppression), DDSP (Digital Display Sync Processing), DMI (Dynamic Motion Interpolation), DriverConfigurator, DSPConfigurator, DSVP (Digital Sync Validation Processing), FastBite, FOXBOX, IP Intercom HelpDesk, MAAP, MicroDigital, ProDSP, QS-FPC (QuickSwitch Front Panel Controller), Scope-Trigger, SIS, Simple Instruction Set, Skew-Free, SpeedMount, SpeedNav, Teamwork, Triple-Action Switching, XTP, XTP Systems, XTRA, ZipCaddy, ZipClip

: S3 Service Support Solutions

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Conventions Used in this Guide

Notifications

The following notifications are used in this guide:

Danger: A danger indicates a situation that will result in death or severe injury.

WARNING: A warning indicates a situation that has the potential to result in death or

severe injury.

CAUTION: A caution indicates a situation that may result in minor injury.

ATTENTION: Attention indicates a situation that may damage or destroy the product or

associated equipment.

NOTE: A note draws attention to important information.

TIP: A tip provides a suggestion to make working with the application easier.

Software Commands

Commands are written in the fonts shown here:

^AR Merge Scene,,Op1 scene 1,1 ^B 51 ^W^C

[01] R 0004 00300 00400 00800 00600 [02] 35 [17] [03]

E X! *X1&* X2)* X2#* X2!

}

NOTE: For commands and examples of computer or device responses mentioned

in this guide, the character “0” is used for the number zero and “O” represents the capital letter “o.”

Computer responses and directory paths that do not have variables are written in the font shown here:

Reply from 208.132.180.48: bytes=32 times=2ms TTL=32

C:\Program Files\Extron

Variables are written in slanted form as shown here:

ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx —t

SOH R Data STX Command ETB ETX

Selectable items, such as menu names, menu options, buttons, tabs, and field names are written in the font shown here:

From the File menu, select New. Click the OK button.

Contents

Introduction............................................................ 1

About the Guide ................................................. 1

About the VNR 100 Recorder ............................. 1

VNR 100 Drives .............................................. 2

Application Diagram........................................ 2

Overview of Recorded Streams ...................... 3

Overview of Stream Playback ......................... 3

Transport Protocols Used for Streaming ............. 3

Multicast RTP — An Overview ........................ 4

Unicast RTP — An Overview .......................... 5

Unicast TCP — An Overview .......................... 5

Deﬁnitions ........................................................... 6

Features ............................................................. 7

Panels and Cabling .............................................. 8

Rear Panel Features ........................................... 8

Front Panel Cover ............................................... 9

Front Panel Features ........................................... 9

Conﬁguration and Hardware Setup ....... 11

Setup Overview ................................................ 11

VNR 100 Power Up Procedure ......................... 12

VNR 100 Power Down Procedure .................... 12

Initial Conﬁguration of the VNR 100 .................. 12

Getting Started with the Enterprise Controller ... 14

Replacing the VNR 100 Drives .................. 15

OS Drive Replacement Kit ................................ 15

Replacing the OS Drive ................................. 15

Configuring the New Drive ............................ 16

Media Drive Replacement Kit ............................ 18

Replacing the Media Drive ............................ 18

Configuring the New Drive ............................ 18

Monitoring Free and Used Disk Space .......... 19

Directory and File Structure ........................... 19

Reference Information .............................. 20

Default Factory Settings .................................... 20

VN-Matrix System Port Usage .......................... 20

Included Parts .................................................. 22

Mounting the VNR 100 ..................................... 22

UL Guidelines for Rack Mounting .................. 22

Rack Mounting Using Rack Rails .................. 22

vTechnical Publications Standards and Styles • IntroductionVNR 100 • Contents v

VNR 100 • Contents vi

Introduction

This section provides an overview of the user guide for the Extron VNR100 single channel recorder and covers the following topics:

• About the Guide

• About the VNR 100 Recorder

• Transport Protocols Used for Streaming

• Definitions

• Features

About the Guide

This guide contains installation, configuration, and operating information for the VNR100.

In this guide:

• The term “recorder” refers specifically to the VNR100.

• The term “codec” refers to a VN-Matrix device that acts as an encoder and decoder.

• The term “stream” refers to multimedia that is constantly received by (and normally

presented to) an end-user while being delivered by a VN-Matrix encoding device.

• The term “element” refers to the video or graphics, audio, data, and whiteboard

(user data) content that is contained within a stream.

About the VNR 100 Recorder

The VNR 100 recorder is a network appliance capable of recording PURE3 video, audio, and data streams from VN-Matrix codecs and encoders. Multiple VNR 100 units can be configured together into systems to record and play back multiple, synchronized PURE3 streams.

The recorder is able to play and control a previously recorded file while simultaneously recording a new file, with a sustained aggregate bit rate of 150 Mbps. The VNR 100 is also able to replay, with time slip, a file that is still being recorded.

One or more VNR 100 recorders can be used in a VN-Matrix system. The system must be under the control of an Extron VNM Enterprise Controller, whether the system contains a single VNR 100 recorder or multiple recorders. Controlling multiple recorder devices or channels from a single master unit allows:

• Support for common transport controls for record and playback of grouped channels.

• Support for directory and file management of grouped recordings and playback.

Multi-channel systems are facilitated by maintaining full stream synchronization of multiple recorder devices across all stream elements (video, audio, data, and whiteboard) at all playback speeds in forward and reverse directions.

The recorder uses a network storage architecture, which makes the system highly scalable and flexible.

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The VNR 100 recorder is fully compatible with existing VNM Matrix products, including the:

• Extron 5-channel VN-Matrix recorder

• Extron VN-Matrix 2xx and 3xx codecs

• Extron VN-Matrix software decoder

• Extron VN-Matrix Enterprise Controller

• Extron VNS 104 Multi-Stream decoding software

VNR 100 Drives

The VNR 100 has two replaceable drives:

• Operating system (OS) drive — the OS drive contains the VNR 100 operating

system.

• Media drive — the media drive contains the video, audio, data, and whiteboard

information files that have been recorded by the VNR 100.

Both these drives can be replaced easily. Replacing the media drive does not require any device specific data to be updated on the OS drive. For complete instructions on replacing the drives, see OS Drive Replacement Kit (page 15) and Media Drive Replacement Kit (page 18).

Application Diagram

TouchLink

Browser Based User

Control

VNM Enterprise Controller

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

Multiple VNM 200 and 225 Series Encoders

(or CODECs conﬁgured as encoders)

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

Figure 1. Example of a System using the Extron VNR 100

™

External User Control

Touchpanel

Network

Multicast Enabled

Network

VN-Matrix

VNR 100

Recorder

VNR 100 Recorder

VN-Matrix

VNR 100

Recorder

VNR 100 Recorder

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

Multiple VNM 200 and 225 Series Decoders

(or CODECs conﬁgured as decoders)

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VNR 100 • Introduction 2

Overview of Recorded Streams

Encoders convert video signals to highly compressed signals that can be transferred over a network.

• The VNR 100 records the compressed signals from the network, without further

processing.

• As a minimum, each recording contains a video element.

• A recording may also include elements containing audio, data, and whiteboard

information (if these are present and enabled at the encoder). If these are selected for storage, each element is stored as an individual file within the same directory.

Overview of Stream Playback

• The VNR 100 plays back saved data without processing. It is already in a highly

compressed format that can be transferred over a network.

• When a recording that contains multiple elements is selected for playback, all the

necessary files are loaded.

• The video content is always played back.

• When present, audio, data, and whiteboard elements may be enabled or disabled for

playback. If they are enabled, the audio, whiteboard, and data elements are always slaved to the video stream.

Decoders take the highly compressed signals from the network and reconvert them to the uncompressed format required by a display device.

Transport Protocols Used for Streaming

Source data from a VN-Matrix encoder can be distributed to multiple displays or decoders (one-to-many) or to a single display or decoder (point-to-point). A previously recorded stream can be distributed in the same way and, as the source of an encoded stream, the recorder may be thought of as an encoder in this context.

A stream may be transported over the network from the source (encoder, recorded stream) to the display (decoder) using one of three methods:

• Multicast Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)

• Unicast Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP)

• Unicast Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)

By default, the VNR 100 recorder provides a choice of unicast RTP or unicast TCP transport protocols. A multicast transport protocol may be configured if required (see the Enterprise Controller User Guide).

NOTES:

• During playback of a recorded stream, the transport protocol can be TCP, RTP, or

RTP Multicast. The protocol is speciﬁed on the VNM Enterprise Controller.

• When a stream is recording, the VNR 100 may be considered as a display

(decoder) device.

VNR 100 • Introduction 3

Multicast RTP — An Overview

Multicast RTP allows a source to be displayed on multiple displays. This method uses a real-time variation of UDP (User Datagram Protocol) called RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol).

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

Encoder sends data using RTP to a multicast group.

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

SOURCE

RTP RTP

Network

RTP

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

RTP

Multiple decoders can be part of the multicast group.

Figure 2. Multicast RTP Streaming

The source encoder uses RTP to send data to a multicast group. The source does not need to know the IP address of the decoders that are using the source.

RTP provides very low latency which is important for video streaming. Unlike other protocols, RTP packets include a time stamp. If packets are received in the wrong order, they are sorted into the correct order for display or discarded if the time stamp is out-of-date.

However, because RTP is a connectionless protocol, data delivery is not guaranteed. When data packets are lost (for example, due to excessive network traffic), the decoder devices carefully manage the data stream to minimize any image disruption.

VNR 100 • Introduction 4

Unicast RTP — An Overview

Similar to multicast RTP, this method uses a real-time variation of UDP protocol, called unicast RTP. This method can be used where the network infrastructure does not support multicast traffic. Typically, this protocol is used for point-to-point configuration (single source to single display), but can be configured to use up to a maximum of four displays.

NOTE: The encoder sends an individual stream to each decoder. This means that the

total bandwidth of the VN-Matrix system increases as more decoders are added.

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RTP 1-4

RGB/DVI OVER IP

Encoder sends data using RTP to up to 4 speciﬁed decoders.

SOURCE

Network

RTP 1

RTP 2

RTP 3

RTP 4

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

DISPLAYS

Figure 3. Unicast RTP Streaming

Unicast TCP — An Overview

This method transports data using standard TCP (Transport Control Protocol) and should only be used for single point-to-point transfer of data.

TCP is a connection-based protocol and, therefore, data is guaranteed to be delivered. However, in the event of excessive network traffic, delivery may be delayed which will impact real-time performance.

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

Encoder

SOURCE

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

TCP TCP

Network

LAN-1 LAN-2 STATUS

VN-MATRIX 225 SERIES

RGB/DVI OVER IP

Decoder makes a TCP connection with a speciﬁed encoder.

DISPLAY

Figure 4. Unicast TCP Streaming

The decoder defines which source to connect to. Other than defining an IP address and source type (if required), no special source encoder setup is required.

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