Miranda EdgeVision User Manual

User Guide

Version 1.20

M928-9900-103

8 November 2012

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Title EdgeVision Version 1.20 User Guide

Part Number M928-9900-103

Revision Date 8 November 2012 4:59 pm

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Table of Contents

1 About the EdgeVision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Harnessing the Power of the EdgeVision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Installation and Network Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

EdgeVision Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Hardware and Software Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

About the Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

EdgeVision Platform Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Software Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

2 Managing the Device Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Using EdgeVision Player to Monitor your Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

About the EdgeVision Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Launching EdgeVision Player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Assigning Feeds to the Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Accessing Feeds from Other Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Assigning a Feed to a Monitor with the Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Assigning a Feed to a Monitor with the Assign Button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Assigning a Feed to a Monitor with the Shortcut Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Loading all Feeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Stopping and Restarting a Feed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Changing the Audio Focus in a Multi-View Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Changing Channels with the Remote and Focus Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Selecting the Number of Feeds to Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Configuring the Audio/Video Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Configuring the Audio Meter Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Changing the Display’s Aspect Ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Reviewing Video/Audio Streaming Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

3 Device, Feed, and Stream Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

About Reading Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Status Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Text Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Alarm Icon Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Alarms in EdgeVision Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Reading Feed Input Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Reading Video Alarms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Audio Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Reading Streaming Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Reading Test Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Reading Device Health Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Contact Us! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

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This chapter presents an overview of the User Guide and explains how to work with the
application and how the application fits in a broadcaster's network.

Summary

About the EdgeVision System

Harnessing the Power of the EdgeVision System

Hardware and Software Overview

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Harnessing the Power of the EdgeVision System

A television streaming device allows you to access a TV feed (using coaxial, composite,
component, or S-video cables) via an Internet connection. Using a software interface and a
virtual remote control, you can view the video stream on his computer and control any
connected devices.

The EdgeVision is a set-top box signal streaming encoder and probing device. While a
television streaming device can redirect a single input to a single computer, the EdgeVision
system not only allows you to view up to four feeds simultaneously, you can also switch to a
single feed displayed in EdgeVision Player or as full-screen.

Rather than only displaying the video, EdgeVision Player also describes the behind-the-scenes
aspects of the video feed. EdgeVision Player displays technical information about the feed,
including any alarms or flags to direct your attention to possible conflicts or errors in the
transmission.

Installation and Network Requirements

You can access the EdgeVision unit from a PC using a standard Web browser (Microsoft
Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox). When a user logs in to EdgeVision, the software is
automatically downloaded from the unit. Consequently, no other application software is
needed, which greatly simplifies installation and system maintenance.

As the EdgeVision can be configured to output high quality, high bitrate audio/video, we
recommend that the EdgeVision unit (as well as the associated equipment it controls) be
installed on a dedicated LAN/WAN, using the existing security infrastructure. A qualified
system administrator should verify that the setup follows your organization’s security
standards.

EdgeVision Documentation

The EdgeVision documentation set includes the following documents:

About the EdgeVision System

Front panel LEDs
Back panel connectors

Hardware and Software Overview

• EdgeVision Release Notes: provides a list of known limitations with the current release of
the EdgeVision system.

• EdgeVision Quick Start Guide: provides basic instructions on how to install and
configure the EdgeVision device so that you can view feeds in EdgeVision Player.

• EdgeVision Installation Guide: explains how to setup and configure the EdgeVision
device, as well as define and enable alarms.

• EdgeVision Users Guide: explains how to use EdgeVision Player to monitor signals being
delivered to viewers and how to read the alarms.

Although we have made every effort to ensure that the documentation is accurate, there may
have been changes made that have not been documented. If you find any feature that is
either not documented or documented incorrectly, please let us know by sending an e-mail to

[e-mail]

Hardware and Software Overview

Miranda’s EdgeVision allows television service providers and broadcasters to monitor their
signals from the perspective of how they reach viewers at home. With its advanced
video/audio streaming and extensive signal probing functions, EdgeVision connects to set­top boxes (STB) to help satellite, cable and IPTV operators and broadcasters to assess the
quality of the signals being delivered to viewers.

EdgeVision provides high quality audio/video streams that allow you to see and hear the
signals delivered across your networks in real-time.

About the Hardware

Available in single, dual and quad input configurations and featuring multiuser functionality,
the EdgeVision device can monitor local and remote STB signals across an entire network.

At the back of the quad-input device are connectors for up to four inputs.

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Once you install this device, you can connect to it via a Web browser and configure its network
settings (using EdgeVision Admin), configure its video and audio parameters and alarm
settings (using EdgeVision Configurator), and then monitor the feeds (using EdgeVision
Player).

• For more information on how to configure the device using EdgeVision Admin Web page
and EdgeVision Configurator, see the EdgeVision Installation Guide.

• For more information on how to use EdgeVision Player, see "Using EdgeVision Player to

Monitor your Feeds", on page 5

EdgeVision Platform Requirements

The platform must meet the following system requirements:

EdgeVision Platform Memory Processor Operating System

Minimum requirements for general usage 2 GB RAM Intel Core i3

Minimum requirement for streaming video and using iC Web 4 GB RAM

or better

EdgeVision

User Guide

Windows 7
Windows XP
Professional,

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1. On the Windows 7 platform, you should use the version of Java that is recommended on the
EdgeVision home page on your device.

Graphics Card

Optimized for nVidia or ATI GeForce or Radeon family with 1 GHz clock speed or faster, and minimum 128 MB memory.

Software Requirements

To run any application in the EdgeVision suite, you need to have the following software
installed on your PC:

• a Web browser (Internet Explorer version 8.0 or Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or 2.0)

• Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.6.0_20. A Java update (which includes Java
Web Start) can be downloaded by following the “Useful Downloads” link on the
EdgeVision unit Startup page, and should be installed on PCs prior to operating
EdgeVision.

You can connect to the EdgeVision unit from any PC on their network. The first step is to
obtain the host name or IP address of the EdgeVision unit. Once you connect to an
EdgeVision’s IP address, you can use a Web browser to access the EdgeVision Web page and
launch the applications on your PC.

Notes

• If the Java Web Start application reports errors regarding the inability to find
files, it is important to clear the Internet Explorer cache.

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About the EdgeVision System

Hardware and Software Overview

Notes (Continued)

• On Windows 7 platforms, it is recommended to use the Java 1.6 (update 20)
runtime environment.

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This chapter explains how to connect the devices to the application so the user can view the
feeds.

Summary

Managing the Device Feeds

Using EdgeVision Player to Monitor your Feeds

Assigning Feeds to the Monitors

Selecting the Number of Feeds to Display

Configuring the Audio/Video Display

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Using EdgeVision Player to Monitor your Feeds

Once you install the EdgeVision unit(s) into your network of broadcast feeds, you can use
EdgeVision Player to monitor these feeds to ensure that they are broadcasting properly.

A typical scenario: you receive a call that the video is frozen on channel 225 in the Montreal­West area. You would launch EdgeVision Player on the unit that monitors that region, drag the
Input that connects to that feed into one of the View panels, and use the Remote to select the
affected channel. This allows you to view the feed as it would appear on a TV.

Managing the Device Feeds

Host browser Layout Selector Set-top box focus selector

Monitor border Players/Monitors Set-topbox remote control

Using EdgeVision Player to Monitor your Feeds

You can then confirm what appears in the View panel by checking the alarms in the Host
Browser, specifically the Video freeze alarm. Once you have confirmed what is happening,
you can begin to take the corrective steps.

Note: If you have a firewall active on the PC that is running EdgeVision Player, it may
prevent the streams from being displayed.

See also

For more information about:

• launching EdgeVision Player, see page 7.

• viewing the Input feeds, see "Assigning Feeds to the Monitors", on page 9.

• viewing single or multiple feeds, see "Selecting the Number of Feeds to Display", on

page 17.

• modifying the audio playback and how the video appears in the monitors,
see "Configuring the Audio/Video Display", on page 18.

About the EdgeVision Player

EdgeVision Player allows monitoring of feeds from a single or multiple EdgeVision units. On
startup, EdgeVision Player will list the available feeds from the units connected to the
currently selected EdgeVision device, although you can use the Add host command on the
File menu to add other devices.

EdgeVision Player’s layout is divided into three main areas:

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• Host Browser panel: displays all the devices on your network and allows you to monitor
displays the current status of the alarms.

• View panel: displays up to four media feeds from the input devices, as well as the current
alarm status of the feed

• Remote panel: displays a remote device allows you to affect the feeds (change the
channel, set the volume control, etc.)

Launching EdgeVision Player

EdgeVision Admin is a Web page that connects directly to your EdgeVision unit. Not only does
it display its current operational status, but it also allows you to configure its network and
device properties. These device properties also appear in EdgeVision Player and EdgeVision
Configurator.

REQUIREMENTS

Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure:

• Your client PC has a supported Web browser (see "Software Requirements", on page 3).

• Your client PC has a supported version of the Java Runtime Environment (see "Software

Requirements", on page 3).

EdgeVision

User Guide

To launch EdgeVision Player

1. Launch the EdgeVision page in a Web browser (using the device’s IP address).

The EdgeVision home page appears.

2. Click EdgeVision Player.

Your Web browser begins the download process.

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Managing the Device Feeds

Using EdgeVision Player to Monitor your Feeds

Figure 2-1: Opening EdgeVision window (Mozilla Firefox version 8.0 depicted)

Once EdgeVision Player is downloaded, a splash page appears.

Figure 2-2: EdgeVision Player splash page

EdgeVision Player appears, displaying the devices located at the selected IP address along
with the feeds being monitored.

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EdgeVision

User Guide

Assigning Feeds to the Monitors

A list of the devices you are monitoring appears in the Host Browser on the left of the
EdgeVision window. When you select a device to feed a monitor, the previous feed will end
and the new feed will appear. These feeds are made available to EdgeVision Player using
EdgeVision Configurator (see the EdgeVision Installation Guide).

Once the feeds are assigned to the monitors, the under monitor area will display the name of
the selected feed. One of the feeds will be selected by default and indicated by the buttons
above the remote (you may hear the audio feed from that stream). You can change the feed

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Managing the Device Feeds

Assigning Feeds to the Monitors

focus by clicking the feed buttons above the Remote. As you change the focus, the audio feed
may change.

If you change the feed display from four to one, the feed that is flagged with the blue square is
displayed. For more information on changing the number of feeds that are displayed,
see "Selecting the Number of Feeds to Display", on page 17.

There are three ways to assign the feed from an Input to a monitor in EdgeVision Player. Once
you start a feed, you can restart it at anytime. This command stops the feed, resets the
connection, and restarts the feed in the selected monitor.

Determination of the correct streaming protocol for a given feed is a matter of EdgeVision
processing user-configured settings as well as context data surrounding the stream request.

See also

For more information about how EdgeVision determines the appropriate streaming
protocols to use, see the “Configuring Feed Inputs” section of the “Configuring Feeds and
Alarms” chapter of the EdgeVision Installation Guide.

Accessing Feeds from Other Units

Once a unit is discovered, the details of that unit will be added to the Host Browser panel in
EdgeVision Player window. EdgeVision Player settings are persistent. The next time you launch
EdgeVision Player, the EdgeVision hosts will continue to be displayed.

REQUIREMENTS

Make sure you meet the following conditions before beginning this procedure:

• EdgeVision Player is open (see page 7).

• You know the IP address of the remote EdgeVision unit.

To access feeds from other units on the network

1. In EdgeVision Player, on the File menu, click Add EdgeVision host.

The Add EdgeVision host IP window appears.

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2. Type the IP address of the unit you would like to connect to − or select from the list − and
click OK.

The unit appears in the Host Browser.

Assigning a Feed to a Monitor with the Mouse

REQUIREMENT

Before beginning this procedure, make sure EdgeVision Player is open (see page 7).

To assign a feed to a monitor with the mouse

1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the input you would like to stream under
the appropriate device.

EdgeVision

User Guide

2. Drag the selected input onto the desired monitor.

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Managing the Device Feeds

Assigning Feeds to the Monitors

Assigning a Feed to a Monitor with the Assign Button

REQUIREMENT

Before beginning this procedure, make sure EdgeVision Player is open (see page 7).

To assign a feed to a monitor using the Assign button

1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the Input in the device you wish to use.

2. In the right pane, click the Assign button located on the bottom-left of the monitor you
want to use, point to Load stream, and then select the input you would like to stream to
this monitor.

The listed feed with the dot beside it is the default feed being streamed to this monitor.

IMPORTANT: How does EdgeVision populate the Load stream list?

• How EdgeVision Player determines which feed is streamed by default is
described in the EdgeVision Installation Guide in the “Configuring Feed
Inputs” section of the “Configuring Feeds and Alarms” chapter.

• How EdgeVision determines which feeds to feature in the Load stream list
is a matter of EdgeVision Configurator pushing the Transport stream
destination data to EdgeVision Player for each input (assuming the
Streaming mode parameter is set to
mode is set to
Player. Additionally, EdgeVision Player grays out Unicast IP addresses that
do not match the client PC’s local NIC card’s IP addresses. This renders
these Unicast addresses visible in the list although grayed out.

Elementarystream, then no RTP addresses are sent to the

Transportstream). If, the Streaming

3. Select the input.

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4. To clear the feed from the monitor, click the Assign button and select Clear player.

Assigning a Feed to a Monitor with the Shortcut Menu

REQUIREMENT

Before beginning this procedure, make sure EdgeVision Player is open (see page 7).

To assign a feed to a monitor with the shortcut menu

1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the input you would like to stream from
the appropriate EdgeVision device.

2. Right-click the input, point to Load stream in player, and then click the desired monitor
selection.

EdgeVision

User Guide

Loading all Feeds

REQUIREMENT

Before beginning this procedure, make sure EdgeVision Player is open (see page 7).

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Managing the Device Feeds

Assigning Feeds to the Monitors

To load all feeds in the device

1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the device whose feeds you would like to
stream.

2. Right-click the device and select Load all streams.

All available streams on this device appear in the monitors in EdgeVision Player.

Stopping and Restarting a Feed

REQUIREMENT

Before beginning this procedure, make sure EdgeVision Player is open (see page 7).

To stop and restart a feed

1. Right-click the monitor for which you wish to stop the stream and select Stop streaming.

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The stream is stopped.

Note: If the stream is already stopped, the Stopstreaming command will be
dimmed.

2. Right-click the monitor and select Start streaming for the current monitor.

EdgeVision

User Guide

The stream restarts in the monitor.

Changing the Audio Focus in a Multi-View Display

While you can view multiple video feeds in a multi-view display (Multi-Player or Multi-View),
you can listen to only one audio feed at a time.

In the bottom right of each feed display is the Current Status area, which indicates which feed
display is currently selected. Only the feed that is currently selected will play the audio feed.

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Managing the Device Feeds

In this example, the audio feed
from Boston - PVR1 (top left) is
being played.

If you click another feed, the audio
from that feed will be heard.

Mute audio button

Assigning Feeds to the Monitors

To change the feed focus, click in the video area for the feed you want to hear. When you select
a feed, the Current Status area appears in Blue and the audio feed will be heard. If you click in
a video area that is not playing a feed, you will hear nothing.

To mute the audio feeds, click the Mute audio button in the top right of the video feed area.

Changing Channels with the Remote and Focus Buttons

Although EdgeVision Player can display the video from up to four feeds at a time, you can use
the Feed buttons to change the control and audio focus.

When you select a feed on which to focus, the audio for that feed will be played and a graphic
representation of a remote for the company that is broadcasting that feed appears on the
right side of the window. This remote is fully functional and will affect the feed to which it is
linked.

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You can click any of these buttons
and it will affect the feed monitor
depending on the services offered by
the set-top box.

In this example, Feed #2 is the
focus, which mean you can hear
the audio feed from the top-right
monitor. You can also affect that
feed using the remote’s buttons.

If you select multiple focus
buttons, you can use the remote
to affect several monitors at the
same time. For example, if you
select three focus buttons, you
can change the channel on all
three monitors instantly.

User Guide

When you select a monitor, the Remote illustration can change depending on how the feed is
configured (in EdgeVision Configurator). Most remotes offer the following features:

• Channel selection

• Channel up/down

• Video inputs: Aux, DVD, TV, Cable

•Playback controls

•Menu controls

•Volume controls

• Power on/off

Selecting the Number of Feeds to Display

There are four types of layouts in the EdgeVision Player window. These layouts allow you to
view up to four different feeds, focus on a single feed, and adjust the amount of information
being displayed in the EdgeVision Player window.

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Managing the Device Feeds

Configuring the Audio/Video Display

Four types of display options

Icon Layout Definition

When you switch to a full-screen mode (TV Mode or MultiView), the Display buttons are
hidden. If you move the cursor to the top of the EdgeVision window, the Display buttons slide
into view and you can change the Feed Display.

Multi-Player All four feeds appear in the EdgeVision Player window with their audio

meters displayed. The Host Browser and the Feed buttons also appear.

Single Player The selected feed, the Feed buttons, and the Host Browser appears in the

EdgeVision Player window with its audio meter displayed.

Multi-View All four feeds fill the EdgeVision Player window and the Host Browser and

Remote panel disappear.

TV The currently selected feed fills the EdgeVision Player window and

everything else is hidden.

You can also activate this display by double-clicking in a feed window.

Configuring the Audio/Video Display

When the video feeds appear in the EdgeVision Player, the video and audio are played as they
would appear on a TV. However, you can make changes to how the video is displayed, as well
as how the audio signaled is measured.

You can make the following adjustments:

• Audio Meter display: select how to measure the audio signal for the feed
(see "Configuring the Audio Meter Display", on page 18).

• Video Aspect Ratio: select how the video signal appears in the preview window
(see "Changing the Display’s Aspect Ratio", on page 20).

Configuring the Audio Meter Display

The stereo audio feed that goes with the video can be measured and displayed in EdgeVision
Player as a pair of audio meters. There are a variety of ways that these audio meters can be
displayed, which transmit different types of information.

Note: The changes you make to the Audio Meter display will be reset to their
default settings if you restart EdgeVision Player or if you change the View
(see "Selecting the Number of Feeds to Display", on page 17).

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EdgeVision

User Guide

To change how the audio meters appear

1. Right-click the audio meters next to the monitor you want to affect, and then click
Properties.

2. Select how the audio meters display the sound level measurements:

• Ticks: displays horizontal lines at regular intervals long the audio meter

• Labels: displays what the various gradation levels along the audio meter represent

3. Select the type of audio meter to display:

• Digital Peak Meter: displays the levels of digital audio volume, measuring the peak
levels

• Digital Peak + VU Meter: displays the digital audio signal level in Volume Units (VU)

• Analog Peak Meter - UK PPM: displays the analog audio signal level in Peak
Programme Meter units for the United Kingdom (UK)

• Analog Peak Meter - EBU PPM: displays the analog audio signal level in Peak
Programme Meter units for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

• VU Meter: displays the audio signal level in Volume Units (VU)

4. To display the number of times the audio meters exceed the maximum levels, select the
Show Overload Counter checkbox. This value appears above the audio meters.

To change the maximum dBFS value which would trigger an overload, select the first tab
and enter a new values in the Threshold fields: the left field represents left audio signal and
the right field represents the right audio signal).

5. To display the relative phase of the two channels to indicate mono compatibility, select the
Show Phase Meter checkbox. The phase meter appears below the audio meters.

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Managing the Device Feeds

4:3 aspect ratio 16:9 aspect ratio

Configuring the Audio/Video Display

6. Select where the audio meter should appear within the display space (Left, Center, Right).

7. Close the dialog box when done. The changes you make in this dialog box are applied
immediately.

Changing the Display’s Aspect Ratio

There are two standard video aspect ratios that you can use in the monitors:

• 4:3: the universal size ratio for standard-definition video formats (1.33:1)

• 16:9: the universal size ratio for high-definition television and European digital television
(1.78:1)

To switch the aspect ratios for a feed in a monitor, right-click anywhere in the monitor and
select the ratio you want to use. If you select Automatic, EdgeVision Player will select the
aspect ratio that fits the current display best.

Note: The changes you make to the Video Aspect will be reset to their default
settings if you restart EdgeVision Player or if you change the view (see "Selecting the

Number of Feeds to Display", on page 17).

Reviewing Video/Audio Streaming Performance

EdgeVision Player provides the ability to review the performance of each video and audio
stream.

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Figure 2-3: Stream Statistics window

To display the Video/Audio streaming performance statistics for a feed

1. Right-click on any active monitor and select Statistics on the pop-up menu.

• To view the video statistics, right-click in the video area of the stream. There must be a
video feed being displayed to be able to access the Statistics command.

• To view the audio statistics, right-click the audiometer for the stream you wish to view.

The Stream Statistics dialog box for the video or audio stream you selected appears.

2. Click OK when done.

The statistical values being tracked are as follows. These fields apply to video and audio
statistics, depending on what you selected to display:

Streaming Performance Statistics

Field Description

RTP Source Displays the Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) for the current feed.

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Configuring the Audio/Video Display

Streaming Performance Statistics (

Field Description

Continued

)

--- Stream panel ---

Codec Displays the device or application that is encoding and/or decoding the digital data

stream or signal.

• For video, the h.264 codec is used.

• For audio, the MPEG 1 L2 format uses the mpegaudio codec.

• For audio, the AAC format uses the MPEG4-GENERIC codec.

Bitrate Displays the number of bits that are processed per unit of time (measured in kilobytes per

second) to stream the video signal.

Bitrate average The average bitrate calculated over the last 10 seconds.

Frame rate Displays the number of complete screens or frames drawn per second (measured in

frames per second).

Skipped packets Displays the number of packets that were not encoded, and therefore, not processed.

Processing time Displays the time needed to process a single frame (measured in microseconds).

Processing rate Displays the maximum number of frames per second that can be processed.

If the n umb er o f fra mes per s econ d is too c los e to the actual frame rate, this can mean that
the system specifications of the client PC may be too low.

Size (source) Displays the resolution (height x width) of the original video signal being transmitted.

Size (target) Displays the resolution (height x width) of the received video signal as it is being

displayed.

Interlacing Displays the type of interlacing being applied in the video signal.

--- Network panel ---

Lost Displays the number of packets that were not received by the decoder.

Invalid Displays the number of packets that were corrupted and therefore unreadable by the

decoder.

Duplicate Displays the number of packets that were received multiple times by the decoder.

Out of order Displays the number of packets that were received in the incorrect sequence.

Processed Displays the number of packets that were successfully processed by the encoder.

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Summary

Device, Feed, and Stream Alarms

About Reading Alarms

Alarms in EdgeVision Player

About Reading Alarms

EdgeVision Player lists both status and text alarms in its System folder (on the left pane).

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Figure 3-1: Status alarm example (upper arrow); Text alarm example (lower arrow)

Device, Feed, and Stream Alarms

Status Alarms

Status Alarms

A status alarm indicates − through the color of its icon − the acknowledged, latched, and
current status of:

• a physical or virtual device

OR,

• a more logical entity (e.g. an Input’s streaming codec status)

Note: Status alarms can be grouped together to form virtual alarms.

See also

For more information about status alarm icon colors and the notions of acknowledgement and
latching, see "Alarm Icon Colors", on page 25.

Text Alarms

A text alarm provides textual information in the form of a measurement, calculation, or some
other descriptive data. The icon of a text alarm displays the letter T (for text) inside it. The text
is displayed to the right of the icon, starting with the name of the alarm and followed by its
textual data within square brackets.

In the

System folder on the left pane of EdgeVision Player, alarms are organized in hierarchical

fashion with the

System folder as root folder. Alarms subsumed within a folder are alarms

associated with the physical or logical entity this folder represents. For example, there may be
a folder named EdgeVision-1 in which there is a sub-folder named Health. Within this Health
folder there will be a list of alarms related to the health strictly for this particular EdgeVision
device.

Note: Text alarms may live alongside (i.e. co-located at the same hierarchical level)
with status alarms pertaining to the same device or logical entity.

See also

For more information about:

• Loudness measurement text alarms, see page 32.

• AC3 audio metadata text alarms, see page 34.

• Audio info frame text alarms, see page 36.

• Streaming text alarms, see page 37.

• Device health text alarms, see page 40.

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Alarm Icon Colors

Latched status

Acknowledged
status

Current status

Current Status Colors

A status alarm’s icon may display three separate colors in three distinct quadrants. The left­most double quadrant indicates the current status of the alarm. The upper-right quadrant
indicates the latched status. The lower-right quadrant indicates the acknowledged status.

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Figure 3-2: A status alarm icon’s quadrant system

The color of the current status double-quadrant, on the left-hand side of a status alarm’s icon,
indicates the condition of the alarm in real-time. The color-coding is as follows:

Status alarm color legend (current status)

Color Status Description

Green Normal The device, service, or signal being monitored is operating within

allowable parameters.

Yellow Minor Warning that an error of low importance has occurred.

Orange Major Warning that an error of intermediate importance has occurred.

Red Critical Warning that an error of critical importance has occurred.

Gray Unknown Failure to get the status of an alarm provider, even though the source

device has been detected.

Black Disabled Alarm exists, but has been disabled at the source. Some devices have

the ability to deactivate certain alarms on the hardware itself,
resulting in these alarms appearing black.

Latched and Acknowledged Status Colors

The latched status, if red, indicates that the alarm needs to be reset. If the latched status is
green, this indicates that the alarm does not need to be reset (see "Figure "3-2, on page 25).

The acknowledged status, if red, indicates that the alarm needs to be acknowledged. Likewise,
if the acknowledged status is green, this alarm does not require acknowledgement at this

time (see "Figure "3-2, on page 25).

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Latched Status

IMPORTANT: The acknowledged and latched statuses of EdgeVision status alarms are visible

To display the Status Properties in the Host Browser

1. Right-click any folder in the Host Browser and select Properties.

2. Select the Show status details checkbox and click OK.

Latched Status

This component of an alarm corresponding to the worst status that the alarm has recently
exhibited.

For example, a transient fluctuation in a video signal may cause an alarm configured to detect
a video signal freeze to turn red for a moment, and then return to green. EdgeVision keeps
track of the fluctuation by setting the latched component of the alarm to red, giving the
operator a visual cue that this alarm may need to be watched more closely. A latch can be
reset by an operator, causing EdgeVision to set the latch status to green and then begin
tracking status changes all over again.

in iControl, but are only visible in EdgeVision Player if you choose to display the
status details in the host browser’s properties. If an alarm’s latch status has been
reset or the alarm has been acknowledged, these associated commands will
appear dimmed.

The latched component of an alarm can be configured to track the alarm on either the server
side (in which case the latch can be reset by any operator from any workstation), or on the
client side (in which case the client workstation “remembers” the latch status from a previous
session, regardless of what has happened on the server in the interim).

Latches can be reset by an operator when an alarm’s current status is green. Resetting a server­side latch for an overall (virtual) alarm simultaneously resets the latches on all associated sub­alarms. Resetting a client-side latch for an overall (virtual) alarm has no effect on the latches of
associated sub-alarms (these must be reset one by one).

To reset an alarm’s latch status

• On the left pane, in the

System folder, right-click the alarm you wish to reset and select

Reset Latch.

Once you reset the latch on an alarm, the command will be dimmed for that alarm and you
will not be able to reset it until the next event.

Acknowledged Status

This component of an alarm that reflects an operator’s response.

• If an alarm changes to an error status, its acknowledgment component (if it is visible) will
also change color. When an operator acknowledges the alarm (by clicking on a button or
choosing a menu item), the acknowledgment component turns green.

• If the issue that initially triggered the alarm is not resolved within a certain period of time,
the acknowledgment component will once again change color to attract the operator’s
attention.

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Alarm acknowledgment can provide visual feedback to operators at different locations. An
alarm acknowledgment by one operator will be seen by all operators and is usually an
indication that somebody is attempting to resolve the cause of an alarm.

To acknowledge an alarm

• On the left pane, in the

System folder, right-click the alarm you wish to reset and select

Acknowledge.

Once you acknowledge an alarm, the command will be dimmed for that alarm and you will
not be able to reset it until the next event.

A Simple Acknowledgement Scenario

The following is an example of a simple alarm acknowledgment scenario:

1. An alarm has an initial status of normal (green).

2. A critical error occurs, causing the alarm’s current, latched and acknowledgment states to

change from green to red.

3. After a few seconds, an operator acknowledges the alarm, which changes the
acknowledgment state back to green. Other operators can see that the error is still present,
but that someone is working on it.

A Recurring Acknowledgement Scenario

The following is an example of a recurring alarm acknowledgment scenario:

1. As in the previous scenario, the alarm is acknowledged and the acknowledgment state
reverts to green.

2. If the problem is not fixed before the acknowledgment period expires, the
acknowledgment state reverts to red, which triggers a second alarm (that is logged) with a
note indicating the issue has now escalated once.

3. A scripted action might, at this point, send an SMS message to a supervisor.

Alarms in EdgeVision Player

The mere existence of an alarm does not necessarily mean that something is wrong.
As discussed in "About Reading Alarms", on page 23, alarms − especially text alarms − may
exist simply as vehicles for transmitting monitoring-and-control statistics to an operator. For
example, if you enable the Test pattern generator status alarm for a feed, but only plan to
have a video pattern on a feed for four hours per day, the alarm can help you confirm that the
video pattern is displaying at the correct time of day.

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In this example, if you expect a Video Test pattern on Input 2, then
the Alarm is Ok (Green). If a video feed comes through that
channel, then the Video Test alarm may be triggered and you can
take the appropriate action.

Reading Feed Input Alarms

Note: By default, most alarms/flags are disabled except for the following:

• Video loss (found in Input #, Video, Alarms)

•[Audio] Input status (found in Input #, Audio)

• Codec status (found in Input #, Streaming)

• Enable SDI out (found in Input #, SDI output)

• Fan A/B status (found in Health)

• Optional power supply B status (found in Health)

• Temperature front (found in Health)

• Temperature front status (found in Health)

• Temperature rear (found in Health)

• Temperature rear status (found in Health)

Reading Feed Input Alarms

In addition to alarms, the Host browser can also display the signal statistics using the Video,
Audio, and Streaming fields. These values are current and updated in real-time.

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Reading Video Alarms

The following alarms appear in the Video section for the Input (in the System folder). They
allow you to monitor the presence of errors in video quality, format, and streaming rate.

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Figure 3-3: Regular Video alarms

Figure 3-4: EIA 608 Closed Captioning alarms

You can enable or disable these alarms on the left pane (see "Alarms in EdgeVision Player", on

page 27) or by using EdgeVision Configurator.

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Audio Alarms

Video Alarms

Alarm Type Description

--- Regular video alarms ---

Video loss • Detects if there is a loss of video signal from the device.

Video black • Detects if theluma level is lower than the IRE or mV levels are too low.

Video freeze • Detects if the video is displaying a single frame of video for too long.

•Found in the

•Found in the

•Found in the Video, Alarms section for the Input.

Video, Alarms section for the Input.

Video, Alarms section for the Input.

1

Macroblocking detection • Detects if the image compression is appearing as video errors, or when bandwidth is

not enough to encode fine detail.

•Found in the Video, Alarms section for the Input.

Video luma too high • Detects if the average luminance of the video is higher than the maximum threshold.

•Found in the

Video, Alarms section for the Input.

2

--- EIA 608 Closed Captioning alarms ---

CC1 loss Loss of data on Caption Channel 1

CC2 loss Loss of data on Caption Channel 2

CC3 loss Loss of data on Caption Channel 3

T1 loss Loss of data on Text Channel 1

T2 loss Loss of data on Text Channel 2

V-chip loss Loss of V-chip XDS data

TSID loss Loss of TSID XDS data

Station ID loss Loss of Station ID XDS data

1. When possible, use an HDMI or Component input to detect Video Freeze accurately.

2. There are limitations on EdgeVision's ability to detect the presence of macroblocking on signals that

have been subjected to horizontal scaling. For more information, see the EdgeVision Installation Guide.

Audio Alarms

Reading Audio Alarms

The following alarms appear in the Alarms sub-folder.

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These alarms allow you to detect errors (theshold-driven) in audio quality, stereo/mono status,
and the type of audio input present.

You can enable or disable these alarms on the left pane (see "Alarms in EdgeVision Player", on

page 27) or by using EdgeVision Configurator.

Audio alarms

Alarm Type Description

--- General audio feed alarms ---

Out of phase • Detects if the left and right channels are no longer aligned (resulting in phase

cancellation).

•Found in the

Mono error • Detects if the audio signal is in Mono mode (using a single channel).

•Found in the

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

--- Silence alarms ---

All silent • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on all channels.

•Found in the

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

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Reading Loudness Measurement Alarms

Audio alarms (

Alarm Type Description

Silence left • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on the left channel.

Silence right • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on the right channel.

Silence center • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on the center channel.

Silence LFE • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on the low frequency effects (LFE)

Silence left surround • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on the left surround channel.

Silence right surround • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on the right surround channel.

Continued

)

•Found in the

•Found in the

•Found in the

channel.

•Found in the

•Found in the

•Found in the

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

--- Overload alarms ---

Overall audio overload • Detects if there is an overall excess of audio signal from all channels.

•Found in the

Overload left • Detects if there is an excess of audio signal from the left channel.

•Found in the

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Overload right • Detects if there is an excess of audio signal from the right channel.

•Found in the

Overload center • Detects if there is an excess of audio signal from the center channel.

•Found in the

Overload LFE • Detects if there is an excess of audio signal from the low frequency effects (LFE)

channel.

•Found in the

Overload left surround • Detects if there is an excess of audio signal from the left surround channel.

•Found in the

Overload right surround • Detects if there is an excess of audio signal from the right surround channel.

•Found in the

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Audio, Audio# section for the Input.

Reading Loudness Measurement Alarms

The alarms in the LoudnessMeasurement sub-folder allow you to display loudness
measurements and probing information.

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Loudness Measurement alarms

Alarm Type Description

1

Current

loudness error Active when the Integrated text value is outside the range bounded by the upper

Current dialnorm/expected dialnorm Active if the Current Dialnorm is different from the Expected Dialnorm

3

Last

loudness error Active when the Last Integrated text value is outside the range bounded by the

Last dialnorm/expected dialnorm Active if the Last Dialnorm is different from the Expected Dialnorm.

Integrated Integrated loudness reading in LKFS or LUFS, depending on whether the selected

Last Integrated Integrated value at the last segment transition.

and lower deviation for a set duration. The alarm clears when the Integrated text
value is within the range bounded by the upper and lower deviation for a clear
duration.

upper and lower deviation. The alarm clears when the Last Integrated text value is
within the range bounded by the upper and lower deviation

measurement mode in EdgeVision Configurator is in EBU or A85 mode

2

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Reading AC3 Metadata Alarms (Audio)

Loudness Measurement alarms (

Alarm Type Description

LRA • Loudness Range in LU only when in EBU-Mode; the value should be blank when

LRA high The maximum LRA value on the segment.

LRA low The minimum LRA value on the segment.

Mode Calculation mode for determining loudness. Possible values are EBU, A/85,

Momentary Momentary loudness uses a sliding rectangular time window of length 0.4 s. The

Momentary max Maximum momentary loudness value within the current segment.

Short term Short-term loudness uses a sliding rectangular time window of length 3 s. The

Status Indicates if the loudness probe is active or not.

Continued

the Loudness mode is A85

• Loudness range is reset on a segment transition

• The definition and a reference implementation of the algorithm for calculating
Loudness Range are described in EBU Tech Doc 3342 [R3].

• LRA = LRA high - LRA low

• The resulting Loudness Range is shown between the 10th and 95th percentiles of
the distribution of loudness levels above the relative threshold).

Custom EBU, and Custom A/85.

measurement is not gated.

measurement is not gated.

Possible states are:

• running: if currently calculating loudness values

• paused: if not

)

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Target Expected loudness level configured by user. It is used to determine loudness errors

if dialnorm metadata is not present.

1. The term current implies calculations culminating in a loudness error occur before the current
segment is complete.

2. If dialnorm metadata is retrievable, then the dialnorm is used instead of the configured Target value to
determine if there is a loudness error.

3. The term last implies calculations culminating in a loudness error occur after the segment is complete.

4. 1 LU is equivalent to 1 dB.

Reading AC3 Metadata Alarms (Audio)

The alarms in the AC3 metadata sub-folder allow you to retrieve metadata information
packaged with AC3 audio feeds. This metadata should match the AC3 audio feed received
from either a SPDIF or HDMI input.

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AC3 metadata alarms

Alarm Type Description

Sampling rate Actual Sampling frequency of input audio signal.

Possible choices are:

•

48kHz

• 44.1kHz

• 32kHz

Bit rate Actual bit rate of input audio signal.

Possible choices are:

32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 576, 640
kbps

Service type Type of service.

Possible choices are:

Mainaudioservice:completemain(CM)

•

• Mainaudioservice:musicandeffects(ME)

• Associatedservice:visuallyimpaired(VI)

• Associatedservice:hearingimpaired(HI)

• Associatedservice:dialogue(D)

• Associatedservice:commentary(C)

• Associatedservice:emergency(E)

• Associatedservice:voiceover(VO)

• Mainaudioservice:karaoke

1

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Reading Audio Info Frame Alarms

AC3 metadata alarms (

Alarm Type Description

Audio coding mode • 1+1: Ch1, Ch2 (dual mono)

Dialnorm Measured dialnorm value, (average loudness value on current segment)

Preferred downmix mode Preferred downmix mode recommended by audio source.

LFE presence Indicate if LFE (Low-frequency effect) is present in audio signal

Continued

•1/0: Center

•2/0: Left- Right

•3/0: Left- Center- Right

• 2/1: Left - Right - Subwoofer

• 3/1: Left - Center - Right - Subwoofer

• 2/2: Left - Right - Surround Left - Surround Right

• 3/2: Left - Center - Right - Surround Left - Surround Right

Range: -1 to -31 dB

Possible options:

•

• Leftonly/Rightonly

• Notindicated

possible choices: yes. no

)

Lefttotal/Righttotal

1. EdgeVision normally receives CM.

Reading Audio Info Frame Alarms

The alarms in the Audioinfoframesub-folder allow you to display HDMI infoframe
metadata information. This information should match the audio received through the HDMI
input.

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Audio info frame alarms

Alarm Type Description

Info frame valid Indicate if the audio source contains a valid info frame.

Channel allocation Indicates channel lineup as reported through metadata.

Reading Streaming Alarms

The alarms in the Streaming sub-folder are for debugging purpose only. They provide
streaming encoder resource usage statistics.

The statuses and text of streaming alarms are current and updated in real-time. These values
also appear in EdgeVision Configurator. If you make changes to the EdgeVision device using
EdgeVision Configurator, streaming alarms will display the changes in the signal, as necessary.

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info frame is carried as part of HDMI audio.

Possible choices:

2/0, 2/0L, 3/0, 3/0L, 2/1, 2/1L, 3/1, 3/1L, 2/2, 2/2L, 3/2, 3/2L, 2/3, 2/3L, 3/3, 3/3L, 2/4,
2/4L, 3/4, 3/4L, 4/0, 4/0L, 5/0, 5/0L, 4/1, 4/1L, 5/1, 5/1L, 4/2, 4/2L, 5/2, 5/2L,
Unavailable

Figure 3-5: EdgeVision Streaming alarms: Encoder-related

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Reading Streaming Alarms

Figure 3-6: EdgeVision Streaming alarms: Video-related

Figure 3-7: EdgeVision Streaming alarms: Audio-related

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Streaming Alarms

Alarm Type Description

--- Encoder-related alarms (see "Figure "3-5, on page 37) ---

Codec status Streaming encoder resource usage statistics.

Encoder software load

Encoder hardware load

Encoder audio load

This is for debugging purposes only.

--- Video-related alarms: High resolution stream (see "Figure "3-6, on page 38) ---

Resolution Displays the current height/width display resolution for the High/Low video stream.

Bitrate Displays the number of bits that are processed per unit of time (measured in

kilobytes per second) to stream the video signal.

Frame rate Displays the number of complete screens or frames drawn per second (measu red in

frames per second).

--- Video-related alarms: Low resolution stream (see "Figure "3-6, on page 38) ---

Resolution Displays the current height/width display resolution for the High/Low video stream.

Bitrate Displays the number of bits that are processed per unit of time (measured in

Frame rate Displays the number of complete screens or frames drawn per second (measu red in

--- Audio-related alarms (see "Figure "3-7, on page 38) ---

Bitrate Displays the number of bits that are processed per unit of time (measured in

Reading Test Alarms

The alarm in the Test sub-folder is red if A/V test pattern is enabled.

kilobytes per second) to stream the video signal.

frames per second).

kilobytes per second) to stream the video signal.

If use a Video or Audio Test pattern on the feed for an Input, then you should enable the
associated alarms in EdgeVision Configurator. That way, you can use the alarm to confirm
when the Video/Audio test pattern is active or not.

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Reading Device Health Alarms

Test Ala rms

Alarm Type Description

Test pattern generator status • Detects if the Video test pattern is currently active for the current Input feed.

Reading Device Health Alarms

Device Health refers to the functional status of the hardware in the device itself. These alarms
monitor the operational status of the mechanisms that ensure that the device can operate
efficiently. These mechanisms provide the power, maintain the internal temperature levels,
and display the current hardware versions.

•Found in the

Test section for the Input.

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These alarms are found in the

HealthMonitoring sub-folder for a device.

Device Health alarms

Alarm/Flag Description

Fan A/B status Displays the current operational status of the cooling fans A/B inside the EdgeVision

device.

Power supply A status Displays the current operational status of the primary (A) power supplies.

Optional power supply B status Displays the current operational status of the secondary (B) power supplies.

Frame revision Displays the version number of the chassis that contains the hardware for the

EdgeVision device.

Hardware revision Displays the revision number for the hardware in the EdgeVision device.

SDI out option presence Indicates if the SDI out option is present on the EdgeVision device.

Temperature front/rear Displays the current temperature in the front of the unit (where the LEDs are displayed)

and in the rear of the unit (where the connectors are located).

Temperature front status/rear
status

Indicates if the current temperature in the front or rear of the unit has exceeded
optimal limits.

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You can also see these alarms and others in the EdgeVision Admin application (see the
EdgeVision Installation Guide for more information.

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Reading Device Health Alarms

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Office hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (GMT + 1) Toll Free: 1-800-224-7882 (US and Canada)
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Fax: + 33 1 55 86 00 29
E-mail: [e-mail]

Corporate Head Office

Miranda Technologies Inc.

3499 Douglas-B.-Floreani, St-Laurent, Québec, Canada H4S 2C6

Telephone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Web: www.miranda.com