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TSS 6220

Transport Stream Server

User Manual

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About Sencore

Sencore is an engineering leader in the development of high-quality signal transmission solutions for the broadcast, cable, satellite, IPTV, and telecommunications markets. The company's world-class portfolio includes video delivery products, system monitoring and analysis solutions, and test and measurement equipment, all designed to support system interoperability and backed by best-in-class customer support. Sencore products meet the rapidly changing needs of modern media by ensuring the efficient delivery of high-quality video from the source to the home. More information about Sencore is available at the

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Revision History

Date

Version

Description

Author

10/31/2017

1.0

Manual for the Sencore TSS 6220

GAK

1/05/2018

1.2

Add Play, Record, Licensing, features to the

TSS 6220 Manual

GAK

07/20/2018

1.3

Add Disaster Recovery and Time Delay

Features

GAK

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Safety Instructions

• Read these instructions

• Keep these instructions

• Heed all warnings

• Follow all instructions

• Do not use this apparatus near water

• Clean only with dry cloth

• Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s

instructions

• Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat

• Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong is provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

• Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

• Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

• Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

• Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the

apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

• Do not expose this apparatus to dripping or splashing and ensure that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, are placed on the apparatus.

• To completely disconnect this apparatus from the AC Mains, disconnect the power supply cord plug from the AC receptacle.

• The mains plug of the power supply cord shall remain readily operable.

• Damage Requiring Service: Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing

to qualified service personnel under the following conditions:

o When the power-supply cord or plug is damaged. o If liquid has been spilled, or objects have fallen into the product. o If the product has been exposed to rain or water. o If the product does not operate normally by following the operating

instructions. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions as an improper adjustment of the controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to its normal operation.

o If the product has been dropped or damaged in any way. o The product exhibits a distinct change in performance.

• Replacement Parts: When replacement parts are required, be sure the service

technician uses replacement parts specified by Sencore, or parts having the same operating characteristics as the original parts. Unauthorized part substitutions made may

result in fire, electric shock or other hazards.

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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

There is always a danger present when using electronic equipment.

Unexpected high voltages can be present at unusual locations in defective equipment and signal distribution systems. Become familiar with the equipment that you are working with and observe the following safety precautions.

• Every precaution has been taken in the design of your TSS 6220 to ensure that it is as safe as possible. However, safe operation depends on you the operator.

• Always be sure your equipment is in good working order. Ensure that all points of connection are secure to the chassis and that protective covers are in place and secured with fasteners.

• Never work alone when working in hazardous conditions. Always have another person close by in case of an accident.

• Always refer to the manual for safe operation. If you have a question about the application or operation call Sencore for assistance.

• WARNING – To reduce the risk of fire or electrical shock never allow your equipment to be exposed to water, rain or high moisture environments. If exposed to a liquid, remove power safely (at the breaker) and send your equipment to be serviced by a qualified technician.

• To reduce the risk of shock the TSS 6220 must be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earth ground connection.

• For the TSS 6220 the mains plug is the main disconnect and should remain readily accessible and operable at all times.

• To reduce the risk of shock and damage to equipment, it is recommended that the chassis grounding screw located on the rear of the TSS 6220 – be connected to the

installation’s rack, the vehicle’s chassis, the battery’s negative terminal, and/or earth

ground.

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 9

2 Specifications ................................................................................................. 10

3 Getting Started ............................................................................................... 12

3.1 Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 12

3.2 Package Contents ............................................................................................................... 12

3.3 Installation ........................................................................................................................... 12

3.4 Rear Panel Connections ..................................................................................................... 14

3.5 Power Connections - Installation ......................................................................................... 14

3.6 Front Panel Features .......................................................................................................... 15

3.7 Obtaining the TSS 6220 IP Address ................................................................................... 16

3.8 Unit Networking and DNS Configuration ............................................................................. 17

3.9 Controlling the TSS 6220 Using the Web GUI .................................................................... 19

3.10 Simplified Startup - Getting a Stream Playing ................................................................... 21

4 Play Control Panel ......................................................................................... 27

4.1 Play Control Panel Overview .............................................................................................. 27

4.2 Stream/PCAP Information Overview ................................................................................... 28

4.3 Player - Adding a Transport Stream .................................................................................... 29

4.3.1 Add Transport Stream - General Configuration ........................................................... 30

4.3.2 Add Transport Stream - Advanced IP Configuration ................................................... 31

4.3.3 Add Transport Stream - File Configuration .................................................................. 32

4.4 Adding a PCAP Play File .................................................................................................... 33

4.4.1 Add PCAP - General PCAP Play Settings ................................................................... 34

4.4.2 Add PCAP - Advanced PCAP Settings........................................................................ 35

4.4.3 Add PCAP - File Play Settings ..................................................................................... 35

4.5 IP Stream and PCAP Status & Configuration Information .................................................. 36

4.6 IP and PCAP Monitor Panel ................................................................................................ 39

5 Schedule Panel .............................................................................................. 41

5.1 Schedule Panel Overview ................................................................................................... 42

5.2 Schedule - Information Fields ............................................................................................. 43

5.3 Adding or Creating a Schedule Configuration - General..................................................... 44

5.3.1 Add Schedule - General Configuration ........................................................................ 44

5.3.2 Add Schedule - Advanced IP Configuration ................................................................ 46

5.4 Schedule Configuration & Information Window .................................................................. 47

5.5 Scheduling Configuration Panel .......................................................................................... 48

5.5.1 Scheduling Configuration Panel - Colors ..................................................................... 49

5.5.2 Scheduling Configuration Panel – Moving Cursor ....................................................... 50

5.5.3 Scheduling Configuration Panel - Loading Event Lists ................................................ 50

6 Delay Viewing Panel ...................................................................................... 51

6.1 Delay Panel Overview ......................................................................................................... 52

6.2 Delay Panel – Receive Fields ............................................................................................. 53

6.3 Delay – Buffer Information Fields ........................................................................................ 54

6.4 Delay – Transmit Information Fields ................................................................................... 55

6.5 Delay – Adding or Creating a Delay Line ............................................................................ 56

6.5.1 Add Delay – General Configuration ............................................................................. 56

6.5.2 Add Delay – Receive Configuration ............................................................................. 57

6.5.3 Add Delay – Transmit Configuration ............................................................................ 58

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6.6 Delay Buffer – Extract Buffer To File................................................................................... 60

6.7 Delay Receive Status & Configuration - Information Menu ................................................ 62

6.8 Delay Buffer Configuration – Information Menu .................................................................. 63

6.9 Delay Transmit Status – Information Menu ......................................................................... 64

6.10 Multi Transmit Delay – Tx Delay 2 Configuration .............................................................. 65

7 Disaster Recovery Viewing Panel ................................................................. 67

7.1 Disaster Recovery Panel Overview ..................................................................................... 68

7.2 Disaster Recovery Panel Descriptions ................................................................................ 69

7.2.1 Disaster Recovery Panel – Receive Descriptions ....................................................... 69

7.2.2 Disaster Recovery Panel – Buffer Descriptions ........................................................... 70

7.2.3 Disaster Recovery Panel – Transmit Descriptions ...................................................... 71

7.3 Adding & Configuring a Disaster Recovery ......................................................................... 72

7.3.1 Adding a Disaster Recovery – General Menu ............................................................. 72

7.3.2 Adding a Disaster Recovery – Receive Menu ............................................................. 74

7.3.3 Adding a Disaster Recovery – Transmit Menu ............................................................ 76

7.4 Delay Buffer – Extract Buffer To File................................................................................... 78

7.5 Disaster Recovery – Added Panel Status & Configuration Menus ..................................... 80

7.5.1 Disaster Recovery Receive – Status Information Menu .............................................. 81

7.5.2 Disaster Recovery Buffer – Configuration Menu ......................................................... 82

7.5.3 Disaster Recovery Transmit – Status & Configuration Information Menu ................... 83

7.5 Understanding Disaster Recovery ...................................................................................... 84

8 File Viewing Panel .......................................................................................... 86

8.1 FTP - SMB Loading Play Files to the TSS 6220 ................................................................. 87

8.2 File Transfer Management - User Name and Password..................................................... 89

8.3 Managing Play Files & Folders ........................................................................................... 90

8.4 File Viewing Panel – Filter by Type ..................................................................................... 90

9 Record Panel .................................................................................................. 91

9.1 Record Panel Overview ...................................................................................................... 92

9.2 Record – Information Fields ................................................................................................ 93

9.3 Recording Input TS Stream Configuration .......................................................................... 94

9.3.1 Record Add Transport Stream - Configuration ............................................................ 95

9.3.2 Record Add Transport Stream - IP Configuration ........................................................ 97

9.4 Recording Input PCAP - Configuration ............................................................................... 99

9.4.1 Record Add PCAP - Stream Configuration .................................................................. 99

9.4.2 Record Add PCAP - PCAP Configuration ................................................................. 101

9.5 Record Status & Configuration Information ...................................................................... 102

9.6 IP and PCAP Monitor Panel .............................................................................................. 105

10 Admin .......................................................................................................... 107

10.1 Changing Unit Password ................................................................................................. 108

10.2 Profile Manager ............................................................................................................... 108

10.3 SNMP MIB Files .............................................................................................................. 109

10.4 Diagnostics ...................................................................................................................... 109

10.5 Update the Unit Software Version ................................................................................... 110

10.6 Reboot Unit ..................................................................................................................... 111

10.7 Reset Unit to Factory Defaults ........................................................................................ 111

10.8 General Configuration ..................................................................................................... 111

10.9 Network Port Configuration ............................................................................................. 112

10.10 Licensing Configuration ................................................................................................. 113

10.11 Date/Time Configuration ............................................................................................... 114

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10.12 SNMP Communities ...................................................................................................... 116

10.13 SNMP Trap Managers .................................................................................................. 116

10.14 Syslog Configuration ..................................................................................................... 117

11 Reporting Panel ......................................................................................... 118

11.1 Active Alarms .................................................................................................................. 118

11.2 Event Logs ...................................................................................................................... 119

11.3 Configuring the Logs ....................................................................................................... 120

12 About Panel ................................................................................................ 122

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1 Introduction

The TSS 6220 Transport Stream Server is the latest in Sencore’s long line of media server products. It provides robust streaming, recording, time-delay and disaster-recovery capabilities for customers looking for a simple and cost-effective channel-in-a-box, channel-processing or storage product.

With the onboard storage and FTP/SMB file management, the unit can take stored media files and play them out according to user-supplied schedules for channel creation or en-masse for network testing and lab use. The recording option makes it easy to schedule and make captures for later playout or analysis.

The time-delay and disaster-recovery options provide intuitive time-shifting and long-term storage /replay capabilities with incredibly simple setup, configuration and status monitoring. Enhanced features like multiple delays from the same buffer and automated disaster-mode activation make the TSS 6220 usable in a huge variety of applications.

With its intuitive web UI, full web API remote control, and SNMP capabilities, the TSS 6220 offers users a simple, reliable and powerful solution for operational and lab environments. The TSS 6220 has multiple rackmount chassis options ranging from 1RU to 3RU depending on storage space requirements. The system also includes redundant power supplies, multiple network ports and has numerous available expansion options.

This manual provides startup and operational information. It is written for professional operators of video distribution systems and assumes a prerequisite level of technical knowledge.

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2 Specifications

INTERFACES PHYSICAL

Included IP Ports: 2x RJ45 1Gbps (Each port can be used for streaming and/or

management) Optional IP Ports: Additional 2x RJ45 1Gbps Fiber 2x SFP 1/10Gbps ASI I/O (Future Option): 2x Input Ports (75ohm BNC) 2x Output Ports (75ohm BNC)

FORMATS INPUT AND OUTPUT

IP Input Formats: UDP or RTP - RTP Header Extensions Supported IP Output Formats: UDP or RTP IP Encapsulation: 1 to 7 TS Packets per IP Packet IP Addressing: Unicast or Multicast IGMP Compatibility: Version 1, 2 & 3 IP Bitrates: 250 Kbps to 200 Mbps File Types: Transport streams (.ts, .trp)

PCAP Ethernet capture (.pcap)

MANAGEMENT

Protocols: HTTP and SNMP User Interfaces: Full control via web GUI Automation Interfaces: Full status and control via SNMP, Configurable SNMP traps, Web

services API available, Syslog message logging Firmware Updates: Via web GUI

POWER

Voltage: 100-240V Frequency: 50-60Hz Power Redundancy: Dual, hot-swappable supplies

CHASSIS OPTIONS

TSS 62220: 1RU chassis suitable for streaming, scheduled playlists and simple recording TSS 62221: 1RU chassis suitable for time-delay, disaster-recovery and extended recording. TSS 62222: 2RU chassis suitable for time-delay, disaster-recovery and extended recording.

Size: Rack-mount 1 RU chassis (2RU for TSS 62222 option) 1RU Chassis Depth: 20 inches (507 mm)

Physical chassis dimensions and operating conditions vary depending on chassis and storage selection

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STORAGE OPTIONS

SSD Hard Drives:

Intended Use: Streaming and playlists High-performance recording Cumulative Performance: 1Gbps+ for streaming-only 300-400Mbps for time-delay and disaster-recovery Redundancy Configuration: RAID-5 for time-delay and disaster-recovery

SAS Hard Drives:

Intended Use: Long-term storage for time-delay disaster-recovery and recording Cumulative Performance: 200-250Mbps for time-delay and disaster-recovery Redundancy Configuration: RAID-6 for time-delay and disaster-recovery

Feature: MPEG over IP Schedule Playout

Schedule MPEG transport streams to play out Manually create schedule in UI or upload schedule file Gap mode setting to fill open time in schedule

Feature: MPEG over IP Streamer- Play Option

Full line rate streaming PCAP, MPEG transport stream files supported Seamless looping Full transport parameters control (IP addresses, UDP ports, RTP)

Feature: MPEG over IP Recording Option

Capture to PCAP, MPEG transport stream files supported Immediate record start or scheduled start Full transport parameters control (IP addresses, UDP ports, RTP) PCAP filtering

Feature: MPEG over IP Delay Playout(s) Options

Define source multicast(s) for delay and output multicast(s) Define delay time or length of each delay Define IP port(s) for each delay

Feature: Disaster Recovery Option

Define archive IP source and disaster playout multicast Define segment size for archiving live content (Example 1 day), Automatically manage segment archiving size Define Disaster conditions and timeout delay Loop playout segment during disaster

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

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3 Getting Started

3.1 Introduction

This section provides an overview of what is included with your TSS 6220. It provides critical information on obtaining the unit’s IP address in which to gain access to the unit’s web interface GUI. It provides front/rear panel descriptions and information on getting the unit mounted in a standard rack.

3.2 Package Contents

The following is a list of the items that are included with the TSS 6220 unit:

1. Startup Guide

2. AC Power Cord

3. Rackmount Rails

If any of these items were omitted from the packaging of your unit, please call 1-605-978-4600 to obtain a replacement.

3.3 Installation

The TSS 6220 rackmount chassis is a 1RU or 2 RU enclosure that is designed to be mounted in a standard 19” equipment rack. The unit is shipped with the mounting hardware necessary to safely secure the chassis in the rack. This includes rackmount ears and screws for the front along with rails to support the sides. The user is advised to always use the included rails for mounting.

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The TSS 6220 is designed for front-to-back ventilation. Care must be taken to ensure that this ventilation is not impeded in any way.

To install the TSS 6220 into a rack use the following steps:

1. Determine the desired position in the rack for the TSS 6220 making sure that the air intake on the front of the unit and the exhausts on the rear of the unit will not be obstructed.

2. Insert the rack mount clips into place over the mounting holes in the rack.

3. Slide the TSS 6220 into position in the rack.

4. Secure the TSS 6220 to the rack by installing the four screws through the front mounting holes and tightening.

WARNING: To prevent injury, the apparatus must be securely attached to the floor/wall in accordance with the installation instructions.

The TSS 6220 is designed for front-to-back ventilation. Care must be taken to ensure that this ventilation is not impeded in any way.

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3.4 Rear Panel Connections

All of the external connections for the TSS 6220 are located on the rear of the unit. These connections include standard computer I/O (Monitor, USB, parallel, serial, audio, and LAN ports) and the TSS 6220 IP output connections. The power connection is also located on the rear of the unit. The following provides an overview description of the rear panel connections and features.

Descriptions:

1. Power Connector: Provides AC power connection for powering the system

2. IPMI Port: Can be used for remote server management, but not normally used in the

TSS 6220 operation

3. eth0 Port: Network port for management and streaming/recording

4. eth1 Port: Network port for management and streaming/recording

5. eth2 Port: Port available only with the addition of optional card adding either 2x RJ45 or

2x SFP ports

6. eth3 Port: Port available only with the addition of optional card adding either 2x RJ45 or 2x SFP ports

7. VGA Monitor Output

8. USB Interface Ports

9. RS-232 Port

3.5 Power Connections - Installation

Using the proper power connections is vital to the safe operation of the TSS 6220. Only use the supplied 3-prong power connectors or those with equal specifications. NEVER tamper with or remove the 3rd – prong grounding pin on any cord. This could cause damage to the unit, personnel, or property.

The TSS 6220 is intended for use on either 120V or 240V systems. The power supply will automatically detect the voltage to which it is connected. There is one power supply and one AC power cord. To connect AC power, perform the following:

1. Locate the proper AC power cord.

2. Plug the female end of the power cord (end with no prongs) into the back of the unit.

3. Plug the male end of the power cord into a proper protected AC outlet.

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3.6 Front Panel Features

The front panel contains some pushbuttons and indicator lights. This section provides an overview of these features.

*NOTE: Some design modifications may occur in which features shown in this image and described below may not be found on your TSS 6220.

Front Panel Descriptions:

1. UID: Pushbutton: This pushbutton provides an identification light at the rear of the unit. Press the UID pushbutton to turn on a blue light at the rear of the unit. This makes it easy to identify the unit when viewing from the back of the equipment rack. The “I” light on the front panel (#8) indicates when the UID is switched on.

2. Reset Pushbutton: This pushbutton provides a reset of the system. Press and release to initiate a reset operation of the operating system.

3. Power Pushbutton: Turns the unit AC power on and off. Hold down for 3 seconds and release to power the unit on or off.

4. Power Light: Indicates when the unit is powered on for normal operation.

5. Hard Disc Drive Light: Indicates normal OS unit disc drive activity.

6. Network Port Indicator Light: Indicates normal unit network port data activity.

7. Network Port Indicator Light: Indicates normal unit network port data activity.

8. i Indicator Light: This light provides an indication when the UID feature is turned on illuminating a blue light at the rear of the unit.

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3.7 Obtaining the TSS 6220 IP Address

Operating the TSS 6220 depends on gaining access to the unit’s network GUI as there is no front panel interface. Connecting to the unit’s web GUI using a web browser requires knowledge of the IP address of the port in which to enter into the address field of a web browser. To acquire and or

to change the port’s IP address from the factory default requires viewing a computer monitor

connected to the unit along with the use of a keypad to navigate the provided menus. To obtain or make changes to the port’s IP address:

1. Connect a computer monitor to the VGA connector and power it on. Reference Section 3.4 in this manual – (#7) rear panel port.

2. Connect a PC keyboard (USB type) to the rear panel USB connectors. Reference Section 3.4 in this manual – (#8) rear panel USB connection ports.

3. With power properly connected to the TSS 6220, push and release the front panel power button. Allow some time for boot up. The system starts up with no user or password entry required. A Main Menu screen appears on the monitor .

4. The Ethernet port 0 (eth0) and Ethernet port 1 (eth1) IP addresses are shown on the initial Main Menu. Enter the IP address of the port you are using into your web browser. See the next sections (3.7, 3.8) of this manual for more details on changing the IP address and using the web GUI.

5. If the IP addresses are not shown, press the ENTER key on the keyboard to advance to the next menu. Press the Up or Down arrow keys on the keyboard to select the eth1 or eth0 Adapter Status listing by Moving the cursor in front of the selection. Note: If no cursor is seen, press

ENTER a second time.

6. Press Enter on the keyboard to advance to the configuration menu if you wish to change the IP mode (static or DHCP) or to change IP Address, Subnet, or Gateway addresses. See the next section in this manual for additional information.

In some instances, you may be able to use the factory default IP addresses to gain web access. The following default IP addresses are used.

Factory Default Settings: eth0: DHCP

eth1: 10.0.0.61 eth2: 10.0.0.62 (with added optional ports)

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3.8 Unit Networking and DNS Configuration

The TSS 6220 network configuration is managed with setup menus visible by connecting a computer monitor and USB keypad to the system. The configuration menus provide entry of host

names, gateway and DNS server addresses. Setup of the unit’s Ethernet ports including if they

are static or DHCP configured. If static, entry of the ports IP address, gateway and subnet may be entered. This section shows the typical setup menu features and describes how to setup the network settings.

Viewing the setup utility screens provided by the TSS 6220 requires connecting a computer monitor to the VGA video output connector on the rear of the unit. It requires the use of an USB keypad. View the monitor screen and use the keypad for navigation and entry. The following navigation and entry rules are used and included as a reminder on each setup screen.

Press [Enter] to confirm a selection – advance to next menu/selection Press [Esc] to go back to previous menu and accept entries Press [Left] and [Right] arrow keys to navigate Press [Up] and [Down] arrow keys to navigate Press number and letter keys for field input values Press [Del] and [Backspace] as needed for text entry

Configure Networks Settings

Network configuration settings are available to enter a unit host name, define a gateway and enter primary & secondary DNS addresses. These selections are available in the “Configuration Networks” menu.

1. From the opening menu – press the ENTER key.

2. Position the cursor in front of Configure Networks selection as in illustration below. Press the ENTER key to advance to the Network Configuration Menu.

3. To enter a Host Name: Position the cursor in front of the Host Name row using the up and down arrow keys. Press ENTER. The first field is selected for letter or number entry. Enter the number or letter. Press left or right arrow key to move to the next digit. Press ENTER key.

4. To enter a Default Gateway: Position the cursor in front of the Default Gateway row. Press Enter. Enter the desired gateway. Press ENTER.

5. To enter a Primary and/or Secondary DNS: Position the cursor in front of the Primary DNS and/or Secondary DNS row to be changed or entered. Press the ENTER key. Enter the address using number keys while navigating with the arrow keys. Press ENTER.

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Ethernet 0 and Ethernet 1 Port Configuration Changes

Network configuration settings are available to enter a static IP address, gateway address and subnet mask for Ethernet port 0 (eth0) and Ethernet port 1 (eth1). These selections are available

in the respective “eth1 Adapter Status” menu and “eth0 Adapter Status” menus. The following describes the steps to enter or change a port’s static IP address.

1. From the start menu, press the ENTER key to advance to the Unit Networking screen.

2. Press the Up or Down arrow key as needed to move the cursor position in front of the eth0 or eth1 row. Press the Enter key to advance to the Adapter Eth Status menu.

3. Use the up and down arrow keys to position the cursor in front of the IP Mode row. If it shows DHCP - Press the ENTER key to select the setting field. Click the up or down arrow key to increment setting to “Static.” Press ENTER.

4. Use the up and down key to position the cursor in front of the IP Mode row. Press ENTER to enter the field. Enter number values to define the desired static IP address. Use the left and right arrow keys to move to different digits. Press ENTER when complete.

5. Change Mask and Gateway settings using the same technique as in step 4. Press the ENTER key when finished to accept entries and return to the menu.

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3.9 Controlling the TSS 6220 Using the Web GUI

Controlling the TSS 6220 is done by a network connection to either the eth0 or eth1 ports and the use of the web interface or GUI. From any PC that is connected to the same network as the TSS 6220, open a web browser application and type the IP address of the unit in the address field. You must obtain the unit IP address with the procedure in the Startup section 3.7 on page 16.

When connecting to the web GUI, you are greeted with a Login screen as shown below. The default user field entry is admin and the default password field is left blank or no entry. Press the login button in order to login to the web interface. The User and Password can be changed for improved security in the Admin section of the GUI. Please see section 10.1 in this manual.

When connected you are greeted with the home or start page of the web GUI as shown below. Depending on the options and licensing some variations in the screen may be seen.

To open the TSS 6220 web interface use one of the following supported browsers.

• Internet Explorer version 9 or newer

• Firefox

• Google Chrome

• Microsoft Edge

The user is capable of configuring parameters from this page by clicking on the selection tabs at the top of the page below the Sencore TSS 6220 header. User configuration changes are offered in each section by clicking on the (cog) which represents a settings configuration is available for the listed item. Each section contains a dropdown icon which is used to collapse or expand a section to see additional details. Further details of the common fields in the web GUI of the TSS 6220 are described

The top section or fields of the TSS 6220 web GUI includes login and operational information of the system. Below is a reference to the information provided by each field.

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1. Logged in as: This field indicates the logged in user. This field may not be selected or changed. The User and Password may be set in the Admin tab. See section 6.1.

2. Selection Tabs: Provides operational control of the TSS 6220. Click on a tab to select. The tabs shown and available for selection depend on unit licensing.

3. Storage Disk Usage: Indicates actual disk size that is currently in use

4. Storage Disk Usage: Indicates total disk size available for use

5. CPU: Indicates the percentage of CPU usage

6. Logout: Provides quick logout, click to log out from the MIP GUI.

Field

Button/Selections

Description

1. Logged in as:

Admin (Default)

Shows the logged in user name. A view only field.

2. Selection Tabs

Play

Files

Record

Schedule

Admin

Reporting

About

Provides control for playing stream and PCAP files Provides viewing of media disc play files Provides record captures of TS streams or PCAP Provides for schedule playout of TS streams Provides administrative tasks Provides reporting and logging Provides unit information

3. Disk Usage

Example shown: 63.0

Indicates the disc drive memory space that is currently being used by the system

4. Disk Usage

Example shown:

3.7.TB

Indicates the total disc drive memory space available for TS and PCAP stream storage

5. CPU

Example shown: 13%

Indicates percentage of CPU processing capacity that is in use.

6. Logout

Click on

icon

Click to log out of the web GUI connection to the TSS 6220

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3.10 Simplified Startup - Getting a Stream Playing

This section provides a quick start process to assist you in getting an output stream playing to the Ethernet 1 port. This section provides only enough information to get you outputting a TS stream. It is not intended to completely summarize all the information contained in this manual. Please reference other portions of the manual to answer questions and become familiar with the TSS 6220 and its features.

Get Unit Powered & Network Connected:

1. Locate the TSS 6220 in a convenient location or mount in an equipment rack in which AC power and a connection to the network is closely available. Connect an AC cord from the rear of the unit to the AC outlet.

2. Connect a network cable between the Ethernet port 1 (Port nearest the VGA video connector on rear panel) and to your network.

3. Momentarily press the Power button on the unit front panel. You will observe and hear normal PC startup activities. The front panel power light should illuminate and drive light activity indicated. Wait while the unit boots up.

Establishing a Web Connection with the Pre-Set Management IP Address

To access the TSS 6220 web user interface, it is necessary to establish an Ethernet connection to the device. There are two alternative ways to connect to the TSS 6220’s management IP address: 1.) Use the pre-set management IP address or 2.) Connect a monitor and keyboard to the server to retrieve the IP address. The following steps describe how to use a pre-set management IP address on a PC via a connection to the Eth1 port.

The TSS 6220 is shipped with the following factory settings for the Eth1 network ports. Eth1 Default IP address:

10.0.0.61

You can connect to the web UI of the TSS 6220 using a PC and connecting directly from the

PC’s network port to the Eth1

port with an Ethernet cable.

Configure the PC’s network port

settings to permit a direct connection.

For Windows, the network parameters are set in the

Control Panel — Network and Internet — Network and Sharing Center — Network Connection — Properties — Internet Protocol Version 4 Properties viewing menu.

Select the user defined address, and set the PC’s IP address to 10.0.0.60 and the subnet mask

to 255.255.0.0.

When the IP address of the PC has been set in the same subnet as the TSS 6220’s factory

setting, a web browser can be used to access the web user interface at 10.0.0.61.

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Retrieve and/or Configure the Unit IP address

You can determine the TSS 6220’s IP address of both Eth0 and Eth1 ports by connecting a monitor and keyboard to the server. All configuration of the TSS 6220 is done via a PC and web. The Ethernet port 1 can serve both as a management port for web browser access and as the streamer IP/PCAP network port. The following section describes how to connect a monitor and

keyboard to the server to retrieve and/or change the unit’s IP address on both ports. To connect to the unit’s web browser:

1. Connect a computer monitor to the TSS

6220. Connect a VGA video cable from the VGA connector at the rear of the TSS 6220 to the computer monitor. Power up the computer monitor. Connect a PC USB keyboard to one of the USB ports at the rear of the TSS 6220. The display screen on the monitor will indicate the current IP address for the Ethernet 1 port (eth1). It also shows the IP address for the other Ethernet 0 port (eth0)

2. If you do not have a computer monitor you may try to access the web GUI as described in the previous page using the factory default IP settings shown below: Ethernet port 0 (eth0): 10.0.0.61 Ethernet port 1 (eth1): 10.0.0.62

Use PC Web Browser to Connect to the TSS 6220’s Web GUI

1. Connect a PC to the same network as the TSS 6220. Open a web browser application on the PC and in the top address field enter the IP address of the eth1 port as found in the previous step.

2. The Login screen appears with a successful connection. The default User name is admin and the default password is blank or no entry. Click on the Login field.

When successfully logged in the web connection to the GUI produces a Schedule Control Panel. A Play Control and/or Record Panel may be shown depending on unit licensing.

Use FTP or SMB to Load Stream/PCAP Files to Media Storage Drives

The TSS 6220’s media drives are available to store files used for playout in a schedule. Click on the “Files” tab at the top of the GUI to view available files. If a file is available for selection, click

on the Schedule tab and skip to the instructions “Creating a Play/Event Schedule” instruction section.

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If no files are available you will need to access and use FTP or SMB to load files to the media drive. Read on in this section for details on accessing FTP and loading files/folders. Using FTP requires starting an instance of Windows Explorer on your PC and entering the address of the FTP server. Follow the instructions below.

The FTP server address is located in the File Viewing Panel (Files tab) in the TSS 6220’s web GUI. Look near the top of the page under the Files Control Panel header. (See circle in illustration) Click at the end of the field and drag the mouse to highlight the ftp address. Copy the address – (Keyboard Ctrl-C key sequence).

Open a Windows Explorer application window on your PC. In the header of this application – paste in the ftp address listed in the TSS 6220’s File menu on the second line below the Files Control Panel heading. Paste the ftp address – (Ctrl-V) as shown in the example figure. Example shown: ftp://10.0.15.60. Press the Enter key on your keyboard.

Upon connection to the ftp server you will be prompted for a username and password: Below is the default User and Password. The Username/Password can be set - see section 8.2 for

instructions.

User: root Password: Note: The Password field is left blank or no entry as shown.

Click on the Log On field to access the FTP server. Upon connection to the ftp server

you can view the current folders and play files in the TSS 6220.

To transfer files to the ftp server,

you may use common window’s

based file copy and paste techniques or drag and drop techniques. For example, open a 2nd version of Windows Explorer application. (Right mouse click on the Windows Explorer icon at the bottom system tray – click on Windows Explorer) You now have both the FTP server window and the Windows Explorer application running. Position both the FTP window and the Windows Explorer windows beside each other on your PC screen. See example below. Click on a file or

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folder in the Windows Explorer window and drag it into the right side of the FTP server window. The folder or file is transferred as illustrated below.

Creating a Play/Event Schedule

If licensed for the Schedule playout capability, you can create a play schedule to produce a playout stream. To create a schedule click on the Schedule tab and then click on the icon. Note that this selection is available for each of the Ethernet ports.

A Configure IP menu opens to a General configuration menu. You may enter an alias name or use the default name. Select a Gap Mode using the dropdown selections in this field. The Gap Mode defines what you want to happen in the output between scheduled stream playout events. If you choose “Default File,” click the Browse field and select a TS file to playout during gap periods. Define the IP Ethernet port, Destination IP address and port. Click the Apply field at the bottom to create the schedule.

The created schedule is shown as a listing or row. There can be up to 16 different schedules or rows. To define the playout streams, dates, and times in a schedule, click on the

icon to select the Scheduling Configuration Panel.

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Click the icon to add a timed event or stream to the playlist. Browse and select the TS file you wish to create as a playout event. The file loads as a row into the schedule and default times and dates are generated. Click in the Start Date, Start Time, or Time Slot Duration fields to change these default values. Listings are show according to date and times in the schedule. See Section 5 in this manual for more details.

To start a file or event playing out immediately in a schedule, click on the Start Date field and enter the current date. Click on the Start Time field and enter a start time that is only a few seconds from the current time. You may need to check and/or adjust the current time of the Server. The current date/time is shown and set under the Admin tab in the Date/Time section. See the Admin section of this manual for more details. Once the start time is reached, the event begins playout on the specified Ethernet port.

In Play Control Panel Add a Transport Stream

The TSS 6220 web GUI may include a Play tab, if licensed for the Play out feature. To create or add a playing stream to the IP output on the Ethernet 1 port, click on the icon below the Physical Connector eth1 heading. An Add Transport Stream menu opens and defaults to the General tab.

Configure the Output Stream

The General configuration menu provides selections defining the output IP stream and IP destination address and ports. Select a source file for playout. Click on the Browse field and navigate to the file you wish to select for playout. Open the file. It will populate the Source listing with your file name.

Define the IP parameters. The Physical Connector field should indicate eth1. If not, select the dropdown and select eth1. Click on the Destination IP field and enter the destination address. Enter a Destination Port in the Destination Port field. Click on the Apply box at the bottom of the menu to add the stream to the Ethernet port 1 (eth1) output.

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Start the Output Stream Playing

After the stream is added you will see the stream listed in the Physical Connector eth1 section of the Play Control Panel. If you don’t see the listing click on the Show/Hide icon . Click on the Play icon to begin producing the stream output. The light at the far right turns green and the bit rate field beside it begins to show the output transport stream bitrate. The stream time begins to increment and the blue highlight advances from the left (start) to the right (end) in the center progress window.

Your selected stream is now outputting to the network. Click on the cog wheel icon to make changes to the stream output configuration. You may also click on the icon to bring up a configuration and monitoring panel. It provides a shortcut to improve viewing and playout statistics while offering some convenient control options.

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4 Play Control Panel

The play feature is a licensed feature of the TSS 6220. When licensed, the Play tab is shown and available to select. Selecting or clicking on the Play tab advances the GUI to the Play Control Panel. The Play Control panel provides management of TS stream files and PCAP files that are manually configured for playout from the TSS 6220. This panel manages each of the available Ethernet streaming ports defining which TS streams and PCAP files are sourced to each port. This panel further defines the criteria of each of the streams and PCAPs added to the output in the Play feature. The following sections in this chapter of the manual provide an overview of the features and menus associated with the Play feature of the TSS6220.

4.1 Play Control Panel Overview

The Play Control Panel includes a section for each available Ethernet output port. The sections are identified by headers indicating the physical connector port. For example, the Ethernet port 0 is shown as “Physical Connector eth0.” If you have added the optional Ethernet ports to the TSS 6220, then two additional sections are included for Physical Connector eth2 and eth3.

Each Ethernet port section includes some common control fields. The following table provides an overview of the common fields in the Play Control Panel.

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Add an IP

Transport Stream Output

Click on this icon to add a TS file to stream to the output

Provides menu to select a file and define stream output characteristics adding the output to the Ethernet port. See section 4.3 for details

B. Add PCAP

stream output

Click on this icon to add a PCAP to the output

Provides a menu to select a PCAP file and criteria to define it adding it to the Ethernet output port 0. See section 4.4 for details

C. Show/Hide

port info

Selectable, click on the icon

Hides all the stream and PCAP listings, click to hide or click to show all streams/PCAPs

D. TX Bitrate

Not a selectable field

Shows the total output bitrate of all the streams and

EFD

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PCAP to the Ethernet port

E. TS Stream

See next section

Row defining a stream output to Ethernet 1 port (eth1)

F. PCAP stream

See next section

Row defining a PCAP output to the Ethernet 1 port

4.2 Stream/PCAP Information Overview

The Play Control Panel shows all the playout IP streams and PCAPs. Each playback transport stream and PCAP file output has a row of information and control functions. Depending on licensing, up to 100 play listings are currently available. There are common data fields for each stream/PCAP listing forming columns of information in the panel. This section provides a brief definition of the information provided in each column.

Overview of the informational fields in the Play Control main panel.

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. Status &

Configuration

Click on this icon

Provides a window showing IP stream/PCAP status and configuration information

B. Configuration

Menu Select

Click on this

icon

Provides a menu with configuration settings to define the output IP/PCAP stream and IP address

C. Output Control

Pause -click on

icon to Pause

Play – click on

icon to start output

Indicates IP/PCAP stream as playing or paused. Click on icon to pause or play. When paused, the current location of the stream or PCAP is maintained.

D. Stop Control

Click on icon to

stop IP/PCAP output

Stops a playing or looping IP/PCAP output. Click on play icon to restart – restarts at file starting point.

E. Stream name or

alias

Not selectable, No

action

Shows a default output IP/PCAP stream name. See section xx for naming streams.

F. TS/PCAP File

name

Double click to

browse/select

different file

Indicates the current selected play file.

G. Stream

configuration

Click on icon to

open configuration

Provides convenient overview of stream playout status, some critical settings, and provides some control features. See section 4.6 for details.

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H. Play Status

Not selectable

Indicates a stream is playing or active. Indicates play position/time within the start-to-end duration time span. Visual blue highlight indicates stream progress.

I. IP Address/Port

Not selectable

Indicates the destination IP address and port

J. Delete icon

Click to delete

stream or PCAP

Removes a IP/PCAP stream from the play listings and Ethernet output

K. Total Port Bitrate

Indication

Not selectable, view

only

Indicates accumulative Ethernet port bitrate of the addition of all playing TS streams and PCAP files

L. Bitrate Indication

Not selectable, view

only

Indicates bitrate of the individual stream to the Ethernet port

M. Status Indicator

Indicates status of output: Gray: Inactive – stopped or paused Green: Good playback output condition Red: Fault condition

4.3 Player - Adding a Transport Stream

To create a new IP stream output requires that you select a play file and define its output parameters. To create or add a playing stream, click on the icon. Note that this selection is available for each of the Physical Connector Ethernet ports of your TSS 6220. Select the icon in the section corresponding to the Ethernet port in which you want the output to stream.

The Play Control Panel is simplified for viewing with a Hide/Show streams feature for each Physical Connector eth section. To show all the streams outputting to an Ethernet port click on the Show/Hide icon .

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4.3.1 Add Transport Stream - General Configuration

Upon clicking on the icon, the Add Transport Stream menu opens. This menu contains 3 selection tabs which provide menus for defining the transport IP stream. By default, the General tab is selected providing some common selections to configure the output. The General configuration menu provides selections defining the output IP stream and IP destination address and ports. This section provides an overview of the configuration fields.

The first step is to select a source file for playout. Click on the Browse field and navigate to the file you wish to select for playout. Select the file and open it. It will populate the Source listing with your file name. In the Stream section of the menu, click on the Alias field and enter an alias name, if desired. This is not required as the application automatically assigns a name as an incrementing stream number.

If you want the playing stream upon reaching the ending point to loop back to the start and continue playing out, click on the dropdown arrow in the Looping field. Select “Enabled” if you want the looping feature active. When looping is enabled the Seamless Looping field becomes available to configure. Set this field to “Enabled” if you want the TSS 6220 to properly seam the ending point with the beginning point of the stream. With this enabled the TSS 6220 corrects PCR discontinuities and continuity count values.

Define the IP parameters in the IP section. Verify that the Physical Connector field indicates the desired Ethernet port. If not, select the Ethernet port you wish to output the stream. Enter the Destination IP and the Destination Port values. Click on the Destination IP field and enter the destination address. Click on the Destination Port field and enter a Destination Port. Click on the Apply box to add the stream to the Playout Control Panel under the respective Ethernet port.

Add Transport Stream – Summary of General Tab Settings

Setting

Range

Description

Stream - Alias

Value and or Letter Entry

Provides entry to name or assign alias to identify a stream. If no name is entered, the TSS 6220 assigns an incrementing stream number

Stream - Looping

Enabled Disabled

Turns on the looping function in which the file plays to the end and then loops back and starts playing from the start again. When disabled, the stream stops when it reaches the end of the file

Seamless Looping

Enabled Disabled

Enabled: Provides corrections to PCR values and PAT/PMT table continuity counts so as to appear to the receiver as a continuous uninterrupted stream.

Source

Not selectable

Indicates “No Source” when no file has been

selected. Indicates the selected file name when a file is opened.

Browse

Click on field to access stream files in library

Provides navigation to browse to available stream and PCAP files for selection.

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IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the stream output is assigned

Destination IP

224.0.0.0 –

239.255.255.255

This address is the IP address the source device is sending to for a multi-cast. A unicast would use an IP address less than 224.0.0.0.

Destination Port

0 – 65535

This is the UDP port the source device is sending to.

4.3.2 Add Transport Stream - Advanced IP Configuration

The Add Transport Stream Advanced IP tab includes settings to define the TSS 6220 as a specific source device for IGMPv3. This feature allows each steam to be seen by the network as a unique source device with a unique IP address, and/or source port, and/or MAC address. This section provides descriptions of the settings in the Advanced IP menu.

Setting

Range

Description

Source IP Mode

Settings: Select Auto or Manual

In Auto, the TSS 6220 simulates a source device and creates and communicates a unique source IP address. In Manual, a user entered source IP address can be entered.

Source IP

Available for entry when Source IP Mode is set to Manual.

Provides entry of a Source IP address for the stream that is communicated by the TSS 6220

Source Port

Click up or down arrows to increment value shown. Click in field and enter value.

Range: 1030 to 65535

Specifies a value for the source port associated with the stream.

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Source MAC Mode

Auto, Manual

In Auto, the TSS 6220 simulates a source device and creates and communicates a unique source MAC address for the stream. In Manual, a user Source MAC address can be entered.

Source MAC

In “Manual Mode”

enter MAC address,

Provides entry of a MAC address you want to specify as the Source MAC for the stream

TS Packets Per IP Packet

Enter value 1 to 7, Default is 7

This setting determines the number of TS stream packets that are inserted into IP packets. 7 being the maximum and the typical setting. Lesser packets may be selected.

4.3.3 Add Transport Stream - File Configuration

The File tab within the Add Transport Stream menu provides selection to define starting and ending points when playing out an IP stream file. It further provides a selection to automatically or manually control the output IP stream bitrate. To access this configuration menu, click on the File header tab

You can enter starting and ending times within the play duration time of the IP play file. You can enable or disable the playout to conform to these entered start point and end point times. Set the Start/End Point field to “Enabled” and enter the Start Point and End Point.

The Bitrate Mode provides an automatic setting in which the TSS 6220 automatically determines the ideal playout stream rate. You can set the Bitrate mode to Manual when you wish to increase the output bitrate. In the manual mode, click on the up and/or down arrows in the bitrate field to increase or decrease the bitrate in Mbps.

The following chart provides an overview of the configuration settings in the File menu.

Setting

Range

Description

Start/End Points

Enabled Disabled

Adds control of the output defining a starting and stopping point within the play duration of the selected stream or PCAP play file

Start Point

Range of play file duration but prior to End Point

This setting establishes a point/time in the play file duration which defines the starting point of the stream or PCAP file when it is streaming to the output port

End Point

Range of play file duration but after the start point

This setting establishes a point/time in the play file duration which defines the ending point of the stream or PCAP file when it is streaming to the output port

Bitrate Mode

Auto Manual

In Auto the TSS 6220 determines the playout rate automatically. In Manual, the user may modify or enter a playout bitrate.

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Bitrate (Manual)

Enter Bitrate

Provides user entry to manually enter a desired output bitrate

The Bitrate Mode provides an automatic setting in which the TSS 6220 automatically determines the ideal playout stream rate. You can set the Bitrate Mode to Manual to increase the output bitrate. In the manual mode, click on the up and/or down arrows in the bitrate field to enter a bitrate in Mbps.

4.4 Adding a PCAP Play File

To create a new PCAP output file test stream requires that you select a PCAP file and define its output parameters. To create or add a PCAP stream, click on the icon. Note that this selection is available for each of the Physical Connector Ethernet ports of your TSS 6220. Select the icon in the section corresponding to the Ethernet port in which you want the output to stream. This section describes how to select, add and configure a PCAP file to playout one of the TSS 6220’s Ethernet port outputs.

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4.4.1 Add PCAP - General PCAP Play Settings

When adding a PCAP file to play on the TSS 6220 use the configuration settings in the General, Advanced PCAP, and File tabs to configure the output.

Click on the icon to add a PCAP file to the play list. Upon clicking the icon, the Add Transport Stream menu opens. This menu contains 3 selection tabs which provide menus for defining the transport PCAP stream. By default, the General tab is selected providing some common selections to configure the output. The General configuration menu provides selections defining the output PCAP stream and its destination address and ports. This section provides an overview of the configuration fields.

The first step is to select a source PCAP file for playout. Click on the Browse field and navigate to the PCAP file you wish to select for playout. Select the file and open it. It will populate the Source listing with the file name. In the Stream section of the menu click in the Alias field and enter an alias name as desired. This is not required as the application automatically assigns a name as an incrementing stream number.

If you want the playing PCAP stream upon reaching the ending point to loop back to the start and continue playing out, click on the dropdown arrow in

the Looping field. Select “Enabled” if you want the

looping feature active. Define the PCAP parameters in the PCAP section.

Verify that the Physical Connector field indicates the desired Ethernet port. If not, select the Ethernet port you wish to output the stream. Enter the Destination IP and the Destination Port values.

The PCAP file contains within it the destination and port addresses so these parameters cannot be entered in the same manner as with a TS stream. When finished with the configuration, click on the Apply box to add the stream to the Playout Control Panel under the respective Ethernet port.

Add PCAP menu – Summary of General Tab Settings

Setting

Range

Description

Stream - Alias

Value and or Letter Entry

Enter name you want to identify stream. If no name is entered, the TSS 6220 assigns an incrementing stream number

Looping

Enabled Disabled

Enabled: Turns on the looping function in which the PCAP file plays to the end and then loops back and starts playing from the start again.

Disabled: After the file is started it plays to the end of the file and stops.

Source

Not selectable

Indicates “No Source” when no file has been

selected. Indicates the selected file name when a file is opened.

Browse

Click on field to access PCAP files in

Provides navigation to browse to available PCAP files for selection.

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library

IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the PCAP output is assigned

4.4.2 Add PCAP - Advanced PCAP Settings

The Advanced PCAP selection tab provides a menu to define the Source MAC Mode. The MAC address indicated by the PCAP play output may be configured to match the MAC address of the NIC or be IP Source criteria. The following provides descriptions of the settings included.

Source MAC Mode: From NIC

When the MAC address source is set to “From NIC” the

MAC address for all the Ethernet frames transmitted during PCAP play output shall be the same as the MAC address of the selected output NIC.

Source MAC Mode: From Source

When the MAC address source is set to “From Source” the MAC address for all Ethernet frames transmitted during a PCAP play output shall be the same as captured in the selected PCAP file.

Setting

Range

Description

Source MAC Mode

From NIC From Source

Determines the MAC address transmitted with all Ethernet frames during PCAP output.

From NIC: MAC is the same as MAC of selected NIC From Source: MAC address is the same as MAC

captured in the selected PCAP file.

4.4.3 Add PCAP - File Play Settings

The File tab within the Add PCAP menu provides selection to define starting and ending points when playing out a PCAP file. You can enter starting and ending times within the play duration time of the PCAP file. You can enable or disable the playout to conform to these entered start point and end point times that you specified. To access this configuration menu, click on the File header tab. The following section provides an overview of this menu.

Keep in mind some general rules. You cannot set an End Point time that is after the normal End Play time of the selected file. You cannot set an End Point that is prior to the Start Point time. You can set a Start

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Point and End Point in the File Menu, but you must set the Start/End Points to “Enabled” to playout only the part of the PCAP specified by the Start/End Point times.

Add PCAP – File Tab Settings Summary

Setting

Range

Description

Start/End Points

Enabled Disabled

Adds control of the output defining a starting and stopping point within the play duration of the selected stream or PCAP play file. Enabled: Directs output to follow the defined start and ending time references entered. Disabled: Output PCAP does not follow start or ending time entries. Playout is from the beginning of the file to the end of the file

Start Point

Range of play file duration but prior to End Point

This setting establishes a point/time in the play file duration which defines the starting point of the stream or PCAP file when it is streaming to the output port

End Point

Range of play file duration but after the start point

This setting establishes a point/time in the play file duration which defines the ending point of the stream or PCAP file when it is streaming to the output port

To setup starting and ending playback points for a PCAP file. Note the duration of the file in the Play Control Panel prior to specifying the starting and ending points as the times selected must be within the duration offered by the file.

Select the cog wheel for the PCAP file to be specified. Click on the File tab to select the File Menu containing the starting and end points settings. Click the dropdown arrow in the

Start/End Points field and select “Enabled.” The Start Point

and Ending Point fields become available for entry. Click on the appropriate hour, minute, seconds field and modify to the desired start time. Repeat to enter the desired end time. Note the total duration when setting the Start Point and End Point values.

When starting and ending points are specified and enabled, the playback windows observed in the Playback Control Panel change to indicate the start/end limits that are specified. Brackets indicate the starting and ending points.

4.5 IP Stream and PCAP Status & Configuration Information

For each of the IP streams or PCAP files that are listed in the Play Control Panel a Status and Configuration window is available. To access this window and add it to the panel, click on the icon at the left of the row containing the IP stream or PCAP listing. The Status and Configuration boxes are added to the Play Control Panel

providing status and configuration details. Click on the icon at the same location to hide the status and configuration information.

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IP Stream - Status and Configuration Windows

This section summarizes the status and configuration information provided for an IP playout stream.

Summary of the listings and descriptions of the Status section.

Status Listing

Description

File Size:

Indicates the total memory size of the play file

Duration:

Indicates the total playtime or duration of the selected file or PCAP

Source IP:

Indicates the source IP address

Source MAC:

Indicates the source MAC address

Mode:

Indicates the current streaming Mode, Multicast, Unicast,

Receiver MAC:

Indicates the MAC address of the receiver, when available or communicated by the receiver

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Summary of the listings and descriptions of the Configuration section.

Configuration Listing

Description

Playback Loop:

Indicates the Playback Loop setting as Enabled or Disabled. Indicates if the Playback Loop feature is active for stream playout

Source IP Mode:

Indicates the Source IP Mode setting as Auto or Manual. Auto indicates the IP automatically selected by the TSS

6220. Manual provides user entry of the source IP address.

Source Port:

Indicates the Source Port value setting

Source MAC Mode:

Indicates the Source MAC Mode setting as Auto or Manual. Auto indicates the MAC address is automatically selected and communicated by the TSS 6220. Manual provides user entry of the MAC address communicated as the Source

TS Packets:

Indicates the number of TS packets per IP packet setting

Seamless Looping:

Indicates the Seamless Looping Setting as Enabled or Disabled

Bitrate Mode:

Indicates the Bitrate Mode setting as Auto or Manual.

PCAP File - Status and Configuration Windows

Click on the icon at the left of the row containing a PCAP stream adds the Status and Configuration windows to the Play Control Panel. There is less status and configuration information for a PCAP file compared to an IP stream file. The following describes the information

provided in the Status and Configuration windows. Click on the icon at the same location to hide the Status and Configuration windows.

Status Listing

Description

File Size:

Indicates the total memory size of the PCAP file

Duration:

Indicates the total playtime or duration of the selected PCAP file

Source MAC:

Indicates the source MAC address

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Configuration Listing

Description

Playback Loop:

Indicates the Playback Loop setting as Enabled or Disabled. Indicates if the Playback Loop feature is active for PCAP playout. When Enabled, the PCAP output upon playing to the end of the file loops back and restarts

Source MAC Mode:

Indicates the Source MAC Mode setting as From NIC or From Source. Setting determines the Source MAC transmitted with Ethernet frames. From Source: MAC address is the same as MAC captured in the selected PCAP file.

4.6 IP and PCAP Monitor Panel

For each listed transport stream or PCAP row in the Play Control panel you will find a icon. Clicking on this icon provides a monitoring panel for that transport stream or PCAP output. This panel provides a convenient shortcut to improve viewing of the playout statistics and provides several convenient control options. The following descriptions provide an overview of the features provided.

Configure IP/PCAP Panel Descriptions

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. File name

Not a selectable field

Indicates the current source file for the transport stream or PCAP file that is playing.

B. Browse

Click to browse or view available files

Provides quick access to view files, to locate current play file or search for files. Files cannot be selected in this menu to replace the existing play file.

C. Bitrate

Not selectable

Indicates the bitrate of IP or PCAP stream

D. Play location

time indicator

Not selectable

Indicates the current play position or time within the duration or total play time of the IP or PCAP stream

E. Stream End

Time

Not selectable

Indicates the total time duration or the ending time of the IP or PCAP stream.

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F. Play Bar

Progress Indicator

Not selectable

Provides visual indicator that the stream output is active and progressing. Indicates the current play position or time relative to the start and end points.

G. Play/Pause

Control

Pause,Click on

icon to pause output

Play – click on

icon to start output

Indicates IP/PCAP stream as playing or paused. Click on icon to pause or play. When paused, the current location of the stream or PCAP is maintained.

H. Stop Control

Click on icon to

stop IP/PCAP output

Stops a playing or looping IP/PCAP output. Click on play icon to restart – restarts at file starting point.

I. Loop Control

Click on icon to enable loop mode. Enable or Disable

Indicates the loop mode is enabled. The stream

plays to the end and loops to the starting point and continues to play out.

Indicates the loop mode is disabled. The stream

plays to the end and stops.

J. Start Point

Time

Value cannot be changed in this menu

Indicates a specified stream starting point time.

K. Start/End Time

Play Enable

Click box – adds check in box (Enabled), click box removes check mark (Disabled)

Provides Enable/Disable control of start/end points of the playout stream. Enabled (Box checked) stream plays from entered start to end points. Disabled (box not checked) the stream plays from beginning to end of the file

L. End Point Time

Value cannot be changed in this menu

Indicates a specified stream End Point time.

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5 Schedule Panel

The Schedule Panel provides the capability to control output streams over an IP network according to a timed schedule. You must create a schedule defining the IP output parameters, the transport streams to playout, the start and end times for each streaming event within the schedule, and what you wish to output during gaps or times between scheduled events. Up to 16 schedules can be created/listed for playout. This section describes how to create, save, play, and manage schedules within the TSS 6220.

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5.1 Schedule Panel Overview

The Schedule Panel includes a section for each available ethernet output port. The sections are identified by headers indicating the physical connector port. For example, the ethernet port 0 is shown as “Physical Connector eth0.” If you have added the optional Ethernet ports to the TSS 6220, then two additional sections are included for Physical Connector eth2 and eth3.

Each Ethernet port section includes some common control fields. The following is a general overview of items in the Schedule Control Panel and description of some common fields. The remainder of this chapter describes definition of the fields and configuration menus.

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Add Schedule

to eth0 port

Click on this

icon to add a

schedule to eth 0

Provides menus to select files and define a schedule to stream to the output

B. Add Schedule

to eth1 port

Click this icon to

add a schedule to

stream to eth 1

Provides a menu to select files and define a schedule to stream to the output

C. Show/Hide

port info

Selectable, click on

the icon

Hides or shows all the schedule listings, click to hide or click to show all schedules

D. TX Bitrate

Not a selectable field

Shows the total output bitrate of all the streams and PCAP to the Ethernet port

E. Schedule

See next section

Row showing a created schedule and information regarding the schedule’s current status and output to Ethernet 1 port (eth1)

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5.2 Schedule - Information Fields

The Schedule Control Panel lists all the playout schedules. There can be up to a total of 16 schedules. Each schedule has a row of information and related control functions. There are common data fields for each listed schedule forming columns of information in the panel. This section provides a brief definition of the information provided in each column.

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. Status &

Configuration

Click on this icon

Provides a window showing IP stream/PCAP status and configuration information. See section 5.4 for details.

B. Configuration

Menu Select

Click on this

icon

Provides a menu with configuration settings to define the output IP/PCAP stream and IP address

C. Stream name or

alias

Not selectable, No action

Shows a default output IP/PCAP stream name. See section xx for naming streams.

D. Physical

Connector/port

Not Selectable

Indicates the Physical Ethernet port which the streams in the listed schedule will playout

E. Current Source

Not Selectable

Indicates the current file actively streaming out within the schedule. Or, indicate a gap or time between scheduled playout streams and how the gap is filled.

F. Schedule

configuration

Click on icon to open the configuration menu

Provides overview of schedule playout events and status. Provides indications of time conflicts, Provides scheduling additions, edits and control features. See section 5.5 for details.

G. Play Status

Not Selectable

Indicates a stream is playing or active. Indicates play position/time within the start-to-end duration time span. Blue highlight indicates stream progress.

H. IP Address/Port

Not Selectable

Indicates the destination IP address and port

I. Delete icon

Click to delete the schedule

Removes a schedule from the listed schedules

J. Total Port Bitrate

Indication

Not selectable, view only

Indicates accumulative Ethernet port bitrate of the addition of all playing TS streams and PCAP files

K. Bitrate Indication

Not selectable, view only

Indicates bitrate of the individual stream to the Ethernet port

L. Status Indicator

Not Selectable

Indicates status of output: Gray: Inactive – output stopped, Green: Good active playout, Red: Playout fault or time conflict

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5.3 Adding or Creating a Schedule Configuration - General

To create a new IP schedule requires that you select files and configure the output parameters. To create a schedule click on the icon. Note that this selection is available for each of the Physical connector Ethernet ports of your TSS 6220. Select the icon

in the section corresponding to the Ethernet port in which you want to output the created schedule.

The Schedule Panel is simplified for viewing with a Hide/Show streams feature for each Physical Connector eth section. To show all the streams outputting to an Ethernet port click on the Show/Hide icon .

5.3.1 Add Schedule - General Configuration

Upon clicking on the icon, the Configure IP menu opens to a General configuration menu. By default, the General tab is selected providing some common selections to configure the schedule. The General configuration menu provides selections defining the output IP stream and IP destination address and ports. This section provides an overview of the configuration fields.

The Schedule section provides alias naming and definition of the Gap Mode. Click on the Alias field and enter an alias name, if desired. This is not required as the application automatically assigns a name as an incrementing schedule number.

The Gap Mode defines what the output is when there is a time delay between when a file ends and another is scheduled to begin. The Gap Mode provides selections to provide no output, null packet output, and output of a default TS file specified. When the gap mode is set to the “Default File” mode, the Source field defines the TS transport stream that plays out during a gap. Click on the Browse tab and choose the stream to be the default file.

Define the IP parameters in the IP section. Verify that the Physical Connector field indicates the desired Ethernet port. If not, select the Ethernet port you wish to output the stream. Enter the Destination IP and the Destination Port values. Click on the Destination IP field and enter the destination address. Click on the Destination Port field and enter a Destination Port. Click on the Apply box to add the schedule to the Schedule Control Panel under the respective Ethernet port.

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Add Schedule – General Tab Settings

Setting

Range/Selections

Description

Stream - Alias

Value and or Letter Entry

Provides entry to name or assign alias to identify a schedule. If no name is entered, the TSS 6220 assigns an incrementing schedule number. There is a limit of 16 schedules

GAP Mode

Click Dropdown – select from listed

Determines the output when a gap of time exists in the scheduled playout times between streams

Default File: Outputs choose TS file No Output: Outputs no output stream Null Packets: Outputs TS stream with null packets

Source

Not selectable

Indicates “No Source” when no file has been

selected. Indicates the selected file name when a file is selected - opened.

Browse

Click on field to access stream files in library

Provides navigation to browse to available stream and PCAP files for selection.

IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the stream output is assigned

Destination IP

224.0.0.0 –

239.255.255.255

This address is the IP address the source device is sending to for a multi-cast. A unicast would use an IP address less than 224.0.0.0.

Destination Port

0 – 65535

This is the UDP port the source device is sending to.

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5.3.2 Add Schedule - Advanced IP Configuration

When adding a schedule requiring the configuration of the IP port as a source specific device for IGMPv3 use the

Advanced IP Configuration menu. Click on the icon and click on the Advanced IP tab.

The Advanced IP tab includes settings to define the TSS 6220 as a specific source device for IGMPv3. This feature allows each steam to be seen by the network as a unique source device with a unique IP address, and/or source port, and/or MAC address. The chart below provides descriptions of the settings provided in the Advanced IP menu.

Setting

Range

Description

Source IP Mode

Settings: Select Auto or Manual

In Auto, the TSS 6220 simulates a source device and creates and communicates a unique source IP address. In Manual, a user entered source IP address can be entered.

Source IP

Available for entry when Source IP Mode is set to Manual.

Provides entry of a Source IP address for the stream that is communicated by the TSS 6220

Source Port

Click up or down arrows to increment value shown. Click in field and enter value.

Range: 1030 to 65535

Specifies a value for the source port associated with the stream.

Source MAC Mode

Auto, Manual

In Auto, the TSS 6220 simulates a source device and creates and communicates a unique source MAC address for the stream. In Manual, a user Source MAC address can be entered.

Source MAC

In “Manual Mode”

enter MAC address,

Provides entry of a MAC address you want to specify as the Source MAC for the stream

TS Packets Per IP Packet

Enter value 1 to 7, Default is 7

This setting determines the number of TS stream packets that are inserted into IP packets. 7 being the maximum and the typical setting. Lesser packets may be selected.

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5.4 Schedule Configuration & Information Window

For each of the listed schedules in the Schedule Panel, a configuration & status window is available. Click on the icon at the left of the row containing the schedule. The Configuration

box and the schedule’s start/date and file information is listed. Click on the icon at the same location to hide the status and configuration information to simplify the Schedule panel.

This section summarizes the data shown in the Configuration & Information details window.

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. Gap Mode

Not Selectable

Indicates the Gap Mode defined for the stream in the schedule. No output, Null Packets, or Default file

B. Default File

Not Selectable

Indicates the Default File to be used in the gap if the gap mode is set to Default File.

C. Start Date

Not selectable

Indicates the Start Date as to when the file within the schedule begins to playout.

D. Start Time

Not Selectable

Indicates the Start Time during the Start Date as to when the file within the schedule begins to playout.

E. Time Slot

Duration

Not Selectable

Indicates the time slot or duration of time that the playout of the file requires once it begins playout.

F. File Name

Not Selectable

The name of the file that is to be played in the scheduled time.

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5.5 Scheduling Configuration Panel

The Scheduling Configuration Panel provide configuration of the play out scheduling or events. Click on the icon to select the Scheduling Configuration Panel. Each of the rows or

schedules, up to 16 different listings, has its own unique schedule for configuration. Select the icon in the row corresponding to the schedule you wish to edit.

This panel provides configuration of the play schedule. In this panel you create timed events or scheduled playout of stream files. You can review the current schedule and make additions, deletions, or changes. You can completely clear the current schedule and build a new one or load a schedule from a CSV file. This section provides a description of the fields contained in the Scheduling Configuration Panel.

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. Add Event

Click icon to access Schedule Configuration Panel

Adds a timed event or stream (row) to the play list. When selected a Browse Files menu appears for file selection. File loads as a row into the schedule showing the default start date/time and file information.

B. Clear Old

Events

Click on icon to select

Clears all the events or playlist files that are prior to the system’s current date/time

C. Clear Schedule

Click on

icon

to select

Clears all events or playlist files from the schedule.

D. Upload Events

Click on

icon to

select

Provides selection of a CSV data file configured with matching date, time, file names, file duration data to directly populate Scheduling Configuration Panel field. See section 5.5.3.

E. Start Date

Click in field to select.Enter date or click on calender to select date.

Selects or enters a date in which the event/file is scheduled to play out

F. Start Time

Click in field to

Selects or enters a time within the scheduled day in which the event/file is scheduled to start playing out.

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select. Enter time.

scheduled time.

G. Time Slot

Duration

Click in field to select. Enter values to shorten or lengthen the duration

Defaults to the playout time of the selected file. Permits increasing or decreasing the time. If decreased, the playout ends prior to the end of the stream. If lengthened, the event or playout continues at the end of the stream

H. File Name

Not selectable

Indicates the name of the selected file within the play list of the schedule

I. File Length

Not Selectable

Indicates the play length or time duration of the play file listed

J. Delete

Click to delete the schedule

Deletes the schedule listing or row from the schedule

5.5.1 Scheduling Configuration Panel - Colors

The Schedule Panel provides background colors to supplement conditions or activities regarding the schedule. An active stream which is playing out is highlighted in green. A pink highlighted row indicates that this event is in conflict with another playout event. It is common for two rows to be highlighted pink when a schedule conflict exists.

The colors in the Schedule Panel are summarized in the following chart.

Background color

Button/Action

Dark Grey

Indicates a gap in the schedule and the gap playout stream specified

Red

Indicates a fault condition. A conflict in the times of the schedule between events. A missing or corrupt file. Scroll your mouse over red background listing for information on the conflict

Green

Indicates an active event in the schedule, this event or stream is currently playing out

Blue

Row is selected or highlighted

No color (While)

Indicates a normal listing or event in the schedule

Light Blue

Currently selected with Move Cursor

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5.5.2 Scheduling Configuration Panel – Moving Cursor

The Configuration panel provides a Moving Cursor in which to select and move a listed event within the schedule. Moving your mouse over a listed event or row highlights the event producing a cursor at the left of the listing.

The Moving Cursor is used to drag and drop a listed event to a time earlier or later in the schedule. To move a listed event, hoover your mouse over the Moving Cursor location at the left side of the listing, left mouse click on the Moving Cursor, drag your mouse moving the listing up or down in the listed schedule, and release the left mouse click to position the event at the new location in the schedule.

5.5.3 Scheduling Configuration Panel - Loading Event Lists

The Configuration Panel provides the ability to upload an event schedule that is created and/or edited in a spreadsheet. To upload a schedule of events, click on the icon at the

upper right of the display menu. Browse to the CSV file containing your schedule. Select and open the file to upload the listed events from the CSV file to the Schedule. Once in the schedule you can move or edit uploaded events.

When uploading events, the values in the CSV format must match the columns in the TSS 6220 schedule for date, time, duration, and file naming. File naming must accurately match file naming of play files. Below is a sample file showing CSV formatting.

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6 Delay Viewing Panel

The Delay Viewing Panel provides configuration and monitoring of the time shifted output(s) of the TSS 6220. The Time Delay feature’s primary application is for time-zone shifting. An input TS stream is configured for receive and sent to a record buffer. The buffered TS stream data is time stamped and after the specified delay is output to a specified physical port to a defined destination address/port.

The Delay feature of the TSS 6220 is an optional licensed feature. When licensed the Delay tab is present in the main menu and available for selection. Each delayed in-to-out line (Single Delay Line) is a licensed feature. Multiple single delay line licenses may be purchased as needed.

If a particular buffered input (Defined Delay) must have two or more different outputs with different delays, a Multi Transmit Delay License is needed. This enables multiple delay outputs with different defined delays and/or output ports and addresses. An instance of the Multi Transmit Delay License is needed for each of the delay lines in which multiple output delays are needed.

The following sections in this chapter describe configuration and monitoring menus for receive, buffering and outputting of the TS streams in the Delay function.

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6.1 Delay Panel Overview

The Delay Panel is used to add or create a delay line or path routing an input stream to a memory buffer and after the specified delay time routing it to an output. The TSS 6220 provides flexibility in setting up the receiver, buffer, delay, and output criteria. When a delay is created and defined, the information is shown in the Delay Panel. For each created delay, there is a row in the panel indicating the receive criteria, a row showing the buffer criteria, and a row indicating transmit or output criteria.

Depending on licensing, multiple delays may be created with unique inputs, delays and outputs. Also, multiple outputs are possible from a particular buffered input. The following diagram and descriptions provide an overview of the layout and fields common in the Delay Panel. The remainder of this chapter provides additional details of configuration menus, informational fields in the panel, and dropdown information menus.

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Select Delay

Click on this field to access the Delay feature

Provides access to the Delay feature and all configuration and monitoring menus. Delay license required.

B. Add Delay

Click this icon to

add a delay to an

output ethernet port

Provides access to menus to add and configure receive, buffer, and transmit criteria for the delay

C. Configure

Delay

Click this icon to

access control menus

Provides access to menus to setup/control receive, buffer and transmit criteria for the delay

D. Add Delay

Transmit

Click this icon

to add a delay

Adds a second transmit output for the existing delay, Requires Multi Transmit Delay license. This selection only available with feature license.

E. Delete Delay

Click on this

ito delete this delay

Removes the delay from the panel, stops input receive, buffering and transmit of this delay.

F. Show/Hide

Delay fields

Selectable, click on

the icon

Collapses the receive, buffer, transmit rows to not be visible in the panel. Expands to show receive, buffer, and transmit rows when collapsed

G. Receive

See section: 6.2

This row shows the receiver information for the Delay

H. Buffer Section

See section 6.3

This row shows the buffer information for the Delay

I. Transmit

section

See next section 6.4 for field descriptions

This row shows the transmit output information of the defined Delay

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6.2 Delay Panel – Receive Fields

The Delay Panel contains a row of information that is identified by a “Receive” indication. This row of information summarizes the configuration of the receiver for the created delay. The information in the fields indicate user settings that were specified when the Delay was added or created. See section 6.5.2 in this manual for setup of the Delay receive. The fields also indicate current status on the input stream and bitrate. The following information provides a description of each field in the Receive row.

Receive row field descriptions:

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Adds Status

Menu to Delay Panel

Click icon to add

dropdown menu

Adds a dropdown section to the Receive row showing additional Configuration & Status information. See section 6.7.

B. Receive

Not a selectable field

Identifies row as information relative to receive and input stream of the Delay

C. Physical Input

Ethernet Port

Not a selectable field

Indicates the user defined receive or destination input IP address and port

D. Input

Destination Address/Port

Not a selectable field

Indicates the user defined receive or destination input IP address and port

E. Input Bitrate

Not a selectable field

Indicates the incoming TS stream bitrate

F. Status

Indicator

Status Light, not

a selectable field

Red: No input stream, abnormal input or condition Green: Input active/enabled – input normal Gray: Input inactive/disabled – input not setup

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6.3 Delay – Buffer Information Fields

The Delay Panel contains a row of information that is identified by a “Buffer” indication. This row

of information summarizes the configuration of the Buffer for the created delay. The information in the fields indicate user settings that were specified when the Delay was added or created. See section 6.5.3 in this manual for setup of the Delay buffer. The row further indicates status information in regard to buffering the input stream. The following information provides a description of each field in the Receive row.

Buffer row field descriptions:

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Adds

Configuration Status Menu to Delay Panel

Click icon to add

dropdown menu

Adds a dropdown section to the Buffer row showing additional buffer configuration information. See section

6.8 for details

B. Buffer

Not a selectable field

Identifies row as information relative to receive buffer

C. Buffer state

Not a selectable field

Indicates the current state of the buffer Buffering: Building a buffer to specified time delay Normal Operation: – actively buffering delayed output

D. Extract File

Click on icon, provides an Extract Buffer to File menu

Provides a menu in which the time referenced stream data in the buffer memory can be named and extracted to a file

E. Buffer Time

Delay

Not a selectable field

Indicates when buffer is filling as moving blue filler, indicates time of data capture or delay time of buffer

F. Buffer Size

Not a selectable field

Indicates the buffer size as drive storage space being utilized

G. Status

Indicator

Status Light, not

a selectable field

Red: No output stream, abnormal output or condition Green: Input active/enabled – output normal Gray: Input inactive/disabled – output not setup

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6.4 Delay – Transmit Information Fields

The Delay Panel contains a row of information that is identified with a “Transmit” indicator. This row of information summarizes the configuration of the delayed transmit or output. The information in the fields indicate user settings that were specified when the Delay was added or created. See section 6.5.3 in this manual for setup of the Delay transmit criteria. The fields also indicate current status information of the delayed output. The following information provides a description of each field in the Transmit row.

Transmit row field descriptions:

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. Status &

Configuration

Click on this icon

Provides an added window showing Delay output status and configuration information. See section 6.9 for details.

B. Configuration

Menu Select

Click on this

icon

Provides configuration menus to define/modify the delay’s input receive, buffer and transmit criteria

C. Identifies

Transmit section

Not selectable, No action

Identifies the row as related to the delay’s output or transmit criteria

D. Physical

Connector/port

Not Selectable field, view only

Indicates the Physical Ethernet port specified in which the delay stream in the listed schedule will playout

E. IP Address/Port

Not Selectable field, view only

Indicates the destination IP address and port of delay output,

F. Original Time

Not Selectable field, view only

Provides reference of the original date and time that the delay is referenced. Time stamps of buffered data

G. Delete icon

Click to delete the schedule

Removes a schedule from the listed schedules

H. Total Port Bitrate

Indication

Not selectable, view only

Indicates Ethernet port bitrate of the delayed output TS streams

I. Status Indicator

Not Selectable

Indicates status of output: Gray: Inactive – output stopped, Green: Good active playout, Red: Playout fault or no output

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6.5 Delay – Adding or Creating a Delay Line

To create a new delay input to output line or path requires that you define receive, buffer and ouput parameters. To create a Delay click on the icon. This icon is located just below the Delay Control Panel heading. If you do not see this section, click on the Expand Panel icon located at the right. Note that this selection is available for each of the Delays that are available.

To add a delay requires that you configure general, receive, and output parameters. These parameters are found in General, Receive, and TxDelay menus that are available upon clicking the icon. The next sections describe these menus and their configuration. .

6.5.1 Add Delay – General Configuration

When clicking on the icon, the Add Delay menu is shown. There is a General, Receive, and Transmit (TxDelay) menus which are selected by clicking on the available tabs. The General configuration menu is shown by default. This menu provides alias naming and definition of the Gap Mode. Click on the Alias field and enter an alias name, if desired. This is not required as the application automatically assigns a name as an incrementing delay number.

The Gap Mode importantly defines what the output is when there is no output transport stream to output from the delay buffer. This occurs when the buffer is buffering and has not yet reached the specified delay time. It also occurs when the input TS stream is lost and the buffer streams out until it is depleted. It can also occur when bad data is contained in the buffer because of an input stream issue.

The Gap Mode user selections include: No Output, Null packets, Default File, and Live . The No Output setting would provide no output TS stream when a gap occurs. The Null Packets setting would fill the output ts stream with Null Packets when a gap occurs. A Live setting would route the input ts stream directly to the output bypassing the delay buffer when a gap occurs. When set to Default File, the Source field defines the TS transport stream that plays out during a gap. Click on the Browse tab and choose the stream to be the default file.

Setting

Range/Selections

Description

Stream – Alias

Value and or Letter Entry

Provides entry of alias to identify a delay. If no alias is entered, the TSS 6220 assigns a delay number.

GAP Mode

Click Dropdown – select from listed

Determines the output when a gap exists and there is no TS stream from the buffer. Selections include: Default File: Outputs choose TS file No Output: Outputs no output stream Null Packets: Outputs TS stream with null packets Live: Routes the input TS stream directly to output

Source

Not selectable

Indicates “No Source” when no file has been

selected. Indicates the selected file name when a file is selected.

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6.5.2 Add Delay – Receive Configuration

The Add Delay Receive menu provides configuration of the IP input used to receive the MPEG-IP unicast or multicast. The selected input TS stream is routed to the delay buffer. This section provides descriptions of the settings in this menu.

Configure the IP input to be active by setting the Receive field

to “Enabled.” Select the Physical Connector or Ethernet port

on the TSS 6220 to use as the receive port. Eth 0 and Eth 1 are available. If the added ethernet port hardware option is added to your TSS 6220, then eth 2 and eth 3 will be available in the dropdown.

Select the Mode of the receiver to be Unicast or Multicast. For unicast, specify the destination port in the Destination IP field. For Multicast, specify the Destination IP address, and Destination IP Port.

The IP configuration section further includes settings to provide IGMPv3 features. An IGMP filter may be implemented for use to specify the inclusion or exclusion of source addresses. The TSS 6220 is IGMPv3 compliant. IGMPv3 allows each steam to be seen by the network as relating to a unique source device with a unique IP address, port, and/or MAC address. IGMPv2 is used to join/leave multicast streams by default if no IGMP Filter addresses are entered in the Add IGMP Address section of the menu. If IGMP Filter Mode addresses are specified then IGMPv3 is automatically used.

Settings

Range

Description

IP Receive

Enable Disabled

This setting allows the user to enable or disable these input stream settings.

IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the stream record input is assigned

IP Mode

Multicast Unicast

Multicast setting allows the unit to receive multicast streams. Multicast streams originate from the IP range 224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255. Unicast allows the unit to receive unicast streams. Unicast streams originate directly from a source device.

Destination IP

Enter Value: 224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255

This address is the IP address the source device is sending to for a multi-cast. A unicast would use an IP address less than 224.0.0.0. This setting is only available when receiving a multicast stream. This address is the IP address the source device is sending to.

Destination Port

Enter Value: 0 – 65535

This is the UDP port the source device is sending to. This is the only setting required to receive a

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unicast stream.

IGMP Filter Mode

Settings: Select Include or Exclude

Used on networks supporting IGMPv3. If this setting is set to Exclude any streams originating from the user defined IP addresses will be rejected. If this setting is set to Include any streams originating from the user defined IP addresses will be received.

Add IGMP Address

Click in field - Enter IP address to include or exclude as per filter mode: Values: 0.0.0.0 – 255.255.255.255

Enter and list IP address of IGMPv3 to include or exclude as a filter setting.

Remove All

Click on icon

Removes or clears all the listed IGMPv3 address

6.5.3 Add Delay – Transmit Configuration

The Add Delay Transmit (Tx Delay) menu provides configuration of the Delay output. Click on the Tx Delay tab (Example: ). If licensed for multiple transmit outputs, more than one tab is shown with incrementing tab numbers. Select and configure each Transmit (Tx Delay) output.

Configure the delayed transmit output to be active by setting

the Transmit field to “Enabled.” Select the Physical

Connector or Ethernet port on the TSS 6220 to use as the receive port. Eth 0 and Eth 1 are available. If the added ethernet port hardware option is added to your TSS 6220, then eth 2 and eth 3 will be available in the dropdown. Note that the receive and transmit ports for the delay may be the same or different ports.

Select and enter the Destination IP and port values. For unicast, specify the destination port in the Destination IP field. For Multicast, specify the Destination IP address, and Destination IP Port.

The Tx Delay tab includes settings to define the TSS 6220 as a specific source device for IGMPv3. This allows each steam to be seen by the network as a unique source device with a unique IP address, and/or source port, and/or MAC address. This section provides descriptions of the settings.

When finished with all the selections in the General, Receive, and Tx Delay menus, click on the Apply box at the bottom to apply changes and create the delay. The delay is added to the Delay

Panel. You can access the configuration menus for changes by clicking on the cog wheel in the Transmit row of the created Delay.

Setting

Range

Description

Transmit

Selects Enabled or Disabled

Enable or disables the output stream and related menu settings.

Enabled: Source & Destination settings and output streaming is active

Disabled: Source & Destination settings and output

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streaming is inactive (off)

Delay (minutes)

Select – enter delay in minutes

Entry of the number of minutes the output is delayed in respect to the input. The time delay of the stream buffer

IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the transmit delay stream is assigned to output

Destination IP

224.0.0.0 –

239.255.255.255

This address is the IP address the source device is sending to for a multi-cast. A unicast would use an IP address less than 224.0.0.0.

Destination Port

0 – 65535

This is the UDP port the source device is sending to.

Source IP Mode

Select Auto or Manual

Provides entry of how the TSS 6220 communicates a source IP address

Auto: Allows TSS 6220 to automatically select and communicate the source IP address

Manual: Provides user entry of the source address

Source IP

Available for entry when Source IP Mode is set to Manual.

Provides entry of a Source IP address for the stream that is communicated by the TSS 6220

Source Port

Click up or down arrows to increment value shown. Click in field and enter value.

Range: 1030 to 65535

Specifies a value for the source port associated with the stream.

Source MAC Mode

Select Auto or Manual

In Auto, the TSS 6220 simulates a source device and creates and communicates a unique source MAC address for the stream. In Manual, a user Source MAC address can be entered.

Source MAC

Available when Source Mac Mode Manual - enter MAC address

Provides entry of a MAC address you want to specify as the Source MAC for the stream communicated by the TSS 6220

TS Packets Per IP Packet

Enter value 1 to 7, Default is 7

This setting determines the number of TS stream packets that are inserted into IP packets. 7 being the maximum and the typical setting. Lesser packets may be selected.

Encapsulation

Select UDP or RTP

Selects IP encapsulation to UDP or RTP

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6.6 Delay Buffer – Extract Buffer to File

The TSS 6220’s Delay feature has an active buffer receiving TS input data stream and outputting delayed TS stream data. The buffer contains an accumulation of TS captured data in a proprietary format that extends in duration slightly beyond the specified delay time(s). The incoming buffered TS data is time stamped according to its arrival time by the system clock. The TSS 6220 offers the ability to specify a time relative to the incoming time stamps and extract a duration of the TS captured data from the buffer to a memory file. The extracted transport stream data can be written to a file in a common .ts or .trp format.

In the Delay’s buffer section of the web GUI exists an Extract Buffer to File icon . It is located near the middle of the page in the Buffer section/row. Click on this icon to access the Extract Buffer to File menu. This section describes the Extract Buffer to File menu and how to extract the time stamped buffer data.

The Extract Delay Buffer to File Menu includes selection of a Start Extract Date and Start Extract Time. This date & time selection permits a user to specify a day and time of the original arrival time of the TS input data to the buffer. The selections must be a time which matches time stamps of data currently in the buffer. Click on the Start Extract Date field and enter a date. Or, click on the calendar icon and select a day. Click in the Start Extract Time field and edit or enter the extract time.

The data extraction requires a duration of time entry in the Extract Duration (minutes) field. Click in the field and enter a value, in minutes. Or click on the up and/or down arrows at the right of the field. The duration must not exceed time stamps currently in the buffer. Reference the time indicated by the Original Time field in the Transmit section and the Delay duration setting to determine applicable start and duration entries for extraction compatibility.

Extracted data is written to a file selected by clicking on the Browse icon and selecting a current file. Or, click on Browse and enter a new file name in the bottom field of the Browse Files menu.

Finally, click on the Extract To File icon at the bottom center of the menu to start the data extraction. A progress bar will indicate the process is being implemented. If time and duration entries are not found in the time stamped buffer data, a message will be presented. Upon conclusion of the extraction, a Buffer Extraction Success message appears. Click the OK field to acknowledge the extraction as completed.

Settings

Range

Description

Start Extract Date

Click on calendar icon select date, or

This setting (date) marks the day in which the buffer data is extracted from memory and written to a file. Note: The selected date is typically

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enter date infield YYYY,MM,DD

today’s date unless the delay is > 24 Hrs. The

day must be in current buffer data time stamps.

Start Extract Time

Click in field, Enter time

Entry references time stamp (hours, seconds) of data in the buffer in which the data extraction starts. Note: The time reference must be within current buffer.

Extract Duration (minutes)

Time

Field indicating the time duration of the data following the start extract time that is to be extracted and written to the file.

Extract File

Click field to go to Browse File menu. Select an existing file to overwrite. Or enter a file name at the bottom of the menu.

This is file name that the buffer data is extracted to. If “No Source” is shown you need to select an existing file to replace or create a new file.

Browse

Click on field

Takes you to the Browse Files menu. Enter a file for selection or entry of a file name, once a file is named or selected the file name is indicated in the Extract File field

Extract to File

Click on field to apply entries

Extracts the buffer data starting at the date/time referenced for the duration specified to the selected file name. Convert data to the file type specified.

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6.7 Delay Receive Status & Configuration - Information Menu

Each of the Delays in the Delay Panel includes in the Receive row an added Status and Configuration window. To access this window and add it to the panel, click on the icon at the

left of the Receive row. The Status and Configuration boxes are added to the Play Control Panel providing status and configuration details. Click on the icon at the same location to hide the

status and configuration information. Following is a description of the fields and information found in this Status and Configuration window.

The Sync Status, Packets Per Frame and Encapsulation fields provide information regarding the

incoming receive transport stream. Should the Sync Status indicate “Unlocked” check the IP

configuration settings and/or availability of the MPEG-IP stream.

Status Listing

Description

Sync Status

Indicates the source TS stream is being received and TS sync is established. Locked: Indicates receiving and locked to TS stream Sync

Packets Per Frame:

Indicates the TS packets per TS frame in the incoming TS stream

Encapsulation:

Indicates receive IP stream encapsulation, RTP, UDP

The Configuration part of the window provides information regarding the settings for the Delay input. The Configuration window also indicates the IGMP receive mode, unicast or multicast, along with IGMPv3 settings and filter addresses.

Configuration Listing

Description

Mode:

Indicates if input receive is configured as Unicast or Multicast

IGMP Mode:

Indicates Include or Exclude mode for IGMPv3 address entry

Add IGMP Filter

Indicates listed IGMP filter addresses to Exclude or Include for Source Specific IGMPv3

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6.8 Delay Buffer Configuration – Information Menu

In the Buffer section of each of the delays there is an added Configuration information window available. To access this window and add it to the panel, click on the icon at the left of the

Buffer section in the panel. The Configuration window is added to the Delay panel. Click on the

icon at the same location to hide the status and configuration information. Below is a

description of the information you will find in this information window.

The Configuration window includes information regarding the Gap Mode and Gap File. It further includes the Maximum Buffer Duration listed in minutes. Recall that the Gap Mode permits selection of what you want to be outputting when there is no TS stream available to output from the buffer. A transport stream file may be selected to output during a gap condition by setting the Gap Mode to Default File. A selected file for this is indicated in the Gap File field of the Configuration window.

Configuration Listing

Description

Gap Mode:

Indicates the Gap mode: Default File: Outputs selected TS file

No Output: Outputs no output stream Null Packets: Outputs TS stream with null packets Live: Routes the input TS stream directly to the Delay output

Gap File:

Indicates the ts file in which to play out when the Gap Mode is set to Default File and there is no TS data in the Buffer to output.

Maximum Buffer Duration (minutes)

Indicates the maximum Buffer time in minutes

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6.9 Delay Transmit Status – Information Menu

An added Status and Configuration window is available in the Transmit section of each of the delays listed in the Delay Panel. To access this window and add it to the panel for viewing, click

on the icon at the left of the Transmit row. The Status and Configuration boxes are added to the Play Control Panel providing status and configuration details. Click on the icon at the

same location to hide the status and configuration information. This section of the manual provides a description of the fields and information found in this Status and Configuration window.

The Status part of the window provides information regarding the Delay’s output status. It

includes an indication of its source IP address and its MAC address. It indicates if the output is in a unicast or multicast configuration status. It indicates a MAC address from a destination receiver if applicable.

Status Listing

Description

Source IP

Indicates the Source IP address

Source MAC

Indicates the Source MAC address,

Mode

Indicates Transmit IP mode, either Unicast or Multicast

Receiver MAC

Indicates a MAC address as indicated by a destination receiver

The Configuration part of the window provides information regarding the Delay’s transmit user settings selected in the TX Delay configuration menu. See section 6.5.3 in this manual.

Configuration Listing

Description

Source IP Mode:

Auto or Manual

Source Port

Indicates the port value selected

Source MAC Mode

Indicates Automatic or Manual as selected in the TX Delay setup menu.

TS Packets

Indicates the number of TS packets per IP packet as selected by the user in the TX Delay setup menu

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6.10 Multi Transmit Delay – Tx Delay 2 Configuration

The TSS 6220 can provide multiple transmit outputs from a Delay buffer. The added transmit output can specify a different delay time, a different physical output Ethernet port, and unique output address/port configurations. A Multi Transmit Delay License is needed to add this capability to the Delay feature. For each Delay that requires more than one output, an additional instance of a Multi Transmit Delay License is needed.

When the TSS 6220 contains Multi Transmit Delay licensing, after a Delay is added and shown in the Delay Panel, you will see an Add Delay Transmit icon. This icon is located

in the Delay Panel heading as illustrated below. Click on this icon to add a second transmit output to the existing Delay. This manual section describes the related settings and menus.

Upon clicking the Add Delay Transmit icon

, the Configure Delay menu appears. The menu now contains an additional tab in which to configure a 2nd delayed output (Example: Tx Delay 2). The TS 6220 adds tabs with incrementing Tx Delay numbers. The new Tx Delay tab is selected by default and provides configuration of the added delay’s output. The table below summarizes the available configuration settings.

When finished with all the selections in the added Tx Delay menu, click on the Apply box at the bottom to apply changes. The delay is added to the Delay Panel. You can access the configuration menus for changes by clicking on the cog

wheel in the Transmit row of the created Delay. It should be noted that the Delay time for the added Delay can be longer or shorter in duration

compared to the existing delay(s). If the delay is longer, upon adding the added delay, the TSS 6220 responds by adding more buffered data to extend the existing buffer time. The newly created delay will not output original delayed input TS stream unit the buffer has built up the needed buffered delay time. The Gap Mode determines the output of the TSS 6220 during this buffer build up delay.

Setting

Range

Description

Transmit

Selects Enabled or Disabled

Enable or disables the output stream and related menu settings.

Enabled: Source & Destination settings and output streaming is active

Disabled: Source & Destination settings and output streaming is inactive (off)

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Delay (minutes)

Select – enter delay in minutes

Entry of the number of minutes the output is delayed in respect to the input. The time delay of the stream buffer

IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the transmit delay stream is assigned to output

Destination IP

224.0.0.0 –

239.255.255.255

This address is the IP address the source device is sending to for a multi-cast. A unicast would use an IP address less than 224.0.0.0.

Destination Port

0 – 65535

This is the UDP port the source device is sending to.

Source IP Mode

Select Auto or Manual

Provides entry of how the TSS 6220 communicates a source IP address

Auto: Allows TSS 6220 to automatically select and communicate the source IP address

Manual: Provides user entry of the source address

Source IP

Available for entry when Source IP Mode is set to Manual.

Provides entry of a Source IP address for the stream that is communicated by the TSS 6220

Source Port

Click up or down arrows to increment value shown. Click in field and enter value.

Range: 1030 to 65535

Specifies a value for the source port associated with the stream.

Source MAC Mode

Select Auto or Manual

In Auto, the TSS 6220 simulates a source device and creates and communicates a unique source MAC address for the stream. In Manual, a user Source MAC address can be entered.

Source MAC

Available when Source Mac Mode Manual - enter MAC address

Provides entry of a MAC address you want to specify as the Source MAC for the stream communicated by the TSS 6220

TS Packets Per IP Packet

Enter value 1 to 7, Default is 7

This setting determines the number of TS stream packets that are inserted into IP packets. 7 being the maximum and the typical setting. Lesser packets may be selected.

Encapsulation

Select UDP or RTP

Selects IP encapsulation to UDP or RTP

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7 Disaster Recovery Viewing Panel

The Disaster Recovery Viewing Panel provides the capability to setup, control and monitor the Disaster Recovery capability offered by the TSS 6220. The Disaster Recovery feature receives and monitors a defined incoming transport stream. The input stream is buffered to memory storing a defined period of programming segments, typically a day or week. The Disaster Recovery feature serves as a programming backup. Upon the loss of the incoming stream, the stored memory is available to stream to the output.

The Disaster Recovery feature of the TSS 6220 is an optional licensed feature. The Disaster Recovery tab is only available when the feature is licensed. More than one license can be purchased if multiple disaster recovery output capabilities are needed. Options for increasing the hardware, memory storage drive, and redundancy RAID configuration capabilities are available to accommodate different requirements.

The following sections in this chapter describe configuration and monitoring menus for receive, buffering and outputting of the TS streams in the Delay function.

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7.1 Disaster Recovery Panel Overview

The TSS 6220 provides flexibility in setting up the receiver, buffer, and disaster recovery criteria Depending on licensing, more than one Disaster Recovery can be added and shown in the Disaster Recovery Panel. Each disaster recovery added has its unique user defined input, buffering, transmit, and disaster recovery management settings. Each disaster recovery added has its own section in the panel and is identified by a heading with incrementing identifying numbers Disaster Recovery 1, Disaster Recovery 2, etc.

For each Disaster Recovery in the panel, there is a row in the panel indicating the receive criteria, a row indicating buffer information and a row indicating Transmit or output information. The following diagram and descriptions provide an overview of the layout and fields common in the Disaster Recovery Panel. The remainder of this chapter provides additional details of configuration menus, informational fields in the panel, and dropdown information menus.

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Select

Disaster Recovery

Click on this field to access the Disaster Recovery feature

Provides access to the Disaster Recovery feature and all configuration and monitoring menus. Disaster Recovery license required.

B. Add Disaster

Recovery

Click this icon to

add a recovery to an

output ethernet port

Provides access to menus to add and configure receive, buffer, and transmit criteria for the disaster recovery

C. Configure

Disaster Recovery

Click this icon to

access control menus

Provides access to menus to setup/control receive, buffer and transmit criteria for the Disaster Recovery

D. Delete Delay

Click on this

ito delete this delay

Removes the recovery from the panel, stops input receive, buffering and transmit of this disaster recovery.

E. Show/Hide

Disaster Recovery fields

Selectable, click on

the icon

Collapses the receive, buffer, transmit rows to not be visible in the panel. When collapsed, it expands to show receive, buffer, and transmit rows

F. Receive

See section: 7.2.1 for

descriptions

This row shows the receiver information for the Disaster Recovery

G. Buffer Section

See section 7.2.2 for

descriptions

This row shows the buffer information for the Disaster Recovery

H. Transmit

section

See next section

7.2.3 for field descriptions

This row shows the transmit output information of the Disaster Recovery

BCE

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7.2 Disaster Recovery Panel Descriptions

The Disaster Recovery Panel contains three rows of information associated with an added Disaster Recovery. A top row is identified as receive information. A middle row identified as buffer information. A bottom row is identified as transmit information. This section provides descriptions of the information contained in these sections of the Disaster Recovery Panel. The next section in this chapter, Section 7.3, describes configuration settings which determine or impact the listed information described in the panel.

7.2.1 Disaster Recovery Panel – Receive Descriptions

The Disaster Recovery Panel contains a row of information that is identified by a “Receive”

indication. This row of information summarizes the configuration of the receiver for the added disaster recovery. The information in the fields indicate user settings that were specified when the disaster recovery was added or created. See section 7.3.1 and 7.3.2 in this manual for setup of the disaster recovery receive. The fields also indicate current status on the input stream and bitrate. The following information provides a description of each field in the Receive row.

Receive row field descriptions:

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Adds Status

Menu to Delay Panel

Click icon to add

dropdown menu

Adds a dropdown section to the Receive row showing additional Status information. See section 7.5.1.

B. Receive row

Not a selectable field

Identifies row as information relative to receive and input stream of the Delay

C. Physical Input

Ethernet Port

Not a selectable field

Indicates the user defined receive or destination input IP address and port

D. Input

Destination Address/Port

Not a selectable field

Indicates the user defined receive or destination input IP address and port

E. Input Bitrate

Not a selectable field

Indicates the incoming TS stream bitrate

F. Status

Indicator

Status Light, not

a selectable field

Red: No input stream, abnormal input or condition Green: Input active/enabled – input normal Gray: Input inactive/disabled – input not setup

CDBEF

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7.2.2 Disaster Recovery Panel – Buffer Descriptions

The Disaster Recovery Panel contains a row of information that is identified by a “Buffer” indication. This row of information summarizes the configuration of the Buffer for the created delay and disaster recovery mode. The information in the fields indicate user settings that were specified when the Disaster Recovery was added or created. See section 7.3.1 for setup of the Disaster Recovery buffer. The row further indicates status information in regard to buffering the input stream. The following information provides a description of each field in the Buffer row.

Buffer row field descriptions:

Item or Field

Button/Action

Description

A. Adds

Configuration Menu to Delay Panel

Click icon to add

dropdown menu

Adds a dropdown section to the Buffer row showing additional buffer configuration information. See section

7.5.2 for details

B. Start Disaster

Recovery Output

Click on icon to Start Disaster Recovery mode

Starts Disaster Recovery output mode, outputs buffered delayed stream, stops recording,

C. Stop Disaster

Recovery Output

Click on icon to exit the Disaster Recovery mode

Stops Disaster Recovery output mode, resumes input recording to buffer

D. Buffer Label

Not a selectable field

Identifies row as information relative to receive buffer

E. Buffer state

Not a selectable field

Indicates the current state of the buffer Buffering: Building a buffer to specified duration Normal Operation: – actively buffering delayed output Recovery: buffering disaster recovery output

F. Extract File

Click on icon, provides an Extract Buffer to File menu

Provides a menu in which the time referenced stream data in the buffer memory can be named and extracted to a file

G. Buffer Time

Delay

Not a selectable field

Indicates when buffer is filling as moving blue filler, indicates time of data capture or delay time of buffer

H. Buffer Size

Not a selectable field

Indicates the buffer size as drive storage space being utilized

I. Status

Indicator

Status Light, not

a selectable field

Red: No output stream, abnormal output or condition Green: Input active/enabled – output normal Gray: Input inactive/disabled – output not setup

ACEBGIFHD

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7.2.3 Disaster Recovery Panel – Transmit Descriptions

The Disaster Recovery Panel contains a row of information that is identified by a “Transmit” indication. This row of information summarizes the configuration of the delayed transmit or output. The information in the fields indicate user settings that were specified when the Disaster Recovery was created. See section 7.3.3 in this manual for setup of the Disaster Recovery transmit criteria. The fields also indicate current status of the delayed output or transmit. The following information provides a description of each field in the Transmit row.

Transmit row field descriptions:

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. Status &

Configuration

Click on this icon

Provides an added window showing Delay output status and configuration information. See section

7.5.3 for details.

B. Identifies

Transmit section

Not selectable, No action

Identifies the row as related to the delay’s output

C. Physical

Connector/port

Not Selectable

Indicates the Physical Ethernet port which the delay stream in the listed schedule will playout

D. IP Address/Port

Not Selectable

Indicates the destination IP address and port of delay output

E. Original Time

Not Selectable

Provides reference of the original date and time that the delay is referenced.

F. Total Port Bitrate

Indication

Not selectable, view only

Indicates Ethernet port bitrate of the delayed output TS streams

G. Status Indicator

Not Selectable

Indicates status of output: Gray: Inactive – output stopped, Green: Good active playout, Red: Playout fault or no output

CDBFG

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7.3 Adding & Configuring a Disaster Recovery

To add a Disaster Recovery which provides a new delay input to output line or path and disaster recovery mode in the event of an incoming stream failure/disaster, requires that you define receive, buffer and ouput parameters. To create a Disaster Recovery listing, click on the

icon. This icon is located just below the Disaster Recovery Panel heading. If you do not see this section, click on the Expand Panel icon located at the right. Note that this selection is available for each of the Disaster Recovery Control Panels that are available by licensing.

To add a delay requires that you configure general, receive, and output parameters. These parameters are found in General, Receive, and Transmit menus that are available upon clicking

the icon. The next sections describe these menus and their configuration.

7.3.1 Adding a Disaster Recovery – General Menu

When clicking on the icon, the Add Disaster Recovery menu is shown. There is a General, Receive, and Transmit menu which is selected by clicking on the available tabs. The General configuration menu is shown by default. This menu provides alias naming, recovery buffer and triggering criteria, and definition of the Gap Mode.

Click on the Alias field and enter an alias name, if desired. This is not required as the application automatically assigns a name as an incrementing Disaster Recovery number

The Recovery Buffer (days) field permits entry, or selection with the up and down arrow increments, of the days in the buffer. This is the duration of the stored or buffered input TS stream data. It also is the delay, in days specified, between the incoming TS stream data and the delayed output.

The Disaster Trigger Mode is set to either manual or automatic. The manual setting requires a user selection to start a Disaster Recovery mode or output. An auto setting directs the TSS 6220 to automatically start a Disaster Recovery mode output after the input TS stream is lost and after the specified user Trigger Delay (minutes) has elapsed. When the Disaster Trigger Mode is set to Auto, the Trigger Delay (minutes) field becomes available for entry or for selection of minutes by using the up and down arrow fields. The entry determines the time (minutes) in which the Disaster Trigger output mode waits for the incoming TS stream to return prior to implementing a Disaster Recovery mode output. If the incoming TS stream, remains missing for the duration of the minutes specified in the Trigger Delay (minutes) field, the Disaster Recovery mode is implemented.

The Gap Mode importantly defines what the output is when there is no output transport stream to output from the delay buffer. This occurs when the buffer is buffering and has not yet reached the specified delay time. This condition also occurs upon ending an active Disaster Recovery mode or output, as the buffer would need to catch up to the specified Recovery Buffer Days. A gap

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mode also occurs if buffer TS stream data is bad because of an input stream issue when recorded into the buffer.

The Gap Mode user selections include: No Output, Null packets, Default File, and Live. The No Output setting would provide no output TS stream when a gap occurs. The Null Packets setting would fill the output ts stream with Null Packets when a gap occurs. A Live setting would route the input ts stream directly to the output bypassing the delay buffer when a gap occurs. When set to Default File, the Source field defines the TS transport stream that plays out during a gap. Click on the Browse tab and choose the stream to be the default file.

Setting

Range/Selections

Description

Stream – Alias

Value and or Letter Entry

Provides entry of alias to identify a delay. If no alias is entered, the TSS 6220 assigns a delay number.

Recovery Buffer (days)

Enter value or click on up and down arrow fields to increment value

Provides entry of days. Defines the duration, in days, of the buffered memory size/duration of input TS stream data. Duration also is the delay between incoming TS stream and output when not in a Disaster Recovery mode.

Disaster Trigger Mode

Select to Manual or Auto

Manual: Auto:

Trigger Delay (minutes)

Enter value or click on up and down arrow fields to increment value

Provides entry of minutes. In Auto Disaster Trigger Mode - Defines the wait time (minutes) between when the input TS stream is lost (start of disaster) and when the output is replaced by the buffered TS stream data (Disaster Recovery Output started)

GAP Mode

Click Dropdown – select from listed

Source

Not selectable

Indicates “No Source” when no file has been

selected. Indicates the selected file name when a file is selected.

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7.3.2 Adding a Disaster Recovery – Receive Menu

The Add Disaster Recovery Receive menu provides configuration of the IP input used to receive the MPEG-IP unicast or multicast. The selected input TS stream is routed to the delay buffer. This section provides descriptions of the settings in this menu

Configure the IP input to be active by setting the

Receive field to “Enabled.” Select the Physical

Settings

Range

Description

IP Receive

Enable Disabled

This setting allows the user to enable or disable these input stream settings.

IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the stream input is assigned

IP Mode

Multicast Unicast

Destination IP

Enter Value: 224.0.0.0 – 239.255.255.255

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Destination Port

Enter Value: 0 – 65535

This is the UDP port the source device is sending to. This is the only setting required to receive a unicast stream.

IGMP Filter Mode

Settings: Select Include or Exclude

Add IGMP Address

Click in field - Enter IP address to include or exclude as per filter mode: Values: 0.0.0.0 – 255.255.255.255

Enter and list IP address of IGMPv3 to include or exclude as a filter setting.

Remove All

Click on icon

Removes or clears all the listed IGMPv3 address

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7.3.3 Adding a Disaster Recovery – Transmit Menu

The Add Disaster Recovery menu provides configuration of the Disaster Recovery delay output. Click on the Transmit tab to configure the output criteria of the Disaster Recovery output. This section describes the selections in the Transmit configuration menu.

Select the Physical Connector or Ethernet port on the TSS 6220 to use as the receive port. Eth 0 and Eth 1 are available. If the added ethernet port hardware option is added to your TSS 6220, then eth 2 and eth 3 will be available in the dropdown. Note that the receive and transmit ports for the delay may be the same or different ports.

Select and enter the Destination IP and port values. For unicast, specify the destination port in the Destination IP field. For Multicast, specify the Destination IP address, and Destination IP Port.

The Transmit tab includes settings to define the TSS 6220 as a specific source device for IGMPv3. This allows each steam to be seen by the network as a unique source device with a unique IP address, and/or source port, and/or MAC address. This section provides descriptions of the settings.

Setting

Range

Description

IP – Physical Connector

Selects eth0 or eth1, the standard Ethernet ports,

eth2 and eth3 available if TSS 6220 has added optional ports

Entry selects which of the available Ethernet ports on the TSS 6220 that the transmit delay stream is assigned to output

Destination IP

224.0.0.0 –

239.255.255.255

This address is the IP address the source device is sending to for a multi-cast. A unicast would use an IP address less than 224.0.0.0.

Destination Port

0 – 65535

This is the UDP port the source device is sending to.

Source IP Mode

Select Auto or Manual

Provides entry of how the TSS 6220 communicates a source IP address

Auto: Allows TSS 6220 to automatically select and communicate the source IP address

Manual: Provides user entry of the source address

Source IP

Available for entry when Source IP Mode is set to Manual.

Provides entry of a Source IP address for the stream that is communicated by the TSS 6220

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Source Port

Click up or down arrows to increment value shown. Click in field and enter value.

Range: 1030 to 65535

Specifies a value for the source port associated with the stream.

Source MAC Mode

Select Auto or Manual

In Auto, the TSS 6220 simulates a source device and creates and communicates a unique source MAC address for the stream. In Manual, a user Source MAC address can be entered.

Source MAC

Available when Source Mac Mode Manual - enter MAC address

Provides entry of a MAC address you want to specify as the Source MAC for the stream communicated by the TSS 6220

TS Packets Per IP Packet

Enter value 1 to 7, Default is 7

This setting determines the number of TS stream packets that are inserted into IP packets. 7 being the maximum and the typical setting. Lesser packets may be selected.

Encapsulation

Select UDP or RTP

Selects IP encapsulation to UDP or RTP

When finished with all the selections in the General, Receive, and Transmit menus, click on the Apply box at the bottom to apply changes and create the Disaster Recovery. The Disaster Recovery is added to the Disaster Recovery Panel. You can access the configuration menus for

changes by clicking on the

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7.4 Disaster Recovery Buffer – Extract Buffer to File

The TSS 6220’s Disaster Recovery feature has an active buffer receiving TS input data stream and outputting delayed TS stream data. The buffer contains an accumulation of TS captured data in a proprietary format that extends in duration slightly beyond the specified recovery/delay time(s). The incoming buffered TS data is time stamped according to its arrival time by the system clock. The TSS 6220 offers the ability to specify a time relative to the incoming time stamps and extract a duration of the TS captured data from the buffer to a memory file. The extracted transport stream data can be written to a file in a common .ts or .trp format.

The Extract Disaster Recovery Buffer To File Menu includes selection of a Start Extract Date and Start Extract Time. This date & time selection permits a user to specify a day and time of the original arrival time of the TS input data to the buffer. The selections must be a time which matches time stamps of data currently in the buffer. Click on the Start Extract Date field and enter a date. Or, click on the calendar icon and select a day. Click in the Start Extract Time field and edit or enter the extract time.

The data extraction requires a defined duration which is determined by an entry in the Extract Duration (minutes) field. Click in the field and enter a value, in minutes. Or click on the up and/or down arrows at the right of the field. The duration must not exceed time stamps currently in the buffer. Reference the time indicated by the Original Time field in the Transmit section and the Delay duration setting to determine applicable start and duration entries for extraction compatibility.

Extracted data is written to a file selected by clicking on the Browse icon and selecting a current file. Or, click on Browse and enter a new file name in the bottom field of the Browse Files menu.

Finally, click on the Extract To File icon at the bottom center of the menu to start the data extraction. A progress bar will indicate the process is being implemented. If time and duration entries are not found in the time stamped buffer data, a message will be displayed. Upon conclusion of the extraction, a Buffer Extraction Success message appears. Click the OK field to acknowledge the extraction as completed.

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Extract Disaster Recovery Buffer To File descriptions:

Settings

Range

Description

Start Extract Date

Click on calendar icon select date, or enter date infield YYYY,MM,DD

This setting (date) marks the day in which the buffer data is extracted from memory and written to a file. Note: The selected date is typically

today’s date unless the delay is > 24 Hrs. The

day must be in current buffer data time stamps.

Start Extract Time

Click in field, Enter time

Entry references time stamp (hours, seconds) of data in the buffer in which the data extraction starts. Note: The time reference must be within current buffer.

Extract Duration (minutes)

Time

Field indicating the time duration of the data following the start extract time that is to be extracted and written to the file.

Extract File

Click field to go to Browse File menu. Select an existing file to overwrite. Or enter a file name at the bottom of the menu.

This is file name that the buffer data is extracted to. If “No Source” is shown, you need to select an existing file to replace or create a new file.

Browse

Click on field

Takes you to the Browse Files menu. Enter a file for selection or entry of a file name, once a file is named or selected the file name is indicated in the Extract File field

Extract to File

Click on field to apply entries

Extracts the buffer data starting at the date/time referenced for the duration specified to the selected file name. Convert data to the file type specified.

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7.5 Disaster Recovery – Added Panel Status & Configuration Menus

Each of the Disaster Recovery listings in the Panel includes a Receive, Buffer and Transmit row. The information in each of these rows is a summary of the configuration settings and status of the receiver, buffer and outputs associated with the Disaster Recovery. Full information regarding

configuration and status is available by clicking on the icon at the left of each row. The following sections in this manual show these added dropdown panels and describe the information provided.

When each of the windows are expanded complete status and configuration information is shown for receive, buffer, and transmit sections. Click on the icon at the left of each row to collapse

the added status and configuration panel windows.

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7.5.1 Disaster Recovery Receive – Status Information Menu

Each of the Disaster Recovery listings in the Panel includes in the Receive row an added Status and Configuration window. To access this window and add it to the panel, click on the icon at

the left of the Receive row. The Status and Configuration boxes are added to the Play Control Panel providing status and configuration details. Click on the icon at the same location to hide

the status and configuration information. Following is a description of the fields and information found in this Status and Configuration window.

The Sync Status, Packets Per Frame and Encapsulation fields provide information regarding the

incoming receive transport stream. Should the Sync Status indicate “Unlocked” check the IP

configuration settings and/or availability of the MPEG-IP stream.

Status Listing

Description

Sync Status

Indicates the source TS stream is being received and TS sync is established. Locked: Indicates receiving and locked to TS stream Sync

Packets Per Frame:

Indicates the TS packets per TS frame in the incoming TS stream

Encapsulation:

Indicates receive IP stream encapsulation, RTP, UDP

The Configuration part of the window provides information regarding the settings for the Disaster Recovery input. The Configuration window also indicates the IGMP receive mode, unicast or multicast, along with IGMPv3 settings and filter addresses.

Configuration Listing

Description

Mode:

Indicates if input receive is configured as Unicast or Multicast

IGMP Mode:

Indicates Include or Exclude mode for IGMPv3 address entry

Add IGMP Filter

Indicates listed IGMP filter addresses to Exclude or Include for Source Specific IGMPv3

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7.5.2 Disaster Recovery Buffer – Configuration Menu

In the Buffer section of each of Disaster Recovery Panel listings there is an added Configuration information window available. To access this window and add it to the panel, click on the icon

at the left of the Buffer section in the panel. The Configuration window is added to the Delay panel. Click on the icon at the same location to hide the status and configuration information.

Below is a description of the information you will find in this information window.

The Configuration window includes the selected Recovery Buffer delay. This is the buffer size (delay) in days. It window indicates the selected Disaster Trigger Mode, either Manual or Automatic. If set to Auto mode, the selected delay time before the Disaster Recovery Mode is triggered is shown. The Configuration window also includes information regarding the Gap Mode and Gap File. It further includes the Maximum Buffer Duration listed in minutes. Recall that the Gap Mode permits selection of what you want to be outputting when there is no TS stream available to output from the buffer. A transport stream file may be selected to output during a gap condition by setting the Gap Mode to Default File. A selected file for this is indicated in the Gap File field of the Configuration window.

Configuration Listing

Description

Recovery Buffer (days)

Length of the buffer recording, in days

Disaster Trigger Mode

Manual: Disaster Recovery mode or playout is set to be activated manually by a user clicking on the icon

Automatic: Disaster Recovery mode or playout is set to be activated automatically when the input TS stream is lost for the time specified by the Trigger Delay (minutes) entry

Trigger Delay (minutes)

In Auto Disaster Trigger Mode - The delay in minutes after the incoming TS stream is lost before the Disaster Recovery mode or playout is activated

Gap Mode:

Indicates the Gap mode: Default File: Outputs selected TS file

No Output: Outputs no output stream Null Packets: Outputs TS stream with null packets Live: Routes the input TS stream directly to the Delay output

Gap File:

Indicates the ts file in which to play out when the Gap Mode is set to Default File and there is no TS data in the Buffer to output.

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7.5.3 Disaster Recovery Transmit – Status & Configuration Information Menu

An added Status and Configuration window is available in the Transmit section of each of the Disaster Recovery listings in the Panel. To access this window and add it to the panel for viewing,

click on the icon at the left of the Transmit row. The Status and Configuration boxes are added to the Panel providing status and configuration details. Click on the icon at the same

location to hide the status and configuration information. This section of the manual provides a description of the fields and information found in this Status and Configuration window.

The Status part of the window provides information regarding the Disaster Recovery output status. It includes an indication of its source IP address and its MAC address. It indicates if the output is in a unicast or multicast configuration status. It indicates a MAC address from a destination receiver if applicable.

Status Listing

Description

Source IP

Indicates the Source IP address

Source MAC

Indicates the Source MAC address,

Mode

Indicates Transmit IP mode, either Unicast or Multicast

Receiver MAC

Indicates a MAC address as indicated by a destination receiver

The Configuration part of the window provides information regarding the Disaster Recovery’s transmit user settings selected in the TX Disaster Recovery configuration menu. See section

7.3.3 in this manual.

Configuration Listing

Description

Source IP Mode:

Auto or Manual

Source Port

Indicates the port value selected

Source MAC Mode

Indicates Automatic or Manual as selected in the TX Disaster Recovery setup menu.

TS Packets

Indicates the number of TS packets per IP packet as selected by the user in the TX Disaster Recovery setup menu

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7.5 Understanding Disaster Recovery

Disaster Recovery provides a time delayed output in the event that a disaster occurs and the live input content is lost. The following provides more detail overviewing the Disaster Recovery feature to aid in understanding of how it works and how the panel indicators provide status information.

Disaster Recovery Explained: Buffering The Disaster Recovery feature receives an input TS that is user specified. The input TS is routed

to a record memory buffer. The size of the memory buffer is determined by a user entry of the buffer delay time in days. This is the Recovery Buffer (days) setting in the General menu. The recorded TS data is timed stamped with date/time information when recorded. After the buffer is initially filled with the specified day(s) of input TS stream data, it is maintained at this size. The buffer is continuously maintained in small segments. For example, after a new 1 minute segment is added to the buffer, the oldest 1 minute segment is deleted, keeping the buffer continuously updated and at the specified delay size (days).

In the process or adding a Disaster Recovery, after the Disaster Recovery is initially added and configured, the incoming TS stream begins to fill the record buffer, when this is occurring you see the time bar in the Buffer row filling and time incrementing toward the specified buffer time. While the buffer is filling there is no buffer data with the correct time stamps to correctly delay to the output. During this time the gap mode determines what if anything is output. The Transmit row shows the output criteria determined by the gap mode. For information on the gap mode see Section 7.3.1.

A full buffer is indicated by the blue gauge fully filled and the indicated time matching the buffer time delay setting. The Buffer size field indicates the memory size required determined by the incoming TS bit rate and buffer delay time.

Once the buffer is filled with input TS data per the specified day(s), the output becomes active by design norm. The output or transmit criteria is determined by entries in the Transmit setup menu. The output is continuously feed with the TS data that is delayed by the amount of time specified for the buffer, the Recovery Buffer (days) setting. The Disaster Recovery function serves as a delay TS signal path from a specified input to a specified output. This occurs normally while the Disaster Recovery feature is in a non-disaster mode constantly feeding a delayed output to downstream equipment. This condition is indicated by a “Normal Operation” indication in the state field of the Buffer.

Disaster Recovery Explained: In Disaster Mode

Once the buffer is filled and the delayed output is active in the Normal Operation state, the Disaster Recovery feature is ready to replace lost programming in the event the input TS stream

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is lost. The TSS 6220 provides input TS stream monitoring of the normal programming. In the event the incoming TS stream programming is lost, (Disaster!) the buffered data is ready and available to continue or maintain the output. This requires that the output be switched to a Disaster Recovery mode or output. This can be done manually or be setup for the Disaster Recovery feature to do automatically after a specified time elapses in which the input remains lost. The manual or auto mode is set in the Disaster Trigger Mode field of the General setup menu. The delay time waiting for the input TS stream to recover prior to automatically switching to the Disaster Recovery output is set in the Trigger Delay (minutes) field of the General setup menu. See section 7.3.1 in this manual for more details.

When the output is switched to a Disaster Recovery mode, either manually or when the auto criteria (minutes) elapses, the output is in the Disaster Recovery mode. This mode is indicated by

an “In Disaster” indication in the Buffer’s State field. In this state, the incoming buffer recording is

suspended. The TS stream data in the buffer is routed to the output. The timestamps of the buffered stream data is shown in the “Originally Aired” Transmit field. The output bit rate and green status further indicate a normal disaster mode output.

You can also launch into the Disaster Recovery mode manually by clicking on the Start Disaster icon located in the Buffer row of the recovery panel. When a Disaster Recovery mode is active, the Transmit row status light at the right remains green and the output bitrate indicates the output bitrate. The Originally Aired field in the Transmit row of information for the Disaster Recovery indicates the timestamped date/time of the buffered TS stream data which is being output. You can reference this date/time to determine at what time the original programming was buffered. Should the Disaster Recovery reach the end of the buffered memory, it loops to the beginning of the buffer and continues to output

When the Disaster Recovery becomes active it stops recording the input to the buffer. This is indicated by the grey (inactive) status indicator light in the Receive information row. The buffer

status indicator light turns red and the “State” field in the Buffer information row shows “In

Disaster.”

To manually end the Disaster Recovery output click on the Stop Disaster Recovery icon located next to the Start icon. This icon manually stops the Disaster Recovery mode playout from the buffer. You cannot end the Disaster Recovery automatically. Upon manually ending the Disaster Recovery mode, the buffer begins recording to recover the specified buffer time and programming delay. During this recovery time, the gap mode, as user defined, is active to the defined output.

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8 File Viewing Panel

The File Viewing Panel provides a convenient reference to view the media drive folders and files. It provides navigation to all directory levels. It provides information of each file including the naming, type, size, bitrate and duration information. This section describes the navigation tools and information provided.

The File Viewing Panel does not provide file or folder management. All folder and file management functions are performed using FTP or SMB. FTP or SMB provides file loading to the media drive, folder creation and naming. It provides file management including renaming, moving, and deletion. The next sections in this chapter describe how to access and use FTP and SMB.

File Viewing Panel Descriptions

The File Viewing Panel is structured much like that of a PC based file viewing application. It differs in the information provided regarding the file information providing information important to managing the TSS 6220’s output. The following chart provides details of the fields and features of this panel.

To view folders or files, click on the folder in the root directory. Or, you may click on the navigational icons to move back or up in the folders directory.

Item or Field Name

Button/Action

Description

A. Back

Click back icon

Moves back one level in the directory

B. Forward

Click forward icon

Moves forward in the directory level. When grayed out – the action is not available file

C. Up

Click Up Icon

Moves up in the directory. When grayed out the action is not available

D. Directory

Not selectable

Shows the selected file/folder hierarchy with left to right order

E. Refresh

Screen

Click on icon

Refreshes the page and contents

F. Search

Folder/File hierarchy

Enter text in the

field

Click on field – enter folder or file names to search the directory

B HD E F

KLG

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