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Digital Content Monitors

Sentry Verify • VNM-VER Data Sheet

Features & Benefits

Detect MPEG and IP Issues

Historical Reporting and Graphing

Triggered Alert Stream Capture

Real-time Detection and Alerting

Transport Stream Bandwidth Graphing

Program Group Bandwidth Graphing

Applications

Monitor Input to Hub Sites to Detect Issues during Transport

IP Video Network Impairment Analysis

QoS Monitoring

Digital Program Insertion

EBIF Monitoring

Sentry Verify monitors and validates MPEG Transport Stream quality
at hub sites as an int egral part of the source-to-edge monito ring
solution.

Sentry Verify™ enables video service providers to accurately determine the
health of the MPEG/IP transport network. Sentry Verify provides alerts and

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generates useful reports in the same fashion as Sentry

Verify detects subscriber-impacting events during MPEG-over-IP transport
and offers a historical database to assist with troubleshooting and trending
analyses.
to quickly identify and visualize issues as they arise. Sentry Verify is
specially designed for operational staff and is a cost-effective solution for
large-scale deployments to hub sites and other remote locations. It provides
necessary, accurate, and timely information to assist in the identification of
faults within the IP network and h as been integrated with industry-leading
managemen
analysis.

Sentry Ver
provides the most comprehensive 24/7 real-time monitoring system with
a 60-day historical database, executive reports, and trending analysis
capabilities. It can be easily integrated with Medius to provide a seamless
monitoring package.

Sentry Verify also offers a multiple alert-trigger capture capability

t solutions to accelerate troubleshooting and root-cause

ify is part of the S2E (Source-to-Edge) monitoring solution, which

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Data Sheet

Sentry Verify monitors and validates MPEG transport stream integrity and reports errors induced during video-over-IP transport. Typically operators use Sentry to validate the subjective
video and audio quality (QoE) of their digital content in the video headend and then use Sentry Verify to report on video-over-IP transport issues on the programs that are received
downstream at the hub sites.

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Digital Content Monitors — Sentry Verify • VNM-VER

Monitoring Ad Insertion.

Software Options

Ad Insertion (DPI)

Digital ad
offer advertisers market segmentation that broadcast networks cannot.
Maximizing this advantage requires integrating a complex system of ad
insertion technology into an exist ing network. Today, an average of 2%
of digital advertisements fail to air or air incorrectly due to scheduling,
insertion, and other errors. In addition, advertisements often suffer the
same audi
a result, mo nitoring and auditing capabilities are critical to successful a d
delivery. The Sentry suite of products provides the most complete digital ad
insertion monitoring solution by combining real-time monitoring and alerting
with historical aud iting across the entire channel lineup in all advertising
zones. The Sentry product line delivers extensive data that improves digital
ad insert
function of insertion technology by identifying and correcting system errors
when they occur. In addition, the ad insertion verification capability allows
ad sales groups to provide higher levels of customer service, res ulting in
greater revenue potential. Using the web-based interface you can monitor
digital ad insertion across your entire network. By strategically placing

insertion technology allows multichannel service providers to

o and video quality issues that plague regular programming. As

ion on any p latform, allowing engineering teams to ensure proper

Monitoring tru2way™/OCAP Carousels.

Sentry or S
alerted on all insertion opportunities network-wide, as well a s issues that
arise from problems.

entry Verify in each of your ad zones, you can monitor and be

Carousels tru2way / OCAP/MHP / DSM-CC

The OCAP Monitor is a tool for monitoring tru2way™/OCAP carousels.
Digital set-top boxes receive continuous delivery of applications and data
from the headend or uplink center. These data and applications are critical
for normal set-top box function and service delivery. With the advent of
tru2way™ (OCAP) and other carousels, multichannel service providers are

ing a vast array of complex, interactive services to their subscriber

introduc
base. M onitoring the carousel activity is essential to ensuring the quality
and consistency of experience for subscribers. Sentry Verify supplies
detailed reports of carousel performance and activity based on their
real-time behavior and data output. Service providers are able to identify
the root cause of errors and make necessary changes to eliminate issues
and guara
source and file structures and carou sel changes in real time while observing
streaming metrics such as cycle time, bandwidth utilization, and stream
packet continuity. Real-time alerting notifies users of critical situations,
enabling them to resolve issues such as outages, cycle-time fluctuations,
and unauthorized changes.

ntee rapid application deployment. The reports show detailed

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