User Manual
Release 02.22
Amethyst III
DTV Smart Switch
Edition A
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Contents
Preface .............................................................. 9
Chapter 1
Overview ......................................................... 15
Purpose .................................................................................. 16
Robust, Highly Configurable Testing........................................ 16
High-Density Switch................................................................... 17
ASI Switch.............................................................................. 17
IP Switch................................................................................. 18
DVB-T SFN Capability ................................................................ 19
DVB-T2 SFN Capability .............................................................. 19
Delay Compensation Capability................................................ 19
Configuration and Supervision................................................. 19
System Applications.............................................................. 20
Device Redundancy.................................................................... 20
Head-End Redundancy .............................................................. 22
Network Redundancy Application ............................................ 23
SFN Stream Redundancy .......................................................... 24
Main Features ........................................................................ 25
Chassis Description ............................................................... 26
Enclosure .................................................................................... 26
Front Panel.................................................................................. 26
Full Front Panel...................................................................... 26
Light Front Panel.................................................................... 32
Rear Panel................................................................................... 33
SMPTE 310M Mode............................................................... 33
GPI Connectors ...................................................................... 34
Free Voltage Contacts ........................................................... 37
Chapter 2
Installation and Startup .................................. 39
Unpacking .............................................................................. 40
Removing the Protective Film .............................................. 41
Installing the Device (Steps) ................................................. 41
Mounting in Rack................................................................... 42
Installation Requirements.......................................................... 42
Ventilation................................................................................... 42
Cabling ........................................................................................ 44
EMC Ground ............................................................................... 44
Powering Up .......................................................................... 45
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Warnings..................................................................................... 45
Power Supply and Protective Ground...................................... 45
Power Inlet ............................................................................. 45
Power Supply Cord(s) ........................................................... 45
Connecting AC Mains Power Supply Cords............................. 46
Installing a Java Runtime Environment on the PC ............ 47
Configuring Amethyst III ...................................................... 49
Using the Equipment Setup Application.................................. 51
Powering Off the Device ...................................................... 54
Connecting System I/O Ports............................................... 55
Powering Back On the Device.............................................. 56
Starting the Application ....................................................... 57
Chapter 3
Web Browser Interface .................................... 59
Reaching the GUI.................................................................. 60
GUI Overview........................................................................ 61
General Organization................................................................. 61
Customizing the Display............................................................ 62
Resizing the Columns............................................................ 62
Sorting Elements in Arrays................................................... 62
Commonly Used Elements........................................................ 62
Status Pictograms ................................................................. 62
Other Pictograms................................................................... 63
Tables ..................................................................................... 63
Configuration Panel ................................................................... 64
Configuration Tabs................................................................ 64
Customizing the Configuration Tabs’ Layout...................... 67
Views ...................................................................................... 68
Alarms Panel .............................................................................. 69
Status Bar ................................................................................... 70
Basic Settings........................................................................ 72
Creating a New Configuration................................................... 73
Setting the Input Parameters .................................................... 75
Setting the Switch Parameters.................................................. 77
Setting the Output Parameters ................................................. 80
Setting the GigE Interface Parameters (for IP Amethyst III) ... 83
Setting an IP Forwarding (for IP Amethyst III) ......................... 84
Adding a Forwarding Rule.................................................... 84
Defining a Destination Interface for a Forwarding Rule..... 85
Deleting a Forwarding Rule .................................................. 86
Editing a Tests Group ................................................................ 87
Getting an Overview of the Switches Status ........................... 89
Getting an Overview of the Quality of Service ........................ 90
Performing a Manual Switching ............................................... 91
Setting the Outputs for Monitoring .......................................... 93
Advanced Settings................................................................ 95
Setting Switches Association.................................................... 96
Switches Associations Concept ........................................... 96
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Switches Associations Configuration Principle .................. 96
Switches Associations Configuration .................................. 97
Examples of Switches Associations..................................... 99
Using the Time Delay and Synchronization Features........... 102
Performing a First Delay Compensation Setting .............. 103
Reading the Real Input Delay Value................................... 104
Searching the Real Input Delay Value................................ 105
Refining the Delay Settings Using Time Delay ................. 105
Checking that the Inputs are Synchronized....................... 106
Setting GPI and Relays ............................................................ 107
Setting GPI ........................................................................... 107
Setting Relays ...................................................................... 109
Setting the Automation ........................................................... 112
Principle................................................................................ 112
Creating a Schedule ............................................................ 113
Schedule Example............................................................... 114
Interface Description ........................................................... 116
Interface Configuration Items Description ............................. 117
Snapshot Panel.................................................................... 117
Switches View...................................................................... 122
Tests View ............................................................................ 133
GPIO View ............................................................................ 155
Switches Associations View ............................................... 156
Ethernet Interfaces View (IP Configurations Only) ........... 156
Forwarding Rules View (IP Configurations Only) ............. 158
Interface Supervision Items Description ................................ 161
Switches Tab........................................................................ 161
Outputs Tab.......................................................................... 165
Statistics Tab........................................................................ 167
Ethernet, FEC Tab ................................................................ 172
Tests Tab .............................................................................. 174
T2-MI Tab ............................................................................. 175
Automation Tab................................................................... 176
Chapter 4
Servicing ....................................................... 179
Installing Software Update ................................................. 180
Introduction .............................................................................. 180
Downloader Overview ............................................................. 180
Downloading a New Firmware ............................................... 181
Upgrading a License............................................................ 182
Cleaning Air Inlet Grill......................................................... 183
Replacing the Lithium Battery ............................................ 184
When to Change the Battery? ................................................. 184
Reference .................................................................................. 184
Safety ........................................................................................ 184
Step-by-Step Procedure........................................................... 185
Step 1: Removing the Cover............................................... 185
Step 2: Removing the Battery............................................. 185
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Step 3: Inserting the New Battery ...................................... 186
Step 4: Checking that the New Battery Works .................. 186
Chapter 5
Frequently Asked Questions ......................... 187
The ASI delay compensation does not lock.
What should I do?............................................................... 188
When I turn off my equipment the sessions stop to be
broadcast from Eth1 to Eth2, what should I do?.............. 189
My receiver equipment no longer receives a session
after a switch operation in Amethyst III. Why? ................ 191
My IP Amethyst III raises a "Reception overflow"
or "Transmission overflow" alarm. What should I do?.... 192
I want to configure a firewall on my supervision network. Which
TCP and UDP ports should I authorize?............................ 193
A FEC deactivation alarm is raised, what should I do?.... 193
In which cases is FEC deactivated?......................................... 193
What happens when FEC is deactivated? .............................. 193
How can I reactivate FEC? ....................................................... 194
Appendix A
Technical Specifications ............................... 195
Signal Processing ............................................................... 196
Physical Interfaces ................................................................... 196
ASI Interfaces....................................................................... 196
SMPTE 310M Interface........................................................ 197
Gigabit Ethernet Interface................................................... 197
GPI Inputs (Triggers) ........................................................... 201
Free Voltage Contacts (Relays)........................................... 202
Ethernet Control/Command................................................ 203
TR101.290 + Template Checking............................................. 203
Transport Stream Specifications ............................................ 205
TS Output ............................................................................. 206
Switches.................................................................................... 207
Delay Compensation ........................................................... 207
Switches Association .......................................................... 208
General Device Specifications ........................................... 209
Performances ........................................................................... 209
Input/Output Limitations.......................................................... 210
Other Limitations...................................................................... 211
Electrical Specifications........................................................... 212
Power Supply....................................................................... 212
Power Consumption............................................................ 212
Mechanical Features ................................................................ 213
Dimensions .......................................................................... 213
Weight .................................................................................. 214
Ventilation................................................................................. 214
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Reliability .................................................................................. 214
Standard Compliance.......................................................... 215
Safety and Electromagnetic Compatibility........................ 216
Environmental Specifications............................................. 218
Ordering Guide .................................................................... 219
Base Products........................................................................... 219
Interface Options...................................................................... 219
Software Options ..................................................................... 220
Switching Licenses................................................................... 220
Appendix B
SNMP Management ....................................... 221
Overview .............................................................................. 222
SNMP Access Rights and Community Strings.................. 223
Traps Description................................................................. 224
TRAP: AmethystTraps.supTrapAlarm(100)............................ 224
Reading the Commands in this Appendix......................... 226
Registering/Unregistering a Manager to Receive
the Traps .............................................................................. 227
Getting the Active Alarm List or the Closed Alarm List.... 228
Getting a Configuration and Modifying It.......................... 230
Getting a Configuration ........................................................... 230
Modifying and Reapplying the Configuration
to the Same Equipment........................................................... 231
Applying a Configuration from Equipment A
to Equipment B......................................................................... 232
Getting the Identifier of an Element................................... 234
Getting the Current Status of an Element ......................... 236
Getting Input Snapshot and Statistics ............................... 238
Input Snapshot: MIB Structure................................................ 238
Input Statistics: Bitrate Measurement .................................... 239
Dynamics of the System.......................................................... 241
Bit Rates Measurement....................................................... 241
Transport Stream Structure................................................ 242
MIB Description ................................................................... 243
Extracting Tables ................................................................. 248
Switching Between Inputs .................................................. 250
Selecting an Output Gigabit Ethernet Interface (IP only) . 251
Getting the Switch State ..................................................... 252
Checking If the Switch State Has Been Updated................... 252
Getting the Switch State.......................................................... 252
Setting Monitoring Outputs................................................ 255
Monitoring Tests.................................................................. 256
Reactivating the FEC Correction or Generation ................ 259
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Appendix C
Safety Instructions ....................................... 261
Safety Summary (English) ................................................ 262
Sicherheit - Überblick (Deutsch) ....................................... 266
Consignes de sécurité (Français) ...................................... 270
Safety Instructions for Finland, Norway, Sweden .......... 275
Appendix D
Regulatory Notices ....................................... 277
Appendix E
Customer Services ........................................ 279
Support Center Contacts.................................................... 280
Warranty.............................................................................. 281
Services ............................................................................... 281
Spare Parts .......................................................................... 282
Returning Equipment ......................................................... 282
Repackaging for Shipment ................................................ 282
Long Term Product Support .............................................. 283
Recycling the Product......................................................... 283
Appendix F
Alarms ........................................................... 285
Glossary ........................................................ 295
Index ............................................................. 303
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Standard Documentation Set
The Amethyst III documentation set consists of:
A User Manual
A Quick Start Guide
The Amethyst III User Manual contains background information about
Amethyst III DTV Smart Switch, and describes operating procedures.
the
This manual can
enh
ancing your basic knowledge of the product.
The Amethyst III Quick Start Guide contains information about installing
configuring the equipment.
and
be used while learning about Amethyst III, and for
Preface
Software Version
This manual covers the functionality of the software version 02.22 and
higher of the Amethyst III DTV Smart Switch.
This manual continues to be relevant to subseq
where the functionality of the equipment has not changed. When a new
software version changes the functionality of the product, a new version
of this manual is provided.
About this Manual
This manual is written for operators of the Amethyst III DTV Smart
Switch.
uent software versions
This manual should be kept in a safe place for reference for the life
time of the equipment. If passing the equipment to a third party,
please ensure to pass all relevant documentation including this
manual.
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Preface — About this Manual
The manual is organized into the following chapters and appendices:
Table 3-1. Manual organization
Chapter/
Appendix
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Chapter
Appendix
1
2 ’Installation and
3 ’Web Browser
4 ’Servicing’
5 ’Frequently Asked
Title Description
’
’Overview’
Startup’
Interface’
Questions’
A ’Technical
Specifications’
Gives a general description of the equipment and its
main features. It also identifies the controls,
indicators and connectors on the front and rear
panels.
Provides the procedures required for device
installation and initial configuration and describes
how to connect the device to other devices in your
system.
Details how to use the Web Browser Graphical User
Interface to configure the equipment.
Describes how to upgrade the product software and
gives some recommendations for replacing the
lithium battery (only if necessary) and cleaning the
air inlet grill.
Helps you to solve some issues.
Gives information on signal processing and device
specifications. It also provides standard compliance,
declarations of conformity, and an ordering guide.
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
B ’SNMP Management’
C ’Safety Instructions’
D ’Regulatory Notices’
E ’Customer Services’
F ’Alarms’
’Glossary’
Explains how to set the SNMP community string and
the access rights. It also describes the MIB used to
configure and monitor the equipment.
Gives instructions related to risk of fire, electric
shock or injury to persons. This important section is
available in English, German and French versions.
Provides device compliances regarding FCC
emission control, Canadian EMC compliance,
EN55022 Class A recommendations, VCCI Class A
recommendations and Laser compliance.
Indicates what you should do if you have a problem
with equipment, whether you need to repair it, to
return it or to dispose of it.
Gives the list of alarms which can be visible in the
Alarm panel. For each alarm are given the identifier,
the name, the text and the severity.
Includes uncommon or specialized terms within that
manual with the definitions for those terms.
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Preface — Conventions Used in This Manual
Conventions Used in This Manual
Warnings, Cautions and Notes
Heed Warnings
All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions should be
adhered to. The manufacturer cannot be held responsible for injuries or
damages where warnings and cautions have been ignored or taken
lightly.
Read Instructions
All the safety and operating instructions should be read before this
product is operated.
Follow Instructions
All operating and use instructions should be followed.
Terms in this Manual
Safety-related statements appear in this manual in the following form:
Warning statements identify conditions or practices
that may result in personal injury or loss of life.
Caution statements identify conditions or practices that may result in
damage to equipment or other property, or which may cause
equipment crucial to your business environment to become
temporarily non-operational.
Notes provides supplementary information. They are highlighted for
emphasis, as in this example, and are placed immediately after the
relevant text.
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Preface — Documentation Feedback
Formatting
Naming conventions for the interface elements and Windows elements
in this manual follow the Microsoft Manual of Style, Third Edition.
Naming conventions for MPEG-2, ATSC, and DVB structures follow the
conventions derived from the standards documents listed in
Appendix A ’Technical Specifications’
formatting conventions apply to this manual:
Pale blue text refers to specific interface elements that you are
instructed to select, click, or clear.
Example: “Select Settings from the Configuration menu”.
Blue text refers to document names, sections, figures or tables.
Example: “Refer to Section ’Warnings, Cautions and Notes’ on
page 13 for more information”.
Mono-spaced
Text you enter from a keyboard
text can indicate the following:
. In addition, the following
Example: “Enter
administrator
Paths to components on your hard drive
Example: “The MIB is at the following location:
Documentation Feedback
We are taking great care of our publications. Please help us to improve it
by sending your feedback with the reference of the manual at the email
address:
Email: techpubs@thomson-networks.com
Important Notice
Thomson Video Networks reserves the right to make corrections,
modifications, enhancements, improvements and other changes to its
products or services at any time and to discontinue any product or
service without notice.
administrator
for your password”.
for your login and
C:\MIB”.
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Trademarks
Copyrights
Preface — Trademarks
Amethyst III is a trademark of Thomson.
All other tradenames referenced are service marks, trademarks, or
registered trademarks of their respective companies.
© Copyright 2015 Thomson Video Networks. All rights reserved.
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Chapter 1
Overview
Introduction
This chapter gives a general description of the equipment and its main
features. It also identifies the controls, indicators and connectors on the
front and rear panels.
Content of this Chapter
’Purpose’
’System Applications’
’Main Features’
’Chassis Description’
.......................................................................................page 16
............................................................................page 25
.................................................................page 20
...................................................................page 26
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Chapter 1 ’Overview’ — Purpose
Purpose
Amethyst III offers the utmost in performance, flexibility, high-density,
and delay capability to increase the robustness and maximize uptime of
your broadcast and transmission chains—and ensure that your MPEG-2
transport stream (ATSC or DVB) can be properly secured.
Figure 1-1. High-density and delay compensation
Available with Gigabit Ethernet interfaces or ASI interfaces, Amethyst III
is perfectly suitable for any type of architecture: new IP-centric networks
as well as widely deployed ASI based head-ends.
To maximize service availability, Amethyst III is equipped with dual
power supply/pl
configurable bypass mechanism on Gigabit Ethernet and ASI interfaces,
even in case of power failure.
ugs and maintains service delivery thanks to a smart and
Robust, Highly Configurable Testing
Amethyst III supports a variety of tests depending on your requirements.
You can individually select and configure these tests through an
easy-to-use graphical user interface. For example, it is easy to select and
set error severity criteria as well as a persistence time to avoid unwanted
switching when transitory events occur. Amethyst III supports TR 101 290
tes
ts (Priority 1/2/3), which enable a complete health-status check of your
digital DVB network. It also supports testing and monitoring models that
provide the same level of comprehensive information for ATSC
environments. To improve redundancy, template checking of expected
packet IDs, rate limits, and/or scrambling status of various critical
program components is available. For DVB-T systems, it also performs
relevant measurements on MIP packets.
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Amethyst III
(ASI Interfaces)
2 x [1 + 1] switches
2 redundancy groups
Main
Backup
Main
Backup
ASI In 1
ASI In 2
Switch 1
ASI Out 1
(secured)
ASI Out 2
(monitoring)
ASI In 3
ASI In 4
Switch 2
ASI Out 3
(secured)
ASI Out 4
(monitoring)
TS1
TS1'
TS2
TS2'
High-Density Switch
Providing up to four 1+1 ASI switches or eight 1 + 1 IP switch in 1RU,
Amethyst III monitors and performs all the configured tests
simultaneously
ASI Switch
Figure 1-2. System application: 2 [1 + 1] ASI single-output devices redundancy
on each input.
Figure 1-3. TS over ASI inputs and outputs
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Main
Backup
1 + 1 redundancy group
n TS over IP
(n = 3 here)
Streamers,
Splicers,
SI Generators
n TS over IP
(n = 3 here)
Amethyst III
(Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces)
3 x [1 + 1] switches
Eth3
3 TS over IP
Eth1
3 TS over IP
Eth2
3 TS over IP
Switch 1
Switch 2
Switch 3
T
S
1
o
I
P
T
S
2
o
I
P
T
S
3
o
I
P
T
S
1
'
o
I
P
T
S
2
'
o
I
P
T
S
3
'
o
I
P
IP Switch
Figure 1-4. System application: [1 + 1] IP multi-output devices redundancy (3-output
device here)
Figure 1-5. TS over IP - Example with 3 TS over IP
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DVB-T SFN Capability
Amethyst III ASI provides smart redundancy switch for DVB-T terrestrial
networks, that is, seamless switching support for:
Transport streams with MIP from NetProcessor SFN adapters
Transport streams with MIP (duplicated signal) transmitted over two
separate paths (delay compensation required)
Amethyst III realigns the transport streams according to MIP and
preserves the structure of DVB-T megaframes on its output in case of
switching. Service outage caused by DVB-T modulator is avoided.
Perfectly combined with the NetProcessor, Amethyst
four independent (or combined) switches in 1-RU.
III supports up to
DVB-T2 SFN Capability
Amethyst III ASI provides smart redundancy switch for DVB-T2 terrestrial
networks, that is, seamless switching support for:
T2-MI streams from NetProcessor T2 gateways (v04.70 or upper)
T2-MI streams (duplicated signal) transmitted over two separate paths
(delay compensation required)
Amethyst III realigns the T2-MI streams and preserves the structure and
timestamp on its output in case of switching. Service outage caused by
DVB-T2 modulator is avoided. Perfectly combined with the NetProcessor,
Amethyst
switches in 1-RU.
III supports up to four independent (or combined) T2-MI
Delay Compensation Capability
Amethyst III also offers delay compensation capability by simultaneously
analyzing delayed (from several milliseconds to several seconds) input
streams. If one input is detected as being corrupted, Amethyst
compensates the time difference and switches seamlessly to the other,
uncorrupted stream without any disturbance to end users. Typical
applications include network distribution redundancy.
Configuration and Supervision
III
Amethyst III has an embedded Ethernet 10/100Base-T port and contains
a fully configured Web server that you can access remotely through any
standard browser for equipment control and supervision. It also provides
a complete display of switching configurations along with easy-to-read
input/output status information, error-log data, and bit rate graphics. The
Amethyst
applications.
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III embeds an SNMP agent for centralized management
Chapter 1 ’Overview’ — System Applications
System Applications
Amethyst III is intended to protect Digital TV network, for applications
requiring fast and efficient 1 + 1 Transport Stream redundancy in various
architecture models:
Full ASI architectures
Full IP architectures
Device Redundancy
Amethyst III can protect:
ASI single- or multi-output devices.
Up to 4 [1 + 1] ASI Inputs can be managed.
Figure 1-6. System application: up to 4 [1 + 1] ASI single-output devices redundancy
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Figure 1-7. System application: [1 + 1] ASI 4-output devices redundancy
IP single- or multi-output devices.
Up to 8 [1 + 1] IP sessions can be managed.
Figure 1-8. System application: up to 8 [1 + 1] IP single-output devices redundancy
Figure 1-9. System application: [1 + 1] IP multi-output devices redundancy (4-output
device here)
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Chapter 1 ’Overview’ — System Applications
Head-End Redundancy
Head-End redundancy is similar to device redundancy where
multiplexers are the devices to be secured.
Figure 1-10. System application: Head-End redundancy (ASI)
Figure 1-11. System application: Head-End redundancy (IP)
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Network Redundancy Application
The stream is duplicated for redundancy purposes and is conveyed by
two paths, one being more direct than the other one.
Figure 1-12. System application: network redundancy
For instance, on
path #1 than by path #2. Consequently, the second stream arrives later
n the first one.
tha
In this case, Amethyst III’s time delay feature lets you apply a delay on
input 1 (path #1). Secondly, the delay compensati
resynchronize the two streams. Stream conveyed by path #1 is thus
ayed to be synchronized with the stream of path #2. In this case,
del
sync
hronization is made on a user-defined PID (e.g.: PAT with PID=0).
Figure 1-12
, the stream is conveyed more quickly by
on feature lets you
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SFN Stream Redundancy
Figure 1-13. System overview: DVB-T/T2 SFN stream redundancy (ASI only)
For SFN systems in DVB-T/T2, it is imperative that the terrestrial
transmitters broadcast:
The same signal
On the same cell
At the same frequency
At the same time
To do so in DVB-T, Amethyst III uses the signaling information present in
the transpor
t stream, namely the Megaframe Initialization Packets (MIP),
which are generated by the SFN adapters in the head-end.
When redunding 1+1 SFN adapters, it is necessary to preserve the M
IP
positioning when switching from one piece of equipment to another.
Amethyst III is able to realign two streams
originating from two
Thomson Video Networks NetProcessor SFN adapters by using the PID
of the MIP (PID=21).
To do so in DVB-T2, Amethyst III realigns the T2-MI streams present in
the tra
nsport stream. The T2-MI streams host DVB-T2 frames data and
various parameters (signaling, transmission and synchronization).
When redunding 1+1 T2 gateways, it is necessary to preserve the T2-MI
struc
ture and timestamp. Amethyst III is able to realign tw
o streams
originating from two Thomson Video Networks NetProcessor T2
gateways.
In both DVB-T/T2 architectures, Amethyst III guarantees the broadcasting
contin
uity, as the terrestrial transmitters detect no discontinuity when
switching from a piece equipment to another. Service outage caused by
the modulators resynchronization (up to 30 seconds) is avoided.
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Main Features
Chapter 1 ’Overview’ — Main Features
Smart 1+1 TS redundancy switch
Standalone equipment
Dense switching in 1RU
Up to four ASI switches
Up to eight TS over IP switches
Delay compensation
Bypass on ASI outputs and Gigabit Ethernet ports
Dual power supplies with dual power feeds
Seamless switch at TS packet level
To ensure 24/7 services availability
To avoid blackout
To preserve DVB-T/T2 SFN streams delivered by Thomson Video
Networks NetProcessor
Multiple standards: DVB and ATSC
TR101290 Priority 1/2/3 analyses
Template checking for stream content matches
Four configurable contact-closure alarms
Intuitive and easy to use Web GUI
Embedded SNMP agent
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Chapter 1 ’Overview’ — Chassis Description
LCD
Screen
Function
buttons
Navigation
buttons
Numerical
keypad
LED panel
Chassis Description
Enclosure
The enclosure is 1U height and can be freestanding or mounted in a
19-inch rack. All inputs and outputs are via rear panel connectors.
Front Panel
Amethyst III
(AMETH3-1U-2AC-LITE Base unit)
Base unit can be supplied with a light front panel
or a full front panel
(AMETH3-1U-2AC-FULL
Base unit).
Full Front Panel
The full front panel display and navigation keys are used as a local
control method to set up the Amethyst III. They can also be used as a
qui
ck method for accessing the status of the equipment.
Figure 1-14. Amethyst III full front panel
The front panel features the following items:
LCD screen: to perform basic configuration and supervision
Function buttons (F1 to F6): to switch from one screen view to another
Navigation buttons: to browse the screens
Numerical keypad: to set new values in the configuration panel
LED panel: to inform you on Amethyst III’s general state. It features the
following LEDs:
App.
: indicates if there is a problem in the way the equipment is
used.
Syst.
: indicates if there is a failure on the equipment.
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Fan/T°
: indicates the status of the fans and the temperature
status. If there is a problem, the buzzer is actioned in addition to
the LED.
Power
: indicates the power status. It is red if one of the power
supply is out of order or if one power cable is unplugged.
Swi.[x]
: reflects the current status of each switch:
- Swi1: reflects the current status of the first switch.
- Swi2: reflects the current status of the second switch.
- Swi3: reflects the current status of the third switch.
- Swi4+: reflects the current status of the fourth switch and
the additional switches, if any.
Refer to page 162 for more information on the way the status of
a switch is defined.
Buzzer: to inform you on a temperature problem
The keypad is based on a cap-sense technology. It is not necessary to
press hard the keys, you just have to touch them.
A small LED located between the function and navigation buttons is lit
each time you press a key. This indicates that the command has been
taken into account.
Setting the Backlight
Click
Shift+F1
Off after 3 min. (advised)
Always on
to access the backlight configuration. The value can be:
Press OK to validate or C to exit the configuration without applying it.
Setting the Contrast
Click
Shift+F3
to set the contrast. This setting is automatic.
Locking/Unlocking the Keyboard
Press
Shift + OK
to lock or unlock the keyboard.
Using the Keypad
Up/Down arrow keys
Move highlighting cursor up and down in the menu or in a list
of items.
Increase/decrease an elementary value (cipher or letter):
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-
When editing a string, allows selecting a letter and special
char of the alphabet.
-
When editing a number, allows selecting a cipher.
Select previous/following item in a popup box.
Left/right arrow keys
Anywhere in the main menu, left key drives to first item, right
key drives to last item,.
Move highlighting cursor left and right in a list of items or in a
multiple char string.
Select previous/following item in a popup box.
OK key
When pressed once on a main menu item, expands the menu;
when pressed again, collapses the menu.
When pressed on a modifiable field (and selection mode is
active), edits this field.
When pressed on an edited field, leaves the last value entered
and comes back to selection mode.
Selects the highlighted item of a popup box.
C key
It lets you switch to the edition mode.
0-9 keys
When in edition mode, they allow entering the corresponding cipher
(
easier then up/down keys).
Shift/menu
When editing a string value, it allows selecting upper/lower case.
F1-F6: Function Buttons
The Function buttons (F1, F2, F3, F4, F5 or F6) provide you with the
following information:
F1
: information on the inputs and outputs
F2
: list of active alarms
F3
: list of closed alarms
F4
: IP settings
F5
: general settings
F6
: information on the product
The upper line of the LCD screen provides advice on the keys to use.
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F1: Information on the Inputs and Outputs
Figure 1-15. F1 and its corresponding screen
The F1 screen provides you with an at-a-glance overview of the inputs
status, and lets you modify the outputs content.
F2: List of Active Alarms
Figure 1-16. F2 and its corresponding screen
F3: List of Closed Alarms
Figure 1-17. F3 and its corresponding screen
F4: IP Settings
Figure 1-18. F4 and its corresponding screen
The F4 screen menu is as follows:
IP settings: LAN 1
-
IP address 0.0.0.0
-
Subnet mask 0.0.0.0
-
Default gateway 0.0.0.0
F4
To modify a parameter from the
edition mode. Once you have made modifications, you can press
save them or
When the
performed, any press on
F2
to cancel them.
F4
screen is displayed and some modification has been
F1, F2
screen, press the C key to enter the
F1
to
or F3 opens a popup box asking a
confirmation of operation.
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F5: General Settings
Figure 1-19. F5 and its corresponding screen
The F5 screen contains:
Identity settings
-
Equipment name “name”
Interfaces
-
Interfaces type ASI/SMPTE 310M
Available only on a single switch platform in ATSC mode. Modifying
the interface type implies a reboot of the equipment.
SNMP settings
-
Read community “community name”
-
Read/Write community “community name”
-
New trap IP address 0.0.0.0
-
Access list mode Inactive/Active
Date and time settings
-
UTC date and time mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
-
Local time offset hh:mm
-
Use daylight savings No/Yes
-
DST start date & time mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
-
DST end date & time mm/dd/yy hh:mm:ss
-
DST offset hh:mm
Clock settings
-
Source None/NTP/TDT/TOT/STT
-
NTP server IP address 0.0.0.0
-
Input ASI 1…ASI 8
Configuration management
-
Current configuration "configuration name"
Access rights management
-
Protect access No/Yes
-
Password "password"
-
Modify configuration Protected/Allowed
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Apply configuration Protected/Allowed
-
Remove configuration Protected/Allowed
-
Modify automation Protected/Allowed
-
Delete closed alarms Protected/Allowed
-
Manual switch Protected/Allowed
-
Monitoring output selectionProtected/Allowed
-
Reset monitoring counters Protected/Allowed
-
Set maintenance mode Protected/Allowed
-
Set FEC activation Protected/Allowed
Relays management
-
Relay 1 In configuration/Power
-
Relay 2 In configuration/Error
-
Relay 3 In configuration/Warning
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As relay 4 is always defined in the configuration, it does not appear
on the front panel.
Commands
-
Reboot equipment No/Yes
-
Delete equipment data No/Yes
-
Delete closed alarms No/Yes
-
Maintenance mode Off/On
-
FEC activation Deactivated/Activated
To modify a parameter from the
F5
screen, press the C key to enter the
edition mode. Once you have made modifications, you can press
F2
save them or
to cancel them.
F1
to
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LED panel
F6: Information on the Product
Figure 1-20. F6 and its corresponding screen
The F6 screen contains the following information:
Commercial reference
Part number
Serial number
Version number
Temperature
Light Front Panel
The light front panel features no screen, no button, and no buzzer. It
features only the LED panel which provides a visual indication of overall
device operation.
Figure 1-21. Amethyst III light front panel
The front panel only features a LED panel, to inform you on Amethyst III’s
general state. The LED are described above in the
Panel’
on page 26.
Section ’Full Front
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ASI outputs 1 to 4
Free voltage
contacts
Compact
Flash drive
Ethernet
supervision port
ASI outputs 5 to 8
ASI inputs 1 to 4
ASI inputs 5 to 8
GPI inputs
1 & 2
GPI inputs
3 to 6
Power supply
connectors
PSU1PSU2
Ethernet inputs 1 to 4
Free voltage
contacts
Compact
Flash drive
Ethernet
supervision port
GPI inputs
1 & 2
GPI inputs
3 to 6
Power supply
connectors
PSU1PSU2
Rear Panel
Amethyst III provides connectors at the rear panel.
Figure 1-22. Rear panel of ASI Amethyst III equipped with two ASI boards
The ASI chassis may include one or two ASI boards (1 board = 4 inputs +
4 outputs).
ASI outputs 1, 3, 5 and 7 are smart-secured: a bypass allows having a
signal ev
en when the equipment is off.
Figure 1-23. Rear panel of IP Amethyst III equipped with one Gigabit Ethernet board
Hybrid configuration (i.e. one ASI board + one Gigabit Ethernet
board) is not supported.
SMPTE 310M Mode
On an ATSC single switch with an ASI board, the interfaces can be
configured either in ASI or SMPTE 310M mode (19 Mbps only). This
configuration is a setup parameter, and the device reboots when this
parameter is modified. The numbering is the same in ASI and
SMPTE 310M.
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GPI Connectors
GPI inputs are used to trigger switch operation to selected inputs from an
external equipment.
Six GPI inputs are available. They can be configured
Graphical User Interface. Refer to
Section ’Setting GPI and Relays’
through the Web
on
page 107 for more details on GPI configuration.
By default, no input is associated to the existing GPI inputs.
Notice that:
The GPI action should be performed on Edge or Level. On Edge, a
switch request is emitted, but may be refused by Amethyst III. On
Le
vel, the switch operation is forced, whatever the inputs state.
The type can be Raising or Falling for the Edge mode, High or Low for
the Level mode.
A same GPI can command several switch operations.
If a switches association is defined, all inputs of this switches
association must be commanded by the same GPI and with the same
parameters.
GPI inputs 1 and 2 are BNC connectors. GPI inputs 3 to 6 are Phoenix
connector
Figure 1-24. Phoenix GPI connectors detail
s.
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The following figures show wiring examples of the GPI connectors.
Figure 1-25. BNC GPI wiring with free voltage contacts
Figure 1-26. BNC GPI wiring with a GPIO server
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Figure 1-27. Phoenix GPI wiring with free voltage contacts
Figure 1-28. Phoenix GPI wiring with a GPIO server
Figure 1-29
chained: one Master, one Slave. By configu
shows a specific example where two Amethyst III devices are
ring the free voltage contacts
of the Master and the GPI inputs of the Slave, we can guarantee that the
Master will pilot the Slave’s switching behavior.
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Figure 1-29. Phoenix GPI wiring with free voltage contacts, specific case
Free Voltage Contacts
Figure 1-30. Free voltage contacts detail
The
Common
the
Close
powered & the relay event is NOT occurring (e.g. the relay is
configured to indicate error status but the unit is NOT in error).
the
Open
occurring (e.g. the relay is configured to indicate error status but the
unit is in error.
contact is connected to:
contact when the unit is not powered OR when the unit is
contact when the unit is powered AND the event is
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OPEN COMMON CLOSE
- Power on AND event occurring
- Power off
OR
- Power on AND event NOT occurring
RELAY #x
Figure 1-31. Free voltage contacts operation rules
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Introduction
Chapter 2
Installation and Startup
Read and follow the important safety information in Section
’Safety Instructions’ o
instructions related to risk of fire, electric shoc
persons.
n page 261, noting especially those
k or injury to
This chapter
and initial configuration and describes how to connect the device to
other devices in your system
provides the procedures required for device installation
.
Content of this Chapter
’Unpacking’
’Removing the Protective Film’
’Installing the Device (Steps)’
’Mounting in Rack’
’Powering Up’
’Installing a Java Runtime Environment on the PC’
’Configuring Amethyst III’
’Powering Off the Device’
’Connecting System I/O Ports’
...................................................................................page 40
.................................................page 41
....................................................page 41
.......................................................................page 42
...............................................................................page 45
..............page 47
..........................................................page 49
...........................................................page 54
...................................................page 55
’Powering Back On the Device’
’Starting the Application’
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..................................................page 56
...........................................................page 57
Chapter 2 ’Installation and Startup’ — Unpacking
Unpacking
Table 2-1
Use this list to ensure that your
More accessories can be delivered depending
Table 2-1. List of accessories delivered with the device
Quantity Description
1
2 or 4
1
1
1
1
1
lists the accessories that are always shipped with your device.
order is complete.
on your chosen options.
Amethyst III platform
75 Ohms stubs, connected to the smart-secured outputs (2 for the
dual switch and 4 for the quad switch)
Only delivered with ASI platforms
Ethernet cord
M4 screw to connect a bonding strip for EMC ground connection
Documentation and set-up CD-ROM
Quick start guide
Certificate of conformity
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Removing the Protective Film
Remove the protective film from both sides before installation.
Installing the Device (Steps)
The following steps are required for device installation and initial
configuration:
1.
Mounting the device in a rack, see page 42.
2.
Powering on the device, see page 45.
3.
Installing Java Runtime Environment on the PC, see page 47.
4.
Setting the IP address of the equipment and other essential
parameters such as identity parameters, SNMP parameters, date &
time and access rights, either via the Equipment Setup application you
will find on the CD supplied with Amethyst
AMETH3-1U-2AC-FULL full front panel. See page
III or via the Amethyst III
page 49.
5.
Turning off the device, see page 54.
6.
Connecting System I/O Ports, see page 55.
7.
Powering back on the device.
8.
Starting the application and performing a few settings, see page 57.
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Chapter 2 ’Installation and Startup’ — Mounting in Rack
Air in
Air out
Mounting in Rack
Amethyst III can be operated from a bench or mounted in a rack but the
ventilation and safety requirements given in this section must be
observed in all cases.
The chassis must not be fixed with its rack mounting ears only. If you
intend to install it in a rack, L-profiles are required and you must
observe the ventilation and safety instructions described in the
following sections.
Installation Requirements
This section lists the principles to be observed and the steps to be taken
when installing Amethyst III in a 19" rack.
Restrictions must be observed:
Related to ventilation (see
Section ’Ventilation’
on page 42)
Related to cable (see
Related to EMC ground (see
Related to Power supply and protective ground (see
Supply and Protective Ground’
Section ’Cabling’
Section ’EMC Ground’
on page 45)
on page 44)
on page 44)
Section ’Power
Ventilation
The airflow through the equipment is critical for maintaining the proper
temperature range. The following precautions should therefore be
observed:
As air is circulating inside the equipment from left to right (as seen
from front), allow at least 50 mm free air-space on each side of the
equipment.
Figure 2-1. Cooling air flow
The cooling air flow direction depends of the platform hardware version.
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In order to know the hardware version of your equipment you shall check
its PART NUMBER on the sticker located on the left side of the equipment
or indicated in the About box in the GUI.
Table 2-2. Air flow direction according to part number of the equipment
Part number Air flow direction (seen from front)
TNM-72XX (old platform) right to left (air extraction on the left side)
NAMBXX (new platform) left to right (air insertion on the left side)
Do not mix in the same rack platforms with inverted air flow
directions. This would cause hot air from one device being
introduced into other devices, resulting in a device fail-over.
Prevent hot air from one device being introduced into other devices.
Ensure adequate distribution of air flows to the device intakes.
Avoid the effects of natural convection between devices.
Avoid hot/cold air short-circuits.
Avoid transverse effects in coupled racks.
Prevent hot air from accumulating in the rack.
Check the air flows: the rack should ensure a sufficient supply of cold
air and sufficient evacuation of hot air (according to the number of
devices mounted in the rack and their corresponding air flows).
The following important requirements should be added to the general
recommen
The device must be installed in a room with low dust levels. The
maximum density of dust in the air must not exceed 100μg/m
dations:
3
and the
maximum number of particles with a diameter greater than 1μm must
3
not exceed 1 million/m
. To prevent the power supply from
overheating, remember to regularly clean the rack filter according to
the manufacturer’s recommendations and clean Amethyst III air inlet
grill (a
There must be enough room for a column of cold air to circulate on
t least twice a year).
the right of the chassis, from the bottom to the top of the rack and a
column of hot air to circulate on the left of the chassis, from the
bottom to the top of the rack.
Cut the L-profiles so as they do not exceed 4 mm in height in the areas
facing equipment air inlet and outlet. This will prevent any hot air from
accumulating in the device.
Given its exact 1RU height, Amethyst III can be placed on top of
another Amethyst III or other 1RU equipment without an L-profile. It is
howev
er advisable to observe the following restrictions:
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If the rack is positioned on a pressurized floor, it is possible to
stack Amethyst III or other 1RU equipment in groups of four,
eac
h group being separated from another group by a space of
1RU (however, maintenance operations are facilitated if these
groups are limited to two Amethyst III or other 1RU equipment).
In the absence of a pressurized floor, limit the group size to two
Amethyst III.
Failure to observe these installation requirements will directly
result in a deterioration in performance, reliability and service
life of equipment.
Cabling
It is essential to separate the power supply cables from the signal cables.
When facing the rear of the rack (as the device is connected via the rear
panel), the power supply cables must be guided to the right of the chassis
and the signal cables to the left.
EMC Ground
The EMC connection is required to ensure ground equipotentiality
between the different devices in the technical center (this earth is not a
protective earth for electric shock protection).
The rear panel features a tap
bonding strip (only one connection is required per device). This bonding
strip has to be fixed using the M4 screw supplied with the equipment.
The bonding strip must have a 6 mm² cross-section and be shorter than
0 mm.
50
Figure 2-2. EMC earth side panel
The rack EMC DC bus (to which the Amethyst III EMC strip is connected)
must be connected to the rack ground pin. This pin must be connected to
the safety ground.
ped hole of the equipment to connect an
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Powering Up
Warnings
Chapter 2 ’Installation and Startup’ — Powering Up
1. Supply power to the product with the type of power source
indicated on the marking label.
2. To prevent damage, protect the product from power
fluctuations and temporary interruptions with a regulating no
interruptible power supply. This device protects the hardware
from damage caused by power surges and voltage spikes. In
addition, it allows the product to operate temporarily during
a power failure.
Read and follow the important safety information in Section
’Safety Instructions’ o
instructions related to risk of fire, electric shoc
persons.
n page 261, noting especially those
k or injury to
Power Supply and Protective Ground
Power Inlet
The power outlet comprises a power inlet with two connectors without
an On/Off switch.
Power Supply Cord(s)
Specifications
The AC mains power cords are not shipped with the device. Those you
will use must feature:
Device end of cable: CEI 320 compliant connector.
Flexible wire: 3 x 1 mm2 cross-section or 18 AWG, 10 A minimum,
250 V compliant with the applicable standard or rules
where the device is installed.
Mains outlet end of cable: plug compliant with the applicable standard
or rules of the country where the device is installed.
of the country
Recommendations Regarding the Mains Inlet
The connection panel should comply with the legislation in force in the
country of installation. The connection panel must be positioned in the
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rack in such a way that the plug and power cord(s) are within easy reach
for switching off purposes.
For (each) mains inlet, the wiring sys
fault protection and a bipolar cut-off device or a differential circuit
breaker. If in doubt, contact a qualified electrician.
tem must feature overload and earth
Connecting AC Mains Power Supply Cords
1.
Plug the AC mains power supply cord to the power supply end and to
the Amethyst III end.
2.
Repeat step1 for Amethyst III’s second power supply unit.
It is important to plug both power supply units. Otherwise, an alarm
will be raised and a red LED will be displayed on the front panel.
3.
Wait a few seconds while the platform runs self-tests to check the
hardware.
After self-test completion, the front panel displays the equipment status.
The device is operational. The last stored confi
guration is active.
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Chapter 2 ’Installation and Startup’ — Installing a Java Runtime Environment on the PC
Installing a Java Runtime Environment on the PC
Amethyst III can be supervised and configured remotely via a Web
graphical user interface using the Java technology. It is therefore
necessary to install a JRE on the remote PC you will use to supervise and
configure Amethyst III.
On the CD supplied with Amethyst III, in the JRE directory, you will find
the
application for installing Java on your computer.
The Java
runtime support for Java 2 applications.
Recommendation
Amethyst with heterogeneous versions, it is recommended to deactivate
the temporary files storage in Java. To do so:
1.
2.
Figure 2-3. Java Control Panel
TM
2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment provides complete
: if you use the same remote PC to access several
From the Control Panel, open the Java settings.
In the Temporary Internet Files area, click Settings.
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3.
Uncheck the
Figure 2-4. Temporary files settings
Keep temporary files on my computer
box.
4.
Click OK.
5.
Click Apply.
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Configuring Amethyst III
When the equipment is started for the first time,
settings must imperatively be done before any other operation
Setting the IP parameters
Setting the date & time parameters
the following basic
:
You can also perform the following settings:
Setting the identity parameters
Setting the SNMP parameters
Setting the access right parameters
Configuring the relays management
These operations can be performed either via the Equipment Setup
application you will find on the CD supplied with Amethyst
Amethyst
III AMETH3-1U-2AC-FULL full front panel. The table below
III or via the
gives the list of operations available with the application platform setup
and with the two models of front panel.
Table 2-3. Equipment setup and front panel capabilities
Functions
Equipment
setup
Full front
panel
(
AMETH3-1U-
2AC-FULL)
Light front
panel
(
AMETH3-1U-
2AC-LITE)
Get the status of the equipment no yes yes
Get active and closed alarms no yes no
Get status of the inputs no yes no
Get status of the switches
Get switch state no yes no
Perform a manual switch no yes no
Get monitoring outputs
configuration
Configure monitoring outputs no yes no
Configure the IP settings yes yes no
Configure the identity settings yes yes no
Configure the SNMP settings yes yes no
Configure the date & time
settings
Configure the access right
settings
b
a
no yes yes
no yes no
yes yes no
yes yes no
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Table 2-3. Equipment setup and front panel capabilities
Functions
Configure the relays
Full front
Equipment
setup
panel
(
AMETH3-1U-
2AC-FULL)
yes yes no
Light front
panel
(
AMETH3-1U-
2AC-LITE)
management
Reboot the equipment yes yes no
Delete equipment data yes yes no
Delete the closed alarms no yes no
Set maintenance mode no yes no
FEC activation no yes no
Change the current
no yes no
configuration
Change the interface type
(ASI/SMPTE
310M)
Get product information
c
d
yes yes no
yes yes no
Configure the backlight no yes n.a.
Configure the contrast no yes n.a.
Lock/unlock the keyboard no yes n.a.
Discover the pieces of
yes no no
equipment on the local
network
Launch the Java applet (for
yes no no
complete configuration and
supervision)
a
To know how the switches status are computed, refer to the page 162.
b
There are several ways of setting the time:
- manually,
- using a NTP or SNTP server,
- using the incoming TDT or TOT in DVB mode, or the incoming STT in ATSC mode.
c
Available only on a single switch platform in ATSC mode. Modifying the interface type
implies a reboot of the equipment. Configurations are valid for both types of interfaces.
d
Firmware version, product commercial reference, serial number and part number.
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Using the Equipment Setup Application
The
Equipment Setup
perform the basic setup of the equipment (including the IP address)
through the Ethernet network. It also lets you discover the devices that
are present on the local network, and this even if their IP address is not
configured.
Proceed as follows to connect to your equipment:
1.
Double-click the EquipmentSetup.jar file to launch the
Setup
Figure 2-5. Equipment Setup application
application.
application (supplied on the CD-ROM) lets you
Equipment
2.
Choose one of the following options:
If you know the IP address of the equipment, check the first option: IP
address is known and reachable and enter the IP address in the field.
This method must be used if the equipment is not on the local
network,
If you do not know the IP address of the equipment (this being
but can however be reached through routers.
however connected to the local network), check the second option: IP
address is unknown or unreachable.
3.
Click Connect in the menu bar on the left.
4.
If you chose the first option, skip to step 7.
5.
If you chose the second option, the list of detected equipment on the
local network is displayed (see
Figure 2-6
). Criteria may be given,
such as serial number and/or part number.
For each piece of equipment, the following information is provided:
Equipment name
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IP address
Serial number
Product type: commercial reference and options
Version
Figure 2-6. List of detected equipment
6.
Select one piece of equipment from the list to reach its setup.
7.
Click Select in the menu bar on the left.
Once you are connected to the equipment, a setup informatio
is displayed.
Figure 2-7. Setup information summary
n summary
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Once connected, a number of actions can be performed:
IP settings: setting the IP address, subnet mask and default gateway
for the interface.
If the IP address is not properly set yet, only the IP settings
menu is available.
Set at least the equipment IP address and subnet mask in
order to be able to access it remotely via the Web supervision
application.
Setup parameters: setting all other setup parameters.
Identity: equipment name
SNMP: configuration of
read
and
read-write
communities, trap
address and access list mode.
Date & Time: configuration of UTC date, local offset, and
daylight savings.
Clock settings: the clock can be synchronized on an external
source, which can be an NTP server or an incoming table (TDT
or TOT in DVB mode; STT in ATSC mode).
User rights: you may define some users, and for each user the
list of actions he/she is entitled to perform. You can also protect
some supervision and configuration actions with a password.
Rights are as follows:
-
With the Modify configuration rights, you can create a new
configuration or modify an existing configuration.
-
With the Apply configuration rights, you can apply an
existing configuration.
-
With the Remove configuration rights, you can remove a
configuration that is not applied to the equipment.
-
With the Delete closed alarms rights, you can delete the list
of closed alarms.
-
With the Manual switch rights, you can perform manual
switch requests.
-
With the Monitoring output selection rights, you can
choose the behavior of monitoring outputs.
-
With the Reset monitoring counters rights, you can reset
the tests counters.
-
With the Set maintenance mode rights, you can switch on
the maintenance mode of the equipment.
-
With the FEC activation mode, you can reactivate the FEC
correction or generation of the equipment in case of
deactivation.
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To be able to create a configuration and apply it to the equipment,
you must have the Modify and the Apply rights.
Relays: you may define the relays meaning:
-
Relay 1: Power or defined in configuration (as discussed
in
Section ’Relays’
-
Relay 2: Error or defined in configuration.
-
Relay 3: Warning or defined in configuration.
Relay 4 is always defined in the configuration.
Interfaces (available only on platforms in ATSC mode): lets you
on page 156).
change the interface type from ASI to SMPTE 310M or inversely.
This operation implies a reboot of the equipment.
Configurations are valid for both types of interfaces.
Reboot: making the equipment restart.
Delete equipment data: formatting the compact flash card. This
deletes all the configurations and the closed alarms list.
Supervise: launching the equipment Web GUI.
Back: going back to previous display.
Powering Off the Device
Once you have configured the IP address and the date and time of the
equipment, turn off the device by unplugging the power supply cables.
Indeed, while you perform the signal connection, it is imperative that the
platform be powered off.
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ASI In 2
ASI In 1
Switch
2 ASI Out for
monitoring
ASI Out 1
(smart-secured)
Equipment A
Equipment B
ASI Out 2
for stream duplication
Eth3
2 TS over IP
Eth1
2 TS over IP
Eth4
2 TS over IP
Eth2
2 TS over IP
Switch 1
Switch 2
output duplication (fully
configurable)
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1
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T
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2
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Connecting System I/O Ports
The connectors are described in
Figure 1-23
1.
Connect the upstream and downstream devices
(IP platform).
To the (ASI)
INx
connectors and the (ASI)
Figure 1-22
respectively for Amethyst III with ASI board(s).
Figure 2-8. ASI wiring example
Outputs can be smart-secured. Smart-secured outputs shall always
be connected (at least to the provided 75 Ohms stubs). Should they
not be connected, some input synchronization problems may
appear, resulting in invasive switching.
Refer to the
information.
Section ’ASI Interfaces’
(ASI platform) and
OUTx
on page 196 for more
connectors
To t he
Ethx
connectors for Amethyst III with a Gigabit Ethernet
board.
Figure 2-9. Ethernet wiring example
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2.
Connect the supervision network to the
Check that Amethyst III is not yet connected to the LAN as factory-set
IP addresses may cause disturbance on the LAN when Amethyst III is
hed on (address conflict).
switc
For Amethyst III devices equipped with a Gigabit Ethernet board, be
sure that the supervision network (ETH C/C) and the data network are
separated. HTTPs requests originating from the remote control
interface are small but numerous and disturb multicast broadcasting
and devices.
3.
If required, connect the GPI triggers (refer to
(Triggers)’
4.
If required, connect the free voltage contact relays (refer to
on page 201 for more information on GPIs).
Once the platform is turned on, do not unplug the GPI cables.
Plugging and unplugging cables induces a voltage change and
causes actions associated to a state change (e.g. a switch operation).
’Free Voltage Contacts (Relays)’
ETH C/C
on page 202 for more information
on relays).
connector.
Section ’GPI Inputs
Section
Powering Back On the Device
Once you have made all the signal connections, you can power back on
the device.
Proceed as before, as described in
Section ’Powering Up’
on page 45.
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Chapter 2 ’Installation and Startup’ — Starting the Application
Starting the Application
1.
Start your Web browser (IE recommended).
2.
Enter the IP address of the Amethyst III equipment in the address line.
The browser starts connecting to the equipment and downloading the
supervision interfac
3.
At the very first download, the Certificate dialog should display, click
Always for using all the Amethyst III functionalities.
4.
Set the device configuration via the Web Browser Interface as
explained in Chapter
It is recommended to open only one Amethyst III applet at a time in the
W
eb browser on the same PC.
After the upgrade of an Amethyst, if the JAVA cache is not deactivated, it
is
recommended to remove the resources associated to the previous
applet version before loading the new applet version or the connection
to the equipment may fail. To do so:
e (java applet).
3
.
1.
From the Control Panel, open the Java settings.
2.
In the Temporary Internet Files area, click View.
Figure 2-10. Java Control Panel
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3.
Select all files and click the remove button.
Figure 2-11. Java Cache Viewer
4.
Click Close.
5.
Click Apply.
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Chapter 3
Web Browser Interface
Introduction
This chapter explains how to use the Web Browser Graphical User
Interface to configure and supervise the equipment.
Content of this Chapter
’Reaching the GUI’
’GUI Overview’
’Basic Settings’
’Advanced Settings’
’Interface Description’
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Reaching the GUI
The Graphical User Interface (GUI) is a Java applet. This Java applet can
be easily launched using a Web browser.
Figure 3-1. Reaching the GUI
Before starting the applet, please check that the right JRE is installed on
your computer (see the
Environment on the PC’
To launch the Java applet:
1.
Open a Web browser (Internet Explorer recommended).
2.
Enter the equipment IP address in the address bar.
Section ’Installing a Java Runtime
on page 47 for further details).
3.
At the very first download, the Certificate dialog should display, click
Always for using all the Amethyst III functionalities.
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GUI Overview
Snapshot view
Configuration panel
Alarm panel
Status bar
This section describes the general organization of the graphical user
interface and its main components.
General Organization
Chapter 3 ’Web Browser Interface’ — GUI Overview
Figure 3-2
Figure 3-2. GUI overview
shows how the graphical user interface is organized.
The GUI contains the following areas:
A Snapshot panel that lets you see in real-time all the transport
streams received by the equipment in a tree representation.
A Configuration panel from where you can perform configuration and
monitoring. This area contains several tabs. Click them to navigate in
the GUI.
An Alarm panel that shows the alarms that are raised on the
equipment.
A Status bar that provides information on the equipment status, the
date and time, etc.
All these elements are described in
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Customizing the Display
Resizing the Columns
In arrays, columns can be resized. Move your mouse cursor between two
header columns. The mouse cursor should change to
the column to the desired size, and then release the mouse button.
Sorting Elements in Arrays
In any array, you can sort elements by any column. To do so, click the
header column once. A white arrow appears in this header.
. Click and drag
To change the sorting mode, click the heade
increasing order, the
arrow is shown.
arrow is displayed. In decreasing order, the
r once more. When sorted in
Commonly Used Elements
Some elements are recurrent in the GUI, as pictograms for instance.
These elements are described here.
Status Pictograms
Ta bl e 3-1
Table 3-1. Status pictograms
Status icon Meaning
lists the status pictograms used in the GUI.
OK
Information message
Warning
Minor error
Major error
Critical error
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Other Pictograms
Table 3-2. Pictograms
Pictogram Meaning Behaviour
Add Adds an item to a list.
Remove Removes a selected item from a list.
Edit Edits a parameter.
Search Indicates a search field.
Tabl es
The GUI contains numerous tables. In some of them, it is possible to
modify the content.
To modify a value in a table, double-click the corresponding cell and type
the
new value or if it is a list, select a value from the list.
To add an item to a list, click the
button.
To remove an item from a list, select a line
and click the button.
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Configuration Panel
The
Configuration
The Switches tab is mainly used to display the current state of the
switches and to perform manual switching.
The Outputs tab is used to define what content should be sent to
monitoring outputs, and to perform a switch operation on Amethyst III
with IP
The Tes t s tab provides a global overview of the quality of service of a
interfaces.
selected input. Alarms are sorted by TR 101 290 level and advanced
level.
The Automation tab is used to define the activation time of
configurations stored in the Amethyst III memory.
The Statistics tab displays several types of chart (i.e. pie chart, line
chart, stacking area chart, bar chart) that show the input streams
content and the associated bit rates.
panel gives access to the following tabs:
The Ethernet, FEC tab provides statistics on an Ethernet or IP input
with FEC, if you have the FEC option.
The configuration tabs are used to edit one or more configurations.
Each tab carries the name that you defined for the configuration.
They are all described later in this section
with detailed information on
commands found in the different GUI panels.
Configuration Tabs
Purpose
The
Configuration
Once edited, the configurations are sent to the equipment for storage or
application.
Description
Configurations are listed in tabs.
Figure 3-3. List of configurations
tabs are used to edit one or more configurations.
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In the list of configurations, the way the name of the configuration is
written in the tab indicates its status.
Table 3-3. List of configurations
Display Example
Green mark prior the
configuration’s name
Configuration’s name
written between
brackets
Normal text
Color of the tab in a
slightly lighter grey
than the other tabs
Small star next to the
configuration’s name
Type of
configuration
Active
configuration
New configuration Configuration that
Configuration sent
to the equipment
Displayed
configuration
Configuration in
edition
Definition
Configuration that
is currently being
used by the
equipment.
has not been sent
to the equipment.
Configuration that
has been sent to
the equipment but
is not currently
being used.
Configuration that
is currently being
displayed in the
working area.
Configuration that
is currently being
modified.
The buttons displayed on the configuration toolbar vary according to the
actions that you are allowed to perform.
Figure 3-4. Configuration toolbar
The toolbar buttons are spread out on two lines:
The first line contains buttons dedicated to opening or creating a
configuration.
The second line applies to the configuration that is selected in the list
of configurations.
Possible actions depend on the configurati
on status (Active
configuration, New configuration, Configuration sent to the equipment,
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Displayed configuration, Configuration in edition, Default configuration).
They are described in
Table 3-4. Toolbar buttons (first line)
Click To
Table 3-4
and
Table 3-5
.
Open
New
Table 3-5. Toolbar buttons (second line)
Click To
Rename
Remove
Send
Apply
Save
Copy
Open a configuration from a file stored on a PC or
on a network drive.
Create a new configuration manually.
Rename the configuration.
Remove the configuration from the list of
configurations. It is not possible to remove the
active configuration.
Send the configuration to the equipment’s
memory.
Make the selected configuration active on the
equipment. This button is not available if
automation is running.
Save the configuration to a file (to be stored on a PC
or on a network drive).
Duplicate the configuration.
Check
Edit/Unedit
Check the configuration’s coherence.
Switch between the Edition mode and the
Read-only mode.
When clicking Unedit, all modifications in the
nfiguration that is currently modified are lost.
co
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1. Click the tab and hold the mouse
2. Drag the tab
3. Drop the tab
White outlined rectangle
indicating the new
position of the tab
One tab
Two tabs
Customizing the Configuration Tabs’ Layout
By default, each tab is displayed as shown in
can choose either to keep such a layout,
or to display a single tab at a time.
To display several tabs at a time:
1.
Click a tab’s name and hold the mouse button down.
2.
Drag and drop the tab to where you want to display it in the view.
A white-outlined rectangle will appear to show yo
position. An example is shown in
Figure 3-5. Possible tabs’ layout
Figure 3-2
on page 61. You
to display several tabs at a time,
u the new possible
Figure 3-5
below.
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for ASI configurations
for IP configurations
The tab is then moved to its new position. In our example, the tab is
displayed under the previous tab in the list of configurations.
You can modify the order of tabs in the list of configurations by
dragging & dropping them from a position to another.
To move the tab back to its original position
, proceed the same
way: click the tab’s name and hold the mouse button, and then drag and
drop the tab next to the other tabs in the list of configurations.
To display a single tab in the whole view
, double-click the tab.
Double-click it again to display your previous tabs’ layout.
Views
Figure 3-6. GUI views
For each configuration, several views are available.
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The Switches view contains the main configuration.
The Tes t s view lets you configure the tests carried out by Amethyst III.
The GPIO view lets you define GPI and relay actions.
The Switches associations view lets you associate switches so that
they have the same input position.
The Ethernet Interfaces view lets you set the technical parameters of
the Ethernet ports and enable/disable port bypass (available in IP
configurations only).
The Forwarding rules view lets you to define forwarding rules to
forward IP datagrams to certain destinations.
The name of the currently displayed view is surrounded (e.g. Sw
Figure 3-6
Each view is described in
).
Section ’Interface Description’
on page 11 6 .
itches in
User Manual
Alarms Panel
The
Alarms
The
time.
The
panel lists all the equipment alarms. It contains two tabs:
Active alarms
Closed alarms
Chapter 3 ’Web Browser Interface’ — GUI Overview
tab shows all alarms that are active at the current
tab shows all past alarms.
When an alarm disappears, it is moved from the
Closed alarms
tab.
Active alarms
tab to the
In each tab, the following information is displayed:
The Level column displays icons reporting the alarm severity:
The
The Description column gives an alarm description.
The Start column gives the rising alarm time.
The End column gives the falling alarm time (for closed alarms only).
Figure 3-7. Alarms panel - Active alarms tab
: Minor, Major or Critical
: Warning message
: Information message
Extent column identifies the element concerned by the alarm.
Figure 3-8. Alarms panel - Closed alarms tab
.
To display simultaneously active and closed alarms, drag one tab.
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CPU usage
indication
Name and IP address of
the equipment to which the
application is connected
Date
and
time
Global status
of the
equipment
Time
zone
Product
information
Internal
temperature
Alarms (active and closed) are saved in the flash memory, and are
restored when the equipment is rebooted.
See
Appendix F ’Alarms’
for an exhaustive list of alarms.
Clear and Save Buttons
These buttons are located at the top right corner of the
The
Clear
button deletes the content of the closed alarms list.
Save
The
file. When you click the
button is used to save the alarms (active and closed) into a text
Save button, a dialog box will appear so that you
Alarm
can choose the file name and directory for log saving. Once saved, the
log file can be opened and read with any word processor application
software.
Status Bar
Figure 3-9. The status bar
panel.
The status bar gives the following information:
CPU gives a graphical indication of the CPU load (usage ratio).
Internal temperature of Amethyst III.
Status gives the general status of the device internal processing.
MAINTENANCE label if the equipment is in maintenance mode
Name and IP address of the equipment.
Date and Time give the local time and date.
if there is one or more errors
if there is no error but one or more warnings
if there is no error and no warning
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Time zone lets your force the time zone value, which can be selected
among:
The time zone of the equipment (default value)
The time zone of the supervision device
Any time zone available in the list
The choice of the time zone only affects the display of all date
and time values in the client GUI: time in the status bar and
alarms raising and closing times (active and closed). It does
not have any impact on the time of alarms stored in the
database, or on the time in other client GUI connected to the
equipment.
About displays software and hardware information about the
equipment:
Part number
Serial number
Version number
Options
You can also find information to contact Thomson Video Networks.
Figure 3-10. About window (example)
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Basic Settings
This section and the following one (
’Advanced Settings’
) contain a
step-by-step operating procedure that will introduce you to the
capabilities and features of Amethyst
III.
The steps for basic settings are the following:
’Creating a New Configuration’
’Setting the Input Parameters’
’Setting the Switch Parameters’
’Setting the Output Parameters’
’Setting the GigE Interface Parameters (for IP Amethyst III)’
’Setting an IP Forwarding (for IP Amethyst III)’
’Editing a Tests Group’
’Getting an Overview of the Switches Status’
’Getting an Overview of the Quality of Service’
’Performing a Manual Switching’
’Setting the Outputs for Monitoring’
Only basic settings are developed in this section. For advanced settings,
refer to section
Section ’Advanced Settings’
on page 95.
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ASI configuration
IP configuration
Creating a New Configuration
1.
Click New in the Configuration panel toolbar to create a new
configuration.
The Sw
itches view of a predefined configuration is displayed in the
working area.
Figure 3-11. Predefined configuration
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2.
Rename the configuration by clicking the Rename button in the
toolbar.
Figure 3-12. Renaming the configuration
3.
In the Switches view, adapt your configuration. In this example you
will successively:
Set the input parameters.
Set the switch parameters.
Set the output parameters.
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Setting the Input Parameters
1.
Double-click the Input item to set up.
ASI inputs
Figure 3-13. Editing the ASI input parameters
IP inputs
Figure 3-14. Editing the IP input parameters
Common parameters
1.
Enter a proper name in the Name field. For example, you can name
the inputs based on the upstream equipment (e.g.:
Backup
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2.
Select the tests group to apply from the Associated group of tests
drop-down list. By default, there is only one group of tests, named
Tests group, and it is applied to all inputs. If you want to apply different
tests to the inputs, you need to define several groups of tests
beforehand (refer to
Section ’Editing a Tests Group’
Parameters specific to IP inputs
3.
Select the Ethernet port which supplies the stream in the Interface
field.
4.
Define the following IP parameters:
Source IP address if you have checked the Define source IP
address box
Source IP port if you have checked the Define source IP port box
Destination IP address (mandatory)
Destination IP port if you have checked the Destination IP
address box
on page 87).
IGMP protocol version (no IGMP, IGMP v2, IGMP v3, IGMP v3
with source address)
VLAN Id if you wish to define it
5.
If needed, activate the FEC correction of the IP input stream. The FEC
matrix type and size will be detected automatically.
Parameters specific to T2-MI option
6.
For a T2-MI stream, check the T2-MI Stream box and set the PID of the
stream in the field.
In all cases
7.
Enable the new settings by clicking the cross in the top right
corner of the dialog box.
For more information on items parameters, refer to the
Input Items’
on page 123 and
Section ’IP Input Item’
Section ’ASI
on page 124.
Proceed the same way for all inputs of your configuration.
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Setting the Switch Parameters
1.
Double-click the Switch item to set up.
ASI switch
Figure 3-15. Editing the ASI switch parameters
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IP switch
Figure 3-16. Editing the IP switch parameters
1.
Enter a proper name in the Name field. For example, you can name
the ASI switch after the TS number.
2.
Select the strategy to apply from the Strategy drop-down list. Three
strategy options are available: Redundancy, Main-spare, Manual.
3.
In the Switch delay area, enter the delays before switching in the
respective fields for minor alarm, for major alarm and for critical
alarm. This setting is required to avoid unwanted switching when
transitory events occur.
For more information on item parameters, refer to the
Item (ASI or IP)’
on page 126 and
Section ’Switch Item (ASI or IP)’
Section ’Switch
on
page 126.
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4.
Indicate if the Input stream is a transport stream (TS) or a T2-MI
stream.
5.
If the input stream is a TS, set the parameters in the Delay
compensation settings area:
a.
Check the Apply time delay box (if required) and set the Input to
delay, Duration and the Input TS bitrate (max) parameters.
b.
Check the Activate synchronization box (if required) and select
the synchronization pattern from the Redundancy drop-down
list:
-
If set to
window +/- (in milliseconds) and the Input TS bitrate (max)
(in bits per second) parameters in the respective fields.
Network
or to
SFN adapter
, set the PID, the Search
Refer to
Features’
parameters.
If the input stream is a T2-MI stream, set the parameters in the T2-MI
synchronization area. For details on these parameters, refer to
Section ’T2-MI Synchronization Area’
Proceed the same way for all switches of your configuration.
Section ’Using the Time Delay and Synchronization
on page 102 to get some help for adjusting these
on page 129.
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Setting the Output Parameters
1.
Double-click the Output item to set up.
TS over ASI outputs
Figure 3-17. Editing the ASI output parameters for ASI outputs 1/3/5/7
Figure 3-18. Editing the ASI output parameters for ASI outputs 2/4/6/8
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TS over IP outputs
Figure 3-19. Editing the IP output parameters
Common parameters
1.
Enter a proper name in the Name field. For example, you can name
the outputs after the pieces of equipment they send their content to.
2.
Check the Deactivate output if level is critical box if required.
Parameters specific to TS over ASI outputs
3.
Define the Smart capabilities (applicable to ASI outputs 1/3/5/7):
Select the mode: Active (recommended), Passive or
ActiveDefault.
Select the bypass source: ASI switch, ASI primary Input, ASI
secondary input.
When the bypass is activated, there will be a temporary link down.
The link down duration depends on upstream and downstream
devices. So it is unpredictable.
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For more information on item parameters, refer to the
Output Item’
on page 130.
Section ’ASI
Parameters specific to TS over IP outputs
4.
Select the Ethernet port where the stream will be sent in the Interface
field.
5.
Check the Masquerading box (if required) then fill in the following
fields: Define source IP address, Define source UDP port, Define
destination IP address, Define destination UDP port.
Indicate if you want to use the same VLAN set
as input
), or if you want to force a VLAN setting (
ting as in input (
Define VLAN
which case you must indicate its identifier.
It is not possible to add a VLAN information if the original session
does not already contain VLAN.
6.
Check the FEC generation box if you want to generate FEC in output.
If so, choose the type of FEC that should be generated (
1D
or 2D) and
indicate the number of rows and of columns of the matrix. FEC
generation is possible only over a CBR input stream over RTP.
Same
) in
7.
Check the Fail over box (if required) then select the backup Ethernet
port from the Backup interface drop-down list. It must be different
from the main one.
For more information on item parameters, refer to the
Output Item’
on page 132.
Section ’IP
Proceed the same way for all outputs of your configuration.
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Setting the GigE Interface Parameters (f
Amethyst III
You need to define Ethernet port parameters and enable/disable the
bypass feature for each pair of Ethernet ports (Ethernet 1 – Ethernet 2,
ernet 3 – Ethernet 4) as described below.
Eth
Go to the Ethernet Interfaces view.
1.
Figure 3-20. Ethernet Interfaces view - Ethernet parameters
2.
In the tree on the left, click each Ethernet node, then
a.
)
Enter a proper name in the Name field.
or IP
b.
Select the speed/mode of the Ethernet interface from the Mode
drop-down list. Four Ethernet speed/mode are available: Auto,
1000 Base-T, Half duplex/100 Base-TX, Full duplex/100 Base-TX.
c.
Set the IP address of the Ethernet port in the IP address field.
This address is only used as source address for IGMP requests.
The configured IP address is used for IGMP requests whatever the
input VLAN configuration is.
3.
In the tree on the left, click the Bypass node, then enable or disable the
bypass for each pair of Ethernet ports (Ethernet 1 – Ethernet 2,
Ethernet 3 – Ethernet 4).
Figure 3-21. Ethernet Interfaces view - Bypass feature
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Setting an IP Forwarding (f
The Forwarding rules view lets you define rules to forward IP datagrams
received from an Ethernet port to another Ethernet port.
These rules are applied in addition to switc
manage traffic such as control in-band traffic so that Amethyst III does
reate a cutoff point.
not c
Figure 3-22. Forwarding rules view
or IP
Amethyst III
hing rules and are made to
)
Adding a Forwarding Rule
1.
In the tree on the left, right-click the Forwarding rules root node then
select Add and choose Forwarding rule.
Figure 3-23. Adding a forwarding rule
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The newly created rule is automatically selected in the tree and you
can set its parameters.
Figure 3-24. Editing a forwarding rule
2.
Enter a proper name for the forwarding rule in the Name field.
3.
Choose the options you want to enable by checking the boxes then
defining the value of the characteristics which will identify the IP traffic
to forward.
For more information on the parameters, refer to
Rules Parameters’
on page 159.
Section ’Forwarding
Defining a Destination Interface for a Forwarding Rule
By default, all datagrams with the configured characteristics
will be sent to all the other Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.
can restrict the number of Gigabit Ethernet interface destinations and
define a back-up destination Gigabit Ethernet interface. To do so:
1.
In the tree on the left, right-click the node of a forwarding rule, select
Add and select Destination interface.
You
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Figure 3-25. Adding a destination interface
2.
Select the Ethernet port from the Destination interface drop-down list.
3.
Check the Activate fail-over box.
Figure 3-26. Setting a destination interface and enabling the fail-over
4.
Enter the back-up interface if you want to define a back-up destination
Gigabit Ethernet interface where the traffic will be sent when the main
destination Gigabit Ethernet interface is link-down.
The traffic will be redirected through the destinati
as it is available.
For more information on the parameters, refer to
Ethernet Destination Interface Parameters’
Deleting a Forwarding Rule
In the tree on the left, right-click
Delete.
the node of the rule to delete
on interface as soon
Section ’Gigabit
on page 160.
and select
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Editing a Tests Group
If you want to apply different tests to the inputs, you need to define
several groups of tests as described below.
Go to the Te st s view.
1.
2.
In the tree on the left, right-click the Groups node, select Add and enter
a proper name in the Name field.
Figure 3-27. Adding a group of tests
Figure 3-28. Naming a group of tests
3.
In the tree on the left, right-click the Tests group item which has been
created, select Add and choose from the list the tests you wish to
apply on the input.
Figure 3-29. Adding tests to a group
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4.
Edit the test parameters and their persistence (they depend on the
selected test).
Figure 3-30. Editing the test parameters (here the TR 101 290 Level 1- PMT
scrambling test)
For more information on item parameters, refer to the
’TR101.290 + Template Checking’
For information on persistence, see
5.
Go back to the Switches view.
6.
Double-click the input item and select the tests group to apply from
on page 203.
Section ’Persistence’
on page 135.
Section
the Associated group of tests drop-down list.
Figure 3-31. Applying a tests group to an input
7.
Click the Apply toolbar button to apply your configuration.
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ASI switches
IP switches
Getting an Overview of the Switches Status
You can then go to the Switches tab to have an overview of the switches
status.
Figure 3-32. Supervising the ASI switches
Figure 3-33. Supervising the IP switches
For each pair of inputs linked to a switch, a blue background indicates
which input is used. You can click an input that is not used to perform a
switch operation.
For more information on this tab, refer to the
Section ’Switches Tab’
on
page 161.
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Getting an Overview of the Quality of Service
You can then go to the Te s ts tab to have a global overview of the quality
of service of a specific input. Alarms are sorted by TR 101 290 level and
advanced level.
Figure 3-34. Supervising the quality of service of a specific input
The quality of service can be assessed through the LED and counters
associated to the configured tests.
If the LED is green , the corresponding test is configured, and there
is currently no corresponding current alarm. The associated counter
indicates
since the last counter reset.
Click on the Reset Counters button at the top right of the screen to reset
all alarms counters for this input.
For more information on this tab, refer to the
page 174.
the number of alarms that occurred on the selected input
Section ’Tests Tab’
on
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ASI switches
IP switches
Performing a Manual Switching
1.
Go to the Switches tab.
For each pair of inputs linked to a switch, a blue background indicates
wh
ich input is currently active.
Figure 3-35. Performing a manual ASI switching
Figure 3-36. Performing a manual IP switching
2.
Click an input that is not active to perform a manual switch operation.
For more information on this tab, refer to the
Section ’Switches Tab’
on
page 161.
On
Amethyst III
interface
switch operation in the Outputs view by clicking the main or
with IP interfaces
, you can also perform a physical GigE
backup interface that is not currently used (i.e. on gray background).
Notice that there is no automatic restore:
When the fail-over is activated, and the output GigE interface is
link-down, the TS is sent on the back-up GigE interface (if this interface
is link-up).
There is no automatic restore when the main GigE interface comes up.
It is possible to switch back on the wished interface through the GUI or
a SNMP.
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for IP switches
Click here to perform switching on IP Switch 1
Figure 3-37. Performing a manual IP switching in the Outputs view
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for ASI outputs
Setting the Outputs for Monitoring
In ASI, all the outputs that are not configured in the main configuration
are automatically considered as monitoring outputs.
In IP, you must explicitly add monitoring outputs in your configuration.
To do so, in your main configuration, right-click the Outputs item, choose
Add and select Monitoring IP.
Figure 3-38. Specifying an IP monitoring output
You can then define what content should be sent to monitoring outputs
(ASI or IP, the process is the same). To do so:
1.
Go to the Outputs tab.
Figure 3-39. Supervising the ASI outputs
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for IP outputs
Figure 3-40. Supervising the IP outputs
2.
Click the button associated to a monitoring output then choose
the content to broadcast:
Input: content of one input
Switch input: content selected by a switch
Switch off air input: content not selected by a switch
Figure 3-41. Selecting an output content
For more information on this tab, refer to the
page 165.
Section ’Outputs Tab’
on
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Advanced Settings
The steps for advanced settings are the following (applicable to all
Amethyst
’Setting Switches Association’
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III models):
’Setting GPI and Relays’
Setting GPIs
Defining the equipment status to be reported through the relays
’Setting the Automation’
:
to schedule configurations
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Setting Switches Association
Switches Associations Concept
By default, switches outputs are autonomous.
Amethyst III lets you perform switches associations. In an assoc
the switches are positioned similarly, either all on their primary input or
all on their secondary input. Amethyst III then chooses the input (primary
or secondary in
put of the switches) that results in the least severity in the
association.
The primary input of a switch is always the one that has the lowest
number, whatever the order in which you added the inputs in the
configuration.
Switches Associations Configuration Principle
In the Switches association view you have to define for each association:
The switches you want to add
Whether the association may be disabled if it implies positioning a
switch with a
Redundancy
in error although the other input’s state is better. In this case, each
switch will behave independently. This feature is called Disable
association on severity and requires that you define the level of error
that will disable the association (see example 4 below).
or
Main-spare
strategy on an input that is
iations,
There are a few rules that should be followed:
In an association, you cannot mix switches with a
and switches with a
manual
In an association where the switch strategy is
strategy can be mixed with another strategy.
redundancy
strategy. However, switches with a
main-spare
main-spare
strategy
, the main
input must be the same in all switches, i.e. it must be either the first
primary or the secondary input of each switch.
Switches with a
manual
strategy do not contribute to the switching
decision, they follow the movement.
If you switch manually on one main-spare switch of the
association, this changes the main input of all main-spare
switches of the association
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You may set several associations on a same Amethyst III equipment.
However, one switch can only be part of one switches association. For
instance:
In ASI:
-
Association #1 = ASI switch #1 + ASI switch #2
-
Association #2 = ASI switch #3 + ASI switch #4
In IP:
-
Association #1 = IP switch #1 + IP switch #2 + IP switch #3
-
Association #2 = IP switch #4 + IP switch #5
-
Association #3 = IP switch #6 + IP switch #7
Switches Associations Configuration
To associate switches, proceed as follows:
1.
Select the configuration tab then go to the Switches Associations
view. Only the Associations node is displayed in the tree on the left
area of the view.
Figure 3-42. Switches Associations view
2.
In the tree on the left, right-click the Associations node, select Add and
choose Association.
Figure 3-43. Adding a Switches Association
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Enter a proper name in the Name field and check or not the Disable
association on severity box.
Figure 3-44. Editing the Switches Association parameters
4.
Right-click the Associations item you have just created, select Add and
choose from the list the switch you wish to include into the
association.
Figure 3-45. Adding a switch to an association
Repeat this step for the other switch you wish to include in the
association.
Figure 3-46. Example of association after completion
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Switch 1
redundancy
Switch 2
redundancy
Input 1
Input 2
Input 3
Input 4
Switch 1
redundancy
Switch 2
redundancy
Input 1
Input 2
Input 3
Input 4
Switch 3
redundancy
Input 5
Input 6
Examples of Switches Associations
Example 1:
Figure 3-47. Switches association: example 1
Highest severity of the primary inputs =
Highest severity of the secondary inputs =
<
Major
Critical
(see
Table 3-8
on page 135 for the details on severity)
Major
=> Amethyst III chooses to use the primary inputs.
Example 2:
Figure 3-48. Switches association: example 2
Critical
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Switch 1
redundancy
Switch 2
redundancy
Input 1
Input 2
Input 3
Input 4
Switch 3
redundancy
Input 5
Input 6
Primary inputs = 1 OK, 2
Secondary inputs = 2 OK, 1
Critical
Critical
=> Amethyst III selects the secondary inputs of the switches because
it minimizes the number of inputs with a
Example 3:
Figure 3-49. Switches association: example 3
critical
severity.
To choose the input to use in a switches association, Amethyst III does
not take into account the state of inputs of switches with a
strategy.
Example 4:
The Disable association on severity parameter is set to Critical.
The association is made of Switch 1 and Switch 2
Each switch contains 2 inputs.
Input 1 and input 4 =
Input 2 and input 3 are not critical
critical
=> the association is disabled.
=> Switch 1 selects input 2 whereas Swi
is raised.
tch 2 selects input 3. An alarm
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