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BLUEbox MPEG-2 encoder & decoder
BLUEbox user manual, 59300233, rev002

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  • Page 1: User Manual

    ™ EASI IP Series User Manual BLUEbox MPEG-2 encoder & decoder BLUEbox user manual, 59300233, rev002...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Introduction ..................................1 General ..................................1 Software version ..............................1 Features ................................... 1 Installation ..................................2 Quick instructions ..............................2 Mechanical connections ............................3 Indicator leds ................................3 Connections ..................................4 General ..................................4 Video connection ..............................4 Audio connections ..............................4 Data connections ..............................
  • Page 3: Introduction

    BLUEbox encoder & decoder introduction Stand-alone CAT5 devices with one video, two audio and three data channels, In-band management Welcome, and thank you for purchasing Teleste’s EASI™ Products. General EASI™ BLUEbox is a stand-alone video, audio & data Encoder/Decoder device for business television type applications.
  • Page 4: Installation

    Installation Quick Instructions Install the stand-alone BLUEbox device to the installation place. A 12 V supply voltage is provided by a CPS22x mains adapter. Switch on the system power and see that the “module”, “link” and “video” -indicators on the front panel of the device are lit. The “module”...
  • Page 5: Mechanical Connections

    BLUEbox Mechanical Connections 1. Composite (CVBS) video input / output (BBE / BBD), BNC female connector. 2. S-video (Y/C) input / output (BBE / BBD), 4 pin min-DIN female connector. 3. 2 audio inputs / outputs (BBE / BBD), RJ-45 female connector.
  • Page 6: Connections

    Connections General All products in EASI™ IP family have the same connection scheme in their connectors. Depending on the model, there are Video, S-Video, Audio, Data, Mgmt & Ethernet 100Base-TX connections. Video, audio, data and Ethernet port settings can be confi gured from web user interface (WebUI) or command line interface (CLI).
  • Page 7: Data Connections

    Data Connections The data connectors (1, 2 & 3) provide one bi-directional data channel (BBE <--> BBD). The data type can be set to RS232, RS422, RS485-2w or RS485-4w. You can confi gure data settings by help of WebUI or CLI. The connector is type RJ-45 female (see picture 5 and table 2 for detailed description).
  • Page 8: Mgmt Connection

    Management Connection The Mgmt (Management) connector provides one bi-directional data channel (RS232). The Mgmt connection is meant for confi guration and controlling of BLUEbox devices locally by CLI. Management connection between BLUEbox devices and e.g. laptop is based on a serial data communication by means of any terminal type program (e.g Windows Hyper Terminal).
  • Page 9: Ethernet Connection

    Ethernet Connection The Ethernet connector provides 10/100Base-TX Ethernet network interface. The connector is type RJ-45 female (CAT5, see picture 7 and table 4 for detailed description). When the Ethernet connection status is OK, the “link” led on the front panel is green. If the Ethernet signal is missing or it’s level is too low, the “link”...
  • Page 10: Tm Bluebox Devices

    BLUEbox device with help of web user interface (WebUI) or command line interface (CLI). Web User Interface (WebUI) Teleste’s WebUI provides an user friendly way to confi gure and manage BLUEbox device. WebUI session can be accessed using Internet browser such as Internet Explorer. See next page for detailed description.
  • Page 11: Web User Interface (Webui)

    Web User Interface (WebUI) Introduction This chapter tells how to confi gure the settings using web user interface. General The BLUEbox Encoders (BBE) and the BLUEbox Decoders (BBD) are fully controllable with the Web User Interface (WebUI). System Requirements: The PC equipped with an Ethernet Network card and an Internet browser installed.
  • Page 12: Starting

    Starting To create the WebUI session to the device, fi rst enter device’s IP address into the web browser’s address. Encoder’s default factory IP address is 10.9.96.10 and Decoder’s default factory IP address is 10.9.96.20. The following Web User Interface’s start page will appear on the screen (picture 8).
  • Page 13: General Information - Page

    General General information Click heading “General Information” under the General menu on the left column. General information / device information window appears on the right side of page (picture 10 & 11). On this page you can see device’s general settings and change device’s hostname.
  • Page 14: Network Confi Guration - Page

    Network confi guration Click heading “Network Confi g” under the General menu on the left column. Network confi guration / ethernet information window appears on the right side of page (picture 12 & 13). On this page you can see and change device’s Ethernet network settings.
  • Page 15: Video Confi Guration - Page

    Video Video confi guration Click heading “Confi guration” under the Video menu on the left column.Video confi guration / video stream window appears on the right side of page (pictures 14 & 15). On this page you can modify device’s video interface confi...
  • Page 16: Video Management - Page

    Video management Click heading “Video Management” under the Video menu on the left column of page. Video management / quality of service (when BBE) / unicast video fi ltering (when BBD) window appears on the right side of page (pictures 16 & 17). On this page you can modify device’s video Qos and unicast video settings: BBE:...
  • Page 17: Sap Management - Page

    SAP management Click heading “SAP Management” under the Video menu on the left column of page. Sap management / session announcement protocol window appears on the right side of page (picture 18 & 19). On this page you can modify device’s session announcement protocol settings: SAP Service: Service enabled / disabled Multicast Group: SAP advertisements...
  • Page 18: Video Statistics - Page

    Video statistics (only in BBD) Click heading “Statistics” under the Video menu on the left column. Video statistics / transport stream window appears on the right side of page (picture 20). On this page you can see BBD device’s video stream settings. Video state: Display received video state (active/waiting/inactive/error) Detected bitrate: Display received...
  • Page 19: Change Password / User Management - Page

    Administration Change password To change the password, fi rst click heading “Change Password” under the Administration menu on the left column. Administration / change password window appears on the right side of page (picture 21). On this page you can change your username and password.
  • Page 20: Services - Page

    To change the user password First select user from users list by ticking the checkbox before the username. Write new password to the box after button. Click button to activate the new password. Note! Use only characters and numbers. Do not use special characters! To remove the user, fi...
  • Page 21: Data Channel

    Data ports Data channel confi guration Click heading Data channel 1, 2 or 3 under the Ports menu on the left column. Data channel confi guration / data channel 1, 2 or 3 window appears on the right side of page (e.g. picture 25 for data channel 1). On these pages you can change data channel 1...3 settings.
  • Page 22: Data Channel Statistics - Page

    Data channel statistics Click heading “Statistics” under the Ports menu on the left column. Data channel 1, 2 and 3 statistics window appears on the right side of page (picture 26). Rx bytes: Number of bytes received since the last counter reset (start-up). Tx bytes: Number of bytes transmitted since the last counter reset (start-up).
  • Page 23: Command Line Interface - Cli

    Command Line Interface - CLI Connection methods - Hyper Terminal 1. Start the Windows Hyper Terminal program (in Windows by choosing -> Start/Programs/Accessories/Communications/ Hyper Terminal). Wait until the following “Connection Description” window appears on the screen (see picture 27). 2. Enter a name for connection, e.g. “EASI ™...
  • Page 24: Connection Methods - Telnet

    Connection methods - Telnet 1. Start the Run utility program (in Windows by choosing -> Start/Run...). Wait until the following “Run” window appears on the screen (see picture 31). 2. Write Telnet and click button to continue. Picture 31. Run utility program view. The following “Telnet.exe”...
  • Page 25: How To Use The Cli

    How to use the CLI CLI levels CLI consists of several levels. You can move from one level to other by step by step.(See picture 34 and table 10 for detailed description). To execute the command, press enter after typing command. Note! All letters must be typed as lowercase.
  • Page 26: Detailed Descriptions Of Commands

    Detailed descriptions of commands Disable level When the CLI session has been established to the BLUEbox device, fi rst the user enters on CLI’s disable level --> “ ” text appears on the screen. IPx> Available information on disable level is e.g. device hardware version and serial number.
  • Page 27: Enable Level

    Enable level On enable level the user is able to view device settings (and on admin rights it is also possible to update the device software version). Enable level is activated by entering command enable (or en) on disable level -->...
  • Page 28: Confi G Level

    Confi g level On confi g level the user is able to change device settings such as hostname, username and default IP gateway. Confi g level is activated by entering command confi gure terminal (or c t) on enable level --> “IPx(config)#” text appears on the screen.
  • Page 29: Confi G-If Level For Data Channels

    Confi g-if level for data channels On confi g-if level for data channel the user is able to change device’s data interface settings. Confi g-if level for data channel is activated by entering command interface datachannel [1/2/3] (or in d 1/2/3) on confi g level --> “IPx(config-if)#” text appears on the screen.
  • Page 30: Confi G-If Level For Fast Ethernet

    Confi g-if level for Fast Ethernet On confi g-if level for Fast Ethernet the user is able to change device’s Ethernet interface settings. Confi g-if level for Fast Ethernet is activated by entering command interface fastethernet (or in f) on confi g level --> “IPx(config-if)#” text appears on the screen.
  • Page 31: Confi G-Sap Level

    Confi g-sap level On confi g-sap level the user is able to change device’s sap (session announcement protocol) settings. Confi g-sap level is activated by entering command video sap (or v s) on confi g level --> “IPx(config-sap)#” text appears on the screen.
  • Page 32: Confi G-Ts Level

    Confi g-ts level On confi g-ts level the user is able to change device’s video interface settings. Confi g-ts level is activated by entering command video transport-stream (or v t) on confi g level --> “IPx(config-ts)#” text appears on the screen. Entering ? displays a list of commands for confi...
  • Page 33: Confi G-Fi Lter Level

    Confi g-fi lter level On confi g-fi lter level the user is able to change BBD device’s unicast video fi ltering settings. Confi g-fi lter level is activated by entering command video unicast-fi ltering (or v u)on confi g level --> “IPx(config-filter)#” text appears on the screen.
  • Page 34: Confi G-Line Level

    Confi g-line level On confi g-line level the user is able to change terminal view settings. Confi g-line level is activated by entering command line-console (or l c) on confi g level --> “IPx(config-line)#” text appears on the screen. Entering ? displays a list of commands for confi...
  • Page 35: Glossary

    Glossary Bandwidth Ethernet The width of a communication channel, measured Specifi ed in a standard, IEEE 802.3. 10BASE-T as frequency (hertz) or bits per second (bps). Ethernet systems provide transmission speeds up to 10 Mbps. Fast Ethernet or 100BASE-T provides Baudrate transmission speeds up to 100 megabits per second The speed of information being transmitted across a...
  • Page 36 Half Duplex Local Area Network (LAN) The ability to transmit and receive signals in both A local area network is generally a private network. directions, but only in one direction at a time It is under the control of the owner and used by a set of related individuals and/or workgroups, typically Host within a single building or over a group of neighbor-...
  • Page 37 Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) MTU (Maximum Transmission Device) A network that interconnects users with computer The largest possible device of data that can be resources in a geographic area or region larger than transmitted between a source and a destination. that covered by even a large local area network Note that a distinction must be made between the (LAN) but smaller than the area covered by a wide...
  • Page 38 Network Layer: OSI Layer 3 PMT (Program Map Tables) Provides upper layers with independence from the The tables in PAT that point to video, audio, and data data transmission and switching technologies used content of a transport stream. to connect systems; responsible for establishing, PCR (Program Clock Reference) maintaining, and terminating connections.
  • Page 39 Router Scalability On the Internet, a router is a device or, in some A characteristic of MPEG2 that provides for multiple cases, software in a computer, that determines quality levels by providing layers of video data. the next network point to which a packet should be Multiple layers of data allow a complex decoder to forwarded toward its destination.
  • Page 40 TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/ Unicast Internet Protocol) Communication between a single sender and a The basic communication language or protocol of single receiver on a network. Streaming content can the Internet. It can also be used as a communica- be sent unicast from one server to one user. tions protocol in a private network (either an intranet Compare with Multicast.
  • Page 41: Copyright Acknowledgements

    This obligation applies to the equipment put on the market in EU after 13 August 2005. Teleste devices which belong to the scope of the directive have been marked with the separate collection symbol shown below. The marking is according to the standard EN 50419.
  • Page 42: Technical Specifi Cations

    Technical Specifi cations Parameter Specifi cation Note Ethernet Number of ports half/full duplex Standard 10/100Base-TX CAT-5 Protocols Video/Audio/Data UDP, IP, TCP/IP Management SNMP, HTTP, Telnet, DHCP, SAP Generic ICMP, IGMP, ARP Connectors RJ-45 CAT-5 Video Number of channels Standard PAL/NTSC selectable CVBS/S-video selectable...
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