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Miranda EdgeVision User Manual

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Version 1.20
M928-9900-103
8 November 2012

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  • Page 1: User Guide

    User Guide Version 1.20 M928-9900-103 8 November 2012...
  • Page 2 Miranda Technologies Inc. A Miranda Technologies Inc. manual may have been revised to reflect changes made to the product during its manufacturing life. Thus, different versions of a manual may exist for any given product.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Harnessing the Power of the EdgeVision System ........
  • Page 4 Alarms in EdgeVision Player ........

  • Page 5: About The Edgevision System

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

  • Page 6: Hardware And Software Overview

    About the EdgeVision System Hardware and Software Overview • EdgeVision Release Notes: provides a list of known limitations with the current release of the EdgeVision system. • EdgeVision Quick Start Guide: provides basic instructions on how to install and configure the EdgeVision device so that you can view feeds in EdgeVision Player.

  • Page 7: Edgevision Platform Requirements

    EdgeVision unit Startup page, and should be installed on PCs prior to operating EdgeVision. You can connect to the EdgeVision unit from any PC on their network. The first step is to obtain the host name or IP address of the EdgeVision unit. Once you connect to an EdgeVision’s IP address, you can use a Web browser to access the EdgeVision Web page and...
  • Page 8 About the EdgeVision System Hardware and Software Overview Notes (Continued) • On Windows 7 platforms, it is recommended to use the Java 1.6 (update 20) runtime environment.

  • Page 9: Managing The Device Feeds

    A typical scenario: you receive a call that the video is frozen on channel 225 in the Montreal- West area. You would launch EdgeVision Player on the unit that monitors that region, drag the Input that connects to that feed into one of the View panels, and use the Remote to select the...

  • Page 10: About The Edgevision Player

    Browser, specifically the Video freeze alarm. Once you have confirmed what is happening, you can begin to take the corrective steps. Note: If you have a firewall active on the PC that is running EdgeVision Player, it may prevent the streams from being displayed.

  • Page 11: Launching Edgevision Player

    Launching EdgeVision Player EdgeVision Admin is a Web page that connects directly to your EdgeVision unit. Not only does it display its current operational status, but it also allows you to configure its network and device properties.
  • Page 12 Figure 2-1: Opening EdgeVision window (Mozilla Firefox version 8.0 depicted) Once EdgeVision Player is downloaded, a splash page appears. Figure 2-2: EdgeVision Player splash page EdgeVision Player appears, displaying the devices located at the selected IP address along with the feeds being monitored.

  • Page 13: Assigning Feeds To The Monitors

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

  • Page 14: Accessing Feeds From Other Units

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

  • Page 15: Assigning A Feed To A Monitor With The Mouse

    To assign a feed to a monitor with the mouse 1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the input you would like to stream under the appropriate device. 2. Drag the selected input onto the desired monitor.

  • Page 16: Assigning A Feed To A Monitor With The Assign Button

    To assign a feed to a monitor using the Assign button 1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the Input in the device you wish to use. 2. In the right pane, click the Assign button located on the bottom-left of the monitor you want to use, point to Load stream, and then select the input you would like to stream to this monitor.

  • Page 17: Assigning A Feed To A Monitor With The Shortcut Menu

    To assign a feed to a monitor with the shortcut menu 1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the input you would like to stream from the appropriate EdgeVision device. 2. Right-click the input, point to Load stream in player, and then click the desired monitor selection.

  • Page 18: Stopping And Restarting A Feed

    Managing the Device Feeds Assigning Feeds to the Monitors To load all feeds in the device 1. In EdgeVision Player, on the Host Browser, select the device whose feeds you would like to stream. 2. Right-click the device and select Load all streams.

  • Page 19: Changing The Audio Focus In A Multi-View Display

    EdgeVision User Guide The stream is stopped. Note: If the stream is already stopped, the command will be Stop streaming dimmed. 2. Right-click the monitor and select Start streaming for the current monitor. The stream restarts in the monitor. Changing the Audio Focus in a Multi-View Display While you can view multiple video feeds in a multi-view display (Multi-Player or Multi-View), you can listen to only one audio feed at a time.

  • Page 20: Changing Channels With The Remote And Focus Buttons

    To mute the audio feeds, click the Mute audio button in the top right of the video feed area. Changing Channels with the Remote and Focus Buttons Although EdgeVision Player can display the video from up to four feeds at a time, you can use the Feed buttons to change the control and audio focus.

  • Page 21: Selecting The Number Of Feeds To Display

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

  • Page 22: Configuring The Audio/Video Display

    When you switch to a full-screen mode (TV Mode or MultiView), the Display buttons are hidden. If you move the cursor to the top of the EdgeVision window, the Display buttons slide into view and you can change the Feed Display.
  • Page 23 EdgeVision User Guide To change how the audio meters appear 1. Right-click the audio meters next to the monitor you want to affect, and then click Properties. 2. Select how the audio meters display the sound level measurements: • Ticks: displays horizontal lines at regular intervals long the audio meter •...

  • Page 24: Changing The Display's Aspect Ratio

    To switch the aspect ratios for a feed in a monitor, right-click anywhere in the monitor and select the ratio you want to use. If you select Automatic, EdgeVision Player will select the aspect ratio that fits the current display best.
  • Page 25 EdgeVision User Guide Figure 2-3: Stream Statistics window To display the Video/Audio streaming performance statistics for a feed 1. Right-click on any active monitor and select Statistics on the pop-up menu. • To view the video statistics, right-click in the video area of the stream. There must be a video feed being displayed to be able to access the Statistics command.
  • Page 26 Managing the Device Feeds Configuring the Audio/Video Display Streaming Performance Statistics (Continued) Field Description --- Stream panel --- Codec Displays the device or application that is encoding and/or decoding the digital data stream or signal. • For video, the h.264 codec is used. •...

  • Page 27: Device, Feed, And Stream Alarms

    ............27 About Reading Alarms EdgeVision Player lists both status and text alarms in its folder (on the left pane).

  • Page 28: Status Alarms

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

  • Page 29: Alarm Icon Colors

    EdgeVision User Guide Alarm Icon Colors Current Status Colors A status alarm’s icon may display three separate colors in three distinct quadrants. The left- most double quadrant indicates the current status of the alarm. The upper-right quadrant indicates the latched status. The lower-right quadrant indicates the acknowledged status.
  • Page 30 For example, a transient fluctuation in a video signal may cause an alarm configured to detect a video signal freeze to turn red for a moment, and then return to green. EdgeVision keeps track of the fluctuation by setting the latched component of the alarm to red, giving the operator a visual cue that this alarm may need to be watched more closely.

  • Page 31: Alarms In Edgevision Player

    3. A scripted action might, at this point, send an SMS message to a supervisor. Alarms in EdgeVision Player The mere existence of an alarm does not necessarily mean that something is wrong.

  • Page 32: Reading Feed Input Alarms

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

  • Page 33: Reading Video Alarms

    Figure 3-3: Regular Video alarms Figure 3-4: EIA 608 Closed Captioning alarms You can enable or disable these alarms on the left pane (see "Alarms in EdgeVision Player", on page 27) or by using EdgeVision Configurator.

  • Page 34: Audio Alarms

    1. When possible, use an HDMI or Component input to detect Video Freeze accurately. 2. There are limitations on EdgeVision's ability to detect the presence of macroblocking on signals that have been subjected to horizontal scaling. For more information, see the EdgeVision Installation Guide.
  • Page 35 You can enable or disable these alarms on the left pane (see "Alarms in EdgeVision Player", on page 27) or by using EdgeVision Configurator. Audio alarms Alarm Type Description --- General audio feed alarms --- Out of phase •...
  • Page 36 Device, Feed, and Stream Alarms Reading Loudness Measurement Alarms Audio alarms (Continued) Alarm Type Description Silence left • Detects if the audio feed has been interrupted on the left channel. • Found in the section for the Input. Audio Audio # Silence right •...
  • Page 37 Active if the Last Dialnorm is different from the Expected Dialnorm. Integrated Integrated loudness reading in LKFS or LUFS, depending on whether the selected measurement mode in EdgeVision Configurator is in EBU or A85 mode Last Integrated Integrated value at the last segment transition.
  • Page 38 Device, Feed, and Stream Alarms Reading AC3 Metadata Alarms (Audio) Loudness Measurement alarms (Continued) Alarm Type Description • Loudness Range in LU only when in EBU-Mode; the value should be blank when the Loudness mode is A85 • Loudness range is reset on a segment transition •...
  • Page 39 EdgeVision User Guide AC3 metadata alarms Alarm Type Description Sampling rate Actual Sampling frequency of input audio signal. Possible choices are: • 48 kHz • 44.1kHz • 32 kHz Bit rate Actual bit rate of input audio signal. Possible choices are: 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320, 384, 448, 512, 576, 640...
  • Page 40 • Not indicated  LFE presence Indicate if LFE (Low-frequency effect) is present in audio signal possible choices: yes. no 1. EdgeVision normally receives CM. Reading Audio Info Frame Alarms The alarms in the Audio info frame  sub-folder allow you to display HDMI infoframe metadata information.

  • Page 41: Reading Streaming Alarms

    The statuses and text of streaming alarms are current and updated in real-time. These values also appear in EdgeVision Configurator. If you make changes to the EdgeVision device using EdgeVision Configurator, streaming alarms will display the changes in the signal, as necessary.
  • Page 42 Device, Feed, and Stream Alarms Reading Streaming Alarms Figure 3-6: EdgeVision Streaming alarms: Video-related Figure 3-7: EdgeVision Streaming alarms: Audio-related...

  • Page 43: Reading Test Alarms

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

  • Page 44: Reading Device Health Alarms

    Device Health alarms Alarm/Flag Description Fan A/B status Displays the current operational status of the cooling fans A/B inside the EdgeVision device. Power supply A status Displays the current operational status of the primary (A) power supplies. Optional power supply B status Displays the current operational status of the secondary (B) power supplies.
  • Page 45 EdgeVision User Guide You can also see these alarms and others in the EdgeVision Admin application (see the EdgeVision Installation Guide for more information.
  • Page 46 Device, Feed, and Stream Alarms Reading Device Health Alarms...

  • Page 47: Contact Us

    Contact Us! Miranda Technical Support For technical assistance, please contact the Miranda Technical Support center nearest you: Americas Asia Office hours: 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. (EST) Office hours: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (GMT+8) Telephone: 1-800-224-7882 Telephone: + 852 2539 6987...

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