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INSTRUCTION MANUAL
HDE-4C-QAM
MPEG-2 HD Encoder
Model
HDE-4C-QAM
Status
Active
©2013 Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of their respective owner.
Stock No.
6376
Date
September 9, 2013
(800) 523-6049 • (732) 679-4000 • FAX: (732) 679-4353
Description
MPEG-2 HD Encoder
+ 4xComponent/Composite inputs;
4xQAM + 4xGigE + 4xASI outputs; EAS compatible
Document No.
651234200A
One Jake Brown Road
Old Bridge, NJ 08857-1000 USA
www.blondertongue.com
Issue No.
Author
1
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- Page 1 4xQAM + 4xGigE + 4xASI outputs; EAS compatible Status Date Document No. Issue No. Author Active September 9, 2013 651234200A ©2013 Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of their respective owner.
- Page 2 We recommend that you write the following information in the spaces provided below. Purchase Location Name: Purchase Location Telephone Number: HDE-4C-QAM Serial Number: The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions may be issued to advise of such changes and/or additions.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Table of Contents SECTION 1 – GENERAL & SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ..................... 4 SECTION 2 – PRODUCT SUMMARY ..........................6 2.1 REVISION HISTORY & REASON ........................... 6 2.2 PRODUCT APPLICATION & DESCRIPTION ........................6 2.3 PRODUCT SPECIFICATION ............................9 SECTION 3 – INSTALLATION & POwER-UP ........................ 10 3.1 UNPACKING ................................10 3.2 INSTALLATION ................................10 3.3 POWER-UP ................................ -
Page 4: Section 1 - General & Safety Instructions
4 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Section 1 — General & Safety Instructions The STOP sign symbol is intended to alert you to the presence of REQUIRED operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions that if not followed, may result in product failure or destruction. The YIELD sign symbol is intended to alert you to the presence of RECOMMENDED operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions. - Page 5 ➥ U nplug the unit from the AC power outlet before cleaning. Use only a damp cloth for cleaning the exterior of the unit. ➥ D o not use accessories or attachments not recommended by Blonder Tongue, as they may cause hazards, and will void the warranty.
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Page 6: Section 2 - Product Summary
This is the first issue of the Instruction Manual. 2.2 Product Application & Description Application: HDE-4C-QAM (MPEG-2 HD Encoder – 4xComponent/Composite – 4xQAM) accepts inputs up to four (4) high-definition (HD) programs from: 4xComponent/Composite, MPEG-2 encoded outputs are available in the following formats simultaneously: 4xQAM, 4xGigE (1000Base-T Ethernet), and 4xASI. - Page 7 LED is Green = AC power is detected. LED is off = indicates (i) AC power is not connected, or (ii) AC power is connected but the power supply is defective. The unit must be sent to Blonder Tongue for repair for condition (ii).
- Page 8 8 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Rear panel connectors: INPUT POwER: IEC 14 power inlet plug - rated 115/230 VAC; 2.0/1.0A; 60/50 Hz; equipped with Slo-Blo, 3.0 Amps, 250 V Fuse. EAS CONTROL: Terminal strip to activate the EAS messaging feature in one of two following ways: a) 5-12 VDC between terminals 1 &...
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Page 9: Product Specification
HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 2.3 Product Specification Input Output Component Connectors: 4 sets each 3x RCA for Video Connector: 1x “F” Female (Y, Pb, Pr) (rear panel; up to 4x RF QAM ch. combined) Video Resolution: 480i, 720p, & 1080i Modulation:... -
Page 10: Section 3 - Installation & Power-Up
Seven-foot cross-pinned (cross-over) RJ45 Ethernet cable (QTY=1) 3.2 Installation The HDE-4C-QAM encoder is designed to be installed in a standard 19-inch (483 mm) rack (EIA 310-D, IEC 60297, and DIN 41494 SC48D). To install the encoder, secure the unit’s front panel to the rack by inserting four (4) machine screws, with cup washers, through the four (4) mounting holes in the front panel. -
Page 11: Section 4 - Communicating With The Unit
HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Section 4 – Communicating with the Unit Local or remote communication with the unit is only possible through a GUI-based menu via any standard web browser. Before you can communicate with the unit, you must configure the unit's IP address to conform to your existing IP network or LAN. -
Page 12: Section 5 - Configuring The Unit
12 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Section 5 - Configuring the Unit 5.1 Accessing the Unit Via the web Browser You must complete the steps described in Section 4 before proceeding as follows: (1) Open a web browser on your computer (Internet Explorer 7 or higher is recommended) and enter the following URL address (http://172.16.70.1). The "Login" Screen (Figure 5.1) will appear. -
Page 13: Main > Status" Screen
HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.2 "Main > Status" Screen The “Main > Status” screen (Figure 5.2) is a “read only” screen and displays the following information: Figure 5.2 - "Main > Status" Screen In the section entitled “TS” under an orange header, the following parameters about each output TS (transport stream) are displayed: TS Mapping: indicates the list of programs selected by the user to be assigned to TS (TS #1 thru 4). -
Page 14: Main > Program" Screen
14 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.3. "Main > Program” Screen The “Main > Program” screen (Figure 5.3) is a “user-configurable” screen to select the video/audio sources for each input program: Figure 5.3 - "Main > Program" Screen Video Source: Component #1-4 Audio Source: Audio In #1 thru 4, Digital #1 thru 4, and digital #1 thru 4. -
Page 15: Main > Video" Screen
HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.4 "Main > Video" Screen The “Main > Video” screen (Figure 5.4) is a “user-configurable” screen to select the video encoder parameters for each input program: Figure 5.4 - "Main > Video" Screen Bitrate: must enter the bitrate for each input video. It is recommended to ensure that the sum of the bitrates of the input videos in a TS, does not exceed “TS Bitrate”... -
Page 16: Main > Audio" Screen
The ability of the Dialog Normalization depends on the configuration of the Dynamic Range Control. The HDE-4C-QAM allows you to adjust the normalization from -1 to -31 dB. The typical value is -27 dB. This is based on the standard film audio formats which normally are between -25 and -31 dB. - Page 17 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Dolby Surround Mode: indicates if the audio is two-channel Dolby or not. Possible options are: Unspecified: indicates the decoder must determine the audio format by itself. Disabled: indicates the audio is not encoded in surround mode. Enabled: indicates the audio is encoded in surround mode.
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Page 18: Main > Ts Map" Screen
18 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.6 "Main > TS Map" Screen The “Main > TS Map” screen (Figure 5.6) is a “read and write” screen to assign programs to TS(s): Figure 5.6 - "Main > TS Map" Screen In the section entitled “Inputs” under the green header, the user can select the programs to be included in each output TS as follows: •... - Page 19 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual PIDs, Program Numbers, Channels or Channel Names must be unique in a MPTS output stream. The user must edit the duplicated values using the “Main >TS Config” Screen (see Section 5.7 for details). The duplicate values will be highlighted in red color under of Figure 5.6 MPTS Output Stream ‘x’ and MPTS Output Stream ‘y’ may have same PIDs, Program Numbers, Channels or Channel Names as each MPTS output stream is a unique stream. STPS Output Stream ‘x’ and SPTS Output Stream ‘y’ may have same PIDs, Program Numbers, Channels or Channel Names as each MPTS output stream is a unique stream. In the section entitled “Output” under an orange header, the user can view the list of the programs that are present in output TS: TS# - IP/QAM/ASI: indicates the Transport Stream ID (refer of Section 5.7 for details), and the type of outputs...
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Page 20: Main > Ts Config" Screen
20 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.7 "Main > TS Config" Screen The “Main > TS Config” screen (Figure 5.7) is a “read and write” screen to assign TS parameters: Figure 5.7 - "Main > TS Config" Screen... - Page 21 TS packet. Selecting the above two fields would allow the TS packets to be compliant with industry standards, but would not affect the input or output configuration of the HDE-4C-QAM. In the section entitled “Output Mapping”, the user can select and configure the following parameters for each output TS indicated by “TS# - IP/QAM/ASI”...
- Page 22 22 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Minor Channel: user may enter a minor channel number for the output program. The range is 1 to 99 Terrestrial and 1 to 999 for Cable. The channel number displayed on the screen is the combination of the major and minor channels. Make sure that the major-minor channel pair is unique for each program on the MPTS output. For example, if major channel = 6 and minor channel = 1, then the channel number displayed would be 6-1. MPTS Output Stream ‘x’ and MPTS Output Stream ‘y’ may have same PID, Program Number, Short Name or Major-minor channel pair as each MPTS output stream is a unique stream. Save: if duplicate values exist for PID, Program Number, Short Name or Major – Minor Channel Pair in a MPTS output stream, when the SAVE button is clicked, the following pop-up window would appear accordingly: “Error! Duplicate...
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Page 23: Main > Ip" Screen
HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.8 "Main > IP" Screen The “Main > IP” screen (Figure 5.8) is a “read and write” screen to assign the IP parameters for the TS: Figure 5.8 - "Main > IP" Screen Destination IP: allows user to assign the IP address of the equipment to which the GigE output is streamed to. -
Page 24: Main > Qam" Screen
24 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.9 "Main > QAM" Screen The “Main > QAM” screen (Figure 5.9) is a “read and write” screen to assign the QAM parameters to the TS: Figure 5.9 - "Main > QAM" Screen... - Page 25 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Output Channel/Frequency: User must assign an RF channel number to the RF QAM output of the Quad-QAM module (i.e. RF channel 2, as shown in Figure 5.9). The remaining three RF QAM channels will be automatically assigned to the next adjacent channels (i.e.
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Page 26: Main > Output" Screen
26 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.10 "Main > Output" Screen The “Main > Output” screen (Figure 5.10) is a “read and write” screen to assign each TS to their desired IP, QAM, and ASI outputs: Figure 5.10 - "Main > Output" Screen In the section entitled “TS” under an orange header, the following parameters about each output TS are displayed: TS Mapping: indicates the list of programs selected by the user to be assigned to TS (TS #1 thru 4). -
Page 27: Main > Refresh" Tab
The “Main > Refresh” tab can be clicked while you are on any of the following sub-tabs screens: “Status”, “Program”, “Video”, “Audio”, “TS Map”, “TS Config”, “IP”, “QAM”, and “Output”. When clicked, it will update all relevant fields/parameters of the active screen as that information is retrieved from the HDE-4C-QAM in a real-time basis. -
Page 28: Network" Screen
28 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.12 "Network" Screen The “Network” screen (Figure 5.11) is a read and write screen where the following parameters are displayed or configured: Figure 5.11 - "Network" Screen 10/100 MAC Address: indicates the MAC Address of the “Remote Control 10/100” Port. 1 GigE MAC Address: indicates the MAC Address of the “Data Out 1GigE” Port. - Page 29 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual hardware Version: indicates the current hardware version of the unit. Serial Number: indicates the unit’s serial number. headend Name: a user-defined field to make identification easier. Location: another user-defined field to make identification easier. Login Timeout (Minutes): indicates the period of time before the unit logs itself out if there is no activity on the web screens.
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Page 30: Admin.html" Hidden Screen
30 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.12.1 "Admin.html" hidden Screen To change/modify the IP network parameters, as well as the Username and Password values for the unit, you must be logged in to the unit as “Admin” to access a hidden screen shown in Figure 5.11.1 by typing the URL of the unit followed by a forward slash and Admin.html, for example: http://172.16.70.1/Admin.html. - Page 31 LED turns stable green or Off. When Disabled, manual reboot is required in case of above events. System Reboot: allows the user to reboot HDE-4C-QAM. 10/100 IP Address: is the static IP address that is assigned to the unit. It allows the user to access the unit via the web interface.
- Page 32 Time Server IP: is the IP address for the Time Server from where the unit can obtain its clock reference (see Section 6.9 for details). The factory default value is 172.16.70.2. Syslog Errors: is to enable/disable HDE-4C-QAM to forward error messages (in red font) to an SNMP syslog. The factory default value is disabled.
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Page 33: Time" Screen
HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.13 "Time" Screen “Time” screen (Figure 5.12) is a “read and write” screen that allows you to set the current date and time for the HDE-4C- QAM. To remain compliant with ATSC and cable standards, it is important to have the accurate date and time stamps. For this reason, it is recommended to use the “NTPServer”... -
Page 34: Event Log" Screen
34 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual 5.14 "Event Log" Screen The “Event Log” screen (Figure 5.13) is a “read and write” screen where the following parameters can be displayed or configured. The data in Error Log can be forwarded to a SysLog database – (see , &... -
Page 35: Appendix A: Updating The Software Remotely
Appendix A: Updating the Software Remotely General background: There are two different PROMs that need to be programmed in HDE-4C-QAM. They are called PROM1 and PROM2. Please note not every software update requires both PROMs to be programmed. However, program both PROMs unless you get a written notice with Release notes to do otherwise. - Page 36 36 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Telnet to hDE-4C-QAM: There are two ways to telnet to the HDE-4C-QAM: (1) Use Command line and type in “ telnet IP address “ for example “telnet 172.16.70.1” (2) Use the Terminal program such as Putty to telnet.
- Page 37 Instruction Manual Step 2: Update PROM1 and/or PROM2: Now you can use the field update utility (epcs) to program the EPCS PROMs. This is a custom utility that resides in HDE-4C-QAM. warning: Care should be taken at this time, if misspelled characters or letters are typed by accident, or you have missed to type the bin command in Step 1, this could cause the HDE-4C-QAM Flash memory to be corrupted.
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Page 38: Appendix B: Viewing The Ip Output On A Vlc Media Player
38 HDE-4C-QAM Instruction Manual Appendix B: Viewing the IP output on a VLC Media player To view the IP output from the HDE-4C-QAM on a VLC Media player in a computer or laptop, the procedure is divided into two steps: Step 1: Change the IP address of the computer Step 2: Using the VLC Media Player NOTE: Step 1 needs to be followed only if an unicast IP address is assigned in the “Destination IP”... -
Page 39: Limited Warranty
BT may determine) any product manufactured by BT which proves to be defective in materials or workmanship or fails to Blonder Tongue Laboratories, Inc. (BT) will at its sole option, either repair or replace (with a new or factory reconditioned product, as BT may the case of software, licensed) by Seller which is defective in materials or workmanship or fails to meet the applicable specifications that are in effect on the date of meet the specifications which are in effect on the date of shipment or such other specifications as may have been expressly... - Page 40 One Jake Brown Road Old Bridge, NJ 08857-1000 USA (800) 523-6049 • (732) 679-4000 • FAX: (732) 679-4353 www.blondertongue.com...
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