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EVERTZ MICROSYSTEMS LTD.
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Version 1.0, June 2016
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IP Transport Stream Monitor
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  • Page 1 Version 1.0, June 2016 The material contained in this manual consists of information that is the property of Evertz Microsystems and is intended solely for the use of purchasers of the TSMIP series product. Evertz Microsystems expressly prohibits the use of this manual for any purpose other than the operation of the TSMIP series product.
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  • Page 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “Dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (Servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product.
  • Page 4 WARNING Changes or Modifications not expressly approved by Evertz Microsystems Ltd. could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Use of unshielded plugs or cables may cause radiation interference. Properly shielded interface cables...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    2.2. SFP SUPPORTED TYPES ....................5 2.3. MPEG-2 TS MEASUREMENTS .................... 5 2.4. ELECTRICAL ........................5 INSTALLATION OF TSMIP-10GE ....................7 3.1. CONFIGURE IP INTERFACES TO THE TSMIP ..............7 3.2. SET UP INPUTS AND OUTPUTS ..................8 3.3. CONNECTING DEVICE TO COMPUTER ................9 VISTALINK PRO CONFIGURATION ..................
  • Page 6 ® ABBREVIATIONS ........................41 Figures Figure 1-1 : TSMIP-10GE Front and Rear Panel ..................... 2 Figure 1-2 : TSMIP-10GE Block Diagram ......................3 Figure 3-1 : Configure IP Interfaces to the TSMIP ................... 7 Figure 3-2 : TSMIP-10GE Rear Panel ......................8 Figure 4-1 : Tree View ............................
  • Page 7 Jun 2016 Information contained in this manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, Evertz assumes no responsibility for the use thereof nor for the rights of third parties, which may be effected in any way by the use thereof. Any representations in this document concerning performance of Evertz products are for informational use only and are not warranties of future performance either express or implied.
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  • Page 9: Overview

    The TSM-IP 10GE can monitor up to 256 transport streams. It can monitor MPEG2 or H.264 content and can in real time separate encoder errors from network delivery errors allowing the operator to act quickly and avoid down time. The industry leading Evertz VistaLINK PRO NMS offers a new dimension to TS ®...

  • Page 10: Figure 1-1 : Tsmip-10Ge Front And Rear Panel

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Figure 1-1 : TSMIP-10GE Front and Rear Panel Page-2 Revision 1.0...

  • Page 11: Figure 1-2 : Tsmip-10Ge Block Diagram

    Monitoring MPEG DATA2 over IP and IGMP Monitoring Subscription 10/100/ CONTROL 1000 RJ 45 VistaLINK Interface Card Edge Figure 1-2 : TSMIP-10GE Block Diagram  Note: The 10GE ports currently support up to 5 Gb/s per port. Page-3 Revision 1.0...
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  • Page 13: Specifications

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor SPECIFICATIONS 2.1. INPUTS AND OUTPUTS • 2xRJ45 10/100/1000 Data Ports • 2x10GbE SFP Input • 2xRJ45 10/100/1000 control port 2.2. SFP SUPPORTED TYPES • SFP1G-TR13 SFP Optical Transceiver, 1.25Gbs, 1310mm, SMF, 20km • SFP1G-TR15S SFP Optical Transceiver, 1.25Gbs, 1550mm, SMF, 40km...
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  • Page 15: Installation Of Tsmip-10Ge

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor INSTALLATION OF TSMIP-10GE Upon unpacking, the user should find: 1 x TSMIP-10GE 2 x Power cords contained in a plastic bag 2 x Mounting brackets contained in a plastic bag Remove the power cords from their package and connect each one to one of the two black power cords on the rear plate of the TSMIP.

  • Page 16: Set Up Inputs And Outputs

    10GE-2 Control1 Control2 Figure 3-2 : TSMIP-10GE Rear Panel Control 1&2: These connectors allow the TSMIP to be able to communicate with the computer, allowing for the user to control the TSM through the interface of choice. Note: Control 2 is not used.

  • Page 17: Connecting Device To Computer

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 3.3. CONNECTING DEVICE TO COMPUTER a. Plug in a standard Ethernet cable (Cat 5e) from computer’s Ethernet port to the Ethernet switch where the TSMIP is connected. b. Power On the device. c. On the computer screen, select “Start” in the bottom left corner. Then select “Control Panel”.
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  • Page 19: Vistalink ® Pro Configuration

    Open VLPro and click on the refresh tree icon. Expand the hardware tree by clicking on the “+” symbol. The TSMIP-10GE should appear as a newly listed device with the IP address used to configure the card. It may take up to a minute to appear while the card and switch negotiate network settings (this can be verified directly on the switch if necessary).

  • Page 20: Tsmip Frame

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.1. TSMIP FRAME 4.1.1. Status Figure 4-2 : VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration-Status Tab ® The Status tab indicates the current status of the module including firmware installed on the box and CPU and memory usage in percentage.

  • Page 21: Ethernet Ports Control

    DATA1 DATA2 DATA3 DATA4 Table 4-1 : VistaLINK PRO Mapping to Rear to TSMIP-10GE ® IP Address: Self IP address of the port. Netmask: The Netmask address which is 255.255.255.0 by default. Gateway: Gateway IP address for this port. DHCP: This check box can be enabled or disabled.

  • Page 22: Ethernet Ports Monitor

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.1.3. Ethernet Ports Monitor Figure 4-4 : VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration - Ethernet Ports Monitor Tab ® The “Ethernet Ports Monitor” tab indicates the current status of the Ethernet ports. Page-14 Revision 1.0...

  • Page 23: Snmp Configuration

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.1.4. SNMP Configuration This tab is used to configure the traps Destination IP addresses. Figure 4-5 : VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration – SNMP Configuration Tab ® Trap destination 1-5: The user can define IP addresses of VLPro server where SNMP traps will be sent.

  • Page 24: Timing Configuration

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.1.6. Timing Configuration This tab allows the user to configure time specifications. Figure 4-7 : VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration – Timing Configuration Tab ® 4.1.7. Disk Info Figure 4-8 : VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration – Disk Info ®...

  • Page 25: Dns Server

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.1.8. DNS Server Figure 4-9 : VistaLINK PRO Hardware Configuration – DNS Server ® The functionality of this section will be added in the future. 4.2. TSMIP GENERAL Right-click on the “TSM General” on hardware tree and select View Configuration.

  • Page 26: Pro General Configuration - General

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Figure 4-10 : VistaLINK PRO General Configuration – General ® Mapping Table Columns Input: Displays the index number of each IP input. Status: This field indicates the status of input. IP: Control to set the Source IP address (Multicast/Unicast) of each IP input.

  • Page 27: System

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.2.2. System This tab shows the device type and also allows the user to Reboot the device if needed. Figure 4-12 : VistaLINK PRO General Configuration – System ® 4.2.3. Hard Disk Management Figure 4-13 : VistaLINK PRO General Configuration –...

  • Page 28: Input Configuration

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.3. INPUT CONFIGURATION Right click on the Input and select view configuration to access the “Configuration” different tabs. This functionality could also be accessed using the ‘Configure’ button in the General Tab as explained earlier in section 4.2.1...
  • Page 29 TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Misc Control Entry Clear Monitoring: This control allows the user to clear the recorded statistics for the Max and Min bitrates as well as reset the error counts for all Priority1, 2 and 3 Syntax Errors.

  • Page 30: Input Monitor

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor particular multicast address. This information is to be used by multicast routing protocols to avoid delivering multicast packets from specific sources to network where there are no interested. This drop down menu allows the user to set the IGMPv3 mode to Include or Exclude Source address(es) defined.
  • Page 31 TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Num PIDS: This field shows the total number of individual PIDs found in the stream. It includes all ghost PIDs and Null packets. Input Bitrate: This field shows the current bit rate of the input ASI stream.

  • Page 32: Transport Stream

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.3.3. Transport Stream Where the Transport Stream Parameters are displayed using trees for which the branches can be expanded or collapsed by pressing respectively the “+” or “-“sign. Selecting the “+” beside the PID tree root, will drill down to the PSI/SI “Tables & Others” and Programs sub-tree.

  • Page 33: Dpi Monitor

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.3.4. DPI Monitor Figure 4-17 : VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration - DPI Monitor Tab ® DPI Monitoring DPI Monitoring: This field allows the user to enable or disable all DPI monitoring. It is a global enable/disable for all DPI traps.

  • Page 34: Ts Syntax Errors- P1&P2

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.3.5. TS Syntax Errors- P1&P2 This tab displays a general health check of the most important elements of the TS. The tests are not exhaustive and are outlined in detail in the document Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB), measurement guideline for DVB systems ETSI TR 101 290.
  • Page 35 TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor PAT Error: The Program Association Table (PAT), which only appears in PID 0×0000 packets, tells the decoder what programs are in the TS and points to the Program Map Table (PMT) which in turn point to the component video, audio and data streams that make up the program.

  • Page 36: Ts Syntax Errors-P3

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.3.6. TS Syntax Errors-P3 Figure 4-19 : VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration -TS Syntax errors-P3 ® P3 DVB Tables NIT Repetition: This test checks that any two sections with table_id=0×40 (NIT_actual) occur on PID 0×0010 within a 25 ms.
  • Page 37 TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor SDT Repetition: This test checks that the SDT information which describes the services contained in a particular Transport Stream is transmitted at least every 2 seconds on PID 0×0010. SDT Error: The SDT describes the services available to the viewer. It is split into sub-tables containing details of the contents of the current TS (mandatory) and other TS (optional).

  • Page 38: Table 4-2 : Tr 101 290 Dvb Reference Values

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor RRT Repetition: Rating region Table. Defines a rating system for a given region characterized by a number of rating dimensions, each of which is composed of two or more rating levels. This test checks that the rating Region table repetition rates do not exceed 60,000 ms.

  • Page 39: Template Check

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.3.7. Template Check The template check tab is a user configurable tab for validating the compliancy of the TS input against the template parameters entered. Figure 4-20 : VistaLINK PRO Input Configuration -Template Check ®...
  • Page 40 TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Note: This is not possible to enter the TS ID as a hex value. Num PIDs Expected: Enter here the number of PIDs expected in the stream (including the null packets if any), enter zero to disable the test.

  • Page 41: Trigger Faults

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.3.8. Trigger Faults The Trigger Control tab provides a user configurable custom configuration for the top-level alarm status and Traps trigger. This can be used to provide quick visual overviews of the ETS TR 101 290 test status.

  • Page 42: View Functional

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor 4.4. VIEW FUNCTIONAL Right click on an input of TSMIP in hardware tree and select “View Functional”. (Figure 4-22) Figure 4-22 : VistaLINK PRO - View Functional Selection ® 4.4.1. PID View Select “PID View” to access this tab where the standard Transport Stream parameters are displayed. As shown in Figure 4-23, it is possible to see all the packets within the TS stream, organized in ascending order by Service ID.

  • Page 43: Pid Tree View

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Figure 4-23 : VistaLINK PRO - PID View Tab ® 4.4.2. PID Tree View Select “PID Tree View” to access this tab where the standard Transport Stream parameters are displayed using trees for which the branches can be expanded or collapsed by pressing respectively the “+” or “-“...

  • Page 44: Buffer Analysis View

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor Figure 4-24 : VistaLINK PRO - PID Tree View Tab ® 4.4.3. Buffer Analysis View The function of this section is not available and will be added in the future. Figure 4-25 : VistaLINK PRO Buffer Analysis View Tab ®...

  • Page 45: Upgrade Procedures

    Jar file is needed for new products and also it is recommended to update the in use Jar files in order to have access to the latest features of the module. For updating a Jar file, new version of Jar file supplied by Evertz is needed. Follow the below steps to update a jar file.

  • Page 46: Firmware Upgrade Using Vistalink

    For upgrading the firmware, new version of firmware supplied by Evertz is needed. Firmware comes as a .deb archive file. Ensure that the TSMIP-10GE is running the latest firmware version. To check this, right click on the card address in VLPro client and select Version Information. (Figure 5-2)

  • Page 47: Figure 5-3 : Vistalink Pro - Version Information Window

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor By clicking version Information, a window will appear and it’s possible to select the module for upgrade (Figure 5-3). Follow up the below steps in order to upgrade the firmware. Figure 5-3 : VistaLINK PRO - Version information window ®...

  • Page 48: Figure 5-5 : Vistalink Pro - Browsing Firmware Window

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor • Click the Upgrade button on bottom right corner. • Click the Browse button to select the TSMIP-10GE image file. (Figure 5-5) Figure 5-5 : VistaLINK PRO - Browsing Firmware window ® • Select the proper firmware file and click OK.

  • Page 49: Abbreviations

    TSMIP-10GE Series IP Transport Stream Monitor ABBREVIATIONS For the purposes of the present document, the following abbreviations apply: Bouquet Association Table Bit Error Rate BandWidth Conditional Access Conditional Access Table Common Phase Error Cyclic Redundancy Check ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute...
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