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- Page 1 Cobalt Digital Inc. 9990-DEC-MPEG MPEG4 AVC and MPEG2 Decoder with ASI and IP Inputs and SDI Outputs Product Manual Version 1.0...
- Page 2 9990-DEC-MPEG • MPEG4 AVC and MPEG2 Decoder with ASI and IP Inputs and SDI Outputs Product Manual • Cobalt Digital Inc. Part Number: 9990-DEC-MPEG-OM • Document Version: 1.0 • Printed in the United States. • Last Author: CGG • Printing Date: 2/11/2016 The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice or obligation.
- Page 3 Important Regulatory and Safety Notices Before using this product and any associated equipment, refer to the “Important Safety Instructions” listed below to avoid personnel injury and to prevent product damage. Products may require specific equipment, and/or installation procedures to be carried out to satisfy certain regulatory compliance requirements.
- Page 4 Technical Support using the numbers listed under the “Contact Us” section on the last page of this manual. All Cobalt Digital Inc. products are covered by a generous 5-year warranty and will be repaired without charge for materials or labor within this period. See the “Warranty and Repair Policy”...
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Page 5: Table Of Contents
Product Overview ........................8 9990-DEC-MPEG Indicators and Switches.................. 10 Rear I/O Panel Indicators......................10 Front Indicators......................... 11 Front Switches .......................... 12 9990-DEC-MPEG Operation and Management ................13 Product Tab........................... 15 Network Tab ..........................17 Network Configuration Tab ...................... 17 Network Statistics Tab......................18 ASI Input Port .......................... - Page 6 Status Tab..........................37 Network Tab ......................... 38 Network Tab for ASI Input....................38 Network Tab for UDP/RTP Stream.................. 38 Network Tab for HLS Stream................... 39 Network Tab for RTMP Client and Server............... 40 Network Tab for RTSP Client ..................41 Configuration Tab.........................
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Page 7: Safety Notice And Warnings
This is a Class A product. In a domestic environment, this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures. Introduction • This manual covers 9990-DEC-MPEG openGear™ Multi-Standard Decoder card which has the following features: • Multi-Standard Decoder (MPEG-2 and H.264), with support for both SD (Standard Definition) and HD (High Definition) content. -
Page 8: Product Overview
RTSP client (connects to IP cameras) A separate license is required for Dolby decoding. Please contact Cobalt Digital Inc. if you need this license. A separate license is required for the IP input. Please contact Cobalt Digital Inc. if you need this license. - Page 9 • Outputs o Composite video output o HDMI video output with embedded audio o SDI video output with embedded audio and SMPTE-334 closed-captions o Analog stereo audio output o ASI loop-through output For the remainder of this manual, we will use the term port for a physical input/output port (such as ASI or Ethernet), and stream for a transport stream present in the port.
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Page 10: 9990-Dec-Mpeg Indicators And Switches
The Video output ports share one green indicator LED, with the following states: • LED off: the 9990-DEC-MPEG is not currently decoding a stream. There may be a valid video signal in the output, but it does not correspond to a decoded stream. -
Page 11: Front Indicators
• ASI Out LED: behaves exactly the same as the ASI output rear I/O panel indicator. • VID LED: behaves exactly the same as the Video output rear I/O panel indicator. • Ref In LED: this LED blinks when the 9990-DEC-MPEG is receiving a genlock signal from the chassis reference input. -
Page 12: Front Switches
ASI In ASI Out Ref In The 9990-DEC-MPEG board has other LEDs that may or may not be illuminated. They are intended for engineering debug only. Front Switches The 9990-DEC-MPEG board has two pushbutton-type switches in the front, just below the LEDs, as depicted below. -
Page 13: 9990-Dec-Mpeg Operation And Management
• Control: this tab is present only in the 9990-DEC-MPEG versions of the product. It allows for the configuration of the Ethernet control port and the SNMP function. Please note that DashBoard versions 4.0 and 4.1 have GUI performance problems with the 9990-DEC-MPEG. We recommend version 5.0 or higher... -
Page 15: Product Tab
Major Version • Minor Version. DSP firmware will only occasionally be updated by Cobalt Digital Inc.. • Serial Number: This is the serial number of this particular 9990-DEC-MPEG card. • Hardware Version: This indicates the board version number. All board versions are functionally equivalent. - Page 16 OK: The Rear Module is the correct module for the 9990-DEC-MPEG. In the 9990-DEC-MPEG this indicator will always indicate OK. Not Installed: The 9990-DEC-MPEG is not connected to a rear module. The card is operating normally, but it will not be useful as there are no input and output connections to it.
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Page 17: Network Tab
HLS or RTMP client, if the servers are to be specified by host names instead of IP addresses If the 9990-DEC-MPEG has connectivity to the Internet and there is no DNS in your local network, Cobalt Digital Inc. recommends using the Google public servers at addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. -
Page 18: Network Statistics Tab
Apply button. Pressing the Cancel button reverts the fields back to their original values. Note that the 9990-DEC-MPEG will check the consistency of the data entered and will reject invalid combinations. Once the Apply... - Page 19 The following parameters are reported in the Network Statistics tab: • Alarm on Link Loss: Reports the current setting of this parameter. • IP Address: Reports the current IP Address for the port. • Subnet Mask: Reports the current Subnet Mask for the port. •...
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Page 20: Asi Input Port
ASI Input Port The 9990-DEC-MPEG decoder has one fixed-function ASI Input Port. This tab is used to configure and manage it. ASI Input: Configuration Tab The Configuration Tab for the ASI inputs is shown below: The Configuration tab is divided into two areas: •...