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  • Page 1 User Guide...
  • Page 2 UFOpro User Guide Revision History Date Version Description Author 12.10.2023 First Draft This guide contains some symbols to call your attention. The DANGER symbol calls your attention to a situation that, if ignored, may cause DANGER physical harm to the user.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    UFOpro User Guide Contents 1 Chassis Overview .......................... 3 1.1 Front Panel .......................... 3 1.2 Back Panel .......................... 3 2 Installation ............................. 4 2.1 Rack Installation ........................4 2.2 AC Power Connection ......................4 3 Module Overview ........................... 6 3.1 UFO 101 Base unit ......................6 3.2 Receiver Modules ........................
  • Page 4 UFOpro User Guide 5.1 Receiver Modules ......................24 5.1.3 UFO 111/4 ....................... 24 5.1.4 UFO 110/4 | UFO 110/8 ................... 27 5.1.6 UFO 131/4 ....................... 34 5.2 Encoder Modules ....................... 35 5.2.1 UFX 150/4 ....................... 35 5.3 Modulation Output modules ....................43 5.3.1 UFO 220/16 ......................

  • Page 5: Chassis Overview

    UFOpro User Guide 1 Chassis Overview 1.1 Front Panel UFO 101 is a new generation of compact media platform which focuses on cost-effective commercial TV market and traditional DTV market. With powerful embedded Gigabit switch, optional commercial/broadcast level encoder modules and...

  • Page 6: Installation

    UFOpro User Guide 2 Installation 2.1 Rack Installation The UFO 101 is designed to be mounted in a standard 19” rack. It takes 1RU of rack space. To install it into a rack, please use the following steps: Determine the desired position in the rack for the UFO 101. Make sure that the air intake on the top of the unit and the exhausts on the back of the unit will not be blocked.
  • Page 7 UFOpro User Guide When you take the equipment from a cold condition into a much warmer and humid con dition, the equipment should be acclimated to the warm and humidity condition for at least 30 minutes. Powering up a non-acclimated unit may lead to shortcut or other damage to electronic components.

  • Page 8: Module Overview

    UFOpro User Guide 3 Module Overview 3.1 UFO 101 Base unit UFO 101 Basic Function Baseboard 120 inputs & 120 outputs IP channel 3.2 Receiver Modules Module Description 4-channel DVB-S2 receiving descrambling board • UFO 111/4 (two DVB-S2 signal input interfaces, two CAM slots) 4/8-channel DVB-S2/FTA receiving board (four •...

  • Page 9: Modulator Modules

    UFOpro User Guide 3.4 Modulator Modules Module Description UFO 220/16 16-channel non-adjacent QAM-A/C modulation  board. 3.5 Function Modules Module Description Gigabit IP multiplexing processing module, with 2 • RJ45 Gigabit ports, supports UDP/RTP protocol, UFO 151 and supports a maximum of 120 inputs and 120...

  • Page 10: Web Gui

    UFOpro User Guide 4 Web GUI 4.1 Web GUI Overview 4.1.1 Connect the Management Port Factory network settings of the Management Port: IP address 192.168.1.10 • Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0 • Gateway 192.168.1.254 • Take the following steps to access the Web GUI in a browser.

  • Page 11: Logging Into The Web Gui

    UFOpro User Guide From left to right, port 1 and port 2 are used for management, port 3 and port 4 are used for data transmission. A good method of checking IP output is to play the IP streams using VLC player directly.
  • Page 12 UFOpro User Guide We use only IE, Firefox and Chrome for testing procedures. If you use other browsers, like Microsoft Edge, you may encounter incomplete UI layouts, and configure setting in these browsers may lead to errors. Status>Device Alarm Device Alarm page shows the alarm settings and alarm record.
  • Page 13 UFOpro User Guide Status>Device alarm>Alarm Record Alarm Record lets the user see the name of the alarm, the location, if it is still active, and the last time it was changed.

  • Page 14: System Setting

    UFOpro User Guide Status>Device Information Device Information page shows the firmware version, software version, Build Version and hardware version of baseboard and each inserted module. 4.3 System Setting Click the System Setting on the top right corner to enter the system setting page where you can...
  • Page 15 UFOpro User Guide System Setting> Time In Time page you can see the current system time, change Time Zone, choose system time Mode (Manual or Automatic), enable/disable Auto Sync and modify NTP Server Address in Automatic mode or change the current system Time in Manual mode. Click the Apply button on the right side to make the change take effect.
  • Page 16 UFOpro User Guide System Setting> User In User page you can reset login password.
  • Page 17 UFOpro User Guide System Setting> SNMP In SNMP Setting page you can SNMP traps addresses. System Setting> Advanced Setting In Advanced Setting page you can do some changes about standard, priority ,Language ,Authorized Use Time, Destination Module Number, Reverse Proxy,CA...

  • Page 18: Input

    UFOpro User Guide 4.4 Input Click the IP Input on the top line to go into IP input page where you can see Status, Basic Setting, IGMP Setting and Service Configuration. Input >Status In this page, you can check Total bitrate, each channel Total Bit Rate, IP Address and Port, Effective Bit Rate, TS Analysis and Service List.
  • Page 19 UFOpro User Guide Service List  Click a service name to check the detailed info of this service. Input >IP Settings Here you can configure IP input parameters: Destination IP Address, Destination Port, Protocol (UDP/RTP), and TS Packets Per IP Packet. Click Apply to make the setting take effect.
  • Page 20 UFOpro User Guide To set the IP input parameters in batch, you can check the boxes before parameters you need then choose/modify the values. Click Apply to make the setting take effect. Input >IGMP Settings User can set IGMP version, IGMP Automatic report, and IGMP Report Cycles in this page.
  • Page 21 UFOpro User Guide Input >Service Configuration To stream an input source, you can configure the destination in this page. Multiplex or Bypass stream: Click the setting icon ( ), check the output module, and then you  can set the output channel of this stream. After you select bypass mode, this output channel will be occupied only by this stream and when you set other stream output channels, this channel will not be available in this time.

  • Page 22: Output

    UFOpro User Guide 4.5 Output Output >Status The IP Output status information you can check on this page is similar as that of IP input. The TS analysis and service list function are also available. Output >IP Settings Setting IP output channels is also similar to Setting IP input with addition of PSIP.
  • Page 23 UFOpro User Guide Unicast output setting: You should fill the unicast receiving end’s IP addresses in the  Destination IP Address box. Destination MAC: Normally you do not need to enable the Destination MAC switch. Only in  some specific case where the unicast stream cannot be received due to unknown reasons, you can enable Destination MAC and fill in the correct receiver MAC in instead of using unicast IP addresses.
  • Page 24 UFOpro User Guide Output >Service Configuration You can make configuration for output services and TS. TS setting: Click TS line (the red area) to configure Original Network ID, TS ID and each  Service ID, Service Name, and Service Provider.

  • Page 25: Admin

    UFOpro User Guide Output >PSIP  PSIP page lets you out different tables such as PAT, PMT, SDT and the likes. 4.6 Admin Click Agent and you can choose to set the password or to log out.

  • Page 26: Module Configuration

    UFOpro User Guide 5 Module Configuration 5.1 Receiver Modules 5.1.3 UFO 111/4 UFO 111/4 is a 4-channel DVB-S/S2 receiving descrambling board (two DVB-S2 signal input interfaces, two CAM slots). UFO 111/4 >Status Click TS Analysis of each channel, you can see TS Bitrate Analysis. Click Reset Counter to reset the Continuity Count Error counter.
  • Page 27 UFOpro User Guide Click the icon to check service information of all the inputs. You can check program details by clicking the program item. UFO 111/4 >CI For the encrypted services received on UFO 121/4 module receiver, CI slot is needed to decrypt and re-broadcast the services.
  • Page 28 UFOpro User Guide Name Range Frequency (MHz) 950~14500 Symbol Rate(KSym/s) 1000~45000 UFO 111/4 >Service Configuration Service Configuration page is where you can manage the received services and output them to their designated interface. The configuration of all modules in UFO 101 is mostly the same.

  • Page 29: Ufo 110/4 | Ufo 110/8

    UFOpro User Guide UFO 111/4 >System On System page you can enable the Program Auto Scan, EIT MUX. Besides you can also perform Import/Export License, Reboot the module, Restore the unit to factory defaults and Log Export & Clear. 5.1.4 UFO 110/4 | UFO 110/8 UFO 110/4 is a 4-channel, UFO 110/8 is is a 8-channel DVB-S/S2/S2XFTA receiving module with 4/8 RF connectors, and 4 LNBs that are independently powered.
  • Page 30 UFOpro User Guide UFO 110/4 | 110/8 > Status Click TS Analysis of each channel, you can see TS bit rate analysis. Click Reset Counter to reset the Continuity Count Error counter. In Search bar, you can input key words or numbers, such as PIDs, Type or service, for a quickly search.
  • Page 31 UFOpro User Guide Name Range Satellite Frequency (MHz) 950~14500 Symbol Rate(KBaud) 1000~45000 LNB Frequency(MHz) 0~13550 LNB Power Off/13v/18v LNB 22KHz Off/22KHz DISEqC Level 1.0, 1.1, 1.1+1.0, Manually Defined, Disable DISEqC Port 1,2,3,4 DISEqC Bytes In HEX The absolute value of the difference between the Satellite Frequency and the LNB Frequency must be in the range [950, 2150].
  • Page 32 UFOpro User Guide UFO 110/4 | 110/8 > Service Configuration Click Apply or Clear Configuration button on the right side to make the changes made take effect or clear all configuration. Scanning Time (ms)1000~12000. Please try to increase this value if service name is not ...
  • Page 33 UFOpro User Guide UFO 110/4 | 110/8 > IP Output This feature enables you to output S2 services directly without involving baseboard processing. No baseboard resources will be consumed in this way. IP Output > Status> This page shows detailed status of each channel. The TS Analysis and Service List here have the same function to those on the Status page.
  • Page 34 UFOpro User Guide If you want to use IP output channels in the receiver module and baseboard IP output channel at the same time, you should avoid multicast IP addresses conflicts. If there are two identical IP addresses enabled concurrently, both the multicast transport streams will be affected.
  • Page 35 UFOpro User Guide UFO 110/4 | 110/8 > System On System page you can Enable/Disable Program Auto Scan, import/export License, export SNMP MIB files, Reboot module, restore factory default settings and manage logs. Log Manage>This page shows the logs of the module. If there are issues encountered on this module, exporting the logs will help R&D team to analyze and fix them.

  • Page 36: Ufo 131/4

    UFOpro User Guide 5.1.6 UFO 131/4 UFO 131/4 is a 4-channel DVB-T/T2 receiving and descrambling module with1 RF connectors and 2 CI slots. Module configuration is similar to UFO 111/4. UFO 131/4 >Basic Setting Name Range Frequency (KHz) 47000~862000 Bandwidth (Mbps) 6 / 7 / 8 M Click the Apply button on the right side to make the change take effect.

  • Page 37: Encoder Modules

    UFOpro User Guide 5.2 Encoder Modules 5.2.1 UFX 150/4 UFX 150/4 is a 4-channel HDMI input encoder which supports H.264 HD/SD or MPEG-2 SD encoding. The module supports MPEG1-L2, AAC and AC3 audio encoding. UFX 150/4 >Status UFX 150/4 >Basic Setting Click Advanced Setting to see all parameters you can modify and check what specific param eters you want to set and see.
  • Page 38 UFOpro User Guide Setting range: Video Encode Range Video Encode Range Settings Settings Video Type H264 , MPEG2 GOP Close Disable, Enable Video Bitrate (Kbps) 600~20000 PCR2 PID 32~8190 Video Mode CBR, VBR PMT PID 32~8190 Video Max Bitrate (K...
  • Page 39 UFOpro User Guide 16x9_CutOff 4x3_PillarBox 4x3_CutOff GOP Size 6~63 Audio Encode Settings Range Audio Encode Settings Range Encoding Type Audio Sampling Bitrate (KHz) MPEG1_Layer2 MPEG2_AAC MPEG4_AAC Audio Mode Dual Channel Audio PID 32~8190 Mono Stereo Encoding Bitrate(Kbps) Volume 128~384 (AC3)
  • Page 40 UFOpro User Guide Video Encode Video Encode Range Range Settings Settings Video Type H264 PCR2 PID 32~8190 GOP Size PMT PID 1~99 32~8190 Video Resolution Auto , 1920×1080_60i , Program Name Length is 1~16 1920×1080_50i , 1920×1080_30p , 1920×1080_25p , 1080×720_60p 1080×720_50p ,...
  • Page 41 UFOpro User Guide UFX 150/4 >Output For the Output, both models have direct IP output and multiplexing, but only UFX 150/4 has RTMP output settings. This feature is specifically for single program encoding and IP output directly. Outputting in this way will not occupied baseboard multicast bandwidth.
  • Page 42 UFOpro User Guide 3. Check Multiplex for the Channel you want to output through. You can output multiple services in the same channel or output the same service in multiple channels. UFX 150/4 >Insertion You should choose a program first before you set Insertion.
  • Page 43 UFOpro User Guide Subtitle Parameter Range LOGO Parameter Range Position Bottom/Top/Middle Position Offset -200~200 Horizontal Pixel Scrolling Speed 10~1920 1~20 Front Color White/Black/Blue/Green/ Front Size 0~100 Red/Yellow Display Interval 0~100 QR Code setting: QR Code picture picking method is same as LOGO setting.
  • Page 44 UFOpro User Guide LOGO Parameter Range LOGO Parameter Range Position X Position Y 0~1920 (Dual) 0~1080 (Dual) Size width 0~1920 (Dual) Size Height 0~1080 (Dual) UFX 150/4 >System Please refer to CR2-DVBC module.

  • Page 45: Modulation Output Modules

    UFOpro User Guide 5.3 Modulation Output modules 5.3.1 UFO 220/16  UFO 220/16 UFO 220/16 module supports modulating 16 non-adjacent or channels with 1 RF female port for modulating output and 1 RJ45 network port is reserved for future use. QAMA and B share the same Hardware but Different Software.
  • Page 46 UFOpro User Guide UFO 220/16 >Basic Setting This page is where you can modify or set the frequency for the RF modulation. UFO 220/16 has 16 non-adjacent channels. Click the Apply button on the right side to make the change take effect.
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  • Page 48: Ufo 230/8

    UFOpro User Guide Click +Descriptor and add the Cable Descriptor in. Then fill in the correct frequency and  symbol rate and choose the correct constellation of the TS (frequency).Then click OK. (this operation should be set on Modulator module only).
  • Page 49 UFOpro User Guide UFO 230/8>Basic Setting Click the Apply button on the right side to make the change take effect. Name Range Name Range Bandwidth RF level 6M, 7M, 8M 0-31.5dBmv/60-91.5dBμ Frequency (KHz) 48000~862000 UFO 230/8>Output TS setting: Please refer to IP output configuration.
  • Page 50 UFOpro User Guide Repeat the operations to add next TS (frequency) until NIT streams of all the frequencies have  been included. Finally click Apply button to let all configuration take effect. Then searching programs in your STB, you will get all programs in the order of LCN which you set.

  • Page 51: Appendices

    UFOpro User Guide 6 Appendices Appendix A – Power Consumption UFO 101 Power supply max. 120W UFO 101 Chassis max. 16W UFO 121/4 max. 9W UFO 110/4 max. 38W UFO 110/8 max. 70W UFO 111/4 max. 22W UFO 131/4 max. 8W UFO 230/8 max.
  • Page 52 UFOpro User Guide ATSC Advanced Television Systems Committee Audio Video Bouquet Association Table Bit Error Ratio Bit Rate The rate at which the compressed bit stream is delivered British Naval Connector Conditional Access Module Conditional Access Table CAT6 Category 6 – Cable standard for gigabit Ethernet...

  • Page 53: Appendix C - Support

    UFOpro User Guide Management Information Base MPTS Multi-program Transport Stream Network Information Table OFDM Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing Program Association Table Program Clock Reference Packet Identifier Program Map Table Program Specific Information Power Supply Unit Quadrature Amplitude Modulation QPSK Quadrature Phase-Shift Keying...

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