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  • Page 1 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 ™ ™ User Guide V1.3 Teracue AG Schlossstr. 18 85235 Odelzhausen Germany Tel: +49 (0)8134-555-10 Fax: +49 (0)8134-555-199 info@teracue.com www.teracue.com...
  • Page 2 All information within this document is confidential to Teracue costumers and should not be copied or distributed to non Teracue customers. DEC-300™ and all of its components are registered trademarks licensed to RADEMARKS Teracue. All other logos and trademarks both marked and not, may be trademarks or...
  • Page 3 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Information about the manual This document is designed to help users setup, configure and work with the H.264/ MPEG-2 SD/HD decoders. If you received this publication as a PDF, then it's a good idea to print it out for future reference.
  • Page 4 Release Notes Following are the Features listed which are supported from the firmware versions: Version 2.06_w18 (2013-12-04)  BUGFIX: DEC-300 freezes after several hours when caching buffer is set  to middle or high  allow hostnames with NTP server setting Version 2.05_w18 (2013-10-14)
  • Page 5 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3  Stereo talkback  Display of aspect ratio  NTSC is working now  Eliminated "spike" artefacts  Add talkback sample rates 22.05kHz, 12kHz and 6kHz for better ENC-300 support ...

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    EXTENDED FUNCTION ........................ 38 ........................38 EMOTE ONTROL ........................42 UDIO ALKBACK Talkback Session between DEC-300™ and ENC-300™ ..........42 4.2.1 Talkback Session between DEC-300™ and ENC-200™ ..........44 4.2.2 Talkback Session between DEC-300™ and ENC-100™ ..........45 4.2.3 TCP S ........................
  • Page 7 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3...

  • Page 8: Overview

    SNMP*, by Telnet and by control over the local COM port. Multiple DEC-300™ blades are operated inside the FR frame series. The decoder is also available as a chassis-based compact device (‘PORTABLE’). High-density requirements are solved by operating the DEC blades in the FR-2000-24 (4 RU rack mount) or FR-610 (1 RU rack mount) multi-channel racks.

  • Page 9: General Information

    DEC-300™ type (blade-based or chassis-based) do you exactly want. DEC-300™ blade-based units can be used in the FR-610 multi-channel chassis, which can hold up to max. 6 Teracue blades. Inside the FR-610 chassis different types of ENC encoder blades, DEC decoder blades can be ‘mixed and matched’.

  • Page 10: Setting Up The Decoder And Safety Instructions

    Setting up the Decoder and Safety Instructions Always read the instructions carefully and keep this user guide for future reference. Please choose a suitable location for operating the decoder(s). The DEC-300™ should not be exposed to the following:  Moist and dusty environments.

  • Page 11: Connecting The Decoder (Chassis-Based)

    As next, please connect the network cable to the network interface and connect your display unit to the video output of the DEC-300™. Concerning of the video output you have the choice between different video signal types. The DEC-300™ supports SD/HD-SDI (with embedded audio), Composite, S-Video, YP and RGB signals.

  • Page 12: Assignment Of The Sub-D 26-Pin Connector

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Assignment of the Sub-D 26-pin Connector Table 2 describes the assignment of the Sub-D 26-pin connector which is on the front side of the DEC-300™. Pin: Sub-D 26-pin Connector Assignment: TxB (RS-232 TxD)

  • Page 13: Breakout Cable 'S

    User Guide V1.3 Breakout Cable ‘S’ For the DEC-300™ it exists two different breakout cables which are called Breakout cable ‘S’ and Breakout cable ‘P’. The Breakout cable ‘S’ is the standard breakout cable and Table 3 describes the provided signals.

  • Page 14: Breakout Cable 'P

    User Guide V1.3 Breakout Cable ‘P’ For the DEC-300™ it exists two different breakout cables which are called Breakout cable ‘S’ and Breakout cable ‘P’. The Breakout cable ‘P’ is the professional breakout cable and Table 4 describes the provided signals.

  • Page 15: Dec-300™ User Guide

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 DEC-300™ User Guide This chapter gives you an overview over DEC-300™ and demonstrates the decoder's main functions. Before proceeding please be sure that the decoder is setup correctly and all necessary connections are established.

  • Page 16: Login

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Login After typing the IP-address of your DEC-300™ into the browser and hitting enter, a login screen should appear. See Figure 4. Enter your username and password and click on ‘login’.

  • Page 17: Graphical User Interface Of The Dec-300

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Graphical User Interface of the DEC-300™ 3.3.1 Navigational Menus After successful login you have access to the decoder's configuration. All of the settings can be adjusted via web-browser. Main Menu: The main menu contains the ‘DECODER’, ‘NETWORK’, ‘COMPORT’, ‘SYSTEM’, ‘HELP’ and ‘LOGOUT’...
  • Page 18 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Figure 5. Figure 5: Settings of the DEC-300™...

  • Page 19: Apply' And 'Save' Buttons

    Audio Continuity Errors: Shows the values of occurred audio continuity errors. Table 5: Description of the blue Info-Box of DEC-300 webpages You can minimize the blue Info-Box by clicking at the blue Info-Box. Furthermore, the blue Info-Box minimizes itself automatically after five minutes. To maximize the blue Info-Box, please click at the arrow which is shown at the minimized Info-Box.

  • Page 20: Decoder Configuration

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Decoder Configuration 3.4.1 Menu: Decoder / Settings Under the menu option ‘DECODER/SETTINGS’ you define the main operational state of the decoder. Here decoding process ‘On’ ‘Off’. Figure 7.
  • Page 21 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Figure 7: 'Decoder / Settings' page of the DEC-300™ decoder Settings: Description: Decoder Start: Stops or starts the decoding process. Mode: NORMAL / LOW DELAY The low delay mode and improves the audio video offset, if the source of the encoder has not a compliant audio video offset.

  • Page 22: Menu: Decoder / Transport

    In the ‘DECODER/TRANSPORT’ menu, you are able to specify which PIDs the decoder should receive. Table 7 describes the ‘Decoder / Transport’ page of the DEC-300™ decoder, see Figure 8. PID stands for Packet Identifier. The PIDs help to identify and locate the elementary signals in a stream containing lots of different information and signals (audio, video and data).

  • Page 23: Menu: Decoder / Video

    User Guide V1.3 3.4.3 Menu: Decoder / Video Figure 9 shows the ‘Decoder / Video’ page of the DEC-300™ decoder. Figure 9: 'Decoder / Video' page of the DEC-300™ decoder Table 8 describes the ‘Decoder / Video’ page of the DEC-300™.
  • Page 24 You can choose between:  AUTO (YPbPr)  1080i60  1080i50  720p60  720p50  576i50  480i60  AUTO (CVBS)   NTSC Changes in this field require a reboot. Table 8: Description of the 'DECODER/VIDEO' webpage of the DEC-300™...

  • Page 25: Menu: Decoder / Audio

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 3.4.4 Menu: Decoder / Audio Figure 10 shows the ‘Decoder / Audio’ page of the DEC-300™ decoder and Table 9 describes it. Figure 10: 'Decoder / Audio' page of the DEC-300™ decoder Settings: Description: Input: Specifies the audio input for the talkback function.
  • Page 26 300™ should start a talkback session with an ENC-300™. The encoder has the IP-address 172.16.20.100. So you must enter in the ‘Talkback IP’ field of the DEC-300™ the IP-address of the encoder, in this case 172.16.20.100. If you want to turn off the talkback function, please enter the value ‘0.0.0.0’...

  • Page 27: Menu: Decoder / Source

    3.4.5 Menu: Decoder / Source DEC-300™ is capable to receive a stream either as a unicast stream or a multicast stream. According to the entered source IP-address, the decoder will automatically recognize whether it concerns about a unicast or multicast stream.
  • Page 28 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Figure 12: Unicast connection between ENC-300™ and DEC-300™...

  • Page 29: Menu: Decoder / Gpio

    The General Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) supports a GPI function for the pass-through mode to control devices which are connected with another DEC-300™ decoder or ENC-300™ encoder. Furthermore it supports a GPO function for the manual mode to send a signal to a device which is directly connected to the decoder via the GPIO D-Sub connector of the breakout cable ‘P’.
  • Page 30 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 The GPIO D-Sub Connector of the breakout cable ‘P’ has the following pin assignment. Pin: GPIO Assignment: GPO-B (Relay B) GPI-C (Input) 3.3V GPO-A (Relay A) GPI-A (Input) Table 12: Assignment of the GPIO Sub-D Connector of the Breakout Cable 'P' The 3.3V output has no series resistor inside.

  • Page 31: Menu: Decoder / Xplayer

    ‘XPlayer’ by clicking the XPlayer-Link inside the ‘Decoder’ menu. Afterwards the ‘XPlayer’ automatically displays the input stream, which you have entered in the ‘Decoder / Source’ page of the DEC-300™ decoder, provided that the source IP-address is a multicast stream. The source IP-address must be a multicast address.

  • Page 32: Menu: Network / Settings

    3.4.8 Menu: Network / Settings Figure 15 shows the ‘Network / Settings’ page of the DEC-300™ decoder. Here you are able to set the decoder's own IP-address, subnet mask, gateway address and define the decoder's host name. Figure 15: 'Network / Settings' page of the DEC-300™ decoder Table 13 describes the ‘Network / Settings’...
  • Page 33 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 When the IP-address has been changed, the decoder needs to be reset (reboot), in order for the new IP-address to take effect. When changing the IP-address please type in the new IP-address, subnet mask, gateway-address and host name. Then hit the...

  • Page 34: Menu: Comport / Settings

    Menu: Comport / Settings The ‘comport / settings’ webpage defines the parameters for the DEC's integrated comport/serial port. DEC-300™ decoders are always comport clients and ENC-300™ encoders are always comport servers. Figure 16: 'Comport / Settings' page of the DEC-300™ decoder...

  • Page 35: Menu: System / Settings

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 3.4.10 Menu: System / Settings The menu ‘System/Settings’ displays information about the firmware version that is installed on your DEC-300™. Among other things you will find information about the system uptime, MAC-address and the Link Mode.
  • Page 36 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Figure 17: 'System / Settings' page of the DEC-300™ decoder...

  • Page 37: Menu: System / Date/Time

    Figure 18: 'System / Date/Time' page of the DEC-300™ decoder Settings: Description: Device Date/Time: Specifies the current date / time which is set at the DEC-300. Client Date/Time: Specifies the current date / time of your client. Set Date/Time: Specifies the current date and time. Please enter in the left field the date in the following syntax MM/DD/YYYY.

  • Page 38: Menu: System / Update (Upgrading Firmware Version)

    Menu: System / Update (Upgrading firmware version) Teracue's goal is customer satisfaction and constant product improvement. Please check regularly to see if the most recent firmware version is installed on your DEC-300™. Please visit the IPTV Support area on: www.teracue.com.

  • Page 39: Menu: System / Password

    3.4.13 Menu: System / Password Figure 20 shows the ‘System / Password’ page of the DEC-300™ decoder. If you do need to change the password due to security issues, then simply click on the submenu ‘PASSWORD’ and enter the new password twice in the provided boxes. Then hit the ‘APPLY’ button.

  • Page 40: Menu: System / Remote

    3.4.14 Menu: System / Remote Figure 21 shows the ‘System / Remote’ page of the DEC-300™ decoder. Enables / Disables the port 2323 for remote controlling. If you want use the remote control function, you must enable the ‘Remote Configuration’ field. Then hit the ‘APPLY’ and ‘SAVE’ button. For more information about remote control, please see chapter 4.1 on page 38.

  • Page 41: Help

    User Guide V1.3 Help Clicking on the ‘HELP’ button will open the Teracue website where you can get to the ‘Support’ link. Here you can get the current version of the DEC-300™ user guide. This will only work if the decoder is situated in a network in which internet access is...

  • Page 42: Logout

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Logout After having made adjustments decoder, please sure logout, Figure 22. Figure 22: Logout from the DEC-300™ Logging out prevents misuse and unauthorized access to the DEC-300™.
  • Page 43 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3...

  • Page 44: Extended Function

    Remote Control This chapter describes the remote control of the DEC-300™ for media controls like Crestron or AMX. To control the DEC-300™, the telnet protocol is used at the port number 2323. Furthermore here is no login necessary. To test the remote control under windows you can open the command prompt tool. A practical way to open a command window within Windows Explorer is to write C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe.
  • Page 45 The IP-address should correspond to the DEC's IP-address. Figure 25: Starting a telnet session for the remote control test Figure 26: Session to test the remote control of the DEC-300™ After you have start the session, you got the display, see Figure 26: SDECRP The command ‘help’...
  • Page 46 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 ╠► configuration/ ║ ╠═══════► decoder/ ║ ║ ╠════► enable_config_port Enable Config Port 2323 (yes, no) ║ ║ ╚════► 0/ ║ ║ ╠═════════► page_refresh Page Refresh (yes/no) ║ ║ ╠═════════► start Decoder Start (yes/no) ║...
  • Page 47 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 ║ ╚► status/ ╠═══════► system/ ║ ╠════► board_version DEC-300 Hardware Version ║ ╠════► software_version ║ ╠════► uptime System uptime ║ ╠════► arm ARM load (%) ║ ╠════► dsp DSP load (%) ║...

  • Page 48: Audio Talkback

    Talkback Session between DEC-300™ and ENC-300™ 4.2.1 To use the talkback function on the DEC-300™ in connection with the ENC-300™, please be sure that your encoder has the firmware version 2.03_w36 or higher, because this firmware is necessary. If your...
  • Page 49 Furthermore, please select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’ the corresponding audio input for the talkback function. If you supply the DEC-300™ with the audio signal from a microphone, you must select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’ the parameter ‘MIC’. If you supply the DEC-300™ with a line level signal (e. g.: the audio signal from a DVD-Player), you must select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’...
  • Page 50 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Now, the DEC-300™ and your desired ENC-300™ is completely configured and you can talkback to your desired ENC-300™. To stop the talkback session, please enter ‘0.0.0.0’ in the ‘Talkback IP’ field of the DEC-300™.

  • Page 51: Talkback Session Between Dec-300™ And Enc-200

    Talkback Session between DEC-300™ and ENC-200™ 4.2.2 To use the talkback function on the DEC-300™ in connection with the ENC-200™, please be sure that your encoder has the firmware version 0.9.20 or higher, because this firmware is necessary. If your...
  • Page 52 Furthermore, please select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’ the corresponding audio input for the talkback function. If you supply the DEC-300™ with the audio signal from a microphone, you must select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’ the parameter ‘MIC’. If you supply the DEC-300™ with a line level signal (e. g.: the audio signal from a DVD-Player), you must select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’...

  • Page 53: Talkback Session Between Dec-300™ And Enc-100

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 The DEC-300™ is totally configured for a talkback session now. As next you must configure the ENC- 200™ webpage. Therefor please open the ENC-200™ webpage, select in the main menu ‘ENCODER’...
  • Page 54 Furthermore, please select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’ the corresponding audio input for the talkback function. If you supply the DEC-300™ with the audio signal from a microphone, you must select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’ the parameter ‘MIC’. If you supply the DEC-300™ with a line level signal (e. g.: the audio signal from a DVD-Player), you must select in the drop-down-field ‘Input’...
  • Page 55 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Figure 33: Talkback connection between DEC-300™ and ENC-100™ in Full Duplex Mode...

  • Page 56: Tcp Streaming

    The ENC-200™ and ENC-300™ support TCP streaming in connection with the DEC-300™. To use TCP streaming on the ENC-200™ in connection with the DEC-300™, please be sure that your encoder has the firmware version 0.9.29 or higher, because this firmware version is necessary for TCP streaming.

  • Page 57: Tcp Configuration: Enc-200™ Is The Server

    ‘Transport Protocol’ drop-down field the variable ‘TCP/CLIENT’.  At the DECODER > SOURCE webpage of the DEC-300™, please enter in the ‘IP address’ field the IP-address of the ENC-200™ (e. g. 172.16.20.100). Note: TCP supports only unicast. ...

  • Page 58: Tcp Configuration: Enc-300™ Is The Server

    ‘Transport Protocol’ drop-down field the variable ‘TCP/CLIENT’.  At the DECODER > SOURCE webpage of the DEC-300™, please enter in the ‘IP address’ field the IP-address of the ENC-300™ (e. g. 172.16.20.100). Note: TCP supports only unicast. ...

  • Page 59: Tcp Configuration: Enc-200™ Is The Client

    User Guide V1.3 4.3.3 TCP configuration: ENC-200™ is the Client Please make the following steps, to create a TCP connection at which the DEC-300™ is the server:  Please open the ENC-200™ webpage, go to the ENCODER > SETTINGS webpage and select in the ‘Transport Protocol’...

  • Page 60: Tcp Configuration: Enc-300™ Is The Client

    User Guide V1.3 4.3.4 TCP configuration: ENC-300™ is the Client Please make the following steps, to create a TCP connection at which the DEC-300™ is the server:  Please open the ENC-300™ webpage, go to the ENCODER > DESTINATION webpage and select in the ‘Transport Protocol’...

  • Page 61: Resetting To Factory Default

    User Guide V1.3 Resetting to Factory Default The DEC-300™ (blade based and chassis based) can easily be returned to its factory default values. In order to do these please power down the decoder chassis. Please execute the following steps to reset the DEC-300™ to the factory default settings: Steps for the DEC-300™...

  • Page 62: Restarting The Dec-300

    Restarting the DEC-300™ If a DEC-300™ is not approachable anymore, you can restart the DEC-300™ by using the restart switch. The restart button is placed in a hole on the front panel and it is located into the ‘O’ of the lettering ‘NETWORK’, see Figure 35.

  • Page 63: Ce, Fcc Conformance

    After July 1, 2006 the use of these materials will be banned in new products sold in Europe. Since beginning of 2005, Teracue AG began the process of redesigning and converting all of its products to not contain any of the listed materials. All new products sold by Teracue will be fully RoHS-compliant by July 1, 2006.

  • Page 64: Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment Directive (Weee)

    WEEE and saving the environment by separating out WEEE and disposing of it properly. Teracue AG is a registered WEEE participant since 2004. Within Germany, Teracue is registered under the WEEE Number: DE10642708. German customers and end-users are required to discard products marked with the WEEE symbol (crossed out trash bin) at local resource collection points.

  • Page 65: Technical Specification

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Technical Specification DEC-300™: DEC-300™: H.264 SD/HD and MPEG-2 SD/HD decoder with analogue video output and SDI output, embedded audio supported. Decoding Specifications: Standards: PAL, NTSC, 720p 50/60, 1080i 50/60, 1080p 25/30...
  • Page 66 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 Order Information: DEC-300: H.264 SD/HD & MPEG-2 SD/HD decoder blade with SD/HD-SDI-, embedded audio-, analog video/audio output. DEC-300-PORTABLE: H.264 SD/HD & MPEG-2 SD/HD portable decoder device with SD/HD- SDI-, embedded audio-, analogue video/audio output. Including power supply.
  • Page 67 DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 IV. List of figures 1: DEC-300™ ......................11 IGURE FRONT SIDE 2: B 'S' ....................... 13 IGURE REAKOUT CABLE 3: B 'P' ....................... 14 IGURE REAKOUT CABLE 4: DEC-300™ ' ................16...

  • Page 68: Known Issues

    DEC-300™ H.264 and MPEG-2 SD/HD Decoder User Guide V1.3 List of tables 1: D DEC-300™ .......... 11 ABLE ESCRIPTION OF THE CONNECTORS ON THE FRONT SIDE 2: A -D 26- ................ 12 ABLE SSIGNMENT OF THE ONNECTOR 3: B 'S' ......................... 13...

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