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Tektronix Sentry Verify 10G User Manual

Tektronix Sentry Verify 10G User Manual (371 pages)

Sentry Series Video Quality Monitor

Brand: Tektronix | Category: Monitor | Size: 19 MB

Table of Contents

About this Document
6
Table of Contents
7
Sentry Family Product Matrix

15
Preface

17
- Who Should Use this Manual
  17
- How to Get Help
  17
Introduction

19
- What Is Tektronix Sentry
  19
  - The Engine
    19
    
    Internal Database
    19
- What Does Tektronix Sentry Do
  21
  - Monitoring
    21
  - Reporting
    21
  - Alerting
    22
Getting Started

23
- Front Panel Functions (2016 to Present Models Only)
  23
  - IP Address on the Front Panel
    23
  - Navigation Buttons
    24
  - USB Ports
    24
  - Status Leds
    24
  - Power-Off Procedure
    25
- Front Panel Functions (2009 to 2016 Models Only)
  25
- Interface Components
  27
  - Main Page Menu
    27
  - Login Info
    27
  - Page Title Bar
    28
  - Thumbnails
    28
  - Group Tabs and Input Ports
    28
  - Change a Port Assignment
    30
    
    ASI Port Tab
    30
- Basic Operations
  31
- Bitrate Violation
  32
Reports

33
- Programs
  34
  - Current Status
    34
  - To Filter the Ports on the Report
    36
    
    Filter Sentrys Licensed with VLAN Support
    37
  - Program Status
    38
    
    ASI Models
    41
    
    Program Search and Display
    42
    
    Column Sort by Arrows
    43
    
    Bell Icon for Alert Creation
    43
    
    Configure Report History
    44
    
    Configure Provider Name
    46
    
    Other Configurable Items
    47
- Program Bandwidth Graph
  48
  - Program Details Screen
    48
    
    Access Program Details
    48
    
    Color Key
    49
    
    Error Seconds
    50
    
    PID Type Descriptor
    50
    
    Refresh Thumbnail
    51
    
    Capture Button
    51
    
    Stream Button
    51
    
    Detailed Graph View
    54
    
    Other Program Information
    55
    
    Quality of Experience Details
    56
    
    Access the Qoe Details
    56
    
    Average Video Qoe from the Program Status Page
    57
    
    Scoring Qoe
    58
    
    Reason Codes Definitions
    60
  - Perceptual Video Quality (Emos)
    61
  - Over-Compression Artifacts
    62
    
    Group of Pictures (GOP) Length Reporting (Group of Pictures)
    63
  - Audio Volume Level Details
    64
    
    Functionality
    64
    
    Access Audio Level Details
    64
    
    Graphing
    65
  - Thumbnail Timeline
    66
  - Discontinuity Details
    67
  - Alert Details
    68
  - PCR Details
    69
- Data Detect
  71
  - Report Types
    71
    
    Copy Generation Management System (CGMS)
    71
    
    Closed Caption Data
    72
    
    Other Data
    73
  - Generate a Report
    74
- Ad Cue Info (Digital Ad Insertion)
  76
  - Access Ad Cue Info
    76
  - Reading the Ad Cue Info Report
    78
    
    Ad Splice Command Types
    81
    
    Drill Down/Zoom in
    82
    
    Blackout Detection
    82
    
    Repeated Commands
    83
    
    Audio Level Graph
    83
- Program Statistics (Report and Export)
  84
  - Access Program Statistics
    84
  - Tab View
    84
    
    Create a Program Statistics Report
    85
    
    Sentry User Manual March
    85
    
    History Tab
    88
- Port Statistics
  89
  - Summary Tab
    89
  - Create a Port Statistics Report
    90
- Program Groups
  92
  - Using Program Groups
    92
  - Program Groups Bandwidth
    94
    
    Access Program Groups Bandwidth
    95
  - Dynamic Program Groups
    97
- Thumbnail Wall View
  101
- Transport
  102
  - Transport Status
    102
    
    Transport Bitrate History
    104
    
    Psip
    106
  - TR101/290 Status
    109
    
    Access TR101/290 Status
    109
    
    Show TR101/290 Priorities
    111
  - IP Stats
    112
    
    Functionality
    112
    
    The Leaky Bucket Buffer Analogy
    112
    
    Access IP Stats
    114
    
    IP Stats Welcome Page
    115
    
    Graphing Ports
    116
    
    Zoom in on a Graph
    117
    
    Create IP Stats Alerts for Arrival Interval
    117
    
    Create Alerts for Delay Factor
    120
    
    IP Stats Monitoring Notes
    120
- Port Failover History
  121
- Carousel Status
  122
  - OCAP Carousel
    122
    
    Access OCAP Carousel
    123
    
    OCAP Summary Tab
    124
    
    OCAP Files Tab
    125
    
    Files Tab
    127
    
    Applications Tab
    130
    
    Events Tab
    131
    
    Set Alerts in OCAP Status
    133
    
    Review OCAP Alerts in Alert History
    135
  - BFS Status
    137
    
    Monitoring the S-A Broadcast File System (BFS)
    137
  - BFS Overview
    137
    
    BFS Mapping
    137
    
    Access BFS Status
    139
    
    Summary Tab
    140
    
    Detail Tab
    141
    
    Drill down to BFS Detail View
    143
  - EBIF Status
    145
    
    Access EBIF Status
    145
    
    Summary Tab
    145
    
    Detail Tab
    146
    
    Viewing Program Detail from EBIF Status
    147
    
    Applications Tab
    149
    
    Events Tab
    151
- Alerts
  152
  - Alert History
    152
    
    Report Export
    154
  - Alert Analysis
    157
    
    Access Alerts Analysis
    157
    
    Alert Analysis Summary Screen
    158
    
    Report Navigation Tabs and New Report Icons
    159
    
    Counts Tab
    159
    
    Trends Tab
    163
    
    Trend Details Tab
    164
    
    Distributions Tab
    166
    
    History Tab
    167
  - Program Alert Definitions Report
    168
    
    Create/Edit Tab
    169
    
    History Tab
    172
Configure

174
- Configure Alerts
  175
  - How Sentry Handles Alerts
    175
  - Create an Alert
    176
    
    Create Alerts Step by Step
    179
    
    View Created Alerts
    183
    
    Delete Alert
    183
    
    Modify an Alert
    183
  - Access Alerts Summary
    184
  - Scrambled Alerts
    186
  - Transport Tab
    188
    
    Types of Transport Alerts
    189
    
    PID Alerts
    191
    
    Any PID on a Port
    191
    
    Pmt
    192
    
    DSM-CC on a Port
    192
    
    Dsm-CC
    194
    
    Port Alerts
    194
  - Sample Transport Alerts
    195
    
    Create Audio Level Alerts
    195
  - Create a Transport NULL PID Bitrate Alert
    199
  - Create Mean Audio Level Alerts
    200
  - Create Audio Dialnorm Alert
    201
  - Buffer Overrun/Underrun Detection
    202
    
    Configure Buffer Overrun/Underrun Detection
    203
    
    BFS Tab
    205
  - Types of BFS Alerts
    206
    
    BFS Source
    206
    
    BFS Carousel
    206
    
    BFS File
    206
  - Types of OCAP Alerts
    207
    
    File Alerts
    207
    
    Folder Alerts
    207
    
    Extension Alerts
    207
    
    Sentry User Manual March
    207
  - Configure Program Availability Definitions
    208
  - Create Program Template Alerts
    211
  - Template Alerts
    211
  - Create an Alert from a Template Using a Program Alert
    216
  - Create an Alert Template Without a Program Group
    219
- Program Groups
  221
  - Create Program Groups
    221
    
    Access Program Groups
    221
    
    Groups Summary Tab
    222
    
    Add Unlisted Programs
    225
- Configure Program Mappings
  227
  - Add a New Mapping
    227
  - Delete a Mapping
    230
  - Modify a Mapping
    230
- Configure Port Names
  231
- Configure BFS Settings
  232
- Configure Triggered Stream Captures
  233
- Configure Triggered Stream Captures(Via Nexidia Comply™)
  244
  - Configure the Nexidia Server
    244
    
    Create a Nexidia Comply Profile
    245
  - Create Caption Profile
    246
  - Choose a Program to Verify
    246
  - Review Job History
    248
  - Review Closed Caption Verification Results
    250
- Configure Schedules
  253
  - Create a Daily Schedule
    253
  - Create a Weekly Schedule
    256
- Dashboard Graphs
  258
  - Create a Dashboard Graph
    259
- Configure MPEG Input Settings
  260
- Configure System Preferences
  271
- Configure TR101/290 Settings
  273
- Configure System Settings
  274
  - Network Settings
    275
  - Set the Time
    276
  - Set the Locale
    277
  - Maintenance Mode
    278
- SSL Settings
  279
- System Diagnostics
  281
  - Email Diagnostics
    281
  - Network Connectivity
    281
  - System Communication
    282
  - SNMP Trap
    282
  - Health Check
    283
- Configure Import/Export Settings
  284
  - Export Tab Options
    286
  - Import Tab Options
    288
- Configure Users
  289
  - API Access
    289
  - Add a User
    289
  - Delete a User
    291
  - Modify a User
    292
- Configure System Upgrades
  293
  - Upgrade Procedure
    293
  - Upgrade Errors
    296
    
    Recoverable Error
    296
    
    Error Requiring a Patch
    296
  - Uploading the Error Patch File
    297
  - Upgrade History
    297
- Configure Power off and Restart Capability
  298
  - Accessing Remote Restart and Power off
    298
  - Power off a Unit
    298
  - Restart a Unit
    299
Status

301
- ASI Status Page
  302
- System Status for Sentry with Second MPEG Input Option Installed
  302
About

303
Appendix A: Sentry ABR

305
- Configure: Alerts Summary
  305
  - Manifest Alerts
    305
  - Create a Manifest Alert
    306
  - Sentry User Manual March
    307
- Representation Alerts
  308
  - Representation Alerts Definitions
    308
  - Create Representation Alerts
    309
- Dynamic Program Groups
  311
  - Creating a Static Program Group from Dynamic
    313
- Configure MPEG Input Settings
  314
  - Administrator Set up Notes
    314
- Reports
  316
  - Program Statistics: ABR Stats
    316
    
    Create/Edit Tab
    316
  - History Tab
    318
- Port Statistics
  319
  - Summary Tab
    319
  - Create a Port Statistics Report
    320
- Media Set Status Report
  323
  - Media Set Details
    325
    
    HTTP Status Codes
    325
    
    Representations Statistics
    325
    
    Fragment Load Headroom
    326
    
    Fragment Load Time
    327
    
    Fragment Load Latency
    327
    
    Fragment Load Bitrate
    328
    
    Fragment Size
    328
- System Status
  329
Appendix B: Sentry Edge, Edge II, Edge III-S, and Edge III-T

331
- Preface
  331
- Getting Started
  332
  - Product Description
    332
    
    Sentry Edge RF Monitoring Products
    334
    
    Sentry Edge Family Features and Benefits
    334
    
    Sentry Applications
    334
    
    Sentry Edge I Features and Benefits
    334
    
    Sentry Edge II Features and Benefits
    335
    
    Sentry Edge III-S Features and Benefits
    335
    
    Sentry Edge III-T Features and Benefits
    335
    
    Standard and Optional Accessories
    336
    
    Power Cord Options
    336
  - Configuration
    337
    
    Recommended Steps
    337
  - Configure the RF Stats Alerts
    338
  - Configure the MPEG Settings
    339
    
    Activate an RF Input Connection
    340
    
    To Define/Edit Import Settings for an RF Configuration
    340
  - Filter Options
    342
    
    Update the Schedule/Import Schedule Information
    343
    
    Import a Configuration from a CSV File
    344
    
    To Schedule an Import
    345
    
    View/Edit RF Configuration Details
    346
    
    Change the Schedule
    346
    
    Configure Port Names for a Channel
    347
    
    Configure Schedule Summary
    348
    
    Create a New Schedule
    349
- Operating Basics
  351
  - Reports
    351
    
    Current Status Report
    351
    
    Port / Channel Numbers
    351
    
    Program Detail Report : Tuning Information
    352
    
    Program Graph Options
    353
  - RF Stats
    354
    
    Constellation Diagram
    355
  - Frequency Domain Graphs
    357
  - Status
    360
    
    Park a Tuner for a Set Amount of Time
    361
    
    To Park a Tuner (Alternate Method)
    363
    
    To Park a Tuner for a Set Amount of Time
    364
Appendix C: Acronyms

365
Appendix D: Examples

367
Notices

371
- Trademarks
  371

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