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ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 9 Caution: Cautions give information, if strictly followed, will prevent damage to equipment or other goods. Note: Notes provides supplementary information. They are highlighted for emphasis, as in this example, and are placed immediately after the relevant text. 1.2 Co...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 10 1.2.2 Software versions This manual covers the functionality of the software version 1.4.0 or later of the ASI-IP-GTW. This manual continues to be relevant to subsequent software versions where the functionality of the equipment has not changed. When a new software v...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 12 1.5 Guided Tour 1.5.1 The User Interface All connectors are provided at the rear panel. Configuration and monitoring of the unit is performed via a FLASH-based WEB interface using a standard WEB browser such as Internet Explorer. The unit also supports configuration ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 13 Note: Some units are delivered to use 48 VDC power. These units have a 3-pin power D-SUB connector instead of the mains connector. 7. LEDs . The ASI-IP-GTW provides on the rear four LEDs related to the operation of the equipment. In addition, there are LEDs related t...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 14 1.5.6 Software Options The following table describes the features available as software option. Please refer to Appendix D: Upgrade of Features for more information Table 2. Functionality enabled through software licenses Functionality Max value Description Number of...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 15 2 Installing the Equipment 2.1 Introduction 2.1.1 Read this first! The ASI-IP-GTW must be handled carefully and thoughtfully to prevent safety hazards and damage. Ensure that the personnel designated to install the unit have the appropriate skills and knowledge. Foll...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 16 o Where appropriate ensure that this product has an adequate level of lightning protection. Alternatively, during a lightning storm or whenever it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the supply outlet and disconnect the output equip...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 17 GTW are no not blocked and allow at least 50 mm free air-space at each side of the unit. The ASI-IP-GTW is designed to be stacked in 19"racks without ventilation panels between. In systems with stacked units, it may be required to use forced-air cooling to reduce...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 18 have ordered the unit with less than 4 ASI ports, the enabled ports starts at number 1 up to the number of ports ordered. In IP bi-directional mode, half the DVB-ASI connectors are used as inputs, and the other half as DVB-ASI outputs. ASI connectors 1, 2, 5 and 6 ar...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 20 1.1.1.17 Connecting the Video Gateway to the AC Power Supply To connect the unit to the local AC power supply: 1. Ensure that the local ac power supply is switch OFF. 2. Connect the ac power lead to the Video Gateway mains input connector and then the local mains sup...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 21 2.4 Signal Connections 2.4.1 Introduction All signal connectors are located at the rear of the ASI-IP-GTW. For detailed specifications of the different interfaces, please refer to Chapter 0. Please ensure that specified cables are used in order to ensure signal integ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 22 1.1.1.18 DVB ASI input Inputs connected to the DVB ASI ports should be on DVB compliant transport streams in asynchronous serial format. Each DVB ASI connector has two LEDs associated with it; ASI Rx and Active . Both LEDs are lit when the ASI input is enabled and a ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 23 Table 7. Optional SFP Ethernet data port Note: Please note that the optional SFP slot always provide Gigabit Ethernet. Other bitrates are not supported by the SFP slot. Note: Please note that data will not be available simultaneously on the electrical Ethernet port a...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 24 Table 10. ASI port LEDs Each Ethernet port (data and management) has two LEDs associated with it. Table 11. Ethernet port LEDs 2.6 Powering Up/Down 2.6.1 Before Powering up Before powering-up the unit, please check the following: o The unit is installed in a suitable...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 25 3 Operating the Equipment 3.1 Introduction The ASI-IP-GTW is configured and controlled locally and remotely through a flash-based WEB interface. The only application required on the computer to use this interface is a WEB browser (Internet Explorer, Mozilla or Opera)...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 26 This will result in the IP address 10.40.80.100. The subnet mask is set to 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway to 10.40.80.1. 3.3 Looking at the WEB interface Figure 7 shows the Status page of the WEB-based user interface to the equipment. Figure 7. The overall sta...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 28 In order to activate a change in a parameter, you need to click the Apply button. The refresh button, will read back all parameters on the page from the unit. 3.4 Status Figure 7 shows the overall status of the unit. This view shows a unit in IP receive mode. In this...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 29 3.5 Device Info Figure 8 shows the Device Info page. Figure 8. The device info page The upper part of the Device Info page contains product information. This includes the following parameters: Name: The name of the unit configured by the user. Product type: ASI-IP-GT...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 30 When the bi-directional feature is enabled, a third option ‘ASI <--> IP’ is available to operate half of the ASI connectors as inputs and the other half as outputs. Note that a mode switch requires a device re-boot, this is done automatically when pressing OK i...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 31 1.1.1.21 Advanced The advanced sub-tab of the Data interface allows configuration of in-band management. Figure 9. The device info, network and advanced sub-page Allow ping response: Tick this box to filter incoming ICMP messages. If this option is not enabled, the d...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 33 3.5.2 Time settings Figure 11 shows the sub-page for time setting used for alarm reports. Figure 11. Time setting sub-page Current time: This shows the current time used by the unit. The time is displayed in local time with an indication of the local time zone relati...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 34 Manual Update: Enter the wanted date and time and press this button to set the clock manually. Remark that if you are running in SNTP mode and the device receives answers from the time server, the time value will be overwritten. The manual update button only updates ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 35 Figure 13 SNMP tab Trap Destination Servers: A list containing the IP-addresses of all the current receivers of SNMP trap messages. Add Trap Server: Clicking this button adds the IP-address from the neighbouring IP input field to the list of trap servers. If you have...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 36 3.5.5 Ping The ping page can be used to check for connectivity between devices. It is especially useful to ping the receiving data port from the IP transmitter to see if the receiver can be reached. Figure 14 shows the Ping page with its parameters. Figure 14 Ping ta...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 37 pressing the start button the label switches to Stop , and the button can be pressed again to cancel the ping sequence. OK responses: The number of successful answers received. Timeouts: The number of ping requests that were not answered. If the timeout counter is in...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 38 3.5.6 Security Figure 11 shows the sub-page for user security (password protection). Figure 15. Time setting sub-page Enable Password Protection: Mark this to enable password protection. If password is not set, it will use the factory default password. Factory defaul...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 39 3.6 IP TX Figure 16 shows the IP TX page. The purpose of this page is to provide an interface for configuring the different streams to be sent through the unit. Figure 16. IP TX page The left part of screen shows a three containing all the DVB ASI input ports. To sel...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 40 Keep 204 bytes: Tick this box to transparently transmit all 204 bytes of the incoming ASI transport stream, if present. When only 188 byte packets are received or the box is unchecked, only 188 bytes of each transport stream packet is transmitted. 1.1.1.24 Input Stat...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 41 Type of service (TOS): Enter Type of Service parameter as a byte value to be set in the Type-of-Service (TOS) field in the IP header as specified in RFC-791. This parameter is used for Class-of-Service prioritization. It depends on the Routers honouring this field. P...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 42 3.6.2 FEC Settings Figure 17. IP TX FEC page This sub-page will only appear if the unit is enabled with FEC. FEC Mode: Select "No FEC" to not calculate and send any FEC data. Select "Column only" to calculate and send one-dimensional FEC data. Select ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 43 Resulting total rate: This is the resulting total IP bitrate including FEC overhead for this channel. The Status frame contains status parameters related to the FEC setting. Column UDP port: This parameter is the UDP port used for the column FEC data. The value is al...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 44 3.6.3 Ethernet Settings Figure 18. The Ethernet page of an IP transmitter 3.6.3.1 VLAN settings By enabling VLAN tagging, IEEE802.1Q VLAN tags will be added to the outgoing streams. In effect, the video data Ethernet port will act as an 802.1Q VLAN trunk. Enable VLAN...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 45 3.6.4 Ping Settings Figure 19. The Ping page of an IP transmitter To resolve network problems, avoiding flooding, were the receiver or specific network components on the way to the receiver time out on there MAC address lookup. This feature solves this by pushing thr...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 46 3.7 IP RX 3.7.1 Main Figure 20 shows the IP RX page. The purpose of this page is to provide an interface for configuring the different streams to be received by the unit. Figure 20. IP RX page The left part of screen shows a three containing all the DVB ASI outputs p...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 47 1.1.1.28 Output Status ASI total rate: This shows the bitrate of the MPEG-2 transport stream on the output including NULL packets. ASI effective rate: This shows the effective bitrate of the MPEG-2 transport stream on the output i.e. bitrate excluding NULL packets. 1...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 48 IGMP version: Shows the IGMP version currently selected in the ”Device Info” page under “Network”, “Advanced” Settings. Reset statistics: Press this button to reset the counters: RTP sequence errors, Lost IP frames and Corrected IP frames. 3.7.2 FEC Settings Figure 2...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 50 3.7.3 Ethernet Settings Figure 22. The Ethernet sub-page of an IP receiver 3.7.3.1 VLAN settings Enable VLAN tagging: Check this box to enable VLAN tagging. VLAN ID: Enter VLAN ID in this field. This value shall be between 1 and 4094.

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 52 3.7.5 Advanced Tab Figure 24 Advanced Tab On the advanced tab it is possible to control and inspect the status of the buffer regulator for a port. Pref. Init. Rate Mode: This parameter is used to select the preferred algorithm to use to find an initial bitrate for a ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 53 Max bitrate: : If VBR rate mode is chosen, this tells the unit what bitrate it should attempt to transmit at. Pad with NULL packets: Checking this means that the unit, when in VBR rate mode, will pad the output stream with NULL packets up to the entered max bitrate. ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 54 3.8 Network Figure 25 shows the Network page for a unit configured to bi-directional operation of the Ethernet interface. The purpose of this page is to provide network related information. Figure 25. Network page for unit in IP TX mode 1.1.1.31 Data Network Interfac...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 55 Figure 26 shows the Network page for a unit configured to IP-RX mode. Figure 26. Network page for unit in IP RX mode We see that only received network streams is visible. The Data Network Interface Status is the same for an IP transmitter and an IP receiver. 1.1.1.33...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 56 3.9 Save/Load Figure 27 shows the Save and Load configuration page. This is where you save the current configuration or restores a configuration from file. Figure 27. Save/load configuration page The configuration in effect while the unit is operating is called the c...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 57 Figure 28. Save/Load page when saving configuration 3.9.2 Loading a Configuration In order to upload a new configuration file to the unit, browse to find the file and select the file or enter the file including path directly. When the file name including path is ente...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 58 4 Options This chapter describes functionality and operating instructions for various additional product options. 4.1 1PPS/10MHz interface modules In order to achieve exact bitrate control for use in SFN networks, the ASI-IP-GTW may be equipped with 1PPS/10MHz interf...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 59 o 1PPS. 50 ohm TTL input for a 1 pulse-per-second signal. For physical parameters of the 1PPS port, see appendix B. 4.1.3 Operating the 1PPS/10MHz interface module A new top-level tab named “GPS” appears in the user interface of the ASI-IP-GTW units with the interfac...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 60 Current freq. offset: This shows the offset between the internal clock (in idle state) and the external clock reference. 4.1.4 LED descriptions (Separate 1PPS/10MHz module only) Each input connector has two LEDs associated with it; one yellow and one green LED. The y...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 61 4.2 RIPv2 functionality The ASI-IP-GTW is equipped with RIPv2 functionality. The ASI-IP-GTW will then transmit RIPv2 messages regularly. The content of the RIPv2 messages is set as specified in this chapter. RIP2 messages are sent with one entry each. The metric of t...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 62 Metric on clear: The metric number to be used in the RIP messages when there are no active alarms in the unit. Metric on critical: The metric number to be used in the RIP messages when there are at least one critical alarm present. Destination: The IP destination add...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 63 5 Equipment Description 5.1 Introduction This chapter provides an overview of transmission of MPEG-2 data over IP networks and a high-level functional description of the ASI-IP-GTW. 5.2 Functional Description 5.2.1 Introduction The ASI-IP-GTW consists of a main modul...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 67 5.3 Overview of Video over IP 5.3.1 Protocol mapping One of the core functions in the ASI-IP-GTW is the IP encapsulation of the MPEG-2 transport streams. The task is basically to encapsulate video packets into IP frames, using the right headers. Figure 34 shows how t...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 68 1.1.1.34 UDP Mode To allow interoperability with legacy equipment, the ASI-IP-GTW can stream video over IP without using the RTP protocol encapsulation. This is also called UDP mode or UDP only . UDP mode is manually configured on the transmitting ASI-IP-GTW unit, an...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 69 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 11 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 21 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 31 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 41 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 51 60 59 58 57 56 55 54 53 52 61 70 69 68 67 66 65 64 63 62 1 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 7 6 5 4 3 1 Column FEC packets R o w F E ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 70 6 Preventive Maintenance and Fault-finding 6.1 Introduction This chapter provides the schedules and instructions, where applicable, for routine inspection, cleaning and maintenance of the ASI-IP-GTW to be carried out by the operator of the unit. 6.2 Preventive Mainte...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 72 6.4.3 PSU LED Unlit / Power Supply Problem If the ASI-IP-GTW PSU LED is unlit, fault-finding the problem is detailed in the following table. Table 13. Power fault-finding The PSU does not have any user changeable fuses. Step Action If the result of action is Yes... I...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 73 6.4.4 Fan(s) Not Working / Overheating This equipment has forced air cooling and must not be operated unless all cooling fans are working. In the event of overheating problems, refer to table. Note: Failure to ensure a free air flow around the unit may cause overheat...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 75 6.5 Disposing of this Equipment 6.5.1 General Dispose this equipment safely at the end of its life time, Local codes and/or environmental restrictions may affect its disposal. Regulations, policies and/or environmental restrictions differ throughout the world and the...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 76 7 Appendix A: Glossary 1000Base-T: The term for the Electrical Gigabit Ethernet interface. This is the most common interface for Gigabit Ethernet. Most Gigabit-enabled PCs and equipment use this interface. ARP: Address Resolution Protocol. A protocol used to "res...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 80 8 Appendix B: Technical Specification 8.1 DVB ASI port Table 15. DVB ASI Port Specification Item Specification Type ASI-C, Coaxial cable Connector type BNC 75 ohm socket Signal Compliant with ETSI TR 101891v 1.1.1 (DVB A010 rev.1) Line rate 270Mbit/s ± 100ppm Data ra...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 82 8.5 AC Mains Input Table 21. AC Power Supply Specification 8.6 DC Mains input Table 22. DC Power Supply Specification Item Specification Connector type 9-pin DSUB Male RS232 baudrate 115,2 kbaud RS232 framing 8 bit, no parity, 1 stop bit RS232 handshake None Relay ra...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 83 8.7 Physical Details Table 23. Physical details Item Specification Height 43 mm, 1U Width 222 mm excluding fixing brackets Overall width 485 mm including fixing brackets Depth 320 mm excluding connectors Overall depth 340 mm including connectors Approximate weight 3 ...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 84 8.8 Environmental Conditions Table 24. Environmental specification 8.9 Compliance 1 8.9.1 Safety The equipment has been designed and tested to meet the requirements of the following: EN60950 European Safety of information technology equipment including business equip...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 86 9 Appendix C: References o ISO13818-1,2 and 3: MPEG-2 Video and Audio and Systems o EN 300 468: Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Specification for Service Information (SI) in DVB systems o RFC 1889 - RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications. o RFC 3550 -...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 87 10 Appendix D: Upgrade of Features The ASI-IP-GTW ASI to IP Video Gateway encompasses software licensing of functionality. This appendix describes how to upgrade the product features with the software feature system. Customers who purchase "base" software lic...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 88 Figure 38 shows the feature upgrade page. Please paste in the license key in the "Activate feature key" field and press the button "Activate feature key" to load a new feature key for the unit. Figure 38. Feature upgrade page Note: Remember to include...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 89 Figure 39. Feature upgrade dialogue Note: Please observe that you have to switch off and on the unit to active the new keys. In addition to the feature upgrade field, the Upgrade-page contains information about the unit and currently enabled features. The license fil...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 90 11 Appendix E: Upgrading Software SW loading can be performed from the bottom of the /upgrade page, as shown in Figure 40. This option is available on SW versions 1.3.0 and above. To load SW on older SW versions, please refer to documentation on how to load SW by FTP...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 92 12 Appendix F: Quality of service – Setting Packet priority Normal IP routing is by best effort. This does not work well for broadcast television as the video and audio components needs to be transport as a continuous flow of packets without inference caused by other...

ASI-IP-GTW User's Manual Page 93 1.1.1.37 ASI-IP-GTW Configuration The number entered into the Type of service (TOS) field on ASI-IP-GTW IP TX configuration menu defines all 8 bits. The value used should be in accordance with traffic engineering policy of network and should be in the range from 0 to...