Optibase MGW 2400 WMT Bedienungsanleitung

MGW 2400 WMT Streaming Server User's Manual

Technical Specifications ... 97 Chassis ... 97 Physic

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters File Output Parameters Settings Comments File Name If you write the file to a SCSI disk connected to MGW 2400

Chapter 3 • Operating Channels Operating Channels This section instructs you on transmitting and receiving WMT channels for playback. To start playing

Chapter 3 • Operating Channels Receiving and Playing Back Streams We recommend using Windows Media Player 9 Series (English version). For instructions

Chapter 3 • Operating Channels To play a unicast stream: 1. Verify that the desired channel is transmitting to a unicast target. 2. On the Desktop o

Chapter 3 • Upgrading MGW 2400 Upgrading MGW 2400 Upgrades will be made available for MGW 2400. The required upgrade files are provided in zip archive

Chapter 3 • Upgrading MGW 2400 while upgrading may cause MGW 2400's disk to get corrupted. 3. Make sure that both the relevant MGW 2400 unit and

Chapter 3 • Upgrading MGW 2400 96 To upgrade MGW 2400: 1. Make sure to log on to MGW 2400 EMS as Super User. 2. Verify that all channels are stoppe

Chapter 4 Technical Specifications Chassis Physical Dimensions: 17.1” (w) x 15.4” (d) x 2RU (h) (19” rack compliant, 23” with brackets) Weight 8kg,

Chapter 4 • Chassis Input/Output Interfaces 2 × 10/100 BaseT Ethernet 2 × RJ-45 (Full Duplex or Half Duplex support) - 2 × RJ-45 connectors Ultrawide

Chapter 4 • Chassis Management SNMP MIB EMS based remote management application. Telnet and FTP client for remote configuration, diagnostics and softw

Chapter 1 Introduction Overview MGW 2400 is a multi-channel WMT encoding and streaming server designed to enable the deployment of advanced streaming

Chapter 4 • Encoding Modules Encoding Modules MGE-400 and MGE-400D – WMT, ASF compliant Physical Dimensions 185 x 100mm, 7.2 x 3.9” Standard Complianc

Chapter 4 • Encoding Modules Video Resolutions and Bit-Rates NTSC PAL Bit-Rates (bps) 176x112 176x144 QSIF 64000 - 350000 160x112 192x144 QSI

Chapter 4 • Encoding Modules Sampling Rate 44.1 kHz Audio Bit-Rate Supported Audio Mode 32040 Mono 48016 Stereo 64040 Stereo 64080 Stereo 80016 Stere

Chapter 4 • System Defaults System Defaults DHCP Client Enabled for NIC A Disabled for NIC B Hostname MGW2400 My System Settings We recommend to make

Chapter 4 • User Names and Passwords 104 User Names and Passwords We recommend that make a note of additional users and passwords that you defined, a

Chapter 5 Troubleshooting Hardware Errors The Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution MGW 2400 won’t turn on. • No power supply to the MGW 2400. •

Chapter 5 • Troubleshooting The Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution I cannot connect to MGW 2400 via RS-232. • Is your serial cable properly

Chapter 5 • Troubleshooting The Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution I connected a SCSI hard disk to MGW, but MGW 2400 won’t boot. • You may ha

Chapter 5 • Troubleshooting Errors while running MGW 2400 EMS The Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution I cannot install the MGW 2400 EMS • I ha

Chapter 5 • Troubleshooting The Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution The channels became un-available after unsuccessfully trying to start and

Chapter 1 • System Description System Description MGW 2400 easily integrates with networking equipment and complementary video equipment. This section

Chapter 5 • Troubleshooting 110 The Problem Possible Cause Possible Solution I cannot start a multicast stream. • The required NSC file may not b

Appendix A Optimizing Performance If not otherwise noted, all supported video/audio bit-rate combinations perform smoothly for up to six channels serv

Appendix B UDP Block Size Values UDP Block Size values strongly depend on video and audio bit-rates. This section shows UDP Block Size values selecte

Appendix B • UDP Block Size Values Video Bit-Rates (bps) Audio Bit-Rates (bps) Default UDP Block Size Lowest UDP Block Size 700000 32032 9281 904 1

Appendix B • UDP Block Size Values Stereo Audio Sampling Rate: 32 kHz: Video Bit-Rates (bps) Audio Bit-Rates (bps) Default UDP Block Size Lowest UDP

Appendix B • UDP Block Size Values Video Bit-Rates (bps) Audio Bit-Rates (bps) Default UDP Block Size Lowest UDP Block Size 700000 32032 9281 904 7

Appendix B • UDP Block Size Values Video Bit-Rates (bps) Audio Bit-Rates (bps) Default UDP Block Size Lowest UDP Block Size 2000000 64024 16111 172

Appendix B • UDP Block Size Values Audio Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz: Video Bit-Rates (bps) Audio Bit-Rates (bps) Default UDP Block Size Lowest UDP Bloc

Appendix B • UDP Block Size Values Video Bit-Rates (bps) Audio Bit-Rates (bps) Default UDP Block Size Lowest UDP Block Size 700000 160032 10881 3813

Chapter 1 • System Description MGW 2400 Features • Multi-channel rack-mount video streaming server. • Encodes, multiplexes and transmits up to 6 liv

Appendix B • UDP Block Size Values 120 Audio Sampling Rate: 48 kHz: Video Bit-Rates (bps) Audio Bit-Rates (bps) Default UDP Block Size Lowest UDP B

Appendix C Optimizing your Network Introduction In order for rich media to be an effective tool for your business you must first provision your networ

Appendix C • Optimizing your Network not adversely affect other segments. In this case, clusters of people will have access to resources from the same

Appendix C • Optimizing your Network Network Configurations that are friendly to Streaming 100BaseT Switched Networks More bandwidth is always better

Appendix C • Optimizing your Network 124 (Metropolitan Area Network). LAN Emulation (LANE) is used in these types of networks to give an Ethernet fee

Appendix D Glossary of Terms Access time – The time between issuing a command to read or write a specific location until reading or writing actually s

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms The letterbox method produces a black band at the top and bottom of the screen, wasting the television's vertical

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms applications, buffers store video or audio data until there is enough information for the stream to be composed. Bus To

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms Color Noise – Random interference in the color portion of a composite video system. Because of reduced color bandwidth

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms outside the subnet and serves as connection between the current subnet and the outside world. DHCP – Refers to the Dyna

Chapter 1 • What’s in this Manual 4 What’s in this Manual This manual shows you how to use MGW 2400 as follows: • Chapter 1 presents an overview of

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms Driver – A software entity that provides a software interface to a specific piece of hardware. For example, the MPEG-50

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms Frame – Refers to a single picture being part of a series. When the series is viewed at speed, a “moving picture” is cr

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms I Frames – Intra Frames, which are key reference frames in the MPEG compression algorithm. I-frames contain all the dat

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms KBps – Kilobytes per second. A date flow rate indicating exactly 210 bytes per second. Kiosk – A stand-alone unit being

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms Motion Compensation – A video compression technique that makes use of the redundancy between adjacent frames of motion

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms displayed at a rate of 25 frames per second. PAL is based on a 625/50-line/field system. The bandwidth for PAL is 5.5 M

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) – Interface that allows up to 7 or 15 devices to be connected to a single SCSI p

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms pixels and a refresh rate of 30 frames per second. Note that MPEG-1 allows resolutions up to 4095 x 4095 active pixels;

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms remote timesharing system at another site as if the user’s keyboard and display connected directly to the remote machin

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms a checkbox for AUTO SET UDP BLOCK SIZE. Leave this box checked unless there are many buffer overrun errors on the trans

Chapter 2 Configuration & Installation Overview MGW 2400 is a rack-mountable stand-alone server. Up to six WMT encoding modules can be installed i

Appendix D • Glossary of Terms 140 the association of host names and locations with IP addresses without an administrator having to be involved in ea

Index Audio Bit-rates At 32 kHz, 101 At 44.1 kHz, 102 At 48 kHz, 102 Audio Input AES/EBU, 69, 100 Sampling rates, 69, 101 Source, 69 Unbalanced, 69 B

Rack-mounting, 10 Weight, 97 Config Utility, 7 Configuration PC, 2, 8 Configuring NICs, 34 Current settings, 37, 63 Connectors ANALOG AUD, 15 COMP.VID

Changing, 25 In the EMS, 62 HyperTerminal, 20 Required settings, 21 Initializing, 23 If DHCP disabled, 34 LEDs Alarm, 12, 13 Channels, 12, 13 Ethernet

Connector, 12 Disabling share, 43 Disk, 6 Enabling share, 42 Preparing, 41 SECAM sources, 18 Sources Analog audio, 19 Composite, 18 Digital audio, 19

Technical Support Optibase's Extended Warranty program is a support package for Optibase products and provides one to four years of warranty star

Warranty Your Optibase product is warranted against defects in material and workmanship for a period of 12 months starting with the date of delivery.

Chapter 2 • System Configuration System Configuration This section lists the MGW 2400 components. It also explains and describes optional and required

Chapter 2 • System Configuration Component Description MGE-400 encoding module Module for WMT encoding from analog sources. MGE-400D encoding module

Chapter 2 • System Configuration Peripheral Components This section lists peripheral components that serve MGW 2400. Optibase does not supply these co

Chapter 2 • Getting Started Getting Started This section describes how to unpack and start working with MGW 2400. • To unpack and rack-mount MGW 2400

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Chapter 2 • Getting Started Unpacking MGW 2400 1. Choose a dry location for MGW 2400, which complies with the requirements regarding temperature spec

Chapter 2 • Getting Started Power Supply MGW 2400 works with 90/260V AC. The power cord connects to the power connector on MGW 2400’s rear panel. MGW

Chapter 2 • Getting Started Hardware Overview The following section provides you with a quick overview of MGW 2400's hardware. Front Panel optiba

Chapter 2 • Getting Started LEDs Description Power Off Blinks green Green No power Booting Power on Alarm Off On No error At least one fan is running

Chapter 2 • Getting Started Rear Panel 0ISlots for six Encoding ModulesPower SwitchPower ConnectorFan Figure 3: MGW 2400 Rear Panel Ports Description

Chapter 2 • Getting Started Encoding Module MGW 2400 supports MGE-400 and MGE-400D encoding modules. MGE-400 encoding modules support analog sources w

Chapter 2 • Getting Started Connecting Peripherals - Encoders & Sources To install an encoding module: 1. Make sure that MGW 2400 is switched off

Chapter 2 • Getting Started To remove an encoding module: 1. Make sure that MGW 2400 is switched off and disconnect the power cable. 2. Disconnect v

Chapter 2 • Getting Started To connect a video source • Composite Video. Use the Video BNC cable (catalog number BZA3636) as illustrated in Figure 5

Chapter 2 • Getting Started To connect an audio source: • Analog audio. Use the Stereo MiniJack audio cable (catalog number WCA2274) as illustrated i

Safety Instructions Use the following safety guidelines to help protect your MGW 2400 unit from potential damage and to ensure your own personal safet

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Initial Configuration To operate MGW 2400 for the first time, you use HyperTerminal to log on to MGW 2400's Con

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration To set communication parameters in HyperTerminal: 1. Open HyperTerminal and click Properties in HyperTerminal’s to

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration DHCP enabled Networks DHCP automatically provides TCP/IP settings for the NIC connected to the respective DHCP enabl

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration To initialize MGW 2400 for the first time: 1. If you have not already done so, use a serial cable to connect MGW 24

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Figure 10: Main Menu Upon initializing, you must change MGW 2400’s hostname. The hostname must consist of less than

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration To change MGW 2400’s hostname: 1. To avoid network conflicts, make sure that you don’t have a network device with t

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration 9. To log on again, enter the username and password for Administrator; the Main menu appears. 10. If you don’t wan

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Changing Passwords MGW 2400 lets you define and change passwords for Administrator. To define and change passwords,

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration MGW 2400’s Network Settings MGW 2400 comes with two network interface cards. To increase performance, you can assign

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Figure 12: The Network Menu Figure 13: The Network Mode Settings Menu 29

• Keep your MGW 2400 unit away from radiators and heat sources. Also, do not block cooling vents. Avoid placing loose papers underneath your MGW 2400

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration 6. To auto-select the network mode, press 5 (Auto Selection). 7. To return to the Network Mode Settings menu, pres

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Changing and adding DNS IP Addresses MGW 2400 lets you set the IP addresses for multiple Default Name servers (DNS)

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration 6. To return to the Main menu, press 0 (Main Menu); the Main menu appears. 7. To log off MGW 2400, press 0 (Quit).

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration To add DNS IP addresses: 1. To add a DNS IP address, press 1 (Add DNS IP Address); you will be asked to enter the f

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration If DHCP is disabled – TCP/IP Settings If the relevant NIC or network segments are not DHCP enabled, you have to edit

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration To define or change TCP/IP settings: 1. Enter the new IP address and Subnet mask for the relevant NIC and press Ent

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration 5. Make a note of your settings of your TCP/IP settings upon changing. You can use the table provided at page 103 f

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Displaying TCP/IP Settings MGW 2400 lets you view the TCP/IP settings for both NICs. To view TCP/IP settings, do the

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Restoring Default Settings In some cases, you may wish to restore MGW 2400’s default settings. MGW 2400 lets you res

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration MGW 2400 Utilities This section instructs you how to set the time and date. It explains how to manage a SCSI disk fr

Compliance Information FCC User Information This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration 5. To synchronize MGW 2400 to the network time, press 2 (To Synchronize Time and Date with Server), type the time s

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Working with SCSI Disks MGW 2400 requires a SCSI disk to save streams to file. MGW 2400 is equipped with an Ultrawid

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration To enable Share access for SCSI disk partitions: 1. Log on to MGW 2400’s Configuration Utility as Administrator; th

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration To disable Share access for SCSI disk partitions: 1. Log on to MGW 2400’s Configuration Utility as Administrator; t

Chapter 2 • Initial Configuration Uploading Files To replace or add files for maintenance purposes, MGW 2400 allows you to transfer files to the disk

Chapter 2 • Changing Settings from a Remote PC Changing Settings from a Remote PC After initializing MGW 2400 for the first time, you can perform chan

Chapter 2 • Changing Settings from a Remote PC 46 you want to restart now or later upon logging off MGW 2400. 6. To restart now, press Y; MGW 2400 l

Chapter 3 Operating MGW 2400 Overview MGW 2400 is a rack-mountable stand-alone server. Up to six WMT encoding modules can be installed in MGW 2400&apo

Chapter 3 • Installing Software Installing Software This section instructs you on configuring your Management PC and installing the MGW 2400 EMS. Syst

Chapter 3 • Installing Software Installing the MGW 2400 EMS The MGW 2400 EMS installs together with Java Runtime 1.3.1_03. Make sure to uninstall any

Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer’s Name: Optibase Ltd. Manufacturer’s Address: 7 Shenkar St., Herzliya 46120, Israel Description of Equi

Chapter 3 • Installing Software 3. Double-click setupwin32.exe and follow the on-screen instructions. • You will be asked whether you wish to edit th

Chapter 3 • Installing Software To edit the default IP address at a later stage: 1. Make sure that you close the MGW 2400 EMS. 2. Browse the MGW 240

Chapter 3 • Installing Software Installing Microsoft Components In order to use an external WMS server and receive WMT streams, you have to download a

Chapter 3 • Accessing MGW 2400 Accessing MGW 2400 You manage MGW 2400 from MGW 2400 EMS, an SNMP based management application installed on a PC on the

Chapter 3 • Accessing MGW 2400 User Profiles MGW 2400 ships with three default users configured, each one associated with a certain user profile as li

Chapter 3 • Accessing MGW 2400 Logging on to MGW 2400 Up to ten users associated with three different user profiles can access MGW 2400. The same user

Chapter 3 • Accessing MGW 2400 3. From the Privileges list, choose the desired user profile. 4. Enter the user name and password for the desired use

Chapter 3 • Accessing MGW 2400 Viewing and Editing the List of Permitted Users • To edit the list of permitted users, you must be logged on as Super

Chapter 3 • Accessing MGW 2400 Viewing the List of Users Currently Logged On • In the MGW 2400 EMS Menu bar, go to Login and then to Current Users Ta

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview Main Window Overview The Main window lets you view and set module, channel, platform and WMS configurations. By defau

Content Introduction ... 1 Overview ...

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview The Modules Page Figure 21: Modules Page with six Encoding Modules LEDs LED Status Description Green Red MGW 2400 r

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview The Channels Page Figure 22: Channels Page with one Channel Buttons Description Opens the Channel wizard to add a c

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview The Platform Page Figure 23: Platform Page Unit Parameters Parameters Settings Comments Description MGW 2400'

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview MGW Monitoring Parameter Comments Total Bit-Rate Bit-rate of all streams transmitted by MGW 2400. Number of Stations

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview The External WMS Page Figure 24: External WMS Page Servers • To add or edit an external WMS server, go to the Exter

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview Server Properties Buttons Settings Description Server Name An external WMS server's IP address. If no server ha

Chapter 3 • Main Window Overview Toolbar and Displays The Main window's Menu and Status bars are available from the Modules, Channels, Platform a

Chapter 3 • Viewing and Setting Module Parameters Viewing and Setting Module Parameters To access the desired encoding module's parameters, click

Chapter 3 • Viewing and Setting Module Parameters Video Settings Comments Color Sys Detect NTSC, PAL, N/A If you choose Auto Detect, this field disp

Chapter 3 • Viewing and Setting Module Parameters Audio Settings Comments Audio Source Unbalanced Analog audio source that has a single voltage re

Initial Configuration ... 20 Configuring HyperTerminal...20 DHCP enabled

Chapter 3 • Viewing and Setting Module Parameters Encoding Parameters Figure 26: Encoding Module - Encoding Parameters Module Capabilities Comment W

Chapter 3 • Viewing and Setting Module Parameters Encoder State Comment Video and Audio FREE: Input available, a channel can be added. STOP: Channe

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile Editing the Channel Profile Each encoding module supports one WMT channel. You can configure channels either m

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile Adding a Channel You can manually configure a new channel or use previous configurations that you saved as tem

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile 5. To continue, click Next ; channel parameters appear. • Input parameters. To view advanced video input par

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile Editing an existing Channel If you logged on as Guest, you cannot edit channel parameters. To view channel par

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile Viewing the Channel Profile In the MGW 2400 EMS Main window, click the Channels tab; the Channels list appears

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile Managing Templates To add a template, you must have at least one channel added to the Channels list. For instr

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile To add a template from the Channels list: 1. On the Channels list, select the desired channel and click Save

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile Managing Configurations MGW 2400 lets you save system configurations allowing you to restore channels and thei

Main Window Overview... 59 The Modules Page ...60 The Channels Pag

Chapter 3 • Editing the Channel Profile To activate a configuration: • Select the desired configuration and click Activate ; the selected configurati

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Editing Channel Parameters If you add a channel, default parameters are set, which you can change. Some video p

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Advanced Video Encoding Parameters • If you are in the process of adding a channel, click Video for advanced

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Parameters Settings Comments Video Buffer Window 1000 (default) Latency related parameter. We recommend not

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Audio Parameters Parameters Settings Comments Channel Mode Mono or Stereo Bit-rate Available audio bit-rat

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Adjusting Video Parameters On The Fly MGW 2400 lets you edit certain parameters while channels are being encode

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Target Parameters • For WMS Multicast, refer to the section below. • For WMS Unicast, refer to page 89. • Fo

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Parameters Settings Comments Output NIC IP address of the NIC via which content transmits. No external WMS se

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters Parameters Settings Comments NSC File Name If you write the file to a SCSI disk connected to MGW 2400, enter

Chapter 3 • Editing Channel Parameters WMS Unicast Parameters Settings Comments External WMS <None> (default) No external WMS server is used.