TG-140 manual
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1. 07 2007 Page 1 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 2 07 2007 TRANSPORT STREAM TG 140 1 DESCRIPTION The TG 140 is a two units rack electronic equipment The TG 140 plays records and processes Transport Stream files A Transport Stream is a sequence of bytes containing audio video and data The TG 140 contains software programs to play record analyze demultiplex and build Transport Streams TRANSPORI STREAM 01100101011101100 01100101011101100 01100101011101100 0110010101110 01100101011101100 Figure 2 Transport Stream The TG 140 has a hard disk with two partitions One partition contains the operative system and the software The other partition is where the Transport Stream files are stored The equipment has two outputs and one input one ASI output Asynchronous Serial Interface one SPI output Synchronous Parallel Interface and one ASI input The same data are sent to both outputs at the same time The ASI uses a BNC type connector while the SPI uses a DB25 The TG 140 includes a Data Compact Flash The Data Compact Flash is meant to store Transport Stream files that have to be played repeatedly and one want to reduce to the minimum the risk of a disk crash The Compact Flash is less prone to breakdowns compared to a hard disk especially when performing read only operations The TG 140 includes a Rescue Compact Flash Hard disks are fragile and might fail due to for instance an u2. e Choose Local Package Directory as the same directory where setup exe is make sure a folder with a name similar to http 3a 2f 2fcygwin basemirror de is in the Local Package Directory setup Selectllocal Package Directory Select Local Package Directory Select a directory where you want Setup to store the installation files it downloads The directory will be created if it does not already exist Local Package Directory Ffcygwin Page 16 07 2007 e Find X11 Category js d setup Select Packages Select Packages Select packages to install E Text Default Utils amp Default El X11 amp Default 43 Skip Bk X startup scripts Cygwin X start 4 Skip 2k xorg x11 base Cygwin X base E Skip 1 333k xorg x11 bin Cygwin X bin 43 Skip 2 125k xorg x11 bin dlls CygwinZX bin c 49 Skip dk xorg x11 bin Indir Cygwin X bin a Ac a El v Hide obsolete and administrative packages e Under X11 Category select xorg x11 base package Some other packages will be selected automatically Gomin setup Select Packages Select Packages Select packages to install S Size Package Utils Default EL X11 amp Default amp 1 0 1141 5 8 83 301 1 6 8 99 901 1 6 8 99 901 1 Ek X startup scripts start 2k xorg x11 base Cygwin X base 1 333k sorgt T bin CygwinZX bin d 2 125k xorg 11 bin dlls CygwinZX bin i 4y 6 8 99 901
3. 1 4k xorg x11 bin Indir CygwinZX bin 6 8 99 901 1 524k xorg x11 etc Cygwin X etc A al Hide obsolete and administrative packages K KAAK Cd 07 2007 Page 17 Find and select openssh under Net Category Gyowin setup select Packages Select Packages Select packages to install AEM Package Libs 4 Default Math amp Default E Net 43 Default 43 4 5pl 1 519 openssh The OpenSSH server 43 0 9 8e 3 976k openssl The OpenSSL runtime Perl amp Default Python amp Default Shells amp Default Sustem amp Default Hide obsolete and administrative packages e Click Next Siguiente until installation completes Setup Progress This page displays the progress of the download or installation Installing bzip2 1 0 3 2 dusr share man man while 1 g2 Poges A Tot 8 Disk Atr s Siguiente Cancelar Page 18 07 2007 When the installation is finished run Cygwin once by going to your Desktop and double clicking the Cygwin Shortcut This will complete the installation of Cygwin for the TG 140 6 2 TG 140 Windows Installation 07 2007 Double click on vccrt msi Double click on TG140_install exe Install Cygwin by following the instructions in this manual or cygwin_installation Cygwin Installation for the TG htm When finished find the installed program in Start Programs Promax_TG 140 Page 19
4. 13 94457 Progressive Sequence Padding Packets 9 5734 Tables Packets 1 863097 Out File c test 2 streams 219 120 mp2 cact 015 mp2 y 07 2007 Page 33 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 34 07 2007
5. AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 20 07 2007 7 CONTROLLING THE TG 140 e When you run the Start Programs Promax TG 140 Promax TG 140 program you get this screen 16 140 Write IP Address of TG 140 and press OK IP Address 192 9 100 23 OK e Introduce the IP of the TG 140 and press OK You have to have configured the TG 140 in advance with an IP of your choice To configure the IP of the TG 140 go to IP CONFIG in the LCD screen of the TG 140 e Every time a new IP is used you will get a message like the following You have to answer yes The authenticity of host 192 9 100 93 192 9 100 93 can t be established RSA key fingerprint is bdi7f 57 f0 a7 44 27 db 8c 34 df 0c 5a 53 65 01 Are you sure you want to continue connecting yes no e And you get access to the TG 140 applications 07 2007 Page 21 USER S MANUAL TG 140 X Promax soliware ment E 7 1 Software Updates The TG 140 software can be updated by connecting to the Promax Software Updates Server There are three computers involved in the software update of the TG 140 the internal computer of the TG 140 the user s computer and the Promax Software Updates Server The TG 140 must have a valid IP address so it can access the Internet The user must know the address of the TG 140 and the address of the Promax Software Updates Server The user uses his User Computer to connect to the TG 140 and to te
6. Enter In Linux write smb 192 9 100 93 in the address bar of your browser The protocol the TG 140 uses to share the files is Samba which works for both Linux and Windows Archivo Edici n Ver Favoritos Herramientas Ayuda 12170 o2 1921910093 E Efx L4 Q Atr s gt 5 B squeda E gt Carpetas x IC Ed Direcci n 2 11192 9 100 931tg140 Tr v nculos Tama o Nombre Fecha de modificaci n Tipo custom 04 06 2007 13 47 Carpeta de arc recordings 04 06 2007 8 18 Carpeta de arc 104 248 cnnplus ts 23 01 2007 16 16 NXTSA Document 57 152 dtc sd 20 ts 23 01 2007 16 16 NXTSA Document 26 230 KB e hbo trailer 6ksd 20 ts 23 01 2007 16 16 NXTSA Document 37 061 KB tele5 2 ts 23 01 2007 16 16 NXTSA Document 1 941 312KB TPS STAR multiplex LCI TPS STAR patch 29 03 2006 12 51 Archivo TRP 25 098KB 23 01 2007 16 16 NXTSA Document 68 848KB 9 3 2 ts 23 01 2007 16 16 NXTSA Document 9 objetos 2 15 GB Internet 07 2007 25 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 26 07 2007 9 SETTING UP A NEW HARD DISK If the hard disk of the TG 140 is broken due to a shake or some other incident it can be easily replaced by another one Get a new Hard Disk that can be configured in SATA 1 mode or IDE and plug it to the embedded computer With the TG 140 turned off remove if necessary the Data Compact Flash from the slot in the back of the TG 140 and insert the Rescu
7. files is Samba which works for both Linux and Windows Then navigate to the folder named transport streams compact flash and drop the files you want in it From the front panel you can play files located in the compact flash by opening the folder compact flash 4 5 See Version If you navigate to Version and press the Know you will see the version of the software pack the TG 140 has The software pack includes Player Recorder Analyzer Demultiplexer Builder Card Driver and Menus visible in the LCD screen does not include the card firmware Page 10 07 2007 4 6 Allow for Remote Control The TG 140 can be controlled either from the front panel or not When using it from the front panel we name it Local Control Remote Control includes controlling the TG 140 through a network or by plugging a keyboard mouse and VGA screen The TG 140 can be under Remote Control under Local Control or uncontrolled When the TG 140 is under Local Control it is not accessible from Remote Control and the other way round There is a lock to gain control of the TG 140 This lock is owned by either the front panel software or the graphical interface software This lock can be acguired and released as explain in the next lines To acguire the lock to use the TG 140 from the front panel go to Local Control and press the Knob If the lock cannot be acguired because the TG 140 is being remote controlled you will see an error message To release the lock g
8. 7 Page 13 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 14 07 2007 6 WINDOWS INSTALLATION 6 1 Cygwin Installation for the TG 140 e Gotocygwin installation folder e Double click on setup exe e When asked choose Install from Local Directory nn seo Choose installation T jus Choose Download Source Choose whether to install or download from the internet or install from files in a local directory O Install from Internet downloaded files will be kept for future re use Download Without Installing Install from Local Directory 07 2007 Page 15 AxPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 e Choose C cygwin as Root Directory nn Say choose installation Directory Select Root Install Directory Select the directory where you want to install Cygwin Also choose a few installation parameters Root Directory Install For Default Text File Type All Users RECOMMENDED Unix binary RECOMMENDED Cygwin will be available to all users of No line translation done all files opened the system NOTE This is required if in binary mode Files on disk will have you wish to run services like sshd etc LF line endings O Just Me O DOS text Cygwin will only be available to the Line endings will be translated from unix current user Only select this if you lack LF to DOS CR LF on write and vice Admin privileges or you have specific versa on read ed needs Read more about file modes
9. TG 140 TRANSPORT STREAM RECORDER PLAYER 1 pa 5 TABLE CONTENTS DESCRIPTION m 1 2 FEATURES eite rtt ca qd n Estan pc Ea Eee aa aada eei 3 3 IBULTONS iere enia aa 5 4 FRONT PANEL OPERATION dici circi accro alerta 7 41 Play a Transport Stream 8 4 2 Record a Transport Stream 1 9 4 8 Configure IP Address i9 4 4 Setup Data Compact Flash sees 10 4 5 10 4 6 Allow for Remote Control 11 5 ATTACHING SCREEN KEYBOARD AND MOUSE 13 6 WINDOWS INSTALLATION enses enne tnn nnne nnne rnnt nns enne eaaa aa 15 6 1 Cygwin Installation for the TG 140 15 6 2 TG 140 Windows Installation essent 19 7 REMOTE CONTROLLING THE 140 nono ncnncanncnnnns 21 7 1 Software Updates 8 ACCESSING THE TG 140 HARD DISK sss ener 25 9 SETTING UP A NEW HARD 15 1 nente nennen 27 10 USING THE SOFTWARE ssssessesseeeeeneee nennen nennen nnn nnn erret nnn nnne 29 10 1 naiai 10 2 TS Recodo 10 3 TS Analyzer 10 4 TS Demuxer 10 5 TS Build tec
10. aptation PCR Notice that it might be useless to perform any correction on a recorded Transport Stream File This is because the file most likely does not end at the boundaries of the Transport Stream internal structures and so these structures are incomplete or broken by the end of the file To picture it imagine a Transport Stream file as a broken sentence and then concatenate it The full sentence could be My tailor is rich but the suppose the recorded file contains My tailor is ric Looping concatenating the right sentence results on a sequence or right sentences but looping the broken sentence results on My tailor is ricMy tailor is where we have the word ricMy which means nothing and is an error in the Transport Stream Burst Mode can enabled or not and applies only to the ASI output In Burst Mode the Transport Stream file is streamed out in a packetized way where a packet is the same size as a Transport Stream file that is 188 bytes In this mode there is no stuffing between bytes of a packet Stuffing is only present between packets When Burst Mode is No the file is sent byte after byte and stuffing is inserted between bytes This mode is named ASI Spread Mode in literature The stuffing mention here exists only at physical level and it is never present at application level Note that this stuffing has nothing to do with null packets in a Transport Stream file 07 2007 Page 29 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Th
11. e Compact Flash Connect a screen mouse and keyboard Turn on the TG 140 and press Del Supr to enter into the BIOS configuration Check the following BIOS settings so that the computer boots from the Compact Flash Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority 1 Compact Flash Advanced BIOS Features Hard Disk Boot Priority 2 Hard Disk Save the BIOS settings and it will reboot The Rescue Compact Flash will boot and the Installation System will start With the arrows of the keyboard go to Menu Install and press Return If you have a Sata disk choose Device to install dev sda Boot dev sda1 If you use an IDE disk choose Device to install dev hdb Boot dev hdb1 Push return Data in dev sda will be wiped Are you sure about this y N d m Push y and wait The installation lasts about 10 minutes Once the installation is finished turn off the TG 140 Then remove the Rescue Compact Flash and restart the TG 140 Reconfigure the BIOS settings so that it boots from the hard disk first and save the settings The new hard disk should be ready to go 07 2007 Page 27 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 28 07 2007 10USING THE SOFTWARE The TG 140 comes with a number of programs to play record analyze and build Transport Streams This section of the documentation explains what are the capabilities of these programs and how can they be used 10 1 TS Player The Transport Stream Player is probably the ma
12. e Status section displays information about what the player is doing playing stopped paused The progress bar shows how much of the file has been streamed The Hardware Alarms sections contains two items that can be green or red When green there is no error if red there is some problem This alarms are at hardware level and they are polled every second or so If Synchronization alarm is red it means that the Transport Stream packets of 188 bytes length are not well formed because they lack the starting synchronization byte which is a Ox47 If the Buffer alarm is red it means that the Card is not able to stream out the file at the desired speed Currently the maximum transmit speed is 90 Mbps If the processor is heavily loaded doing some other task the maximum transmit speed will lower If the hard disk is really a bad quality one the maximum speed will also get smaller When simultaneously playing and recording a file the maximum combined rate is about 80 Mbps say 40 Mbps for the player and 40 for the recorder sirean Players File Help File Info transport_streams QAM TS ts Bitrate Mbps 58 8108 Time Duration 00 17 File Size 79 MByte Loop adaptation ASI Out PTS DTS Burst Mode Continuity Counter Control Play Time 0 00 47 ae Status Hardware Alarms Synchronization Buffer o PLAYING 10 2 TS Recorder The TS Recorder can record an input Trans
13. ecoded PAT with 2 proarams decoded jalyzing homeluseritransport streams 4av 16979 kbps juny 107 ts Page 32 07 2007 10 5 TS Builder The TS Builder is used the build a Transport Stream from Elementary Streams extracted with the TS Demuxer Use the left pane to navigate to the elementary streams folder and click on the files If the files are recognized by the software you will see some information in the lower left pane Currently only MPEG2 Video Elementary Streams and MPEG2 Audio Elementary streams are recognized Then click on either Add Stream to Last Program or Add Stream to New Program to add the stream to the Transport Stream Add Stream to New Program will create a new PMT while Add Stream to Last Program will add the stream to the last PMT created The SDT and NIT tables are automatically created and are not editable Finally click on Multiplex and choose the name of the resulting Transport Stream File An automatic name is suggested by default MPEG Hemena sirean Multiplexer Stream Type Video ES OSDT 100b 015 mp2 MI ONIT 100b 060 mp2 Add Stream to Last Program E PID 0 100b 120 mp2 Add Stream to New Program Q PMT PID 100 PMT PID 100 bbc3_015 mp2 Multip lex PID 101 pa RES LA PInana Horizontal Size 704 Generated 20888 packets Uertical Size 576 Summary Bitrate 6000000 PID 181 Packets 74 6197 Framerate 25 PID 182 Packets
14. fing mention here exists only at physical level and it is never present at application level Note that this stuffing has nothing to do with null packets in a Transport Stream file Page 8 07 2007 When Loop File is Yes the file is played forever until the users stops it When the Player reaches the end of the file it starts reading it from the beginning again and so on The TG 140 has Loop File setting to Yes by default When Loop file is Yes you might want to perform some corrections to the Transport Stream File so that that are less discontinuities between the end and the beginning of the file This is desirable when you want a smooth playback on some decoders You can correct Decoding and Presentation Time Stamps by enabling the setting Correct PTS DTS You can correct Continuity Counters by enabling the setting Correct CC You can correct Program Clock Reference Stamps by setting Correct PCR Notice that it might be useless to perform any correction on a recorded Transport Stream File This is because the file most likely does not end at the boundaries of the Transport Stream internal structures and so these structures are incomplete or broken by the end of the file To picture it imagine a Transport Stream file as a broken sentence and then concatenate it The full sentence could be My tailor is rich but suppose the recorded file contains tailor is ric Looping concatenating the right sentence results on a sequence or right
15. id 0x39 program Oxb pid 0x3a program Oxc pid 0x3b Y Program 1 PCR pid 2048 pid O type ITU 262 VIDEO 0x2 pid 1 type PRIVATE 0x81 pid 2 type PRIVATE 0x81 10 4 TS Demuxer With the TS Demuxer you can extract video and audio elementary streams from a Transport Stream File Open a File and click Analyze after a short while click stop because it is not necessary to analyze the whole file to read the tables The Demuxer will show a list of the streams found inside the Transport Stream Then check in the check box of the streams you want to extract and press Demultiplex After while a dialog box will pop saying the demultiplexing is finished The extracted streams are saved in the folder transport streams elementary streams Every stream is saved in a different file with a name that contains the original PID when the stream was part of the Transport Stream XC ts demuxer program pid type b nu Quit 101 ISO 1 11172 AUDIO 102 ITU H262 VIDEO 104 ITU H262 VIDEO 105 ISO JEC 11172 AUDIO Event Log time packets event 10 40 20 1 10 40 20 2 10 40 20 3 10 40 20 1129 10 40 20 1130 10 40 20 1131 10 40 20 2257 PAT with 2 programs decoded section pid 100 program 1 decoded section pid 103 program 2 decoded PAT with 2 programs decoded section pid 100 program 1 decoded section pid 103 program 2 d
16. in feature of the TG 140 With it you can select a file and play it Go to File Open a browse to find the file you want stream Then click on the Play button little triangle The Player calculates the bitrate of the selected file and displays this piece of information in the GUI Some other available details about the file are the file duration and the size in bytes The duration can be calculated dividing size and bitrate The file is streamed out at the bitrate calculated by the Player The GUI of the Player has other sections The Loop Adaptation section is used in combination with the loop file button The Loop File button is the button with two little opposed arrows on it This is a state button that can be on or off When on the file will be played in loop mode When Loop File is enabled the file is played forever or until the users stops it When player reaches the end of the file it starts reading it from the beginning again and so on When Loop file is Yes you might want to perform some corrections to the Transport Stream File so that the are less discontinuities between the end and the beginning of the file This is desirable when you want a smooth playback on some decoders You can correct Decoding and Presentation Time Stamps by enabling the setting Loop Adaptation PTS DTS You can correct Continuity Counters by enabling the setting Loop Adaptation Continuity Counter You can correct Program Clock Reference Stamps by setting Loop Ad
17. ll the TG 140 which is the address of the Promax Software Updates Server User Computer Promax Software Updates Server Page 22 07 2007 The steps to do a Software Update go like this 07 2007 The user installs the MS Windows software in his computer See the corresponding section of this manual The user sets up an IP for the TG 140 See corresponding section of this manual In the User Computer the user goes to Start Programs Promax TG 140 TG 140 Update and a little window pops up The user introduces the IP address of the TG 140 in this windows and presses OK After pressing OK the little application will try to connect to the TG 140 and if it succeeds another window will appear This second window is a little application running on the TG 140 The user has to introduce the IP address of the Promax Software Updates Server and press OK The TG 140 will try to connect to the supplied IP address to update itself A text window will appear to show the progress X goue 16 180 Port 2000 Page 23 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 24 07 2007 8 ACCESSING THE TG 140 HARD DISK To access the shared folders of the TG 140 it must have a valid IP address Search the corresponding section of this manual to setup the TG 140 IP address In Windows open an Internet Explorer and in the address bar write the address of the TG 140 prefixed with two backslashes like so 192 9 100 93 and press
18. nputs and output ASI according EN 50083 9 ASI Spread Mode and ASI Burst Mode 5 according EN 50083 9 Packet size 188 bytes e Hard Disk Capacity 160 GB Maximum Transmit Rate 90 Mbps Maximum Record Rate 200 Mbps Maximum Combined Rate around80 Mbps e Oscillator Frequency Stability 10 ppm Control Interfaces LCD screen and buttons VGA screen mouse and keyboard Internet connection Provided Software TS Player TS Recorder TS Analyzer TS Demultiplexer TS Builder Software Update 07 2007 Page 3 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 4 07 2007 3 BUTTONS On Off switch On Off button Menu button Knob 07 2007 This is the power switch on the back of the equipment You have to turn it on after plugging in the equipment Do not use this switch to turn off the equipment use the On Off button in the front of the panel This is the red button on the front of the equipment To turn on the TG 140 just press and release the On Off button The TG 140 takes about 1 minute to start up If it takes more time it is probably due to a check disk which happens every 30 starts or when recovering from a bad shut down You know the TG 140 is ready for operation when the LCD screen does not display Initializing To turn off the TG 140 press and release the On Off button The TG 140 will take less than one minute to completely power off Pressing this button more than four sec
19. nwanted fall or shock The user of the TG 140 can replace the Hard Disk by an equivalent one Partitioning creating file systems and installing the all the TG 140 software in the new hard disk is only four keystrokes away by using the Rescue Compact Flash The Rescue Compact Flash will restore the complete system on the newly plugged hard disk and it will be ready to use after a restart This drastically shortens the time to repair a TG 140 whose hard disk has failed 07 2007 Page 1 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 When the TG 140 starts it recovers the state of the Player when the TG 140 was turned off by the last time If the Player was playing a file with a given configuration the TG 140 will automatically play the same file with the same configuration after it starts up The TG 140 recovers the state of the Player only when this was started from the front panel When the power is restored after a power cut the same principle applies Figure 3 TG 140 Rear Side The TG 140 can be used in three different ways The basic operations of the TG 140 Player and Recorder can be controlled by pressing and turning the two buttons and one Knob in the front of the eguipment The rest of the software programs TS Analyzer TS Demuxer and TS Builder are accessed either connecting a keyboard mouse and VGA screen or through a network cable Page 2 07 2007 2 FEATURES e Connectors nput BCN 750 Outputs 75 Q and DB25 e Standard i
20. o to Remote Control and press then Knob When the user presses the Knob on Remote Control the player and the recorder in Local Control are stopped if they were on The lock is acguired in Remote Control when the Player or Recorder Graphical Interface Software are started Actually if the TG 140 is in Local Control the Player and Recorder will display an error message and will refuse to start To release the lock just close the Player and the Recorder The TG 140 starts up in uncontrolled mode except in the case explain right here When you turn off the TG 140 it stores the state of the of the Local Control Player If you were playing a file in Local Control and you turn off the TG 140 when you turn it on again it will automatically start playing that file in Local Control In this case it will be locked to use in Local Control until the user releases it 07 2007 Page 11 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 12 07 2007 5 ATTACHING SCREEN KEYBOARD AND MOUSE You can plug an VGA screen keyboard and a mouse to the TG 140 The keyboard and the mouse must be PS2 and you have to use the PS2 splitter provided with the TG 140 The PS2 splitter is a Y like cable that is used to connect a mouse and a keyboard to a single PS2 input jack When the Operative System has finished booting the screen will show Multimedia Generator TG 140 Press Enter to Enter Graphical Mode Press enter and a screen with the software menu will show up 07 200
21. onds and then releasing it will force an emergency power off The emergency power off should only be used in case of emergency When you press the Menu button you go back one item the menus hierarchy Pressing the Knob means Execute or OK to go to the next level of the Menu hierarchy Moving the Knob left and right shows the menus of the same hierarchy level Page 5 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 Page 6 07 2007 4 FRONT PANEL OPERATION You can navigate through the menus visible in the LCD screen by pressing or turning the Knob of the TG 140 and by pressing the Menu button Y IP CHRNGES APPL IP CONFIG 3 E RE CORDING El LOCAL CONTROL DELETER 1 RECORDER PTS DTS CORRECT CC LOOP FILE CORR FILENANE 07 2007 Page 7 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 By operating the front panel the user can do the following tasks Play a Transport Stream File Record a Transport Stream File Delete a Recorded File Configure IP Address Setup Data Compact Flash See Version Allow for Remote Control 4 1 Play a Transport Stream File Follow this sequence of menus Local Control Player Play Then select a file You can navigate in the directory tree where the Transport Stream Files are stored by using the Knob When you press the Knob on a Transport Stream file the TG 140 starts playing it When you press the Knob on a directory name it goes into that director
22. port Stream to a file in the hard disk Click on File Save as and select the name of the file you want to save Page 30 07 2007 If the Hardware Alarm Buffer is red it means that data are being lost because the input rate is to high Currently the maximum input rate is about 200 Mbps but this rate is reduced when the processor is doing some other task or the hard disk is a bad quality one When simultaneously playing and recording a file the maximum combined rate is about 80 Mbps say 40 Mbps for the player and 40 for the recorder X 3 File Help File File recordings 182502925 ts Iv Overwrite Existing File Without Asking Input Info Bitrate Mbps 8 81 08 Control Record Time 0 00 44 meri _ File Size 203 MByte Status Hardware Alarm RECORDING Buffer o 10 3 TS Analyzer With the TS Analyzer you can see what are the contents of a Transport Stream file The current version of the TS Analyzer decodes the Program Association Tables and the Program Map Tables To analyze a file click on File Open Then click on Analyze It is not necessary to analyze the whole file to see the tables so you can start the analysis before it has completely finished reading the whole file by pressing Stop With the TS Analyzer you can see the description of the streams audio video private and its Packet Identifiers PIDs 07 2007 Page 31 Transport Stream USER S MANUAL TG 140 romas ts analyzer name program Oxa p
23. sentences but looping the broken sentence results on My tailor is ricMy tailor is ric where we have the word ricMy which means nothing and is an error in the Transport Stream When you are playing a file you can continue to move around the Menus of the TG 140 to change configuration parameters or to start a recording To recall the state of the Player you can go to Local Control Player State 4 2 Record a Transport Stream File To play a Transport Stream File follow this sequence of menus Local Control Recorder Record If there is no input signal or there is no space in the disk you will see an error message on the LCD screen Hopefully everything will be ok and you will see the name of the file just being recorded Turning the Knob you can see some more information about the recording Bitrate is the input bitrate Size is the size of the file in bytes it will grow as the time passes by Time is the elapsed time since the recording was started 4 3 Configure IP Address To remote control the TG 140 it must be connected to a network and it must have an IP address 07 2007 Page 9 AAPROMAX USER S MANUAL TG 140 To configure the IP address of the TG140 go to IP Config Static IP Config New IP Set the IP of your choice Now you will set the Gateway address Press Menu one time to go back Do not press the Menu button two times or you will loose the IP just filled Then set the Gateway address If you have no Gateway address fill i
24. t all with zeroes Press menu only one time and to go to Apply IP Changes Press the Knob to apply the changes Alternatively you can use a dynamically assigned IP address If your network has a DHCP server and you want the TG 140 to take an address from it go to IP Config DHCP and press the Knob 4 4 Setup Data Compact Flash The TG 140 includes a Data Compact Flash The Data Compact Flash is meant to store Transport Stream Files that have to be played repeatedly and one want to reduce to the minimum the risk of a disk crash The Compact Flash is less prone to breakdowns compared to a hard disk especially when performing read only operations The Data Compact Flash that is provided is ready for operation but a user might want to use another compact flash of his own Say for instance a bigger one In such case the compact flash has to be formatted With the TG 140 turned off insert the new compact flash Turn on the TG 140 to Setup Compact Flash and press the Knob If the compact flash was unformatted it will be formatted To copy files into the Data Compact Flash you have to remotely access the TG 140 through a network The TG 140 must have a valid IP address In Windows open an Internet Explorer and in the address bar write the address of the TG 140 prefixed with two backslashes like so W192 9 100 93 and press Enter In Linux write smb 192 9 100 93 in the address bar of your browser The protocol the TG 140 uses to share the
25. y Directory or folder names are marked with the word Dir To get out of a directory you have to press the Knob on By default the user has access to the following directories transport streams transport_streams recordings transport_streams elementary_streams The user should only play Transport Stream files and not Elementary Stream files The elementary_streams folder is only meant to contain Elementary Stream files than can be used to build Transport Stream files Once the TG 140 is playing a file you can turn the Knob to see some information regarding the file and the play process You can see the file name The bitrate is the bitrate is the bitrate the Transport Stream is build with which is the same bitrate used to stream the file Length is the time the Transport Stream File will last Size is the size of the file in bytes Time is the elapsed time since it started playing The player functionality has a few configuration options in Local Control Player Config Burst Mode can be Yes or No and applies only to the ASI output In Burst Mode the Transport Stream file is streamed out in a packetized way where a packet is the same size as a Transport Stream file that is 188 bytes In this mode there is no stuffing between bytes of a packet Stuffing is only present between packets When Burst Mode is No the file is sent byte after byte and stuffing is inserted between bytes This mode is named ASI Spread Mode in literature The stuf
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