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DTC-720 Xpect - User Manual

1. 28 6 4 Web GUI is not accessible eere xor EE EEXR EI 28 6 5 Xpect server address is not shown in the Configuration 28 6 6 One or more Mosaic programs not shown Ye va eu Een 29 DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 6 7 Xpect dongle license driver sur sx Ey seas VERI VERS URP VERUM UNE VER pets VERFU M MERE 29 6 8 plodd Eras eic FAM RR or a HAE re ora Un et Le RUM LA I vU MLB HUN DU Ci 29 T Gapynght Ir ARIA HAT RU v or nee De een MM EIU MU MU EI I E M na n cef 30 8 DTC 720 Xpect Revision DISIOFy Lacie 31 Copyright 2009 2015 by DekTec Digital Video B V DekTec Digital Video B V reserves the right to change products or specifications without notice Information furnished in this document is believed to be accurate and reliable but DekTec Digital Video B V assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this material DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL Introduction 1 1 General description Xpect is a 24 7 transport stream monitoring software package which continuously checks transport streams for compliance to TR 101 290 and compares each stream to a user created template defining the expected properties of the
2. 1 C aRns Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Extra Tests i m eson 4 M Nederland_1 6 0 Mbps 1 1 TS sync loss 9 2 1 Transport error 3 1a NIT Actual 4 1 PCR FO Disney xo 5 4 2 101 MPEG 2 Video 5 4 Mbps 1 2 Sync byte 2 2 3 1b NIT Other 4 2 PCR DR Veronica let M E PID 101 1 3a PAT 2 3a PCR repetition 3 2 SI repetition 4 3 Nel iscovery Channel i central Bitrate 5 380 249 bps 1 4 Continuity count 2 3b PCR disc ind 3 3 Buffer error 4 6 MDI DF ona Animal Planet 4 ES Info 1 52 PMT 2 4 PCR AC 3 4 Unref Pid 4 7 MDI MLR e mv THF Picture Size 720 x 576 1 6 PID error 2 5 PTS 3 58 SDT Actual 4 9 Table version 2 6 CAT 9 3 5b SDT Other 4 10 Table version changed Ketnet Canvas di den e a E 4 11 Table version unchanged 3 6b EIT Other 1 Frame Rate 25 Three BBC Four e PAS MY 3 6c EIT PF BBC Entertainment 9 Discovery HD UR pues eed 3 7 RST History HD Eurosport HD JJ 103 MPEG 2 Audio 283 6 kbps 3 8 T0T Film1 1 Film1 2 Program 100 3 9 Empty buffer Film1 3 PMT PID 100 3 10 Data delay 101 Best 24 PCR PID 101 Nick Jr Nick Toons Baby TV TMF Dance TMF NL MTV Brand New TMF Pure SLAMITV VH 1 VH 1 Clasic wm Transport Stream Basic S
3. DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 5 5 Configuration Tab The Configuration tab allows you to perform IP forwarding This action requires you to be in configuration mode if you try to change this setting you will be asked to enter the administrator password for Xpect as was specified in the General configuration Once the password is entered it is remembered for the duration of the session Real Time EventLog Recording Configuration about Digitenne 1 _ Enable IP Forwarding IP Address Port Protocol TPs IP TTL UDP Y 7 30 192 168 0 1 5678 Adapter DTA 2145 port 1 S N 2145 000 013 ASI SDI Input Output Adapter A IP forwarding settings Use to enable disable forwarding of the monitored transport stream to a specific IP address B Shows the DekTec input adapter used for monitoring NOTE Maximum of 2 inputs can be forwarded simultaneously DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 5 6 About Tab The About tab shows the licence version and copyright information for Xpect as well as the EULA Digitenne 1 Maintenance 2015 05 23 License Points Available 32 used 4 ON GUARD Configuration 0 x SPTS Radio 0 x SPTS TV 1 MPTS Server Version 10 64 Bil License Type Perma 2009 2014 DekTec Digital Video B V EULA X
4. are started and set to automatic start 6 6 One or more Mosaic programs not shown On Xpect Mosaic start up or reconfigure all TS service information should be available In some rare cases this service information is not yet completely received resulting in a missing program An Xpect Guardian Service restart or resend of the configuration changes should resolve this missing program 6 7 Xpect dongle license driver In some cases the HASP key driver needed for the dongle is not available on the PC In that case make sure that your Windows system is configured to auto search for Windows updates 6 8 Upload Error A corrupted configuration file or database file could result in an error during upload In this exceptional case the following error will be reported during configuration upload Upload Error Xx Couldn t open file to store xml To resolve this error remove all files located in the following hidden location C ProgramData DekTec Xpect C ProgramData DekTec Xpect Work DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 7 Copyright Notices This section defines all the copyright notices associated with the Xpect software package 7 1 Xpect software Copyright 2009 2015 by DekTec Digital Video B V Copyright 2009 2015 by Fen Technology Limited DekTec Digital Video B V and Fen Technology Limited reserve the right to change products or specifications without notice 7 2 3 party compon
5. Administrator rights IE9 browser is recommended Windows User Access Control UAC should be disabled Screensaver and Sleep mode should be disabled Automatic Windows update installation should be disabled The minimum system specifications for running Xpect including Mosaic are given in the table below Platform 64 bit Vista 2k8 Win 7 Win 8 1 or Win10 DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL Processor Intel Core i7 Memory 6 GB RAM Video Card AMD R7 250 1GB DDR AMD ATI out performs higher spec NVIDIA cards for this application Hard disk Minimum of 10GB of free space Express Enough free slots to fit required DekTec interface cards Prerequisites Silverlight 4 runtime Administrator rights IE9 browser is recommended Windows User Access Control UAC should be disabled Screensaver and Sleep mode should be disabled Automatic Windows update installation should be disabled IMPORTANT NOTE For running Mosaic an Xpect configuration with multiple PC s might be required Typical decoding performance indications for a 64 bit Win7 Intel Core i7 3770 are e 60x SD AVC MPEG 2 Ox HD AVC or e 5x HD AVC 30x SD AVC MPEG 2 2 2 Xpect server required memory The amount of memory required for Xpect consists of two parts namely 1 the minimum amount of memory required for the Windows operating system and 2 the runtime amount of memory required by Xpect itself
6. To make the PC ready for 24 7 monitoring it is recommended to e Disable Windows automatic updates e Disable sleep mode and automatic screen blanking For the Service decoding feature you will need to install the Microsoft Expression Encoder and make sure that the Windows User Access Control UAC is disabled After changing this setting the PC should be rebooted User Account Control Settings Choose when to be notified about changes to your computer Tell me more about User Account Control settings Always notify Never notify me when Programs try to install software or make changes to my computer I make changes to Windows settings Not recommended Choose this only if you need to use programs that are not certified for Windows 7 63 because they do not support User Account Control Never notify NOTE For Windows 8 1 and 10 the Windows Store Apps will not operate because of this UAC setting The Xpect Configuration Tool provides you with a facility to create and edit the configuration required by the Xpect software The Xpect server software consists of the main Xpect monitoring application Xpect exe and a companion guardian service Xpectguardian exe which is used to systematically stop and start Xpect DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL The table below describes the basic steps for setting up an Xpect server IMPORTANT NOTE Upgrade fr
7. 17 4 V IR iE sae cake eases ee tate 17 s oco itat bant no teas ee ae ect ore eta eerie rience eter ee tee ee oe 17 4 3 NESTS M CE 17 4 4 General Advanced Settings 18 4 5 TS Advanced we RAEN Ra 18 4 6 Mosaic COT a Uc 18 4 7 B ck p and Restores esor cup Mp ia 20 4 8 Configuraiom NER ee 20 22 5 1 Main GUI ele deb DIDIT eT eee ee 22 5 2 REGU Turiestotus sien ice eiii did E e etit adle tia tuit scie d ipei erii dir pe RAE 23 5 3 Event Log MOD e pn PR ER HAM MAREM MEME EM E I ER IRI DEL MI 24 Seco Tab evene ien ve ME 25 5 5 26 27 cono etel mda DIU IN Om MUI EIS 28 6 1 How to verify Xpect is running cse reiner ere tern etg re nre ta e PETERE NERV eU PEE 28 6 2 Check the Windows event log for errors 28 6 3 Web GUI Service decoding is reporting Streaming
8. If applicable configure the IP Receive Address Select the Monitoring Mode DVB ATSC or ARIB step B Select the Monitoring Type SPTS Radio TV or MPTS step F Click on the checkbox step C to enable the configured Port Make sure enough Memory and License points are available step D Click the Commit changes Button step E to upload and activate the initial configuration 5 Test the installation Open an internet browser recommended IE9 or Google Chrome Go to http localhost 5089 It is possible that the browser will prompt you to install NOTE Make sure an Internet connection is available else these packages need to be installed manually before the Xpect installer is started NOTE Local Machine User Xpect Password dektec this user is part of the Administrator Group 3 NOTE The XCT could be run locally on the Xpect server or run remotely NOTE if you changed the default SOAP Web port replace 5089 with the port you specified DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL the Silverlight 4 runtime if so please follow the installation instructions shown in the browser web GUI should now be loaded note all Xpect instances will automatically start when the PC booted if the GUI does not load please refer to 66 2 e The Xpect Web GUI will indicate the Transport Stream overall status LEDs in the left hand pan
9. Mixed 2 TV AllRadio Load Logo b Commit Mixed 3 TV Radio 9 Remove Service insertion changes Monitor Selection Edit Layout Service Selection Advanced Configuration Upload Configuration Overview MPTS 1 SPTS TV 0 SPTS RADIO 0 License Points 32 Used 4 Memory Usage 382MB Mosaic enabled TS Definition 101 290 Template Mosaic General Advanced Settings TS Advanced Settings Available Services e Cell Templates 4 5 Service 1 Prev Next 1 1920 1080 MPEG Pi 102 ae m eee ae JJ MPEG Pid 1103 TEST1 Aio Service 2 X lets1 E TEST1 Aio Service 3 E amp TV TEST1 Aio Service 4 E TEST1 Aio Service 5 audio JJ MPEG Pid 1104 JJ MPEG Pid 1105 E amp TEST1 Aio Service 6 audio JJ MPEG Pid 102 JJ MPEG Pid 1103 F 4 TEST1 Aio Service 7 audio 8 amp TEST1 Aio Service 8 audio ih IV TEST1 Aio Service 9 avs Medium TEST1 Aio Service 13 Linkage JV TEST1 Aio Service 14 Linkage iV TEST1 Aio Service 15 Linkage Radio TEST1 Aio Service 16 Linkage TEST1 Aio Service 17 linkage User Defined F TV TEST1 Aio Service 18 Linkage JV TEST1 Aio Service 10 X lets2 Full Screen Depending on the size of the mosaic the mosaic will appe
10. TsBitrate 2 will define that the bitrate be updated at 2 second intervals Note the Bitrates will adjust the size of the text with a proportioned font so should be separately defined and right aligned to prevent this if desired Svcld Prints the Service ID in decimal SvcBitrate lt refresh rate in Secs gt Shows the current Service bitrate at a defined interval Configuration and details identical to the TsBitrate above SvcComponents Prints a Service Components string Shows V for video Shows for audio Shows D for data So a typical service may show VAAD The component string is ordered by the ordering of the components in the PMT SvcChans Prints the Major Minor channel numbers ATSC only General example NetworkName Tsld TsBitrate 2 bps SvcName Svcld Ch SvcChans SvcBitrate 2 bps For more detailed information about XML Template modifications contact DekTec 4 7 Backup and Restore A backup of the complete configuration can be saved locally using the Backup to File configuration function A backup can be restored using the Load Backup configuration function Make sure that XCT is connected with the Xpect server The restore function will only succeed when the configured DekTec adapters are still available A backup configuration could be edited offline 4 8 Configuration Files Although all types of configuration files are XML based and can be created or edited manuall
11. 0 SPTS RADIO 0 License Points 32 Used 4 Memory Usage 382MB Mosaic enabled TS Definition TR101 290 Template Mosaic General Advanced Settings TS Advanced Settings Available Ports Monitoring TSoIP Forwarding DTA 160 4 S N 4160 001 221 Points 32 71 Port 2 ASI SDI 71 Port 4 IP DTA 2135 4 S N 2135 000 351 Points 32 71 Port1 MOD F Port2 MOD A A unique name identifying the TS B The Monitoring Mode DVB ATSC or ARIB C Selected Port s for monitoring D Overview of used License Points and memory for current configuration E Upload current configuration using Commit Changes button F The Monitoring Type SPTS Radio TV or MPTS IMPORTANT NOTE Source Specific Multicast IP address IGMP v3 support configuration should be submitted using syntax lt sourceaddress gt lt multicastaddresss gt DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring IAM USER MANUAL 4 Detailed Configuration After executing the Basic Configuration steps you may wish to further set up Xpect by creating templates custom TR 101 290 configurations and Mosaic configuration using the Xpect Configuration Tool 4 1 TR 101 290 Tests In the TR 101 290 section enable the tests that should be included in the configuration The default parameter values are used but these values can be adjusted for example to incre
12. 255 of service ProSiebe no PCR received on PID 511 of service KABEL1 w A Filter functions for a data time range filter a filter to suppress all events not equal to the selected event type and an export to CVS function to export all the filtered events or all events available in the database A Clear Event Log trigger will suppress previously seen events B List with all or filtered error events NOTE Besides the Export function it is also possible to use copy paste to copy a selection of the events to Excel 24 DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 5 4 Recording Tab Via the Recording tab you can setup a trigger condition for TS file capturing and manage the available capture files SSCs OS Manual Trigger Trigger Compliance Priority 1 Continuity count v Recording Status Success Recording File capture Digitenne 1 20100125 142005 ts Trigger Event Manually Triggered Trigger State Disarmed File Size Trigger Status Number of TS dropouts capture Digitenne 1 20100125 142005 ts 89 3 Manually Triggered Success 0 E mid A Trigger controls used to define the trigger condition arm the capture process or manually force a capture B Current status of the capture process C List of captured files Click on a file to download it from the server NOTE Maximum of 4 triggers can capture simultaneously 25
13. For the first we recommend you consult the system requirements of the Windows version you will be using but as a minimum we recommend at least 1 GB The runtime memory requirements depend on the number of transport streams and the sizes of the pre and post trigger buffers To compute the amount of memory required for an Xpect server the Xpect Configuration Tool could be used to define your configuration and show the memory required for Xpect Mrea Mos MRUNTIME where Mita Total amount of memory required for an Xpect system Mos Minimum amount of memory required by Windows For example suppose you have a setup with 4 transport streams and with the pre and post trigger buffer sizes set to respectively 32MB and 16MB In this case the total amount of memory required would be Mrea Mrea 1GB 562MB gt 1 5 GB DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL IMPORTANT NOTES The runtime memory required by Xpect Mruntime must not exceed 75 of the total amount of memory available Xpect applies this restriction to ensure the system does not become unusable due to resource starvation The memory usage estimate for HD AVC Mosaic service is less accurate compare to a SD service so make sure to have sufficient free Memory available 2 3 Xpect server required hard disk space Like the memory usage the required hard disk space depends on a number of variables such as the number of transport strea
14. information parsing e Fix for occasional memory increase e Fix for occasional Black video error not cleared e Fix for invalid EIT errors 3 6a b c seen for some specific streams e Fix for SCTE 35 tests failing occasionally e Fix for incorrect test ID s in CVS exported 4 6 4 15 events e Fix for WebGui com errors on EventLog caused by specific culture setting V3 1 0 5093 2014 06 13 e Added Service Template tests for DVB Teletext subtitles Closed Captions and SCTE 35 Added Local NIC use for input of IP transport streams without DekTec card e Added license dongle support e Added Event log export to CSV file in the WebGui Added new Mosaic templates for automatically configuring up to 3 separate audio channels per service using a video overlay e Added support for ISDB T number of segments and subchannel configuration Improved Video preview in the WebGui using correct aspect ratio Improved detection of frozen black video streams e Improved WebGui Event log performance background fill of events Improved Event log messages by adding service names and service ID s e Improved resilience of WebGui preview video to stream errors e Improved handling of multiple occurrences of subtitling language per service e Fix for WebGui streaming preview not working when SOAP port 80 was used e Fix for possible memory leak when Mosaic is active e Several other minor bugfixes V3 0 0 4977 2013 06 10 Add
15. transport stream Any violations of the TR 101 290 rules or mismatches to the template will be logged in a database and can be signalled to an NMS through SNMP traps or as an IP UDP based message Xpect also keeps logs of statistical information e g bitrates number of CC errors and scrambled status for the services tables and individual components in the monitored stream The period over which to gather the statistical information is user configurable and can be set from several seconds up to multiple days weeks Xpect monitors multiple transport streams simultaneously applying different test criteria to each stream Each stream is independently monitored and can be paused without affecting the other streams for example when new test criteria are being loaded by the user The maximum number of streams that can be monitored in parallel is defined by the required configuration the bit rate for each transport stream and the resource availability of the host PC Xpect server The Xpect server software is installed on a PC platform It consists of the main Xpect application and a companion guardian service The Xpect guardian will launch and shut down Xpect gracefully to protect its databases against corruption should a user invoked shut down be attempted during database writes Furthermore the Xpect guardian will regularly communicate with each Xpect instance TS monitoring thread to ensure they are each running properly If
16. 5 1 audio to augmented stereo and1 1 pixel mapping option e Added support for DVB T2 and DVB C2 streams using DTA 2131 or DTA 2138 Added support for ISDB T using DTA 2131 currently only 13 segment Added support for DTA 2139 for 12 channel QAM monitoring per DTA 2139 Fix for possible crash on SNMP trap port configuration Fix for required restart on SNMP enable disable enable sequence using XCT Fix for possible expire of Windows Xpect user password dektec Fix for possible memory increase for specific mosaic content Fix for possible incorrect mosaic resolution 1024x768 when using XCT Fix for possible error on large IP configurations V2 0 0 4252 2012 06 22 Mosaic Multi TS viewer MPEG 2 and SD HD decoding using graphics card acceleration alarms from Xpect visualized in mosaic multi screen support EBU R128 loudness radio services XML defined cell templates and custom picture cells Configuration Tool 2 0 easy remote control of all configurations predefined mosaic layout configuration or fully customizable using drag and drop Test groups to easily reuse test configurations for multiple inputs and backup and restore of complete configuration Support for DTE 3120 Support for DTE 3137 Fix for PIDs 0 1 16 17 18 19 20 shown in Web GUI but possibly not present Fix for possible crash on custom PMT table Template test Fix for duplicate service name not shown in Web GUI Fix for possible incorrect service
17. PECT amp SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT Version and licence status information for Xpect DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 6 Trouble shooting 6 1 How to verify Xpect is running To check that Xpect is running please try each of the following in turn 1 Using a browser IE9 Firefox or Google Chrome enter http localhost 5089 assuming you are using the default WEB SOAP port If the browser cannot display the webpage then Xpect is probably not running 2 Another way to check whether Xpect is operational is to view the current running services run Windows Task Manager then view the Processes tab to see if xpectguardian exe and xpect exe are both running If Xpect is not running then please refer to the next section 6 2 Check the Windows event log for errors Xpect and the Xpect Guardian add log events with status and error info in the Windows event log When you run into trouble it is advisable to look in the Windows event log to check for any error messages from Xpect or the Xpect Guardian service To view the logged events open the Windows Event Viewer via the Windows control panel Windows Control Panel Administrative Tools Event Viewer Open the Application log and look for the events marked as being from Xpect and or Xpect Guardian The log messages should provide an important clue as to what may be wrong 6 3 Web GUI Service decoding is reporting Streaming Failed The W
18. This means that you will be able to freely upgrade to the latest Xpect version as long as it was released prior to the end date of the maintenance period If you upgrade to a version which was released after the maintenance end date the licence will not be accepted and you will need to renew the maintenance period to be able to use the latest version NOTE your licence will still be valid for any Xpect version released prior to the maintenance end date i e you can still use the older version 1 2 2 Where is the licence located Although you may have received a file with the licence for Xpect the licence itself will be stored on a DekTec card after you have activated the licence This means that the file is no longer needed after activation and that the DekTec card is effectively a dongle for Xpect i e the licence moves with the DekTec hardware It is possible to have multiple DekTec cards with Xpect licences on more than one of them When Xpect starts it will check all cards which are part of its configuration i e cards which are specified in the XpectGeneralConfig xgen configuration file to see if they have a valid licence The points of all valid licences will be accumulated and if there are enough points available to run the configuration Xpect will start For example if the configuration contains two cards A and B with respectively a licence for four and two points on them Xpect will start successfully as long the number of licen
19. Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring USER MANUAL October 2015 i DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring IAM USER MANUAL Table of Contents DA STN Ng teeta ac md ehe upra Max DUI RA UR M 4 EE n EREA RERE 4 CAU E C 5 1 2 1 How long is a licence valid os seio o PO EIER IRSE HE ERE dE 5 1 2 2 Where is the licence TOEBIBE AS bU nU Mr HUNC UU NE DUMP KE 5 m UT 6 2 Pre installation considerations 2 7 7 2 1 Minimum system Specs 7 2 2 Xpect server required FEEERUE AS UNT EPIO ENTERA 8 2 3 Xpect server required hard disk space iip eia x niei Ch ER ER x SR UON RAE 9 24 N mber of DekTec cards ie oa P neces ssid UH RARI RU MR EIN 10 2 5 Number of licence OIM S ier nes erre Ue de i dn ilte e PUE 10 einstellen ver 12 3 1 Hardware installation asin de 12 3 2 Software TO TOO OTT 13 4 Detailed Configuration
20. an instance does not respond within a time limit then the Xpect guardian will automatically re initialise that instance without interrupting the monitoring of the other instances Once configured each Xpect monitoring instance is designed to run autonomously without any human supervision For remote control purposes Xpect provides both SNMP and SOAP interfaces These will allow a 3 party NMS or custom built client application to fully configure Xpect and download captured transport stream files as well as giving full access to the event log and statistical information databases Xpect provides a web interface which can be used to check the live status of the monitored stream access event logs and perform basic configuration tasks using a standard browser Finally Xpect provides a fully configurable Multi TS viewer Mosaic of decoded video audio bars and monitoring status Mosaic output uses a standard PC graphics card or HD SDI via a DTA 2152 The Xpect software runs on a standard Windows based PC and can be combined with almost all DekTec hardware input devices Using a DekTec hardware interface you will be able to monitor transport streams from DVB ASI DVB T DVB S 2 and IP networks DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 1 2 Licensing As is true for most other DekTec software applications Xpect requires the presence of a valid licence before it can be used The Xpect software uses a licence point m
21. ance and template tests RealTime Event Log Recording Configuration About la d Nederland 1 Priority 1 Priority 2 Priority 3 Extra Tests 4 W Nederland_1 6 0 Mbps 1 1 TS syncloss 2 1 Transport error 3 1a NIT Actual 4 1 PCR FO 4 77 101 MPEG 2 Video 5 4 Mbps 1 2Syncbyte 2 2CRC 3 1bNIT Other 4 2 PCR DR PID 101 le 1 3a PAT 9 2 3a PCR repetition 3 2 SI repetition 4 3 PCR OJ Bitrate 5 382 534 bps 9 1 4 Continuity count 2 3b PCR disc ind 3 3 Buffer error 4 6 MDI DF 4 ESInfo 9 1 5a PMT 2 4 PCR AC 3 4 Unref Pid 9 4 7 MDI MLR Picture Size 720 x 576 9 1 6 PID error 2 5 PTS 3 5a SDT Actual 4 9 Table version Aspect Ratio 16 9 2 6 9 3 5b SDT Other 4 10 Table version changed 4 2 3 6a EIT Actual 9 4 11 Table version unchanged Frame Rate 25 3 6c EIT PF 102 Private Data 375 7 kbps 3 7 RST JJ 103 MPEG 2 Audio 282 5 kbps 3 8 TDT Program 100 9 3 9 Empty buffer PMT PID 100 9 3 10 Data delay PCR PID 101 Provider Scopus Services PIDs Transport Stream Basic Stream Table Service 5 1 TS ID le 6 1 Presence 9 7 1 Presence 9 8 1 Presence e 5 2 Num of services 6 2 Stream type 7 2 Rep itv 9 8 2 Service ID 9 5 3 Packet size 9 6 3 Is scrambled 9 8 3 Name 9 5 4 Bitrate 6 4 PCR status 9 8 4 PMT PID 9 6 5 Bitrate 8 5 PCR PID 6 7 Num of strea
22. ar in a few seconds Check the bottom left status bar for reported errors in red The most common error is No Upload possible Mosaic contains unassigned cells This is reported when no service is assigned to one or more Template Cell s in the grid It s possible to adjust the XML based Cell Templates for example to change text font size and colour The files are located in C Users Public Documents DekTec Xpect ConfigTool The file names start with the size Full Large Medium Small and each size have 3 to 5 types like the types shown in the configuration tool For example L R L R IP source 5 1 etc Besides the manual Template changes it is also possible to add extra dynamic field information for the Override Service Name field located in a Service Cell like shown in the picture above By default a service cell uses dynamic fields SvcName SvcBitrate Changing the Override Service Name field overrides these default dynamic fields Tsld Prints the TS ID in decimal NetworkName Prints the Network Name from the NIT TsBitrate lt refresh rate in Secs gt DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL Shows the current TS bitrate at a defined interval This is auto scaled to Mbps kbps or bps It will show to decimal places for M or k values The bps text should be added by the user e g will display 2 434M or 33 000k or 3323 The refresh rate is defined in Seconds e g
23. ase the PAT error timeout Press Commit changes to upload and activate this configuration When other inputs require different tests then a new Test Group should be created Use the Add Test Group button and define a unique name Multiple inputs can use the same configuration by using drag and drop of the inputs in the left Test Group pane 4 2 Extra Tests The Extra tests defines tests similar like TR 101 290 priority 1 2 and 3 but not part of this ETSI standard Examples of this Extra test are the Confidence Tests Frozen Video Black Video and Audio silence tests For the Configuration of the Confidence tests we recommend the following defaults Frozen Video Sensitivity AVC 35 Sensitivity MPEG 2 28 Timeout 30s Black Video Sensitivity AVC 8 Sensitivity MPEG 2 28 Timeout 305 Silent Audio Sensitivity Audio 50dB Timeout 305 For low bandwidth video a lower AVC MPEG 2 sensitivity might be required to avoid false positives IMPORTANT NOTE Only Services which are part of the Mosaic configuration will be tested for Silent Audio Frozen Video and Black Video will be tested for all services monitored including the services not part of the Mosaic 4 3 Template Tests In the Template section select the Input TS and select the Configuration from TS Analysis button Next select in the dialog which of the Template tests you wish to enable using the check boxes The created Template is shown review the
24. ber of allowed parallel streaming sessions or disable streaming e Change the setting in the Time Windows section for example to add a Table Presence Time Window PTW to measure a table with a specific repetition rate e In the Interface Settings section Set the SOAP Web server Enable and Configure the SNMP interface 4 5 TS Advanced Settings The TS Advanced Settings are used to specify less common TS settings like e Change Capture Pre and Post Trigger buffer sizes e Override general Present Time Window PTW settings defined in the General Advanced section Enable and configure Short Medium and Long Term statistical databases used for example to store historical bitrate and service presence measurements 4 6 Mosaic Configuration The XCT interrogates Xpect and determines the monitors connected to Xpect The screen is divided into a grid to help with alignment and positioning The XCT shows the available screen area Configuration steps A Select a Cell Template from the Cell Templates in the right hand window pane Click and drag onto the Mosaic grid This can be a Full screen video cell Large video cell Medium video cell Small video cell Radio Cell Clock or Picture Logo Different cell layouts are available per cell size Most video cell Templates will have 4 indicators P1 TR 101 290 Priority 1 errors P2 TR 101 290 Priority 2 errors T User defined Template errors e Alarm border for Confidence tests Froz
25. bitrate calculation Fix for possible invalid StatLogGetEntriesByTime PCR results Fix for MPEG 1 Audio ES information possibly being invalid Fix for Guardian not working correct when SOAP port changes V1 3 1 3763 2011 05 27 e Added support for DTA 2136 e Added Web GUI Orange Led indicators clear all inputs function Added Web GUI persisted storage of Orange Led status cleared Orange indicators will not be shown again after restart of the web browser unless a new Orange status has occurred Fix for possible mismatch MPEG Audio Elementary Stream info e Fix for possible invalid minimum bitrate on missing Basic Streams for XCT Ick DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring USER MANUAL Template from TS analysis function V1 3 0 3732 2011 04 28 Added live Service decoding in Web GUI support for MPEG 2 Video AVC Video AC 3 Audio AAC Audio HE AAC Audio MPEG 2 Audio and MPEG 1 Audio e Added Orange Led indicator for historical errors e Added Clear Event log function in Web GUI e Added extra Elementary Stream info in Web GUI e Added TS details like IP address in Web GUI header Improvements in Web GUI error reporting e Fix for possible Unicode characters problem in service names e Fix for possible inconsistent overall status e Fix for possible invalid minimum bitrate for XCT Template from TS analysis e Fix for invalid Buffer Errors on High profile MPEG 2 video
26. ce points needed does not exceed six points NOTE if your system contains the cards A B and C and a valid Xpect licence is stored on each of them but is not used in the configuration of Xpect i e no transport stream received via DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring USER MANUAL card C will be monitored then the licence points on card C will not be included in the sum of available points 1 3 List of Abbreviations DVB EULA Mbps MIB MPTS NA NMS PCle PCR ppm SNMP SPTS TSoIP UDP URL XCT Continuity Count Digital Video Broadcasting End User Licence Agreement Internet Protocol Megabits per second Management Information Base The set of status and control variables accessible through the SNMP protocol Multi Program Transport Stream Not Applicable Network Management System PCI Bus PCI Express Bus Program Clock Reference Parts per million Simple Network Management Protocol Single Program Transport Stream Transport Stream over IP User Datagram Protocol Uniform Resource Locator Xpect Configuration Tool A tool for editing and creating Xpect configuration files DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring USER MANUAL 2 Pre installation considerations Before explaining how to configure Xpect we will first discuss some important considerations related to the choice of the PC and DekTec inter
27. created Transport Stream and Services Tab tests A pop up will advise what to do when the Configuration creation was not successful After reviewing and manually adjusting press Commit changes to upload and activate this template Repeat these steps for the other Inputs The automatically created tests can be adjusted manually and also extra tests can be added for e Tables test repetition rates for standard or custom tables e Global Basic Streams Groups test for PIDs not part of a Service or group of streams like all AVC PIDs e Service test for SCTE 35 test for availability of digital program insertion messages default time out 300 sec e Service test for subtitles availability of Closed Caption EIA CEA 608 B DVB and Teletext default time out 300 sec IMPORTANT NOTE Only Services which are part of the Mosaic configuration will be tested for the Service tests CC608 DVB subtitles and Teletext subtitles SCTE 35 events show future times as PTS values if that service is not part of the Mosaic but if the service is in the Mosaic it shows the offset in seconds e g in 5s DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 4 4 General Advanced Settings The General Advanced Settings section is used to specify less common settings like e Change your configuration mode password this is needed to protect remote access control of Xpect e In the Video Audio Streaming section Set Maximum num
28. d a suitable PC for use with Xpect The two installation steps are discussed in the following sections 3 1 Hardware installation The table below lists the hardware installation steps Action Description 1 Install driver s prior to inserting e Download the latest version of the DekTec Dtalxx driver DekTec interface cards Dta zip and or Dtu2xx driver Dtu zip from the DekTec website http www dektec com Downloads DriversSDKs asp f you will be using PCI PCle cards extract the Dta zip file and Run the Dta driver installation program Dtalnstall exe using the Run as Administrator option f you will be using USB 2 adapters extract the Dtu zip file and Run the Dtu driver installation program Dtulnstall exe using the Run as Administrator option Continue to step 2 Power down the PC Open the PC housing Carefully insert each DekTec card in PCI PCle slots Close PC housing Continue to step 3 3 Boot PC to complete driver Power up the installation Shortly after logging on the Found New Hardware Wizard should pop up to indicate Windows has found new hardware Choose Install the software automatically Recommended Press Next and Finish and the driver installs f you have fitted multiple cards this process may be repeated several times Now your hardware should have been installed successfully and you are ready to move on to the s
29. e will either be Red indicating TR 101 290 or Template or Extra Test errors have been detected or Green if no errors are currently being detected If the LEDs are grey then either there are no syncs present or Xpect is not yet monitoring e Greyed out LEDs in the right hand pane mean that the condition is not currently being monitored e You should now be able to browse through the status of the transport streams you have configured e The basic setup process is now completed After successfully completing the steps above you will have Xpect running in its most basic setup You may now wish to further set up Xpect by creating templates and custom TR 101 290 configurations More details about the configuration can be found in 4 Detailed Configuration For more details about the Web GUI please refer to 5 Web GUI IMPORTANT NOTE For using the Video Streaming function on Windows Server 2008 make sure that the Windows Feature Desktop Experience is enabled Administrative Tools Server Manager select Features Add Feature Desktop Experience including Ink and Handwriting Services DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL Configuration Backup to File Server Location 127 0 0 1 5095 12 Load Connect 9 conne Commit About Disconnect changes File Connection Upload Overview MPTS 1 SPTS TV
30. e Fix for not correctly handled shared service components e Fix for Web GUI stream type mismatch e Fix for possible no response in password dialog of Web GUI 1 2 1 3616 2011 02 03 e Added extra field for TS name SNMP Xpect e Fix for ordering of SNMP MIB test results e Fix for SNMP Overall Template test result e Fix for unknown SNMP test results status at startup 1 2 0 3520 V1 1 0 3447 1 0 0 3295 2010 11 04 2010 09 27 2010 02 16 e Support for Multi TS grid Web GUI Guardian service improvements e Fix for disabled reported 3 2 error e Fix for invalid config id error message in Configuration Tool e Support for 64 bit Windows OS 600Mbps support e Initial release
31. eams monitored For example suppose you have a setup with 4 transport streams with pre and post trigger buffer sizes of respectively 32MB and 16MB a maximum of 16 capture files are stored on disk the number of log entries is limited to 100 000 and the number of short medium and long term statistics entries is set to 60 60 and 48 respectively the number of services is 8 number of basic streams is 40 and the number of tables is 60 In this case the total hard disk space required would be HDcap 32 16 x 212 188 x 32 866MB HDioc 100 000 1kB 98MB HDsrar 60 60 48 x 8 40 60 x 1kB 18MB 4 x 866 98 18 3928MB NOTE in the above formulae we do not account for the disk space required for installing Xpect however this is a relatively small amount 100MB that can be disregarded 2 4 Number of DekTec cards It is important to consider the number and type of DekTec input cards DVB ASI DVB T DVB S 2 TSoIP etc required for your setup The number of cards needed depends largely on the number of transport streams you will be monitoring The number of cards used will have an impact on the number of available PCI PCle slots your target PC will need to have If the number of PCI PCle slots in your target PC is limited it is worthwhile considering the use of a DekTec card with multiple input channels on a single board if available for the type of interface you need See our website for de
32. echanism The basic idea behind this points based license mechanism is that you need a certain amount of licence points per monitored transport stream see table below TS type Points Description Remarks SPTS Radio Va A single program transport stream carrying a radio service SPTS TV V A single program transport stream carrying a TV service MPTS 4 A multi program transport stream i e stream carrying multiple services Given the above you can compute the number of licence points needed to run Xpect on the basis of the number of multi and or single program transport streams you want to monitor For an example of how to compute the number of points required please refer to 82 5 Number of licence points NOTE you can only buy whole points therefore the number of total number points required must be rounded upwards to the nearest whole number e g if your setup requires 7 75 points you must round this up to 8 points 1 2 1 How long is a licence valid There are two types of licence available for Xpect the first being a time limited evaluation licence and the second a permanent licence The evaluation licence is intended for evaluation purposes and will always be time limited i e after a certain amount of time the licence will expire and Xpect will no longer be able to run A permanent licence will never expire however it does have a time limited maintenance period associated with it by default 1 year
33. ed support for freeze frame and black frame testing part of the Extra tests Added support for audio silence testing part of the Extra tests Added support for ATSC monitoring including PSIP decoding e Added support for ARIB Japanese character set e Added WebGui Transport Stream ID field e Added WebGui Event message copy paste to Excel export function Added WebGui Event type filter function Ick DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring USER MANUAL e Added service name and id to specific WebGui Event messages e Added mosaic support for multiple DVB and Teletext Subtitles and CEA 608 B Closed Captioning e Added support for mosaic alarm border indicator e Added new mosaic cell templates e Added customizable mosaic clock e Added mosaic 5 1 audio bars L R audio bars and single EBU bar all according EBU R128 Added mosaic video cell responsive to dynamic AFD changes Added support for mosaic audio output using HDMI or PC soundcard Added support for sync loss and poor data by auto resetting of mosaic Added support for dynamic mosaic text like service id bitrate major minor channel Extended SOAP interface to dynamically control the mosaic layout like fast service switching or text picture overlays Extended SOAP interface for ancillary data NIT TOT TDT EIT AAC metadata subtitle languages AFD WSS e Added support for mosaic HD SDI output using DTA 2152 including down mixed
34. en Black video or Audio silence errors B Select video radio service from the list of available services in the Left hand window pane of the XCT Use one of the options Drag the service name you wish to display from the list of available services into the Cell Template When you release you will see the Cell service information update Double click on the checkbox next to the service name you wish to display from the list of available services You will see the Cell service information update C Instead of the manual Mosaic configuration you can also use the predefined template layouts like All TV and the Automatic Service insertion to automatically assign the available services 5 NOTE Make sure sufficient memory and CPU resources are available for all streaming sessions 5 NOTE Statistical databases will decrease the maximum Xpect performance make sure to only enable these databases when really required for example when interrogating the stats using the SOAP interface 7 NOTE Click the Available Services button to refresh the list after making input changes DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL to a Cell Template D Enable the Mosaic and press Commit changes to upload and activate the configured Mosaic 16 68 E Edit Xpect Configuration Too Configuration Mosaic Mixed 1 TV an V Revert to active Mosaic Qa Use Service selection by Name and PIDs
35. ents Net SNMP http www net snmp org about license html zLib http zlib net OpenSSL http www openssl org Firebird http www firebirdsql org index php op doc amp id idpl IBPP http www ibpp org license Ick DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring USER MANUAL 8 DTC 720 Xpect Revision History Revision Date Changes V3 2 1 5133 2015 10 05 Improved performance when monitoring a large amount of PID s per TS Improved Frozen Black video detection for low resolution video Improved Frozen Black video detection for AVC without framerate specified e Fix for possible failing multicast IP address configuration Fix for possible incorrect 4 AAC info shown in the WebGui v3 2 0 5120 2015 03 24 Add support for Source Specific Multicast IP address IGMP support using syntax sourceaddress 9 multicastaddresss gt e Added service ID name to template tests 6 1 to 6 5 Added support for dynamic switching of picture cells using the SOAP interface Added support for Windows 8 1 e Added support for DTA 2152 DTA 2154 and DTA 2174 Added field to manually add a remote Xpect server IP address e Support for up to 300 IP ports before limited to 200 e Improved Frozen video detection for high frame rates Improved error reporting during Xpect restart reconfigure ignore TS Sync loss Improved DTA 2139 support latest DTAPI fixes e Fix for AAC audio
36. face s The desired setup has a big impact on the hardware requirements needed to run Xpect smoothly and it is therefore important to ask yourself a number of questions prior to selecting a hardware platform for your Xpect installation The table below lists a number of requirements and the parameters on which they depend Requirement Depends on 1 Minimum system specification e Windows OS used 2 Amount of memory RAM needed e Number of transport streams monitored e Number and type of cells part of the Mosaic e Size of pre and post trigger buffers Hard disk space needed e Number of transport streams monitored e Will transport stream capturing will used e Number of days to keep in log databases Number of licence points Number of DekTec interface cards e Number of transport streams monitored e Which interface types are used DVB ASI DVB T DVB S 2 TSoIP e Can you use cards with multiple input ports Number of transport streams monitored Type of transport streams i e SPTS Radio TV or MPTS 2 1 Minimum system specs The minimum system specifications for running Xpect are given in the table below Platform Processor Memory Hard disk Express Prerequisites 64 bit Vista 2k8 Win 7 Win 8 1 or Win 10 P4 3GHz or better 1GB RAM Minimum of 1GB of free space Enough free slots to fit required DekTec interface cards Silverlight 4 runtime
37. g Configuration About Seq Time 2274 2094 2092 2091 2090 2089 2088 2087 2086 2085 2084 2083 2082 2081 2077 2076 2075 2074 2073 2072 2071 2070 2068 2067 2066 2065 2014 02 18 10 30 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2014 02 18 10 29 00 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Description PCR repetition error Digitenne 1 no PCR received on PID 1791 of service SAT 1 Log storm mechanism suppressed one or more PCR repetition event PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repeti
38. indows User Account Control should be disabled for the streaming functionality see section 3 2 for steps to disable UAC 6 4 Web GUI is not accessible remotely If the Web GUI is started on the Xpect server but not on a remote PC then 1 Make sure the Windows Firewall Allowed Programs DekTec Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring and DekTec Xpect Streaming Application are enabled on the Xpect server 2 Make sure the IP port used for the Web GUI default 5089 and configured IP port range for Streaming are not blocked by network components 6 5 Xpect server address is not shown in the Configuration Tool The Xpect server s part of the network are discovered using UPnP In some cases this discovery takes somewhat longer and requires one or more updates of the Server Location list using the Refresh button Server Location 192 168 39 16 5089 DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL In some cases the server firewall settings should be adapted for example when domain PCs are used together with PCs not part of a domain In case of discovery connect problems make sure that Domain Public and Private Profiles for the following Windows Firewall rules are enabled 1 DekTec Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring TCP rule 2 Network Discovery UPnP In In case of Windows Server 2008 make sure that services Function Discovery Resource Publication SSDP Discovery and UPnP Device Host
39. ms 8 6 Is scrambled Video 101 MPEG 2 Video 6 8 Bitrate 8 7 Bitrate Audio 103 MPEG 2 Audio 8 8 Undef streams lt Nederland 1 A List of services and basic streams found in the monitored TS B Video player panel Use buttons or right click in the Services list A to change active service C Status of compliancy tests TR101290 Extra Test Green means no error red means an error was detected orange means resolved error and grey means the test is disabled D Status of the template matching tests Green means no error red means an error was detected orange means resolved error and grey means the test is disabled 8 NOTE The orange indication will be used to show historical errors Status can be reset to green by using the right mouse button options 23 Ick 5 3 Event Log Tab DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring USER MANUAL Via the Event Log tab you can browse through the error messages in the log database Filters _ Enable Date Time Filter Clear Event Log Date selection Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Start Time 10 20 54 AM 5 End Time 10 20 54 AM gt V Enable Event Type Filter PCR repe Exporting Log Events Export Type Filtered Events Export progress ojo RealTime EventLog Recordin
40. ms pre and post trigger buffer sizes and the maximum number of entries to be stored in the log database The required disk space can be computed using the formulae below all values in MB HDcap Bore X 212 188 X Neues where HDcap Amount of disk space required for transport stream captures Bere Size of pre trigger buffer Brost Size of post trigger buffer Nis Number of transport streams capture files to store HDioc Nioc X Sioc where HDioc Amount of disk space per TS required for the log database Maximum number of log entries to store Sioc Size of log entries in database typically 1kB HDsrar X Nes X Sao where HDsrar Amount of disk space per TS required for the statistics database Maximum number of short term statistics entries to store Maximum number of medium term statistics entries to store Nione Maximum number of long term statistics entries to store Number of services transport stream Nas Number of basic streams in transport stream Number of tables transport stream Sioc Average size of log entries in database typically 1kB HDrea Nrs X HDioc where Total amount of required disk space DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL Nrs Number of transport str
41. oftware installation phase 2 Insert DekTec interface cards in target PC NOTE In the above steps we are assuming the driver s will be installed prior to inserting the DekTec interface cards It is also possible to first insert the card in the PC boot up and then run the driver installation In this case the Found New Hardware Wizard will pop up again when you first boot the PC but you should close it at this stage and then run the driver setup programs as described in step 1 For a detailed driver installation description and for troubleshooting driver issues please refer to the Dia Installation pdf and or Dtu Installation pd documents included in driver ZIP files DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL The Mosaic feature requires a mid range video card since most of the decoding is done on the video card We strongly recommend the AMD R7 250 AMD ATI out performs higher spec NVIDIA cards for this specific application Also make sure using the Windows Device Manager that the latest AMD Video card drivers are installed 3 2 Software installation Setting up Xpect requires the server and the Configuration Tool The Installer will install both the Xpect Configuration Tool and the Xpect server software The Xpect Configuration Tool could also be installed separately on a remote client PC An internet connection is required for downloading some of the installer packages
42. om Xpect 1 3 and 2 0 requires a complete uninstallation of Xpect including the configuration files located in C Users Public Documents DekTec Xpect Contig and C Users Public Documents DekTec Xpect ContigTool Contact DekTec for support to upgrade an existing configuration 5 Action Description 1 Make sure you have the latest Download the zip file Xpect zip from the DekTec website versions http www dektec com Downloads Applications asp 2 Make sure the Xpect License is e A description of how to check and program the Xpect installed license using utility Dtlnfo can be downloaded from http www dektec com AppNotes DT AN DTLIC pdf 3 Install Xpect server and Run the server setup program Xpect Setup exe using configuration tool the Run as Administrator option t is recommend that you let the installer perform a complete installation The Installer will start separate installers for o VC 9 Runtime o Microsoft Expression Encoder 4 o NET framework 3 5 and 4 0 A special Windows User Account can be used to automatically login and start a configured Mosaic 4 Create the initial configuration Start the Xpect Configuration Tool Select the Xpect Server Location and press Connect Enter the default password admin e In the TS definition section see screenshot below Select the required Port from the Available Ports list Enter a unique TS name step
43. t via the Xpect guardian Xpect is stopped by stopping the Xpect guardian service in the Windows Services window as follows Windows Control Panel gt Administrative Tools gt Services local Select DekTec Xpect Guardian within the list of Services then click Restart the service DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 5 Web GUI This chapter provides a quick introduction to Xpect s web GUI The web GUI allows you to monitor the live status of each of the transport streams browse through the event log with all the error messages access stream captures and perform some basic control tasks To connect to the web GUI open an internet browser e g IE9 Google Chrome and browse to the URL address for the Xpect web server http lt server_ip_address gt lt web_server_port gt where I server ip address gt IP address or name of the PC on which Xpect is running web server port SOAP web server IP port from general configuration file For example http 10 10 1 21 5089 http myxpectpc 5089 or http localhost 5089 NOTE Due to the resources required it is not advisable to run the Web GUI on the Xpect Server 5 1 Main GUI elements The screenshot below shows the main GUI elements of the web interface 2009 2011 DekTec Digital Video B V All rights reserved Transport Streams RealTime Event Log Recording Configuration About 1
44. tails of the currently available input cards www dektec com 2 5 Number of licence points Xpect uses a point based licensing system see 81 2 Licensing The number of licence points required depends on the number of transport streams you will be monitoring and the type of transport stream single or multi program The formula below can be used to compute the number of required points LPror Nsprsran X LPsprsrap X LPsprstv Nmprs X LPmers where LPror Number of licence points required Nsersap Number of single program radio transport streams to monitor LPsprsran Number of licence points 4 required for each SPTS Radio Number of single program TV transport streams to monitor LPsprsv Number of licence points required for each SPTS TV Nwers Number of multi program transport streams to monitor LPyprs Number of licence points 4 required for each MPTS DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL For example suppose you have a setup where you want to monitor eight radio SPTS streams two TV SPTS streams and three MPTS streams LPror 8 x Vs 2 x V5 3 x 4 15 licence points DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 3 Installation In this chapter we will discuss how to set up an Xpect server Before continuing please make sure you have read the 2 Pre installation considerations and have selecte
45. tion error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error PCR repetition error no PCR received on PID 1791 of service SAT 1 no PCR received on PID 255 of service ProSiebe PCR received PID 1279 of service Home 2790 service N24 st 5 Of service KABEL1 no PCR received on PID 1023 of service DSF st no PCR received on P no PCR received on P no PCR received on PID 1279 of service Home no PCR received on PID 255 of service ProSiebe PCR received on PID 2047 of service N24 st no PCR received on PID 511 of service KABEL1 no PCR received on PID 1791 of service SAT 1 no PCR received on PID 1023 of service DSF st no PCR received on PID 767 of service tm3 ser no PCR received on PID 255 of service ProSiebe no PCR received on PID 511 of service KABEL1 no PCR received on PID 2047 of service N24 st PCR received PID 1279 of service Home no PCR received on PID 255 of service ProSiebe no PCR received on PID 767 of service tm3 ser no PCR received on PID 1791 of service SAT 1 no PCR received on PID 1023 of service DSF st no PCR received on PID 2047 of service N24 st no PCR received on PID
46. tream Table Service Sterren 24 Sport 1 i 5 17510 6 1 Presence 7 1 Presence 8 1 Presence Sport 1 2 Sport 1 Extra 5 2 Num of services 9 6 2 Stream type 7 2 Rep itv 8 2 Service ID Arte 20 5 3 Packet size 6 3 Is scrambled 8 3 Name ARD Rai Uno 5 4 Bitrate 6 4 PCR status 8 4 PMT PID 5 6 5 Bitrate 8 5 PCR PID TCM Demo Channel Nederland 1 Nederland 2 Nederland 3 CNN International Family 7 Aspect Ratio 16 9 Provider Scopus Services PIDs 6 7 Num of streams 8 6 Is scrambled 6 8 Bitrate 8 7 Bitrate 8 8 Undef streams gi Monitoring user lt Nederland_1 A List of all transport streams monitored by Xpect Select one to set the focus on it B A TAB interface with several pages displaying status information about the currently selected transport stream C The name of the transport stream that has the focus The LED indicator is red if there are any errors detected for this transport stream or green if there are none DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL 5 2 Real Time status Tab The Real Time status tab provides an overview of the current status of the selected monitored transport stream It shows a list with all basic streams and services detected in the transport stream and the status of all compli
47. y 1 2 amp 3 tests The extra tests include Delay Factor Packet Loss Rate Confidence tests like Frozen video and Table version tests Each test can be enabled and disabled and the limits for the extra test can be specified Mosaic xmos Configuration file used for describing one or more screens and mosaic cell layouts There can be multiple different configuration files present on the Xpect server except for the general configuration XpectGeneralConfig xgen as long as each has a unique configuration ID This allows you to define multiple sets of TR 101 290 Extra test or Template configurations and via their unique configuration IDs instruct Xpect to apply them to your monitored transport streams The active configuration is determined by the settings in the General configuration file which contains a setting per TS specifying the configuration IDs of the configuration files that should be used For Xpect to find the configuration files they should be stored in the following directory on the Xpect server PC Win XP 2k3 C Documents and Settings All Users Documents DekTec Xpect Config Win Vista 2k8 7 8 1 C Users Public Documents DekTec Xpect Config The files located in this directory are typically created by the XCT as a set of consistent configurations The configuration cannot be manually modified while Xpect is running Changes to the configuration will require manually stopping and restarting of Xpec
48. y using any text editor it is highly recommended that you use the Xpect Configuration Tool XCT The XCT DTC 720 Xpect 24 7 Transport Stream Monitoring Ick icc USER MANUAL provides a specialised interface for each configuration and ensures that the XML fields generated are correctly formatted Upon creation of a new configuration it will initialise each setting to sensible default values Xpect is configured using a set of XML configuration files The table below lists the different configuration files used by Xpect Type File extension Description General xgen The master configuration file It defines the number of transport streams to monitor sets parameters for SOAP WEB SNMP interfaces specifies files locations and sizes of log statistic databases etc NOTE There can only be one general configuration file and it should always be named XpectGeneralConfig xgen TR 101 290 290 Configuration file for the TR 101 290 priority 1 2 amp 3 tests Each individual test can be enabled or disabled and the custom limits can be specified Template Configuration file for template matching The defines which services tables and basic streams are expected in a transport stream and defines a set of properties for each item in the template e g min max bitrate PID service name scrambled or not etc Extra tests Configuration file for a set of tests which extend the standard TR 101 290 Priorit

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