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BBG-1090-ENC-H264-IP User Manual

1. Control Process Manually Terminated MID1 encz overrun cleared VID1 ant overrun detected Current Time Sun lul 18 11 00 2015 Clear Log Display Time starts at 0170172010 00 00 GMT unless Note s djusted by NTP The fields are Log Download The user interface only displays the last 10 events of each type If you would like to see the whole event log it can be downloaded to your computer by clicking on the Save button The log will be in CSV format and it can be opened by any utility that can read text files ideally you should use a spreadsheet program such as Microsoft Excel or similar so it is presented in tabular format The log will be in chronological order oldest entry to newest Log View The user interface can display the last 10 events You can choose to see the last 10 events of any kind by selecting All or you can restrict the view only to Info Warning or Error This setting does not affect the log download it only affects what is displayed Event Log This table presents the last 10 events of the selected type Time Zone To simplify the correlation of the events with your local time you can set your time zone using this drop down menu Note that the device presents a simplified list with standard GMT offsets Note that standard GMT offsets do not change back and forth with Daylight Savings you will need
2. E 63 PGMA CC ME Gal NAD C 63 Ada TEMA Wy AOD AID RR n 64 vernis Seni TICS TAD T 66 User Saved Configurations sss eoa eqorisct e erano adest toa aR as 2i esa etus du eR es spo d Pese Pos E uta Degut aw TR pR S DEAE 66 Pre denmned Te tp AGG ossosasemeitrsc eiusdem E SERIUE RUNDE SE RIISUIUU EX RUNS QUSE TEES MIR eR U UE TU EEEE 68 Clear Current Configuration Button iocos oesoe orans aceite oso ava o cua dorus dors Ue Ve Endo U n or Ue ERPE Sabe Ra ci 69 Xe T Rs Io TO TAD p M 69 ON e S 73 Sor c 74 Control Port C omis Usdt OD OD isc ceconemecocmaneciacieaia wcoasacsacecenceucssuas aaan Sa 74 er mollaousvirisiic Mi E 15 SNMP ME AON T De E 76 SNM S es iT TaD a E E A E E yu PI SOO WSDEPdSSuiensenntuicixumUDn dE EI Mad DUUM REI MUNI MUSS 78 WebPages Served Dy De Ge VIGO uiososmssom secte dasvtiseni usto iN risus EEE USC PP p DU UU dE 79 Makica 65 5 Cie Ain asec ORIENT 81 PUP Dy SS SM assay ci cscs E E E E T E E A T E N 81 We CT M PS IDEE T TU Em 82 Using a Firewall between the Device and the Internet ee cccccccccecceceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeenaas 82 MEDUDEOWSEE SUDDOD asec tac epee penetra is a E E E E 83 Safety Instructions for the BBG 1090 ENC H264 IP Appliance Note
3. This symbol is used to alert the user that an electrical or electronic device or assembly is susceptible to damage from an ESD event N Notice 7he symbol with the word Notice within the equipment manual indicates a ry Important Safety Instructions t gt Warning Certain parts of this equipment namely the power supply area still present a safety hazard with the power switch in the OFF position To avoid electrical shock disconnect all A C power cords from the chassis rear appliance connectors before servicing this area D Warning Service barriers within this product are intended to protect the operator and service personnel from hazardous voltages For continued safety replace all barriers after any servicing This product contains safety critical parts which if incorrectly replaced may present a risk of fire or electrical shock Components contained with the product s power supplies and power supply area are not intended to be customer serviced and should be returned to the factory for repair To reduce the risk of fire replacement fuses must be the same time and rating Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer Maintenance User Serviceable Parts Routine maintenance to this Cobalt Digital Inc product is not required This product contains no user serviceable parts If the device does not appear to be working properly please contact Technical Support using the numbers listed under
4. e The unit configuration is cleared e The unit reverts to the factory installed firmware As before the STAT LED will temporarily change color to acknowledge the command When it changes color you can release the switch You can use this feature in the unlikely event of a corrupted firmware upgrade or a corrupted configuration 15 BBG 1090 ENC Operation and Management The BBG 1090 ENC is configured using the free Dashboard application which is available for Windows Apple OS X and Linux Dashboard can be downloaded from this link http www opengear tv dashboard software The BBG 1090 ENC user interface is depicted below It 1s divided into a statistics panel on the left and a configuration panel on the right Each panel has multiple tabs corresponding to the various functions in the unit Note that the Card State alarm indicator is also reflected in the green red Status LED in the front of the board The Status LED will be green when Card State is green or yellow and will be red when Card State is red The following tabs are available e Product this tab provides general information on the unit including firmware version uptime temperatures and other parameters It appears only on the Statistics panel e Network this tab is used to configure the IP addresses and network information for the Ethernet ports The statistics side of the panel includes some additional information such as link state e Encoder 1 Enc
5. Admin Event Log Tab The device includes an Event Log in non volatile storage This event log can be used for fault finding and to check for error conditions The following information is included in each device event in the log e Date The calendar date in which the event occurred e Time The time at which the event occurred e Severity The severity of the event The device defines three severity levels o Error These are events that affect the operation of the device For example an encoder losing video input An error will impact service until addressed o Warning These are events that may produce visible glitches but they do not have a continuous service impact One example is the ARP renewal failure o Info These are informational events All configuration actions are logged with this severity When an error is cleared for example a Video Input regains lock the event is logged with this severity as well e Subsystem The subsystem affected by the event This may be a port a stream or the device itself e Event This is a textual description of the event Some events are self explanatory and some are intended for Cobalt Digital support staff Please contact Cobalt Digital if you need clarification on any event logged by this device The device does not have a battery backed real time clock It depends on the frame controller to obtain the current date and time and the frame controller depends on an external Network Time P
6. If you are not using RTMP there is no need to configure DNS servers DNS Servers DNS Serveri 192 168 431 DNSSemer2 0000 DNS functionality is only used for RTMP output DNS server configuration takes effect immediately as soon as the information is entered If the device has access to the Internet and your network does not have suitable DNS servers we recommend the public Google DNS servers at 8 8 8 8 and 8 8 4 4 In the BBG 1090 ENC Modular Encoder it is also possible to configure DNS in the Control Tab DNS Servers configured in the Control Tab have priority over servers configured here Network Statistics Tab The Network Statistics Tab 1s subdivided into the same tabs as the Network Configuration Tab namely Interfaces and DNS Network Statistics Interface Tab The Interface Tab reports the current IP configuration of each Ethernet port as well as their link state and running status Ethernet 1 Configuration Alarm on Link Loss IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Interface Speed Port 1 Link Port 1 Status Link Speed Mb s MAC Address The following parameters are reported in the Network Statistics tab e Alarm on Link Loss Reports the current setting of this parameter e IP Address Reports the current IP Address for the port 27 Subnet Mask Reports the current Subnet Mask for the port Default Gateway Reports the current Default Gateway for the port Interface Speed Reports the curr
7. e Input Resolution Select the resolution of the input video signal The following four choices are available o SD 720x4801 this will be presented as 720x5761 if Field Frame Rate is set to PAL o HD 1280x720p o HD 1920x1080i o HD 1920x1080p e Input Source Select the input source type This control is available only if the Input Resolution is set to SD In this case the options will be Composite or SD SDI If Input Resolution is set to any of the HD values this control will not be selectable and will show the appropriate type of input HD SDI for 1280x720p and 1920x10801 and 3G SDI for 1920x1080p e Field Frame Rate Select to match your source For all input resolutions the supported options always include 59 94 for NTSC based systems and 50 for PAL based systems Some resolutions have support for additional frame rates as follows o If you select the 1920x10801 or 1280x720p resolutions this field will also include an option for a field rate of 60 used by same cameras Input Resolution HD 1820x1080i Input Source HD SDI Frame Field Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL 60 o If you select the 1920x1080p resolution this field will also include an option for a frame rate of 23 98 Film Input Resolution HD 1820x1080p w Input Source HD SDI FramelField Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL 23 98 Film e Output Resolution Select the desired output resolution The values in this drop down list are
8. livestream Common Parameters Redundancy Switch Time sec 10 Port Selection Use Default Specific Port Authentication Yes Q No Connect Yes No e RTMP Protocol Select the protocol variant as discussed above e Primary Server Enter the host name or IP address of the primary or single RTMP server to be contacted If you want to use host names instead of IP addresses make sure to configure at least one DNS server DNS servers may be configured in the Network Configuration DNS Tab In the BBG 1090 ENC DNS servers can also be configured in the Control Port Configuration Tab or obtained by DHCP e Primary Network Interface Select the network interface to be used when contacting the primary server The settings are o Any use the best network interface to connect to the server In the BBG 1090 ENC this setting allows the encoder to use the control Ethernet port to connect to the RTMP server if appropriate o Ethernet 1 preferably use Ethernet 1 to connect to the server If the server is not in the same subnet as Ethernet 1 and no default gateway is set for Ethernet 1 this setting will be ignored o Ethernet 2 preferably use Ethernet 2 to connect to the server If the server is not in the same subnet as Ethernet 2 and no default gateway is set for Ethernet 2 this setting will be ignored e Primary App Enter the application name in the primary server as discussed above Consult your CDN or server documenta
9. the options are Output Protocol HTTP Live Streaming v Server Location Remote Q Local Segment sec ee E Number of Segments 3 C A4 Program Name Encoder 1 Program e Server Location Select Local to use the local server in the device itself e Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bitstream encoded files The valid range is from 1 to 20 seconds Note that the clients will experience latency approximately equal to the segment size times the number of segments Given the limited amount of memory storage in the local 48 encoder server at higher bit rates the segment size will be limited The device has 20 Mbytes of storage per encoder e Number of Segments This defines the number of bitstream segments advertised in the playlist The minimum number as per the HLS specification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices iPads iPods etc work well with 3 segments e Program Name This program name is placed in the playlist file Whether or not it is shown depends on the client This 1s an optional parameter If entered it will be shown as part of the encoder link in the web page generated by the device In local server mode the access URLs for the content are http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoder1 m3u8 http xxx xxx xxx xxx HLS encoder2 m3u8 where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP Address of the device Ethernet port In the device openGear
10. version HLS streams are available through both streaming Ethernet ports In the BBG 1090 ENC Modular version in addition to the streaming Ethernet ports HLS content can also be accessed from the control port Also note that if you use a browser to go to the encoder IP address 1 e just go to http xxx xxx xxx xxx there will be a link for the HLS page HLS Implementation Notes e When HTTP Live Streaming is selected the GOP Mode control is set to Closed GOP and is not selectable This is done to ensure that each segment is self contained e The maximum video bit rate allowed in HLS mode is 15 Mb s e The maximum aggregate performance of the built in HLS server in the device is between 20 and 30 Mb s total bit rate to all clients and is somewhat dependent on network conditions The built in server is intended to serve only a small handful of clients and performance is not guaranteed at the capacity limits if you need to scale please use a remote server e If you are streaming to Apple devices such as iPhones iPads or 1Pods you must also select the following e Audio Encoding Select AAC LC e Output Resolution If you are streaming to older Apple devices select one of the resolutions ending in 15p e g 320x240 15p If your input is PAL these resolutions will be shown ending in 12 5p Newer devices may be able to support higher resolutions Direct HTTP Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming is an output mode whereby clients
11. ConBPbUratton TaD serieei 25 Basic Tab General Configuration ccccccccsssessccccccceeeeeessseeeceeeeeaaeeesseeeceseesssaeeseeeeeess 26 Basic Tab e Video Configuration ciscus iassecmuu ees ctdatncumereactumtisiucumnenend enu cin Du Ret USU sintenansies 21 Basic Tab Audio Configuration sseeeensssesssseeeressssssscceressssssseceresssssssecceessssssseeeeessssss 31 Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab ccccccccccssssssssseseeccccecsaeeesseeeccccsseaaeeseseeeeeeeenaes 33 Advanced Tab Video Paratiefet 2 uias cuu Do rq Uo aevo an Cue oeste UR dua cuo orae deua ub cuc oen Ue UR GE 33 Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion eeeeeeeessseeeeeeeennnnnnnn DO Advanced Tab Audio Parameters ossis dareresi peach oo Arx rie Dra duas E rv a cou cD vr odd ope Satu Ue Ra RETE 39 Advanced Tab Mux Paramet Saisie emos pud etu RA UI PRU Pha EEES RNE 4 lettere div Output TaD E 43 COPIE aisi T Umm 44 Pe Ey Ea con some iauiuodites E aise ed Eau endi E T UD Ep a as RUNE P PEE TUBAE 45 PETC n MB DRITTER UU TL 49 RIME 51 The Pep NY ancel ONS usce veces ee dida a ent iumo eet haa aa uU UNIS EEEE R GpUE 54 Encoder ause TaDastcenucacostutisteriuo itm sec evidedoesatetbsteriu sesta boo bu aedi teteestu buda ned tiedirs 55 FTN COIS FAC UG M 55 UOT a pe E S E E S 59 Admn Eos TT U
12. EIT P F Flag Check this box to set the EIT present following flag for this service Since the device does not generate EITs the correct setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to mux an EIT downstream of the device e Free CA Mode Check this box to set the Free CA Mode flag If this flag is set it indicates that one or more components of the service are scrambled Since the device does not offer scrambling the correct setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to scramble the program downstream from the device Encoder Output Tab The Encoder Output Tab is used to configure the network protocol used to transmit the encoded video Output Protocol Select Protocol d UDRP Streaming HTTP Live Streaming Direct HTTP Streaming RTMP 43 The options are e UDP IP Streaming the output of the encoder will be transmitted over UDP IP unicast or multicast This option is typically used for IPTV or corporate applications The encoder output can be replicated on both Ethernet streaming ports Note that for the BBG 1090 ENC UDP IP Streaming on the control port is not supported e HTTP Live Streaming the output of the encoder is directed to a web server which can be the internal server in the encoder or an external server which in turn serves it to web clients using HTTP Live Streaming If this option 1s selected the encoder output is not available to ASI and IP Output ports and the video bit rate
13. Multicast This template configures Encoder 1 to take an HD SDI 720p input on Video 1 and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped e 10801 to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures Encoder 1 to take an HD SDI 10801 input on Video 1 and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped e 1080i SD from VID 1 to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures both encoders to run from an HD SDI 10801 input connected to Video 1 Encoder 1 runs at 68 full resolution Encoder 2 downscales the content to SD Encoders are routed to individual multicasts on both Ethernet ports Clear Current Configuration Button The Clear Current Configuration button clears all the configured parameters and brings them to their factory defaults The encoders will be stopped configured with a default set of parameters and set to disabled UDP IP outputs The button does not affect the following areas e The settings in the Network tab are not changed e The settings in the Admin General tab are not changed e Saved configurations are not modified in any way Dashboard will take a few seconds to reload longer if you are accessing over a wide area network but the actual configuration in the device 1s virtually instantaneous The Status Message Area will indicate the result of the operation
14. Port is used to configure the IP parameters of the control port e SNMP is used to configure the SNMP parameters for the device Control Port Configuration Tab The control configuration window is depicted below Device Name Standalone Encoder Control Interface Configuration IP Configuration 9 Static IP DHCP IP Address 192 168 0 30 SubnetMask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 0 227 DNS Server 192 168 0 2 NTP Server 192 168 0 1 Apply Cancel 74 The configuration parameters are e Device Name This field controls the top level name of the device in the Dashboard tree It defaults to Standalone Encoder Changes to this field take effect immediately e IP Configuration This field selects the control port IP configuration mode as follows o Static IP This option selects a static IP configuration specified by the IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS Server fields o DHCP This option selects control port IP address configuration by DHCP If this option 1s selected the IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and DNS Server fields are not shown e IP Address This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static IP Enter the desired control port IP address You cannot set this IP address to the same value as the Ethernetl Ethernet2 IP addresses see the Network Tab section earlier 1n this document e Subnet Mask This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static I
15. a function of the Video Input Settings the Input Resolution and the Frame Field Rate Also please note that some resolutions require additional licensing for the encoder If Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection the following resolutions are offered Support may be offer support for other standard frame rates such as 30 60 24 etc Please contact us if you require one of these rates 28 O Same as the input no scaling 3A scaling from the input Low resolutions 480x270 320x240 and 320x180 progressive at half and quarter frame rates not available for 1080p inputs HD inputs can be scaled and re interlaced if necessary to SD resolution anamorphic not available for 1080p inputs 720p inputs can be reduced to half frame rate typically for Internet applications as follows 280x720p50 is converted to 1280x720p25 1280x720p59 94 is converted to 1280x720p29 97 280x720p00 is converted to 1280x720p30 10801 720p and SD inputs can be converted to SD resolution with progressive frame rates ideal for computer displays as follows 1080159 94 720p59 94 and 480159 94 are converted to 720x480p29 97 1080160 and 720p60 are converted to 720x480p30 1080150 and 720p50 are converted to 720x576p25 The conversions from HD resolutions are done using anamorphic scaling 1080i 720p and SD inputs can be scaled to 640x360 with progressive frame rates as follows 1080159 94 and 480159 94 are conv
16. about the device Admin Encoder 1 Control Encoder 72 Product Build Date Supplier Product Software Rew Serial Number Hardware Version Rear Module Analog Audio Input Card Uptime Ambient Temp Internal Temp MDP Core Temp The following information is available Supplier Cobalt Digital Inc Network Jul 18 2015 22 07 28 ac83f0001454 c I nbbalanced 12 minutes cn e nm Ls ih 5 Cc tn DJ KJ C co Build Date Date the firmware image was built Product Prodcut number reflecting number of channels and bal unbal audio inputs Software revision This indicates the firmware revision currently running The format is Major Version e Minor Version e Build Number e Serial Number This is the serial number of this particular unit EN OO e Hardware Version This indicates the board version number Balanced audio support is available for version 4 and later All other functionality 1s the same across hardware Versions e Analog Audio Input This indicates the type of analog audio input balanced or unbalanced This field will have an indication of unknown for unrecognized unsupported rear I O panels e Card Uptime Indicates how long the unit has been running since it was last rebooted e Ambient Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade of the air intake of the unit measured at the front edge of the unit e Internal Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade at the
17. e Output Tab configures the encoder output protocol beens mv aes agaaa teen VE een Basic Configuration Tabs In general the encoder user interface will change as a function of the parameter selections made to remove illegal parameter combinations Selections made in any of the encoder configuration screens do not take effect until the Apply button is pressed If you wish to discard the changes made to the user interface press the Cancel button The Apply Cancel buttons are present in all the tabs and will be grayed out until changes are made At any given point in time the currently running encoder configuration can be inspected in the Encoder Statistics Tab described later in this document Video Input Auto Detection The device can be set to auto detect the video input signal and self configure for the incoming resolution and frame rate This feature allows the encoder to operate in situations where the video signal can change over time for example at the output of a video switch The device is even capable of automatically recognizing whether a signal is SDI or composite and the video standard for composite signals The following points should be considered when using video input auto detection e The available output scaling options are limited since some options are specific to some input resolutions e If the encoder is not licensed for a given configuration it will stop encoding if the input video signal sw
18. is limited to 15 Mb s Moreover the GOP Mode parameter in the Advanced Tab Video Parameters will be forced to Closed GOP e Direct HTTP Streaming the output of the encoder is available to clients over a standard HTTP connection Clients will open an HTTP connection to the encoder send a standard HTTP GET request and receive the bitstream for as long as they keep the connection open e RTMP the encoder will operate as an RTMP client connect to a specified RTMP server and publish the stream similar to the Adobe Flash Live Media Encoder FMLE If this 1s selected the GOP Mode parameter in the Advanced Tab Video Parameters will be forced to Closed GOP Once an option is selected the appropriate configuration parameters are displayed UDP IP Streaming When UDP IP Streaming is selected the following configuration parameters are displayed UDF stream optimized for consumer PT devices Ethernet 1 Output Configuration Enabled Ethernet 2 Output Configuration Enabled The UDP streams from the device are optimized for playback on consumer IPTV devices In order to save network bandwidth these streams do not include NULL packets and may not be playable in professional IRDs If compatibility with professional IRDs is desired the Cobalt 9223 SA professional encoder should be used instead The encoder output can be transmitted using either one of the two streaming Ethernet ports or on both simultaneously In order to t
19. it off 1f you do not plan to connect that port to a network e IP Address Enter the desired IP address for this Ethernet port In the BBG 1090 ENC this IP address cannot be the same as the Control Port IP Address see the Control Port Configuration Tab e Subnet Mask Enter the desired subnet mask for this Ethernet port e Default Gateway Enter the desired default gateway for this Ethernet port or 0 0 0 0 if no gateway is available 20 Interface Settings If you make any changes to the IP Address Subnet Mask and or Default Encoder fields the Apply and Cancel buttons become active The changes only take effect when you press the Apply button Pressing the Cancel button reverts the fields back to their original values Note that the device will check the consistency of the data entered and will reject invalid combinations 1 e combinations where the gateway is outside the interface subnet Once the Apply button is pressed a status message appears just below the Cancel button as follows Interface Settings Apply Interface configured successfully Interface Settings Cancel Error Gateway inconsistent with Interface Address Mask Interface speed Configures the speed of the interface The device streaming Ethernet interfaces only support two manual modes 100 Mb s Full Duplex and 1 Gb s Full Duplex o Auto Negotiate The Ethernet port will auto negotiate the speed o 100 Mb s Full Duplex Force the port to 100Mb s Fu
20. no IP Outputs are defined for a given Ethernet port the web page served from it will indicate that there are no streams available The next page shows a few examples of how these web pages look like depending on the encoder settings 79 IF 4 Ethi Wieb Streaming x E E gt 101090 QI Q Search gt Eth1 Web Streaming nels configured in this device No encoder channels are currently configured for Web stre Ethl Web Streaming X 4 E gt 10235 v Search Eth Web Streaming Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device Select encoder channel Encoder Encoder 2 not available i Ethl Web Streaming X gt 1010920 Q Q Search Eth1 Web Streaming Click here to see any HLS channels configured in this device Select encoder channel Encoder 1 Encoder 2 80 Multicast Streaming If an encoder is set for UDP IP Streaming with multicast destination addresses 1 e with a destination IP address in the range of 224 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 the device will generate a web page for that output in the relevant Ethernet port Note that the video will only actually play if the network between the client and the encoder supports multicast This will typically be the case if the encoder and the client are in the same subnetwork but may not work across routers unless they have multicast support enabled and will definitely not work across the Int
21. parameter is not displayed e Audio Bit Rate The format of this parameter is a function of the Audio Encoding setting For MPEG 1 Layer II this parameter is a drop down list of valid discrete bit rates the values in the list are also a function of the Mode Setting For AAC LC the range is 112 to 512 kb s for Stereo and Dual Mono and 56 to 256 kb s for Mono This parameter is not displayed for Dolby Passthrough as the device will automatically detect the incoming audio bit rate e Peak Audio Bit Rate This parameter is only displayed for AAC LC It must be set at least 1 kb s higher than the Audio Bit Rate The maximum value is 288 kb s for Mono and 576 kb s for Stereo and Dual Mono Audio Encoding AAC LC v Mode Stereo bd AudioBitRate kbis 1282 Peak Audio Rate kb s 1297 e Sample Rate This field is for information purposes only The device only supports 48 kHz audio sample rate Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab The appearance of the Encoder Advanced Configuration Tab is a function of the choices made on the Encoder Basic Configuration Tab The Advanced Configuration Tab 1s divided into four major areas e Video Parameters these are advanced controls related to the encoding of the video e VBl Ancillary Data Insertion controls related to Closed Captioning and Active Format Description AFD insertion e Audio Parameters these are advanced controls related to the audio subsystem e Mux Parameters these are advanc
22. rate In other situations such as IPTV deployments it is more convenient to simply specify the video bit rate and let the encoder compute the final transport rate Note that this control is not available in the OTT protocol modes The controls displayed vary according to this selection Bit Rate Selection 9 Video Bit Rate Transport Bit Rate Video BitRate 2000000 Bit Rate Selection Video Bit Rate 9 Transport Bit Rate TransportBitRate 2000000 Video Bit Rate This field is shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and the Bit Rate Selection control is set to Video Bit Rate It determines the video elementary stream bit rate expressed in bits second Note that the bit rate resolution 1s 1000 bits second Transport Bit Rate This field 1s shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and the Bit Rate Selection control is set to Transport Bit Rate It determines the overall transport stream bit rate with a resolution of 1000 bits sec the encoder will calculate the appropriate video bit rate the yield the desired transport rate Please note that all transport rates are achievable in particular the encoder may not be able to achieve very low transport rates if the audio bit rates are high In these cases the actual transport rate output by the encoder will be higher than the configured value The actual transport rate is displayed in the Encoder Statistics Tab after the Apply button has been pressed At 30 that point t
23. routing to ASI UDP or RTP They will not flash if the encoder is stopped either by explicit configuration or by lack of input or if it is in one of the Web streaming modes HTTP Live Streaming or Direct HTTP Streaming e CHI CH2 ETH and CTL these indicate the status of the corresponding Ethernet connection o Off no link o On link OK no activity o Blinking link OK port is transmitting and or receiving packets Front Panel Default Switch The front panel has a recessed switch that can be used to restore the unit to its defaults Use a pen or a small screwdriver to press this switch If the switch is pressed during normal operation the control port IP address mask and gateway are restored to the following factory default settings 14 e IP Address 192 168 1 30 e Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 e Gateway 192 168 1 1 The STAT front panel indicator will change colors for about 3 seconds to acknowledge the change Note that this operation does not disturb the encoding function or the streaming Ethernet ports 1 e it is not service affecting The IP addresses of the streaming ports may be also automatically changed if they are in the same subnet as the control IP address above If you press and hold this switch when the unit is powered off and then power up the unit while holding the switch the following actions will be performed e The control IP address mask and gateway are reset to the factory defaults as described above
24. the Contact Us section on the last page of this manual All Cobalt Digital Inc products are covered by a generous 5 year warranty and will be repaired without charge for materials or labor within this period See the Warranty and Repair Policy section in this manual for details Environmental Information The equipment that you purchased required the extraction and use of natural resources for its production It may contain hazardous substances that could impact health and the environment To avoid the potential release of those substances into the environment and to diminish the need for the extraction of natural resources Cobalt Digital Inc encourages you to use the appropriate take back systems These systems will reuse or recycle most of the materials from your end of life equipment in an environmentally friendly and health conscious manner The crossed out wheeled bin symbol invites you to use these systems If you need more information on the collection reuse and recycling systems please contact your local or regional waste administration You can also contact Cobalt Digital Inc for more information on the environmental performances of our products P Contents oni Mu 5 Safety Instructions for the BBG 1090 ENC H204 IP Appliance eene 7 Electrostatic Discharge ESD and ESD Protection n nnsssssssoeeensssssssseeeresssssssserererssssssseeeeees 7 S
25. the currently running configuration Dashboard will take a few seconds to reload longer if you are accessing over a wide area network but the actual configuration in the device is virtually instantaneous The Status Message Area will indicate the result of the operation Config Delete Button If you click on this button the corresponding configuration and its description are deleted Config Save Button If you click on this button the current configuration is saved on the corresponding slot possibly replacing the configuration saved there if it 15 not empty Download Config If you click on the Save button the corresponding file is downloaded to your computer This feature 1s provided to allow configuration backups If you save a configuration to your computer and later wish to restore it to the device use the following procedure l UJ 5 If you are working with the modular version of the encoder the BBG 1090 ENC you can skip to step 5 Otherwise continue to step 2 On Dashboard open the user interface for the frame controller slot 0 Select the Data Safe tab in the configuration area Uncheck the Disable checkbox corresponding to the card you wish to restore the configuration This step is depicted below Select here Setup Network Data Safe Data Safe Data All card parameters have been stored for the following cards Card Type and Software Rev Correct Mismatch Slot 1 1 lt updatesion
26. the following e An RTMP URL of the form rtmp t e s servername app e A stream name The first part of the URL defines the protocol as follows e rtmp standard RTMP with no security e rtmpt RTMP tunneled over HTTP e rtmpe encrypted RTMP using proprietary security e rtmps encrypted RTMP over SSL e rtmpte encrypted RTMP using proprietary security tunneled over HTTP e rtmpts encrypted RTMP over SSL tunneled over HTTP The servername field is the host name or IP address of the RTMP server to be contacted The app field is the application in the server that should receive the data being transmitted Note that depending on the service the app field may contain a complete path or even a set of parameters The device encoder can be configured with primary backup RTMP servers If it cannot connect to the primary server it will automatically try the backup The RTMP configurable parameters are 51 Output Protocol RTMP v RTMP Protocol rtmp v Primary Server server domain com Primary Network Interface Any Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Primary App lapp parameters Primary Server URL rtmp server domain com app parameters Primary Stream livestream Backup Server Backup Server backup domain com Backup Network Interface Any Ethernet 1 Ethernet 2 Backup App backu p app backup parameters Backup Server URL rtmp backup domain com backup app backup parameters Backup Stream backup
27. the input is HD and is being converted to SD e AFD Code This control is displayed only when AFD Source is set to Manual AFD Selection It corresponds to the codes listed in SMPTE 2016 1 Table 1 Enable AFD MZ AFD Source f Line 20W55 Nf Manual AFD Selection Enable AFD MZ AFD Source Line 20 WS53 a oD SDI SMPTE 201 6 3 VANC Auto Detected Manual AFD Selection Composite VBI Ancillary Data Ipsertion EnableCC Enable AFD lt Enable AFD 7 AFD Source SMPTE 2015 3 VANC d H D SaMPTE 2015 3 VANC Manual AFD Selection Enable AFD M AFD Source Manual AFO Selection Nf AFD Code 1000 Full Frame 15 8 wf Bn Undefined 0010 Full Frame 15 8 0011 Pillarbax 14 8 Center 0100 Letterbox mare than 16 9 Center 1000 Full Frame 15 8 1001 Pillarhax 4 3 Center 1010 Full Frame 16 9 Protected 1011 Pillarbox 14 8 Center Note that if Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the encoder will comply with the AFD Source if possible but may fall back to another setting depending on the input signal For example if AFD Source is set to Line 20 23 WSS and the encoder detects an HD signal it will fall back to SMPTE 2016 3 VANC Conversely if it is set to SMPTE 2016 3 VANC and it detects a composite signal it will fall back to Line 20 23 WSS and automatically use the correct line number based on the input signal Manual AFD Selection is always honored 38 Advanced
28. trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners Important Regulatory and Safety Notices Before using this product and any associated equipment refer to the Important Safety Instructions listed below to avoid personnel injury and to prevent product damage Products may require specific equipment and or installation procedures to be carried out to satisfy certain regulatory compliance requirements Notices have been included in this publication to call attention to these specific requirements Symbol Meanings This symbol on the equipment refers you to important operating and maintenance servicing instructions within the Product Manual Documentation Failure to heed this information may present a major risk of damage or injury to persons or equipment Warning The symbol with the word Warning within the equipment manual indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided could result in death or serious injury Caution The symbol with the word Caution within the equipment manual indicates a potentially hazardous situation which if not avoided may result in minor or moderate injury It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices situation which if not avoided may result in major or minor equipment damage or a situation which could place the equipment in a non compliant operating state ESD Susceptibility
29. 1 video status Video Detected Composite NTSC Closed Captions Transport Rate e AFD This reports AFD insertion This field will report either Not Present if no AFD is being received or Code XXXX if AFD is being received XXXX is the current AFD code being inserted If AFD Source is set to Manual AFD Selection this field will report the selected manual code If the input is SDI the encoder reports the detected type of SDI signal Encoder 1 Status ok Encoder 1 Video Status Lockea Video Detected SDI 1920x1080i59 94 Renen e SDI Standard this indicator reports the detected SDI signal Possible values are unlocked SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI This is useful to resolve SDI signal mismatch issues for example when the input signal is SD SDI and the encoder is configured for HD 57 If the input is SDI and the Audio Source parameter in Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to SDI Embedded Audio two more indicators are shown Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status Video Detected Encoder 1 Audio Encoder 1 Audio Status e Encoder 1 2 Embedded Audio This indicator flags whether or not embedded audio is actually present on the selected Group Channel combination see Basic Tab Audio Configuration The following values are presented o Present Embedded audio is present in the selected Group Combination o O Not Present The SDI input has no lock it is not possible to d
30. 1s present in the selected group pair but itis not Dolby AC 3 o Not Present this means that there 1s no data in the selected group pair Output Status The parameters shown in the Output Status area depend on the Output Protocol selection in the Encoder Output Tab If UDP IP Streaming is selected the following indicators are shown IP Output Rate 3 438 000 Eth1 Out Status oK Eth2 Out Status Disabled e IP Output Rate this indicator reports the approximate payload bit rate on each of the enabled Ethernet outputs e Eth1 2 Out Status this field will indicate the following conditions o OK The UDP Output is operating normally either streaming or ready to stream o O No Response The UDP Output is configured for unicast operation but it does not have a destination MAC address The Dashboard Card State and the Status LED will be red o O No Response The UDP Output is configured for unicast operation and the destination stopped responding to ARP The IP Output is using an old cached MAC 59 address The Dashboard Card State will be yellow but packets are being transmitted o O Disabled The UDP Output has been disabled by unchecking the Enabled box in the UDP IP Streaming section of the Encoder Output Tab If HTTP Live Streaming is selected the following indicators are shown IP Output Rate 2 367 837 Segments Transferred 16 HTTP Dropped Segments fo HTTP Transfer Errors n e IP O
31. A V Sync Adjustment This parameter can be used to provide a small amount of A V sync adjustment for cases where the A V sync in the input signal to the encoder is not correct If in the input signal audio is behind the video you can use this parameter to compensate for up to 100 milliseconds Note that it is only available for MPEG 1 Layer II and AAC LC encoding it will not be displayed for Dolby Passthrough e Audio Delay ms Use this to compensate for up to 100 milliseconds of audio delay in the input signal This setting will advance the audio in relation to the video by the amount configured PMT Information The PMT Information section has the following parameters e Audio Type determines the audio type in the PMT audio descriptor This setting has no actual impact on how the audio is encoded it only affects its description in the PMT The choices are o Undefined no further information This 1s the most common setting o Clean Effects indicates that the audio has no language o Hearing Impaired indicates that the audio is prepared for the hearing impaired O Visual Impaired Commentary indicates that the audio is prepared for the visually impaired viewer If the Audio Encoding setting in the Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to Dolby Passthrough another parameter becomes available in the PMT Information section Audio Type Undefined v Dolby PMT Type DVB ATSC e Dolby PMT Type this parameter c
32. Cobalt Digital Inc BBG 1090 ENC H264 IP Single Channel BBG 1090 ENC2 H264 IP Dual Channel Encoder Units with Streaming IP Output Product Manual Version 2 4 openkear M COBALI BBG 1090 ENC H264 IP OM Version 2 4 BBG 1090 ENC H264 IP BBG 1090 ENC2 H264 IP e Single Dual Channel 3G HD SD MPEG 4 Encoder Units with Streaming IP Output Product Manual Cobalt Digital Inc Part Number BBG 1090 ENC H264 IP OM Document Version 2 4 Printed in the United States Last Author CGG Printing Date 8 24 2015 The information contained in this manual is subject to change without notice or obligation Copyright 2015 Cobalt Digital Inc All rights reserved Contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any form without the written permission of Cobalt Digital Inc Reproduction or reverse engineering of copyrighted software is prohibited Notice The material in this manual is furnished for informational use only It is subject to change without notice and should not be construed as commitment by Cobalt Digital Inc Cobalt Digital Inc assumes no responsibility or liability for errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this manual Trademarks openear ov is a registered trademark of Ross Video Limited COBALT is a registered trademark of Cobalt Digital Inc e DashBoard Control System is a trademark of Ross Video Limited All other product names and any registered and unregistered
33. In this manual BBG 1090 ENC refers to either of the following Where differences apply the units are discussed separately e BBG 1090 ENC2 H264 IP Dual Channel Encoder e BBG 1090 ENC H264 IP Single Channel Encoder The BBG 1090 ENC appliance is turned off by using the power switch Power may still be present in the appliance To ensure that the appliance is completely shut down unplug its power cord from its power source The BBG 1090 ENC appliance ships with all required components installed There is no need to open the chassis to add or remove components Please contact Product Support regarding any malfunction or failure of the device Electrostatic Discharge ESD and ESD Protection Static electricity can damage boards and other components Before connecting or disconnecting any device to the BBG 1090 ENC appliance we recommend you discharge static electricity by first touching a metal part of a grounded PC CAUTION To reduce the risk of electric shock do not open chassis do not defeat or remove the ground pin of the power cord connect only to a properly grounded ac power outlet No user serviceable parts inside Refer servicing to qualified service personnel Safety Notice and Warnings FCC Notice This device complies with Subpart B of Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference e This device must accept any interference
34. P Enter the desired control port subnet mask e Default Gateway This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static IP Enter the desired control port default gateway e DNS Server This field is only shown if IP Configuration is set to Static IP Enter the desired DNS Server IP address Note that DNS 1s only used for RTMP output This field can be left at 0 0 0 0 1f RTMP is not used If you wish to configure more than one DNS server you can enter them in the Network Configuration DNS Tab If you configure DNS servers here and in the Network Configuration the server specified here will be contacted first e NTP Server If you want the device to be NTP synchronized for logging purposes enter the IP address of an accessible NTP server in this field If you do not need NTP you can leave this field at 0 0 0 0 If your BBG 1090 ENC has access to the Internet through the control port you can point it to one of the public NTP servers for your region You can find more details on this link http psp2 ntp org bin view Servers WebHome e Apply Cancel Use these buttons to apply or cancel the changes to the control port IP configuration Note that if you change the IP address DashBoard may lose contact with the BBG 1090 ENC The IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway entries will be checked for consistency and will be rejected if invalid Control Port Statistics Tab The Control Port statistics screen is depicted below It contain
35. Tab Audio Parameters The Audio Parameters are divided into three subgroups some of which vary and may not be present according to the selections made in the various audio configuration sections in the Encoder Basic Configuration Tab and the installed rear I O panel A sample of the Audio Parameters section 1s depicted below Audio Parameters Balanced Audio Level SMPTE EBU Audio Gain L dB 00 Analog Audio Audio Gain R dB Parameters Audio Mute L Audio Mute R A V Sync Adjustment PMT Information CRC On ee m Audio Encoder Copyright NotProtected Protected Specific Configuration Emphasis Nona Sy Analog Audio Parameters These parameters are only displayed if Audio Source in Basic Tab Audio Configuration is set to Analog Audio The parameters are e Balanced Audio Level This control is only displayed if the encoder is equipped with a balanced audio rear I O panel It selects the nominal signal level as follows o SMPTE Nominal level according to SMPTE RP155 typically used in North America o EBU Nominal level according to EBU R68 typically used in Europe The EBU level is 6 dB higher than the SMPTE level e Audio Gain L dB Audio Gain R dB These controls allow an independent gain adjustment for the left right audio channels from 18 0 dB to 18 0 dB in steps of 0 5 dB e Audio Mute L Audio Mute R These controls allow muting of the left right audio channels 39
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37. approximately equal to the segment size times the number of segments The recommended value is 10 seconds Setting the segment size to less than 3 seconds may cause performance issues with the FTP SFTP server especially Windows servers running FileZilla the result will be a non zero count of dropped segments e Number of Segments This defines the number of bitstream segments advertised in the playlist The minimum number as per the HLS specification is 3 Some set top boxes require 4 segments Apple devices iPads iPods etc work well with 3 segments e Extra Server Compatibility Check this box if the encoder has problems renaming files in the server This is typically required for Windows FTP servers Linux based servers do not need this It is recommended checking this box only if your server requires it e Keep Segments on Server Normally when a segment falls out of the playlist file it 1s automatically deleted by the encoder If you check this box the bitstream is left in the server Clients will still start playing from the first segment in the playlist e Program Name This program name is placed in the playlist file Whether or not it is shown depends on the client This 1s an optional parameter Using the settings above if the directory var www TV is published on server www example comas http www example com TV the URL for the video will be http www example com TV live m3u8 When using the built in server in the device
38. back of the unit e MDP Core Temperature Temperature in degrees centigrade of the core MediaStorm processing element The BBG 1090 ENC standalone modular version is designed to operate in environments with an ambient temperature between 0 and 50 C 19 Network Tab The Network Tab allows for configuration monitoring of the two streaming Ethernet ports and optional configuration of DNS servers Network Configuration Tab The Network Configuration Tab is further divided into the following tabs e The Interfaces tab is used to set the individual parameters for each of the streaming Ethernet ports e The DNS tab is used to optionally configure DNS servers Interfaces DNS j Configuration Tabs Network Configuration Interfaces Tab This tab allows the configuration of the individual streaming ports Ethernet 1 Configuration Alarm on Link Loss Yes C No IP Address 10 10 9 116 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 0 0 0 0 Interface Speed Auto Negotiate N Interface Settings Apply Cancel The following parameters can be configured e Alarm on Link Loss If set to Yes the unit will raise an alarm if this Ethernet interface loses link The Card State indicator in Dashboard and the front Status LED will both be red If set to No the unit will still report loss of link in the Statistics page but no alarm will be raised It is recommended to turn on the alarm for ports that are in use only turn
39. clients so it can be higher than the transport rate e Connections This indicator reports the number of clients currently connected to this encoder e Dropped Packets This indicator reports the number of transport packets dropped over the current connections Once a connection terminates the dropped packet count for that connection is reset If RTMP is selected in the Encoder Output Tab the following indicators are shown Encoder 1 RTMP Status Connected Server Connection Primary sid Video Buffer 0 Dropped Packets n e P Output Rate this field reports the average bit rate transferred to the server It will be lower than the transport rate due to the lower container overhead used by RTMP It is possible for the IP Output Rate to be less than the intrinsic bit rate of the encoder for short periods of time depending on server and network conditions The encoder will buffer the bitstream and attempt to catch up in these cases If it cannot audio video bitstream data may be dropped e Encoder RTMP Status This indicator reports the state of the RTMP connection to the server The possible states are o O Connected The encoder has established a connection with the RTMP server and is transferring data o O Waiting for Encoder The encoder is not attempting to connect to the RTMP server The reasons are The encoding core is not running 1 e the encoder is not generating bitstream This can be because the encode
40. d 2 can be set independently and can be set to the same value if desired The URL for accessing the bitstream will be http encoder_ip port encoderl access to encoder or http encoder_ip port encoder2 access to encoder2 Where encoder ip is the IP address of either one of the device Ethernet ports configured in the Network Tab and port 1s the Listening Port configured above For example if one of the IP addresses of the device is set to 10 10 9 80 and the Listening Port is set to 8000 as shown above the URL for Encoder 1 will be http 10 10 9 80 8000 encoder1 The BBG 1090 ENC standalone modular encoder when set in this mode can also serve bitstream through the management Ethernet ports Please note that none of the common web browsers Explorer Firefox etc are capable of directly playing this URL what these browsers will do is download the bitstream to a file If you gt The device has an internal Web Server running on port 80 50 wish to see video playback on a web page please review the Playing Video on a Web Page section later in this document RTMP The device can operate as an RTMP client and publish a real time live bitstream to an RTMP server RTMP clients such as the Adobe Flash Player can connect to the server and play the live stream The device can generally connect to the same servers as the Adobe Flash Live Media Encoder FMLE An RTMP server publishing point is defined by
41. d corresponding to the user name to be used when uploading the files Server Path Enter the absolute server path for the directory where the files should be placed It is recommended that a separate directory be created for each encoder Base File Name Enter the base file name for the files created in the server The encoder will create the following files o basename m3u8 This is the top playlist file For the example above where the base file name is live the playlist file will be Live m3u8 This file will contain a single bit rate profile It is created when the encoder starts and not changed during operation For backward compatibility with previous versions a top playlist with a m3u extension and identical contents will also be created o basename_p m3u8 This is the current playlist file for the encoder profile Itis updated every time a new segment is created 47 o basename XXXX ts These will be the bitstream encoded files XXXX is an increasing count For the example above the encoder will create files named live 1l ts live 2 ts live 3 ts live 4 ts andsoon At any given point in time there will be five or six consecutive files in the configured directory if the encoder is configured to remove older files e Segment sec Number of seconds per segment This defines the approximate size in seconds for the above bitstream encoded files The valid range is from 1 to 20 seconds Note that the clients will experience latency
42. depicted below 3b Server IPSTB IPSTB Location 1 Location 2 Location N HTTP Live Streaming is supported in the device The content can be uploaded to an external server or served directly from the unit 46 When uploading to an external server the configurable parameters are Output Protocol HTTP Live Streaming v Server Location Q Remote Local Transfer Protocol FIP SFTP Server Address 10 10 9 48 Username encoder Password eeeeeee Server Path varlwwwihtml Base File Name live E Segment se AS Number of Segments 3 OC 4 Extra Server Compatibility i Keep Segments on Server Program Name Encoder 1 Program Server Location Select Remote to have the segments uploaded to a remote web server using FTP or SFTP select Local to use the local server in the device itself Transfer Protocol This configures the protocol to be used between the device and the web server for uploading the files The two options are FTP and SFTP Secure FTP FTP exchanges data and password in the clear while SFTP encrypts both flows Server Address Enter the IP address of the web server here It needs to be reachable from either one of the device s Ethernet ports The BBG 1090 ENC standalone Modular Encoder is capable of connecting to servers reachable through its control Ethernet ports Username Enter the username to be used when uploading the files to the server Password Enter the passwor
43. ed below In Europe for 230 volt operation use a cord set marked HAR and consisting of a min 3 core HOBVVF3G075 cord that has a minimum 0 75 square mm diameter conductors provided with an IEC 320 receptacle and a male plug for the country of installation rated 6A 250V 4 Do not block the equipment vents READ THE FOLLOWING SAFETY INFORMATION THOROUGHLY BEFORE INSTALLING THIS PRODUCT FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS SAFETY INFORMATION MAY LEAD TO PERSONAL INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE EQUIPMENT Power Supply e This unit must be grounded e The unit must be connected to a grounded outlet to comply with product safety standards e The grounded socket outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible e Do not connect the power supply unit to an AC outlet without a ground connection e All power cords must be disconnected before servicing Power Cords The plug on the power supply cords is considered to be the equipment disconnect device and must be approved for the country where it is used For USA and Canada e The cord set must be UL approved and CSA certified The attachment plug must be an earth grounding type with a NEMA 5 15P 15A 125V plug and an EN60320 IEC320 receptacle Introduction This manual covers the following products e The BBG 1090 ENC standalone H 264 SD HD single and dual channel encoder appliances The BBG 1090 ENC has the following features e Video Encoding support up to t
44. ed controls related to audio video multiplexing and P SI tables Advanced Tab Video Parameters The Video Parameters section 1s shown below 33 Video Parameters GOP Mode OpenGOP Closed GOP Level Auto Select v Profile Auto Select v Aspect Ratio Auto v GOP Structure IBBP IBP QC IP Coding Delay ms 500 gt GOP Mode Select between Open GOP and Closed GOP The normal setting is Open GOP Closed GOP is used for some storage applications and is also required by some CDNs such as YouTube there is a very small negative impact in video quality if Closed GOP is selected For some output protocols HLS and RTMP this control becomes read only and is forced to Closed GOP Level Selects the H 264 level signaled in the bitstream The default setting is Auto Select whereby the encoder will signal the minimum required level based on the current settings If for some reason a different higher level is desired it can be selected here Note that the encoder will not honor a level selection that is lower than the legal minimum for the current settings It is typically not necessary to change the level from Auto Select Profile This control has four options o Auto Select With this setting the encoder will use High Profile for HD and Main Profile for SD o High Profile With this setting the encoder will always use High Profile for all resolutions o Main Profile With this setting the encoder will al
45. embedded audio support The following outputs are available e Two Ethernet outputs supporting full duplex 100 Mb s and 1 Gb s operation A block diagram of the encoder is shown below Inputs BE Composite SDI AN inc ud Unbalanced Lj 4 Audio i L Composite SDl AN Unbalanced WJ 9 m Audio pu O N N o O pe A O Q O pe O l A 11 Outputs BBG 1090 ENC Indicators and Switches The BBG 1090 ENC can be used as a desktop encoder or in a 19 rack mount tray that holds up to three units Back Panel The BBG 1090 ENC ships with one of two possible back panels e Unbalanced Audio Back Panel e Balanced Audio Back Panel The panels are depicted in the next page Both panels include two software configurable Composite SDI video inputs on standard BNC connectors two streaming 100 1000 Mb s Ethernet ports on standard RJ 45 connectors and two control 10 100 1000 Mb s Ethernet ports on standard RJ 45 connectors in addition to the analog audio connectors In the unbalanced version BBG 1090 U the analog audio connectors are standard RCA jacks in the balanced audio version BBG 1090 B the analog audio connectors are terminal blocks Unbalanced Audio Version U part number suffix I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I V Control dreaming Unused Ethernets Ethernets Ports 12 Balanced Audio Version B part number suffix Control Srea
46. ent setting for this parameter Port 1 2 Link This indicator has the following states o Link OK The port has established link with the network connection o O Half Duplex Link The port is set to Auto Negotiate and it has achieved 100 Mb s Half Duplex link with the network connection Half duplex links are not considered to be suitable for video communication The port will operate but we recommend that this be addressed If Alarm on Link Loss is set to Yes the Dashboard Card State will be yellow if there are no higher priority alarms present o Q No Link The port does not currently have link If Alarm on Link Loss is set to Yes the Dashboard M Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the board will also be red If Alarm on Link Loss is set to No this indicator will still be red but the alarm will not propagate e Port 1 2 Status This indicator is the port overrun status It has the following states o Q OK The port is operating normally o Q TX Overflow In the current configuration the IP outputs are attempting to transmit more than the port capacity 1 e the overall output data for this port exceeds the interface speed of 100 Mb s or 1 Gb s The Dashboard Card State will be red and the Status LED in the front of the board will also be red In this case reduce the output bit rate either by reducing the encoder bit rates or by removing output ports If this indicator is red data is being dropped e Lin
47. er Il v Configuration Mode Stered Nh Audio Bit Rate kb s 182 v Amy Apply Cancel cance Configuration Changes Note that the basic configuration tab may look different from what is depicted above as the parameters may change or appear disappear in the GUI based on the device s configuration and the parameter choices made Basic Tab General Configuration e Name All device encoders and outputs can be assigned a user defined name Use any descriptive name suitable for your application or accept the default e Encoder State This control allows you to start stop an encoder This control needs to be set to Running for normal operation 26 e Input Connection This control selects which of the two rear I O panel inputs is to be connected to this encoder The device can run both encoders from the same input The default is to run Encoder 1 from Video Audio 1 and Encoder 2 from Video Audio 2 but all combinations are allowed Note that the parameters presented in the Video Configuration section may change if this selection changes for example if you switch the encoder from a Composite input to an SDI input Basic Tab Video Configuration The device is capable of automatically identifying the video signal present in the selected input connection The detected signal 1s reported in the Encoder Statistics Tab Additionally the encoder can also be set to auto configure its input based on the detected signal e Vide
48. ernet The relevant pages are shown below Both UDP and RTP are supported Encoder Ethl 10105 30 encodel Encoder 1 Eth1 m ss oo Multicast Streaming eee TEE MA 10109 3enced EI 7 C Sear Select Multicast Flow e Multicast 225 1 1 1 Port 2001 Protocol UDP Encoder 1 Eth Multicast Streaming Multicast 225 1 1 1 Port 2001 Protocol UDP Note For MPTS streams only the first program may be played HTTP Live Streaming All the web pages accessible from the Ethernet ports of the device and the Control port in the BBG 1090 ENC include a link for the built in HTTP Live Streaming server page 81 If the IP address of the port being accessed is xxx xxx xxx xxx the available local HLS channels can also be accessed through this direct link http xxx Xxxx xxx xxx HLS The page accessed through this link will display a list of available local HLS channels with the value configured for Program Name as the label Note that HLS channels configured for remote servers will not be listed in this page as the device has no way of knowing the actual link to these channels Clicking on the link will cause the content to play For Apple devices iPods iPads iPhones etc this will launch the built in media player for PCs running Windows and possibly Linux if the VLC plugin is installed the vide
49. erted to 640x360p29 97 720p59 94 is converted to 640x360p59 94 1080150 and 576150 are converted to 640x360p25 720p50 is converted to 640x360p50 HD 10801 inputs can be scaled to 1280x720p at the same incoming frame rate e g 1080159 94 will be scaled to 720p29 94 1080150 will be scaled to 720p25 HD 10801 inputs can be scaled to 4 resolution 960x540 with the same incoming frame rate SD inputs can be horizontally cropped to 704 pixels or horizontally scaled to 640 pixels SD inputs can be horizontally scaled to 640 or 528 pixels and converted to progressive frame rates 29 97p for NTSC inputs 25p for PAL inputs If Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the following options are offered in this parameter O O Same as Input the encoder will produce a signal that has the same resolution and frame rate as the input no scaling Scale 3 4 Horizontal the encoder will scale down the image horizontally by 3 4 The frame rate will not be changed Scale to 640x360p the encoder will scale the input video to 640x360 The frame rate will be the same as the input but interlaced inputs will be de interlaced for example 19201080160 will yield 640x360p30 This resolution is not available for 1920x1080p inputs at any frame rates the encoder will fall back to 3 4 horizontal scaling in this case By default SD signals have a 4 3 aspect ratio unless they are derived from an HD source with anamorphic scaling The 640x360 r
50. esolution is intended for 16 9 content Scaling SD to 640x360 should only be done if the SD signal is anamorphic to start with otherwise the resulting encoded signal will have an incorrect aspect ratio 29 o Scale to 480x270p Scale to 320x240p Scale to 320x180p the encoder will scale the input video to the selected resolutions Interlaced inputs will be de interlaced as described above Progressive inputs will be encoded at half frame rate This resolution is not available for 1920x1080p inputs at any frame rates the encoder will fall back to 3 4 horizontal scaling in this case Video Rate Mode This controls whether the video elementary stream is CBR or VBR The video bit rate setting varies according to this selection as shown below Video Rate Mode CBR VBR Video Rate Mode CBR Q VER Bit Rate Selection Video Bit Rate Transport Bit Rate Peak Video Rate 4000000 Video Bit Rate 2000000 Average Video Rate 2000000 Bit Rate Selection This field is shown only if the encoder is set to CBR mode and allows the user to specify either the video bit rate or the transport bit rate The transport bit rate includes audio video tables NULL packets and various overheads In some situations such as for example RF links of fixed capacity it is more convenient to specify the transport rate 1 e the final bit rate in the wire and let the encoder compute the corresponding video bit rate to yield the desired transport
51. etermine whether embedded audio is present or not o Not Present Embedded audio is not present in the selected Group Channel combination Check the source settings or select a different Group Channel combination e Encoder 1 2 Audio Status This indicator flags any errors in the embedded audio and will have the following values o QO OK No errors detected o O Not Present Embedded audio is not present errors cannot be detected This status will be issued when there 1s no SDI lock or when there 1s no embedded audio o Error Embedded audio errors are being detected If this indicator is red audio 1s corrupted or glitching The possible causes for this are Corrupted embedded audio in the input checksum errors Audio sampling rate mismatch The channel is configured for Dolby Passthrough and the data present in the selected Group Channel is not Dolby AC 3 58 If Dolby Passthrough is configured one additional indicator 1s shown encoder sans OK Encoder a video sians lacked SS Video Detected SD 1920x1080159 94 Encoder 1 Embedded Audio Present Encoder 1 audio sans OK e Encoder 1 2 Passthrough This indicator contains the status of the Dolby AC 3 Passthrough function It may contain the following values o Dolby AC 3 xxx kb s this means that the data in the selected group pair has been correctly identified as Dolby AC 3 its bit rate 1s reported here o Unknown Format this means that data
52. eters GOP Mode Open GOP Closed GOP Profile Auto Select GOP Structure IBBP IBP IP Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion The device can extract the following data types from the video input and insert them in the compressed video output 35 e Closed Captioning e Active Format Description AFD Closed Captioning The Closed Captioning controls are only displayed in the following situations e Inthe Basic Tab Video Configuration Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection and Frame Field Rate is set to 59 94 NTSC e Inthe Basic Tab Video Configuration Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected The appearance of this control is also a function of the Video Input Settings Input Resolution and Input Source parameters as depicted below The Closed Captioning controls are as follows e Enable CC check this box to enable Closed Captioning insertion Closed Captions are inserted in the video elementary stream as per ATSC A 72 Both CEA 608 and CEA 708 captions are supported e CC Source this controls where the encoder extracts closed captions from As depicted below this field may or may not be editable depending on the video input settings input resolution and input source The options are o CEA 608 Line 21 this option can only be used for SD inputs The encoder will extract all the CEA 608 information from both fields of Line 21 if present o SMPTE 334 VANC this option can on
53. flags in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding The available values are None 50 15 us and ITU T J 17 Advanced Tab Mux Parameters These parameters control the details of the audio video multiplexing and the P SI tables If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output Tab is set to RTMP these parameters will not be shown as RTMP does not use the Transport Stream container The following Mux Parameters are always available if the Output Protocol is not set to RTMP PMTPID 0x20 PCRPID 0x10 Video PID Qx100 Audio PID Ox110 Program Number 1 Transport Stream ID 1 Generate SDT e PMT PID PCR PID Video PID Audio PID These parameters control the Packet Identifier PID values for the PMT PCR Video and Audio The values can be entered in hexadecimal prefixed by Ox or in decimal Valid values are from 0x20 32 to Ox IFFE 8190 PMT PID Video PID and Audio PID must be distinct values PCR PID can either be the same as the video PID or distinct from the other values as well The 4 user interface will not accept an invalid entry at any time it will immediately revert to the previous value Program Number Enter the desired program number for this encoder channel Valid program numbers go from 1 to 65535 and are always entered in decimal Transport Stream ID Enter the desired Transport Stream ID for this encoder channel Values in this field can be entered both i
54. he actual encoder video bit rate can be found in the Encoder Statistics Tab under the Basic bottom tab e Peak Video Bit Rate Average Video Bit Rate These two fields are shown only if the encoder is set to VBR mode and determine the desired average and acceptable peak bit rates for the video elementary stream The peak video bit rate must be between 1 5 and 2 times the average bit rate the user interface will enforce these limits automatically 1 e it will update either the average or peak to be consistent with the value being entered For both of these parameters the resolution 1s 1000 bits sec Basic Tab Audio Configuration e Audio Source This parameter selects the audio source The options are Analog Audio directing the encoder will to use the analog right left audio channels connected to the selected rear I O panel and SDI Embedded Audio directing the encoder to extract embedded audio from the SDI input If the video Input Source see Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to Composite this parameter is grayed out and forced to Analog Audio It will be selectable only if the video input source is one of the SDI variations or if Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected Please note that if the encoder is set to auto detect the video input and it detects a composite signal the audio selection will fall back to analog audio regardless of the Audio Source settings When SDI Embedded Audio is selected additional configuration o
55. he encoder configuration For example the input is 10801 and the encoder is configured for 720p e Encoder 1 2 Video Status This indicates whether or not the selected video input front end 1s locked This status 1s also reflected 1n the rear I O panel LED next to the video input The possible values are o Locked The selected video input front end is locked o Unlocked The selected video input front end is unlocked e Video Detected If there is any recognizable video signal at the encoder video input this field will indicate what type of signal the encoder is detecting This detection is independent of the video input settings and 1s intended to aid the operator in making the correct selection If a video signal 1s detected the text in this field will either start with the word Composite if an analog composite video signal is detected or SDI if a digital SDI signal is detected If no recognizable video signal is detected this field will indicate No signal For the detected video signals the encoder will provide further information on the type of signal as follows o For Composite signals the encoder will further report the encoding system as follows Systems with 59 94 fields sec NTSC NTSC 4 43 PAL M Systems with 50 fields sec PAL B D G H I N PAL Nc SECAM o For SDI signals the encoder will indicate additional information as follows For Standard Definition and High Definition signals this field will report resolu
56. he value used for this parameter when Advanced SDT Config is not enabled is advanced codec SD digital television service if the encoder is in SD mode or advanced codec HD digital television service if the encoder is in HD mode The drop down list offers a few of the most common choices If you need to code something other than these choices select custom setting in the drop down list and a new parameter will become available as show below Service Type custom setting wi Custom Service Type 0x16 Original Network ID OxFFOA e Custom Service Type Enter the service type This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by Ox and decimal values The valid range is from 0 0x00 to 255 OxFF e Original Network ID This field contains the Network ID code from which this program originated This field accepts both hexadecimal prefixed by Ox and decimal values Valid values are from 0 0x0000 to 65535 OXFFFF The default value for this field is OxFFOI which is in the range of values allocated for video over IP The complete set of registered Network IDs can be downloaded from this URL http www dvbservices com identifiers export original network id e EIT Schedule Flag Check this box to set the flag This flag indicates that EIT schedule information is present for this service Since the device does not generate EITS the correct setting of this flag is not set Only set it if you intend to mux an EIT downstream of the device e
57. ideo frame This indicator has a count of the number of access units dropped for the current connection This count resets when a new connection is established 62 Admin Tab The Admin tab contains a number of general administrative functions each on its own tab The general layout 1s shown below Encoder 2 Admin Control Support Network Encoder 1 CardName BEG 1090 ENC H264 IP Enabled SNMP Traps Disabled MIB File Download CARD MIES ZIP ELSE TES Config Files The Admin tabs are e General Manages a number of general device parameters provides an SNMP MIB download e Firmware Manages firmware images e Config Files The device has the ability to store multiple configurations and it has a number of pre set configurations as well These are managed in this tab e Event Log The device contains a non volatile event log It can be inspected and downloaded from this tab The Admin Statistics tabs are simplified read only versions of the corresponding Admin Configuration tabs They will not be explicitly described here Admin General Tab The Admin General Tab includes the following parameters e Card Name This field defaults to device or BBG 1090 ENC but can be set to any descriptive name The name provided here will also appear in the Dashboard Tree View 63 e SNMP Traps This allows SNMP traps to be enabled or disabled Note that this setting does not take effect immediatel
58. is URL http www loc gov standards iso639 2 php code list php If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output Tab is set to RTMP this field will not be displayed as RTMP does not use the transport stream container Audio Encoding This parameter selects the audio encoding algorithm The available choices depend on the Audio Source selection For Analog Audio the choices are MPEG 1 Layer II and AAC LC For SDI Embedded Audio the Dolby Passthrough option is offered in addition to the previous choices Note that AAC LC requires additional licensing The two variants for this control are depicted below Audio Source Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Group Group 1 V Channels Channels 1 2 v Language Code eng MPEG 1 Layer Il Dolby Passthrough If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output Tab is set to RTMP this field is forced to AAC LC and becomes not editable The reason is that the RTMP protocol has no support for MPEG 1 Layer II audio at 48 kHz sampling It also has no support for Dolby Mode The available choices for this parameter depend on the Audio Encoding selection as follows o MPEG 1 Layer II the available modes are Stereo or Single Channel If you select Single Channel Mono only the audio connected to the Left input will be encoded 32 o AAC LC the available modes are Stereo Mono or Dual Mono If you select Mono only the audio connected to the Left input will be encoded o Dolby Passthrough This
59. is is the primary way of conveying AFD information on a professional video feed For SD signals either from Composite or SD SDI sources AFD information can be synthesized from Wide Screen Signaling WSS data present in the VBI line 20 for NTSC signals line 23 for PAL signals The device also has the option of inserting a user defined AFD code instead of receiving it from the video input The AFD controls are as follows Enable AFD Check this box to enable AFD extraction and insertion This control is always available AFD is inserted in the video elementary stream as per ATSC A 72 and ETSI TS 101 154 AFD Source This controls where the AFD information is coming from The options are o Line 20 WSS Line 23 WSS This option causes the encoder to synthesize AFD information from WSS Itis available only if the input resolution is SD or if the video input settings are auto detected It will be displayed as Line 20 for NTSC and Line 23 for PAL For PAL inputs the conversion follows ETSI TS 101 154 Appendix B 4 37 o SMPTE 2016 3 VANC This option causes the encoder to extract AFD from the VANC Itis only available for SDI inputs or if the video input settings are auto detected o Manual AFD Selection This option allows the user to specify a fixed AFD code to be inserted Any AFD information received from the input is ignored This can be used to override the original AFD information or when the video is being scaled e g when
60. itches to a value that requires this configuration For example an SD encoder configured to output the same resolution as the input will stop if the input signal switches to HD e If the encoder is configured with auto detection and SDI embedded audio it will fall back to analog audio if it detects a composite video signal If your input can switch between SDI and composite either use analog audio for all signals or make sure that the corresponding analog audio signal is present at the encoder unbalanced audio inputs when the video is a composite signal Encoder Basic Configuration Tab The Encoder Basic Configuration Tab shown below is divided into three general areas e General Configuration generic configuration parameters e Video Configuration parameters related to video encoding e Audio Configuration parameters related to audio encoding 25 Encoder 1 Confiquration Name Encoder 1 Encoder State Stopped 9 Running dm Input Connection Video Audio 1 Video Audio 2 Video Parameters Video Input Settings e Manual Selection Auto Detected Input Resolution HO 1920x1 060i ad Framefield Rate OQ 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL 60 Video Output Resolution Output 1920x1080i v Configuration Video Rate Mode CBR VBR Bit Rate Selection e Video Bit Rate C Transport Bit Rate Video Bit Rate 5000000 SUE EIE M Audio Source C9 Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Language Code eng Au dio Audio Encoding MPEG 1 Lay
61. k Speed Mb s This parameter reports the actual speed negotiated with the switch for the port If the port has no link the value reported here is zero e MAC Address This reports the MAC address of the Ethernet port Network Statistics DNS Tab The Network Statistics DNS Tab reports the current DNS configuration DNS Servers DNS Server1 192 168 43 1 DNS Server 2 0 0 0 0 DNS functionality is only used for RTMP output 23 Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs The Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Tabs are used to configure monitor the individual encoder channels The parameters in these two tabs are exactly the same The device can be configured with one or two encoder channels at the time the unit is ordered factory installed It is possible to upgrade a single channel device or BBG 1090 ENC unit to dual channel by returning it to Cobalt Digital If an encoder channel is not installed both its configuration and statistics windows will be empty as shown below Hetwork Connections Admin ASI Outputs IP Outputs Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Product Network Connections Admin ASI Outputs IP Outputs Encoder 1 Encoder 2 Encoder Configuration Tab The Encoder Configuration Tab is further divided into the following tabs 24 e Basic Tab contains the more important configuration parameters which all users are likely to change e Advanced Tab contains the advanced configuration parameters which do not necessarily need to be changed
62. ll Duplex mode Note that the port will still perform auto negotiation but it will only advertise this mode o 1Gb s Full Duplex restrict the operation to 1Gb s Full Duplex mode Note that the port will still perform auto negotiation but it will only advertise this mode Notes o If the device streaming Ethernet interfaces are connected to a 10 Mb s switch hub or network feed link will not be established and the port will not recognize the connection o If you select 100 Mb s Full Duplex or 1 Gb s Full Duplex and the corresponding streaming Ethernet interface 1s connected to a switch hub or network feed that does not support the selected speed link will not be established and the port will not recognize the connection o If the interface speed is set to Auto Negotiate the streaming Ethernet port will allow link to be established in 100 Mb s Half Duplex mode However this will be flagged as a warning in the Network Statistics Interface Tab and in the Admin Event Log Tab Network Configuration DNS Tab The DNS tab allows manual configuration of up to two DNS servers They do not need to be in the same subnetwork as the streaming ports as long as at least one default gateway is configured Support has disabled for 10 Mb s modes as these are unsuitable for MPEG transport over IP applications Moreover any modern switch supports at least 100 Mb s Full Duplex 21 DNS is only used in conjunction with the RTMP output functionality
63. ly be used for SDI inputs The encoder will expect closed captioning information in the VANC Both CEA 608 and CEA 708 modes are supported and automatically detected Note that if Video Input Settings is set to Auto Detected the encoder will comply with the CC Source if possible but may fall back to another setting depending on the input signal For example if CC Source is set to CEA 608 Line 21 and the encoder detects an HD signal it will fall back to SMPTE 334 VANC Conversely if it is set to SMPTE 334 VANC and it detects a composite signal it will fall back to CEA 608 Line 21 if that composite signal is NTSC or turn off CC 1f that composite signal 1s PAL 36 VBl Ancillary Data Insertion VBl Ancillary Data Insertion Enablecc Closed Captioning Disabled CC Source CEA 608 Line 21 CEA BDS Line 21 SMPTE 334 VANC Input Source SD SDI Input Resolution SD or Video Input Settings Auto Detected VBUAncillary Data Insertion VBUAncillary Data Insertion Enable CC 7 CC Source CC Source SHPTE 334 VANC Input Source Composite Input Source HD SDI or 3G SDI Input Resolution SD Input Resolution HD Active Format Description The device can extract Active Format Description AFD information from the incoming video signal and insert it in the compressed bitstream AFD information can be extracted from the following sources For SDI signals AFD information can be present in the VANC as per SMPTE 2016 3 Th
64. m aat Slot 2 2 Update Slot E Slot 3 3 2 Update Slot Slot 4 4 lt Update Slot Unc heck this On the Dashboard Tree View right click on the card and select Restore Configuration Follow the prompts and navigate to the file you wish to restore You can also use this process to copy the configuration from one running encoder to another even if the encoders are on different frames or are of different types e g it 1s possible to copy configuration between openGear device and modular BBG 1090 ENC encoders This process is illustrated below 67 EE standalone Encoder This process is discussed in further detail in the Dashboard User Manual chapter 5 section Restoring Configurations to Devices Pre defined Templates The device offers 5 pre defined configuration templates as indicated below To load a template just click on the Load button next to it The pre defined templates are e Composite to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures Encoder 1 to take a composite input on Video and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped e SD SDI to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast This template configures Encoder 1 to take an SD SDI input on Video and send over UDP IP multicast to Ethernet 1 and 2 simultaneously In a dual channel encoder the second channel will be stopped e 720p to Eth 1 and 2
65. ming Unused Hhernets Bhernets Ports Each of the video inputs has a green indicator LED with the following states e LED off no video signal detected or input not configured e LED flashing video input locked to the video signal o LED flashing about once per second input video is SD o LED flashing about twice per second input video is HD SDI o LED flashing about 4 times per second input video is 3G SDI 1080p60 Each of the Gigabit Ethernet ports has two indicator LEDs with the following states e Green LED o Off Nolink o On Link e Yellow LED o Off No activity transmit and or receive o Flashing Port is currently transmitting and or receiving Front Panel Indicators A similar set of indicators exist in the front panel of the unit The layout is depicted below 13 The front panel LED indicators are as follows e STAT indicates the overall status of the unit o Green no active alarm o Red at least one critical alarm present When powering up the unit this LED will be red until the board starts operation At that point it will turn green if there is no active alarm or stay red if there is at least one alarm e PWR indicates that the power is OK o Green power OK o Off no power or insufficient voltage e CHI CH2 VID these behave exactly the same as the corresponding back panel video input indicators e CHI CH2 ENC these LEDs flash if the corresponding encoder is running with output available for
66. n hexadecimal prefixed by Ox or in decimal Generate SDT This box is always shown but is not selectable for the HTTP Live Streaming and RTMP protocols If this box is checked an SDT will be generated for this encoder channel Additional SDT parameters become available once this box 1s checked as depicted below Generate SDT M Service Name Slot 5 Encoder 1 Provider Name MVN Advanced SDT Config Service Name Enter the desired SDT service name for this encoder channel The default name is Slot X Encoder Y where X is the openGear slot number where the device 1s installed and Y 1s 1 or 2 for Encoder 1 or Encoder 2 Provider Name Enter the desired SDT service provider name The default is MVN Advanced SDT Config By default the other SDT values are automatically set by the system If you need to configure them check this box and a new set of parameters appears as shown below Generate SDT 7 Service Name Slot 5 Encoder 1 Provider Name MiM Advanced SDT Config 7 Running Status running wh Service Type advanced codec SD digital television service v Original Network ID UxF FO EIT Schedule Flag EIT PF Flag Free CA Mode Running Status Indicates the status of the service The options are undefined not running starting pausing running and service off air The value used for this parameter when Advanced SDT Config is not enabled is running 42 e Service Type Indicates the type of service T
67. nfig Files d Event Log ee Clase Click here to start firmware update The fields in the Firmware Image Management tab are e Factory Image Image 1 and Image 2 These contain version and release date information for the corresponding firmware images If no image is present this field will indicate No Image e Upload Location This field contains the location where the image upload will go The device automatically chooses a location that will not overwrite the currently running image e Boot Location This field indicates which image will be used in the next boot If an image is successfully uploaded through Dashboard this automatically changes to point to that image It can also be manually changed e Auto Reboot After Update This field controls whether or not the device will automatically reboot after a successful firmware upload through Dashboard By default the device will not reboot after an update You can upload the firmware at any time and reboot later during a maintenance window 65 Admin Config Files Tab As you make configuration changes to the device they are automatically persisted in non volatile storage If the unit is rebooted or power cycled it will come back in the same configuration In addition to automatic configuration persistency the device also offers the ability to save up to 5 complete configurations load them and even export them This can be used to quickly configure it for different scenari
68. o Input Settings This parameter selects whether or not the encoder will auto configure based on the detected video input signal o Manual Selection The input signal must be correctly selected using the Input Resolution Input Source and Field Frame Rate controls for the encoder to run If the input signal does not match the settings the encoder will not run o Auto Detected The encoder will auto detect the input signal and automatically configure for it if it is a supported signal The Input Resolution Input Source and Field Frame Rate controls are not displayed Video Input Settings Manual Selection Auto Detected Video Input Settings Manual Selection Auto Detected Input Resolution sp720480 y Output Resolution same as Input v Input Source Composite w Video Rate Mode CBR VBR FramelField Rate 59 94 NTSC 50 PAL Output Resolution Output 720x480i w Video Rate Mode CBR VBR The following table lists the supported input video signals Composite Signals SDI Signals NTSC 720x480159 94 NTSC 4 43 720x5776150 PAL B D G H I N 1280x720p50 PAL M 1280x720p59 94 PAL Nc 1280x720p60 SECAM 1920x1080p23 98 1920x1080p24 1920x1080i50 1920x1080159 94 1920x1080i60 1920x1080p50 21 1920x1080p59 94 1920x1080p60 If Video Input Settings is set to Manual Selection the Input Resolution Input Source and Field Frame Rate parameters are displayed and must be set to match the incoming video signal
69. o will play in the web page Direct HTTP Streaming If an encoder channel is configured for Direct HTTP Streaming the selection happens as depicted below Unlike multicast Direct HTTP Streaming will work over the Internet as long as the path from the encoder to the client has sufficient bandwidth Direct HTTP Streaming is always available on both Ethernet ports If the device 1s required to support clients on remote networks make sure that a Default Gateway is entered in the corresponding Ethernet port configuration see the Network Configuration Tab section When replying to a request the device will always use the Ethernet port where it received the request from Using a Firewall between the Device and the Internet Since both Direct HTTP Streaming and HTTP Live Streaming work over the Internet in some situations it may be desirable to do so for example to allow for remote monitoring It 1s assumed to be safe to connect the device Ethernet ports directly to the Internet with a public IP address however this may not be desirable It is possible to place a port forwarding firewall between the device and the Internet the web pages and the streaming will still work as long as the firewall is configured not to remap the Direct HTTP Streaming Listening Port see the Direct HTTP Streaming configuration section For example if the Listening Port is configured to be 8000 the firewall must be configured to remap external port 8000 to internal
70. oder 2 these tabs are used to configure the two encoder channels e Admin this tab is used for general administrative functions such as firmware upgrades licensing logs and configuration management The Test Packet Generator configuration is also found under this tab e Control this tab is available only in the BBG 1090 ENC It is used to configure monitor the control ports and the SNMP functions of the device Please note that DashBoard versions 4 0 and 4 1 have GUI performance problems with the BBG 1090 ENC We recommend either version 3 0 or 5 0 or higher with the BBG 1090 ENC 16 Encoder 2 Network Adimi Control Encoder 1 Ethernet 1 Configuration Reflected in the xau Cardsime OR front Status Connection ONLINE LED Achim Encoder 1 Product Build Date Supplier Product Software Rev Serial Number Hardware Version Rear Module Analog Audio Input Card Uptime Ambient Temp Internal Temp MDP Core Temp Statistics Panel Alarm on Link Loss Control Encoder 2 Network IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Interface Speed Interface Settings Alarm on Link Loss IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Interface speed Interface Settings Interfaces 17 Q ves No Auto Megotiate w Apply Cancel ves No 255 25 265 0 0 0 0 0 Auto Ne gotiate Ld Apply Cancel Confiquraton Panel DNS Product Tab The Product Tab contains basic information
71. omes the time to broadcast Notes e The maximum aggregate RTMP performance for the device is 12 Mb s If the unit has two encoder channels this limit applies to the sum of their video bit rates For example if one encoder channel is configured for RTMP at 8 Mb s the other can only be configured for RTMP at 4 Mb s orless The limit does not apply to encoder channels configured for UDP RTP ASI streaming e Using one of the encrypted variants of the protocol rtmpe rtmps rtmpte or rtmpts will also have a performance impact and will reduce the maximum usable rate e Performing a firmware update while the encoder is running RTMP at high bit rates may cause service interruptions to the RTMP stream If you need to update the firmware we recommend that you do so during a maintenance window e Some CDNs such as YouTube for example only accept frame rates up to 30 fps and prefer progressive content The device can convert any input signal to progressive at a lower bit rate see the Basic Tab Video Configuration section e In RTMP Mode the device will force Closed GOP operation see the Advanced Tab Video Parameters section as required by some CDNs The Apply Cancel Buttons The Apply Cancel buttons are available at the bottom of the Basic Advanced and Connection screens These are not separate buttons they are multiple instances of the same buttons repeated on each screen for convenience If no changes have been made to the set
72. ontrols how Dolby AC 3 audio is signaled in the PMT The two choices are o DVB Dolby Audio is signaled as per ETSI TS 101 154 Appendix C stream_type 0x06 with the AC 3 Descriptor from EN 300 468 annex D o ATSC Dolby Audio is signaled as per ATSC A 53 Part 3 stream type 0x81 However the device is currently unable to generate the ATSC AC 3 Descriptor please contact Product Support if this is an issue in your network If the Output Protocol in the Encoder Output Tab is set to RTMP the PMT Information fields will not be displayed as RTMP does not use the Transport Stream container Audio Encoder Specific Configuration The appearance of this control depends on the Audio Encoding setting in the Basic Tab Audio Configuration 40 CRE CRC Of CRC On CRC CRC Off CRC On OriginaliCopy 9 Copy Original Original Copy Copy Original AAC LC Configuration Copyright NotProtected gt Protected Emphasis Mone al MPEG 1 Layer II Configuration The parameters are e CRC Enables Disables CRC insertion in the audio elementary stream This is normally left disabled CRC off e Original Copy Controls the state of the Original Copy flag in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding e Copyright Controls the state of the Copyright flag in the audio elementary stream This setting does not affect the actual audio encoding e Emphasis Controls the state of the Emphasis
73. open a standard HTTP connection to the device and issue a standard HTTP GET request The device will send the appropriate HTTP response followed by the encoder bitstream the bitstream will be transmitted for as long as the 49 client maintains the connection Since HTTP runs on top of the TCP protocol it is possible for the device to deliver content over the Internet using this mode However it has the following limitations e The device has to send one independent copy of the bitstream to each client There is a limit of 5 clients or 20 Mb s per Ethernet port in this mode e The TCP protocol is capable of flow control if the client is not fast enough or if the network between the device and the client 1s not fast enough the protocol will attempt to throttle the encoder which is not possible The device will buffer a small amount of bitstream in this case but 1f the overall performance of the client network link combination is insufficient to support the configured encoder data rate the device will drop transport packets Direct HTTP Streaming has one single parameter Output Protocol Direct HTTP Streaming e Listening Port 8000 7 e Listening Port Use this to select the TCP port to be used by the device to listen to HTTP connections Please note that the device will not accept the values 22 23 80 1935 and 5253 for this parameter as these ports may be internally used by the device The listening ports for Encoders 1 an
74. os or for saving configuration checkpoints as a complex configuration is built Since configurations can be exported they can be archived outside the unit as well Finally the device also offers 5 pre saved configuration templates for some common scenarios The layout of the Admin Config Files tab 1s shown below Configuration Managemen Download Config anual Example Load Delete Config 1 oga Saved IPTV Distribution Load Delete T Comig ogd empty Lead Delete Config 4 ngd Empty Load Delete e Config S ogd Saved comiguration 2 Preset Configurations Description User Saved Configurations ok S0 SDIto Eth 1 and 2 Multicast OK 720pto Eth 1 and 2 Multicast gua Pre Defined Templates Ok 1080110 Eth 1 and 2 Multicast ok 1080 80 from VIDI to Eth 1 and 2 Multicast Clear Current Configuration Status Message Areas User Saved Configurations The fields 1n the user saved configuration are e Status This indicates whether there is a saved configuration on that particular slot It will contain the words Saved or Empty 66 Name This is an optional name for the configuration It is not required but highly advisable The name can be edited at any time even when there 1s no saved configuration Config Load Button If you click on this button the corresponding configuration is loaded in the device It will replace
75. ou want to install Check the components you want to install and uncheck the components you don t want to install Click Mext to continue Firefox LL Safari Select the type of install Custom Chrome Or select the optional GupBdfi components you wish to pp install Discs Playback Internet EXE EE Explorer Support Space required 30 1MB ae Gem Web Pages Served by the device The device automatically generates web pages that will display the video being encoded depending on the output mode of the encoder channels please refer to the Encoder Output Tab section The pages will be available for the following output protocols e UDP IP Streaming as long as IP Outputs with multicast destination IP addresses have been defined e Direct HTTP Streaming e HTTP Live Streaming when configured to use the local server The web pages generated by the device assume that the VideoLAN plugin has been installed to provide playback services For the BBG 1090 ENC Direct HTTP Streaming and HTTP Live Streaming pages are also available from the control port To get started simply point a web browser to the IP address of the desired device Ethernet port http encoder ip The device will respond with a Web page with the appropriate links to access the streams depending on the current configuration Note that the pages served by each Ethernet port may be different for example if the encoders are set to ASI IP streaming and
76. port 8000 The reason for this requirement is that the plugin needs to know the listening port and that value is passed to it by the automatically generated pages from the device It is not recommended to connect the Control Ports of the Modular BBG 1090 ENC encoder directly to the Internet There is insufficient protection on the openGear and SNMP v2 82 protocols supported on that port The Control Ports should only be connected to protected management networks Web Browser Support The web pages generated by the device are known to work with the VideoLAN plugin versions 2 0 1 to 2 0 5 and the following web browsers Windows Internet Explorer versions 9 0 2 9 0 13 Mozilla Firefox versions 7 0 39 0 Google Chrome versions 14 0 835 186 24 0 1312 57 Apple Safari 5 1 5 1 7 Other browsers and operating systems may work as long as the VideoLAN plugin is installed 83
77. pported natively by any browser Therefore it is not possible to use the HTML5 VIDEO tag with content generated by the device In order to play the bitstream coming from the device in a web page a plugin with the appropriate audio video and container support must be installed in the web browser The Open Source VideoLAN player includes appropriate plugins that will work with the bitstream coming from the device The VideoLAN player can be downloaded from http www videolan org vlc There are two types of plugins e ActiveX controls used by Internet Explorer e Mozilla Netscape style plugins used by most other browsers Firefox Chrome Safari When installing the VideoLAN player make sure to select the appropriate plugins for the browsers you intend to use The figure below indicates the choices to be made during the VideoLAN installation in order to get the plugins installed on a Windows PC If multiple browser support is required both types of plugins can be selected but at least one Mozilla style browser must be already installed We recommend VideoLAN version 2 0 1 or later Earlier versions had stability problems with the Mozilla plugin and did not support HTTP Live Streaming A number of browsers support the MP4 container format but this container does not support real time encoded video 78 VLC media player 2 0 1 Setup Choose Components Choose which features of VLC media player 2 0 1 y
78. ptions become available as shown below Audio Source Analog Audio e SDI Embedded Audio Group Group 1 Vy Channels Channels 1 2 vy e Group Channels SDI embedded audio is typically divided into four groups denoted by Group to Group 4 each group has four mono channels 2 stereo pairs denoted by Channels 1 2 and 3 4 These controls allow the selection of the desired group and channel pair In the large majority of the cases the first stereo pair 1s in Group 1 Channels 1 2 the second stereo pair is in Group 1 Channels 3 4 and so on The Group selection has one additional choice labeled Custom DID This allows the encoder to use a non standard embedded audio DID this quite uncommon If Custom DID is selected a new configuration option becomes available where the DID value can be entered Audio Source Analog Audio SDI Embedded Audio Group Custom DID v Group DID 0x2FF Channels Channels 1 2 v 3 Group DID Enter the desired Group DID in hexadecimal Note that the entry will be immediately validated and rejected if invalid As a reference the table below contains the standard DIDs built into the system for Groups 1 to 4 SD SDI DID HD SDI DID Ox2FF Ox2E7 Ox1FD Ox 1E6 Ox 1FB 0x1E5 0x2F9 0x2E4 Language Code This parameter represents the 3 letter ISO 639 2 language code for the audio to be placed in the audio language descriptor in the PMT For a complete list of the language codes see th
79. r 1s explicitly stopped Encoder State set to Stopped in Basic Tab General Configuration or it has no valid input 6l The RTMP output is configured not to connect to the server Connect set to No in the RTMP configuration section o Not Connected The encoder is running but it is unable to connect to the RTMP server Possible reasons are The encoder cannot contact the server The RTMP parameters are incorrect The server was specified as a host name and the encoder cannot convert that to an IP address 1 e no DNS or server name misspelled Check the Admin Event Log Tab for more details e Server Connection RTMP can be optionally configured with a primary and a backup server If the primary server cannot be contacted the encoder will attempt to connect to the backup server This field indicates which server Primary or Backup the encoder is currently connected or attempting to connect e Video Buffer Audio Buffer The encoder has separate buffers for audio and video These buffers are used to temporarily store the bitstream 1f there 1s no enough network and or server bandwidth However if this situation persists the buffers start to fill up These indicators report the current state of the buffers If they overflow data is dropped Ideally these buffers should stay empty close to 0 e Dropped Packets If the buffers overflow data is dropped The encoder will drop entire access units an audio block or a v
80. rameters may have been changed The current running encoder configuration can still be inspected in the statistics tabs prior to clicking on the Apply button The Status Tab provides a summary of the current status of the encoder It is divided into two areas the Encoder Status area and the Output Status area The Encoder Status area reflects the current status of the encoding subsystem and the Output Status area reflects the status of the network output subsystem Both areas change depending on the individual subsystem settings Encoder Status Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status Lockea Encoder Subsystem aon com 4 Status Transport Rate 2 Enioustaus MIX _______J Network Output Eth2 Out Status Disabled Status Encoder Status The variables displayed in the Encoder Status area vary according to the encoder configuration but the following four basic parameters are always displayed e Encoder 1 2 Status This gives the overall encoder status Its values are o QO OK The encoder is running normally o O Stopped The encoder has been manually stopped see Encoder State in Basic Tab General Configuration o Error The encoder should be running but it is not This status will be briefly shown when the encoder is starting The possible causes for this are The encoder has no input check Encoder 1 2 Video Status J There is a mismatch between the video input signal and t
81. ransmit on a given Ethernet port check the corresponding Enabled box Once the box is checked the following configuration parameters become available Ethernet 1 Output Configuration Enabled M UDP Port 2001 7 Destination Address 225 1 1 1 TTL The configuration parameters are as follows e UDP Port selects the UDP port to transmit to Valid values are between and 65535 Note that in traditional IP networks UDP ports between 1 and 1023 are reserved for administrative uses Itis recommended to use UDP ports 1024 and higher The device however will accept any legal value e Destination Address selects the IP address to transmit to Any valid unicast or multicast address can be entered here with the exception of the loopback range 127 0 0 0 to 127 255 255 255 The device will also accept the broadcast IP address of 255 255 255 255 and will transmit the packets as Ethernet broadcasts Use of broadcasts however is strongly discouraged e TOS This parameter allows the configuration of the Type Of Service TOS byte in the IP header also known as the Differentiated Services DS field Valid values are between 0 and 255 Configuring this is only useful if the downstream router is configured to honor the field e TTL This parameter allows the configuration of the Time To Live TTL byte in the IP header Valid values are between 1 and 255 If not explicitly configured it defaults to 128 This field controls how man
82. received including interference that may cause undesired operation No Telecommunications Network Voltage TNV connected PCBs shall be installed Other Certifications This class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Issue 4 7 Cet appareil num rique de la classe A est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada This device complies with EN 55022 standards This device complies with EN 61000 3 2 standards This device complies with EN 61000 4 2 standards This device complies with CISPR 22 Edition 6 This device complies with AS NZS CISPR 22 CE Mark Warning This 1s a Class A product In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures Installation Safety Notes e Do not place the BBG 1090 ENC appliance underneath heavy loads or in an unstable position e Do not expose the BBG 1090 ENC appliance under direct sunlight high humidity or wet conditions e Do not use or expose the BBG 1090 ENC appliance around magnetic fields as magnetic interference may affect the performance of the device e Do not block the air vents to this device or impede the airflow in any way Important Safety Information Please note the following 1 The BBG 1090 ENC is intended for indoor use only 2 In case of emergency disconnect the power cords 3 lf power cords are not provided e Inthe United States use standard computer power cords as specifi
83. rotocol NTP server to obtain current date and time By default the device will initialize its internal time of day clock to January 1 2010 GMT If the frame controller 1s NTP synchronized the device will then accept time from it and set its time of day clock accordingly 69 In order to configure the frame controller for NTP open its configuration screen on Dashboard select the Network Tab and enter the IP address of an available NTP server Nata Safe Select This Frame Name OpenGear Frame i Configure NTP Server 192 168 129 10 Current DIP Switch User Settings Addressing Mode Static DHCP IP Address 192 168 129 21 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 129 1 Apply Cancel If your frame controller has access to the Internet you can point it to one of the public NTP servers for your region You can find more details on this link http psp2 ntp org bin view Servers WebHome For the BBG 1090 ENC the NTP server IP address can be entered in the Control Tab The full Admin Event Log tab is displayed below Log Download LogView All C Error C Warning C Info Time Zone Saved configuration 1 Configured address 10 10 93 30 mask 255 255 255 0 gateway 0 0 0 0 video input locked iden Input lacked Persistent configuration restored Started serial ach 30001 454 ver 2 3 2
84. s the current settings for the control port If you have configured the device for DHCP it will include the current IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway and the first DNS server obtained from the DHCP server It also includes the link state for the individual control Ethernet ports 75 Device Name Standalone Encoder Control Interface Configuration Subnet Mask 2552552550 IP Configuration IP Address 192 168 0 30 Default Gateway 192 168 0 227 DNS Server 182 168 0 2 NTP Server 182 168 0 1 conus unk Qux Control 1 Speed 100 Mb s Full Duplex ommum Gu Control 2 Speed Mo Link SNMP Configuration Tab The BBG 1090 ENC includes a built in SNMP agent with support for SNMP V1 and V2C It will respond to SNMP transactions only on the control port for security reasons This tab includes the parameters for the SNMP configuration Changes to these parameters take effect immediately SNMP Configuration Write Community System Contact Contact Not Set System Location Location Not Set Trap Destinations Trap Destination 1 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 2 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 3 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 4 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 5 0 0 0 0 76 The SNMP parameters are as follows e Read Community this is the SNMP Read Only community string e Write Community this is the SNMP Read Write community string e System Contact this configures the value for
85. t be present if Backup Server is left blank It sets the timeout for encoder to switch servers after the RTMP connection is established if the server stops accepting data 1 e when the IP Output Rate goes to zero e Port Selection If your RTMP server is using the default TCP ports for the protocol variant select Use Default If your server is using a non standard port select Specific Port When Specific Port is selected an additional field is displayed Common Parameters Port Selection Use Default Specific Port Port 1935 7 Authentication Yes Q No e Port This field is only displayed if Port Selection is set to Specific Port Configure a non standard TCP port here e Authentication Some RTMP servers require username password authentication for access If your server does not require authentication select No otherwise select Yes If you select Yes additional fields are presented Port Selection 9 Use Default Specific Port Authentication Yes No Username streamer Password eeeeee Connect G Yes No e Username Enter the username to be used for authentication e Password Enter the password to be used for authentication 53 e Connect This parameter controls whether or not the encoder should actually establish a connection with the server If you set this parameter to No the encoder will run but no data will be transmitted This is useful to pre configure a session and turn it on later when it c
86. t you can simultaneously upgrade all of your device units over multiple chassis if you wish For more detail consult the Dashboard User Manual chapter 6 section Upgrading Device Software The Dashboard manual can be downloaded from http www opengear tv dashboard software Note that uploading firmware to the device does not affect its operation in any way and does not introduce any glitches in the inputs outputs except when running RTMP at high bit rate If you are running RTMP at high bit rate uploading firmware to the device may cause momentary stream interruptions SNMP is an optional feature in the openGear frame controller The device SNMP functions are only available if SNMP is licensed in the frame controller SNMP is always enabled in the BBG 1090 ENC 64 Encoder Z Control Support Hetwork Encoder 1 Card stale OOK Connection ONLINE Encoder 7 Contral uid LL Build Date Jul 18 201 5102838 IS Factory image version 2 3 1 issued Fri Jun 12 23 18 01 2015 Image 1 Version 2 3 2 issued Sun Jul 18 05 08 08 2015 Image 2 version 2 3 1 issued Fri Jun 12 23 18 01 2015 Product a Upload Location Image 2 Boot Location Image 1 Supplier Software Rev 2 a q Auto Reboot After Update R Maria image Selection image 1 7 4 2 Serial Number a Hardware Version Rear Module Analog Audio input Card Uptime Ambient Temp 22 Internal Temp MDP Core Temp General F Firtriveat d Co
87. the MIB II System variable System Contact Whatever value entered here is returned for SNMP queries to that variable e System Location this configures the value for the MIB II System variable System Location Whatever value entered here is returned for SNMP queries to that variable e Trap Destinations the BBG 1090 ENC supports up to 5 trap destinations Enter the desired IP addresses here Note that the BBG 1090 ENC will only generate SNMP V2C traps SNMP Statistics Tab The SNMP statistics tab displays the current SNMP configuration SHMP Configuration weteCommunty mas SSS Read Community public System Contact Contact Not Set System Location Location Mot Set Trap Destinations Trap Destination 1 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 2 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 3 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 4 0 0 0 0 Trap Destination 5 0 0 0 0 Playing Video on a Web Page In general there are two ways of playing video on a web page e Using a web browser plugin or e Using the HTML5 VIDEO tag for browsers that support it Unfortunately the HTMLS standard did not actually specify what type of audio video encoding and container was to be supported Therefore even though the current versions of all major browsers support the VIDEO tag there is no single format that will work on all browsers Moreover since the device is an encoder designed primarily for the broadcast market it uses the transport stream container which is not su
88. tings the Apply Cancel buttons are grayed out once any changes are made they become available Changes do not take effect until the Apply button is pressed If you make changes but decide not to apply them click on the Cancel button and the user interface reverts to where it was before Once you click on the Apply button the changes are implemented Apply Apply Cancel Cancel No changes to Apply Configuration Changed In general most changes will cause the encoder channel to stop and start again causing a brief 2 second interruption to the stream Changes to the following parameters are implemented on the fly without stopping the encoder Audio Source in Basic Tab Audio Configuration Language Code in Basic Tab Audio Configuration Any CC AFD configurations made in Advanced Tab VBI Ancillary Data Insertion Audio Gain L R in Analog Audio Parameters 54 e Audio Mute L R in Analog Audio Parameters e Audio Type and Dolby PMT Type in PMT Information Encoder Statistics Tab The Encoder Statistics Tab is divided into four lower tabs as indicated below Status go Output The Basic Advanced and Output tabs are direct equivalents of their configuration counterparts They present the current value of each of the configuration parameters When the Apply Cancel buttons are grayed out the contents of these tabs exactly match their configuration counterparts When the Apply Cancel buttons are active configuration pa
89. tion frame field rate and whether the signal is progressive or interlaced Examples e SDI 1920x1080159 94 e SDI 1280x720p50 For High Definition signals whose resolution is not 1920x1080 or 1280x720 the encoder will report the input as SDI unknown Encoding of such signals is not supported by the device e Transport Rate This indicates the overall transport rate including NULL packets which are not actually transmitted coming out of the encoder subsystem The actual rate will be lower than this by about 5 If Closed Captions are enabled the encoder reports whether or not it 1s receiving them Encoder 1 Status Encoder 1 Video Status 56 e Closed Captions This reports Closed Caption insertion This field will report Present or Not Present If Closed Captions are reported as Not Present the possible reasons are o If the caption source is EIA 608 Line 21 it means that the encoder cannot find a valid closed caption waveform on that line o If the caption source is SMPTE 334 VANC it means that the encoder is either not receiving closed caption messages or it is receiving EIA 708 messages without a caption field Note that it is possible for the encoder to be receiving closed caption data that is empty without actual captions These will be reported as Present If AFD insertion is enabled the encoder reports whether or not it is receiving them and what AFD code is being inserted Encoder 1 stas Encoder
90. tion to find out what should be entered in this field e Primary Server URL This informational field is automatically updated as you configure the RTMP parameters It displays the full RTMP URL for the primary server e Primary Stream Enter the stream name for the primary server Consult your server documentation or CDN to find out what should be entered here Some servers allow 52 arbitrary stream names while others use this field for authentication and thus require specific names e Backup Server If you have a backup RTMP server configure it here otherwise this field can be left empty The encoder will only attempt to contact the backup RTMP server if it cannot establish a connection with the primary server e Backup Network Interface Select the network interface to be used when contacting the backup server The meaning of the choices is the same as the Primary Network Interface described above e Backup App Enter the application name in the backup server If this field is left blank the value entered for Primary App is used e Backup Server URL This informational field is automatically updated as you configure the RTMP parameters It displays the full RTMP URL for the backup server e Backup Stream Enter the stream name for the backup server If this field is left blank the value entered for Primary Stream is used e Redundancy Switch Time sec This field is only displayed if a Backup Server is specified 1 e it will no
91. to make this adjustment manually if it is relevant to you 71 e Current Time This field indicates the device view of what the current date and time is If your frame is not NTP synchronized this is useful to figure out how long ago did this event happen e Clear Log Display If you click on this button it clears all log views This is useful to quickly identify any new events after the unit has been set up Note that this action does not clear the logs stored in non volatile memory The device will store up to about 400 kbytes of logs in non volatile memory When that limit is reached the oldest half of the stored logs will be deleted to make space for new logs 72 Support Tab If you need to contact Technical Support please be prepared to provide the following information 1 A detailed description of the problem and any actions taken to solve it 2 A detailed description of the environment around the encoder This includes the make and model of any decoders being used as well as the connection network IP or ASI between the encoder and the decoders 3 The Technical Support information from the encoder itself This is downloaded from the Support tab Select the Support Tab and click on the Save button next to Support Info Download This will create a file called TECHSUPPORT TXT in the computer running DashBoard The TECHSUPPORT TXT file contains the following information e The current configuration of the
92. uffer CPB expressed in milliseconds This 1s one component of the end to end encoder decoder delay The device latency is 150 milliseconds plus the value of this control For example if the Coding Delay is set at its default of 500 milliseconds the device latency will be 650 milliseconds Note that the overall encoder decoder latency is also a function of the latencies in the decoder Please note that reducing the coding delay will reduce latency at the expense of video quality Use VBR if at all possible when reducing the latency and set the peak rate as high as you can afford For example if the encoder output is 1920x10801 a bit rate on the order of 10 to 12 Mb s either CBR average or VBR peak is required to produce a stream without artifacts with a Coding Delay of 100 milliseconds Note that if the Output Resolution setting in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to one of the low resolutions 480x270 320x240 or 320x180 the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable this section will appear as follows Video Parameters GOP Mode OpenGOP Closed GOP Auto Select Baseline Profile Aspect Ratio Auto v GOP Structure IBBP IBP Q Ip un Coding Delay ms Also note that if the Input Resolution setting in the Basic Tab Video Configuration is set to 1920x1080p the Profile and GOP Structure controls will not be selectable this section will appear as follows Video Param
93. unit e Acopy of the Event Log which can also be obtained via the Admin Event Log Tab This file does not contain any information that would allow remote access to the unit However if you are using RTMP or HLS this file will contain any access credentials usernames passwords configured in the unit Passwords will be encrypted 73 Control Tab The Control Tab is used to configure the management Ethernet ports in the BBG 1090 ENC This includes both the IP information as well as the SNMP parameters The Control Tab is only displayed for the BBG 1090 ENC The BBG 1090 ENC has two physical management control Ethernet ports However from a logical standpoint they are a single port with a single IP address the two connections are provided for control redundancy If one port loses link the unit can still be controlled from the other If you do not need control redundancy you can leave one of the ports disconnected The unit will automatically and dynamically select the control port as follows e If only one port has link that port will be used for control e If both ports have link but at different speeds the port with the highest speed will be used for control e If both ports have link at the same speed Port 1 will be used for control Both ports support operation at 10 100 and 1000 Mb s both half duplex and full duplex with auto negotiation and auto crossover detection The Control Tab has two bottom tabs e Control
94. utput Rate this indicator reports the average transfer rate into the server in bits second averaged over the last segment e Segments Transferred this indicator reports the number of bitstream segments successfully transferred so far e HTTP Dropped Segments this indicator reports the number of segments dropped A segment will be dropped if the previous segment has not been completely transferred when it becomes ready A non zero count here indicates that there is a performance problem between the encoder and the server either in the network not enough bandwidth or in the server not enough CPU power disk bandwidth If the segment size is small 3 seconds or less increasing the segment size may improve the situation e HTTP Transfer Errors this indicator reports the number of errors encountered while transferring segments These may be network errors or may be configuration errors The exact error description will be shown in the configuration area in the area on top of the Apply button One example is shown below where the server is not responding incorrect IP address Output Protocol Select Protocol wt HTTP Streamer couldn t connect to host Apply Cancel 60 If Direct HTTP Streaming is selected in the Encoder Output Tab the following indicators are shown IP Output Rate 4 857 984 Connections 2 Dropped Packets 0 e P Output Rate This indicator reports the aggregate average bit rate to all connected
95. ways use Main Profile for all resolutions o Baseline Profile With this setting the encoder will always use Baseline Profile The GOP Structure control will not be selectable in Baseline Profile and will be set to IP Note that as the profile is lowered there will be video quality degradation In other words for a given resolution and bit rate the video quality for High Profile will be better than Main Profile and Main Profile will be better than Baseline Profile Whether the quality difference 1s noticeable will depend on the resolution bit rate and specific video content Aspect Ratio The H 264 bitstream includes aspect ratio information in the VUI Parameters part of the Sequence Parameter Set Normally the encoder will automatically set the correct aspect ratio code However in some situations it may be necessary to override this for example when scaling HD to SD Use this control to override the default aspect ratio set by the encoder In particular if the video input is 1920x 10801 and the content is being scaled to SD use either 16 11 PAL Widescreen or 40 33 NTSC Widescreen to get the correct aspect ratio 34 e GOP Structure Select between IBBP IBP and IP Selecting IBBP gives the best video quality but some low end decoders require IP If Profile is set to Baseline Profile this control will not be selectable and will be forced to IP e Coding Delay This parameter controls the size of the H 264 Coded Picture B
96. wo channels of SD or HD H 264 encoding with a maximum resolution of 1920x1080p60 per channel e Audio Encoding support up to two channels of MPEG 1 Layer II or AAC LC e Video Inputs support for composite SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI Audio Inputs support for balanced or unbalanced analog audio and SDI embedded digital audio Outputs 2 Ethernet ports supporting 100 Mb s and 1 Gb s operation Replication each encoded stream can be replicated on both Ethernet port Support for UDP RTP on Ethernet Support for Over The Top OTT protocols HTTP Live Streaming RTMP Direct HTTP Closed Captioning support both ELA 608 and EIA 708 captions e AFD extraction and insertion support e Support for pre compressed Dolby AC 3 pass through embedded in SDI inputs The BBG 1090 ENC includes two additional Ethernet ports for control and management Typical application scenarios for the device are Video Distribution over IP backbones IPTV headends Monitoring High Quality OTT generation Product Overview The BBG 1090 ENC supports up to two H 264 SD HD encoders each with one stereo pair of audio encoding The encoded transport stream can be routed and replicated to both Ethernet ports The following inputs are available e Software configurable Composite or SDI video inputs with auto detection capability e SDI video inputs support SD SDI HD SDI and 3G SDI with auto detection capability 10 e Analog audio stereo inputs e SDI
97. y 1t will become active the next time the unit is rebooted e MIB File Download The device provides an up to date copy of its MIBs If you click on the Save button a zip file with the relevant MIBs will be downloaded to your computer This zip file contains the device MIBs as well as the Ross Video and openGear MIBs required to compile the device MIBs The Admin General Tab is depicted below Card Name BBG 1090 ENC H264 IP Enabled SNMP Traps MIB File Download CARD HIBS ZIP Save Admin Firmware Tab The device can hold up to three distinct firmware images a Factory image and two upgrade images called Image 1 and Image 2 The Factory image can never be overwritten and will always be available as a fall back in case of problems or failed updates Image 1 and Image 2 can be updated at will Since the unit offers two upgrade 1mages it 1s always possible to fall back to the previous image if there are any problems with the current one The unit will also automatically fall back to the factory image if 1t detects a corrupted firmware image Finally the push buttons on the front of the unit allow for a forced override to the factory image Device firmware is updated in the same fashion as with any standard openGear unit Once you obtained the upgrade image from Cobalt Digital place it anywhere in your computer and click on the Upload button as shown below A dialog box allows you to select the upgrade file Note tha
98. y hops the packet can traverse before it is dropped by a router The default value of 128 is suitable for virtually all applications e DF Bit This parameter allows the configuration of the Do not Fragment DF bit in the IP header The device will never produce fragmented packets and with the UDP payload set to 7 transport packets the IP packets are guaranteed to fit inside the Ethernet MTU This control is provided for compatibility with legacy switches routers Some legacy equipment may exhibit performance problems if this bit is not set This is not an issue with current network equipment HTTP Live Streaming HTTP Live Streaming is a protocol designed to deliver live streaming content to clients on the Internet using a standard unmodified Web Server and the standard HTTP protocol The highlights of the protocol are 45 e The encoder segments the bitstream into small files of similar duration at some suitable points e The encoder continuously uploads the files as they are created to a standard web server e Every time the encoder uploads a new file it also updates a special playlist file in the server which informs the clients of which segments are available e The encoder also takes care of deleting old files from the server e The clients can connect to the web server at will they download the playlist file and start playing the segments as they come e Astandard unmodified web server can be used A typical use case is

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