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Bridge Technologies VB220

Important

This connector is deprecated. Bridge Technologies VB Probe Series should be used instead.

The VB220 IP-PROBE is a monitoring platform for applications in networks where digital video is carried across an IP infrastructure. It is built specifically for high-end industry needs and can monitor both pure IPTV networks and hybrid networks with IP transport cores, such as digital cable and terrestrial networks.

About

This connector is used to collect data from the web interface of the device. This data is polled through HTTP commands sent via a serial connection.

The following modules are supported by the connector: VB120, 220, 330, 440, 252, 260, 262, and 273. VB280 is supported in a separate version of the connector.

Version Info

Range Description DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant
1.0.0.x Obsolete
2.0.0.x Obsolete
2.1.0.x Obsolete
3.0.0.x Obsolete
3.1.0.x Obsolete
3.2.0.x Obsolete -> See 3.3.1.x.
Ethernet Streams Table has a different primary key (decremented by 1) -> Historical data for this table will be lost.
PID Info Polling should be disabled if firmware < 5.3.
RDP Version should be set to Version 1 if firmware < 5.2; otherwise, it should be set to Version 2.
Ethernet Multicast Version should be double-checked.		 No Yes
3.2.1.x Obsolete -> See 3.3.0.x.
Added support for EII pidInfo call -> no impact expected.		 Yes Yes
3.3.0.x Obsolete -> See 3.3.1.x.
OTT Streams Table renamed to OTT Profiles -> minor impact expected.		 Yes Yes
3.3.1.x Obsolete -> See 3.3.2.x.
PID Info Polling should be disabled if firmware < 5.3.
RDP Version should be set to Version 1 if firmware < 5.2; otherwise, it should be set to Version 2.
Ethernet Multicast Version should be double-checked.		 Yes Yes
3.3.2.x Obsolete -> See 3.3.3.x.
Standalone "CPU Core 1-2 Usage" parameters replaced with a table with all CPU cores.		 Yes Yes
3.3.3.x Last Main Range
Fixed PKs on Streams tables.
Bridge Technologies VB Probe Series should be used instead.		 Yes Yes
4.1.0.x Obsolete -> See 4.3.0.x. No Yes
4.2.0.x Obsolete -> See 4.3.0.x. No Yes
4.3.0.x Specific version
Only to be used if very accurate timing on alarms (history sets) is required.		 No Yes
5.0.0.x Obsolete
6.0.0.x Obsolete
Based on 3.2.0.X, but display keys use the naming options of before 3.2.0.67.		 No Yes

Product Info

The minimum required firmware version is 4.5.

This is required in order to have the detailed ETR Data information.

Installation and configuration

Creation

SNMP Main Connection

This connector uses a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) connection and requires the following input during element creation:

SNMP CONNECTION:

  • IP address/host: The polling IP of the device.

SNMP Settings:

  • IP port: The IP port of the device.
  • Get community string: The community string used when reading values from the device, by default public.
  • Set community string: The community string used when setting values on the device, by default private.

Serial Xmldata Connection

This connector uses a serial connection and requires the following input during element creation:

SERIAL CONNECTION:

  • Direct connection:
    • Baudrate: Baudrate specified in the manual of the device.
    • Databits: Databits specified in the manual of the device.
    • Stopbits: Stopbits specified in the manual of the device.
    • Parity: Parity specified in the manual of the device.
    • FlowControl: FlowControl specified in the manual of the device.
  • Interface connection:
    • IP address/host: The polling IP of the device.
    • IP port: The IP port of the device.

Configuration (depending on firmware version)

Depending on the device firmware version, the RDP implementation is different.

By default, firmware versions below 5.2 are supported. In order to support firmware version 5.2 or later, the RDP Version parameter on the RDP page needs to be set to Version 2.

Usage

General

This page contains general information and settings, including the time zone.

Via the Configurations page button, the following options are available:

  • Enabling/disabling polling of OTT, RDP, Redundancy, Media Window, Flash Alarms and L1 information.
  • Enabling/disabling Stream Severity Propagation and PID Severity Propagation.
  • The Automatic Streams Removal option can be used to remove missing rows.
  • You can activate Redundancy Polling, in order to be able to use the Redundancy page.

It is possible to keep streams (Streams and Ethernet Streams Table), services and PIDs in DataMiner for a specific amount of time after they are no longer available in the device. The Automatic Streams Removal can be set to the following options:

  • Remove Everything: With this option, all streams, services and PIDs will be removed immediately.

  • Keep Streams (and check on Service Level): With this option, all streams will be kept for the configured amount of time (Automatic Removal Delay). The option Automatic Service Removal can be set to the following options:

  • Enabled: All services and PIDs will be removed immediately.

    • Disabled: All services and PIDs will be kept for the configured amount of time.
    • Set On Stream Level: This setting can be configured on stream level in the Streams Table.

  • Keep Everything: With this option, all streams, services and PIDs will be kept for the configured amount of time.

Inputs

This page contains the Inputs Table, which consists of all types of Input Streams.

Streams

This page contains the Streams Table, which consists of a more detailed view of all input streams. In addition, it also contains the Ethernet Streams, QAM Streams, COFDM Streams and SAT Streams tables.

There are also buttons available that allow you to normalize certain values.

Several page buttons are available:

  • The Ethernet Multicast page button displays an overview of the Ethernet multicasts. Depending on the software version of the device, you can switch between two different types of multicasts.
  • The COFDM Tuning page button displays an overview of the COFDM Tuning Setups.
  • The SAT Tuning page button (in the 4.3.0.x connector range), displays the SAT Tuning Setup table, which allows you to Add, Duplicate, Edit and Delete SAT streams. To add a new SAT stream, right-click anywhere inside the table, select Add Stream and fill in all the fields in the pop-up window. To duplicate, edit or delete an SAT stream, right-click the row (stream) on which you want to perform the action, select the action you want to perform, and follow the ensuing steps.

Services

This page displays the services that each stream consists of.

PIDs

This page displays the PIDs contained in some services.

Overview

This page contains the tree view from inputs to PIDs and is also the default page.

IGMP

This page contains a table displaying all IGMP (version 2 or 3) messages detected by the probe. This includes IGMP query messages sent by routers, IGMP reply messages sent by the probe itself and IGMP reply messages sent by other probes and devices on the same subnet.

Traffic

This page allows you to monitor IP traffic on the data/video port in terms of the protocols used.

RDP

This page contains the RDP parameters. Depending on the device firmware version, the RDP Version parameter needs to be set to Version 1 (for firmware version < 5.2) or to Version 2 (for firmware version >= 5.2).

The RDP Version 1 page button provides access to an overview of several status and metric parameters of RDP version 1.

Thresholds

This page contains four tables: Ethernet Threshold Presets, ETR Threshold Presets, PID Threshold Presets and Service Threshold Presets.

Redundancy

This page contains the Redundancy parameters for module VB273.

Note that in order to use these parameters, you need to enable Redundancy Polling on the General page.

Import/Export

On this page, you can upload a new Configuration or Firmware version.

OTT

On this page, the OTT Table is displayed.

It is possible to automatically remove missing OTT entries or to remove single missing OTT entries.

Traps

On this page, the traps alarms are displayed.

L1 for COFDM 1 - 4

These four pages provide an overview of several different status and statistic parameters for COFDM 1 to 4.

Custom Statistics

This page contains custom statistics, such as Sums.

Login

This page can be used to log in to have access to all features and write privileges, though by default there is no access control and all users have access to all features.

Embedded Web Server

This page displays the web interface of the device. Note that the client machine has to be able to access the device, as otherwise it will not be possible to open the web interface.

DataMiner Connectivity Framework

The 3.2.1.x connector range of the Bridge Technologies VB220 connector supports the usage of DCF.

DCF can also be implemented through the DataMiner DCF user interface and through DataMiner third-party connectors (for instance a manager).

Interfaces

Dynamic Interfaces

Virtual dynamic interfaces:

  • Inputs: This is an interface for the virtual inputs (ASI, Ethernet, QAM, COFDM, SAT, VB252) of the device (in).
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