Envivio 4Caster C4 2
The Envivio 4Caster C4 2 is a connector that utilizes SOAP over HTTP in order to exchange information with the device.
About
This connector implements the SOAP interface specification for exchanging information with the Envivio 4Caster C4 2. The connector lists the available services and the profiles in different tables. The user can also view the different audio and video streams for the profiles as well as the UDP, HTTP and RTMP outputs. There is also an alarm table listing the active alarms and their status. Aside from monitoring the device, the user can also upload new configuration files to the device and configure certain redundancy services.
Version Info
| Range | Description | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | Initial version | No | Yes |
| 2.0.0.x | Updated range | No | Yes |
| 2.1.0.x | New firmware | No | Yes |
| 2.2.0.x | New firmware | No | Yes |
| 2.2.1.x | Update display keys | No | Yes |
Product Info
| Range | Supported Firmware Version |
|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | Unknown |
| 2.0.0.x | Unknown |
| 2.1.0.x | 6.x |
| 2.2.0.x | 7.x |
| 2.2.1.x | 7.x |
Installation and configuration
Creation
Serial Connection
This connector uses a serial connection and requires the following input during element creation:
SERIAL CONNECTION:
- IP address/host: The polling IP of the device.
- IP port: 80 (automatically filled in by the connector).
- Bus address: Not required for this connector.
No other configuration is required for this connector to work.
Usage
General
This page displays the System Model and Firmware Version.
Configuration
On this page, you can load and save configurations for the device.
Port Redundancy
This page displays the Redundancy Case Configuration Table and Redundancy Service Configuration Table.
Services Overview
This page contains all the services, profiles and corresponding inputs and outputs, displayed in a tree control.
Services
On this page, the Service Table displays an overview of the available services on the device.
It contains subpages with information related to audio, private and video inputs.
It also contains subpages where you can configure the audio and video inputs.
Profiles
This page displays the Profile Table, which contains the profiles found on the device. It is possible that old, removed profiles are still shown in this table, as these are not automatically deleted.
You can start/stop profile recording for the available profiles.
The page links to subpages containing the audio and video tables, UDP, HTTP and RTMP Output tables, and private pass through, SCTE35 and subtitling streams.
It also contains subpages where you can configure the audio and video tables, UDP, HTTP, Smooth Streaming and RTMP Output tables, and private pass through, SCTE35 and subtitling streams.
To push the updates to the device, on the Upload User Configurations page, press the Encoding button next to Set User Configurations.
From version 2.1.0.6 of the connector onwards, there are delete columns in the output tables: Delete UDP Output, Delete HTTP Output, Delete Smooth Streaming Output and Delete RTMP Output. When these are set to Yes, the output will be removed after the updates are pushed via the Encoding button.
Alarms
This page contains a table with the active alarms. For each entry, the alarm state and severity are displayed.
Performance
This page displays CPU usage and memory usage information. Note that these are averages and that the information is refreshed every 5 seconds.
A table with the CPU usage per core is also displayed on this page.
System Configuration
This page displays the status of the SNMP connection, and the configuration of the physical and logical network interfaces.
The subpages contain information related to input loss thresholds and time configuration.
There are also subpages where you can configure the network interfaces, input loss thresholds and time configuration.
Upload User Configurations
This page displays buttons that can be used to upload encoding and system user configurations to the device. The status of the upload process is also displayed, including error messages.
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.