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Imagine Communications Selenio DEC1

The Imagine Communications Selenio DEC1 is a type of card that can be slotted into a Selenio chassis. This connector contains a full overview of all the data available in such a card. Specifically, it contains information regarding audio, video and data decoding.

About

This connector displays information on different pages, described in the Usage section of this document.

The versioning for the connector is specifically engineered to tie in with the firmware version of the card the connector supports. It uses the following format: X.X.X.Y, with X.X.X being the firmware version of the card and .Y the specific connector iteration for this firmware. For example, 5.0.28.2 means the connector is the second iteration for firmware 5.0.28.

Version Info

Range Description DCF Integration Cassandra Compliant
<10.0.0.x [SLC Main] The versioning of the connector is specifically engineered to tie in with the firmware version of the card the connector supports. No Yes
10.0.0.x Replaced the "dynamic snmp get" with "dynamicSnmpGet="true"" under parameter type tag. No Yes

Product Info

Range Device Firmware Version
<10.0.0.x [SLC Main] The versioning of the connector is specifically engineered to tie in with the firmware version of the card the connector supports.
10.0.0.x Requires controller firmware "S/W=7.0-38, H/W= rev 02" or higher and will not work on older firmware

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.
  • Device address: Slot number where the card is plugged in. Range 1-14.

SNMP Settings:

  • Port number: The port of the connected device, by default 161.
  • Get community string: The community string needed to read from the device. The default value is public.
  • Set community string: The community string needed to set to the device. The default value is public.

Timing

All data gets retrieved from the device in two ways.

  1. Timers

    • Slow timer that triggers every hour and retrieves non-essential and configurable parameters.
    • Medium timer that triggers every 15 minutes and retrieves status parameters.
    • Fast timer that triggers every 3 seconds and retrieves slot information (state, temperature, protection).

  2. Dirty changes

    • Every 3 seconds, a check is done for any changed configurable values. If such a change is detected, the new value is retrieved and instantly updated in the element. If the change is the cell of a table, the complete table is refreshed. After a change is detected, the check is boosted and performed every 0.5 seconds, until no more changes are detected.

Usage

The connector contains different pages divided into several sections using separators:

General section

This section contains the following pages:

  • General: Contains information such as the slot number, state, temperature, protection status and chassis IP.
  • Alarming: Contains a table with all the possible alarms that the card can generate and its current state (Active priority 0->10 or Inactive).

Video section

In this section, the Video and Video Status pages display configurable and status parameters for video settings.

Audio section

This section contains the following pages:

  • Audio 1 -> Audio 8: These pages contain all configurable and status parameters for the audio (status, Dolby Digital control, metadata).
  • Audio Routing: A list of AES and EMB output sources and channel routing parameters.

Data section

This section contains the following pages:

  • VANC Processing: All information concerning the Vertical Ancillary Data Space of the signal.
  • VBI Processing: A list of all Vertical Blanking Interval Processing Field functions (per line) and statuses.

TS Input section

This section contains 5 pages listing statuses and general settings concerning the transport stream input, such as primary and secondary IP configurations, general IP status, ASI status and the source of the stream.

TS Demux section

This section displays all relevant data regarding individual components extracted from the transport stream. Among the different components are Video, Audio, Data, Subtitles and BISS Scrambling.

Control section

This section contains the following pages:

  • IP: Control information concerning primary and secondary data Ethernet.
  • Serial: Control information concerning Serial 1 and Serial 2.
  • GPI: GPI Out 1->4 statuses.

Misc section

This section contains a number of miscellaneous parameters.

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