Imagine Communications Selenio DEC2
The Imagine Communications Selenio DEC2 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.
Version Info
| Range | Description | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0.69.x | DCF support. | Yes | Yes |
| <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 |
|---|---|
| 6.0.69.x | 6.0.68 |
| <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. 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. |
| 10.0.0.x | Requires controller firmware "S/W=7.0-38, H/W= rev 02" or higher and will not work with older firmware. |
Configuration
Connections
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 at. 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 three ways.
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.
- Alarm slow timer that triggers every 30 seconds and retrieves alarm information (see note below).
- Fast timer that triggers every 10 seconds and retrieves slot information (state, temperature, protection).
- Very fast timer that triggers every 3 seconds and retrieves dirty changes and alarm information (see note below).
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.
Traps
- When enabled and set up on the chassis, traps can be sent to DataMiner whenever an alarm occurs. The traps are accepted and processed.
Note
You can toggle alarm information to be retrieved either every 30 seconds or every 3 seconds. The default value is every 3 seconds. It is recommended not to change this to 30 seconds unless you enable traps to be sent to DataMiner.
Web Interface
The web interface is only accessible when the client machine has network access to the product.
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). Alarm polling can be toggled to 30 seconds or 3 seconds.
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.