Tektronix Prism
The Tektronix Prism is a media monitoring and analysis platform that can handle SDI and IP streams. This connector monitors the configuration and statistics associated with its inputs, as well as the relevant information that can be found in its management interface. The connector also allows the user to set the configuration parameters of its inputs.
About
The device exposes a REST interface based on JSON. There is no authentication, as this is not supported by the API. The connector makes periodic requests to the device and breaks the response into different parameters. Most calls return composed, structured parameter values. Set operations use HTTP POST requests.
Version Info
| Range | Description | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x [Obsolete] | Initial branch. Supports configuration of device inputs and monitors all basic parameters. | Yes | Yes |
| 1.0.1.x [Obsolete] | Revised version. | Yes | Yes |
| 1.0.2.x [Obsolete] | Changed column display order for Audio Flow Configuration and Video Flow Configuration tables. | Yes | Yes |
| 1.0.3.x [SLC Main] | Primary keys Audio Flow Configuration updated to new format to guarantee unique keys. Default primary key format setting for Flows table and Selected Flows table also updated to include the port in the primary key to guarantee unique keys. | Yes | Yes |
Product Info
| Range | Supported Firmware |
|---|---|
| 1.0.3.x | 1.6 1.5 in read-only mode (input configuration might not be available completely) |
Configuration
Connections
HTTP main connection
This connector uses an HTTP connection and requires the following input during element creation:
HTTP CONNECTION:
- IP address/host: The IP address of the device.
- IP port: The port of the management interface. By default, this port is 9000.
Web Interface
The web interface is only accessible when the client machine has network access to the product.
Usage
General
This page mostly displays general information related to the hardware, such as the firmware version, serial number, uptime, BIOS time, and host name.
Inputs
This page contains two tables that display the audio and video flows that are currently being processed by the device. Since a redundancy flow may be available for a single flow, the ID in each table is a combination of the input ID (0-5), a dot (".") and zero (0) if it is the main flow or one (1) if it is the redundancy flow. At the bottom of the page, a table lists the inputs and their respective names. In these tables, it is possible to configure the source and destination ports and destination and source addresses, as well as the prefix per flow.
This page also contains the Input Status page button, which displays information such as colorimetry, OETF encoding, transport format and type and video scope information.
Audio
This page contains information about the audio configuration, including the parameters Mixer Volume, Test Play, Test Volume, Test Frequency, and the Mute status.
PTP Information
This page displays information about the PTP (Precision Time Protocol) configuration. This includes the announce, sync, delay resp and delay req rates, the grand master configuration, and the lock status. For most of these parameters, trending and alarm monitoring can be activated.
Flows
This page displays a table listing the flows that are currently being processed by the device. Unlike the tables on the Inputs page, here you will also find detailed information on each flow, such as Bitrate, Total Buffer Size, and Packets.
This page also allows you to create and configure new flows to be added to the device. You can do so on the Flow Creation page. Fill in the required information on this page to create new flows. The Flow Configuration table can be configured via its right-click menu. This not only influences this table, but also the Flow IP Configuration table.
Network
This page shows information about the network configuration, such as IP addresses assigned to the device, gateways, DHCP, and bitrate. You can also access a subpage with low-level Ethernet statistics such as BER, fault packets, pauses, and errors.
Hardware Info
This page contains information about the status of the fans, GPIO, jitter, and FPGAs. There is also a subpage with information about the relevant voltages (Eye, PEHA, Core, and IO).
Settings
This page contains the colorimetry and EOTF settings.
Session Control
This page currently only contains the Session Control parameter but may be expanded with additional parameters for future firmware releases.
Web Interface
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. The web interface is a VNC web client that by default runs on port 6080 of the device.
DataMiner Connectivity Framework
Version 1.0.0.1 of this connector supports DCF and should only be used with a DMA using DataMiner 9.0.0.5 or higher.
DCF can also be implemented through the DataMiner DCF user interface and through DataMiner third-party connectors (for instance a manager).
Interfaces
Fixed interfaces
This connector does not expose dynamic interfaces
Dynamic Interfaces
Physical Dynamic Interfaces:
- The inputs listed in the Inputs Table (on the Inputs page) are exposed as "in" interfaces. For the current device model, there are always six such interfaces.
Connections
This connector only exposes physical interfaces.
Notes
This connector is designed to work in the context of an automated solution. One important consideration is that the input configuration set requests are queued, and they are only processed once the last one has received a response from the device. As such, brief delays can be observed in the user interface if multiple parameters are set at once.