Blankom 5105.82 User manual

Professional Headend Solutions
Device manual
A-PALIOS-IPM4
Part No: 5105.82
8 pole IP-/ ASI-TV Modulator
IP/ SFP/ ASI (H.264/ AVC, MPEG2) →ATV (8x AM)

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Contents
1. Safety and operating instructions ............................................................................................................ 3
2. Device variants ....................................................................................................................................... 3
3. General ...................................................................................................................................................3
4. Main features ..........................................................................................................................................3
5. Functional description ............................................................................................................................3
6. Explanation of the operating elements .......................................................... ........................................ 4
6.1 Front view .......................................................................................................................................4
6.2 Meaning of the status LED’s .......................................................................................................... 4
6.3 Rear view .......................................................................... ............................................................. 4
6.4 Meaning of the LED’s on rear ........................................................................................................ 5
6.4.1 LED’s at the 10/ 100/ 1000 Mbit stream port 1 ....................... ........................................... 5
6.4.2 LED’s at the 10/ 100/ 1000 Mbit stream port 2 ....................... ........................................... 5
6.4.3 Status LED at the ASI socket ........................................................... .................................. 5
6.4.4 Status LED at the output coupler ....................................................................................... 5
6.4.5 LED’s at the 10/ 100 Mbit control port ......................... ...................................................... 5
7. Adjusting by web server ......................................................................................................................... 6
7.1 Network connection to the computer ............................. ...............................................................6
7.2 Setting of individual parameters .................................................................................................... 7
7.2.1 Menu “Overview“ ................................................................................................................8
7.2.2 Menu “IP input“ ....................................................... ........................................................... 9
7.2.2.1 SFP option ................................................................................................................ 10
7.2.3 Menu “Transponders“ ............................................ .......................................................... 11
7.2.4 Menu “Adjustment“ ...........................................................................................................11
7.2.5 Menu “Language“ ....................................................... ..................................................... 15
7.2.6 Menu “Setup“ ................................................................................................................... 15
7.2.7 Menu “Service“ ....................................................... .........................................................20
7.2.8 Menu “Level“ ....................................................................................................................20
7.2.9 Menu “Status“ ........................................................... ....................................................... 21
8. Factory settings ....................................................................................................................................22
9. Block diagram ......................................................................... ............................................................. 23
10. Application example ...........................................................................................................................23
11. Technical data ..................................................................... ............................................................... 24
12. Glossary ..................................................................................... ........................................................ 24
13. Bibliography .............................................................................. ......................................................... 25
14. Notes on the device software ............................................................................................................. 25
15. Document history ............................................................................................................................... 25
Declaration of Conformity ...................................................................................................................26

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1. Safety and operating instructions
When assembling, starting-up and adjusting the devices, it is necessary to consider the system specific references in
the instruction manual.
The devices may only be installed and started up by authorized technical personnel.
When assembling the devices into the receiving points, the adherence of the EMC regulations is to be ensured.
The assembly and wiring have to be done without voltage.
With all work the defaults of the DIN EN 50083 have to be considered. It is especially important to follow
DIN EN 60728-11[2].
If installed in mounting cabinets a adequate heat circulation must be guaranteed. The mounting in closed cabinets without
air sufficient flow is not allowed.
The devices come under protection classification I. It is absolutely necessary, therefore, to insert the mains plug into a
socket with protective contact.
2. Device variants
A-PALIOS-IPM4 5105.82 IP/ SFP/ ASI (H.264/ AVC, MPEG2) → ATV (8x AM)
3. General
The 8 pole IP-/ ASI-TV Modulator A-PALIOS-IPM4 is a device of the head end system A-LINE, which is conceived as a complete
system for big and middle sized networks.
The A-PALIOS-IPM4 selects 8 programs from up to 8 adjacent IP transport streams or from an ASI transport stream and con-
verts these into analogue TV signals to transmit it in cable networks. In this case, a maximum of 8 analogue television channels are
generated from the available H.264/ AVC or MPEG2 transport streams.
4. Main features
• 8x IP SPTS/ MPTS input
• IP streaming via RJ45 or SFP with redundancy
• 1x ASI input
• MPEG 2/4 HD/ SD decoding
• multi-standard PAL modulator
• IEdge signal processing
• switchable RF output as single or with loop
• control of the module via HTML or SNMP
5. Functional description
The device receives a data stream via Gigabit Ethernet and can receive 8 transport streams from the included IP encapsulated trans-
port streams. The 8 transport streams are further processed in 8 H.264/ AVC & MPEG2 decoders. The analogue TV modulation and
the freely adjustable up-conversion in the cable network range (45 ... 862 MHz) is carried out by a high-performance FPGA.
The eightfold modulator is adjacent channel compatible. A highly-clocked digital to analogue converter (DAC) is responsible for the
spectrally pure output of the cable signal. After amplification and sum level adjustment, the cable signal is coupled through a directio-
nal coupler to the output jacks.
WEEE-Reg.-Nr. DE 50389067

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6. Explanation of the operating elements
6.1 Front view
6.2 Meaning of the status LED‘s
Designation Colour Status Meaning of display
POWER green permanently on device is on
amber permanently on device is in standby
off device is off, operating voltage is not applied
SYSTEM green permanently on device is ready for work
flashing software update is running
amber permanently on temperature is high, fan is already activated
flashing temperature is critical, the device will no longer work or is forced to shut down
off device is not ready for work
CH 1 ... CH 8 green permanently on channel operates without error
amber permanently on error warnings, depending on signal:
- input and/ or output without sync
- input sync, but in bad quality (eg. mosaic effect in the TV picture)
flashing hardware is faulty
off channel is off
6.3 Rear view
Status LED “SYSTEM“
Status LED “POWER“
Status LED‘s channel 1, 3, 5, 7
Status LED‘s channel 2, 4, 6, 8
POWER Fan Stream port 2 ASI input Control port Status-LED “LOOP“ Reset
(redundancy) LED‘s incl. LED‘s at the outp. coupler button
“Link/ Traffic“+“1G“
Ground Stream port 1 Stream port 2 ASI LED Output coupler
terminal (RJ 45)+LED‘s (SFP) “Status“ “Input“ “Output“

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6.4 Meaning of the LED‘s on rear
6.4.1 LED’s at the 10/ 100/ 1000 Mbit stream port 1
Designation, colour Status Meaning of display
GbE connect LED,
green
permanently on only illuminated when the connection is a GbE connection (does not light up at a
10/ 100 Mbit connection)
off no GbE connection
Connect/ data LED
yellow
permanently on cable connection is established
flashing data is received
off no cable connection
6.4.2 LED’s at the 10/ 100/ 1000 Mbit stream port 2
Designation Colour Status Meaning of display
1G green permanently on only illuminated when the cable connection is a GbE connection (does not light
up at a 10/ 100 Mbit connection)
off no GbE connection
LINK/
TRAFFIC
amber permanently on cable connection is established
flashing data is received
off no cable connection or option is not enabled
6.4.3 Status LED at the ASI socket
Designation Colour Status Meaning of display
STATUS green permanently on ASI transport stream is present
flashing no ASI transport stream
off option is not enabled
6.4.4 Status LED at the output coupler
Designation Colour Status Meaning of display
LOOP green permanently on loop active, i.e. nominal level range 62 ... 82 dBµV
off no loop, i.e. nominal level range 76 ... 94 dBµV
6.4.5 LED‘s at the 10/ 100 Mbit control port
Designation, colour Status Meaning of display
Connect LED, yellow permanently on network cable is connected
off no cable connection
Data LED, green flashing data is exchanged
off no data exchange

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7. Adjusting by web server
7.1 Network connection to the computer
System requirements:
- PC/ laptop with 10/ 100 Mbit Ethernet interface
- Internet browser (e.g. Windows Internet Explorer), which accept JAVA script.
Setup the connection:
The A-PALIOS-IPM4 has to be connected to PC network using an Ethernet cable. The IP address of the device is 192.168.1.100 on
delivery. If several devices should be controlled or adjusted via an Ethernet switch, each device must first be configured individually
to its provided IP address within the network. To do so the address of the network port on the PC (temporary) must be adapted to the
IP address of the device (subnet mask: 255.255.255.0, IP address: 192.168.1.XXX, where XXX is not the same as the corresponding
value of the device IP address).
After the network configuration of the device(s) the IP address of the control PC is converted to the provided IP address and the
devices can be accessed through the browser with their new IP addresses. The user must authenticate himself with his credentials
(user name and password), if the password and user testing were activated on the setup page (see chapter 7.2.6):
After successful registration or successful connection establishment without password (default setting) the start page of the device is
the menu “Overview“ (see chapter 7.2.1).

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7.2 Setting of individual parameters
Using the web site, you can set certain parameters of the device or perform configurations on the device or the user interface. The
various setting menus can be selected in the navigation tree on the left side. The setting is supported by an online help. Hovering the
parameters by the mouse in the lower part of the site an orange colored text box appears with explanations for each parameter. By
setting in the “Setup“ menu (see chapter 7.2.6) may be selected so that the help appears in the status bar of your browser. If appro-
priate setting changes in the browser options are necessary.
In addition, in the lower part of the navigation tree status information for the device is displayed. By changing the “Setup“ menu, the
status information can also be moved to the right (see also chapter 7.2.6). All 8 channels are listed individually. A green LED symbol
before the “channel ...“ means that both input and output are synchronized and that the channel operates without error. An orange
colored symbol indicates that an error has occurred in that channel. An overview of the status of various parameters of the channel is
obtained by clicking the corresponding channel. In the GUI a status overview appears.

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A transparent LED symbol means that the channel is not configured yet, or the RF output is turned off. Status information about the
system is mirrored in the same way. In this case too an orange colored LED symbol displays an error state during which a green LED
symbol displays error-free working condition. The detailed status information is available by clicking the name field.
The last displayed point indicates the connection status between the network interface and the device. Green means, that the connec-
tion is established. A transparent LED light indicates that there is no connection or the connection is failed.
Settings with the selection box or input fields are taken over by pressing the “send“ button and stored permanently, and the
A-PALIOS-IPM4 is set on these values after a restart too. Settings with the check box are usually performed immediately but not stored
in memory, so they would be lost on a possible restart of the device. To save these settings the “send“ button must be pressed.
In all menus, the language selection is possible between German and English top right.
7.2.1 Menu ”Overview”
This page provides a status overview of the 8 channels. If a channel is working without errors, “SYNC“ is displayed. If errors occur you
will see an “Error“ display. If the RF power is switched off the display “Off“ appears behind the respective channel.
In addition, below the status window the head end display is visible. There all A-LINE-SBL and SBL devices are listed, which are in the
same network and which have been associated with the head end in the “Setup“ menu (see 7.2.6). This is significant because func-
tions over all devices such as the NIT processing between devices of the A-QAMOS and QAMOS device group can be extended to all
components of the head end. The individual components of a head end are listed with their IP address, which is also provided with
a link to this address, so you can switch easily to the next device. If no head end was configured, a “Search“ button appears, which
forwards to the “Setup“ menu and scans the network for other A-LINE-SBL and SBL devices. Then all available devices are listed and
can be selected and added to the head end.
By clicking the “Logout“ button the user logs out of the device and the login window appears. By pressing the “Standby“ button the
device is switched to standby, which is indicated by an amber POWER LED on the device. The “Standby“ button will be replaced by a
“ON“ button, and by pressing this the device will be switched back on.

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7.2.2 Menu “IP Input”
This menu contains the network configuration for the streaming port and for the 8 IP transport streams from which then the 8 desired
programs for transmitting can be selected.
On top the configuration options for the two stream ports are displayed. It should be noted that the stream port 2 is available only after
enabling the associate software option (see section 7.2.6). The IP address, subnet mask and gateway can be configured for each
port. The next step is to configure the setup parameters of the 8 IP input transport streams (IP input channels). Again, IP address, port
and transport protocol (UDP or RTP) have to be entered for each IP channel. Everything is confirmed by pressing the “send“ button.
If not all 8 ports are used, the unused ports can be disabled by entering the IP address 0.0.0.0.
Identical settings within these 8 IP channels are not permitted and are automatically marked red.
Note:
Some switches, it can happen that a configuration change concerning on the multicast group will take effect after the end of the
switch set query interval:
Some switches ignore an unsolicited IGMP join message. If the querier is set in the switch to a longer period of time, it may occur, that
after a configuration change the stream is not applied immediately, because the switch ignores the directly emitted IGMP message.
Upon expiration of the query interval, the switch then asks himself after memberships in multicast groups. Also to this request, the
device responds and sends a corresponding response message - this is then accepted by the switch, which thus transmits the stream
to the device.

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7.2.2.1 SFP option
The SFP option allows the connection of different modules for the IP input. Depending on the SFP module thus various management
and media types can be connected to the A-PALIOS-IPM4. The IP input can be expanded to another IP data source. The SFP module
figures as the stream port 2, so that either “Stream port 1“ or “Stream port 2“ can be used as an IP input.
Simultaneously there is the ability to define one of the two IP inputs as the preferred source and the respective other IP input as
redundancy source. When an IP data source fails, then switches to the other data source. For this purpose, individual rules can be
defined for when and how to switch. Inclusion in the monitoring is configured on a per-channel basis. This is a global option, deciding
when to switch: either when an input channel is down or all monitored channels have failed.
Switching back to the preferred IP input is not automatic, but can only be done manually via the user interface.
Please note that actual monitoring on a particular channel starts for real one if actually receives data.
The form of the network settings also includes means for selecting the preferred IP input. The selection is made by pressing the ap-
propriate option button. “Error check of the channels“ as described above configures the device for switchover if only one of the mo-
nitored channels fails (“or“) or only when all monitored channels have failed (“and“) .
At the right of the configuration of each of the 8 IP input transport streams, there is a check box. By marking this box, the respective
transport stream is included in the monitoring.

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7.2.3 Menu ”Transponders”
In this menu the program selection is done for all output channels. After call up of the menu at first the actual channel allocation of
the A-PALIOS-IPM4 device is listed. The following settings respective changes per channel are possible: in the column “Input“ there
can be selected the transponder, which contains the program to be transferred. In the next column the requested program can be
selected. In the next both columns there can be selected the language respective the language of the subtitles, if there are more than
one of them. In the column “Output frequency“ there is to be selected the output channel of the program. On double assignments
within these 8 channels is called attention to this automatically. With the checkbox “RF“ the RF output of the channel is set to “on“ or
“off“. Clicking the “Send“ button, the settings are taken and stored.
7.2.4 Menu ”Adjustment”
In this menu, the settings of the device are made. Each channel can be adjusted individually according to individual requirements.
The channel may be selected by clicking either left in the navigation tree or by clicking one of the tabs above the set-up tables.

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The following parameters are adjustable:
Program list (Transponder)
If “Program selection with select box“ in chapter “GUI settings“ is deactivated
(see also chapter 7.2.6), the form at the left appears for program selection. All
programs of the selected transponder are listed with name and service ID. The
selection of the program is done by marking of the respective select box. The
program name and the other parameters of the program are adopted automatical-
ly. In this case the program name in the menu “Selected program“, variant 1 is not
selectable.
Input input parameters of the channel
Input name e.g. name of the program, editable
Input sel.: IP input channels 1 ... 8, ASI TS
By pressing the “?“ button, the channel list is updated.
Selected program variant 1: program selection menu
Program name selection of the program from the program list of
the transponder of the selected IP TS
Service ID displays the service ID of the selected program
Type displays the type of the program
Language selection of the available language
Direct input selection: selection menu, direct input (see be-
low)
Selected program variant 2: direct input
Program name displays the name of the program, which was
selected in the input menu
Service ID input of the service ID of the requested program,
adjustment range: 0...65535
Type selection of the program type: TV, Radio
Language input of the language no, adj. range: 0..255
Output output parameters of the channel
Frequency input selection: channel, frequency *
Output frequency selection from channel table/ input in kHz *
Output level offset display of the level offset **
RF signal selection: On, Off
Sound deviation selection: 30, 50 kHz ***
Sound carrier 2 selection: On, Off
*If at the frequency input “channel“ is selected, the output frequency can be chosen in the
pre-selected channel spacing (see chapter 7.2.6). If, however, “frequency“ is selected, then
the output frequency is selectable in kHz steps.
** Adjustment of the offset of each channel to the basic level, see chapter 7.2.6
***Only selectable, if sound carrier 2 is set to “Off“. If sound carrier 2 is set to “On“, the sound
deviation is permanently 30 kHz
Video setting of the video parameters
Video output selection: On, auto Off, auto colour palette bar
Color bar selection: On, Off
Color system selection: PAL, SECAM, NTSC
Video format selection: 4/3, 16/9
Scaling method selection: none, pillar or letter box, fullscreen
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Audio setting of the audio parameters
Audio gain adjustment range: +6...-20 dB
Audio mode selection 1: mono L, mono R, dual, dual invers,
stereo, auto *
selection 2: mono L, mono R, mono L+R, auto **
*if sound carrier 2 is set to “On“
** if sound carrier 2 is set to “Off“
VPS setting of the VPS parameters
CNI code adjustment range: 0x000…0xFFF (hexadec.)
Source PIL selection: A056(PDC), A056, PDC,
TimerControlCode
Subtitling*** adjustment of the parameters
Mode selection: Off, Teletext, DVB
Settings DVB subtitling
DVB language index adjustment range: 0...255
Use extended ID‘s selection: yes, no
Settings teletext subtitling
Teletext page adjustment range: 0..65535
Language group selection: West, East, Russian, Arabic, Farsi
*** only available, if “Subtitling“ option is enabled (see chapter 7.2.6)
Test lines****
The A-PALIOS-IPM4 offers the opportunity to output test signals on up to 4 image
lines from the following selection: Off, CCIR 17, CCIR 18, CCIR 330, CCIR 331,
Sin(x)/ x, Ramp. As a default, the image lines 17, 18, 330 and 331 are selected.
The image lines selection is editable, i.e. the test lines can be output on each
image line in the range 1..625.
**** only available, if “Test line“ option is enabled (see chapter 7.2.6)
Decryption settings*****
BISS key input of the 12-digit code in BISS mode 1
or of the 16-digit code in BISS mode E
BISS-E injected ID input of the 14-digit code in BISS mode E,
no input in BISS mode 1
***** only available, if “BISS“ option is enabled (see chapter 7.2.6)

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7.2.5 Menu ”Language”
In this menu, the selection of the user interface language is executed. You can choose between German and English. The transition
can be made either to the left in the navigation tree in the subtree of the point “language“ or top right via the language selection box.
7.2.6 Menu ”Setup”
In this menu, various administrative and system settings are made.

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Specifically, the following can be configured:
GUI settings
Help information within the status line of the browser
By default, the online help is displayed in an orange text box at the bottom of the
page. If you click this option, the help texts are displayed in the status bar of your
browser. Depending on your browser sometimes such use has to be allowed in
the browser settings.
Display all system files
The default is, that the system files can be subjected to upload or download as a
package under “Backup“ in the submenu “System administration“. If you click
this box, the system files are listed individually and can be individually subjected
to an up- or download.
Display top line register
By default, the registers are shown in the upper part of the user interface, to move
more quickly to the most frequently used menus. By removing the box marking
the registers are hidden.
Display status on right
By clicking the box, the status of the channels or the system is shifted to the right
of the user interface.
Optimization for low-speed data connectivity
By clicking the box the data volume of the browser pages is greatly reduced. So
it is possible to adjust the device, if there is only a low-speed connectivity (GSM).
The available reduction is achieved by reducing image size.
Output frequency raster
It is possible to choose between the standard B/G raster (7 or 8 MHz) and the
D/K rasters. In case of D/K1 the sound carriers are at 6,5/ 6,25 MHz, D/K2 at 6,5/
5,74 MHz and D/K3 at 6,5/ 6,74 MHz. Simultaneously in accordance with the
selection, the group delay filter is set for standard B/G or D/K.
Program selection with select box
If the box is deactivated, the program selection is done with the program list in
the adjustment menu. Otherwise the program selection is done in the field
“Selected program“ (see chapter 7.2.4).
Activate user and keyword check
This selection is only available if you are logged in as administrator. If the box is
disabled, the log-in is skipped after each GUI reboot. Otherwise, user login and
password are required (see chapter 7.1).
SBL head end
All A-LINE-SBL and SBL devices, which are located in the same network, are
listed. By pressing the “Search“ button the list is updated. All marked devices
belong to the head end and are displayed on the “Overview“ page.

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System administration
The default is displaying of the shortened list of files (top).
Backup
Here the system files can be loaded or saved as a package (except Logbook
and Status). Thus, it is possible, for example in a simple way to copy the system
files from an A-PALIOS-IPM4 device to another. If under “GUI setup“ “Display all
system files“ is selected, the system files can also be loaded or saved separately
(see figure below).
Update
By clicking the “Load“ button, the internal software components can always be
brought up to date.
If the “PAL-Rollback“ option is enabled, it is possible to convert the A-PALIOS-
IPM4 device into an A-QAMOS-IP device via software update. This can be cho-
sen: the A-QAMOS-IP release instead of the A-PALIOS-IPM4 release starts the
update reversed when needed as well. After clicking the “Load“ button instead of
the current A-PALIOS-IPM4 releases the current A-QAMOS-IP release is to select
and then perform the update process.
If the option is not enabled, after selecting the A-QAMOS-IP releases appears
opposite error message, so that accidental conversion is not possible.
Pressing the button “View logbook“ leads to an overview, in which all the processes have been documented since the start of the GUI.
Each operation is listed by date, time and description. If operations have been executed, the logged on user, who initiated the action,
is saved too. By pressing of the “Erase“ button all entries are deleted, when you are logged in as administrator.
System
Location In this field a name for the A-PALIOS-IPM4 is be
made to identify the device easily. This name
appears on the top right of the web site under
the language selection box and is provided via
SNMP with the question of the field: Iso(1)org(3).
dod(6).internet(1).mgmt(2).mib.2(1).system(1).
sysLocation(6).
Logout restart the user interface
Default delete the settings and reset to default values
(including IP address), available only if you have
logged in as administrator
Reboot restart of the A-PALIOS-IPM4 device

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Enabling of
In this field, possible software options for the A-PALIOS-IPM4 can be enabled.
The registration code must be entered in the input field and by pressing the
“Send“ button the option will be activated. Activated options are displayed in
black, inactive are grayed out.
note
To convert an A-PALIOS-IPM4 into an A-QAMOS-IP, the option “PAL roll back“
must be active to perform the update process (see “System administration →
update“).
Date and time
Clicking the “Set“ button, the date and time will be set to that of the PC.
Web server
This setting appears only when you are logged in as administrator, and thus you
have the authority to make administrative changes.
The A-PALIOS-IPM4 supports the DHCP functionality. DHCP-Client is factory de-
fault. Note, that after each factory reset the A-PALIOS-IPM4 is set “DHCP-Client“.
If the DHCP functionality is set to “Off“, in the appropriate fields the IP number,
subnet mask and gateway can be manually entered and then the settings of the
A-PALIOS-IPM4 device are adapted to the network.
If the device is set as “DHCP-Client“, it automatically obtains an IP address from
the DHCP server on the network. The manual network settings are grayed out
and are therefore disabled.
By pressing the “Info“ button the automatically assigned network configuration of
the device is displayed.
Please note if the device is set as “DHCP-Server“, so the IP address
192.168.1.100 should not be set. If you select this address, you will get an error
message. In addition to the IP settings you can configure the DHCP range from
which the IP addresses of the connected clients are assigned. The address
range must match the address range according to IP address and subnet mask
of the server and should not be too small. The default is the area 192.168.1.1
to 192.168.1.99. Additonally with the DHCP server will also set up a local DNS
(Domain Name Server). To use it in full extent a connected PC/ laptop must be
configured as a DHCP client. Please note, that the client unit not only get its IP
address from the DHCP server, but also its DNS server.
If the device is configured as a DHCP server or client and the client has received an IP address successfully, so the device can be
accessed via a web browser using its name. This name is composed of the prefix “sbl“ and the device number that is printed on
the back of the device and on the packaging. For example, the device with the number 0123456 can be called under “sbl0123456“.
Should there be problems with it among the local network conditions, the domain can be added. In the case that the above device is
configured as a server, the call using the domain is then “sbl0123456.sbl“. If another DHCP server is used, ask your administrator for
the domain name.
An example of the simplification of the configuration or operation of the head end via DHCP, is, that an A-LINE-SBL device is as a
server, the remaining devices and the connected PC/ laptop are configured as a client. By calling the browser “dhcp.sbl“ the GUI
of the server device is loaded. If not already done so, now the head end can be read. So all connected components are found and
listed. The head end can now be stored in the “Setup“ menu under the item “System administration“. The head end overview can be
changed quickly to the user interface of any other device by selecting the respective devices links.

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SNMP option
In the first section, the SNMP functionality, including the sending of traps is
enabled or disabled with the “Mode“ selection field. With the selector “Version“
you can select the SNMP version (version 1, 2 or 3). In the two boxes below it, the
communities for versions 1 and 2 are given separately for reading and writing via
SNMP. With version 3, these two fields are disabled because all registered users
of the device (see menu “Passwords“) have the automatic read access to SNMP.
The write access can be enabled or disabled for each user by clicking the SNMP
check box in the “Passwords“ menu.
By clicking the “MIB“ button the MIB of the device is generated and offered for
download.
In the second section the trap settings are done. First, the trap version is selec-
ted:
V1 trap - normal traps according SNMPv1 with specified community
V2 trap - normal traps according SNMPv2 with specified community
V2 inform - sends information traps according SNMPv2 and waits for an acknow-
ledgment
V3 trap - normal traps according SNMPv3
V3 inform - sends information traps according SNMPv3 and waits for an acknow-
ledgment
The community can be configured for traps of SNMP versions v1 and v2. User/
password and the using of the network MAC address as the engine ID can be
configured for traps of SNMP version v3. These settings must correspond with
the configuration of the trap receiver, so traps are successfully transferred. For
this purpose a test trap can be sent by clicking the button “Test“ to test the trans-
mission of traps. If a test trap triggered, all pre-preserved traps are discarded.
There up to 256 IP addresses to receive the traps can be created or enabled.
These are listed under “Receiver IP“. Below, the events can be configured,
whether and partly with what thresholds they should trigger traps. There are three
ways to configure a trap:
- without parameters, e.g. fan on/ off
- with a freely selectable parameter for a medium priority
- with a selectable parameter from a list for a medium priority
References and notes:
All users using SNMPv3 must use passwords with at least 8 characters. For SNMPv3 the SBL supports only the authentication pass-
word, not the privacy password. The A-LINE-SBL only supports the MD5 algorithm for authentication password in SNMPv3.
Information traps are specific traps that are possible up to SNMPv2. If there is no acknowledgment of the receiver, the transmitter
attempts to transmit it later, until the confirmation is received.
An A-LINE-SBL device holds up to 256 information traps that could not be sent successfully. If there are more unconfirmed traps, the
older traps are discarded and noted in the logbook as having failed. A successful sent trap is also registered as such in the logbook.
In case of power failure or reboot of the device the non-confirmed traps are lost.
Details may be found in the help text for each event. The critical priorities are each covered with fixed values that can not be changed.
If the web site of A-PALIOS-IPM4 is open, no changes are possible via SNMP.
Passwords
This setting appears only when you are logged in as administrator, having the
authority to make administrative changes. In addition the box “User and keyword
check“ in the submenu “GUI settings“ has to be clicked. The user ID and
password for the administrator can be set in the first line. The fixing of up to 8
user identification and passwords is possible. The limitations of user rights exist
only in the fact that they are not authorized to change web server settings, user
rights and password changes and default settings.
The default password for the admin is: 1111
and for the users: 0000
To the right of each user appears an SNMP check box. By clicking the box, the
writing rights for individual users can be awarded for the SNMP version 3 (see
also section “SNMP option“).

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7.2.7 Menu ”Service”
In this menu you will find all information about the service for the A-PALIOS-IPM4 device in particular the BLANKOM service hotline
and the service email address. In addition, the implemented operating instructions may be downloaded or viewed as PDF. If there is
an Internet connection the BLANKOM homepage can be started, offering the latest software release or descriptions. Finally, the cur-
rently installed software release is displayed.
7.2.8 Menu ”Level”
With the top box, the loop through output (loop) is enabled or disabled. If enabled, the underlying selection of the nominal level for
all 8 channels may be set in the range from 62 ... 82 dBµV. If the loop is disabled, the output level of the 8 channels may be set in the
range of 76 ... 94 dBµV. Below each channel can be set individually with an offset of +3 ... -6 dB in 0.5 dB steps. The three lower but-
tons are used to simplify the offset level setting if you want to perform same adjusting for all 8 channels. With the left button the offset
for all 8 channels is increased by 0.5 dB, decreased with the right button by 0.5 dB. The offset is set for all 8 channels to 0 dB with the
middle button.

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7.2.9 Menu ”Status”
It presents an overview of the status of the various components per channel, it is updated every 5 seconds. It lists only the current
values, the naming of the parameter appears in the help box in the lower part of the user interface or in the status bar of the browser
(as adopted configuration), if you hover the mouse cursor above the parameter. The listing is in 3 groups: input, modulators and sy-
stem. With the selection box at the top right you determine whether you have an overall view or only one of the 3 groups is listed.