Catcast HP824IU User manual
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and especially in broadcast technologies and standards.
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CATCAST TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.(Chengdu)
HP824IU Encoder Modulator User Manual
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 PRODUCT OVERVIEW................................................................................................................................ 1
1.2 KEY FEATURES......................................................................................................................................... 1
1.3 SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................................................................................2
1.4 PRINCIPLE CHART.....................................................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION GUIDE 5
2.1 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS...........................................................................................................................5
2.2 POWER PRECAUTIONS............................................................................................................................... 5
2.3 DEVICE’SINSTALLATION FLOW CHART ILLUSTRATED AS FOLLOWING.................................................... 5
2.4 ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENT................................................................................................................. 5
2.5 GROUNDING REQUIREMENT..................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 3 WEB NMS OPERATION 7
3.1 LOGIN....................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.2 OPERATION............................................................................................................................................... 7
CHAPTER 4 TROUBLESHOOTING 20
CHAPTER 5 PACKING LIST 21
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Chapter 1 Introduction
HP824IU is a professional high integration device which includes encoding,
multiplexing, and modulation in one body. It supports up to 24 HDMI input, one
DVB-C/T/ISDB-T (ATSC optional) tuner input and up to 512 IP input for re-mux.
After multiplexing, it output 16 non-adjacent ISDB-T/DVB-C carries. It also
supports 16 MPTS as mirror of 16 carriers through Data2 (GE) port. This full
functionality makes it ideal for small CATV head end system, and it’s a smart choice
for hotel TV system, entertainment system in sports bar, hospital, apartment…
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8/12/16/20/24 HDMI inputs
1 DVB-C(ATSC optional) Tuner for re-mux, F type interface
512 IP input over UDP and RTP, DATA1, RJ45—ISDB RF out
Resolution
Input
1920×1080_60P,1920×1080_50P,
1920×1080_59.94P,1920×1080_60i,1920×1080_50i,
1920×1080_59.94i, 1280×720_60P,
1280×720_59.94P, 1280×720_50P
Output
1920×1080_60P,1920×1080_50P,
1920×1080_30P,1920×1080_25P,1280×720_60P
1280×720_50P
Encoding
MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, HEVC/H.265
Bit-rate
1Mbps~13Mbps each channel
Rate Control
CBR/VBR
GOP Structure
IP…P (P Frame adjustment, without B Frame )
Encoding
MPEG-1 Layer 2, LC-AAC, HE-AAC, HE-AAC V2, AC3
Pass-through
Sampling rate
48KHz
Audio Delay
-400—-1000ms
Bit-rate
48Kbps~384Kbps (MPEG-1 Layer 2 & LC-AAC)
24 Kbps~128 Kbps (HE-AAC)
18 Kbps~56 Kbps (HE-AAC V2)
Maximum PID
Remapping
180 input per channel
Function
PID remapping ( automatically or manually)
Accurate PCR adjusting
Generate PSI/ SI table automatically
ISDB-T
Standard
ARIB STD-B31
Bandwidth
6M
Constellation
QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM
Guard Interval
1/32, 1/16, 1/8, 1/4
Transmission
Mode
2K, 4K, 8K
Code rate
1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 5/6, 7/8
MER
≥40dB
RF frequency
50~960MHz
RF out
16 non-adjacent carriers output (maximum
bandwidth 192MHz)
RF output level
-20dBm~+10dBm, 0.1dB stepping
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1 ASI output as mirror of one of RF output carriers-Optional
16 MPTS output over UDP and RTP/RTSP as mirror of 16 ISDB-T carriers
1*1000M Base-T Ethernet interface
Network management (WEB)
Chinese and English language
Ethernet software upgrade
Dimension (W×L×H)
482mm×440mm×44mm
Environment
0~45℃(work)；-20~80℃（Storage）
Power requirements
AC 110V± 10%, 50/60Hz, AC 220 ± 10%, 50/60Hz
Front and Rear Panel Illustration
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1
RF test and RF out port
2
Power supply and Grounding Pole
3
24 input port
4
Reset Key
5
ASI output port(Optional)
6
Indicators
7
DATA Port (DATA1 for IP stream input and DATA2 for output, DATA 3
for upgrading modules)
8
NMS port for web-based management
9
Tuner input and Loop out port
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Chapter 2 Installation Guide
This section is to explain the cautions the users must know in some case that possible
injure may bring to users when it’s used or installed. For this reason, please read all
details here and make in mind before installing or using the product.
Must be operated and maintained free of dust or dirty.
The cover should be securely fastened, do not open the cover of the products when
the power is on.
After use, securely stow away all loose cables, external antenna, and others.
When you connect the power source, make sure if it may cause overload.
Avoid operating on a wet floor in the open. Make sure the extension cable is in good
condition
Make sure the power switch is off before you start to install the device
Item
Requirement
Machine Hall
Space
When user installs machine frame array in one machine hall,
the distance between 2 rows of machine frames should be
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1.2~1.5m and the distance against wall should be no less than
0.8m.
Machine Hall Floor
Electric Isolation, Dust Free
Volume resistivity of ground anti-static material:
1X107~1X1010，Grounding current limiting resistance: 1M
(Floor bearing should be greater than 450Kg/㎡)
Environment
Temperature
5~40℃(sustainable )，0~45℃(short time)，
installing air-conditioning is recommended
Relative Humidity
20%~80% sustainable 10%~90% short time
Pressure
86~105KPa
Door & Window
Installing rubber strip for sealing door-gaps and dual level
glasses for window
Wall
It can be covered with wallpaper, or brightness less paint.
Fire Protection
Fire alarm system and extinguisher
Power
Requiring device power, air-conditioning power and lighting
power are independent to each other. Device power requires
AC 110V±10%, 50/60Hz or AC 220V±10%, 50/60Hz. Please
carefully check before running.
All function modules’ good grounding is the basis of reliability and stability of devices.
Also, they are the most important guarantee of lightning arresting and interference
rejection. Therefore, the system must follow this rule.
Grounding conductor must adopt copper conductor in order to reduce high frequency
impedance, and the grounding wire must be as thick and short as possible.
Users should make sure the 2 ends of grounding wire well electric conducted and be
antirust.WIt is prohibited to use any other device as part of grounding electric circuit
The area of the conduction between grounding wire and device’s frame should be no
less than 25 mm2.
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Chapter 3 WEB NMS Operation
Users cannot use front buttons to set configuration, and can only control and set the
configuration in computer by connecting the device to web NMS Port. Users should
ensure that the computer’s IP address is different from the HPR8544I’s IP address;
otherwise, it would cause IP conflict.
The default IP address of this device is 192.168.0.136.
Connect the PC (Personal Computer) and the device with net cable, and use ping
command to confirm they are on the same network segment.
I.G. the PC IP address is 192.168.99.252, we then change the device IP to
192.168.99.xxx (xxx can be 1 to 254 except 252 to avoid IP conflict).
Use web browser to connect the device with PC by inputting the Encoder &
Modulator’s IP address in the browser’s address bar and press Enter.
It displays the Login interface as Figure-1. Input the Username and Password (Both the
default Username and Password are “admin”.) and then click “LOGIN” to start the
device setting.
Figure-1
→
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When we login into encoder module, it displays the status interface as Figure-2.
Figure-2
→
HP824IU supports up to 6 modules, and each module has 4 HDMI inputs. From the
menu on left side of the webpage, clicking “Module1-6→Encoder Enc CH1”, it displays
the information of 1st encoding channel ( Figure-3) where users can configure the video
and audio encoding parameters.
User can click any item here to enter the
corresponding interface to check information
or set the parameters.
System information
General settings for the
Encoding and program
information read area
Video Status read area.
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Figure-3
Similarly, from the menu on top side of the webpage, clicking “Enc CH 2/ Enc CH 3/ Enc
CH 4”, it displays the information of the encoding channel as “Enc CH1”.
Clicking “OSD”, it displays the interface where to configure the OSD parameters. Users
could set Logo, Caption and QRCode as Figure-4/5/6.
Figure-4
Figure-5
Select to configure logo, caption or QRcode
Browse and select the Logo which has
been created
Move your logo on the screen
Select program1-4 to apply the logo
insertion, or you can select “all” to
apply all programs
Click here to create the Logo you selected
Enter your text here
Select the text color and background
color
Move your caption on the
screen
Click here to create the Caption you selected
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Figure-6
Clicking “Firmware”, it displays the interface where to upgrade software and hardware as
Figure-7.
Figure-7
→
This device is equipped with one Tuner input to receive single from cable or terrestrial
system and re-mux out.
Clicking “Tuner”, it displays the interface where users can set tuner parameters as
Figure-8. If there is signal inputting, the Signal will be green, otherwise it will be gray.
Move your QRcode on the
screen
Browse and select the QRcode which
has been created
Put your QRcode URL
here
Click here to create the QRCode you
selected
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Figure-8
→
Clicking “TS Config”, it displays the interface where users can configure the TS output
parameters.
→
Clicking “Output TS X”, it displays the interface where users can select the TS output
carrier as Figure-9.
Figure-9
→
Clicking “Stream select”, it displays the interface where users can select program(s) to
multiplex out and modify program info. (Figure-10)
Each "Output TS" c
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Figure-10
Configure ‘Input Area’ and ‘Output Area’ with buttons in ‘Operation Area’. Instructions
are as below:
: To add input channel which from Data1
: To edit the input channel
: To delete the input channel
: To delete all inputs channel
: To check input IP lock or not, green means current IP locked
: To check current TS overflow or not, red color means current TS
overflow, need to reduce program
: To filter/not filter the source CA information
: To enable/disable the PID remapping
To refresh the input program information
To refresh the output program information
Select one input program first and click this button to transfer the selected
program to the right box to output.
Similarly, user can cancel the multiplexed programs from the right box.
To select all the input programs
To select all the output programs
Input Area
Output Area
Operation Area
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To parse programs time limitation of parsing input programs
The multiplexed program information can be modified by clicking the program in the
‘output’ area. For example, when clicking , it triggers a dialog
box (Figure11)where users can input new information.
Figure-11
→
Clicking “General”, it displays the interface where users can set stream output
information, NIT insert/VCT insert, PCR correction. (Figure-12)
Figure-12
→
Clicking “PID Bypass”, it displays the interface as Figure-13 where user can add PIDs to
be passed, click the “” symbol, input current IP channel number, then input current IP
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source Pid and output Pid which is customer needed , then click “set”
Figure-13
→
Clicking “Modulator”, it displays the Modulator Configuration screen as Figure-14.
Here user can set modulating parameters and check modulation standard.
Figure-14
When users click “quickly config” button, it triggers a dialog box (Figure -15) where
users can set all channels configration.
Quickly Config
Channel Config
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Figure-15
When users click “Channel config” button, it triggers a dialog box (Figure-16) where
users can set the corresponding channel configration.
Figure-16
→
Clicking “IP Stream”, it displays the interface where to set IP out parameters (Figure-17)
and select MPTS output from ASI output port.
Figure-17
Click this button, it
will trigger a dialog
box as Figure-18, and
then click DATA2,
the status lights will
turn green.
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Figure-18
When users click “Quickly Config” button, it triggers a dialog box (Figure-19) where
users can set all channels MPTS configration simultaneously.
Figure-19
When users click “Channel Config” button, it triggers a dialog box (Figure-20) where
users can set corresponding MPTS channel configration.
Figure-20
→
Clicking “Network”, it displays the interface as Figure-21 where to set network
Quickly Config
Channel Config
Select one of MPTS as mirror
output through ASI output port
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