evertz MViP-II User manual

MViP-II
IP Based Multi-Image Display & Monitoring Solution
USER MANUAL
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Version 1.2, May 2019
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OVERVIEW.........................................................................................................................................1
2. SPECIFICATIONS ..............................................................................................................................3
2.1. PHYSICAL..................................................................................................................................3
2.2. POWER SUPPLY.......................................................................................................................3
2.3. I/O PORTS..................................................................................................................................3
2.4. IP INPUT ....................................................................................................................................3
2.5. VIDEO OUTPUTS.......................................................................................................................4
2.6. ADDITIONAL INPUT FORMAT..................................................................................................4
3. GETTING STARTED...........................................................................................................................5
3.1. SETTING UP THE MVIP-II HARDWARE ...................................................................................5
3.2. NETWORK SETTINGS...............................................................................................................7
3.2.1. Multicast Interface..........................................................................................................9
3.3. MVIP-II UPGRADE INSTRUCTIONS..........................................................................................9
3.3.1. Upgrading MVIP-II Using WEB.......................................................................................9
3.3.2. Upgrading MVIP-II Using WinSCP and Putty SSH .......................................................11
3.3.3. Upgrading MVIP-II Using User Interface.......................................................................13
4. VERSION, LICENSING & ADDING PLUS OPTIONS.......................................................................15
4.1.1. Version Information ......................................................................................................15
Adding Product Licenses for the Plus Options on the MViP-II .................................................15
5. MVIP-II UI (USER INTERFACE) .......................................................................................................17
5.1. MODES OF OPERATION.........................................................................................................17
5.1.1. Operations Mode..........................................................................................................17
5.1.2. Layout Edit Mode .........................................................................................................18
5.1.3. Widget Edit Mode.........................................................................................................19
5.2. NAVIGATING AROUND THE MVIP-II VUE UI .........................................................................20
5.3. ADDING WIDGETS TO THE CANVAS ....................................................................................22
5.4. MVIP-II UI KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS.....................................................................................23
5.5. MVIP-II RADIAL MENU............................................................................................................24
6. LAYOUT EDIT MODE.......................................................................................................................27
6.1. GENERAL SIDEBAR ...............................................................................................................27
6.1.1. Layouts Menu...............................................................................................................27
6.1.1.1. Load Layout .................................................................................................................27
6.1.1.2. Save Layout .................................................................................................................28
6.1.1.3. Autosave Interval (Minutes)..........................................................................................29
6.1.2. General Settings Menu.................................................................................................29

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6.1.2.1. Appearance..................................................................................................................29
6.1.2.2. Set Edit Lockout Password...........................................................................................30
6.1.2.3. Audio Configurations....................................................................................................30
6.1.2.4. Firmware Upgrade........................................................................................................30
6.1.2.5. About VUE & Licensing................................................................................................30
6.1.2.6. Display Configuration...................................................................................................30
6.1.2.7. Display Encoder...........................................................................................................33
6.1.2.8. Network Settings..........................................................................................................36
6.1.2.9. VLPro Thumbnail Client................................................................................................36
6.1.2.10.Network Proxy Settings................................................................................................36
6.2. WIDGETS SIDEBAR................................................................................................................38
6.2.1. AUDIO/VIDEO WIDGET...............................................................................................38
6.2.1.1. Video widget.................................................................................................................39
6.2.1.2. Audio Bars Widget........................................................................................................39
6.2.1.3. Closed Captioning widget.............................................................................................39
6.2.1.4. Subtitles widget............................................................................................................39
6.2.1.5. Bit Rate Monitor widget ................................................................................................40
6.2.1.6. Stat Mux Monitor widget...............................................................................................40
6.2.1.7. Fault Window widget ....................................................................................................41
6.2.1.8. Tally widget..................................................................................................................41
6.2.2. VistaLink Pro widget.....................................................................................................41
6.2.3. Graphical Elements......................................................................................................45
6.2.3.1. Analog Clock widget.....................................................................................................45
6.2.3.2. Digital Clock widget......................................................................................................45
6.2.3.3. Graphic widget .............................................................................................................45
6.2.3.4. Label widget.................................................................................................................45
6.2.3.5. Screen Lock widget......................................................................................................45
6.2.3.6. Action Button Widget....................................................................................................45
6.2.4. Remote Systems..........................................................................................................45
6.2.4.1. Remote Desktop...........................................................................................................45
6.3. SOURCES SIDEBAR...............................................................................................................46
6.3.1. Configure Sources........................................................................................................46
6.3.1.1. Sources........................................................................................................................46
6.3.1.2. Source Specific ............................................................................................................47
6.3.1.3. MPTS settings..............................................................................................................47
6.3.1.4. Video Monitoring - Fault Settings..................................................................................49
6.3.1.5. Closed Captioning – Fault Settings ..............................................................................50
6.3.1.6. Program Monitoring Settings........................................................................................50
6.3.1.7. Metadata Monitoring Settings.......................................................................................50
6.4. SYSTEMS SIDEBAR................................................................................................................51
6.4.1. Compliance Recording option (+REC)..........................................................................51
6.4.2. Display Encoder (+ENC) ..............................................................................................52
6.4.3. Screen Cast .................................................................................................................55
6.4.4. SNMP Services............................................................................................................55
6.4.5. Source Cycling (+CCA) ................................................................................................55
6.4.5.1. Source Cycle Tab (+CCA)............................................................................................56
6.4.6. Umd Protocol ...............................................................................................................57
7. WIDGET EDIT MODE.......................................................................................................................59

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7.1. VIDEO WIDGET .......................................................................................................................59
7.1.1. Settings........................................................................................................................60
7.1.2. Aspect Ratio.................................................................................................................60
7.1.3. Video Crop...................................................................................................................60
7.1.4. Border ..........................................................................................................................60
7.1.5. Source..........................................................................................................................60
7.1.6. Size..............................................................................................................................60
7.1.7. Background..................................................................................................................60
7.1.8. Video Loss Settings......................................................................................................61
7.2. CLOSED CAPTIONING............................................................................................................61
7.2.1. Captions.......................................................................................................................61
7.2.2. Subtitles .......................................................................................................................61
7.3. AUDIO WIDGET.......................................................................................................................62
7.3.1. Audio Bar Settings........................................................................................................62
7.3.2. Appearance..................................................................................................................63
7.3.3. Audio Streams..............................................................................................................63
7.4. BITRATE MONITORING..........................................................................................................63
7.5. STATMUX ................................................................................................................................64
7.6. FAULT WIDGET.......................................................................................................................65
7.6.1. Fault Window Settings..................................................................................................65
7.6.1.1. Active faults Menu........................................................................................................65
7.7. TALLY WIDGET.......................................................................................................................65
7.8. GRAPHIC WIDGET..................................................................................................................66
7.8.1. Border: .........................................................................................................................67
7.8.2. Background:.................................................................................................................67
8. WEB INTERFACE ............................................................................................................................69
8.1. MVIP-II MAIN MENU ................................................................................................................69
8.1.1. File Manager ................................................................................................................69
8.1.2. Install firmware.............................................................................................................70
8.1.3. Download system log Files...........................................................................................70
8.1.4. Display Configuration ...................................................................................................70
8.1.5. Input settings................................................................................................................71
8.1.6. View streaming Output.................................................................................................71
8.1.7. VNC Viewer..................................................................................................................71
8.1.8. Download SNMP MIBs.................................................................................................71
8.1.9. Multicast Interrogator....................................................................................................71
8.1.10.Source Importer and Exporter ......................................................................................71
8.1.11.Change SNMP Community String ................................................................................71
8.2. INPUT SETTINGS ....................................................................................................................72
8.2.1. General Settings...........................................................................................................72
8.2.2. Video Info.....................................................................................................................73
8.2.3. Audio Info.....................................................................................................................74
8.2.4. Program Monitoring......................................................................................................75

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8.2.5. Video Monitoring ..........................................................................................................75
8.2.6. Audio Monitoring ..........................................................................................................77
8.2.7. Channel Monitoring......................................................................................................77
8.2.8. Source Cycle (+CCA)...................................................................................................78
8.2.9. Output Control..............................................................................................................80
8.2.10.Display Encoder (+ENC) ..............................................................................................81
8.3. THUMBNAIL CONTROLS........................................................................................................82
9. FAULT DEFINITIONS.......................................................................................................................83
10. CONFIGURING SETTINGS WITH LEGACY FIRMWARE................................................................87
10.1. LEGACY NETWORK SETTINGS METHOD.............................................................................87
10.1.1.Multicast Interface........................................................................................................88
10.2. LEGACY METHOD TO UPGRADE FIRMWARE USING WINSCP AND PUTTY SSH.............89
FIGURES
Figure 3-1 : Rear Connections for DVI Port, Display Port, HDMI Port and Ethernet Ports..................5
Figure 3-2 : Rear Connections for USB Ports, IPMI Port, Serial Port, VGA Port and Audio Outputs..6
Figure 3-3 : MVIP-II Splash Screen....................................................................................................7
Figure 3-4 : Server Configuration Login.............................................................................................7
Figure 3-5 : Main Configuration Menu................................................................................................8
Figure 3-6 : Network Configuration Menu...........................................................................................8
Figure 3-7 : Web Interface - MVip-II main menu\Install Firmware.....................................................10
Figure 3-8 : Selecting Firmware file to install....................................................................................11
Figure 3-9 : WinSCP Login ..............................................................................................................11
Figure 3-10 : PuTTY Configuration ..................................................................................................12
Figure 3-11 : PuTTY Configuration ..................................................................................................12
Figure 3-12 : PuTTY Configuration ..................................................................................................13
Figure 4-1 : About VUE & Licensing Menu.......................................................................................15
Figure 4-2 : Web Interface, MViP-II Main Menu ...............................................................................15
Figure 4-3 : Adding a Product License Key......................................................................................16
Figure 5-1 : Operations Mode of MViP-II..........................................................................................17
Figure 5-2 : Layout Edit Mode..........................................................................................................18
Figure 5-3 : Widget Edit Mode .........................................................................................................19
Figure 5-4 : Navigating the MVIP-II UI Workflow..............................................................................20
Figure 5-5 : Widget Edit Mode .........................................................................................................21
Figure 5-6 : Drag and Drop widgets Onto the VUE Canvas .............................................................22
Figure 5-7 : Radial Menu .................................................................................................................24
Figure 5-8 : Resize the Widget with the Scaling Anchors.................................................................24
Figure 5-9 : Additional Edit Functions ..............................................................................................25
Figure 6-1 : Layouts\Load layout Menu............................................................................................27
Figure 6-2 : Layouts\Save layout Menu............................................................................................29
Figure 6-3 : General Settings\Appearance Menu.............................................................................29
Figure 6-4 : General Settings\Set Edit Lockout Password Menu......................................................30
Figure 6-5 : General Settings\Display Configuration ........................................................................31
Figure 6-6 : General Settings\Change Resolution, Rotation.............................................................32
Figure 6-7 : General Settings\Display Encoder ................................................................................33
Figure 6-8 : Display Encoder\Video Settings menu..........................................................................34

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Figure 6-9 : Selecting Video Standard for the Encoded Output........................................................34
Figure 6-10 : Display Encoder\Audio settings Menu.........................................................................35
Figure 6-11 : UDP Output Settings...................................................................................................35
Figure 6-12 : HLS Settings...............................................................................................................36
Figure 6-13 : Network Proxy Settings...............................................................................................37
Figure 6-14 : Widget Sidebar Menu .................................................................................................38
Figure 6-15 : Audio/Video Widgets...................................................................................................38
Figure 6-16 : Closed Captioning Widget...........................................................................................39
Figure 6-17 : Subtitles Widget..........................................................................................................40
Figure 6-18 : Bit Rate Monitor Widget..............................................................................................40
Figure 6-19 : Stat Mux Monitor Widget.............................................................................................40
Figure 6-20 : Fault Window Widget..................................................................................................41
Figure 6-21 : Tally Settings menu ....................................................................................................41
Figure 6-22 : Alarm Log Settings menu............................................................................................42
Figure 6-23 : VistaLink Pro Widget menu.........................................................................................42
Figure 6-24 : Add Vistalink Pro in Systems Section..........................................................................43
Figure 6-25 : VistaLink Pro window on canvas.................................................................................43
Figure 6-26 : Alarm log Settings.......................................................................................................44
Figure 6-27 : Graphical Elements.....................................................................................................45
Figure 6-28 : Drag and Drop a Source on to the canvas ..................................................................46
Figure 6-29 : Source Settings ..........................................................................................................46
Figure 6-30 : Source Specific Settings on the Ethernet Ports...........................................................47
Figure 6-31 : Selections on the MPTS Settings................................................................................48
Figure 6-32: Setting the Fault Parameters for Video Monitoring.......................................................49
Figure 6-33 : Setting the fault parameters for Video Monitoring .......................................................50
Figure 6-34 : Compliance Recording Configuration Tab...................................................................51
Figure 6-35 : Compliance Recording Menu......................................................................................51
Figure 6-36 : Encoder Output Configuration Tab..............................................................................52
Figure 6-37 : Display Encoder Menu................................................................................................53
Figure 6-38 : Selecting Video Standard for the Encoded Output......................................................53
Figure 6-39 : UDP Output Settings...................................................................................................53
Figure 6-40 : HLS Settings...............................................................................................................54
Figure 6-41 : Web Interface, MViP-II Main Menu .............................................................................55
Figure 6-42 : Source Cycle Tab – Part 1..........................................................................................56
Figure 6-43 : Source Cycle Tab – Part 2..........................................................................................57
Figure 6-44 : Source Cycle Tab – Part 3..........................................................................................57
Figure 7-1 : Video Settings Menu.....................................................................................................59
Figure 7-2 : Video Crop....................................................................................................................60
Figure 7-3 : Closed Captioning Settings Menu.................................................................................61
Figure 7-4 : Audio Bar Settings Menu..............................................................................................62
Figure 7-5 : Bit Rate Monitor Settings..............................................................................................63
Figure 7-6 : Stat Mux Monitor Settings.............................................................................................64
Figure 7-7 : Active Faults Menu .......................................................................................................65
Figure 7-8 : Tally Settings................................................................................................................66
Figure 7-9 : Graphic.........................................................................................................................66
Figure 8-1 : MViP-II Main Menu .......................................................................................................69
Figure 8-2 : WebEASY® - MViP-II Login Menu.................................................................................72
Figure 8-3 : WebEASY® - General settings.......................................................................................72
Figure 8-4 : WebEASY® - Video Info ................................................................................................73
Figure 8-5 : WebEASY® - Audio Info ................................................................................................74
Figure 8-6 : WebEASY® - Program Monitoring.................................................................................75

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Figure 8-7 : WebEASY® - Video Monitoring......................................................................................76
Figure 8-8 : WebEASY® - Audio Monitoring......................................................................................77
Figure 8-9 : WebEASY® - Channel monitoring..................................................................................77
Figure 8-10 : WebEASY® - Source Cycle - Part 1.............................................................................78
Figure 8-11 : WebEASY® - Source Cycle Tab – Part 2.....................................................................79
Figure 8-12 : WebEASY® - Source Cycle Tab – Part 3.....................................................................80
Figure 8-13 : WebEASY® - Output Control.......................................................................................80
Figure 8-14 : WebEASY® - Display Encoder (+ENC option).............................................................81
Figure 8-15 : WebEASY® - Thumbnail Control .................................................................................82
Figure 10-1 : Server Configuration Login .........................................................................................87
Figure 10-2 : Configuration Menu ....................................................................................................87
Figure 10-3 : Network Configuration Menu.......................................................................................88
Figure 10-4 : WinSCP Login ............................................................................................................89
Figure 10-5 : PuTTY Configuration ..................................................................................................90
Figure 10-6 : PuTTY Configuration ..................................................................................................90
Figure 10-7 : PuTTY Configuration ..................................................................................................91
TABLES
Table 3-1 : Ethernet Port Mappings ...................................................................................................6
Table 5-1 : VUE UI Keyboard Shortcuts...........................................................................................23

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REVISION HISTORY
REVISION DESCRIPTION DATE
1.0 First Release May 2015
1.1 Added Product License for the Plus options / A
dded Encoder,
Source Cycle and Compliance Recording options / Added Tally
and VistaLink Pro Widgets Dec 2017
1.2
Minor Updates
May 2019
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