Harmonic Electra 9200 User manual

Electra™ 9200
Standalone Encoder
RELEASE 01
Getting Started Guide
Rev A

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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction.................................................................................. 6
Product Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
DiviTrackMX™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Chapter 2: Installation and Startup............................................................... 7
Using SAG, the web GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Web Browser Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7
Displaying SAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Navigating with SAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Installing Platform Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
License Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Setting Up the Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
What’s Next. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3: Electra 9200 Encoding Tutorial ................................................13
Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Configuring an Encoder with SDI Input and IP or ASI Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Defining the Logical Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Defining the Logical Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Configuring the Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 4: Creating a DiviTrack DTMX Pool ...............................................25
Creating a Pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Chapter 1
Introduction
This manual provides an overview of the Harmonic™ Electra™ 9200 series encoder platform. It
has the following chapters:
■Chapter 1, Introduction (this chapter), provides an overview of the Electra 9200 encoder.
■Chapter 2, Installation and Startup, describes how to start and use the standalone encoder web
GUI, SAG. It tells how to install new platform software, and gives an overview of licensing
requirements.
■Chapter 3, Electra 9200 Encoding Tutorial, includes a tutorial for encoder platform configuration on
the Electra 9200, with steps to configure end-to-end encoding for a service that includes SDI
input, encoding of one video and one audio, and output over an IP and/or ASI transport
■Chapter 4, Creating a DiviTrack DTMX Pool, shows how to create a pool and add two video streams
to the pool.
Product Overview
The Electra™ 9200 series of encoders provide flexible hardware platforms that support a wide
range of encoding needs including:
■Multiple input types—SD and/or HD SDI for encoding
■Support for multiple audio encoding adapters
■Multiple output types—IP and ASI
The encoders support a range of use cases, including conversion between SD and HD formats,
conversion for IPTV, or cable time-shifting. This guide describes a basic end-to-end workflow for a
single service. The data flow discussed in this guide is: SDI Input—Encoding—IP or ASI Transport
Output.
DiviTrackMX™
The Electra 9200 provides standalone statistical multiplexing through DiviTrackMX (DTMX). Using
DTMX, the encoder generates up to eight variable bitrate (VBR) streams that are incorporated into
one constant bitrate (CBR) transport.
NOTE: You can also configure and use DiviTrack on platforms managed by Harmonic NMX™. You can
create pools that are managed by a single encoder, and DiviTrack over IP pools that manage streams from
multiple devices in communication with a ProStream multiplexer.
When configuring DTMX, you supply a pool bitrate, the minimum and maximum bitrates for each
stream, and the stream priority. The encoder compares the complexity of each stream on a
frame-by-frame basis, considers the stream priority (if applicable), and assigns an appropriate bit
rate to each stream within the transport.
Chapter 4, Creating a DiviTrack DTMX Pool shows how to create and configure a DTMX pool. For
information about DTMX, see the online help.

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Chapter 2
Installation and Startup
This chapter introduces SAG, the standalone encoder GUI. It tells how to launch SAG, and how to
install encoder platform firmware using SAG. It provides a brief overview of encoding feature
licensing requirements.
Using SAG, the web GUI
Harmonic provides a web browser-based GUI to manage standalone encoder platforms, called
SAG. It installs with the platform firmware, and launches automatically when you access the
platform management IP address from any supported web browser.
Each encoder platform uses SAG to expose its features. The platform features you can configure
and use depend on the hardware configuration of that platform. You use this GUI to configure the
platform’s inputs, processing, and outputs.
The tasks you perform with SAG include:
■Platform configuration, including firmware upgrades, HW review and reset, management port
IP address, backup and restore of service configuration.
■Administration of the device, including setting device name, device clock, communication
with other servers, global defaults.
■Configuration of encoding services, including configuring encoding of video, audio, other
streams, creation of descriptors, creation of output TS, and PSI table management.
■DiviTrack statistical multiplexing of video streams within the device, to optimize bandwidth
usage.
■Alarm monitoring and review.
Before you can use SAG to access an encoder platform, the device must be wired to the network,
and it must be configured with its network properties. The Installation Guide for your encoder
platform includes instructions to:
■Wire the platform to the control network
■Set the platform’s IP address via the front panel
■Set the subnet mask and the default gateway address
Web Browser Requirements
SAG requires the following:
■Supported browsers:
❑Internet Explorer®: v8 (may be slow), v9, v10, v11
❑Chrome: v29, v30, v31
❑Firefox®: v23, v24, v25
❑Opera™: v12.15
❑Safari: v6, v5
■Popup blockers must be disabled
■Javascript must be enabled

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Using SAG, the web GUI
Displaying SAG
Before you can use SAG, you must know the Electra 9200 device’s management port IP address.
To display SAG, enter http://<IP_Address> in the browser, where <IP_Address> is the
address of the management port on the Electra 9200 you want to configure.
If you don’t know the IP address, ask your network administrator, or display the address on the
encoder’s front panel.
The platform displays a SAG page similar to Figure 2–1 on page 8.
Navigating with SAG
When you browse to an encoder device, SAG displays information about that device.
Navigation tabs to
move between task
pages
Configuration page Apply changes to
device
Active alarms log
Platform HW: inputs Input services Output services Platform HW: outputs
Status bar shows whether device is standalone or managed by
NMX, device name and model, active alarms, date/time
Help for each panel
and dialog
Figure 2–1: Web Gui Components
The screen in Figure 2–1 shows an encoder with physical input of four SDI ports, and the
corresponding logical input objects; Baseband SDI 1—4. One video and one audio stream have
been added under Baseband SDI–1.

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Using SAG, the web GUI
The output TS is a logical output object. The services from the input Baseband SDI–1 have been
added to TS–1 to create one program with a video and an audio stream. The encoder has both IP
and ASI physical output ports. The GbE port has one socket defined, and it is carrying the output
TS–1.
Status Bar
The top status bar shows whether the encoder is standalone or is managed by NMX, the device
name and model, IP address, active alarm status, date and time. If the encoder is managed by
NMX, you cannot configure it with SAG.
Next to the encoder name, a drop-down menu for device tasks is available.
■Properties—Opens the Platform > HW Inventory page to show the platform properties.
■Identify Unit—Turns on/off the locator LED on the device. This is a toggle that changes the
LED status.
■Reboot—Reboots the device.
■Rebuild PSI—Rebuilds PSI tables for all services on the device. You can set the PSI to rebuild
automatically in the Administration > Global Settings > General.
NOTE: When the device is controlled by NMX, you cannot apply changes using SAG. If you are switching
device control from NMX to SAG, you must clear the configuration settings made while the device was
under NMX control. See the SAG Platform > Backup/Restore page to restore the device to its default state.
Navigation Tabs
The tabs provide access to the different SAG pages. You perform the following tasks in each SAG
page:
Configuration
■Define the input services coming into the device. The GUI shows the physical inputs and a
logical representation for each input, where you can define each input stream.
■Define the output services by building the logical output transport stream, configure encoding
for video, audio, and other streams, add descriptors and manage PSI tables.
■Define the output ports/sockets and connect the services to them.
DiviTrack
■Create DTMX pools.
■Add and manage the streams in each pool.

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Alarms
■Active Alarms—See detailed information about the alarms that are actively asserted on the
device. Once an alarm is remitted it is removed from this list.
■Alarm Log—See the alarm history for the device. This includes active and remitted alarms.
■Error Log—See the error history for the device. The error log contains a list of errors detected
by the device since it was last started. Harmonic Technical Support may ask you to check the
error log if you are having problems with a device.
■Core Files—Manage any core dump files that may exist on the device . A core dump file is
created by the device and can contain information for troubleshooting.
Harmonic Technical Support may ask you to provide core files if you are having problems with
a device.
■Device XML—Save an XML file of your current configuration. If you are having problems on an
encoder, Harmonic Technical Support might ask you to send them an XML file of your
encoder configuration settings, to use for troubleshooting.
Administration
■Global Settings—Set device-level settings such device name, IGMP version, and front panel
control.
■VBI Preferences—Manage default behavior for 576i (PAL) input services that include VBI.
These settings apply to any 576i service when the output aspect ratio setting for the video
stream is set to take the aspect ratio from VI or WSS.
■Licensing—View the feature licensing installed on the device.
■Date & Time—Manage the device clock settings.
■NTP—Enable NTP control of the device clock, and manage NTP servers. NTP is required is
you are using external PSIP generation.
■SNMP—Designate up to two trap listeners, or destinations, for SNMP messages.
■Remote Servers—Define communication between the device and remote servers. Presently,
sending QoS data to an Iris server is supported.
■PSIP Generators—Set up communication with the external PSIP generators. You enable
external PSIP for each transport in the output transport properties (Table View).
Platform
■Firmware Upgrade—Manage the device platform firmware version. The device stores up to
two versions of platform firmware—an active and a standby version. Both are stored in
memory and you can switch between them.
■HW Inventory—Review HW information and reset cards.
■Management Port—Set the network addressing for the management of the device.
■Backup/Restore:
❑Create and store backups of alternate configurations (presets) to switch easily between
one configuration and another.
❑Create backups and restore backup configurations for this device. It's a good idea to
create regular backups of your configuration, and especially important to create a backup
before making any changes.
❑Restore the device to its default state. This clears any configuration settings.

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Installing Platform Firmware
Installing Platform Firmware
To install new firmware on the encoder, first upload the new firmware to the device. Then, you
reboot the encoder to begin using the new firmware. You can upload firmware any time, and
reboot when it is convenient.
The encoder holds up to two firmware versions—the current version (the version that the encoder
is using), and a second version held in memory. You can load either of these versions at any time,
from the SAG Platform page (this requires rebooting the encoder).
When you upload a new firmware version to the encoder, two things happen:
■The current version (that the encoder is using) moves into memory, replacing the version
there (which is discarded).
■The new firmware you upload is queued to replace the version that the encoder is using, so it
becomes the current version when you re-boot.
You do not need to manually delete old firmware from the encoder.
NOTE: Upgrading firmware deletes any device configuration presets you are storing on the device. To
preserve a particular configuration, you must back up to a file and save it to another location. See the SAG
Platform > Backup/Restore page for backup procedures.
Installing new firmware:
1. If you are installing over a previous version, it’s a good idea to save your current configuration
(the services you have configured) to a file. Go to SAG Platform > Backup/Restore and select
Backup Device Configuration to a File.
2. Copy the new platform firmware file to the device running SAG. The firmware file is named
with the version number and has a .tgz file extension and checksum. For example, a sample
file name could be: i_09.18.00.74tgz,712ca616.
3. Load the new version to the device. Go to SAG Platform > Firmware Upgrade > Install New
Firmware. Browse to the location of the new firmware file, and select the file.
4. Select Install to copy the firmware files to the encoder and activate them later. Select Install
And Activate to copy the files to the encoder and reboot to activate the new firmware version.
A warning message will appear advising you to wait until the process is complete. Follow the
prompts and do not close the browser window until the uploading process completes.
5. When the firmware transfer finishes, a message confirms a successful upload. If you have
chosen to install and activate, the device will reboot. This can take several minutes.
6. When you activate new firmware, you must refresh the browser window after the device
reboots, to clear the cache and see the new version.
NOTE: When upgrading from platform firmware with a previous version of SAG: if you still see the old
version of SAG when you reboot, you may need to retype the device IP address to redirect the browser page
to load the new GUI.
Service Configuration Settings:
When you install new firmware, the encoder restarts using the previous service configuration
settings, if any. If there are new features in the firmware, default values are set for these fields. If
you downgrade firmware versions, settings in the newer version that are not available in the older
version are lost. Harmonic recommends saving your current configuration before changing the
firmware version, so you have these settings available if you return to the current firmware
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License Requirements
NOTE: Licensing requirements may differ from one version to another. You must have the necessary
hardware and feature licenses for the version you are installing, or service may be interrupted. For
information about the requirements for your platform version and configuration, see the release notes that
came with your platform firmware.
License Requirements
Licensing is required for many of the encoders and features supported on the Electra series
platform. For a list of features that require licenses, see the release notes included with your
software package.
You cannot enable the features under license until the licenses are applied to the encoder.
The encoder raises licensing alarms for the following circumstances:
■when a license is not available for a feature you are trying to configure
■to report how many days are left on a grace period or temporary license
■when a grace period or temporary license expires
■when you delete a license
Alarms are remitted when you apply a valid license for the feature, or when you disable or delete
the affected stream.
For more information about licensing, seethe online help and the release notes.
Setting Up the Device
Before you start configuring services, you need to set up the device communication and default
settings. For the example in this guide, we will only set the minimum settings.Go to the SAG
Administration page to make the following settings:
■Global Settings—Set the device name, and whether to automatically rebuild PSI
(recommended)
■Date & Time—Set the device clock, or enable NTP to control the device clock
In this page you can also configure SNMP trap listeners for monitoring the device, define server
communication with external PSIP generators, and indicate an Iris server to receive VQ data.
What’s Next
When you can access SAG, have installed your encoder platform firmware, and acquired the
licenses for the features you want to use, you are ready to begin configuring the input and output
for your encoding programs.
The instructions included in this guide will step through configuration of a basic service with SDI
input, one video and one audio stream, and IP or ASI output. They include the steps for adding
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This chapter describes the minimal configuration to achieve end-to-end processing of a service
containing one video and one audio stream, from SDI input to output via IP or ASI transport, on an
Electra 9200 encoder.
Workflow
All service configuration is done in the SAG Configuration page. The page represents the service
flow through the device, from left to right, input to output.
As shown in Figure 3–1, there are four panels in the Configuration page. The Physical Inputs shows
the inputs that are installed on the device. The Logical Inputs shows the services flowing from the
inputs. The Logical Outputs shows the encoded services that are being output. The Physical
Outputs shows the output ports and sockets that carry the output services.
Figure 3–1: The Configuration page
Configuring an Encoder with SDI Input and IP or ASI Output
In this tutorial you will see how to configure encoding for a service from SDI input. You will see
how to create and configure:
■The input service, including an HD video stream and an audio stream.
■The transport stream to carry the output service, including the video and audio streams, and
descriptors.
■An IP transport to carry the output.
■An ASI transport to carry the output.
This tutorial assumes an encoder with at least one A/V encoder card. It also assumes the encoder
platform has no configuration specified for any streams. This tutorial will not cover encoding audio
via a separate audio adapter card.

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Configuring an Encoder with SDI Input and IP or ASI Output
Defining the Logical Inputs
The first step is to define the service in Logical Inputs. For SDI input you must create the stream
objects to match your input content.
1. Begin by displaying SAG in your browser. (See Displaying SAG for instructions.)
The platform displays a SAG page similar to Figure 2–1.
2. In the Configuration page > Logical Inputs panel, right-click Baseband SDI–1 and choose Add
New. Add a Baseband Video, and a Baseband Embedded Audio.
Figure 3–2: Adding streams to Logical Inputs
When you add the audio you indicate the group and pair that carry the audio. If you plan to have
a stereo audio stream (or an audio passthrough stream), L/R will be taken into account. The
device will discard C/LFE and Ls/Rs.
For a real service, you would add all streams that correspond to the input content. You can then
choose to include them in the output when you create the output transport stream.
Any stream that you want to include in the output must be added here in the Logical Inputs first.
For example, if you want to output another video or audio from the same source input, you create
them here under Baseband SDI–1.

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Defining the Logical Outputs
Next, create a transport stream in the Logical Outputs and add the input service to it.
1. In this example, we’ll drag and drop the service from the Logical Inputs to the Logical Outputs
and let SAG create the TS and Program objects automatically, as shown in Figure 3–3. Note
that the TS is named TS–1. At this point, TS–1 is not assigned to an output port or socket.
Drag Baseband SDI–1
to +Transport Stream
SAG creates the TS and
Program
Figure 3–3: Dragging the input service to the output
2. Enter a descriptive name for the program and click OK. For this example, we’ll leave all the
default properties for the TS and program.
TIP: SAG provides several methods for creating services, including drag-and-drop and manual menu-
driven methods. These are described in the online help. This guide only shows the drag-and-drop method.
When you create services that include multiple outputs from a single source, you’ll need to use a
combination of these methods. For example, to create multiple output videos from one source, create the
first service as described above. Add a second program to the TS manually. Then create the second video
stream under the Baseband entry and drag it to the second program.

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Configuring the Video
1. Next, configure the video encoding properties. Right-click the video stream as shown in
Figure 3–3 to open the properties page. In this page you set all of the encoding and
preprocessing for the video stream.
The video properties page includes multiple panels with settings for all aspects of the
encoding process. Depending on your selections, panels are added or removed. For this
example, we will only look at the main panel. The values here are set by default. To process
the incoming video, you might need to change some of these settings.
The most important settings to consider are in the Encoding section. The input settings must
match the actual video input carried on the SDI port. Set the desired output properties for
Coding Format, Resolution, Bitrate, and so on. For specific information about these fields, see
the online help for this configuration page.
Harmonic also recommends that you provide descriptive names for your streams and
programs. By default, the encoder names your stream Video 1. You can provide a descriptive
name on this page.
2. When you have made all your stream configuration settings, click Apply.

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Configuring the Audio
1. Configure the Audio encoding properties. Right-click the audio stream and select Properties.
This page includes multiple panels with settings you can make for the audio stream.
Depending on your selections, panels are added or removed. For this document, we will only
look at the main panel. The values are set by default. To process the incoming audio, you
might need to change some of these settings.
The most important settings to consider are in the Encoding section. Since this stream will be
passed through to the output, we will only configure the Bit Rate. To instruct the encoder to
automatically create audio descriptors for this stream, select the check box. Harmonic also
recommends that you provide descriptive names for your streams and programs.
For specific information about the audio configuration fields, see the online help for this
configuration page.
2. When you have made all your stream configuration settings, click Apply.

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Adding Descriptors
To add the necessary descriptors and manage PSI table generation, you look at the services in
the Logical Outputs panel while in Table View. You change the view at the top of the panel, as
shown in Figure 3–4.
1. Change to Table View and right-click the stream for which you want to add or modify a
descriptor.
Figure 3–4: Adding Descriptors in Table View
2. When you have finished all the configuration settings, click Apply to commit the changes to
the device.

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Configuring the Output
Now that you have defined the transport stream (TS–1) that carries the service, you can assign it
to an output port/socket. In the example configuration page, the device has both GbE and ASI
output ports, as shown in Figure 3–5. Note that TS–1 is not assigned to a physical output yet.
Figure 3–5: Physical Outputs
Creating an IP Socket
The Electra 9200 uses GbE ports 3 and 4 for output. In this example, we configure the GbE–Port
3, add an IP socket, then assign TS–1 to the socket.
1. In the Physical Outputs panel, expand the Main Board to display the GbE Ports as seen in
Figure 3–5.
2. First, set up the port. Right-click the GbE–Port 3 entry and select Properties.
Provide values for the network addresses and make sure the port is enabled. Note that this is
where you set up port redundancy.

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Click Ok.
For information about the settings you can make, see the online help for this configuration page.
3. Now, add a socket. Right-click GbE–Port 3 again and select Add New. Set the IP Type to
Unicast or Multicast and provide values for the IP Address and UDP Port. Note that this dialog
has General and Advanced properties.
Click Ok. The socket is added to the port, as shown in Figure 3–6.