Lightware UBEX User manual

Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX
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Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 2
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but the transmitter always appears in red and the receiver always
appears in yellow in this manual for the sake of simplicity.
Ports
EDID
System Status
System Settings
MAIN MENU TX
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EDID
System Status
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MAIN MENU RX
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Transmitter Receiver
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have been made during testing these functions in accordance with the
indicated Hardware/Firmware/Software environment:
Item Version
Firmware package - UBEX-PRO20-HDMI-F100 1.1.0
Firmware package - UBEX-MMU-X200 1.0.0
Document revision: 1.3
Release date: 26-06-2018
Editor: Tamas Forgacs
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Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 3
1. INTRODUCTION...................................................................................4
...................................................................................4
 .....................................................4
2. VIDEO NETWORK DESIGNING...........................................................5
 ...................................................................................5
 .............................................................6
.................................................... 6
 ..................................... 6
.....................................................7
................................................................................ 7
.............................................................................. 7
 .......................... 7
 ........................................................................................ 9
3. INSTALLATION OF THE UBEX MATRIX...........................................10
 ............................................................
 ................................
.......................................................................11
4. ETHERNET SWITCH CONFIGURATION...........................................12
..............................................................12
...........................................................................................12
 .......................................................................................12
.............................................................12
5. CONFIGURATION STEPS - UBIQUITI EDGESWITCH 16 XG ..........13
.................................................................................13
.....................................13
 .................................................................................13
 ................................................... 13
 ............................................................... 13
................................................................14
......................................................................... 14
................................................................................. 14
........................................................................ 15
........................................................................... 17
 ................................................................................................ 19
......................................................... 20
................................................................... 21
.................................................................21
6. CONFIGURATION STEPS - NETGEAR M4300-24X24F ...................22
.................................................................................22
.....................................22
 .................................................................................22
 ................................................... 22
 ............................................................... 22
................................................................23
......................................................................... 23
........................................................................ 23
................................................................................. 24
........................................................................ 25
........................................................................... 26
 ................................................................................................ 28
......................................................... 29
 ................................. 29
................................................................... 30
.............................................................. 30
.................................................................31
7. CONFIGURATION STEPS - JUNIPER QFX5100-96S.......................32
.................................................................................32
.....................................32
...............32
 .................................................................................32
................................................................... 32
 ................................................... 32
 ............................................................... 32
 ............................................................................... 33
................................................................33
 ........................................................ 33
......................................................................... 33
 .............................. 33
 ................... 34
 .................................... 34
........................................................ 34
........................................................................ 35
............................................... 35
 ................................................................................ 35
.................................................................35
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1. Introduction Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 4
1
Introduction
This chapter highlights the purpose of the document and gives a chance to
check into the world of UBEX network in the below listed sections:
Î
Î



devices. UBEX system has two main application modes:
▪EXTENDER mode - Point-to-point to connection between one
transmitter and one receiver;
▪


UBEX - Matrix mode
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About the Document
The following chapters help for the integrators and our customers to

network system. The sections listed below are in the document:
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▪UBEX network Installation step by step
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▪Useful tips & tricks for the best user experience
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Description

       
4K UHD@60Hz 4:4:4 uncompressed signal extension without
latency. We intend to use packet-based transmission instead of the
conventional method.

plug and play, so they are swappable by the user. There could be either


           

modules, or 80 km with long range singlemode modules. In a typical
application with standard, non-blocking 10 Gbps Ethernet switch it is
necessary to use both directions of the link. Therefore the number of


the primary advantages of the new architecture is scalability.

        
          
Ethernet switch installed as a crosspoint, a virtual matrix can be created
with UBEX devices connected to the IP network as input and output


          
endpoints connected, displaying a traditional crosspoint view of the

displaying connected, but inactive units.
         
         
endpoint UBEX units.


         
upgrades of the connected endpoint UBEX devices, it is possible to
 
network. Based on the communication with the UBEX endpoints, the


      
technology.
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 Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 5
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Video Network Designing
This chapter gives useful practical advices to the network designers creating
an effective and well-functioning UBEX A/V network.
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Î


the type of the network switch. The size of the matrix primarily depends on the number of inputs and outputs. When the designer knows that, the choosing
of the type of the switch can be started. The following table can help in that:
Business type Sources /
Destinations
Required UBEX devices Required

in the switch


the switch
Recommended switch type
TX RX  Type 
Small business up to 6 / 6 3 3 1 12 1


managed switch
Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch 16 XG
See also: 


up to 12 / 12 6 6 1 24 1
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
managed switch
Netgear ProSafe M4300-24X24F
See also: 

up to 22 / 24 11 12 1 46 1


managed switch
Cisco Nexus 5672UP

up to 46 / 48 23 24 1 94 1


managed switch
Juniper QFX5100-96S
See also: 
Juniper QFX5100-96S
   1 1
Standalone/modular
switching architecture

Juniper QFX10016 and QFX10000
series line cards
Comparison table for video network designing

           
business calculated with maximum 6 source and 6 destination devices.

so the network needs 3 transmitters for the 6 inputs and 3 receivers
    

         

           
summary, it is 12 ports in the case of six extenders. The video network

data transmission for the UBEX system.
ATTENTION!
In the case of corporate business, the UBEX system gives an
opportunity building even an 1000x1000 video matrix. The transmitters

able to handle it in real time. An asymmetric matrix can also be built
with UBEX endpoints, e.g. an 1x1000 or 1000x1 video system. The
possibilities are only limited by imagination.
          

video, it controls the UBEX system only.

The next challenge of the video network designing is the bandwidth
management. The next section describes how to calculate the


calculation.
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 Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 6
Bandwidth Requirements
The bandwidth calculation consists of two components:
▪
▪Uplink bandwidth
The following sections give the details about these components.
Stream Bandwidth Requirements




The correct formula:
XACTIVE x YTOTAL x fps x ColorDepth x VideoPacketizingLossRatio = Total signal bandwidth

 Description 

XACTIVE Number of the columns of the active resolution 3840
YTOTAL
Total number of the lines including the blanking
area 2250
fps Refresh rate 60 Hz
ColorDepth Color depth 24 bit
VideoPacketingLossRatio The ratio of the packet loss due to the packeting
and the protocol 1.05663
For the exact calculation you should know the total resolution of the stream because the transmitted number


INFO: The bandwidth calculation in the case of
peak bandwidth
which is the summary of the video burst.
If the stream information is unknown to the
designer, to get the information of the active
resolution the Frame detector    
useful tool. The Frame detector is available in
      

website www.lightware.com.
Frame detector in the LDC software


UBEX transmitter.
Based on the formula the calculation is the following:
3840 x 2250 x 60 x 24 x 1.05663 = 13 146 167 808 = 13.15 Gb/s



Bandwidth of the input streams for UBEX transmitter
average bandwidth which
counts with active resolution lines instead of the total resolution lines.
Endpoint Uplink Bandwidth Requirements


▪one 4K60 and one 4K30 signals, or
▪2x 4K30 signals, or
▪one 4K60 and one 1080p60 signals together and losslessly.
No compression, no latency, every single bit is received as it is transmitted.
Uplink bandwidth schematic
UBEX transmitter
4K PC
Blu-ray player
Ports
EDID
System status
System settings
MAIN MENU TX

13.15 Gbps
3.29 Gbps
7.8 + 7.9 =
15.7 Gbps
Optical / DAC
TCP/IP conversion
Link aggregation
UBEX transmitter
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
AB
L3 switch
Ports
EDID
System status
System settings
MAIN MENU TX

UBEX transmitter
Ports
EDID
System status
System settings
MAIN MENU TX

UBEX transmitter
Ports
EDID
System status
System settings
MAIN MENU TX

18.8 Gbps
Optical / DAC
12.1 Gbps
Optical / DAC
15.7 Gbps
Optical / DAC
Input 1: 4K60
Input 2: 4K30
Input 1: 4K30
Input 2: 4K30
Input 1: 4K60
Input 2: 1080p60
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 Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 7



and trustworthy signal transmission in the video network. This section describes the details about the video



10GBASE-SR

below provides the wavelength, modal bandwidth, and operating distance for different types of multimode

Description  
 850 850 850 850 850
 160 200 400 500 2000
 2-26 2-33 2-66 2-82 
10GBASE-SR operating range for various multimode ber sizes

              










wavelengths, and/or longer distances are adopted.
Attenuation
DEFINITION: Attenuation: Reduction in transmitted optical power. Attenuation as a function of distance in



availability of lasers at this wavelength. Several factors drive consideration of transmission at higher



1310 nm compared to 1550 nm. At extended distances, which exceed the allowable sensitivities of optical



WaveLenght
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

Typical cabled attenuation

1310 0.40 0.35
1550 0.30 0.25
Attenuation of standard singlemode ber at 1310 nm and 1550 nm

Key factors to consider in the design of 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks are:
▪

▪              


▪

of operating distances.
▪            

laser-based 1 Gbps and 10 Gbps networks.


are shown in this section. The link power budget is calculated by taking the difference between the minimum



loss due to attenuation and other factors that can be introduced between the transmitter and the receiver.
Link Power Budget
Transmitter
minimum power minimum sensitivity
Receiver
Ports
EDID
System status
System settings
MAIN MENU TX
Ports
EDID
System status
System settings
MAIN MENU RX

Channel
Insertion Loss
Power
Penalties
Power
Budget Margin
Link Power Budget = Minimum transmit power - Minimum receiver sensitivity
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 Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 8

The 10 Gigabit Ethernet operating distances provided in the tables
below are limited by the channel insertion loss, the cable bandwidth
       
         
considered “engineered links” because to support those distances
the attenuation of the cable needs to be less than the maximum


         
         
accordance with ANSI/TIA/EIA-526-14A/ method B and ANSI/TIA/
EIA-526-7/ method A-1.
 
 

 160 200 400 500 2000
 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3 7.3
 26 33 66 82 
Channel insertion point
11.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 2.6
24.7 4.8 5.1 5.0 4.7
10GBASE-SR link power budget as per IEEE Draft P802.3ae/D5.0
1These channel insertion loss numbers are based on a wavelength of
850 nm.
2These power penalties are based on a wavelength of 840 nm.
 
 9.4
 
36.2
43.2
10GBASE-LR link power budget as per IEEE Draft P802.3ae/D5.0
3These channel insertion loss numbers are based on a wavelength of
1310 nm.
4These power penalties are based on a wavelength of 1260 nm.
 62.5 micron
  
 10    10 -
SR/SW 850 nm 26 m 33 m 66 m 82 m 400 m -
 - - - - - 10 km
ER/EW 1550 nm - - - - - 40 km
 300m @
11 240 m 400 m - 10 km
10GbE supported ber and distances
10 Commonly referred to as “FDDI Grade Fiber”.
11

DEFINITION: Modal Bandwidth     
signal that can be supported over a given distance of multimode


 
 15.0
  5
610.9 10.9
73.6 4.1
10GBASE-ER link power budget as per IEEE Draft P802.3ae/D5.0
5Greater than 30 kilometers distance mandates an “engineered link”




6These channel insertion loss numbers are based on a wavelength of
1550 nm.
7These power penalties are based on a wavelength of 1565 nm and
other penalties.


62.5 micron


 

measured at 1300 nm


500 400 500 -
 7.5 7.5 7.5 8.2
    
Channel insertion point
82.0 1.9 2.0 6.2
95.0 5.5 5.5 1.9
10GBASE-LX4 link power budget as per IEEE Draft P802.3ae/D5.0
8These channel insertion loss numbers are based on a wavelength of
1300 nm for multimode and 1310 for single mode. An offset launch
pad cord is assumed. The total insertion loss, when including the
attenuation of the offset launch patch cord is allowed to be 0.5 dB
higher than shown in the table.
9These power penalties are based on a wavelength of 1269 nm and
other penalties.
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 Installation and Network Setup Guide for UBEX 9

             
link-loss calculation, which is a simple arithmetic process, is used to make sure the combined loss of the
cabling components in the link does not exceed the 11 dB channel insertion loss allocated for 10GBASE-ER.
The cabling link-loss is calculated by adding the connector and splice loss to the cable loss. The cable





and would insure that this link can achieve 40 km. A similar calculation can be done for scenario 2 and 3.
 Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3
Channel insertion point 11 dB 11 dB 11 dB
 0.225 dB/km 0.225 dB/km 0.3 dB/km 12
Connector and splice loss 2 dB 2 dB 2 dB
  35 km 
10GBASE-ER link-loss calculation examples
12
See the table in the Singlemode Fiber section for the details.



   

have emerged such as the effects of chromatic and polarization mode dispersion on signal integrity. In
   

and consider when designing a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network.
DEFINITION: Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD): Difference in propagation velocity between different optical
polarization states. An optical signal can be represented by two orthogonally polarized components,
                 

states, the two delayed polarization components will be mixed at the receiving end. This mainly applies
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Source: 
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Installation of the UBEX Matrix

the required capabilities of the network switch for the best A/V performance:
Î
Î
Î


Devices:
▪
–10 GbE support
–
–Non-blocking
–
–
▪
▪
–

▪
–           
device
–Singlemode or multimode
–up to 10 GbE support
▪
–2 modules per endpoint device
–Singlemode or multimode
–up to 10 GbE support
▪
–



▪
–2 cables per endpoint device
–up to 10 GbE support
Ethernet Switch - Detailed Requirements
In the virtual matrix architecture, a third-party switch is used to transfer
IP packets. In connection with this switch, the following criteria must
be met:
▪10 Gbps non-blocking switch    

▪Supports IEEE Std. 802.3ad-2000 Link Aggregation Control
Protocol, with Link Aggregation Groups for each endpoint.
▪

▪        IGMP v2
snooping, with at least 16 addresses available for each endpoint, e.g.
4096 IPv4 multicast addresses for 256 endpoints.
▪      1 VLAN reserved for
UBEX control and media transmission    

Optional Requirements:
▪       
 PCP       
         

▪     LLDP   
discover network topology.
▪
    MSTP    
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