Matrox Maevex 5100 Series How to use

Matrox®Release Notes
Matrox®Maevex™ 5100 Series and
Maevex™ 6100 Series
Software version 3.01.00
20247-401-0310
October 8, 2021
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0BOverview
This document describes the current release of the Matrox Maevex 6100 Series and
Maevex 5100 Series hardware, and the PowerStream Plus software. Matrox
provides these notes to describe new features, bug fixes, and improvements to the
Maevex hardware and the PowerStream Plus software.
3BWhat’s new in this release
Maevex 6152 and 6122 Encoders –New products supported.
HDMI 4k60 8-bit RGB and YUV 4:4:4 input and local pass-through
output support
HDCP over HDMI and protected content encoding and streaming
support
Maevex 6100 Series Encoders
Added Type of Service (ToS) setting for network packet
prioritization from the PowerStream Plus user interface.
Added Continue streaming on signal loss option for the microphone
analog audio input.
Security enhancements have been made.
Maevex 6152 Decoder –Added support for:
Protected content decoding and HDCP over HDMI outputs
Failsafe mode (local playback from internal memory or external USB
memory device)
Joined outputs with composited layouts and frame synchronization
Messaging Overlay System
Third-party RS-232 peripheral control through the Maevex decoder
(IP-to-RS232)
IPV6
Security enhancements
Custom layouts (For more information, contact the Matrox Technical
Support team.)

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First-time installation of PowerStream Plus
If you’re installing Matrox PowerStream Plus software for the first time,
PowerStream Plus automatically detects the Maevex devices that are on the same
subnet as PowerStream Plus, and adds them to your environment. You’ll need to
manually add any devices that remain undetected.
For more information, see the Matrox PowerStream Plus user guide. Matrox makes
the latest PowerStream Plus software and firmware available on the Matrox web site
(Hwww.matrox.com/maevexswH).
Upgrading from an older version of Matrox PowerStream (1.0x) or
PowerStream Plus (2.0x) software
If you’re currently using Matrox PowerStream and corresponding firmware
package, and you want to upgrade to a recent version of PowerStream Plus software
and corresponding firmware package, do the following:
1 Install the latest firmware package for your Matrox Maevex 6100 Series and
5100 Series devices. (Make sure the firmware package version you’re
installing corresponds to the PowerStream Plus software you’re planning to
install.)
2 Install the latest corresponding version of the Matrox PowerStream Plus
software.
3 Remove the older (previously installed) version of the Matrox PowerStream
software.
PowerStream Plus automatically detects the Maevex devices that are on the same
subnet as PowerStream Plus, and adds them to your environment. You’ll need to
manually add any devices that remain undetected.
For more information, see the Matrox PowerStream Plus user guide. Matrox makes
the latest PowerStream Plus software and firmware package available on the Matrox
web site (Hwww.matrox.com/maevexsw).
9BDowngrading your PowerStream Plus version
Note: Your PowerStream Plus software version must match the firmware
package version installed on your Maevex devices. Mixed firmware package
and PowerStream Plus software versions are not supported.
Maevex 6100 and 6150 encoders
If a password that’s longer than 8 characters is set, older PowerStream or
PowerStream Plus versions (previous to 2.01.03) won’t be able to authenticate
these devices. Before downgrading your version of PowerStream Plus
software, we recommend first changing the password to set a password that’s

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between 6 and 8 characters long. For more information on changing
passwords, see the Matrox Maevex User Guide.
If downgrading PowerStream Plus software to 2.00 (not recommended),
certain user settings related to version 2.00 (like the device tile organization)
won’t be automatically restored. For more instructions on downgrading,
contact Matrox Technical Support.
Maevex 6152 Decoder
Software downgrading is limited to version 3.00.01.005 (first release).
Maevex 6122 and 6152 Encoders
Software downgrading is not supported (first release).
5Downgrading to an older version of the firmware
Maevex 6100, 6120, and 6150 Encoders
Firmware downgrading to version 2.02.01.017 is supported only from the
default IP mode IPv4 and IPv6 and from IPv4. Downgrading from IPv6 isn’t
supported, because the 2.02 release supports only IPv4.
Firmware downgrading is limited to version 2.02.01.017 (which also supports
the TLS1.2 protocol). To downgrade to an older firmware version (which uses
the TLS1.0 protocol), downgrade first to version 2.02.01.017, and then
downgrade further.
Maevex 6152 Decoder
Firmware downgrading is limited to version 3.00.01.005 (first release).
Maevex 6122 and 6152 Encoders
Firmware downgrading is not supported (first release).
7Notes and limitations
Maevex 6152 and 6122 Encoders
If protected content support is enabled in PowerStream Plus, the respective
devices will protect all their outgoing streams, which can only be decoded and
displayed by Maevex 6152 decoders that are also enabled for protected
content support. Protocols that can carry protected content are restricted to
RTSP and RTP only. The local DisplayPort monitoring output, as well as the
recording function will be inaccessible (unsupported) in this mode. A warning

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message will be displayed if any of these options are in use and have to be
disabled before enabling protected content support. [3235]
Streamed protected content can be displayed on a maximum of 32 remote
displays (or less if HDMI repeater or splitter devices are used to connect the
displays to the Maevex 6152 decoder devices) but may be limited based on
the source’s capabilities and limitations.
Streaming over WAN of HDCP protected content is not supported. [3110]
When protected content is enabled, on rare occasions, some HDCP displays or
sources may not reinitialize properly after disconnecting and reconnecting the
display device or following the reboot of a Maevex encoder device, resulting
in a black or snowy pass-through display and/or stream. If this occurs, power
cycle your display, or disconnect and reconnect your HDMI cables, or reboot
your Maevex device again. [ 3372, 3378]
If HDMI EDID pass-through is disabled in PowerStream Plus, with or without
a local display being connected, the Maevex device may not detect the HDMI
source following a reboot. If this occurs, disconnect and reconnect the HDMI
cable from the source, or enable EDID pass-through and reboot your Maevex
device. [3290]
Maevex 6100 Series Encoders
Following an input signal interruption or switching, the Continue streaming
on signal loss feature requires that the input signal recover without an A/V
mode or signal frequency change. In the event of an input mode change, the
outgoing stream will be torn down and regenerated, resulting in a decoder
disconnect and reconnect event.
Can’t record to an IPv6 link-local address. [1791]
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HLS has a limited and fixed list of frame sizes. For more information, contact
your Matrox representative [1691].
Depending on the analog audio input voltage level from the analog audio
source, clipping (audio distortion) may occur in the stream and headphone
out, especially at higher or maximum (6dB) audio input level setting from
PowerStream Plus. To avoid this, reduce the analog audio level from the
source, from PowerStream Plus, or from both.
Recording to extFS (ext2/3/4), NTFS, and FAT32 drives is supported
(exFAT-formatted drives aren’t supported).
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Before recording to a networked shared drive or folder, make sure you have
the appropriate user rights and credentials to do so.
Interlaced streaming is not supported. (Interlaced input signal will be
converted to progressive before encoding.)
HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), HDR, and 3D modes are
currently not supported.
Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, and Windows 2008 R2 –
Windows Server operating systems disable the SSDP Discovery service by
default. For your devices to be automatically detected on your subnet, this
service needs to be enabled. For more information on enabling this service,
see Windows documentation.
Switching between dynamic and static IP addresses isn’t supported while
encoding or decoding. Before you change the IP address, make sure you stop
the encoding or decoding processes.
If you’re using PowerStream Plus software to set a static IP address, make
sure the IP address you want to set isn’t already allocated to another device on
the network.
When the Optimized for Desktop encoding mode is selected, for best
performance, we recommend to simultaneously also set the encoding option
to VBR (Variable Bit Rate).
It is recommended to stop all streams before updating the firmware on an
encoder. If not, first disable (stop) then enable (restart) the inputs on the
encoder. If applicable, also update (resave) the encoder configuration for
future use.
RTSP and SRT streams with authentication created with prior software
releases are not forward or backward compatible and will not be recognized.
They must be recreated as new custom streams and their stream credentials re-
entered. We recommend that you delete previously used authenticated RTSP
and SRT streams prior to saving an encoder configuration and prior to
updating your software and firmware.
Wake-on-LAN (WOL) through PowerStream Plus is not supported for
devices using DNS host names.[3218]
Some security scanner software may incorrectly report the CVE-2021-23839
and CVE-2021-23841 vulnerabilities in spite of fixing these in this release (by
implementing fixes from Open SSL version 1.1.1).
Maevex 6100 / 6150 / 6120 Encoders
Capture, encoding, and streaming of protected content (HDCP over HDMI) is
not supported.

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Maevex 6100 Series Encoder Appliances
While recording to local or network storage, no warning appears if device is
full or near full. Make sure there’s enough available space on the destination
device (USB-based storage or network-based storage) before starting to
record. If the last recorded file is larger than the available space, the recorded
data will be lost.
After connecting a new local DisplayPort console display, the Maevex device
must be rebooted for the DisplayPort output to be enabled.
If the resolution on the DisplayPort preview output is higher than Full HD
(determined by the connected monitor’s preferred resolution), the preview
frame rate will be limited to 15 fps. This is done independently from the
streamed or recorded frame rates, which will remain unaffected.
To be able to record to LAN2, make sure to specify a unique IP address for
your LAN2 recording destination. Depending on the IP address of the
recording destination, the data will be sent on the LAN1 or LAN2 output.
The control buttons (on the front of the device) assigned for the start/stop
functionality of the recording can control only manual recording. Stopping a
scheduled recording must be done through PowerStream Plus.
The maximum scaling and compositing capability of the device is 4x 4k30 or
2x 4k60 (or equivalent). This includes compositing and scaling for the
purpose of streaming or recording, and for monitoring through the local
DisplayPort preview output (if enabled). The Continue streaming on signal
loss option, if enabled, also relies on the compositing engine. In case of
processing overload, frame drop and/or image flicker may occur. This can be
avoided by using configurations that limit the number of simultaneous
compositing and scaling processes, or by reducing the frame rates or the
highest resolutions being used. [2833]
Note: In particular, the DisplayPort preview output, if enabled in
quadrant-view, will consume a non-negligible amount of scaling and
compositing processing power that should be accounted for. [2727, 3174]
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If protected content support is enabled in PowerStream Plus on a given
device:
All HDMI outputs will be HDCP protected and non-HDCP display
devices will not receive any signal.
The decoder will decode protected streams originating from Maevex
6152 and 6122 encoders enabled for protected content support, as

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well as unprotected streams from any Maevex or compatible third-
party encoders.
If any protected source content is mapped to be displayed on a 33rd
display device, the corresponding decoder will stop decoding this
content and will replace it with a black surface if used on any of its
outputs (or with the failsafe content if failsafe is enabled). Other
decoders already decoding the same content will not be affected.
With an HDCP2.x display connected to either HDMI Out 1 or HDMI
Out 3 of your Maevex decoder device, any configuration change on
any of the 4 outputs (decoded stream switching or output mode
change) will result in a momentary flicker on ALL outputs. [3286]
If protected content support is disabled on a given decoder (turned Off in
PowerStream Plus), the Maevex decoder will not decode any streams
originating from Maevex 6152 or 6122 encoders with protected content
support enabled.
HDMI Output pixel format is always RGB 4:4:4 24-bit (8-bit/color) in this
release.
HDMI CEC (Consumer Electronics Control), HDR, and 3D modes are
currently not supported.
Interlaced stream or failsafe content decoding, as well as interlaced HDMI
output modes are not supported. [3287]
Microphone input is not supported in this release.
If a saved configuration is loaded and some of the streams are no longer valid
(no longer exist), the corresponding output surface will remain black. To
remove this invalid stream from the current configuration, delete it from each
panel (stream display area), or, in the case of a custom stream, delete it from
the Streams list. [2334]
When a device configuration reset is done (by pressing and holding the reset
button with a paper clip for over 5 seconds), the settings of custom streams
are not deleted since they are stored by PowerStream Plus and not on the
device itself. However, stream settings stored on the device will be lost. (A
‘custom stream’ is a manually entered stream, as opposed to a stream that is
automatically detected by the device.) [2337]
When Maevex 6100 Series encoders are configured to use the Optimized for
desktop encoding mode, PowerStream Plus may intermittently show the
Maevex 6152 decoder warning: “The source is running under its target frame
rate”. This is normal behavior considering the variable frame rate nature of
this encoding mode. [3259]

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Authenticated stream credential information (such as password and
passphrase) are not saved into the decoder configuration files. Authenticated
RTSP and SRT streams have to be manually added to the stream list and
remapped by dragging and dropping them onto the desired output surface.
Reloading previously saved decoder configurations that contain an
authenticated stream is not supported and would result in a red decoder device
tile in PowerStream Plus. It is recommended to remove streams with
authentication prior to saving any decoder configuration for later use. [3217]
Only NTFS-formatted external USB drives are supported. [3293]
Wake-on-LAN (WOL) through PowerStream Plus is not supported for
devices using DNS host names. [3218]
Some security scanner software may incorrectly report the CVE-2021-23839
and CVE-2021-23841 vulnerabilities in spite of fixing these in this release (by
implementing fixes from Open SSL version 1.1.1).
The Messaging Overlay System supports text messages of maximum 1000
characters at a font size up to 256, or a maximum of 250 characters at a font
size of 512. [3169]
If protected content is streamed through the LAN2 network port of a Maevex
6152 or 6122 encoder device, the stream will not appear on the Maevex 6152
decoder’s auto-generated list of available streams. A corresponding custom
stream needs to be created and the stream URL added manually on the
decoder side in order to decode the protected stream. [3281]
BMaevex 5100 Series
This firmware package includes firmware version 1.05.09.001 for Maevex
5100 Series devices.
PowerStream Plus –If a password that’s longer than 8 characters is set for a
Maevex 5150 device, older PowerStream versions (1.05.03.007 or older)
won’t be able to control these devices. Before downgrading from
PowerStream Plus to PowerStream, we recommend first changing the
password to set a shorter password (8 characters or less).
Before daisy chaining your decoders, make sure each decoder is powered.
This enables the decoder’s internal network loop, allowing the DHCP server
to allocate an IP address to the daisy-chained decoders.
Audio distortion may occur if the analog audio input voltage level is too high.
If this occurs, we recommend reducing the analog input signal voltage level
from the host system (turn down the input volume).
HDCP (High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is not supported.
You can’t stream and record at the same time (encoder).

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If failsafe is enabled (decoder), the feature overrides source-to-destination on
signal DPMS remoting.
USB and SD®Card connectivity are not supported.
Certain non-Matrox graphics cards may not properly support certain
resolutions. For example, they don’t output full-screen images in a
1920 × 1080 resolution (you can replicate this connecting your display
directly to your graphics card). For information on the capabilities of your
graphics card, contact your graphics hardware manufacturer.
Your Maevex devices can only be detected on a DHCP network. To locate a
Maevex device outside the DHCP subnet, first detect the Maevex device on
the subnet, then set the Maevex device to a fixed IP address known to be
available on the LAN outside the subnet. Remove the Maevex device from the
subnet and place it in the intended location on the LAN.
Multicast streaming requires networking hardware that supports multicast and
is properly configured for IPv4 multicasting. Otherwise, only unicast
streaming will be supported.
Switching between dynamic and static IP addresses isn’t supported while
encoding or decoding. Before you change the IP address, make sure you stop
encoding or decoding.
When switching between the Use pass through and Use confidence preview
output methods on the encoder, the source system’s HDMI®digital audio may
be disabled. To re-enable the HDMI digital audio, disconnect and reconnect
the HDMI input cable on the Maevex encoder.
To ensure compatibility with auto-negotiating network switches and routers,
your Maevex devices use auto-negotiation for their network speed and duplex
settings. We recommend you configure the networking hardware your
Maevex product is connected to so that it also auto-negotiates these settings.
We also recommend you make sure the speed and duplex settings of your
Maevex devices and networking hardware match. If image corruption occurs,
make sure your networking hardware (and the ports connected to your
Maevex devices) isn’t overloaded and dropping data packets. If necessary,
increase the bandwidth allocated to the ports connected to your Maevex
devices, or try using different ports.
Connecting a networked device other than a Maevex decoder (such as a
computer, networked display, etc.) to the second network port of a Maevex
decoder is currently unsupported.
If you’re using Pass through mode without a local monitor present, the source
system may not output a valid signal, making capture impossible. To resolve
this issue, we recommend trying one of the following:
Use the Confidence preview mode instead of the Pass through mode.

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Connect a local monitor to a Maevex encoder’s local output (HDMI
OUT) before enabling the Pass through mode in PowerStream Plus.
Updating the firmware in parallel while your decoder devices are daisy
chained isn’t supported. Decoder devices that are daisy chained must be added
to the Firmware Update Utility’s list of devices to update and updated one
device at a time.
Maevex 5150 Decoder –Only RTSP streams with a maximum resolution of
1920 x 1080p60 are supported. Audio encoding format must be AAC-LC.
Video encoding format must be YUV 4:2:0 8-bit at a maximum bit rate of
25 Mbps (maximum supported H.264 Level is 4.2).
Maevex SDK (PowerStream Plus DotNet, RS-232, and REST APIs)
For more information on the Matrox Maevex SDK including PowerStream Plus
DotNet API, RS-232 API, and REST APIs, or to obtain a copy of the SDK, contact
Matrox Technical Support (www.matrox.com/en/video/forms/products/maevex-
developer-tools).

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