Rohde & Schwarz VENICE S User manual

R&S®VENICE S
User Manual
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User Manual
Broadcast and Media

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Contents
General ........................................................................................... 7
About this Documentation..................................................................................8
Required Reading.........................................................................................8
Target Group ................................................................................................8
Additional Documentation.............................................................................8
Safety.............................................................................................. 9
For your Safety ................................................................................................10
General Notes..................................................................................................11
Product Description .................................................................... 13
Function ...........................................................................................................14
Models .............................................................................................................15
Features...........................................................................................................16
Channel Configuration ................................................................................16
Workflow-based Metadata ..........................................................................17
Audio Routing .............................................................................................25
Image Processing .......................................................................................25
Timecode ....................................................................................................26
Play After Write...........................................................................................27
Type Plate........................................................................................................28
Scope of Delivery.............................................................................................29
The Front of the System ..................................................................................30
Front Plate ..................................................................................................30
Chassis Front .............................................................................................31
LCD Panel ..................................................................................................32
Hard Drives.................................................................................................35
The Rear of the System ...................................................................................38
Back Panel .................................................................................................38
LTC In/Out ..................................................................................................40
AES/EBU Audio ..........................................................................................40
Power Supply Unit ......................................................................................41
Power Supply Indicator...............................................................................42
Out- or Input of Master/Slave Control Signals ............................................43
Downconvert Video Output.........................................................................43
In-/Output of Digital Video Signals ..............................................................45
Network Interface Card (NIC) Connectors ..................................................47
NIC Indicator...............................................................................................48

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Inside the System ........................................................................................... 49
System Cover ............................................................................................ 49
Cooling Fan Assembly ............................................................................... 50
Cooling Fans .............................................................................................. 51
Rescue Stick .............................................................................................. 52
Pin Assignment ............................................................................................... 53
HD Sub D Connector ................................................................................. 53
RJ45 Connector ......................................................................................... 54
Serial Connector ........................................................................................ 55
Video Connector ........................................................................................ 56
Lynx CBL-AES1604 Cable......................................................................... 58
Network Ports ................................................................................................. 60
Installation and Configuration ................................................... 61
Installing the System ....................................................................................... 62
Starting the System......................................................................................... 66
Configuring the System................................................................................... 67
Log In ......................................................................................................... 67
Network Configuration ............................................................................... 67
Integrating Software Service ...................................................................... 68
System Update .......................................................................................... 68
Shutting Down the System.............................................................................. 69
Operation ..................................................................................... 71
Operating the System ..................................................................................... 72
Usable Software and Protocols.................................................................. 72
VENICE Client Software ............................................................................ 72
Playing Content.......................................................................................... 73
Ingesting Content ....................................................................................... 74
Transforming Content ................................................................................ 74
File Management ....................................................................................... 74
Multi-Viewing Content ................................................................................ 75
Control VENICE S...................................................................................... 75
Administration............................................................................. 79
Creating a Backup Image ............................................................................... 80
Restoring the System...................................................................................... 83
System Update ............................................................................................... 86
System Monitoring .......................................................................................... 87
SNMP......................................................................................................... 87
Maintenance ................................................................................ 89
Safety Instructions .......................................................................................... 90

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Removing and Mounting the Front Plate .........................................................92
Removing the Front Plate ...........................................................................92
Mount the Front Plate .................................................................................93
Removing and Mounting the System Cover ....................................................94
Removing the System Cover ......................................................................94
Installing the System Cover ........................................................................95
Replacing a Power Supply Unit .......................................................................97
Replacing a Hot Swappable Hard Drive ........................................................100
Replacing a Cooling Fan Assembly ...............................................................103
Replacing a Cooling Fan ..........................................................................104
Replacing the Internal USB Memory Key ......................................................107
Transport.................................................................................... 109
Safety Notes ..................................................................................................110
Packing the System .......................................................................................111
Troubleshooting ........................................................................ 113
Safety First - For you and your System .........................................................114
Troubleshooting External Connections ..........................................................115
Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem ..........................................................116
Troubleshooting a USB Device......................................................................117
Troubleshooting a Wet System......................................................................118
Troubleshooting Power Supply Units.............................................................119
Troubleshooting Power Source Problems ................................................119
Power Supply Unit Problems ....................................................................119
Troubleshooting Cooling Problems................................................................121
Troubleshooting Cooling Fans ..................................................................121
Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key ...........................................................122
Index ........................................................................................... 123

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General
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General
This chapter includes the following section:
■"About this Documentation" (page 8)

General
About this Documentation
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About this Documentation
This documentation informs you about the installation of the
VENICE S hardware, a video server system by
Rohde & Schwarz, its operation as well as all connection possi-
bilities. Furthermore, it describes maintenance tasks that you
may carry out on your own.
Required Reading
Each person who is responsible for installation, operation, main-
tenance or setting of the system has to read and understand
this manual.
Target Group
To use this manual you should have experience in handling
video and computer equipment.
When performing maintenance tasks on the hardware, you
must be qualified to work on, repair and test electrical equip-
ment.
Additional Documentation
Following documents have to be heeded while working with
VENICE S:
■Getting Started With Your System
■Data Sheet
■Safety, Environment and Regulatory Information
■Software Integration Guide
■Supported File Formats for Software Version 3.5
■Supported File Formats for Software Version 4
The complete documentation can be downloaded from
https://gloris.rohde-schwarz.com after registering/logging in
to access restricted information. There you may find updated
manuals and further information as well.

Safety
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Safety
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
■"For your Safety" (page 10)
■"General Notes" (page 11)

Safety
For your Safety
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For your Safety
The product documentation helps you to use VENICE S safely
and efficiently. Keep the product documentation in a safe place
and pass it on to the subsequent users. Use VENICE S only in
its designated purpose as described in the product documenta-
tion. Observe the performance limits and operating conditions
stated in the specification (data sheet).
Safety information is part of the product documentation. It warns
you about the potential dangers and gives instructions how to
prevent personal injury or damage caused by dangerous situa-
tions.
Safety information is provided as follows:
■In the "Basic Safety Instructions", safety issues are grouped
according to subjects.
■Throughout the documentation, safety instructions are
provided when you must pay attention during setup or oper-
ation.
Always read the safety instructions carefully. Make sure to fully
comply with them. Do not take risks and do not underestimate
the potential danger of small details such as a damaged power
cable.

Safety
General Notes
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General Notes
Please observe the following general important notes:
■Computer hardware contains components that are sensitive
to electrostatic discharge. If you touch them without precau-
tionary measures, they can be destroyed. Use a wrist strap
connected to ground when accessing electronic parts and
take care of grounding the system. Avoid touching the
internal components of VENICE S whenever possible.
■Performance Loss:
VENICE S has been delivered to you fully preconfigured and
optimized for a real-time in- and output of video streams.
Changing any of the settings (e.g. the hardware, software
and/or BIOS settings) may lead to a loss of performance or
may even render the system unusable. Re-configuring
VENICE S anew in most cases is a lengthy procedure. Modi-
fications of settings i.e. BIOS settings shall be done with
Rohde & Schwarz.
■Third-party Software:
VENICE is built for the most demanding realtime operations.
Third-party software might have unpredictable influences to
the overall performanc and stability of the system. Do not
install any third-party software that has not been tested and
approved by Rohde & Schwarz on your system.
■Real-time performance:
Use only the optional internal storage or external storage
solutions which are tested and released by
Rohde & Schwarz to store video and audio data. Other
storage locations and solutions will be too slow for real-time
operations.
■Storage capacity exceeded:
In case of a full storage performance losses may occur.
Leave about 10 to 15 % of the overall main storage capacity
empty of data for performance reasons.
■It is recommended to set up an e-mail notification, to ensure
you get informed when a hardware malfunction occurs.

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General Notes
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Product Description
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Product Description
This chapter is divided into the following sections:
■"Function" (page 14)
■"Models" (page 15)
■"Features" (page 16)
■"Type Plate" (page 28)
■"Scope of Delivery" (page 29)
■"The Front of the System" (page 30)
■"The Rear of the System" (page 38)
■"Inside the System" (page 49)
■"Pin Assignment" (page 53)
■"Network Ports" (page 60)

Product Description
Function
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Function
VENICE S is a media server especially designed for studio
production as well as channel playout. It offers ingest, playout
and transforming functions in one single box. The open soft-
ware structure allows to combine video and IT workflows in
broadcast environments.
In playout mode VENICE S assumes the role of a player. For a
remote controlled playout set VENICE S in VDCP or MOS
mode via VENICE web service or the R&S®Device Manager.
In ingest mode VENICE S assumes the role of a recorder. For a
remote controlled ingest set VENICE S in FIMS or VDCP mode
via VENICE web service or the R&S®Device Manager.
In transform mode VENICE S transforms video and audio mate-
rial to different file formats. If possible, the file conversion
(transcoding) will be performed in hardware at a faster render
speed. For a remote controlled transform set VENICE S in
FIMS mode via VENICE web service or the R&S®Device
Manager.
For more information about the integration of VENICE S by
VDCP, MOS, FIMS and the VENICE web service please see
the Software Integration Guide, available at:
https://gloris.rohde-schwarz.com.

Product Description
Models
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Models
The following models are available:
■VENICE S400 (no internal media storage)
■VENICE S407 (7 TB internal media storage)
■VENICE S414 (14TB internal media storage)

Product Description
Features
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Features
■On-air reliability: The entire system has no single point of
failure due to the redundancy of every system-relevant
component.
■SDI and IP functionality: Equipped with a new video I/O
board, VENICE S offers SDI and IP functionality.
■Flexible system design: VENICE S can be scaled to meet
your requirements, no matter how many channels and how
much storage capacity or bandwidth you need.
■UHD and HDR ready: VENICE S supports up to one UHD
p60 channel (bidirectional) and four HD p60 channels (bidi-
rectional) and handles HDR material with ease.
■Standard server platform: VENICE S uses a standard IT
server whose reliability and performance has proven itself a
thousand times over in data centers worldwide.
■Comprehensive software-based codec support:
VENICE S minimizes the need for transcoding by supporting
a variety of software-based codecs that can be expanded via
future software updates.
■Service-oriented architecture: FIMS and web services
communications allow the greatest possible interoperability,
flexibility and integrability in the broadcast value chain.
VENICE S is easy to integrate into existing infrastructures
and can be dynamically adapted to meet any requirement.
■Storage options: VENICE S can be equipped with up to 14
terabyte internal RAID storage and connected to external
storage solutions.
Channel Configuration
VENICE can be set to HD/SD or UHD-1 operation via the
R&S®Device Manager.
HD/SD:
■four bidirectional HD/SD channels
■optional transform functionality per channel
■automatic aspect ratio conversion (ARC) with active format
descriptor (AFD) support

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UHD:
■one bidirectional UHD-1 channel
■optional transform functionality
■one HD downconversion output channel (locked to UHD-1
channel)
Workflow-based Metadata
VENICE S enables you to use the process of closed captioning
(CC) and subtitling (STL), so that it can be decoded and
displayed on a television, video screen, or other visual displays.
.
VBI-ANC
Handling
VENICE S supports the read out of VBI (vertical blanking
interval) information. VBI information will be converted to ANC
on any output raster.
INPUT OUTPUT
ANC & VBI Closed Caption PLAYOUT ANC Closed Caption
SD-SDI
V-Lines: 525
VBI CEA-608 data
ANC CEA-608 data
ANC & VBI CEA-608 data1
SD-SDI
V-Lines: 625
ANC CEA-608 data
(SMPTE 334-1)
HD-SDI ANC Closed captioning
(CEA-708) (CDP)
(SMPTE 334-1)
HD-SDI ANC Closed captioning
(CEA-708) (CDP)
ANC CEA-608 data
SD-SDI
V-Lines: 625
ANC CEA-608 data
(SMPTE 334-1)
HD-SDI ANC Closed captioning
(CEA-708) (CDP)
(SMPTE 334-1)
1.particular case
INPUT OUTPUT
ANC & VBI Closed Caption PLAYOUT ANC Closed Caption
SD-SDI
V-Lines: 625
VBI OP-42
ANC OP-47
ANC & VBI OP-47/421
SD-SDI
V-Lines: 625
ANC OP-47
(SMPTE 2031)
HD-SDI ANC OP-47
(SMPTE 2031)

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The following VBI information will be converted to ANC:
ANC packages can be saved in QuickTime (CC only) and MXF
OP1a files according to SMPTE 436.
Closed
Caption
VENICE S allows pass through of embedded closed captions,
insertion from closed caption files and SD/HD up and down
conversion. Thereby SD closed captions conforms to the CEA-
608. HD closed captions uses CEA-608 captions encapsulated
within CEA-708 packets.
VENICE S supports embedded closed caption information
stored in QuickTime (MOV). It records embedded CEA-708
information from the incoming SDI signal in digital SD and HD.
When writing QuickTime files (ingest or transform) the closed
caption data are preserved in the following order whereas the
first type found is written into the files:
1 CEA-708 ANC (digital)
2 CEA-608 ANC (digital)
By default it is a QuickTime CEA-708 track ('c708').
HD-SDI ANC OP-47 SD-SDI
V-Lines: 625
ANC OP-47
(SMPTE 2031)
HD-SDI ANC OP-47
(SMPTE 2031)
1.particular case
INPUT OUTPUT
VBI ANC (SMPTE 291)
WSS (Wide Screen
Signaling, ETSI EN 300
294)
AFD (Active Format Descrip-
tion, SMPTE 2016)
VBI OP-42
(Teletext/Subtitles)
ANC OP-47
(SMPTE 2031)
Line 21 (VBI CEA-608
data) (CC)
ANC CEA -608/708
(SMPTE 334-1)

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A closed caption track will only be added to QuickTime files if
valid closed caption data is detected on the first frame of the
provided input or if writing of such a track has been enforced in
the R&S®VENICE software (available with software version
3.5), in the R&S®Device Manager (available with software
version 4) or via VENICE web service command
configureCodecRequest.
Furthermore, closed captions are stored in MXF OP-1a files as
defined in the SMPTE 436M standard. The closed captions are
preserved with a head and tail trim. Then they can be played
out to SDI again.
Multiple languages can be inserted into four data channels on
line 21 from separate closed caption files. The first and the
second closed caption track will be placed into field 1 of the
video frame. If more tracks will be necessary closed caption
information also can be written in a separate *.scc file. For this
additional scc 3 files have to be enabled in the video settings of
the R&S®Device Manager. Field 2 of a video frame then
transfer closed caption tracks three and four.
For playout purposes external *.scc files can be inserted to the
SDI signal.
Subtitles VENICE S allows pass through of embedded subtitles, insertion
from subtitle files and SD/HD up and down conversion.
VENICE S supports embedded subtitling information in MXF
OP1a files or additional in separate *.stl files. Subtitles can be
read and written according to EBU Tech 3264-E.
For playout purposes external *.stl files for multiple languages
can be inserted to the SDI signal.
If transcoding one file format into another file format
during ingest as well as transcoding the closed caption
information could be lost with the following format: MXF
(OP Atom, Sony XDCam IMX, AS02, AS11, IMF).
Closed Captions couldn‘t be lost with the following for-
mats: MOV, MXF (OP1a Generic, RDD09, Sony XD-
Cam DV, XAVC) and MPEG-2.

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With the VDCP command SubtitleMode you can determine,
that the system automatically uses subtitle files, if present. To
specify the directory where the system looks for subtitle files
you have to use the SubtitleFilePath command.
Currently VENICE S supports Latin and Greek character sets.
Aspect Ratio There are many technical issues while dealing with SD and HD
content. SD content can be available in 16:9 or 4:3. HD content
is always 16:9. A broadcaster must be able to playout all three
types of material and switch seamlessly between them all. The
aspect ratio can be changed at various points in the broadcast
chain.
To get an optimal picture it is important that the format bring
accurate information with it. Outside the US, WSS (Wide
Screen Signaling) was sometimes used with SD signals to
define the aspect ratio. The information was stored on VBI line
20 for NTSC and line 23 for PAL. Meanwhile AFD has replaced
WSS for both, SD and HD material.
AFD (Active Format Description) describes the video picture in
terms of the aspect ratio and other characteristics of the active
image within the coded frame.
With one of the following values in the AFD DATA MODE in the
R&S®Device Manager or via the VENICE web service it can be
determined, if the existing AFD data file should be used or if this
data should be overwritten:
If transcoding one file format into another file format
during ingest as well as transcoding the AFD informa-
tion could be lost with the following format: MXF (OP At-
om, Sony XDCam IMX, AS02, AS11, IMF).
AFD data couldn‘t be lost with following formats: MXF
(OP1a Generic, RDD09, Sony XDCam DV, XAVC) and
MPEG-2.
Strip All AFD data is removed.
PassThrough The existing AFD data is passed through.