Teracue DEC-200 User manual

DEC-200™ H.264 and MPEG-2 Decoder
User Guide V2.7
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User Guide V2.7
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I. Information about the manual
This document is designed to help users setup, configure and work with the H.264/
MPEG-2 decoders.
If you received this publication as a PDF, then it's a good idea to print it out for future reference.
It is best to use this user guide directly in front of your computer, by doing so you try out everything at
once.
.!. Important features are marked by this sign.

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II. Release Notes
Following are the Features listed which are supported from the firmware versions:
Version 0.1.8 –
09/26/2008
16:00
 Analogue Audio R + L Output are supported.
 Support of PAL
 CVBS Video Output is supported by using the breakout cable.
 YC Video Output is supported.
 SDI Video Output is supported by using the BNC interface on the front panel.
 Receiving and processing of MPEG-2 SD streams is possible.
 Receiving and processing of H.264 SD (MPEG-4 part 10) streams is possible.
 Simple firmware updating via web interface.
 Network settings are adjustable.
 Overview of the DEC’s system environments displayed under ‘System’ menu, i.e. decoder
CPU load, firmware version.
Version 0.1.9 – 0.1.12
– Internal Versions
Version 0.1.13 –
10/17/2008
17:36
 Supports the automatically and manual setting of the Video PID and of the Program number.
Version 0.1.14 – 0.1.16
– Internal Versions
Version 0.1.17 –
10/30/2008
06:24
 Supports changing the hostname of the DEC-200™
 Improvement of the unicast reception
Version 0.1.18 –
12/05/2008
16:48
 Support of the Factory-Reset feature via jumper
 Video streams can be also decoded and displayed, which do not contain any IDR-Frames
Version 0.1.19 – 0.1.21
– Internal Versions
Version 0.1.22 –
03/06/2009
12:47
 Support of NTSC
 Support of RGB and Component as Video output
 Support of Talkback with the ENC-100™ v3.12
Version 0.1.23 – 0.1.26
– Internal Versions
Version 0.1.27 –
07/30/2009
13:12
 Genlock
 DHCP Support
 OSD-Display at the program start for 2-3 seconds
 Video Loss Display is added. Upon video loss users can choose between ‘Blank’, ‘Hold’ and
‘Colour bar’ to display a frame in spite of a video loss.
 Real Time Clock (RTC) support
Version 0.1.28 – 1.29.7
– Internal Versions
Version 1.29.8 –
11/02/2009
09:21
 Page refresh of the DEC web pages are supported
 XPlayer-Link added. To check, whether the entered source input stream is available in the
network. If the Standalone XPlayer is installed on the client PC, running the web-config pages,
the XPlayer can directly be launched by a mouse click from the user interface.
 Aspect ratio letter-boxing added for MPEG-2 PAL and NTSC
 Talkback performs now auto-reconnect
 Improvement of multicast socket handling
 Enhanced long term stability

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Version 1.29.9
– Internal Version
Version 1.29.10
–
11/19/2009
09:39
 CVBS / SDI Output Switching of the BNC Connector on the Front Panel
Version 1.29.11 – 1.29.13
– Internal Versions
Version 1.29.14
–
01/28/2010
17:29
 Comport for RS-232 operation is supported and settings are adjustable via GUI.
 DF-Mode is added. This mode is for a better audio/video delay when the audio/video delay of
the source is bad.
Version 1.29.15 – 1.31
–
Internal Versions
Version 1.32 –
03/26/2010
12:53
 PTS based AV sync implemented for that case that audio comes first.
 Improved decoder/transport settings menu.
 Display aspect ratio 4:3/16:9. With MPEG2 aspect ratio is set to the value found in VES, with
H.264 no aspect ratio conversion is done.
 Video format mismatch correction (only spatial):
NTSC: PAL ‘overhead’ is cut off symmetrically
PAL: NTSC is displayed centred (letter-boxed).
 Display state messages ‘STREAM LOSS’ when ‘StreamLoss Display’ is set to ‘B/W TEXT’.
 Display state messages ’NETWORK LOSS’ when the decoder loses the network connection.
 Play sine wave when ‘StreamLoss Display’ is set to ‘COLORBAR’.
 GPIO function is added; GPIO Modes: Manual, Passthrough/A, Passthrough/B.
 Added support for Status LED.
 Movies with an unknown resolution will be centred now.
 New Comport Mode ‘Packet’ is added for a tunnelled data transmission with the compliance of
the temporal sequence.
 New setting options in the decoder/audio settings menu: ‘Talkback Port’ and ‘Output Mute’.
 Audio gain values are now set in dB values instead of percent values.
 Change video output (CVBS, RGB ...) works now also without the reboot.
 Selectable network link mode.
 New system status parameter added: ‘Mac Address’ and ‘Link Mode’.
Version 1.33
–
Internal Version
Version 1.34 –
06/15/2010
13:48
 Embedded audio flag was corrected.
Version 1.35 – 1.37
–
Internal Versions
Version 1.38 –
08/10/2010
20:36
 Audio PID is user configurable.
 UDP receive-buffers were increased.
 Improved audio/video synchronisation.
 WSS signalling added.
 Full SNMP remote control added and MIB files. All settings can be remotely configured by 3rd
party SNMP manager.
 SNMP status traps added
Version 1.39 – 1.41
–
Internal Versions
Version 1.42 –
03/18/2011
14:41
 Support for TCP transmissions in connection with the ENC-200™
 support for traceroute
 Implemented a more intelligent adaptive DF mode which includes now also an low delay mode