Visionary Solutions PacketAV D4000 User manual

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E4000•D4000UserManual

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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1
NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES................................................................... 1
NetworkProtocols..........................................................................................................................1
NetworkRequirements ..................................................................................................................2
ImplementationConsiderations .....................................................................................................4
INSTALLATIONANDCONNECTIONS(SYSTEMEXAMPLES) ......................................................... 6
OneSourcetoOneDisplay .............................................................................................................7
OneSourcetoManyDisplays.........................................................................................................7
ManySourcestoManyDisplays.....................................................................................................8
ManySourcestoManyDisplayswithUSBoverIP(KVM) ..............................................................9
VideoWall ....................................................................................................................................10
NETWORKDISCOVERY .................................................................................................. 10
CONFIGURATION.......................................................................................................... 13
ConfiguringEncoderandDecoderIPAddresses ..........................................................................13
ConfiguringStreamSettings(Manually).......................................................................................14
USBoverIP(KVM) ........................................................................................................................15
RS‐232overIP...............................................................................................................................16
VideoFormatSetting–DecodersOnly ..........................................................................................17
AudioConnections .......................................................................................................................18
VideoWall ....................................................................................................................................18
ENCODEROPTIONS ...................................................................................................... 19
E4000DeviceTab .........................................................................................................................19
E4000NetworkTab ......................................................................................................................20
E4000ConfigurationTab ..............................................................................................................21
E4000SystemTab ........................................................................................................................23
DECODEROPTIONS ...................................................................................................... 24
D4000DeviceTab .........................................................................................................................24
D4000NetworkTab......................................................................................................................25
D4000ConfigurationTab..............................................................................................................26
D4000SystemTab ........................................................................................................................29
CONTROL ................................................................................................................... 29
VisionLite .....................................................................................................................................29
ThirdPartyControlDrivers...........................................................................................................34
API ................................................................................................................................................34
TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................... 35
LEDIndicators ...............................................................................................................................35
CheckingtheFirmware.................................................................................................................35
Support .........................................................................................................................................35
FactoryDefaultSettings ...............................................................................................................35
PRODUCTSPECIFICATIONS ............................................................................................. 36

VisionarySolutions,NetworkAVSolutions 1
E4000•D4000USERMANUAL INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
VisionarySolutions4KUHDoverIPcinemaquality,ultra‐lowlatency[~1frame‐visuallylossless]encoderanddecoderbypassthe
constraintsoftraditionalswitchmatrixdistributionsystemsbyharnessingtheflexibilityandscalabilityofconvergedIPnetworks.
Withthegrowingdemandfor4KUHDvideo,professionalAVdesignersandITdirectors–inanincreasinglyconvergedAV/IT
environment–canuseVisionarySolutionsproductsasanalternativetoconventionaldistributionsystems.
Visionary’sPackeTV®andPacketAV®productscanbedeployedonanyindustrystandardIPnetwork.Theycanbeusedonexisting
enterpriseIPnetworksoronaphysicallyseparateparallelnetwork[privatenetwork]tooffloadtraffic,usingthesamenetwork
protocols,methods,anddevicesbutwithoutinterminglingvideotrafficwithdataorvoice,andwithequaleaseofinstallation.
Anencoderisconnectedtoan[HDMI]AVsourcesignal[acamera,STB,mediaplayer,PCorserver,BluRayplayer,ordigitalsignage
player,etc.].Thesignalisconvertedintoapacketizednetworkstreamthatiscompatiblewithoff‐the‐shelfIGMPenabledGigabit
Ethernet(GbE)switches(JumboFramesenabled).UsinganexistingCAT5/6 infrastructure,userscanconnectCAT5/6 toanydecoder
anywhereonthesameGbEnetwork.ThedecodertakestheIPpacketsreceivedoverCAT5/6 cables,convertsthembackintoan
HDMIsignalconnectingdirectlytoadisplay,deliveringvisuallylosslessvideoalongwithUSBoverIP(KVM)andRS‐232overIP
controls.Asignalfromanyencodercanbesenttoanydecoderonthesamenetwork.Thesignalscaneasilybecontrolledwithour
VisionLitesoftwaretocreatedifferentoutputsonthedisplayside,includingvideowallormatrixswitching.
NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES
Thissectionisintendedtoprovideabasicunderstandingofapplicablenetworkingtechnologiesandtheinfrastructurerequirements
neededforasuccessfulVisionarySolutionsE4000/D4000systeminstallation,andtoensurearapiddeploymentandseamless
integration.Manynetworkissuescanbeminimizedorsolvedbeforetheyoccurwithappropriateknowledgeandproperplanning.
TheE4000/D4000willworkwithmostnon‐blocking,IGMPwithIGMPSnooping,8KorbetterJumboPacket1GbEnetworkswitches.
Atleastonelayer‐3switchwithIGMP‐querycapabilityisrequired.ForPIM(multicastrouting)ofE4000/D4000videostreams,the
networkswitcheswouldneedtobecapableofPIM(Sparse,Dense,orSparse‐Dense).
DonotconnectanyencodersordecoderstoaswitchuntiltheswitchisconfiguredformulticastingandIGMPSnoopingisenabled.
Checkwithyourswitchmanufacturerforthedefaultconfigurationsettings.
NETWORKPROTOCOLS
Alldataonanetworkisencapsulatedinpackets,accordingtotheTCP/IPprotocols.Datapacketsareroutedthroughthenetworkto
theirdestination(s)byswitchesusinginformationintheheaderofIPpackets.Transmissioncanbeunicastormulticast.Unicast
transmissionsarepoint‐to‐point,fromasinglesourcetoasingledestination.Multicasttransmissionsoriginatefromasingledevice
andarereceivedbyagroupofdevicesonthenetwork,accordingtotheInternetGroupManagementProtocol(IGMP).Multicast
transmissionisidealforbandwidth‐intensiveapplicationsuchasmediadistributionasitallowsforefficientuseofnetwork
bandwidth.Onlyasinglecopyofthedataisdistributedtomultipledestinations.Ontheotherhand,unicastdistributionofmediato
multipledestinationsisanextremelyinefficientuseofnetworkbandwidthbecauseduplicatecopiesofthedataaresent,point‐to‐
point,fromthesourcetoeachdestination.E4000/D4000devicesmakeuseofthemulticastprotocol.
MoreinformationconcerningIGMPmaybefoundheret:
http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Multicast#Internet_Group_Management_Protocol
Therearetwowaystoimplementmulticastroutingwhenusingourequipment:
•IGMP(InternetGroupManagementProtocol):Allowsvideostreams(groups)tobedynamicallyroutedonlytothoseports
requestingthevideostream.TheIGMPfeaturepreventsthemulticastvideotrafficfromfloodingthenetworkandcan
significantlyreducetrafficinalayer‐3network.Thisistherecommendedsettingforourequipment.
•PIM(ProtocolIndependentMulticast):FunctionsindependentlyofIProutingprotocol.PIMDenseMode(PIM‐DM)isless
preferredforthisapplicationbecauseitfloodsthenetworkusingunicastroutingprotocolstobuildroutingtables.Formore
information,visit:http://docwiki.cisco.com/wiki/Internet_Protocol_Multicast#Protocol‐Independent_Multicast.

E4000•D4000USERMANUAL NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES
VisionarySolutions,NetworkAVSolutions 2
NETWORKREQUIREMENTS
ForhelpdeterminingthenetworkrequirementsforyourVisionarySolutionsinstallation,pleasecontact[email protected].
SWITCHSPEED
TheE4000/D4000requirestheswitchtobeGbE.E4000/D4000technologyisusedtotransmitvisuallylossless8~10:1compressed
videoupto4KalongwithotherAVsignalssuchasaudio,USB,andcontrolsignals.Forvideoalone,thismeansrawbandwidthofup
to800Mbpsfor4K.
CHOOSINGANETHERNETSWITCH
Switchesmustsupportthesefunctions:
•Multicastforwardingorfiltering
•JumboFrames(enabled)
•IGMPSnooping
•IGMPQuerier
•IGMPSnoopingFastLeave
Iftheswitchesareusedformulti‐switchnetworking,theymustalsosupportPIMRouting(Sparse,Dense,orSparse‐Dense).
Thesefeaturesmaybehelpfulaswell:
•Dynamicmulticastrouterport
•Forwardingunknownmulticasttomulticastrouterportsonly
Anynetworkswitchshouldhaveabackplanecapacityofatleast(2x1000‐MbpsxN)whereNisthenumberofportsontheswitch
passingthevideotraffic.Forexample,a24‐portswitchwhereallavailableportsmaybeusedtopassvideotrafficshouldhavea(2x
1000x24)=48Gbpsbackplane.OnechannelofE4000videocanbesentorreceivedfromeachportinthisswitchexamplealthough
fullbandwidthmaynotbeusedatanyonetime.
Themaximumdistancebetweendevicesis100m(328ft)overCAT5eorbettercable.Thisdistancecanbeextendedinincrementsof
100m(328ft)byusingagigabitswitchasarepeaterbetweendevices.Coppertofiberadapterscanextendthemaximumdistance
betweendevicesupto10kmthroughtheuseoffiber.
SincedifferentbrandsandmodelsofswitchesperformdifferentlywhenhandlingmulticastIPpackets,functionalverificationand
pressuretestingarealsorecommendedinanyinstallation.Switchesthatperformwellinsmallerinstallationsmaynotworkwellin
largerinstallations.Recommendedconfigurationsettingsmayvarybasedonyourswitch.
Visionaryofferssampleswitchconfigurationfiles,optimizedforNetworkAV,forcertainswitchbrands/modelsfortestingpurposes.
Contact[email protected]toobtainthefiles.

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E4000•D4000USERMANUAL NETWORKAVINFRASTRUCTUREPREREQUISITES
SWITCHGUIDELINES
1. EnableIGMPqueryingandsnooping(setIGMPVersiontoIGMPV2iftheswitchiscapable).To enablethetransmissionofa
sourcetomultipledestinations,E4000/D4000devicesmakeuseofmulticast.Thedefaultbehaviorofalayer‐2switchisto
broadcastthosepackets,whichmeansthateverypacketwillbetransmittedtoallpossibledestinations.IGMPsnoopingchecks
IGMPpacketspassingthroughthenetwork,picksoutthegroupregistration,andconfiguresmulticastingaccordingly.Alayer‐2
switchsupportingIGMPSnoopingcanpassivelysnooponIGMPQuery,Report,andLeave(IGMPversion2)packetstransferred
betweenIPmulticastrouters/switchesandIPmulticasthoststodeterminetheIPmulticastgroupmembership.Thisiswhyany
networkswitchusedwithE4000/D4000mustsupportIGMPSnooping.OurendpointsuseIGMPprotocoltoassigntheend
pointsintomulticastgroupsandtherouterusesIGMPsnoopingtoefficientlyroutemulticastpacketsonlytothereceiversthat
wanttoreceivethem.
IGMPSnoopingisusedtoidentifymulticastIPpackets,assignIPpacketsintomulticastgroupssothattherouteronlysendsto
devicesthatwanttoreceivethepackets,establishmembershipinamulticastgroup,andregisteraroutertoreceivedesignated
multicasttraffic.Multicastfilteringisachievedbydynamicgroupcontrolmanagement.ManyswitcheshavetheIGMPSnooping
featuredisabledbydefaultandmanualconfigurationisrequired.Often,checkingtheEnableIGMPSnoopingoptionistheonly
settingneededtoenableIGMPSnooping.ImplementingIGMPSnoopingisvendorspecificandadditionalconfigurationisoften
needed.
IGMPSnoopingQuerierisusedtosendoutgroupmembershipqueriesonatimedinterval,retrieveIGMPmembershipreports
fromactivemembers,andupdatethegroupmembershiptables.TheLeaveGrouppacketissentwhenadevicewantstoleavea
group.
Becausemulticastingvideotrafficcanfloodanetworkandsignificantlyreducetheflowoftraffic,itisimportanttoensurethat
yournetworkinfrastructureandbackboneswitchessupportIGMPSnoopingsothatyourcorenetworkisabletoignorethetraffic
streamsmulticastingcangenerate.Bydefault,allmulticasttrafficshouldbeblockeduntilrequestedbyamulticastgroup
member.WithoutIGMPQuerying/Snooping,multicasttrafficistreatedinthesamemannerasabroadcasttransmission,which
forwardspacketstoallportsonthenetwork.WithIGMPQuerying/Snooping,multicasttrafficisonlyforwardedtoportsthat
aremembersofthatmulticastgroup.IGMPSnoopinggeneratesnoadditionalnetworktraffic,whichsignificantlyreducesthe
multicasttrafficpassingthroughyourswitch.
Note:Someswitchesrequirethattheroutingtablebepre‐loadedsothattheswitchdoesnothavetointerrogateeachIPpacketto
determineitsdestination.Staticroutingcanbeusedtoroutemulticasttraffic.ProtocolssimilartoGenericRoutingEncapsulation
(GRE)canbeusedtoencapsulatemulticastpacketsinunicastwrappersforpoint‐to‐pointtransmissionbetweenswitches,and
whenthepacketsarriveatthedestinationIPaddress,theunicastwrapperisremoved.
2. EnableFastLeave.TheswitchmayalsosupportIGMPSnoopingFastLeave,whichshortensthetimetakesforadevicetoleavea
groupandbemadeavailabletojointoadifferentgroup.Aswitchcanbeinformedthatadevicewantstoleaveamulticast
channelbysendingitaIGMPLeaveGrouppacket.Oncereceived,thetimeittakesfortheswitchtoapplythenewconfiguration
mayvaryfromoneswitchtoanother.MostswitcheshaveaFastleaveconfigurationoption.Whenenabled,Fastleavespeedsup
thetimeneededforaportassignedtoonemulticastgrouptoleavethegroupandjoinadifferentmulticastgroup.This
significantlyreducesthevideoswitchingtime.AlwaysenabletheFastleaveoptionwhenitisavailable.
3. Allowmulticasttrafficonallnetworkportsthroughwhichvideostreamspass.
4. EnsurecurrentAccessControlLists(ACLs)arenotfilteringmulticastorcontroltraffic.
5. RemoveFlowControland/orStormControlonanynetworkportpassingthevideostream.
6. EnableVLANstoseparatevideotrafficfromdataandvoice.
7. EnableJumboFrames.
8. DisableGreenEthernet(orefficiencymode).Someswitcheshavetheabilitytolowerthepowerconsumptionontheportsasa
“Green”feature.Thiscancauseissueswithbandwidthintensivedevices(likeourencodersanddecoders).

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IMPLEMENTATIONCONSIDERATIONS
E4000/D4000devicescanbeinstalledonaphysicallyseparatenetworkorconvergedontoanexistingGbEnetwork.When
implementing,itisimportanttodecideattheearlieststagesofplanningifthesystemwillbeintegratedintotherestofthenetwork
orifitwillresideonadedicatedAVnetwork.Eachhasitsownadvantagesanddisadvantages,butwhereverpossiblewerecommend
theuseofadedicatedAVswitch.Usingtheexistingnetworkisofcoursepossible–butitaddsextracomplexitytotheinstallationand
oftenremovescontrolofthenetworkingequipmentfromthesite’sAVstafforinstaller.
Thefirstthingtoconsiderishowmuchcontroltheinstallandsiteteamshaveoverthenetworkconfiguration.Dotheyhaveaccess
andclearancetochangethemanagedswitchconfigurationsonthefly?Isthenetworkadministratorwillingtomakethenecessary
changestosupportmulticastandIGMPtrafficontheirnetwork?WilltheyallowthecreationofaVLANorchangetheirexisting
VLANconfigurationtosupporttherequiredconfiguration?Iftheanswertothesequestionsisno,thenitishighlyrecommendedthat
thesystembeinstalledonaseparatededicatednetworkswitch.Ifthisisnotanoption,thenaconversationneedstotakeplacewith
thenetworkadminstafftoensuretheyareawareoftherequirements.
INSTALLINGONACONVERGEDNETWORK
Figure1illustrateshowE4000/D4000endpointscanbeinstalledonanexisting(converged)network.Whenusingexisting
infrastructure,adedicatedVLANisrecommendedtoseparatetheAVtrafficfromothernetworkdata.Allswitchesthatwillhandle
AVtrafficmustbe1GbEcapableperthespecificationsinNetworkRequirements.
Visionaryrecommendsthatallencodersbeturnedoffbeforeconnectingtoanexistingnetwork.Onceconnected,encoderscanbe
turnedononeatatimetodeterminenetworkimpact.
Figure1.ConvergedNetworkDiagram

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Figure2illustrateshowE4000/D4000endpointscanbeinstalledonadedicatednetwork.Adedicatednetworkisrecommendedfor
transmittingAVoverIP.Weoffervariousmodelsofpre‐configuredswitchesforresaletoourpartners.Theseswitchesareshipped
pre‐configuredforAVoverIPfromthefactory.Pleasecontact[e-mail]formoreinformation.
Figure2.DedicatedNetworkDiagram
SINGLESWITCHNETWORKING
Singleswitchnetworkingcanbeusedwhentherearenomorethan100m(328ft)fromthecentraldistributionpoint.Anynetwork
switchshouldhaveabackplanecapacityofatleast(2x1000‐MbpsxN)whereNisthenumberofportsontheswitchpassingthe
videotraffic.Forexample,a24‐portswitchwhereallavailableportsmaybeusedtopassvideotrafficshouldhavea(2x1000x24)=
48Gbpsbackplane.

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Themaximumdistancebetweendevicesis100m(328ft)overCAT5eorbettercable.Thisdistancecanbeextendedinincrementsof
100m(328ft)byusingagigabitswitchasarepeaterbetweendevices.Coppertofiberadapterscanextendthemaximumdistance
betweendevicesupto10kmthroughtheuseoffiber.
Whenusingmultipleswitches,werecommendatleast10Gbpsbi‐directionalconnectionsbetweenswitches.
•(LinkBandwidth)/(800Mbps)=Numberofsimultaneousstreamsacrosslinkfor4Kand(LinkBandwidth)/(200Mbps)=Number
ofsimultaneousstreamsacrosslinkfor1080p.
•Themaximumnumberofstreamspossiblebetweenswitches=linkbandwidth(10Gbps)/800Mbps(for4K)xnumberof
encoders(or200Mbpsfor1080p).
•For4Kstreaming,thetotalnumberofstreams(800xn)mustbe≤10,000.
•For1080pstreaming,thetotalnumberofstreams(200xn)mustbe≤10,000.
INSTALLATIONANDCONNECTIONS(SYSTEMEXAMPLES)
Thissectionprovidesinstallationandconnectioninstructionsforfiveconfigurationexamples.Foreachencoderanddecoderinthe
systemexamplesbelow,followthesestep‐by‐stepconnectioninstructions.
1. UseanHDMIcabletoconnecttheAVsourcetotheHDMIInputportontheencoderunit.
2. ConnectanHDMIcablefromthedisplaytotheHDMIOutputportonthedecoderunit.
3. ConnectaCAT5(orbetter)cablefromtheEthernetportontheencoderunittothenetworkswitch.
4. ConnectaCAT5(orbetter)cablefromtheEthernetportonthedecoderunittothenetworkswitch.
5. Connecttheincluded5VDCpowersuppliestoboththeencoderanddecoderunits.ConnecttheincludedACpowercordsfrom
thepowersuppliestoavailableelectricaloutlets.

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ONESOURCETOONEDISPLAY
Inthisbasicinstallationscenario,sendingvideofromasinglesourcetoasingledisplay,asingleencoderanddecoder(point‐to‐
point)canbelinkeddirectlytogetheroroveranetwork.Iflinkeddirectly,theCAT5eorbettercablelinkingthedevicesshouldnot
runmorethan100m(328ft).
Thedevicesdonotconnectautomaticallyandmustfirstbeconfiguredthroughembeddedwebinterfaces.Thissteprequiresa
connectiontoanetwork.Oncethedevicesarelinkedonthenetwork,theycanbeconnecteddirectly.SeesectionConfiguration.
Figure3.OneSourcetoOneDisplayDiagram
ONESOURCETOMANYDISPLAYS
Sendingvideofromasinglesourcetomultipledisplaysrequiresanetworkswitch.Asingleencodercanbelinkedtomultiple
decoders(point‐to‐multipoint)overanetwork.Implementingaonetomanyinstallationsdramaticallydecreasestheamountof
equipmentrequiredatthesourcelocation.
Theencoderandeachdecodercanbelocatednomorethan100m(328ft)fromtheswitch.
Figure4.OneSourcetoManyDisplaysDiagram

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MANYSOURCESTOMANYDISPLAYS
Sendingvideofrommultiplesourcestomultipledisplaysrequiresanetworkswitch.Multipleencoderscanbelinkedtomultiple
decoders(multipoint‐to‐multipoint)overanetwork.Themanyencoderstomanydisplaysconfigurationallowsalmostanynumber
ofsourcesanddisplays.Multipleswitchescanbelinkedbyfiber,providingflexibilityandscalability,andexpandingthesizeand
reachoftheconfigurationtoapracticallylimitlessscale.
Eachencoderandeachdecodercanbelocatednomorethan100m(328ft)fromtheswitch.
Figure5.ManySourcestoManyDisplaysDiagram