Wegener iPump User manual

User's Manual
IPUMP

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General Information
1.1 Manual Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.2 iPump Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
iPump Status Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Live Program Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Record Program to File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Play Recorded Program File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Stream Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Scheduled Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
File Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Files Served to LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Compel Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
HTML Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Contact Closure/Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
iPump Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Table 1iPump Options Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1.3 iPump Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 2Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.4 Safety Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1.5 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Table 3Glossary of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 2 Installation
2.1 Unpacking and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.2 Location and Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Rack Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Desktop Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.3 iPump Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Table 4iPump Connector Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Alarm Connector Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Table 5iPump Alarm Connector Pin Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Ethernet/LAN Port Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Table 6iPump LAN Connector Pin Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Chapter 3 Operation
3.1 Operation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3.2 Front-panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Liquid-crystal Display(LCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Pushbuttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 7LED Indicator Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
3.3 Startup/Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Initial startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Normal Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Web Browser Operations Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Normal Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
3.4 Front-panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
LCD Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Editable Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Selectable Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.5 Initial Unit Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Initial RF setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 8iPump Preconfigured RF Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Current Channel Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Date/Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Unit Label Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
3.6 iPump Operations by Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Monitor iPump Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Live Program Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Record Program to File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Play Recorded Program File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
File Streaming and Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Scheduled Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Playlist Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
iPump Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3.7 Unit Software Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Chapter 4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
4.1 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
4.2 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
No functions at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
No output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trouble using browser interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Table 9LED Indicator Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 5 Customer Service
5.1 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.2 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Index

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Chapter 1 General Information
1.1 Manual Overview
This manual provides instructions and reference information for the proper
installation and operation of the Wegener iPump Media Server/Store and For-
ward Receiver, referred to throughout the manual as the iPump.
The manual is divided into the following chapters:
1 General Information - a description of your iPump, its functions and
specifications, and a glossary of terms.
2 Installation - procedures and information for the correct and safe instal-
lation of your iPump.
3 Operation - instructions on starting and operating your iPump.
4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting - information on maintaining your
iPump and resolving possible operating difficulties.
5 Customer Service - Our warranty and information on obtaining help.
An Index of keywords is also provided to help you quickly locate needed
information.
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1.2 iPump Overview
The Wegener iPump is an integrated, digital satellite receiver, decoder, and
media server designed to provide the most cost effective method of delivering
and storing digital content for broadcast, cable, and business operations. The
iPump is a key part of the Wegener Communications Digital Media Delivery
System which combines secure MPEG and IP digital transmission with media
management and server storage. At a given time, up to 260 hours of media
content can be stored on a single iPump (with optional, large disk capacity) and
served out via Ethernet according to current need or predetermined schedules.
With the iPump, you can receive, decode, and play out broadcast-quality trans-
missions while at the same time receiving from satellite and recording multiple
programs or IP data files. Combined with our Compel MediaPlan software, the
iPump can also place spot segments into real-time or recorded programs and
can schedule playback of custom sequences of live and recorded content.
Physical
Description
The iPump is housed in a standard, 2 RU, rack-mountable chassis. Its front
panel provides a user interface through an LCD and six pushbuttons (see Fig-
ure 3.1 iPump Front Panel on page 22). The rear panel holds the power
switch and the ports that allow connection to power, incoming signal, and
peripheral devices.
Functional
Description
Your iPump can perform the following functions:
iPump Status Monitoring
Front-panel and web browser interface screens allow real-time monitoring of
iPump activity, settings, and signal characteristics.
Live Program Play
The iPump decodes an incoming DVB MPEG program from the received sat-
ellite signal and decrypts and decodes the audio and/or video from the selected
program through analog or digital output ports to your monitor or transmission
equipment. The incoming content may be either a "classical" DVB program or
an IP multicast stream. RF and decoder settings are selected by the user. Two
live programs from the same DVB carrier may be played simultaneously by
iPumps which have the optional second decoder.
Record Program to File
The iPump can simultaneously record up to three separate multiplexed pro-
grams (either "classical" DVB or IP multicast stream) from the incoming
stream including any that are played live to the decoder(s). The user selects the
programs and enters a file name, audio setting, and a recording time (duration)
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ing. Up to 40 GB of storage (up to 43.3 hours of programming depending on
data rate) is available on standard iPumps and up to 240 GB on optional,
extended-storage iPumps (see Disk Storage Capacity).
Record and play functions can be used in such applications as "tape delay"/
time zone shifting, "spot" localization of commercials, and corporate training
media distribution.
Play Recorded Program File
The iPump plays out the selected, stored program files to the connected audio
and video monitors. File playing may be initiated by a predetermined schedule
via Compel or by a schedule stored internally to the iPump. The user may also
command playing of files directly from a web browser or from the front panel.
Two recorded programs (or one recorded and one live) may be played simulta-
neously on iPumps with an optional second decoder.
File Management
Compel users can rename or delete files stored on the iPump and organize
them into directories or folders. Renaming and deleting files may also be per-
formed through a web browser connected to the iPump over a LAN.
Playlists
Sequences of programs called Playlists can be created and stored on the iPump
by the user (locally or by COMPEL). Up to 100 Playlists can be stored in non-
volatile memory and played back with no interruption between programs. Set-
tings can be made to repeat the playlist indefinitely, complete the playlist and
repeat only the last program indefinitely, or complet the playlist and simply
return the decoder to its previous state.
Routing
The iPump can serve as a satellite-to-LAN IP router. Both unicast and multi-
cast IP traffic is supported. Multicast traffic can include, for example, MPEG
video streaming data. The IGMP protocol is followed for multicast traffic.
Stream Creation
The iPump can create IP multicast video streams and present them on the LAN
for use by other equipment. The source of the video stream may be either a pre-
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The iPump can also multicast previously-stored streams to the LAN. See Fig-
ure 1.1 iPump Routing for an illustration of iPump routing paths.
Figure 1.1 iPump Routing
Scheduled Operation
Schedules of record, play, and other operations for automatic execution by the
iPump may be set up using the Compel network and may be viewed from the
web browser interface. (Schedule operations support wild cards and ranges in
day, date, and time fields for repetitive events.)
File Downloads
The iPump accepts files downloaded from the satellite link via Compel’s
Assured File Delivery package. Application software and other files may also
be downloaded. Up to five downloads may be performed simultaneously up to
an aggregate data rate of 25 Mbps.
The iPump's file download and record functions may be used to load the unit
with content for playout (according to a pre-arranged schedule if desired) at
any time. This can be particularly useful in applications with extended or con-
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Files Served to LAN
Users sharing a LAN with the iPump may download stored files from the
iPump to their local workstation or server using FTP or SMB protocol.
Compel Control
iPump operation may be controlled remotely by a Compel network. Compel
Conditional Access controls which iPumps may access the satellite’s material
and prevents access by any other receive equipment. Local control of the unit
may be disabled for exclusive control by Compel. The iPump always follows
the most recent command received and does not prioritize commands based on
origination from the front panel, web browser interface, or Compel network.
HTML Control
Control of the iPump is available from any web browser on the LAN to which
it is connected or via the internet if desired. The IP address and subnet mask
can be displayed and changed at the iPump front panel.
Contact Closure/Alarms
The iPump provides a contact closure through a rear-panel connector whenever
the unit enters an alarm condition. An additional user relay is also available.
The iPump can also sense a contact closure input. Using Compel, file playouts
can be triggered by local closure of this input.
iPump
Options
The iPump Media Server/Store and Forward Receiver is available in several
configurations to meet specific applications. Input type, decoder type, disk
storage capacity, Conditional Access, and the presence of a second decoder can
be varied to create models best suited for your specific needs.

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The iPump model number is structured as follows to describe the options on
each iPump:
IP - ABC - D - EF - G - H - JJ - K
Table 1: iPump Options Key
Model Number
Position Option Name Designator Description
IP This prefix simply indicates that the unit is an iPump.
A Input Type 1 - DVB RF Input
2 - ASI Input
B First Decoder Type
(middle slot)
0 - No decoder
1 - Basic decoder
2 - professional 4:2:0 decoder with analog outputs
3 - professional 4:2:2 decoder with analog outputs
4 - professional 4:2:2 decoder with digital outputs
5 - professional audio output
C Second Decoder Type
(bottom slot)
0 - No second decoder
1 - Basic decoder
2 - professional 4:2:0 decoder with analog outputs
3 - professional 4:2:2 decoder with analog outputs
4 - professional 4:2:2 decoder with digital outputs
5 - professional audio output
D Disk Storage Capacity 1 - 40 Gigabytes
2 - 80 Gigabytes
3 - 120 Gigabytes
4 - 160 Gigabytes
5 - 200 Gigabytes
6 - 240 Gigabytes
E Contact Closure Module
Type
1 - Alarm and contact closure in and out on DB-9
2 - Alarm and contact closure in and out on DB-9, plus
RJ-11 internal modem
F Reserved
G Reserved
HLineCord
(power connector)
1 - U.S.
2 - U.K.
3 - Europe
4 - Australia
JJ Reserved
K Other 0 - none
1 - Auxiliary audio