Wegener iPUMP6400 User manual

iPUMP6400
Professional Media Server
User’s Manual

iPump6400 User’s Manual
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 General Information
1.1 Manual Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 iPump6400 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Physical Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Functional Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Status Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Live Program Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Record Program to File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Play Recorded Program File. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
File Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Playlists. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stream Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Scheduled Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
File Downloads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Files Served to LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Compel Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
HTML Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Contact Closure/Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
iPump6400 Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Table 1iPump6400 Options Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3 iPump6400 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Table 2Technical Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
1.4 Safety Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.5 Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Table 3Glossary of Terms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Chapter 2 Installation
2.1 Unpacking and Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.2 Location and Mounting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.3 iPump6400 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Table 4iPump6400 Connector Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Alarm Connector Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Table 5iPump6400 Alarm Connector Pin Functions. . . . . . . . . . 24
Ethernet/LAN Port Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 6iPump6400 LAN Connector Pin Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Optional Decoder with Digital Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 7Digital Output Decoder Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 8Balanced Analog and AES/EBU Digital Audio Connector Pin
Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Multiswitch Connection Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Table 9RF Port Selection Signals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

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Chapter 3 Operation
3.1 Operation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 Front-panel Controls and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Liquid-crystal Display(LCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Push buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Table 10LED Indicator Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.3 Startup/Shutdown Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Initial startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Normal Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Web Browser Operations Startup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Normal Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
3.4 Front-panel Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
LCD Menu Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Editable Fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selectable Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3.5 Initial Unit Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Initial RF setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Table 11iPump6400 Preconfigured RF Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Current Channel Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
LNB Type Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
LNB DC Power Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Date/Time Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Unit Label Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
3.6 iPump6400 Operations by Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Monitor iPump6400 Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Live Program Play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Record Program to File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Play Recorded Program File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
File Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
File Streaming and Routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Scheduled Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Playlist Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
iPump6400 Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
3.7 Unit Software Switch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chapter 4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting
4.1 Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
4.2 Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
No functions at all . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
No output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Trouble using browser interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Table 12LED Indicator Descriptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

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Chapter 5 Customer Service
5.1 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.2 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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 iPump6400 Professional Media
Server, referred to throughout the manual as the iPump6400.
The manual is divided into the following chapters:
1 General Information - a description of your iPump6400, its functions
and specifications, and a glossary of terms.
2 Installation - procedures and information for the correct and safe instal-
lation of your iPump6400.
3 Operation - instructions on starting and operating your iPump6400.
4 Maintenance and Troubleshooting - information on maintaining your
iPump6400 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 iPump6400 Overview
The Wegener iPump6400 is an integrated, digital satellite receiver, decoder,
and media server designed to provide the most cost effective method of deliv-
ering and storing digital content for broadcast, cable, and business operations.
The iPump6400 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 iPump6400 (with optional, large
disk capacity) and served out via Ethernet according to current need or prede-
termined schedules.
With the iPump6400, you can receive, decode, and play out broadcast-quality
transmissions while at the same time receiving from satellite and recording
multiple programs or IP data files. Combined with our Compel MediaPlan
software, the iPump6400 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 iPump6400 is housed in a standard, 2 RU, rack-mountable chassis. Its
front panel provides a user interface through an LCD and six push buttons (see
Figure 3.1 iPump6400 Front Panel on page 30). The rear panel holds the
power switch and the ports that allow connection to power, incoming signal,
and peripheral devices.
Functional
Description Your iPump6400 can perform the following functions:
Status Monitoring
Front-panel and web browser interface screens allow real-time monitoring of
iPump6400 activity, settings, and signal characteristics.
Live Program Play
The iPump6400 decodes an incoming DVB MPEG program from the received
satellite signal. It 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 iPump6400s that have the optional second decoder.
Record Program to File
The iPump6400 can simultaneously record up to three separate multiplexed
programs (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

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programs and enters a file name, audio setting, and a recording time (duration)
for each. Files are recorded to disk in the iPump6400 for later play-out or
downloading. Up to 40 GB of storage (up to 43.3 hours of programming
depending on data rate) is available on standard iPump6400s and up to 240 GB
on optional, extended-storage iPump6400s (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 iPump6400 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 iPump6400. 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 simultaneously on iPump6400s with an optional second decoder.
File Management
Compel users can rename or delete files stored on the iPump6400 and organize
them into directories or folders. Renaming and deleting files may also be per-
formed through a web browser connected to the iPump6400 over a LAN.
Playlists
Sequences of programs called Playlists can be created and stored on the
iPump6400 by the user (locally or by COMPEL). Up to 100 Playlists can be
stored in nonvolatile memory and played back with no interruption between
programs. Settings can be made to repeat the playlist indefinitely, complete the
playlist and repeat only the last program indefinitely, or complete the playlist
and simply return the decoder to its previous state.
Routing
The iPump6400 can serve as a satellite-to-LAN IP router. Both unicast and
multicast 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 iPump6400 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
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The iPump6400 can also multicast previously-stored streams to the LAN. See
Figure 1.1 iPump6400 Routing for an illustration of iPump6400 routing
paths.
Figure 1.1 iPump6400 Routing
Scheduled Operation
Schedules of record, play, and other operations for automatic execution by the
iPump6400 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 iPump6400 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 iPump6400'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
continuous playout needs and limited satellite operating times.