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Observer
User Manual
Release 6.0
Copyright 2011 by Volicon, Inc.
Do Not Copy or Distribute
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Volicon, Inc.111 South Bedford Street
Suite 201
Burlington , Massachusetts 01803
www.volicon.com
email:[email protected]
Tel: +1-781-221-7400
Fax: +1-781-221-7407
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1. Introduction ____________________________________________________________________ 4
1.1. Purpose and Scope __________________________________________________________________ 4
1.2. System Overview ___________________________________________________________________ 4
2. Getting Started _________________________________________________________________ 4
2.1. PC Client Requirements ______________________________________________________________ 4
2.2. Logging In _________________________________________________________________________ 5
2.2.1. First Time Access __________________________________________________________________________ 5
3. Home Page - Favorites ___________________________________________________________ 7
3.1. Home Page ________________________________________________________________________ 8
3.1.1. Player Display Area ________________________________________________________________________ 83.1.2. Logging Out ______________________________________________________________________________ 83.1.3. Dashboard - Encoder/Stream Input ___________________________________________________________ 9
3.2. Left Menu _________________________________________________________________________ 93.3. Control-bar ________________________________________________________________________ 9
3.3.1. Player Hotkeys ___________________________________________________________________________ 103.3.2. Control-bar Cut Clips ______________________________________________________________________ 113.3.3. Volume Stream / Bar Timeline ______________________________________________________________ 11
3.4. Player Stream Bar__________________________________________________________________ 12
3.4.1. Player Stream Bar Icons ___________________________________________________________________ 123.4.2. Loudness meter __________________________________________________________________________ 12
3.5. Popup Menu ______________________________________________________________________ 13
3.5.1.LOUDNESS METER________________________________________________________________________ 133.5.2. Display Metadata ________________________________________________________________________ 13
3.5.3. Audio Loudness __________________________________________________________________________ 133.5.4. Align Metadata __________________________________________________________________________ 133.5.5. Captions and Subtitles ____________________________________________________________________ 133.5.6.AUDIO TRACKS ___________________________________________________________________________ 13
3.6. Status Line - AL, SS and BS ___________________________________________________________ 14
4. Media Clips ___________________________________________________________________ 15
4.1. Bookmarks _______________________________________________________________________ 15
4.2. Fault Clips ________________________________________________________________________ 15
4.2.1. Search Clips _____________________________________________________________________________ 164.2.2. Sort Clips _______________________________________________________________________________ 16
4.2.3. Delete Clips _____________________________________________________________________________ 164.2.4. Mail Clips _______________________________________________________________________________ 16
4.3. Export Clips _______________________________________________________________________ 17
4.3.1. Bookmark Clips __________________________________________________________________________ 174.3.2. Export Video ____________________________________________________________________________ 174.3.3. Standard Export Format Types ______________________________________________________________ 174.3.4. Export With Advanced Options _____________________________________________________________ 18
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4.3.5. Play Exported Clips _______________________________________________________________________ 18
4.4. Export Existing Clips ________________________________________________________________ 19
4.5. Report Fault Clips in ASCII ___________________________________________________________ 20
5. Loudness Monitoring ___________________________________________________________ 215.1. Audio Loudness __________________________________________________________________ 21
5.2. Export Audio Loudness _____________________________________________________________ 22
6. CC Search _____________________________________________________________________ 23
7. Front-end Setup ________________________________________________________________ 25
7.1. User Preferences __________________________________________________________________ 25
7.2. User Management _________________________________________________________________ 26
7.3. Alert Notification, Emails and SNMP Notification ________________________________________ 26
8. Appendix _____________________________________________________________________ 27
8.1. Shortcut Keys _____________________________________________________________________ 27
8.1.1. Glossary ________________________________________________________________________________ 28
8.2. Troubleshooting ___________________________________________________________________ 28
8.3. What NOT to do on the server side ____________________________________________________ 28
9.1. Scheduled Recording Module ________________________________________________________ 29
9.1.1. Recorded Events _________________________________________________________________________ 29
10. Remote Control _______________________________________________________________ 31
10.1. Remote Control Menu _____________________________________________________________ 31
10.2. Virtual Remote Control ____________________________________________________________ 32
10.2.2. Virtual Remote Macro Scripting ____________________________________________________________ 33
10.3. Revision Change History ___________________________________________________________ 34
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. PURPOSE AND SCOPE
This manual covers common monitoring and logging applications. Setting up alerting thresholds,
user administration and system configuration are covered in the Observer Admin Guide.
1.2. SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The Observer system consists of one or more encoder servers (probes), usually located in remote
or unmanned video distribution centers. Each server is capable of monitoring several video inputs
simultaneously, typically connected to four video sources through its encoders. The Central/web
server (CS) interfaces the system to the web client machines (client PCs). Usually the system
administrator configures the web and probe server addresses and functions of the system.
Once configured, the system constantly records video and monitors for various kinds of failures.
2. GETTING STARTED
2.1. PCCLIENT REQUIREMENTS
To access the Observer from a client machine you will need:
Windows 7, 64 bit OS 3.5GB RAM or aboveSound card
Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) 8 browser
Windows Media Player 11 or greater installed
Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or equivalent processor recommended
Minimum NVIDIA or ATI video adapter
User with local administrative privileges to install signed ActiveX control
Minimum 10 Mbps network connection bandwidth: 1.2-1.5 times the sum of viewed
stream's bandwidth, i.e., display two 512 Kbps streams smoothly, 1.2-1.5 Mbps of
bandwidth is needed
URL or IP address to the Web server placed in the browser Trusted Sites zone
Silverlight support if used for clients other than IE
Pease verify the client machine requirements before proceeding. In general a more powerful
client machine will display more numerous concurrent video streams. However, the system
logging and monitoring effectiveness is independent of the client machines.
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2.2. LOGGING IN
To access the Observer system
Start Internet Explorer
Enter Observer server URL
2.2.1. First Time Access
At first time access from a client PC machine (and
system upgrades)to the Observer media player will be
installed. Youwill be presented with a warning striptowards the top of the screen
Accept it
Run Add-on
Accept the Security Warning
Accept defaults (Check if prompts are hidden
behind other forms to continue install)
Download the media player
If the CMM (optional module) is used, the Reckon client will be installed in addition to the
Observer media player.
2
1
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Optionally specify a page to be presented after login (Home is the default)
o Clips
o Searcho User Preferences
o Setting
Login - Enter
o Username
o Password
Change default values for security, see the
Preferences section
For the first time login name and password, see the First Read MeGuide shipped with the
system, otherwise contact Volicon support.
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3. HOME PAGE -FAVORITES
Select Favoritechannels in the Dashboardout of many possible. This way a large system can be
managed with ease - to access, click the Home Favorites icon (1). Favorites are available only
if enabled (Maintenance Settings, RPM Admin Guide).
Then select CheckStreams of Interest(2)from the bottom half of the page and press the
Add to Favorites(3)- these will be moved up to the selected Encoder/streams section, top
half of the Favorites page and will redefine players accordingly on the Home page.
Follow a similar procedure with the Remove from Favorites (4)at the top half of the page.
Favorites (1)
Add to Favorites (3)
Check Streams of Interest (2)
4 Remove rom Favorite
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3.1. HOME PAGE
The Home page is the main monitoring interface of the Observer system. Here you select the
various players to view live broadcasts, playback video channels and create clips for later review:
To test the channels, display video streams with the button on the right of the Control-
bar. Verify that all the Encoder/streams are working before proceeding to the next step.
If no streams appear, check the Favorites configuration, otherwise your systemprobably doesnthave the encoders configured. See Stream Controlin the Observer Admin Guide.
If encoder/streams appear but there is no video in them, it could be related to TCP streaming
port not being open, therefore contact your network administrator.
The Monitoring page is broken down into several key areas:
3.1.1. Player Display Area
The viewing area displays the selected video streams located above the player Control-bar as
show in the figure above.
3.1.2. Logging Out
After completing your work-session it is important to Logout in order to save system
resources. Logout is located at the top right of the Home page (and other pages).
Player Display Area
Control-bar
Lft
Dashboard
t
Live
Player stream-bar
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3.1.3. Dashboard - Encoder/Stream Input
In addition to Favoritesand Uncheck All, Encoder/stream inputs are listed in the dashboard
(of home page) as shown above. Enable player displays with the associated checkboxes. Click on
the player you want to monitor (select it as the active player) - to operate it with the Control bar
and to listen to its audio.
Uncheck AlliconA convenience feature to uncheck all the selected players at one time.
3.2. LEFT MENU
The Left menu allows access to additional functionality such as clip list creation, editing,
exporting, clip review - features described later in this document.Note that some of these abilities may be restricted by the administrator and thus not available
to some user groups.
3.3. CONTROL-BAR
This bar controls the active video channel display.
1. Rewind
2. Reverse play
3. Slow reverse
4. Step back
5. Pause
6. Step forward
7. Slow play
8. Play
9. Fast forward
The Slow playand Slow reversework at the normal speed.Multiple clicks on the
Rewindand Fast forwardicons will accelerate these operations.
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3.3.1. Player Hotkeys
In addition to the Control-bar, use keyboard single key strokes to control the player functions
conveniently:
LLive playback
FFull-screen for active window
D - Switch between main and extended display (in Full-screen mode)
SSplit-screen
PPIP (picture in picture)
ZFast reverse
XNormal reverse
CSlow reverse
- Pause/Un-pause PlayVSlow forward
BNormal Forward
NFast Forward
IImage snapshot
- Volume up/down (audio)
Single frame forward/backward
Single quote Cut clip
Simply press the above keyboard buttons for the player functions listed. See Appendix,
@Shortcut Keysfor more details.
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3.3.2. Control-bar Cut Clips
While examining media, the button allows you to clip sections of
interest. Navigate to the desired start time and click the . The buttonsgraphicwill change automatically to . Then navigate to the desired end-point and click
the button again. A dialog box will appear allowing one to specify additional information,
e.g., Name, Description Press the to record the new clip in the Bookmarks area.
Alternately press the Exporticon to save it on your Client PC in ASF and other formats. See
the Export Clips section for additional details.
3.3.3. Volume Stream / Bar Timeline
Mute/un-mute and adjust the volume of audio by using the Volume
and Volume slide bar icons
Stream Bar Timeline is adjusted with the magnification glass marks to
the right. Time to the left is the Seek-bar timeline displayed in
minutes.
FULL-SCREEN MODES AND RATINGS
In addition to the standard display, there are three full-screen mode
icons, from left to right and a Ratings button:
FULL-SCREEN Displays the currently active input in full-screen mode. This mode can
also be selected from the Popup menu and by double clicking any of the
displayed channels.
SPLIT FULL-SCREEN Displays all viewed inputs tiled across the entire screen
PICTURE-IN-PICTURE In addition to full-screen mode, also displays the other viewed inputs
as small previews at the top-right of the screen
EXIT FULL-SCREEN To exit the Full screen mode, double click the display or press the
escape key
RATINGS (Optional module) facilitates efficient comparison of broadcasts at
specific times and for selected channels. This feature works both in
real-time and during playback.
PLAY LIVE Connects the displays to their live video feeds
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3.4. PLAYER STREAM BAR
The Stream bar includes the Seek-bar and other elements:
Popup Menu; CC Enable; Synch to Me Date Time Selector Input Stream Name
The Seek-bar allows for quick review of the video history. By default its length represents 30
minute duration; the parameter is configurable in the Preferences page.
In addition, while hovering over it with a cursor, the corresponding Seek-bar times are displayedby a tool tip appearing close to the cursor. Clicking on it at a point of interest will bring the
player to display media from the corresponding time of the Seek-bar.
3.4.1. Player Stream Bar Icons
Advanced options and the Popup Menu share many items. Right clicking a channel display brings
up a Popup menu:
ADVANCED OPTIONS The first menu icon on
the Stream-bar brings up the Popup menu
SHOW/HIDE CC Enables Closed Captioning text
SYNC TO ME Synchronizes the displayed videos
to the active display for comparison during the
same time frame
DATE/TIME SELECTOR Corresponds to video
playback time. Changing the time selector
allows access to any point in the history of the
video stream - double click to editFigure: Loudness Meter and Popup Menu
3.4.2. Loudness meter
When enabled (in Popup menu), its height fluctuates to indicate the loudness of the input
stream. It appears at the bottom left or right of the display depending on the Set LMicon.
Stream-bar
Seek-bar
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3.5. POPUP MENU
Right click on a display (previous figure) then select one of the following options:
3.5.1. LOUDNESS METER
Enables the display of Loudness Meter (previous figure).
SET LM LEFT/RIGHTPositions Loudness Meter to the right or left at
the bottom of the display
3.5.2. Display Metadata
XDS such items as Time of day, captions, program information
Video and audio (parameters)
Audio loudness - standardized Loudness Monitoring
AFD (display)
3.5.3. Audio Loudness
See the Loudness Monitoring section
3.5.4. Align Metadata
Left
Right
3.5.5. Captions and Subtitles
Off -- Disable Caption and Subtitles
Languages-one subtitle
Language-two subtitles
Besides the ability to enable subtitles, you can also select one or more languages if available in
the media and if so configured (Observer Admin Guide)
3.5.6.AUDIO TRACKS
Select from available audio tracks:
Stereo Mono Dolby audio configuration
Audio track inputs
Configured with the Audio Profile Manager (Observer Admin Guide)
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3.6. STATUS L INE -AL,SSAND BS
Status line with video and audio
measurements recorded for every
channel can be examined through
playback at a later date (up to system
storage capacity)
BS -BLACK SCREENAMOUNT
Percentage of black in the display
SS -STATIC SCREEN
Percentage of static scenery in the
display
AL -AUDIO LEVEL
Audio level of the received signal measured in dB. The default threshold for Low Audio Alert is -
40 dB, amplitude range from -54 to 0 dB
Black Screen Audio Level
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4. MEDIA CLIPS
4.1. BOOKMARKS
Clipped video from live or recorded media get stored in the Bookmarks page. Access it from the
Left menu:
Clips Bookmarks to access Clip List:
4.2. FAULT CLIPS
After detecting faults in the media, the Observer generates fault clips. Access it:
Clips Fault Clips
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Media clips help users to review the problem first hand when it occurred.
Clips can be:
Shared with other users of the Observer system
E-mailed to business partners
Exported to your PC for later review
4.2.1. Search Clips
To search for a particular clip, enter text in the Name or descriptionfield and optionally check
filtering fields Time range, Recoveries (from alerting), Video, Audio, CC, then start, press
.
4.2.2. Sort Clips
Video clip lists can be sorted in ascending or descending order clicking on most columns such as:
Name
Description
Created/Modified (time)
4.2.3. Delete Clips
Delete selected clips with the button or single clips with the X icon
4.2.4. Mail Clips
TheEmail icon facilitates sending the URL
of a clip (not the clip itself) to a recipient. In order
to see the clip, the recipient needs a users
account on the Observer system. These can be
setup by the system administrator.
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4.3. EXPORT CLIPS
Clip live or recorded video (Home page) with the
button
4.3.1. Bookmark Clips
After clipping video, click (figure below) to send the clip to the Bookmarks page
4.3.2. Export Video
To export video/Closed Captions click the Export Videoor Export CC icons
Figure: Clip Export
Exporting selected clip dialog box will appear.
Provide Filename, directory, type (PC
client)
Press the button
4.3.3. Standard Export Format Types
ASF file (Advanced Streaming Format)
Flash Video .flv /HD Flash Video .flv
H254 Video .mp4 /HD H254 Video .mp4
MPEG2 Video .mpeg /HD MPEG2
MPEG4 Mobile .mp4
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4.3.4. Export With Advanced Options
During export select one or more of the following:
STREAM OPTIONS
Audio
Video
ADVANCED OPTIONS
Some of the options specify parameters that get burned into the exported video:
Timestamp (burned in video)
Banner(burned into video)
Resolution(select resolution)
Target Bitrate (select bitrate)
Quality (select video quality)
Maximum time accuracy for frame
accurate export
Audio Loudness
4.3.5. Play Exported Clips
To play an exported clip on a client PC use a standard media player (i.e., Windows Media Player).
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4.4. EXPORT EXISTING CLIPS
Access clips from Bookmarksor Fault clip
Double click on a clip
Click on the ExportIcon
See Export Video section above for details
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4.5. REPORT FAULT CLIPS IN ASCII
button lists Fault clips in text or CSV
System will prompt for a folder on your PC to download report
Excel spreadsheet will display clip parameters in separate columns:
The system will prompt for a folder on your client machine to download the report. Opening the
report with a spreadsheet application will display clip parameters organized in separate
columns.
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5. LOUDNESS MONITORING
Optional module for Observer release 6.0 and above to monitor and record standardized audio
loudness measurements. From the Popup menu (right click on a display and) select
Metadata Audio loudness
The first line identifies the stream (81_1) used and the Probe server (192.168.0.81)
Figure: Audio Loudness
5.1. Audio Loudness
European Broadcasting Union (EBU Tech 3341) standard for audio metering includes Momentary
(400 ms), Short term (3s) and Integratedmeasurements (in accordance with ITU-R BS.1770-2)
meter (default 15sec, 30 sec, 1 day and 5 day) see the proceeding figure and the following table.
M: -18.41 lufs M:Momentary sliding rectangular (0.4s) time window
-18.41 lufsabsolute loudness units (Decibel)
S: -17.12 lufs S:Short term sliding rectangular (3s) time window:
-17.12 lufs absolute loudness units (Decibel)
SI/LRA 15s:
-16.60 lufs/13.06 lu
Short (term)Integrated/Loudness Range results, 15s integration window
-16.60 lufs absolute loudness units (Decibel)
-13.06 lu relative loudness units (Decibel)
LI/LRA 1.0d:
-16.25 lufs/16.47 lu
Long (term)Integrated/Loudness Range results, 1.0 day integration window
-16.25 lufs absolute loudness units
-16.47 lu relative loudness units
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(To enable and configure see the Observer Admin Guide Loudness Monitoring)
SI/LRA 15s: Short Term Integrated units configured in seconds can be displayed minutes
LI/LRA 1.0d: Long Term units configured in minutes can be displayed hours or days
The player display adjusts its display time units automatically depending on the configured
integration time:
When Short Term Integration is configured for60 sec, it is displayed in minutes
When Long Term Integration is configured for 60 min, it is displayed in hours, when for
(60x24) 1440 min, it is displayed in days
5.2. EXPORT AUDIO LOUDNESS
Once enabled, the Loudness Monitoring results get recorded together with the video. After
clipping with buttons from player display in the Home Page, click the
Export icon and select the Audio Loudness option from the Advanced Options, see the
Export Clips section for details.
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6. CCSEARCH
After selecting Search from the Left menu, filter existing clips with closed captions based ontheir Search text, Channel (stream), CC Duration and time period. The time period is
defined by Date/durationor From, Tofields. Press the button to start the search.
At completion all the instances of video clips matching the search criteria are listed along with
the thumbnails for visual cues, caption text, channel number and time as shown below.
Additional pages of clip listings when available are referred to at the bottom of the screen.
To view any of the clips and their closed captions, click the corresponding thumbnail; then
control playback with the Control-bar below:
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7. FRONT-END SETUP
7.1. USER PREFERENCES
In User Preferences from the Left menu, you can configure the Seek-bar scale, change the login
password and additional parameters as shown below:
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Seek-bar duration Seek-bar duration time in minutes
Time zone Specifies user player display and clip date/time.
System Time zone Settingssourced from users Web
client machine time zone (default). For the ObserverPro (Silverlight) the default is the only time zone
setting availablechange through Web client
machine time zone
Default audio language Configured for the encoder servers in audio profile
Timestamp on CC export Enables timestamps on CC being exported
Play live last selected channels Play-live on channels selected last time just before
logout rather than continue playing from when left off
Show frame in live mode Enable frame control in live mode
Limited results of CC search Limit the maximum number of clips from CC searches
Select default CC state CC On, Off or Remember last state
Select default XDS state XDS On, Off or Remember last state
Select default Loudness meter state Loudness On, Off or Remember last state
Change Password Ability to change your login password
Observer Theme Background, color and display schemes
Keyword Alerts Enable alerts of CC for configured keywords
Enable, Disable or Delete
Use slider players control Checkbox (Check/Uncheck)
7.2. USER MANAGEMENT
See the Observer Admin Guide
7.3. A LERT NOTIFICATION,EMAILS AND SNMPNOTIFICATION
See the Observer Admin Guide
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8. APPENDIX
8.1. SHORTCUT KEYS
In addition to the Control-bar, use keyboard single key strokes to control the player functions
conveniently:
Player Hotkey buttons Multi- player screen
(Normal mode)/6.0
Test resultsFull-screen mode/6.0 Test
resultsL Live playback L L
F Full-screen for active
window
F F or ESC returns screen to
normal player mode
D - Switch between mainand extended display (in
Full-screen mode)
N/A D
S Split-screen S F or ESC returns screen to
normal player mode
P PIP (picture in picture) P F or ESC returns screen to
normal player mode
Z Fast reverse Z Z
X Normal reverse X X
C Slow reverse C C
- Pause/Un-
pause Play
V Slow forward V V
B Normal Forward B B
N Fast Forward N N
I Image snapshot I
-Volume up/down (audio)
M - Mute/un-mute (audio) M (first press Mute on
Control bar)
M (first press Mute on Control
bar)
Single frame
forward/backward
and
Single quote Cut clip
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8.1.1. Glossary
Encoder device which accepts video input and compresses it for streaming
through the network via Internet Protocols
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) softcopy of TV listings with the associated metadata for display
Event association of video channel, specific start date/time, duration
and recurrence for scheduling system to record video content; or
for clip generation
Observer Volicons broadcast video monitoring solution
8.2. TROUBLESHOOTING
Most of the troubleshooting and repairs are performed by the systems administrators - see the
Observer Admin Guide for details
8.3. WHAT NOTTO DO ON THE SERVER SIDE
1. Do Notrun the Web client application on a server machine
2. DoNot load/execute any additional applications on the server
3. DoNot install Anti-virus until contacting Volicon Support
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9.1. SCHEDULED RECORDING MODULE
This is an optional module that comes with the Observer system:
Channel/Service recording specified periods
Channel/Service and verification during the scheduled periods
Dwelling on a stream (instead of scanning) for an extended period
9.1.1. Recorded Events
To enter this page select Central Config Scheduled Recording
Clicking on an event line belowEvent Details(right of diplay) will appear
The Search icon is used to search for events
The Export icon is used to export the list of all the
events
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Use the Manual Recordingtab to schedule the recording events:
Select Parameters: Encoder/stream
Service - Channel dialed in theEncoder/stream
Startand End - Time
Category
Then press the Save button to schedule the recording event
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10. REMOTE CONTROL
The Remote Control feature comes with the Scheduled Recording (optional) module
10.1. REMOTE CONTROL MENU
Select an Encoder and Activateit(greenspeaker, above) to control the corresponding STB
Select Remote Control (R/C) submenufrom theLeft menu
Go to Live Mode (for most recent media)
Control STB through GUI on the left
The following R/C icons control STB (in addition to using Virtual R/C):
GO TO Enter Channel numbers (52 shown), time delays and scripts in Textbox then click the
Go toicon or (Keyboard) - A quick way to dial a channel and test a simple script
Note IR message below the Control Bar
INFO Command STB to display a Banner (without dialing a Channel)
POWER ON/OFF Command STB (usually brings the STB in/out of standby mode)
NEXT/PREVIOUS Up/Down channel, analogous to the way a real Remote Control
functions. (STB IR codes are configured with the IR Trainer, see the RPM Admin Guide)
LAST Returns STB to the previous channel tuned to. E.g. if tuned to channel 20, and then
tuned to channel 10, clicking Last would return STB to channel 20
VIRTUAL REMOTE CONTROL Brings up the Virtual Remote Control (graphic)
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10.2. VIRTUAL REMOTE CONTROL
Click the Virtual R/C icon
R/C graphic will appear
Click R/C buttons
Note IR message below the Control Bar There is a 4-6s delay once hitting the R/C button to allow
buffers to handle network issues
Experiment pressing different R/C buttons
R/C Macro Commands - Click the expansion icon below Shortcuts
to start macro scripting
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10.2.2. Virtual Remote Macro Scripting
Click an Editicon to start
scripting a Macro
Name Macro in the Name,
field see Macro1
Write script in the Script
field. Here it is 52,,,,,,71 to
dial CH 52, delay (commas)
then CH 71
Script can also use R/C KeyNames and Pause command
PX (X in seconds)
Press the Save icon to
complete the macro
Reduce the Editing Window
when done
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10.3. REVISION CHANGE HISTORY
053111 Create clips button function; Install - check behind forms; General editing
060611 Media clips touch up, add report; User preferences
070111 Scheduled recording module; Remote control
071911 Add pre-recorded media source to Create Clips
102611 Upgrade to 6.0, tab stops; move scheduled recording and R/C to the appendix
111611 Dashboard; update popup menu, media clips section
121911 Added player control hotkeys
020112 Edit system overview, favorites; Loudness Monitoring (LM)
020312 LM release 6.0, export, display time units