Optibase MGW 2400 WMT User Manuals

Table of Contents

• Safety Instructions

  3
• Legal Information

  5
• Content

  7
• Introduction

  11
  • Overview

    11
  • System Description

    12
    • System Overview

      12
    • MGW 2400 Features

      13
  • What’s in this Manual

    14
• Configuration & Installation

  15
  • Overview

    15
  • System Configuration

    16
    • MGW 2400 Components

      16
    • Peripheral Components

      18
  • Getting Started

    19
    • Unpacking MGW 2400

      20
      • Mounting MGW 2400 into a Rack

        20
    • Power Supply

      21
    • Servicing MGW 2400

      21
    • Hardware Overview

      22
      • Front Panel

        22
      • Rear Panel

        24
      • Encoding Module

        25
    • Connecting Peripherals - Encoders & Sources

      26
  • Initial Configuration

    30
    • Configuring HyperTerminal

      30
    • DHCP enabled Networks

      32
    • Changing Passwords

      37
    • MGW 2400’s Network Settings

      38
      • Selecting the Network Mode

        38
      • Changing and adding DNS IP Addresses

        41
    • If DHCP is disabled – TCP/IP Settings

      44
      • Displaying TCP/IP Settings

        47
      • Restoring Default Settings

        48
    • MGW 2400 Utilities

      49
      • Setting Time and Date

        49
    • Working with SCSI Disks

      51
    • Uploading Files

      54
  • Changing Settings from a Remote PC

    55
• Operating MGW 2400

  57
  • Overview

    57
  • Installing Software

    58
    • System Requirements

      58
    • Configuring the Management PC for the Network

      58
    • Installing the MGW 2400 EMS

      59
    • Installing Microsoft Components

      62
  • Accessing MGW 2400

    63
    • User Profiles

      64
    • Logging on to MGW 2400

      65
      • Logging on to a different Unit or as a different User

        66
    • Viewing and Editing the List of Permitted Users

      67
    • Viewing the List of Users Currently Logged On

      68
      • Forcing a User off MGW 2400

        68
    • Logging off MGW 2400

      68
  • Main Window Overview

    69
    • The Modules Page

      70
    • The Channels Page

      71
    • The Platform Page

      72
      • Unit Parameters

        72
      • MGW Monitoring

        73
      • NIC Table

        73
      • Tools

        73
      • The External WMS Page

        74
      • Servers

        74
      • Server Properties

        75
    • Toolbar and Displays

      76
  • Viewing and Setting Module Parameters

    77
    • I/O Parameters

      77
    • Encoding Parameters

      80
    • Tools

      81
  • Editing the Channel Profile

    82
    • Adding a Channel

      83
    • Editing an existing Channel

      85
    • Removing Channels

      85
    • Viewing the Channel Profile

      86
    • Managing Templates

      87
    • Managing Configurations

      89
  • Editing Channel Parameters

    91
    • Encoding Parameters

      91
      • Video Encoding Parameters

        91
      • Advanced Video Encoding Parameters

        92
      • Audio Parameters

        94
      • Advanced Audio Parameters

        94
    • Adjusting Video Parameters On The Fly

      95
    • Target Parameters

      96
      • Viewing and Editing Target Parameters

        96
      • WMS Multicast

        96
      • WMS Unicast

        99
      • File Output

        100
  • Operating Channels

    101
    • Receiving and Playing Back Streams

      102
  • Upgrading MGW 2400

    104
• Technical Specifications

  107
  • Chassis

    107
    • Physical

      107
    • Electrical Characteristics

      107
    • Input/Output Interfaces

      108
    • Environmental

      108
    • Safety Standards

      108
    • Management

      109
    • Network Protocols

      109
  • Encoding Modules

    110
    • Physical Dimensions

      110
    • Standard Compliance

      110
    • Input Signals

      110
    • Encoding Format

      110
    • Video Resolutions and Bit-Rates

      111
    • Audio Modes and Bit-Rates

      111
  • System Defaults

    113
  • My System Settings

    113
  • User Names and Passwords

    114
    • MGW 2400 EMS Users

      114
    • MGW 2400 Administrator

      114
• Troubleshooting

  115
  • Hardware Errors

    115
  • Errors while running MGW 2400 EMS

    118
  • Error Messages

    120
• Optimizing Performance

  121
  • Stereo at a Sample Rate of 32 kHz

    121
  • Stereo at a Sample Rate of 44.1 kHz

    121
  • Stereo at a Sample Rate of 48 kHz

    121
• UDP Block Size Values

  123
  • Mono

    123
  • Stereo

    125
• Optimizing your Network

  131
  • Introduction

    131
    • Switches are always better than Hubs

      131
    • Whenever possible, separate Departments

      131
    • Exploit new Technologies for your Backbone

      132
    • Use protocol shaping and Protocol Shapers

      132
  • Network Configurations that are friendly to Streaming

    133
    • 100BaseT Switched Networks

      133
    • 100BaseT Hub and Switched Networks

      133
    • ATM

      133
• Glossary of Terms

  135
• Index

  151
• Technical Support

  155
• Documentation

  155
• Warranty

  156