Cobalt Digital COMPASS 9223-SA Dual-Channel 3G_HD_SD MPEG-4 Encoder Unit - Manual (Page 15)

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9223SA-OM (V2.0)
9223-SA Operation and Management
The 9223-SA is configured using the free DashBoard™ application, which is available for
Windows, Apple OS X, and Linux.
The 9223-SA user interface is depicted below. As with any openGear™ device, it is divided into
a statistics panel on the left, and a configuration panel on the right. Each panel has multiple tabs,
corresponding to the various functions of the unit. Note that the Card State (device state) alarm
indicator is also reflected in the green/red
STAT LED on the front panel. The STAT LED will
be green when Card State is green or yellow, and will be red when Card State is red.
The following tabs are available:
•
Product: this tab provides general information for the unit, including firmware version,
uptime, temperatures, and other parameters. It appears only on the Statistics panel.
•
Network: this tab is used to configure the IP addresses and network information for the
transport Ethernet ports. The statistics side of the panel includes some additional
information such as link state.
•
Encoder 1, Encoder 2: these tabs are used to configure the two encoder channels.
•
ASI Outputs: this tab is used to configure/monitor the ASI ports.
•
IP Outputs: this tab is used to configure/monitor the IP Output ports. The configuration
panel provides the facilities to create, manage and delete ports; the statistics panel
includes transmission status information.
•
Connections: this tab is used to configure/monitor connections. The configuration panel
provides facilities to create, edit and delete connections; the statistics panel provides a
table where the status of all the connections in the unit can be inspected at a glance.
•
Admin: this tab is used for general administrative functions, such as firmware upgrades,
licensing, logs, and configuration management. The Test Packet Generator configuration
is also found under this tab.