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6 system administration, System administration – Grass Valley K2 Edge Installation v.4.0.2 User Manual

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K2 Edge Installation and Service Manual - document version: 4.0.2 – Page 36

UDP Monitoring: use this option to monitor Channel 0 (the single HD or SD Channel, or the HD

Channel in a simulcast setup) via IP. When enabled, a MPEG- transport stream with encoded

video, graphics, subtitles and audio (first stereo track) is sent over Ethernet using the UDP-
protocol. A video player such as VLC is installed on a workstation to view output.

The UDP-monitoring option is described in more detail in the K2 Edge User Manual.

Resolution: 320x240/ 240x180/ 160x120

Aspect Ratio: 4:3/ 16:9

Video Bitrate: in kbit/s

Audio Enabled: On/Off

Audio Bitrate: in kbit/s

Ethernet Output: select On to enable monitoring and start streaming, Off to disable.

IP-address: IP-address of the target workstation (can be a multicast address)

IP-port: port the player will listen to. Default 4000

14.6 System administration

Server start/stop

Reboot

shutdown

Forced power off: only use when a shutdown is not possible.

Forced reset: only use when a Reboot is not possible.

Manage services

Services are:

database

dataserver

encoderd

firebird

nexos

playout_distri

pt_guard

schedulesync0

sequencer0

Options for each service are:

View the service’s version and status.

Start the service.

Stop the service.

Restart the service.

Services are described in more detail in the Engineering manual.