VBrick MPEG-2 Appliance Admin Guide ix
MPEG-2 Admin Guide
This VBrick MPEG-2 Admin Guide is written for anyone who will be using or configuring a
VB6000 Series MPEG-2 VBrick appliance. This includes system administrators, network
technicians, and anyone who will be using or configuring a VBrick network video appliance.
VBrick encoder and decoder appliances are available in industry standard MPEG-2, MPEG-
4, and other formats. MPEG-2 appliances are used for delivering low delay, DVD quality
video over high bandwidth networks. MPEG-4 appliances are used for delivering low delay
television quality video over low and medium bandwidth networks. These products are
available in one and two channel configurations, as well as a combination encoder/decoder
that delivers two-way interactive video (MPEG-2 and MPEG-4). An optional hard drive
allows the video to be recorded at the source.
Organization
Getting Help
If you need help, or more information about any topic, use the online help system. The
online help is cross-referenced and searchable and can usually find the information in a few
seconds. Use the tree controls in the left pane to open documents and the up and down
arrows to page through them. Use the Search box to find specific information. Simply enter
one or more words in the box and press Enter. The search results will return pages that have
all of the words you entered—highlighted in yellow (Internet Explorer only). The
Search box
is not case-sensitive and does not recognize articles (a, an, the), operators (+ and – ), or
quotation marks. You can narrow the search by adding words.
Introduction
Explains the basics. Provides general configuration
recommendations as well as how to cable the appliance and
connect it to the network.
MPEG-2 Configuration
Explains how to configure MPEG-2 video appliances using the
IWS web interface.
SDI Configuration
Explains how to configure Serial Digital Interface video
appliances using the IWS web interface.
Status
Explains all of the detailed status information available about
the network, the encoder, the decoder, the hard drive, etc.
Diagnostics
Explains how to run a variety of onboard diagnostics including
ping, traceroute, and decoder color bars.
Maintenance
Explains how to use various maintenance functions. These
reading and saving all configuration parameters and changing
user names and passwords.
Maintenance Mode
Explains maintenance mode and how it is used to recover if
errors occur during of after a firmware download.
VBStar
Explains how to use this MPEG-2 appliance with a hard drive
to record and pump high-quality video throughout your
network.