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Chapter 4 Configuring Applications
Broadcast Application
NOTE: A session is defined as PID Range during QAM configuration. (See Configuring/Viewing QAM
Channels on page 49). The following procedure guides you on how to define the PID Range session.
1. Select Applications > Broadcast > PID Range > Input.
2. Define the following parameters:
Session ID- Read only. A sequential number to indicate the number of the session in
the current page.
Type - define whether the session is a Primary or Backup session.
Enable Backup - see PID Range Socket Redundancy on page 83.
Active - by default the primary input socket is the active one. Once you enable a
backup socket, check this option to activate the required socket. To view the currently
active socket, click .
Multicast - select to enable multicast. If selected, the IP Address box is cleared.
GbE Port - open the list and select the required input port. Once you define the
required GbE port, the IP Address field is updated to display the IP address of the
selected port.
In IP Address, enter the IP address of the NSG input GbE port, or a multicast address.
In UDP Port, enter the UDP port of the input GbE port.
In Source IP, enter the IP address of the upstream device that streams the content to
the defined GbE port and socket.
In Source Name, enter the name of the upstream device that streams the content to
the defined GbE port and socket. The name should be unique.
3. To define a PID range, in PID Range, click the .
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