Integrator's Manual

A detailed description of each advanced tuning field on the Advanced Edit page follows:

Dest_IP_Address – In this field, you will enter the IP address of the device you wish to stream

video content to (e.g. an edge QAM). The COM24 will stream to any valid unicast or multicast

IP address entered with no additional steps necessary. However, older COM200 Chassis (pseudo

codes BC004 and NC004) require that multicast streams be sent out the front port and an

external Ethernet switch be used. The default value is 192.168.0.0.

Dest_Port_Number – This field represents the port of the IP address you wish to stream video

to. Depending upon the destination, this value may not be freely chosen. The default value is 0.

Protocol_Type – This field is used to control whether the COM24 streams the data in UDP or

RTP packet structures. The default value is UDP.

Channel_Object_ID – This field is the data that the COM24 actually uses for tuning purposes.

It will be automatically filled in when a valid DIRECTV channel number is entered into the

“Major_Number” field. Before the card has been successfully tuned, the default value is 0.

For some local markets, there are multiple DIRECTV channels with the same channel numbers.

To resolve this issue, the Major_Number and Minor_Number should be set to zero and the

correct Channel_Object_ID must be entered. Contact Technicolor to convert the television call

letters to the Channel_Object_ID. Major_Number – This field is equivalent to the DIRECTV

channel number you tune to on a typical DIRECTV tuner. The default value is 0.

Minor_Number – This field is automatically filled in by the COM24 card, with a default value

of 65535. If the DIRECTV channel has a minor channel number then the Minor_Number value

must be entered.

Many DIRECTV channels have both a high-definition and standard-definition channels with the

same Major and Minor numbers. The COM24 will prefer the high-definition channels in this

case. To prefer the standard-definition channels instead, add 100000 to the Minor_Number. In

most cases, this would cause the Minor_Number to be 165535 if the standard-definition channel

is desired.

Stream_ID – This field is optional, and allows a unique identifier to be applied to every video

stream produced by the COM1000 system. The allowable values for this field are any whole

number between 1 and 65535. The default value is 111.

To enable a second audio stream set the Stream_ID to 54000.

Security_Mode – Typically, this field will not need to be changed. The only settings most

should be concerned with are „0 = None‟, „1 = Pro_Idiom‟, and „4 = Transcode‟ (See Section 1.1

for more on transcoding). The „0‟ (“off”) setting will only work on DIRECTV channel 100.