Tektronix SENTRY User manual

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Sentry Series

Video Quality Monitors

ZZZ

User Manual

*P077320202*

077-3202-02

Sentry Series Video Quality Monitor

User Manual

Supports software version 10.0

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Sentry User Manual 1

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SENTRY SERIES VIDEO QUALITY MONITOR

User Manual: Cable Operations

Printed in U.S.A.

Tektronix, Inc.

14150 SW Karl Braun Drive

P.O. Box 500

Beaverton, OR 97077

USA

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Trademarks

Tektronix, the Tektronix logo, and Sentry are trademarks of Tektronix, Inc.

Contacting Tektronix

Tektronix, Inc.

14150 SW Karl Braun Drive

P.O. Box 500

Beaverton, OR 97077

USA

For technical support:

Sentry Technical support is available on Business Days from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time and 9:00 AM

to 5:00 PM Indian Standard Time on the following numbers:

US/Canada toll-free 1-844-219-5329

India toll-free 1800-3000 4835

Russia toll-free 810800-22554411

United Kingdom 44 1344 39 2541

Europe* toll-free 00800-22554411

*Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

Worldwide, please email [email protected]

About This Document

Audience

This user manual is intended for service providers who use Tektronix Sentry, Sentry Verify, Sentry Assure or

Sentry ABR for monitoring, historical reporting, and alerting from MPEG-2, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 part 10,

and VC-1 transport streams. We assume that you understand the concepts and tools used in a head-end

environment. We assume that you are familiar with basic computer operations such as click, drag and drop, and

that you are also familiar with the operation of an internet browser.

Purpose

The Tektronix Sentry Series User Manual introduces you to the Sentry, Sentry Verify, Sentry Assure and

Sentry ABR Video Quality Monitors, and describes in detail Sentry's features.

This user manual shows you how to configure, control and use Sentry, Sentry Verify, Sentry Assure and Sentry

ABR. Please note that some of the features and applications described in this manual may not apply to all

products. Refer to the Sentry Family Product Matrix for more information.

Screen Shot Note

While all screen shots in this document are accurate and truthful representations of the product, some may have

been edited to remove information that could pose a security risk.

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Table of Contents

Sentry Family Product Matrix .......................................................................................................................................... 11

Preface ................................................................................................................................................................................. 13

Who Should Use This Manual ........................................................................................................................................... 13

How to Get Help ................................................................................................................................................................ 13

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................................ 15

What is Tektronix Sentry? ................................................................................................................................................. 15

The Engine ..................................................................................................................................................................... 15

Internal database ......................................................................................................................................................... 15

What does Tektronix Sentry do? ........................................................................................................................................ 17

Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Reporting ....................................................................................................................................................................... 17

Alerting .......................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Getting Started ................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Front Panel Functions (2016 to present models only) ...................................................................................................... 19

IP address on the front panel .......................................................................................................................................... 19

Navigation buttons ......................................................................................................................................................... 20

USB ports ....................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Status LEDs ................................................................................................................................................................... 20

Power-off procedure ...................................................................................................................................................... 21

Front Panel Functions (2009 to 2016 models only) .......................................................................................................... 21

IP address on the front panel .......................................................................................................................................... 22

Manual power down from front panel............................................................................................................................ 22

LED Brightness .............................................................................................................................................................. 22

Interface Components ....................................................................................................................................................... 23

Main Page Menu ............................................................................................................................................................ 23

Login Info ...................................................................................................................................................................... 23

Page Title Bar ................................................................................................................................................................ 24

Thumbnails .................................................................................................................................................................... 24

Group Tabs and Input Ports ........................................................................................................................................... 24

Change a Port Assignment ............................................................................................................................................. 26

ASI Port tab ................................................................................................................................................................ 26

Basic Operations ............................................................................................................................................................... 27

Bitrate Violation ................................................................................................................................................................ 28

Reports ................................................................................................................................................................................ 29

Programs ........................................................................................................................................................................... 30

Current Status ................................................................................................................................................................. 30

To Filter the Ports on the Report .................................................................................................................................... 32

Filter Sentrys licensed with VLAN support ................................................................................................................ 33

Program Status ............................................................................................................................................................... 34

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ASI Models ................................................................................................................................................................. 37

Program Search and display ........................................................................................................................................ 38

Column Sort By arrows .............................................................................................................................................. 39

Bell Icon for Alert creation ......................................................................................................................................... 39

Configure Report History ........................................................................................................................................... 40

Configure Provider Name ........................................................................................................................................... 42

Other Configurable Items ........................................................................................................................................... 43

Program Bandwidth Graph ............................................................................................................................................... 44

Program Details Screen .................................................................................................................................................. 44

Access Program Details .............................................................................................................................................. 44

Color Key .................................................................................................................................................................... 45

Error Seconds .............................................................................................................................................................. 46

PID Type descriptor .................................................................................................................................................... 46

Refresh Thumbnail ..................................................................................................................................................... 47

Capture button ............................................................................................................................................................ 47

Stream button .............................................................................................................................................................. 47

Detailed Graph View .................................................................................................................................................. 50

Other Program information ......................................................................................................................................... 51

Quality of Experience Details ..................................................................................................................................... 52

Access the QoE Details ............................................................................................................................................... 52

Average Video QoE from the Program Status Page ................................................................................................... 53

Scoring QoE ................................................................................................................................................................ 54

Reason Codes Definitions ........................................................................................................................................... 56

Perceptual Video Quality (eMOS) ................................................................................................................................. 57

Over-compression Artifacts ........................................................................................................................................... 58

Group of Pictures (GOP) Length Reporting (Group of Pictures) ............................................................................... 59

Audio Volume Level Details ......................................................................................................................................... 60

Functionality ............................................................................................................................................................... 60

Access Audio Level Details ........................................................................................................................................ 60

Graphing ..................................................................................................................................................................... 61

Thumbnail Timeline ....................................................................................................................................................... 62

Discontinuity Details...................................................................................................................................................... 63

Alert Details ................................................................................................................................................................... 64

PCR Details .................................................................................................................................................................... 65

Data Detect ....................................................................................................................................................................... 67

Report Types .................................................................................................................................................................. 67

Copy Generation Management System (CGMS) ........................................................................................................ 67

Closed Caption Data ................................................................................................................................................... 68

Other Data ................................................................................................................................................................... 69

Generate a Report .......................................................................................................................................................... 70

Ad Cue Info (Digital Ad Insertion) .................................................................................................................................... 72

Access Ad Cue Info ....................................................................................................................................................... 72

Reading the Ad Cue Info report ..................................................................................................................................... 74

Ad Splice Command Types ........................................................................................................................................ 77

Drill down/Zoom In .................................................................................................................................................... 78

Blackout Detection ..................................................................................................................................................... 78

Repeated commands ................................................................................................................................................... 79

Audio Level Graph ..................................................................................................................................................... 79

Program Statistics (Report and Export) ............................................................................................................................ 80

Access Program Statistics: .......................................................................................................................................... 80

Tab View ........................................................................................................................................................................ 80

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Create a Program Statistics Report ............................................................................................................................. 81

History tab .................................................................................................................................................................. 84

Port Statistics .................................................................................................................................................................... 85

Summary tab .................................................................................................................................................................. 85

Create a Port Statistics Report ........................................................................................................................................ 86

Program Groups ............................................................................................................................................................... 88

Using Program Groups ................................................................................................................................................... 88

Program Groups Bandwidth ...................................................................................................... ..................................... 90

Access Program Groups Bandwidth ........................................................................................................................... 91

Dynamic Program Groups ............................................................................................................................................. 93

Thumbnail Wall View ........................................................................................................................................................ 97

Transport ........................................................................................................................................................................... 98

Transport Status ............................................................................................................................................................. 98

Transport Bitrate History .......................................................................................................................................... 100

PSIP .......................................................................................................................................................................... 102

TR101/290 Status ......................................................................................................................................................... 105

Access TR101/290 Status ......................................................................................................................................... 105

Show TR101/290 Priorities ....................................................................................................................................... 107

IP Stats ......................................................................................................................................................................... 108

Functionality ............................................................................................................................................................. 108

The Leaky Bucket Buffer Analogy ........................................................................................................................... 108

Access IP Stats .......................................................................................................................................................... 110

IP Stats Welcome Page ............................................................................................................................................. 111

Graphing Ports .......................................................................................................................................................... 112

Zoom in on a Graph .................................................................................................................................................. 113

Create IP Stats Alerts for Arrival Interval................................................................................................................. 113

Create Alerts for Delay Factor .................................................................................................................................. 116

IP Stats Monitoring Notes ......................................................................................................................................... 116

Port Failover History ...................................................................................................................................................... 117

Carousel Status ............................................................................................................................................................... 118

OCAP Carousel ............................................................................................................................................................ 118

Access OCAP Carousel ............................................................................................................................................ 119

OCAP Summary tab ................................................................................................................................................. 120

OCAP Files tab ......................................................................................................................................................... 121

Files tab ..................................................................................................................................................................... 123

Applications tab ........................................................................................................................................................ 126

Events tab .................................................................................................................................................................. 127

Set Alerts in OCAP Status ........................................................................................................................................ 129

Review OCAP Alerts in Alert History ...................................................................................................................... 131

BFS Status .................................................................................................................................................................... 133

Monitoring the S-A Broadcast File System (BFS) ................................................................................................... 133

BFS Overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 133

BFS Mapping ............................................................................................................................................................ 133

Access BFS Status .................................................................................................................................................... 135

Summary tab ............................................................................................................................................................. 136

Detail tab ................................................................................................................................................................... 137

Drill Down to BFS Detail View ................................................................................................................................ 139

EBIF Status .................................................................................................................................................................. 141

Access EBIF Status ................................................................................................................................................... 141

Summary tab ............................................................................................................................................................. 141

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Detail tab ................................................................................................................................................................... 142

Viewing Program Detail from EBIF Status .............................................................................................................. 143

Applications tab ........................................................................................................................................................ 145

Events tab .................................................................................................................................................................. 147

Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................................... 148

Alert History ................................................................................................................................................................ 148

Report Export ............................................................................................................................................................ 150

Alert Analysis .............................................................................................................................................................. 153

Access Alerts Analysis ............................................................................................................................................. 153

Alert Analysis Summary Screen ............................................................................................................................... 154

Report Navigation tabs and New Report icons ......................................................................................................... 155

Counts tab ................................................................................................................................................................. 155

Trends tab ................................................................................................................................................................. 159

Trend Details tab ....................................................................................................................................................... 160

Distributions tab ........................................................................................................................................................ 162

History tab ................................................................................................................................................................ 163

Program Alert Definitions Report ................................................................................................................................ 164

Create/Edit tab .......................................................................................................................................................... 165

History tab ................................................................................................................................................................ 168

Configure........................................................................................................................................................................... 170

Configure Alerts .............................................................................................................................................................. 171

How Sentry Handles Alerts ..................................................................................................... ..................................... 171

Create an Alert ............................................................................................................................................................. 172

Create Alerts Step by Step ........................................................................................................................................ 175

View Created Alerts .................................................................................................................................................. 179

Delete Alert ............................................................................................................................................................... 179

Modify an Alert ........................................................................................................................................................ 179

Access Alerts Summary ............................................................................................................................................... 180

Scrambled Alerts .......................................................................................................................................................... 182

Transport tab ................................................................................................................................................................ 184

Types of Transport Alerts ......................................................................................................................................... 185

PID Alerts ................................................................................................................................................................. 187

Any PID on a Port ..................................................................................................................................................... 187

Table on a Port .......................................................................................................................................................... 188

Table on a PID .......................................................................................................................................................... 188

PMT .......................................................................................................................................................................... 188

DSM-CC on a Port .................................................................................................................................................... 188

DSM-CC ................................................................................................................................................................... 190

Port Alerts ................................................................................................................................................................. 190

Sample Transport Alerts .............................................................................................................................................. 191

Create Audio Level Alerts ........................................................................................................................................ 191

Create a Transport NULL PID Bitrate Alert ................................................................................................................ 195

Create Mean Audio Level Alerts ................................................................................................................................. 196

Create Audio Dialnorm Alert ....................................................................................................................................... 197

Buffer overrun/underrun detection ............................................................................................................................... 198

Configure Buffer overrun/underrun detection .......................................................................................................... 199

BFS tab ..................................................................................................................................................................... 201

Types of BFS Alerts ..................................................................................................................................................... 202

BFS Source ............................................................................................................................................................... 202

BFS Carousel ............................................................................................................................................................ 202

BFS File .................................................................................................................................................................... 202

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Types of OCAP Alerts ................................................................................................................................................. 203

File Alerts ................................................................................................................................................................. 203

Folder Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................. 203

Extension Alerts ........................................................................................................................................................ 203

Configure Program Availability Definitions ................................................................................................................ 204

Create Program Template Alerts .................................................................................................................................. 207

Template Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................ 207

Create an alert from a Template using a Program Alert ............................................................................................... 212

Create an alert template without a Program Group ...................................................................................................... 215

Program Groups ............................................................................................................................................................. 217

Create Program Groups ................................................................................................................................................ 217

Access Program Groups ............................................................................................................................................ 217

Groups Summary tab ................................................................................................................................................ 218

Add unlisted programs .............................................................................................................................................. 221

Configure Program Mappings ........................................................................................................................................ 223

Add a New Mapping .................................................................................................................................................... 223

Delete a Mapping ......................................................................................................................................................... 226

Modify a Mapping ....................................................................................................................................................... 226

Configure Port Names ..................................................................................................................................................... 227

Configure BFS Settings ................................................................................................................................................... 228

Configure Triggered Stream Captures ............................................................................................................................ 229

Access Alert Stream Captures .................................................................................................................................. 229

Create Alert Stream Captures (When none currently exist) ...................................................................................... 230

Deactivate or Delete a Stream Capture (when one previously exists) ...................................................................... 237

Retrieve Captured Files ............................................................................................................................................ 238

Delete Captured Files ................................................................................................................................................ 238

Defaults tab ............................................................................................................................................................... 239

Configure Triggered Stream Captures(via Nexidia Comply™) ...................................................................................... 240

Configure the Nexidia Server....................................................................................................................................... 240

Create a Nexidia Comply Profile .............................................................................................................................. 241

Create Caption Profile .................................................................................................................................................. 242

Choose a Program to Verify ......................................................................................................................................... 242

Review Job History ...................................................................................................................................................... 244

Review Closed Caption Verification Results ............................................................................................................... 246

Configure Schedules ........................................................................................................................................................ 249

Create a Daily schedule ................................................................................................................................................ 249

Create a Weekly Schedule ........................................................................................................................................... 252

Dashboard Graphs .......................................................................................................................................................... 254

Create a Dashboard Graph ........................................................................................................................................... 255

Configure MPEG Input Settings...................................................................................................................................... 256

IGMP v3 SSM Support ................................................................................................................................................ 256

Access MPEG Input System Settings ....................................................................................................................... 256

Set SSM ....................................................................................................................................................................... 258

Backup Multicast Settings ........................................................................................................................................... 259

Multicast Stream Collision Errors (Multiple Sources Detected on Input Ports) ....................................................... 261

Sentry with 2

nd

MPEG Input Option Installed ............................................................................................................. 262

Sentry with VLAN Support Enabled ........................................................................................................................... 263

Configure VLAN monitoring option ........................................................................................................................ 263

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Assign/Configure Ports on a VLAN ......................................................................................................................... 265

Move a Port between VLANs ................................................................................................................................... 265

Reviewing Port/VLAN Assignments and VLAN Status .......................................................................................... 266

Configure System Preferences ........................................................................................................................................ 267

Configure TR101/290 Settings ........................................................................................................................................ 269

Configure System Settings ............................................................................................................................................... 270

Network settings .......................................................................................................................................................... 271

Set the Time ................................................................................................................................................................. 272

Set the Locale ............................................................................................................................................................... 273

Maintenance Mode ....................................................................................................................................................... 274

SSL Settings ..................................................................................................................................................................... 275

System Diagnostics .......................................................................................................................................................... 277

Email Diagnostics ........................................................................................................................................................ 277

Network connectivity ................................................................................................................................................... 277

System Communication ............................................................................................................................................... 278

SNMP Trap .................................................................................................................................................................. 278

Health Check ................................................................................................................................................................ 279

Configure Import/Export Settings ................................................................................................................................... 280

Export tab options ........................................................................................................................................................ 282

Import tab options ........................................................................................................................................................ 284

Configure Users .............................................................................................................................................................. 285

API Access ................................................................................................................................................................... 285

Add a User ................................................................................................................................................................... 285

Delete a User ................................................................................................................................................................ 287

Modify a User .............................................................................................................................................................. 288

Configure System Upgrades ............................................................................................................................................ 289

Upgrade Procedure ....................................................................................................................................................... 289

Upgrade Errors ............................................................................................................................................................. 292

Recoverable error ...................................................................................................................................................... 292

Error Requiring a Patch ............................................................................................................................................ 292

Uploading the Error Patch File .................................................................................................................................... 293

Upgrade History ........................................................................................................................................................... 293

Configure Power Off and Restart Capability .................................................................................................................. 294

Accessing Remote Restart and Power Off ................................................................................................................... 294

Power Off a unit: .......................................................................................................................................................... 294

Restart a unit ................................................................................................................................................................ 295

Status ................................................................................................................................................................................. 297

ASI Status page ............................................................................................................................................................ 298

System Status for Sentry with Second MPEG Input Option Installed ......................................................................... 298

About ................................................................................................................................................................................. 299

Appendix A: Sentry ABR ............................................................................................................................................... 301

Configure: Alerts Summary ............................................................................................................................................ 301

Manifest Alerts ............................................................................................................................................................. 301

Create a Manifest Alert ................................................................................................................................................ 302

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Representation Alerts ...................................................................................................................................................... 304

Representation Alerts Definitions ................................................................................................................................ 304

Create Representation Alerts........................................................................................................................................ 305

Dynamic Program Groups .............................................................................................................................................. 307

Creating a Static Program Group from Dynamic ......................................................................................................... 309

Configure MPEG Input Settings...................................................................................................................................... 310

Administrator Set up Notes .......................................................................................................................................... 310

Reports ............................................................................................................................................................................ 312

Program Statistics: ABR Stats ..................................................................................................................................... 312

Create/Edit tab .......................................................................................................................................................... 312

History tab .................................................................................................................................................................... 314

Port Statistics .................................................................................................................................................................. 315

Summary tab ................................................................................................................................................................ 315

Create a Port Statistics Report ...................................................................................................................................... 316

Media Set Status Report .................................................................................................................................................. 319

Media Set Details ......................................................................................................................................................... 321

HTTP Status Codes ................................................................................................................................................... 321

Representations Statistics.......................................................................................................................................... 321

Fragment Load Headroom ........................................................................................................................................ 322

Fragment Load Time ................................................................................................................................................ 323

Fragment Load Latency ............................................................................................................................................ 323

Fragment Load Bitrate .............................................................................................................................................. 324

Fragment Size ........................................................................................................................................................... 324

System Status ................................................................................................................................................................... 325

Appendix B: Sentry Edge, Edge II, Edge III-S, and Edge III-T ................................................................................. 327

Preface ............................................................................................................................................................................ 327

Getting

started

................................................................................................................................................................ 328

Product description ...................................................................................................................................................... 328

Sentry Edge RF Monitoring Products ....................................................................................................................... 330

Sentry Edge Family Features and benefits ................................................................................................................ 330

Sentry Applications ................................................................................................................................................... 330

Sentry Edge I Features and benefits .......................................................................................................................... 330

Sentry Edge II Features and benefits ........................................................................................................................ 331

Sentry Edge III-S Features and Benefits ................................................................................................................... 331

Sentry Edge III-T Features and Benefits ................................................................................................................... 331

Standard and optional

accessories

.......................................................................................................................... 332

Power cord options ................................................................................................................................................... 332

Configuration ............................................................................................................................................................... 333

Recommended steps ................................................................................................................................................. 333

Configure the RF Stats Alerts ...................................................................................................................................... 334

Configure the MPEG settings ...................................................................................................................................... 335

Activate an RF input connection ............................................................................................................................... 336

To define/edit import settings for an RF configuration. ............................................................................................ 336

Filter

options

................................................................................................................................................................ 338

Update the schedule/import schedule information .................................................................................................... 339

Import a configuration from a CSV file .................................................................................................................... 340

To schedule an import ............................................................................................................................................... 341

View/edit RF configuration details ........................................................................................................................... 342

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Change the schedule .................................................................................................................................................. 342

Configure port names for a channel .......................................................................................................................... 343

Configure

schedule summary

.................................................................................................................................... 344

Create a new schedule. .............................................................................................................................................. 345

Operating basics ............................................................................................................................................................. 347

Reports ......................................................................................................................................................................... 347

Current Status report ................................................................................................................................................. 347

Port / channel numbers ............................................................................................................................................. 347

Program Detail report : Tuning information ............................................................................................................. 348

Program graph options .............................................................................................................................................. 349

RF Stats ........................................................................................................................................................................ 350

Constellation Diagram .............................................................................................................................................. 351

Frequency Domain Graphs .......................................................................................................................................... 353

Status ............................................................................................................................................................................ 356

Park a tuner for a set amount of time ....................................................................................................................... 357

To park a

tuner

(alternate

method)

.......................................................................................................................... 359

To park a tuner for a set amount of time: ................................................................................................................. 360

Appendix C: Acronyms .................................................................................................................................................... 361

Appendix D: Examples .................................................................................................................................................... 363

Notices ............................................................................................................................................................................... 367

Trademarks ..................................................................................................................................................................... 367

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Sentry Family Product Matrix

This Sentry product manual contains technical information on the Sentry family of video quality monitors.

Information for the Sentry Edge products can be found in Appendix B of this manual.

Some of the features and purchasable options described in this manual are not supported on all of the products.

For a breakdown of features and options by product, please refer to the table below.

Service

Sentry

(ASI, GigE,

10G)

Sentry

Verify,

Verify 10G

Sentry

Assure

Sentry ABR

Sentry Edge

(I - III)

Comprehensive MPEG Quality of Experience (QoE) Monitoring

Video QoE real time monitoring



Optional Optional

Video eMOS/PVQ real time monitoring

Optional

Optional Optional

Audio QoE real-time monitoring



Optional Optional

Audio loudness & AC-3 Dialnorm

(ITU-R BS.1770) monitoring



Optional

Video freeze detection



Optional Optional

Audio Silence detection



Optional Optional

Comprehensive MPEG Quality of Service (QoS) Monitoring

Transport Stream QoS Monitoring

  

Optional



IP (UDP) statistics

  

HTTP Statistics



Closed captioning (708, 608,

SCTE-20), DVB Subtitle,

Teletext reporting

  

Optional



Error Seconds and Program

Availability Reporting

  

Optional



GOP length reporting

  

Optional



Video and Audio PID metadata

  

Optional



Program/PID discontinuity

  

Optional



Program/PID/Transport

Stream/Program Group bandwidth

graphing

  

Optional

PCR interval & jitter

 ASI Only

Optional



MPEG-PSI, DVB-SI, ATSC-PSIP table

detect, bit rate, cycle time

  

Optional



TR101/290 (priority 1, 2, 3) reporting

  



Scalable RF Monitoring (16/64/256

QAM A, B, or C)



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Service

Sentry

(ASI, GigE,

10G)

Sentry

Verify,

Verify 10G

Sentry

Assure

Sentry ABR

Sentry Edge

(I - III)

Purchasable Software Options

QoE Monitoring



Optional Optional

Carousel monitoring (tru2way / OCAP /

MHP / DSM-CC)

Optional Optional Optional Optional

Optional

Ad Insertion/Digital Program Insertion

Optional Optional



Optional

EBIF Monitoring

Optional Optional Optional Optional

Optional

SA-BFS Monitoring

Optional Optional Optional Optional

Optional

Perceptual Video Quality (eMOS) on

MPEG-2 & H.264

Optional

Audio Loudness Monitoring (includes

CALM Compliance)



Optional

Video & Audio

Video: HD, SD, MPEG-2, MPEG-4

AVC (H.264), VC1

  

Optional



Audio: Dolby AC-3, MPEG-1 Layer II,

AAC, HE-AAC, and HE-AAC v2

  

Optional



Interfaces

ASI

 ASI Only

GigE

 GigE Only

  

Dual GigE



Single-Mode or Multi-Mode LC SFP+

 10G Only  10G Only

10G Only

8VSB & QAM-B

 Edge Only

QAM A, B, or C

 Edge II Only

DVB-S2 receiver supports two

channels in QPSK / 8-PSK mode

 Edge III-S

Only

Single-channel DVB-T2 receiver for

VHF/UHF

 Edge III-T

Only

RF Measurements: Level, MER, CNR,

Pre-RS BER, Post-FEC Erred Packets

 Edge II and

Edge III Only

RF Measurements: EVM, Carrier

Offset

 Edge II Only

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Preface

This user manual describes the Sentry family of video quality monitors and the web browser-based interface.

This manual introduces the components and features, so you can begin using the device.

Who Should Use This Manual

This manual is intended for service providers who use Tektronix Sentry products for monitoring, reporting and

alerting from MPEG transport streams. You should understand the concepts and tools used in a headend

environment. You should also be familiar with basic computer operations such as click, drag and drop, as well

as the operation of a web browser.

How to Get Help

If you purchased a service contract for your Tektronix Sentry products from a distributor or authorized reseller,

contact the technical support staff for that distributor or reseller for assistance.

If you purchased a Tektronix service program, contact Tektronix technical support:

For technical support:

Sentry Technical support is available on Business Days from 6:00 AM to 5:00 PM Pacific Time and 9:00 AM

to 5:00 PM Indian Standard Time on the following numbers:

US/Canada toll-free 1-844-219-5329

India toll-free 1800-3000 4835

Russia toll-free 810800-22554411

United Kingdom 44 1344 39 2541

Europe* toll-free 00800-22554411

*Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

Worldwide, please email [email protected]

Additional information about the Tektronix Sentry family of video quality monitors is available at the

following URL: http://www.tek.com/video_quality_monitors/

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Introduction

What is Tektronix Sentry?

Tektronix Sentry is an MPEG transport stream monitoring device that supports next generation digital services

and traditional program monitoring. Sentry supports MPEG-2, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 part 10, and VC-1 video

compression standards. The components of Sentry are:

The Engine

Internal database

Sentry supports real-time monitoring through single- and 4-port ASI and Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) input of all

MPEG source streams within the headend or hubs.

Sentry digs deep into the complex and private data residing within the stream, allowing video service providers

to gain insight and solve problems in their digital networks. Sentry’s extensive feature list includes:

• Audio and Video Quality of Experience Scoring System

• Audio Silence and Audio-level Issue Detection

• Detect Black Video, Frozen Video, Tiling/Macroblocking

• Perceptual Video Quality (eMOS)

• Live Thumbnails

• User Triggered and Alert Triggered Stream Captures

• Stream to View

• Historical Reporting and Graphing

• Transport Stream Bandwidth Graphing

• Program Group Bandwidth Graphing

• Carousel Monitoring (SA-BFS, DSM-CC, tru2way™)

• Digital Program Insertion

• 24/7 Real-time QoE Monitoring of Entire Channel Lineup

• Detect Intermittent Problems

• Alert Notification and Historical Reporting

• Error Second and Program Availability Reporting

Sentry's video quality monitoring solutions provide unique flexibility to enable you to implement any

combination of monitoring components for any digital application, using the same Sentry hardware.

Sentry User Manual

March 2017

Figure 1: Sentry Network Diagram

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