12 Settings: Managing the Chameleon module
Under SETTINGS, all module specific settings are managed.
NETWORKING: Networking settings for IP interfaces, see §12.1.
HEADEND SYSTEM MANAGEMENT: for Chameleon interconnection,
see §10.11
OPERATION MODE: selection of output mode, see §7
COMMON INTERFACE: In the COMMON INTERFACE menu, you select
the input source for the CI, manage the CI watchdog, and you have
access to the menu from the inserted CAM or CAMs. See §10.5.
SIMULCRYPT: for setting up EMM and ECM connections to a CA
Server, and connecting ECM streams to Scrambling Control Groups,
see §11 and sub-paragraphs.
PRO:IDIOM: Pro:Idiom scrambling key management
DATE AND TIME: Settings for TDT source, and connection to NTP
server. See §12.2
TASK SCHEDULER: Task scheduling for scripts, see §12.3
SNMP: settings for SNMP, traps etc., see §12.4
SAP: settings for Session Announcement Protocol, see §12.5
USER MANAGEMENT: password protection for UI access, see §12.6
SOFTWARE AND ENTITLEMENT UPGRADE: Software upgrade, used
both for uploading new software and for uploading Software Options (entitlement files), see §12.7
MAINTENANCE: For software reboot, factory reset and configuration backup and restore, see §12.8 and §12.9
LOG: For displaying logged data, see §12.10
12.1 Add and configure Network interfaces
Adding network interface for streaming
1. Click on NETWORKING in the SETTINGS tab
2. Expand Streaming (or Management), and expand Interfaces
3. Click the menu icon, , to the right on the INTERFACE menu line,
and select Add interface
4. Type a name for the interface
5. Enter the IPv4 address, the Netmask and the Gateway
6. Select IGMP version
7. Select the capabilities needed for the interface (e.g. Streaming)
8. Click the “yellow tick” to save
front, a 10/100 Ethernet management
port, and a GigE port for streaming.
By default, there are no IP interfaces
defined for the streaming port.
When connecting a PC to the
streaming port, the Ethernet port
of the PC must have GigE capability.
Chameleons installed in a GN50
base unit use the backplane connector