RELEASE NOTE

AppearTV Platform Software

Appear TV AS Tel : +47 24 11 90 20 Doc. No. : SC_001_01

PO Box 8 Lilleaker Fax : +47 24 11 90 21 Date : 07.10.2006
NO-0216 Oslo Email : info@appeartv.com Author : Petter Jørgensen
Norway Web : www.appeartv.com
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Index

1. General ....................................................................................... 3
2. New Functionality ...................................................................... 4
2.1. Version 1.08.3208 (10.08.07 ) ...............................................................................................4
2.2. Version 1.07.2769 (25.05.2007 ) ...........................................................................................4
2.3. Version 1.06.2717 (21.05.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07........................................................4
2.4. Version 1.06.2583 (10.05.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07........................................................4
2.5. Version 1.06.2525 (02.05.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07........................................................4
2.6. Version 1.06.2515 (30.04.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07........................................................4
2.7. Version 1.06.2325 (04.04.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07........................................................4
2.8. Version 1.06.2325 (04.04.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07........................................................4
2.9. Version 1.06.2291 (23.03.07) ................................................................................................5
2.10. Version 1.06.2251 (16.03.07) ............................................................................................5
2.11. Version 1.06.2205 (09.03.07) ............................................................................................5
2.12. Version 1.06.2161 (02.03.07) ............................................................................................5
2.13. Version 1.06.2130 (26.02.07) ............................................................................................5
2.14. Version 1.06.2065 (16.02.07) ............................................................................................5
2.15. Version 1.06.2023 (09.02.07) ............................................................................................5
2.16. Version 1.06.2001 (07.02.07) ............................................................................................5
2.17. Version 1.06.1946 (29.01.07) ............................................................................................5
2.18. Version 1.05.1792 (20.12.2006) ........................................................................................6
2.19. Initial release......................................................................................................................6
3. Bug fixes..................................................................................... 6
3.1. ASIO – (IPIN,IPOUT,QPSK,ASI) ........................................................................................6
3.2. Scrambler ...............................................................................................................................7
3.3. SCS Simulcrypt synchronizer ................................................................................................7
4. Known Limitations..................................................................... 8
4.1. Platform..................................................................................................................................8
4.2. Descrambler ...........................................................................................................................8
5. Known Bugs............................................................................... 8

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1. General
This document describes new functionality, bug fixes, limitations and known issues related
to SW release for the Appeartv platform.

Date released : 10.08.07

Product : ATV platform software

Main SW release : 1.08

Author : Petter Jørgensen

Current SW release consists of the following modules and corresponding SW

Module SW Date released

GB IP Input card
QPSK in
ASI in
COFDM in ASIO 1.08.3208
QAM In
GB IP Output Card
ASI out
SCS card SCS 1.07.3274
Descrambler card DDM_DCI 1.08.3106
Decoder monitor card DDM 1.08.3097
Scrambler Card DDM_SCR 1.06.3078

Appear TV reserves the right to change functionality, user interface etc without prior notice.

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2. New Functionality
2.1. Version 1.08.3208 (10.08.07 )
• Scrambling of MPTS services.
• EIT Present/Following Enable/Disable
• NIT regeneration Enable/Disable
• EMM Simulcrypt interface: EMM broadcast.
• PAT/PMT alarms for configured services.
• PMT missing does not cause removal of a configured service.
• Comvenient CA scrambling support
• Simple support for Radio-decoder card.
• IP input source redundancy
• Decoder: AR conversion / WSS according to dtg4.0 standard
• Decoder: Video synch control

2.2. Version 1.07.2769 (25.05.2007 )

• COFDM input.
• QAM input
• ASI Output
• MPTS output (ASI and IP)
• TS PID mapping

2.3. Version 1.06.2717 (21.05.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07

• Scrambler card is not customer specific…. No other changes
• Improved event handling of PSI/SI updates….

2.4. Version 1.06.2583 (10.05.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07

• Customer branded
• Bug fixes only

2.5. Version 1.06.2525 (02.05.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07

• Bug fixes only

2.6. Version 1.06.2515 (30.04.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07

• Platform now use absolute time for CW/ECM synchronization between cards.
• SCS: Debug timing function now adjusts the SCR card CW change instead of the
ECMplayout time.

2.7. Version 1.06.2325 (04.04.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07

• SCS: Debug function to change timing setup for the ECM’s.

2.8. Version 1.06.2325 (04.04.07) – sc2000_branch_mar07

• Using internal IP segment 192.168.0.xxx for external IP interfaces is now prevented by GUI.
• Added filter to remove duplicate PSI events. (If more then one stream is present on an input.)
• Soap: addIPOutputStream now verifies card type to prevent an input card to be configured
with an output card configuration.

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• SCS: General performance and stability fixes to both internal messaging system and ECM
handling.

2.9. Version 1.06.2291 (23.03.07)

• Support for multiple SCS cards in one chassis.
• Improved handling of PSI change events.

2.10. Version 1.06.2251 (16.03.07)

• IP output service functions: Added Audio/Video, Audio/Video/Teletext predefined component
type selection filter.
• CHANGES:
1) soap: change getIPOutputStreamList/addIPOutputStream to support multiple ECM.
2) Default component mode in IPOUTPUT page is now A/V/TTX.

2.11. Version 1.06.2205 (09.03.07)

• None new features general improvements only. SCS functions mainly.

2.12. Version 1.06.2161 (02.03.07)

• Supports editing of the following ECM properties: Ecm-name, ECMG ref and Access
Criteria.
• Scrambling mode selection from GUI.
• GUI now shows the bit rate through IPIN.
• Flow control on scrambler card.

2.13. Version 1.06.2130 (26.02.07)

• Includes hardware view
• Complete SOAP interface
• Status information per Channel and per stream in Simulcrypt interface.

2.14. Version 1.06.2065 (16.02.07)

• Bit rate capacity enhancements
• GUI performance enhancements

2.15. Version 1.06.2023 (09.02.07)

• Selective scrambling controllable from GUI. Note that this is per card basis.
• Improved SOAP interface. Configuration of services implemented.
• Performance improvements on Scrambler card.
• Improved parameter validation in GUI.
• ECMs with different access criteria generated by the same ECM generator are now forced to
use different control words.

2.16. Version 1.06.2001 (07.02.07)

• Automatic detection of AES/CSA on controller software. Limited to support one algorithm
per unit

2.17. Version 1.06.1946 (29.01.07)

• New Gigabit output card support

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• RTP on output multicast streams.

• IGMPV2 for multicast join.
• Tipple speed on IP data port (10/100/1000)
• Improved alarm reporting
• Increased scrambling capacity per scrambler card 32 -> 64 services
• Selective AES scrambling per card.
• EMM forwarding.
• Remote control interface (SOAP/XML)

2.18. Version 1.05.1792 (20.12.2006)

• New Gigabit IP input card support.
• Enabling / Disabling of ASI and QPSK input ports suppressing alarms.
• Alarm filtering. Filtering based on Alarm_id, slot, port
• SNMP Agent.
• SSH support

2.19. Initial release

• New GUI.
• ASI input card support.
• QPSK input card support
• Descrambling card support
• IP output. Transmission of MPEG over UDP as SPTS. Maximum 150 Mbit/s.

3. Bug fixes
3.1. ASIO – (IPIN,IPOUT,QPSK,ASI)
Version 1.08.xxxx ()
• Removal of multiple ECMs now possible as web page is not continuously updated when a
ECM check box is selected.

Version 1.06.2788(sc2000_branch_mar07)
• Bug fix: Too many services could be listed for QPSK input cards after a reboot.

Version 1.06.2769(sc2000_branch_mar07)
• Bug fix: Allow usage of interface 0 in all internal modules. Could cause the output multicast
to end up as 0.0.0.0.

Version 1.06.2583
• PSI Playout module modify to handle Hot Swap of IP output card.
• Removed extra spaces added by the system when editing the Access Criteria of an ECM.
• Card types now used correctly when presenting relevant alarms to be filtered in the alarm
filter setup page.

Version 1.06.2525
• Some alarms were not cleared when the error condition disappeared.

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Version 1.06.2500
• Board controller now uses separate message queue to read current FPGA setup during
boot. Earlier the use of the common queue could cause the brdctrl to crash.
• Update SI process now prevented from entering infinite loop in some cases.

Version 1.06.2366
• PCR PID now configured for services where incoming services have the PCR PID on
separate PID, and where the PCR component is defined as private data.
• PIDS used to be duplicated when signaled as both TTX and VBI.
• EMM’s used to be scrambled when sent through the Scrambler card. This is no longer the
case…
• PSI/SI was not generated for the last output (250), now fixed.

Version 1.06.2320
• ECMG for the second SCS card was listed twice.
• Minor Soap improvements/bug fixes.

Version 1.06.2551
• SNMP agent performance improvement. Used to handle 1 alarm per second only. Now it
processes all alarms on-the-fly.
• Added “Flow-control” on internal PSI message exchanges.
• ASI and QPSK input port enable/disable did not support changing the state of more than
one port at the time. Now fixed.
• New FPGA core with improved CPU communication.

Version 1.06.2205
• NTP server IP address did not allow to be changed. This is now fixed.
• Updated “atvupgrade” script; deletes old outdated system library files before installing
new software.

Version 1.06.2161
• New FPGA version on IPIN and IPOUT which will not deadlock in bit rate overflow
situations.

Version 1.06.xxxx
• Alarm LED and SNMP agent used to get wrong status when an input port was disabled.
WEB, LED and SNMP is now synchronized correctly.

3.2. Scrambler
Ver 1.05.3016
• Supports 64 services

3.3. SCS Simulcrypt synchronizer

Ver 1.06.3173
• Adding of new ecm’s caused service interruption even when not used.

Ver 1.05.3070
• Access criteria’s may now be less than three characters

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• Increased message Q size for status messages.

• Added semaphores in the messaging system.

Ver 1.06.3064
• Alignment error in ECM introduced in release SCS_1.06.3047 now fixed.

Ver 1.06.3038
• Support ECM lengths exceeding one section

4. Known Limitations
4.1. Platform
• For SC2000 scrambler HOT Swap of IP out requires the SCS cards to be dedicated to one
IPout card. If an SCS card serves more than one output services on output-card A will be
affected if output-card B is removed.
• Data PIDS without PCR or with low rate will not be passed through if mapped through as TS
pids.
• Manual PID mapping allows filtering of the PCR PID. This will not work for services from
an IP INPUT card, as the IP input card requires PCR.
• Unicast output not supported…
• Trippel speed supported but may not be dynamically changed during operation.
• ASI output card has a maximum throughput of about 500Mbps.

4.2. Descrambler
Ver 1.06.3037
• Descrambling error on one service may cause a CAM reset, which affects other services
being descrambled on the same CAM.

5. Known Bugs

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