ProStream-1000 - 6 - 6 Release - Notes

Harmonic ProStream 1000
Notes for Release 6.6.x
Supported Control Modes

NMX 7.0.x GA
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Harmonic ProStream 1000 Release Notes
Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 Scope ................................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Main Product Features ........................................................................................................ 3
1.3 Compatibility ..................................................................................................................... 23
2. New Features in this Release ............................................................................................... 24
3. Issues and Limitations........................................................................................................... 25
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3.2 ProStream 1000 Device Limitations for this Release .......................................................... 26
3.3 ProStream 1000 Known Issues in this Release.................................................................. 29
ProStream 1000 Known Issues .................................................................................................... 29
3.4 Upgrading in NMX Control Mode ....................................................................................... 39
3.5 Upgrading in Standalone Control Mode ............................................................................. 39
4. Accessing Documentation .................................................................................................... 39
3.6 Hardware User’s Guide ..................................................................................................... 39
3.7 NMX Online Help .............................................................................................................. 40
3.8 ProStream 1000 Online Help ............................................................................................. 40
3.9 Application Notes .............................................................................................................. 40
Change History
Rev. Date Author Description

6.5.0. 06-Feb-14 Yehuda Dembsky First 6.6 release notes
February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

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1. Introduction
1.1 Scope
This document provides release notes information for the Harmonic ProStream 1000; release 6.6.0
The specific firmware provided in this release is Africa_ 06.06.00.064.
NMX build used – 7.0.x
The document contains information specific to this software release only.
Refer to the ProStream 1000 Hardware User’s Guide for installation information.
1.2 Main Product Features

The Harmonic ProStream 1000 is a highly integrated MPEG/DVB multiplexer, scrambler and descrambler,
for multimedia services carried over digital broadcast networks. It features a modular, high-density chassis
that may host up to 5 IOM (Input/Output Module) cards and up to 4 IPC (Internal Processing Card)
modules in a single one-rack-unit (1-RU) chassis. The modularity of the platform allows easy field
replacement of cards, as well as field upgrades of SW and HW features.

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# Feature Description
1. Input/Output Up to 5 IOM (Input/Output Module) cards

Interfaces  IP IOM Card; allows the ProStream 1000 to receive and transmit data over
Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) interfaces. Each card features two independent
ports.
The IP IOM card supports a wide variety of MPEG-over-IP streaming
options at its input and output. This includes the following main options (and
more):
 De-jittering capabilities
 SPTS and MPTS support
 FEC - Pro MPEG Annex B / SMPTE 2022 Annex C
Note:
 IP IOMs may be mounted only in slots 1 and/or 2
 IP port supports line rate of 1 Gbps
 IP IOM card can process up to 525 Mbps for each direction (in and
out).
 DVB-ASI IOM Card;
 ASI-SCR – in addition to the ASI-RMX capabilities, this card type also
supports DVB-CSA (Common Scrambling Algorithm) scrambling, and
may be used for synchronizing the device to an external clock coming
from a GPS receiver.
Note: ASI-SCR card supports output maximum bit rate of 187 Mbps.
2. IPC Up to 4 IPC (Internal Processing Card) modules
3. Input The device extracts incoming feeds and displays their structure and elements
Extraction on the control interface in a user friendly view.
capability:
4. Full The ProStream’s flexible multiplexing core allows content to be routed from
Multiplexing: any input port to any output port, including stream multicast (to multiple output
ports).
5. Scrambling: ProStream 1000 features a powerful scrambling core, which supports both the
DVB-CSA and AES-NSA2 scrambling algorithms.
 DVB-CSA Scrambling: ProStream 1000 may be used as a DVB-CSA
scrambler, over its ASI and GbE interfaces. ProStream 1000 is fully-
integrated and certified to work with the following CA Systems:
 NagraVision
 NDS
 Irdeto
 Viaccess
 Conax
 AES-CBC Scrambling: This scrambling mode is available only on the

ProStream 1000’s GbE output interfaces, and is certified to work only with
NDS CAS.
Note: Deploying ProStream 1000 with other CA systems requires additional
integration and testing efforts that must be taken into account.

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6. 6 Enhanced 1. Support up to 30 ECM / service

CAS suppport 2. Support up to 30 CAS ID per device
3. Support upto 20 EMMG and/or total of 5 Mbps per device.
4. Support ECM length up to 2 packets.
5. Support access criteria up to 4K .
6. Support External CWG protocol (with NDS)
7. Support Pandora – scrambling algorithm (with NDS)
8. AS2 Support of regular batches and CAS batches in the same service
plan batch
9. Control Word Conformance
Release 6.4 addition -

 Configuration ProStream CAS - SCG provisioning via NMX instead of
Automation Server
7. BISS  The Basic Interoperable Scrambling System (BISS) is based on the
DVB-CSA specification.
 It uses fixed clear keys which called Session Words (SWs).
 The session word is the key (a.k.a CW in DVB SimulCrypt) that is
used in the receiver (IRD) to descramble the transmitted data.
 ProStream supports BISS Mode 1 only
 ProStream supports BISS as a scrambler while the IRD will act as
BISS de-scrambler.
8. De- ProStream 1000 can also function as a bulk de-scrambler. This option is
scrambling: available only for AES-CBC scrambling mode (GbE IO), with NDS CAS.
CAS Simulcrypt support
 Descrambler is capable of identifying certain ECM (out of several
pointed by the PMT) with certain CAS ID and relate it to the CW
server with the same CAS ID.
 This feature supports NDS CW when the service is scrambled with
several ECMs (with additional CAS providers beside NDS).
9. CBR re- When mounted with internal re-encoding modules, the ProStream 1000 is
encoding: capable of re-encoding incoming MPEG programs, and output them at a user-
configurable constant bitrate (CBR), while maintaining high video quality.
10. DiviTrackIP Employing this unique technology of Harmonic, ProStraem 1000 controls
statistical encoders that reside in multiple remote locations, and combines their output
multiplexing into highly efficient stat-mux pools, including mixed pools of SD and HD
content. The following Harmonic encoders may be included in DiviTrackIP
pools controlled by ProStream 1000:
 MV 100
 MV 500
 Electra 1000
 Electra 5000
 Electra 5400, with or without FEC

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Note: DiviTrackIP functionality is available only on devices mounted with the

“GbE-Pro” IOM.
11. SFN-over-IP: ProStream 1000 includes mechanisms that are specially tailored to support
MPEG-over-IP transport in DVB-T / DVB-H networks that operate in SFN
mode. This includes ability to synchronize to an external GPS clock
12. Support for IGMP-v3 allows for the reuse of multicast addresses in a network, thanks to
IGMP version 3 the SSM (Source Specific Multicast) concept. This is possible since multicast
streams in an IGMP-v3 enabled network are identified not only be their
destination address, but also by their source address.
IGMP-v3 performs source filtering in two optional modes:
 Include Mode – admits streams from up to 4 user-specified sources
 Exclude Mode – admits all streams but those that are explicitly marked for
exclusion.
Notes:
1. ProStream 1000 may operate either in IGMP-v2 or IGMP-v3 mode.
Switching between modes is service affecting.
2. If IGMP-v3 and HHP are to be operated simultaneously, then “exclude”
mode must be selected
13. IP Port This new mode allows ProStream 1000 to duplicate all output data from one
mirroring: port (GbE1) of an IP IOM card to the other port (GbE2) of that card. The
following constraints apply when utilizing this mode:
 Content transmitted over the GbE2 port will have the source MAC/IP set as
if it was transmitted from the GbE1 port
 When port mirroring is enabled, NMX stops treating port GbE2 as an
independent port, and does not allow to provision content on it
 Non-MPEG traffic such as ICMP will also be duplicated to both ports
 When the port mirroring option is in use, both GBE1 and GbE2 ports of the
relevant card must be used exclusively as output ports
14. Enhanced  In this release of ProStream 1000, some extensions to the standard
SCSECM SCSECMG protocol are implemented
G Protocol  The extended protocol is meant mainly to address special cases that involve
(with NDS SCS redundancy
CAS only):
 This extended protocol may be utilized only when working with NDS CAS
 The extended protocol may be utilized for 1:1 redundancy schemes
only.
15. Enhanced  Support up to 30 ECM / service

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CAS  Support up to 30 CAS ID per device

 Support upto 20 EMMG and/or total of 5 Mbps per device.
 Support ECM length up to 2 packets.
 Support access criteria up to 4K .
 Support External CWG protocol (with NDS)
 Support S-BOX – scrambling algorithm
 AS2 Support of regular batches and CAS batches in the same service plan
batch
 Control Word Conformance
 Starting 6.4 release -

o Configuration ProStream CAS - SCG provisioning via NMX instead
of Automation Server
o This includes end of support for CAS system when EIS is controled
via NMX on 256M platforms
16. Scrambling  Global control for scrambling gives the ability for the user to suspend
Global scrambling for the entire NMX map and resume it back
Control
17. Selective  This feature supports live ingest of live channels which supports
Encryption applications like nPVR, CatchUp TV and StartOver.
 Implementation - for all the TS packets containing a video or audio
elementary stream -
o Ability to choose number of PUSI packets (Between 0,1,2..15) that should
remain clear, not scrambled
o Ability to scramble video only PIDs or everything.
18. Fixed Key  Delivering video in a secured way is one of the key elements for
Scrambling every service provider. In order to be certain that the video is not
being watched or hacked by un-authorized viewers; the video
transmission is scrambled on the transmission side and de-
scrambled on the receiving side using a standard encryption
algorithm. It should also be possible to scramble each socket with a
different key to prevent mass de-scrambling by un-authorized
viewers in the very rare cases that the keys are unveiled.
 ProStream1000 supports a fixed Control Word (CW) scrambling of
outgoing TS over IP. The Scrambling algorithm is based on AES –
CBC and Pre-defined 16 bytes long CW that is required both in the
scrambler and the de-scrambler
 Fixed Key is supported by NMX as one of the CAS mode.
 In this mode the ProStream will work in AES – CBC scrambling
mode.
 Pre-defined 16 bytes long CW that is required both in the scrambler
and the de-scrambler

19. TOT/TDT PID  Ability to receive TOT and TDT table on a socket by the CAS IP port
thought CAS and transmit them on the TS out.
Management 
Port

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20. PID Range  The device supports passing range of PIDs from any input to any output.
 PID range can be configured with offset.
 Support up to 16 PID Ranges per platform.
 Multicast is not supported.
21. GbE Port  Modes of operation:

Redundancy o Auto Redundancy
o Manual Redundancy – currently not supported
 The GbE1 is primary port and GbE2 is backup port (not configurable).
 In automatic mode – the platform goes from primary to backup on fail-over.
Revert is done manually.
 Fail over triggers – Link down, SFP missing CRC Error and Auto negotiation
failed (move to backup even if the backup failed).
 Fail over time – up to 2 seconds.
22. Socket  The device will support socket redundancy for each input socket. The
Redundancy backup must be on the same input port.
 Supported modes:
o Auto Redundancy - the platform goes automatically
from primary to the backup on fail-over. If the
backup socket will fail, the platform will return to the
primary socket (if it's active).
o Manual Redundancy - the user can choose which
socket to use.
 Fail over trigger – socket not active.

 Fail over time – configurable in seconds, 0 to 60 (0 means less then 1 sec
and it can take up to 0.5 sec) default is 0.
 The backup socket can be the same as the primary or different in all the
properties, such as encapsulation mode or FEC.
 The socket configuration includes all the information regarding the backup
socket.
 Same IP:UDP can’t be used simultaneously as primary for one socket and
as backup for another
23. PID  “PID prioritization” mechanism enables the user to set the priority (4
Prioritization priorities levels) for each PID.
 In case of “Over subscription” the ProStream-1000 starts dropping PIDs with
the lowest priority.
 The system supports 4 pre-defined priorities:
o High
o Normal
o Medium
o Low.
 PIDs that are passed through the system, will be managed by the PID
Prioritization mechanism excluding PIDs that belong to PID range and PMT

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(including ECMs, EMMs tables and Reference Service).

 PID Range priority and PMT priority will be always high and not configurable
(NMX allows configuration but the ProStream ignores it).
 This priority mechanism is supported also at the service level. Except when
the user specifies a priority for the specified PID.
 For PIDs that belong to certain service the user can check the option “as
parent”
 Default priority:
o High - For services and PIDs that don't belong to any service
(Ghosts)
o As parent – For PIDs that belong to any service
 Virtual Chanel PIDs should have same Priority.
 The feature isn't supported for PRM-1K-ASI-RMX-0001 (ASI-RMX) card.
 This feature is not related to VQ and should not be mixed with other features
such as priority in DTMX etc.
24. TS Out  The device can duplicate each Transport Stream output (master) from any
Mirroring interface (IP, ASI) to any other TS (slave) in any interface. This feature
supports all the master’s functionality such as: rate shaping, scrambling,
RSS, tables generation, common PCR, PID range, DToIP. Features are
supported at the TS level and in lower level (like PID and Service)
 TS content like PIDs, tables, etc will be the same for both TSs except for
scrambling.
 In case when master TS is scrambled the user can choose if the slave will
be scrambled (as the master) or clear.
 Features that not related to the TS level like FEC, IGMP etc can be different
in the mirror e.g. the master can be output IP with FEC while the monitor
can be on IP without FEC or even on ASI
 Up to 4 mirrors per TS
 There is no option to add any stream under mirror TS
 Each mirrored TS is generated through a separate multiplexing engine using
the same configuration. As a result, same mirrored outputs may differ in
packets’ order, NULL location, and location of injected or spooled packets
and on CW change.
25. Generate  The device can generate its own PCR for one or more output services.
PCR  All the streams that are referenced to the Generated PCR PID are
synchronized to its clock.
 The generated PCR can be:
o On the same PID that carried the PCR at the input
o On a new PID. In that case, the original PCR
should be removed from the PID that carried it at
the input
 PCR insertion rate is about 30 PCRs/second.

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 Feature scope and limitations:

o Support only Harmonic encoders as input.
o Supported output: GbE and ASI-SCR only
o Not enabled for Re-encoded / DTMX services
o SCTE35 PID is not supported.
o Disabling one service in a common ReGenerated
PCR MPTS Disables the ReGenerated PCR PID of
the second service.
26. ASI Input  Input port can be configures as follows:
port – Packet o Auto Detect - automatically detect and support valid
size auto packet size
detection
o 188 – support 188 bytes packet size only (default)
o 204 – support 204 bytes packet size only
 In case the system fails to lock (sync) on the input, alarm “ASI Input
Sync Loss”
 Use cases:
o Port configured as 188 but the actual is 204
o Port configured as 204 but the actual is 188
 Feature scope and limitations:

o Packet size of 204 bytes is supported by ASI-SCR
card only
 ASI support packet size of 204 bytes is at the AP level.

 In case device redundancy happens, NMX will confugure the back-
up device with the appropriate packet size (188, 204) at the TS
level.
27. Slate  When the broadcasting of TV service is disrupted, MSOs need a
simple and quick way to inform their susbcribers that they are doing
anything possible to restore the service and avoid a storm of calls
to their customer support centers.
 Any service on the ProStream-1000 can be configured to have an
alternative, or “backup” input feed or source that is enabled (on the
output) upon disrpution of the primary feed..
 The Prostream 1000 multiplexing engine offers unmatched flexibility
o Up to five different slate sources can be configured
per ProStream 1000 device. The alternative
sources can be associated with of the “primary”
input streams processed by the device.
o The five alternative input feeds can be of multiple
video and audio formats (SD MPEG2, SD AVC, HD
MPEG2, HD AVC, AC3 2.0, AAC 2.0 …) but shall
be presented in MPEG transport packets.
o The alternative feeds will be CBR only.
o The ProStream will switch any input (ASI or IP) to

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any output (ASI or IP)

 The operator must ensure that
o the alternative feed’s video and audio formats
matche those of the primary one
o the bit rate of the alternative feed is no greater than
the bit rate of the primary feed(s) it backs up.
 Slate Activation Modes - Prostream 1000 supports three
modes of operation:
o Manual - In the manual mode, a user action must
be taken to initiate a switch from the primary feed to
the predefined slate source.
o Automatic - In the automatic mode, the user
interaction is bypassed and the Slate system acts
autonomously based on the pre-defined triggers:
 Lost of the Video PID – the Video
PID drops to Zero bit-rate.
 Lost of input on the Encoders:
1) Harmonic encoders ONLY (Electra only).
2) The encoder stops streaming video traffic upon
loss of input signal (configurable for every video
PID). The ProStream-1000 then detects a zero
bit-rate at the input video.
 Similar to service redundancy, when working in automatic mode, the
ProStream will switch to the alternative source (the slate) upon
detection of “zero” bit-rate on the video of the main channel.
 When switching to the alternative feed, the ProStream is remapping
the alternative feeds’ components PIDs (Video, Audio) to the main
channel component PIDs to ensure signal continuity on the output.
 Same shared PID (due to virtual channel) can't be passed on the
same time from 2 different sources (one from slate and second from
dropped PID). If configuration has virtual channel for certain PID,
and it is configured to use slate on it, same slate should be defined
for every service using this "virtual channel PID".
 Manual mode limitation – in case the device moves from offline to
online while being configured to Manual mode of operation, streams
(PIDs) configuration changes after moving to Slate will not be
honored. Workaround – activate Slate off and re-activate Slate on.
28. DiviTrackMX  A service that is part of stat mux pool can be Pass-Through (VBR or
VBR re- CBR):
encoding o Rate: 0.5-20 Mbps
o Total number of PIDs: up to 12
o Supported input service type: MPEG1, MPEG2
SD/HD, H.264 SD/HD and MPEG2 LR
o Scrambled service supported for pass-through.
29. Re-encoding  Some video quality improvements were implemented such as
longer look-ahead and VBV planning extra bits request. Improved
video quality is expected compared to previous re-encoding

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releases.
30. Front Panel  The device displays on the front panel whether it is a "Primary" or
display of "Backup" device.
“Primary” and  This is dynamically updated in case of redundancy switching.
“Backup”
 The upper line in the LCD displays "ProStream 1000 Pri" for primary
and "ProStream 1000 B.U" for back-up.
 When there no redundant unit then the LCD should display only
"ProStream 1000".
In case of Chain redundancy - The upper line in the LCD displays "ProStream
1000 Pri" for primary and "ProStream 1000 B.U" for back-up.
31. Digital  Allows cable head-ends and broadcast affiliates to insert locally-
Program generated commercials and short programs into remotely
Insertion distributed regional programs before they are delivered to home
(DPI) viewers.
 Digital Program Insertion also refers to a specific technology which
allows an MPEG transport stream to be spliced into a currently
flowing MPEG transport stream seamlessly and with little or no
artifacts.
 Integrated with Vigor ad server.
 Supports PAL & NTSC
 Limitations:
o Data PIDs in network stream are not supported
32. EAS  Enable MSO to automatically broadcast emergency alert messages
(Emergency through pre-configured channels.
Alert System)  Input alert channels can be ASI or IP.
 Supporting IGMPv3 with SSM
 Enables the EAS receiver to filter source IP address (include
mode) according to IGMPv3 standard.
33. Activation  Table repetition rate of 100ms is supported. The update of PSI
Time (SPTV) information shall be within 0.1 second of scheduled time.
34. Background  The user can use NMX to download new build to the ProStream
Download without device interference.
 The user can configure the backgroung to 2 options:
o automatic device reset at the end of the download.
o user manual reset.
35. Intelligent  Manual

Socket  The user manually initiates a switch from the primary source to the
Redundancy backup source and vice versa. The user can choose which source to
use
 Automatic
 The system acts autonomously based on pre-defined triggers:
 At least one of the Video/Audio PIDs is not active – the Video/Audio
PID bit-rate drops to zero. This PID should be routed to the output. In

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case that PID missing on both sources, primary and backup, the
platform will not toggle and ‘socket failed’ alarm will be raised
 Socket not active – the entire socket bit-rate drops to zero
 When the fail-over trigger occurs, the platform goes automatically
from the primary source to the backup source and vice versa
 Manual revert
 Switch to the backup the same as in Automatic mode but revert is done
manually and requires user intervention.
 Manual Revert should behave exactly the same as automatic when it
current sate is Primary and as Manual when the current stat is Backup.
 Socket redundancy from different ports (same GbE board).
36. Seamless Seamless switching in DiviTrack over IP systems using remote encoders- so
socket any single WAN link network failure will not degrade output signal
redundancy
 NMX-only, Customer-specific Application
 Supported only in DT/IP systems
 Each service (socket) from encoder is received in 2 separated IP port.
 ProStream will pass only 1 service/socket (out of the incoming 2).
 In case packets are lost from the first service/socket, ProStream will pass
the missing packets from the second socket so not service interruption will
occur

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37. Service Level  Each service can be backed by a service from a different source.
Redundancy The service redundancy can provide a solution for Card/Port/Socket
redundancy
 There are three redundancy modes for service redundancy:
 Manual
 Automatic
 Manual Revert
 Automatic revert – when in back-up mode and primary is
fixed, return to primary automatrically
 Fail over condition:
 zero bit rate during 250-1000msec for (configurable per
service):
 All of the service's PIDs – default (if the video failed, it acts as
all).
 Any of the service's PIDs.
 System supporting Service Redundancy + Slate -
 Harmonic recommends to work only on the following
redundancy mode schemes:
 Service Redundancy + Slate configured as Manual
 Service Redundancy + Slate configured as Automatic
 Service Redundancy + Slate configured as Manual
revert
38. EMMG  Now ProStream support redundancy of EMMG devices.

Redundancy 
39. SCTE35  The ProStream receives SNMP Trap from SL10 and generates
Insertion SCTE35 CUE message according to this trap and NMX
configuration.
40. PSIG-MUX  Support PSIGMUX protocol according to DVB standard (ETSI TS

103 197 V1.3.1).
 ProStream supports only CiM (carousel in mux)
 The PSIG will be connected to the CAS network
 Only one PSIG per platform (phase #1)
 This feature is supported by 1G HW model only
 The old HW model (256M) will raise an alarm in case that user
configures it for PSIG support.
41. IP Loop-Back  The IP internal loopback option is a mechanism which enables

support of some features that are supported by the IP in/out and
are not supported by others (ASI).
 When this option is on, the particular port will receive at the input all
the output traffic. e.g. If you configure an output socket at this port,
you can configure the same socket at the input and you will get all
the traffic.
 When a port configure as loopback he should not be connected to
any switch and there will be no link down alarm.

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42. Mentor –  Video CBR mode added. In this mode, the video rather than service
Service/Video rate, will be configured
bit rate  Re-encoded Mode can be one of the following:
 Service CBR
 Video CBR (new mode)
 Capped VBR (no change)
 According to the requirement (Service/Video CBR), the configured
bit rate will be asserted in the sequence header. Service rate in
Service CBR and Video rate in Video CBR
43. PID Presence  Ability to mask “PID missing” alarm on data PIDs
Detection
44. PSIP  The ProStream extracts all the PSIP tables of each input.
 The ProStream aggregates all the PSIP information of the incoming
services that are configured to be outputted in a certain output TS.
 ProStream supports (P)SI/PSIP information in two ways:
 In band – Embedded with the A/V input.
 Out Of Band – the PISIP info comes from separate input than the
V/A.
 Re-Generation Tables Mode has the following options:
 0 – don’t re-gen
 1 – re-generate DVB tables (currently for EIT and PMT)
 2 – re-generate PSIP tables (PMT descriptors, xVCT, EIT and
ETT)
 Ability to generate PSIP (starting 6.5 release)
45. DVB EIT  Regenerating DVB EIT on PID 0x12.
46. SAG (Stand  Unless specified, ProStream supports SAG management in

Alone GUI) addition to NMX.
 DT/IP is not supported with SA.
.
47. Internal EIS  Enables to use PS1K for scrambling without the need for external
EIS
 The user can configure the scrambling commands (SCGs) without
external tool like in regular configuration. Scrambling configuration
is treated in the device like SCG provision received from external
EIS.
 The device uses external ECMG for the CW-ECM exchange
through standard DVB Simulcrypt protocol.
48. DVB EIT  Supported only on 1G device.
49. Create CAT ProStream creates a Conditional Access Table. This table contains
information that is used by an access device (such as a set top box with
a smart card) to decode programs that are part of a Conditional Access
System.

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50. Create SDT ProStream creates a Service Description Table (SDT). This table
contains data describing the services, e.g., the names of services, the
service provider, etc.
Select either of the following:
 Actual - when selected, SDT relates to all services of the TS.
Once Actual is selected, you can select also Other.
 Other - when selected, SDT relates to all services of TSs that
belong to the same network, that is that have the same network
ID.
51. Create NIT NIT (Network Information Table) options:

 None - NIT is not transmitted with the TS
 Actual Only - NIT relates to network of the selected TS only
 Actual and Other - NIT relates to TSs with network ID as of the selected TS
and to TSs of other networks
 Ref in PAT Only - Adds to the PAT a pointer that the TS carries
a NIT.
52. ACE – video  Audio – pass-through

transcoding:  HD (MPEG2, AVC) => HD MPEG2 transcoding (CBR/VBR, 50/60Hz).
 SD (MPEG2, AVC) => SD MPEG2 transcoding (CBR/VBR, 50/60Hz).
 HD (MPEG2, AVC) => HD AVC transcoding (CBR, 50/60Hz).
 SD (MPEG2, AVC) => SD AVC transcoding (CBR, 50/60Hz).
 Close Caption conversion.
 SD transcoding – up to 15 per board and 60 per device.
 HD transcoding – up to 5 per board and 20 per device
 HD (MPEG2, AVC) => HD AVC transcoding (VBR, 50/60Hz).
 SD (MPEG2, AVC) => SD AVC transcoding (VBR, 50/60Hz).
 Field Picture support.
 ACE alarms support SNMP traps.
 HD (MPEG2, AVC) => SD MP2 down conversion (CBR, VBR, 60Hz).
 HD (MPEG2, AVC) => PIP AVC transcoding (CBR, 60Hz) – up to 5 per
board.
 SD (MPEG2, AVC) => PIP AVC transcoding (CBR, 60Hz) – up to 10 per
board.
 Closed Caption Conversion phase 2
 AFD handling
 color space conversion
 HD (MPEG2, AVC) => SD AVC down conversion (CBR, VBR, 60Hz).
 HD (MPEG2, AVC) => SD (MPEG2, AVC) down conversion (CBR, VBR,
50Hz).
 HD (MPEG2, AVC) => PIP AVC transcoding (CBR, 50Hz).
 SD (MPEG2, AVC) => PIP AVC transcoding (CBR, 50Hz).
 Support Adaptive pass-through for M2M.
 Video delay is 3.1 seconds.

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 Support Non-seamless rate change (aapplies to Mpeg-2 output only)

 CBR output - actual CBR TS rate is placed into the MPEG-2 video
sequence header.
 VBR output - the user-configured TS Max Rate is placed into the sequence
header.
 Support H.264 STB VOD modes - inserting PES every frame.
 MCTF – modified very weak mode for better VQ achievement
 Border Filter for SD to SD transcoding - removing the following VBI data:
a. for NTSC - AMOL (Automated Measurement of Lineups) data is
removed
b. for PAL - WSS (Wide Screen Signaling) data is removed
ACE 5.2 additions -

 Service CBR
o Support the ability to control output bit rate at Service level.
o The Video bit rate will be controlled, to maximize overall bit rate for the
whole service while keeping it under a certain level.
o When audio or data PIDs are not transferred, The Video bit rate will be
maximized to overall bitrate of the whole service to achieve better VQ
o The Video Stream must be ACE Transcoded enabling all available
transcoding options.
 DPI stream conditioning –
o Perform VBV management at splice points.
Triggers - Based on SCTE35 “Splice Insert” message.
 MW+B - Enhanced EBP Signaling –
o The user is able to configure “EBP Section Content” (a.k.a. “EBP Info”)
o “EBP Info” configuration change on the fly is supported (no service
affecting).
 VQ improvement for Mpeg-2 and H.264
53. ACE—Audio  Any to any audio transcoding functionalities

Transcoding  Note: Supported codecs are: MP1L2, Dolby AC-3 2.0/ 5.1, AAC 2.0/ 5.1 ,
HE-AAC 2.0/5.1
54. ACE – Audio  Audio Leveling Adjustment with Level Magic™ - adaptive level control
Level algorithm capable of adjusting the right audio level between channels and
Adjustment within a channel. Audio Leveling Adjustment enables continuous control of
the desired audio level
55. EDU – Edge Relevant only to CMC, CAS project
Descrambling  AES Descrambler configured by DMS (Harmonic’s Distribution Management
Unit CAS System)
project)  Integrate with VMviewRight (Verimatrix) – Embedded VM Client that
receives ECM and convert it to CW
 Support Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP)
 SNMP alarms forwarding.

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 EDU – PID Filter

o Enables filtering part of a service, 1 PID or group of PIDs of a
service, based on configuration.
o PID filtering gives the ability to separate a service and to route only
part of it while the configuration is still at the service level
o Configuring PID filtering is by defining component ID, describe in
stream identifier descriptor, (it can be 1 PID or group of PIDs within
a service).
o Component ID is defined by the Scrambler, (Sender).
 BMS (Blackout Management System):
o Enable service substitution controlled by CMC GCAS system
through the DMS.
o The CMC GCAS system provides a service and scheduling
information for the blackouts.
56. Enhanced  Select one or more PIDs from an incoming PMT and carry/regenerate all the
MUX: descriptors associated with the selected PIDs across to the output PMT,
adjusting the PID value on the output as required.
 Allow at the PID level for the DTA transports to select the option of
identification is based on PID, Service ID and ES type or Component ID:
o Should be unique with in each category (means, PID should be
unique, Component IDs should be unique, Service ID/Estype should
be unique)
o Decouple the Input ES Type and Output EStype
o Support the switch between the three modes, and corresponding
validation during switching as well.
 Extraction of the input descriptors, showing the descriptors in the GUI,
automatic tracking of the descriptors from the input to the output.
 .
57. Personalized  ProStream supports a Break Descriptor Server (BDS) to support DIRECTV’s
ad insertion: personalized ad insertion project .
58. DSR  Insert regional content into national SFN network.

(Deterministic  The system enables the operator to transmit to the tower only the inserted
SFN Re- regional content (plus some minor overhead for synchronization) and the
multiplexing):
receivers would re-multiplex between the national stream and the regional
stream in a deterministic way, so all COFDM modulators transmit the same
data at the same time.
 The DSR functionality is divided between two devices: the PS1K and the
PVR7K. The PS1K is responsible for generating a DSR stream that contains
the regional content that should be inserted. The PVR7K role is to receive
the national and DSR stream and multiplex them.
59. 5 EMM:  Support up to 5 different EMMG ports.
60. Support  ProStream is now supporting HRTP information not just in DT/IP system.
HRTP:  This requires appropriate configuration.

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61. Support  Support IGMP_V3 for HHP protocol.

IGMP_V3 +
HHP:
62. Tables rate  PAT & PMT number of tables in second is configurable.
control:  Values are: 2 – 10 tables/second.
63. AB switch:  AC source power redundancy is supported.

 ProStream is fed by 2 deferent AC power sources. In case one of them is
disconnected, the ProStream will continue working with the second power
source.
64. 8 VSB:  Support incoming ATSC terrestrial TV system using 8 VSB modulation.
 Support 8 SVB input => video transcoding => ASI or GbE output
 Support 8 SVB input => ASI or GbE output w/o transcoding (using
“generate PCR” on the output).
65. IP Link Down  IP link shut down when there is no traffic (in a DiviTrackIP system)
when no  Upon NMX detections of an alarm from the ProStream which is marked as
Stream service affecting and should trigger a port redundancy , the ProStream
links down its output port. The backup ProStream becomes the primary
 This feature is implemented for Fiber only
66. Port disable  Disable Port if streams absent – controlled by NMX.

mode
67. 8VSB support  Support of ATSC receiver module.
 Support up to 4 8VSB cards, each with 4 ports. Each port is 1 8VSB tuner
enabling the reception of 1 ATSC RF channel
 Support with NMX and SAG
68. Support EOL  supporting 256M EOL platforms in a system:Upon upgrade of GA version on
of 256M 256M platforms, as alarm will be raised - “Unsupported FW on 256M device.
platforms Select FW<6.0”
 The alarm indicates that this SW is not supported by ProStream 1000 256M
and it is required to load latest SW version 5.9x.x.x. Users should manually
upgrade the SW version on 256M devices to latest version 5.9x.x.x.
 NMX package bundles 2 versions and continues to manage and monitor the
following devices:
o For ProStream 1000 256M devices - Firmware version 5.9x.x.x
(firmware versions < 6.x.x.x)
o For ProStream 1000 1G devices – all firmware versions, including
firmware versions >=6.x
69. License License enforcement support for all ACE FW licenses.

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management License enforcement will require backoffice support for NLN and FNO license
on ACE components at the customer’s site.
features Note: Management of licenses to enable all transcoding features on the
ProStream 1000 ACE units provided with embedded code version 6.0 and higher
requires access to Harmonic’s licensing web portal. If you would like to create an
account on Harmonic’s licensing web portal, or have questions about licensing,
contact Harmonic Technical Support via e-mail at support@harmonicinc.com or
by phone at +1-888-673-4896 or +1-408-490-6477.
70. ACE MW  Video/Audio transcoding with multi-screen support.
(Mobile Web)  Support 60 Hz and 50 Hz.
 Support De-interlacing
 Input – MPEG2/AVC output – AVC
 Density
 Each Processing Engine can handle:
 Input: Single service (SD/HD)
 Output profiles:
o 1xHD + 2xSD or Sub SD
o 4xSD or Sub SD
o 2xHD
o Support up to 12 output profiles per input
Note: Audio streams density - according to ACE Audio transcoding spec.

Fully populated platform (4 ACE cards):
 20 Input services grouped in 1-4 output profiles groups
 10 Input services grouped in 5-8 output profiles groups
Any combination of the above
ACE 5.1 addition -
 Support half frame rate

 15/1001 fps
 12.5 fps
 Support up to 12 output profiles per input
 Video TS rate is inserted in HRD parameters instead of video ES rate
ACE 5.2 addition -
 Range extension of supported output bit rate - 90kbps to 6mbps.

 Generate proper SAR - based on manual entry for source aspect ratio
 Add MBTS descriptors to PMT table
 update HDR – to be able to write TS bitrate in HRD
 added Video descriptor field “average_bitrate” to indicate bitrate value
ACE 5.2 addition -

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 Support multiple audio pids with different bitrates per output profile.
 Support multiple data pits bitrates per output profile.
 Interoperability with EM4000 encoders
 Dynamic aspect ratio Automaticlly generate proper SAR to always output
16:9. This feature is for PAL only. If the input aspect ratio is 4:3, then the
input image is rescaled with black pixel columns added to the left and right
sides of the rescaled image (i.e. pillarboxing) to form a 16:9 image.
 H.264 manuallay level setting. Support levels 1.1 to 4.1. If inappropriate
level for the bitrate/resolution/frame rate is chosen , a notification alarm is
raised but still allow user choose
 Added support for up to 25 PIDs per MBTS
 Ability to configure “Reserved Bitrate”. “Reserved Bitrate” is the total bitrate

required for all passthrough audio/data PIDs that are attributed to this MBTS
profile. “Reserved Bitrate” is automatically calculated, but can be configured
in case passthrough PIDs configuration are changed and need to set the
total TS bitrate. “Reserved Bitrate”,are set for the bitrate of total pass-
thorugh data/audio PIDs
 VQ improvement
71. NIT version NIT version control for SAG only

control The user is able to set an NIT version manually.
In case that a user chooses to work in this mode, the application doesn’t manage
NIT versions, but takes the configured version.
72. Socket bit Socket bit rate limitation (in and out) supported up to 100 Mbps
rate
73. Dynamic When a service is not received, expected behavior is as follows:
Service/PMT  PMT and all components are disappeared.
 PAT entry of the PMT is disappeared.
 SDT entry stays with "running status" set to "1" what means "not running"
 EIT entry stays.
74. PMT version  The user can specify a desired PMT version. In this case the version won’t be
control change upon PMT changes and it is user responsibility to increment the version
when there is a change
75. TS/PID delay  Support PID delay feature for delaying the DVB-sub or teletext PID to match the
Video.
 Applicable for IP only
NMX supported
76. Reading Reading Serial number via SNMP
Serial
number
77. EBP Encoder boundary point - signaling mechanism for segmentation and encoding
timing.

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EBP applies to both Broadcast and Multiscreen modes

78. SA Support 1:1 redundancy for 2 devices working with SAG
redundancy
79. PID Ability to configure PID number in Hex or Decimal (SAG only)
numbering

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1.3 Compatibility
The firmware included in this release may run only on ProStream 1000 devices that meet the following pre-
requisites:
 Hardware version/revision:
 Chassis, CPC card: no specific restrictions
 Boot code version:
o 1 GB devices - boot version 3.0.4.

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2. New Features in this Release

The new features included in this release include:
2.2 ACE 5.4 –  Support all audio codecs per output MBTS Multiscreen profile.
Multiscreen
 Cropping - up to 100 pixels from each side: top, right, left, bottom
 Logo insertion – logo is PNG file for MW output. size of logo can be up to 1/8
of screen size
2.3 ACE 5.4 -  SD Premium channel –
Broadcast
o Once SD channel is configured, it will not share its processing unit
with additional SD channels.
2.5 ASI  ASI Output ports up to 213 Mbps

2.6 AES Scrambling  AES-ECB Scrambling
2.7 Tables version  Ability to manually edit tables versions ( NIT, SDT, etc)
control
2.8 ECM descriptors  Ability to set up ECM descriptors as ASCII string
2.9 Enhanced LCN  In SAG and NMX
NIT
 Ability to configure the LCN (Logical Channel Numbers) of the NIT for all the
services in certaing transport on the same page (instead of getting into each
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3. Issues and Limitations

3.1 Resolved Issues from Previous Releases
PR # Description Fixed
in
AFR-18279 PID Xcoding failure after upgrading the PS1K to 6.5.8.4 6.6.0
AFR-17744 2nd glitch on video/audio at 15 seconds after doing PS1K 6.6.0

redudancy switch with NMX. no glitches when doing it with control
panel buttons
AFR-17345 PS1K get restarts at Cablevision Lab. 6.6.0
AFR-16781 Prostream SA device redundancy , ECM CW synchronization 6.6.0
Primary/Backup is not synced with the Device Primary/Backup
status.
AFR-16720 ProStream with ACE under NMX management has long 6.6.0
redundancy time, Services are SD and there are errors of "Service
failure" on several inputs.
AFR-16543 ProStream incorrectly routes MPTS traffic out of wrong interface 6.6.0
with port redundancy enabled.
AFR-16489 Splicing failure after upgrading the PS1K above version - 6.6.0
5.7.29.001.
AFR-16447 Source IP 0.0.0.0 (DHCP) on the management port crushed the 6.6.0
Prostream
AFR-15739 PS1K ACE MW - ABR mode - Too much bandwidth per channel 6.6.0
and large null usage - Netstream
AFR-15730 [ACE] Particular source with corruption in the stream caused the 6.6.0
MPEG-2 decoder to hit a HW bug on A6
AFR-15378 PAT version and service list changes during Encoder redundancy 6.6.0
(When PAT is generated by Prostream).
AFR-15366 TDT stop broadcasting (Zero bitrate) when changing the bitrate on 6.6.0
the NMX
AFR-15303 SCG's are deleted after PS1K software upgrade from 6.3.1.6 to 6.6.0
6.5.0.72
AFR-15287 [ACE] Macro-blocks when Transcoding SD M to M 50Hz, when 6.6.0
using the default GOP Mode "Follow the input" (The GOP is
Variable)
AFR-15168 When doing OTT ACE transcoding we get "FPGA GPIO signal 6.6.0
time out" and "PID Xcoding Failure"
AFR-15044 Burst EMM rate when EMMG is Viaccess and PS1K version 6.6.0
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AFR-14937 PID Xcoding failure , in cases A6 detected long gap (no GAP alarm 6.6.0
raised), but at the same time A6 did not detect low packets count
and did not raise "pid missing" alarm, this service will get reset
AFR-14872 Extract CAS Info on NMX 6.6.1 GA doesnt show SCGs With 6.6.0
External EIS.
AFR-14843 [Port redundancy] Back up port doesn't transmit socket after re- 6.6.0
start
AFR-14825 I get Xcoding failure , when trying to Transcode SD H to M 6.6.0
(Channels name PINK)
AFR-14660 ACE Closed Caption missing on services transcoded from H.264 6.6.0
to MPEG2
3.2 ProStream 1000 Device Limitations for this Release

This section describes the main operation limitations for this release of ProStream 1000.
For complete information regarding device capabilities and limitations, please refer to product data sheets.
2. Multiplexing capacity limitations:
 Up to 250 output Transport Streams (any mixture of SPTS and MPTS) per device
 Up to 250 input services per GbE port
 Up to 20 ECMs per scrambled output service
3. DVB-ASI IOM card:
 ASI – RMX - each port of the ASI card supports up to 156 Mbps output bit rate and 210 Mbps
input bit rate.
 ASI – SCR - each port of the ASI card supports up to 187 Mbps output bit rate and 210 Mbps
input bit rate.
4. GbE IOM card:
 Use the GbE IOM cards in slots 1 or 2 only
 Multicast of PIDs to GbE ports: ProStream 1000 can stream multiple instances of incoming
PIDs to multiple output TSs, with different scrambling control parameters. When applying
configurations of PID multicast over GbE output cards, the following limitations must be
considered and enforced:
When (at least) one of the multicast PIDs exceeds 16 instances (duplications in one GbE
output card) the total multicast bitrate is limited to 50Mbps. Otherwise there is no bit rate
limitation.
 When using Fiber SFP modules, the GbE IOM does not start to stream output through its Tx
connector until the Rx connector has a valid input link. To bypass this limitation, configure the
relevant port to use the “Force Tx” mode. For further information, see NMX Online Help.
This issue is irrelevant when working with Copper SFP.
 GbE Transport Stream Input Limitations:
 Bitrate per TS (socket) –
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 With PCR - 7 TS per IP : 260 Kbps

 With PCR – 1 TS per IP : 43 Kbps.
 No PCR – 25 Kbps
 Max: 100 Mbps.
 Max Input Jitter – 50 msec.
 Input frequency skew ± 30 PPM.
 Delay - Typical: 500 msec Max: 900 msec.
 Reordered packets are not supported.

5. Advanced multiplexing options:
 RSS provisioning mode may not be used for “Virtual Channel” services.
 RSS provisioning mode may not be used for services with common PMT PID
 When using RSS provisioning mode for services with common PCR PID, this PID must be
passed to the output manually, while maintaining the original PID number (not relevant when
Generate PCR application is being activated)
6. DToIP-related limitations:
 There is no limit regarding number of GbE cards in the platform but DToIP will functional only
for one card at the lower slot.
 Up to 64 services may be supported for 1 device
 Up to 64 services may be included in a single DToIP pool
 Up to 3 DToIP pools may be used within a single output Transport Stream
 Up to 16 DToIP pools may be provisioned on a single device
 A given service may be included only in a single DToIP pool at any given time
7. Scrambling-related limitations:
 The ASI-SCR IOM card supports only DVB–CSA scrambling mode
 The GbE IOM card supports both DVB-CSA and AES-NSA2 scrambling modes
 ProStream is not aware of the connection status with any EIS machine that is used for
provisioning scrambling commands. Therefore, ProStream does not issue any alarm in case
the connection between the device and the EIS is lost.
 "Fast Crypto Period change" feature: the feature requires short Delay start (less than 1
second).
 When scrambling virtual channels (VCs), the following limitations apply:
o All VCs that include a given shared elementary streams must be either scrambled or clear
o A single SCG must be used for issuing the scrambling commands for all VCs that include
a given shared elementary stream
 When scrambling services with a common PMT PID, the option “CA Descriptor Managed by
Scrambler” (in NMX preferences) may not be used
 Consistency must be maintained between the mode in which SCGs are provisioned (program
level / PID level) and the configured location of CA descriptor. Operating in mixed mode (e.g.
SCG in PID level, CA descriptor in program level) may cause problems in generation of CA
descriptor
 When configuring EMMs, the EMMG port may not be set to 5000 or 5001. These ports are
reserved for ProStream internal use
 The extended SCSECMG protocol, which includes special messages related to SCS
redundancy, may be operated only in the case of 1:1 hot SCS redundancy. It will not operate
correctly in N:1 redundancy scenarios
8. FEC-related limitations:

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 For every FEC-enabled socket that is transmitted by the ProStream 1000 on UDP port X
(where X is any valid UDP port number), two additional sockets are automatically transmitted,
on UDP ports X+2 and X+4.
This must be accounted-for when allocating UDP ports to streamed content
9. Slate-related limitations:
 In RSS output with activated slate and Main service is failed, after restart to platform, black
screen will be outputted to TV
 During transition from Main to Slate, scrambled service is clear for a few seconds.(5-10)
depends on CP. Also happens when returning from slate to main service is clear at the
beginning CP related).
 Scrambled service became clear at slate activation/deactivation for ever when ECMG is
disconnected.
10. Generate PCR-related limitations:
 Generate PCR Does Not Work For re-encoded service.
 Generate PCR Does Not Work For VBR Pass-through service.
 Generate PCR with Common PCR on ES is not supported
11. VBR Pass Through-related limitation
 VBR Pass Through when input PCR is not on ES is not supported

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3.3 ProStream 1000 Known Issues in this Release
The following section lists the significant known issues for the ProStream 1000 in this release.
ProStream 1000 Known Issues

The following is a list of legacy significant known problems for this release.
PR# Description
Input extraction
PR 30824 When extracting input information, the ProStream does not parse the CAT (Conditional
Access Table); therefore, it does not recognize EMM streams as such. EMM streams at the
input stream are displayed as ghost PIDs, without any particular indication of their nature.
PR 39824 Extraction of a new input TS fails when the TS has the same PAT version as the previous
TS, and Input Sync loss is not detected. In this case, if the IP properties of the TS on the
input are updated, ES’s from this TS are displayed as ghosts. In addition, the extraction of
the previous TS is still displayed.
Workaround: Disable the TS, and then re-enable it.
AFR-11413 "Auto detect " leads to extraction problems when switch is configured V2 and device is
configured on V3 (after auto detect)
Support page
PR 39672 When selecting the Input PID Information query, the TS Header Error field does not show
the actual values.
Scrambling
PR 36720 After an SCG re-provision, the activation time is not updated correctly on the CAS
extraction page of NMX.
PR 37855 The ProStream acquires and “learns” the operation parameters of an ECMG when it first
connects to that ECMG. If these parameters (protocol revision, min CP duration, etc.) are
changed after the initial connection is established, the ProStream must be rebooted to allow
the new parameters to be acquired and take effect.
PR 37877 If the allocated bitrate of an EMM stream is increased after connection with the EMMG is
established, and the stream is already flowing, ProStream does not inform the EMMG about
the change. As a result, the EMM keeps flowing at the originally configured rate.
Workaround: Disable the EMM stream, and re-enable it.
PR 37946 Scrambling does not function correctly (the CA descriptor is not created) in the following
situation:
 NMX preferences are set to “CA descriptor managed by Scrambler,” at the
Elementary Stream level, and
 SCG provisioning (by AS2 or external EIS) is done in the Elementary Stream level
Workaround: Do not use this combination of modes.
PR 38632 If the Ethernet-2 port on the ProStream is connected to a switch that operates in half-duplex
mode, and the ProStream is configured to stream an EMM stream that is received in UDP,
a single EMM packet occasionally may be dropped. Typically, the loss rate is around 1
packet per 4,000 received packets.
Workaround: Always use full-duplex connection, and stream EMMs only in TCP mode.
PR 38839 If the Ethernet connection between a ProStream and an EMMG machine is lost and then
re-established in less than 60 seconds from the time of failure, the ProStream will reject the
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PR# Description
soon as the 60 second timeout is over, without any user intervention.
PR 40708 If the IP address of the CAS Ethernet port is changed while the device already has ECMGs
configured in its ECMG table, the Prostream’s internal routing table may be corrupted,
resulting in a lost connection with the ECMGs.
PR 49241, 49325 When a ProStream is performing AES descrambling, if the input stream goes from
scrambled to clear or from clear to scrambled, a momentary loss of data will occur.
Typically, this does not affect video.
Scrambling, NDS CAS only
PR 43719 When an SCG is provisioned with its “activation time” set in the past, the set-top is unable
to decode the service during the first Crypto-period.
GbE I/O
PR 39530 With some uncommon brands of GbE switches, the port fails to initialize when the device
reboots. This happens if fiber SFP is used, and the Auto-negotiation option is enabled on
the ProStream’s GbE port. In this case, no traffic (input or output) will flow through the port.
It has been tested and verified that this problem does not occur in the following cases:
 If Copper SFP is used
 If a Cisco GbE switch is used (Copper or Fiber interface)
PR 39687 A zapped device continues to transmit content for 20 to 30 seconds. In redundant
configurations, this may cause a service interruption if the primary device is zapped while in
service, and the backup device becomes active.
Workaround: If the primary device in a redundant setup needs to be zapped, take it offline
and verify that the backup is active.
PR 41539 When transmitting a unicast socket to a destination IP address that is unreachable, some
GbE switches respond with a flood of “destination unreachable” messages, causing the
ProStream to issue a “Management Buffer Overflow” alarm on the relevant GbE port.
PR 42354 In some cases involving changes to a provisioned output socket, the destination MAC
address of the socket is not updated, and the ProStream will continue streaming the socket
to the previous destination MAC. To overcome this problem, disable the socket before
changing its parameters, and re-enable it after the changes are applied.
Problematic cases include:
 Changing an existing unicast socket to use the “Fixed Destination MAC address”
option.
 Disabling the “Fixed Destination MAC address” option on a socket that is currently
streaming with that option enabled.
 Changing an existing multicast socket (e.g., destination IP address is a multicast
address) to use the “Fixed Destination MAC address” option.
PR 49907 On a low bit rate service/socket (with 2 audio PIDs, configured at 192Kbps each), one audio
PID carries PCR at a high priority, and the other audio PID carries PCR at a low priority.
When the socket drops packets only on the low-priority audio PID, the high-priority audio
PID stops playing and, per MProbe, displays an “audio buffer under run” message.
AFR-11551 GbE Auto-Negotiation Failed alarm is raised for 1 second.
AFR-11550 Socket redundancy from other port with "Disable on no Stream" = True shuts port.
AFR-14909 'Video over IP down' and 'Port link down' alarms occur for 1 sec when enabling Port mirror

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PR# Description
Service Redundancy
PR 44016 In case of primary service failure when the service has just been created and provisioned,
or when rebooting the device, three minutes will pass before the backup service will be
active.
AFR-13322 Service redundancy takes more than 1 min when defined for first time
Multiplexing
PR 45716 When pre-encrypted content is streamed through a mirror ASI port, that port must not be
configured to “Always clear” mode. Otherwise, the pre-encrypted programs at the mirror
port will corrupt.
FEC
PR 46311 In FEC point-to-point, when the configured matrix dimensions are changed on the
transmission side, momentary loss of data may occur.
PR 46460 In FEC point-to-point, a change in the configured FEC parameters of a FEC-enabled socket
on the transmission side may cause an “Invalid Source Clock Frequency” alarm to be
asserted against the matching input socket on the receive side.
Workaround: Disable and then re-enable the input socket on the receive side.
Re-encoding
PR 46617 When re-encoding services that are provisioned as Reference Service Streams (RSS), the
ProStream 1000 does not assert any re-encoding alarms if re-encoding problems are
encountered.
PR 47495 When changes occur on the input of a re-encoded RSS, the corresponding output program
experiences a momentary service interruption.
PR 52913 When two services with a shared input PID are multiplexed to the same output TS, they
cannot be configured for any re-encoding methods (e.g., re-encoded to CBR, re-encoded to
Capped VBR, re-encoded in DTMX pool, or VBR pass-through in DTMX pool).
PR 52914 RSS is not supported for re-encoded services.
Workaround: Work with static PIDs.
SFNoIP
PR 47608 On the receive side of an SFNoIP system, port #2 of the ASI card is used for synchronizing
with the 10 MHz GPS clock. When the card is configured to work in this mode, it will not
assert the “ASI Signal Loss” alarm in the case of cable disconnection. Only an “ASI Output
Bitrate Un-synchronized” alarm will display.
PR 47614 On the receive side of an SFNoIP system, if GPS synchronization is lost, a “ASI Output Bit
rate Un-synchronized” alarm will display. After synchronization is restored, the alarm
remains active.
PR 47615 On the receive side of an SFNoIP system, the LEDs of the ASI port used for GPS
synchronization do not function as they should; they are always OFF.
Socket redundancy
PR 49337 When the primary socket fails, it switches to the backup socket. When the primary socket
recovers, it takes the configured fail-over time period until the "Primary Socket Not Active"
alarm is removed.
NMX
PR 50429 Service flowing out as a regular service stops when added to a DTMX (input PCR not on
ES).
Workaround: Disable and then enable the service.

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PR# Description
Generate PCR
PR 51250 Create Faulty ASI TS Mirror Port on ASI RMX output. ASI RMX does not support Generate
PCR.
PR 51319 NMX RSS Output Properties for Service with Regenerated PCR may not reflect actual
ProStream configuration when carry PCR is checked and an external (and/or common)
PCR is defined in the service.
PR 52026 In Generate PCR IP output transport with two services, one service can have PCR
originally on video (and also reference PCR at the output) and one service have PCR
originally on audio. Remove the PCR from the audio of the second service (PCR originally
on audio). When both services are disabled and then enabled one at a time, do not use a
different sequence, or there will be compliance problems for the video (i.e., no output). This
depends on whether there are also irregularities in the PCR rate or not.
PR 56520 In cases where two services are configured on the output GbE TS, the first service may use
audio 1 PID for PCR, and the second service may use points on the first service’s audio as
its PCR (common PCR on ES). If the first service originally used its audio as the PCR PID
at the MUX input, there may be CC errors on the first service’s audio PID at the output.
PR 77558 Configuring Generate PCR on the ASI RMX card can lead to loss of all four transports on
the ASI card. ASI RMX does not support PCR Generation.
General
PR 51683 ProStream Table General Error alarms may display when DM is restarted.
Workaround: Rebuild PSI.
PR 54055 PCR is 0×1FFF when input service PCR is not on ES.
PR 54056 When working with FEC, the number of sockets should not exceed 100.
PR# 97000 When activating service configuration in 1:1 hot redundancy, there is a timeout alarm on the
primary Mux that NMX chooses to provision, and a redundancy switch is made. This
happens only on devices with DT/IP and ACE.
AFR-12832 Prostream1000 repeatedly times out again after booting up from reset/zap/power cycle.
Mux also times out when first time provision services.
AFR-11517 [Device Redundancy HHP v1 and v2 ] - Reboot to Inactive device cause cc errors to Active
device
CAS
PR 53389 A scrambled service became clear at slate activation/deactivation (~10/15sec), depending
on CP.
PR 53392 A Scrambled service became clear at Slate activation/deactivation permanently when
ECMG disconnected.
PR 82541 The picture freezes after a redundancy switch when the delay is 5000 msec.
AFR-13220 When the Input contains Service that was encrypted with BISS , the Null PID is the ECM
PID , and when passing the service it can caouse to Overfllow.
Slate
PR 52948 When a service is defined as RSS with slate support and the main service fails (Slate
activated), after restarting the platform (while the main service is still missing), TV will
display a black screen.
PR 53212 On a configuration that has a virtual channel for some PIDs and uses Slate, the same slate
should be defined for every service using this virtual channel PID.

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PR# Description
PR 61595 There is no picture output from E5 after slate activation between sources with PCR on
different PID types.
Workaround: Reset the platform to recover service.
PR 83111 When the service redundancy is set to manual revert mode and the backup source
recovers from failure, Slate is not deactivated.
Workaround: Change the service redundancy to automatic.
GBE IN
PR 55075 P1K displays an "Invalid Source Clock Frequency" alarm.
PR 60756 Having more than 128 input sockets may cause PCR Accuracy errors.
Splicing
PR 55614 Audio Coding Mode changes within the stream are not supported by ProStream.
PR 59036 Data PIDs are not supported on spliceable services. CC Errors occur on Data PIDs at
Splice out. This affects service on STB.
PR 59508 When adding data, the system shows PID recoding failure if it is configured to service with
V+A+SCTE35 (data PID).
PR 60599 In case that all Re-encoded engines were allocated to splicing and user frees one engine to
do Rate Shaping, device won’t allow using it. At this point only a platform reset (reshuffling
of all the Re-encoded service allocations) will correct the situation.
PR 61080 There may be macro-blocking if the connection between the ad server and the splicer is
disconnected during splicing.
PR 62990 With a specific ad clip (C and M, a transcoded version of the clip that was used for analog
ad insertion), macro blocks are present between the splice point and the ad clip.
PR 67000 Various problems may occur when splicing into the network stream with unsupported GOP
length.
SAG
PR 56234 The primary socket can be the same as the backup socket. The system does not do a
validation.
PR 56277 Configuring the input socket as the backup socket creates two access points and causes
GbE socket failure.
PR 56597 No validation is done for overlapping PIDS between static PIDS and the range of RSS.
PR 56171 For GbE TS and PIDs, the input bit rate is not always shown when using PID range at
output.
PR 56781 Reference PCR information is not relevant when working with Generate PCR on new PIDs.
PR 56783 Sockets are not shown (i.e., the scroll bar is hidden) when there are more than 14 sockets.
PR 56882 Input service without PCR cannot be applied when moved to the output (by arrow).
PR 57057 For TOT time zones, select a row and click to delete the row.
PR 57062 There is no validation for the PID value to check for legal and illegal characters.
AFR-11666 After version upgrade/downgrade - there is a need to clear browser's cache
AFR-11807 SAG - Device Upgrade require Temporally Internet Files deletion
AFR-11422 (ACE Audio Transcoding) Misalignment of sampling frequency drop down list

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PR# Description
EAS
PR 59897 Service out is configured with Slate in Manual Revert Mode and EAS service. When
primary service fails, Slate service is outputted. When activating EAS, the EAS service is
outputted. When the primary service returns, the EAS service is deactivated. The expected
behavior is that Slate should be outputted as it is configured to manually revert; however,
primary service is outputted. Also, the NMX Slate status bar shows "Activated."
PR 60320 To manually switch to the backup program (no slate configuration and all sources are alive),
activate EAS and then deactivate EAS. The expected behavior is that the backup service is
outputted, with a "Backup activated" alarm displayed. However, the primary service is
activated without alarms. Also, the NMX GUI “Backup service” displays as still activated.
EAS-IGMPv3
PR 83926 PS1K does not get an EAS signal when moving from a non-valid SSM to 0.0.0.0.
Workaround: Insert a valid SSM IP and then change the SSM IP to 0.0.0.0.
Background Download
PR 57210 Tables may be affected if the configuration is changed during a software download.
Workaround: Rebuild the PSI option if a "TableStreamOut File General Error" alarm is
issued during a background upgrade.
Port Redundancy
PR 60890 Enabling port redundancy causes a "GbE Port Link Down-Cable Disconnect" alarm on the
backup port.
Workaround: Configure the switch in manual mode before enabling port redundancy.
AFR-12614 GBE Port redundancy doesn't work when the Socket is configured with SSM IP
Rate Shaping
PR 60924 There is instability of one to two seconds in length at startup in rate-change mode when two
services are activated.
SCTE35 Insertion
PR 63155 On re-encoded services, splicing is done three seconds later.
Workaround: For re-encoded services, configure the pre-roll parameter to be 3 seconds
early.
PR 63880 SCTE35 insertion is not supported on MAIA-RMX.
DT/IP 3G
PR 67358 Mux redundancy caused ASI Overflow and took approximately three hits within 10 seconds
before recovery.
PR 76604 Starting Domain Manager for the first time with NMX 5.2.2 causes overflow in bandwidth at
the ASI out of the ProStream.
PR 77963 ProStream reports false CC errors on the input transport stream when adding or removing
streams from the pool.
Workaround: Add a stream to the pool in one transaction. Remove the stream in a different
transaction.
AFR-11672 ASI overflow after removing all the streams from the pool
AFR-12014 Services move into Nominal Rate when we disable services that are in the pool

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PR# Description
HTTP GUI
PR 71222 TS mirror application configurations are not full and are not protected.
PR 75469 After a version upgrade or downgrade, the browser needs to be cleared.
BISS
PR 76260 CA descriptor is not created when the device is controlled by NMX. However, NMX
configured with "CA managed by scrambler" is a good configuration.
ASI out
PR 77864 SDT Table Corrupt from ASI Output No Names and CRC errors have been displayed on
PID 11.
Workaround: Disabling and then enabling the ASI port solves the problem.
ACE CPC
PR 82634 In some cases, there have been service disruptions from unnecessary redundancy
switches after a slave reset or power-up.
ACE
AFR-11419 (ACE 4.0 Audio) ACE does not work with 32 KHz sampling frequency AC-3 source.
ACE VBR
Workaround: Take the backup offline, perform any required change or upgrade, boot up the
device, and put it back online once the boot stage is complete.
PCR
PR 94935 PCR stays on the non-video PID although PCR should be on the video output.
Workaround: On the PCR tab, select the "Set PCR on" option.
DSR
PR 95290 Missing validation on the PID range can cause the DSR-reserved PIDs to be overwritten.
PR 95580 There is no validation that there are no more reserved PIDS left to use.
Misc.
PR 81963 Need to add validation in case socket redundancy is configured "From Other Physical Port"
and port redundancy.
Workaround: Only one option can be selected at a time.
PR 81970 There is no option to revert to primary in manual revert mode.
Workaround: Disable the socket redundancy and configure it again.
PR 99471 Missing PMT and Missing PAT alarms are not masked when a GbE socket failed alarm is
issued.
Device Redundancy
AFR-8474 [Device Redundancy] - Reboot to Inactive device cause cc errors to Active device

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Key Summary Component/s
AFR- [ACE 5.4 MW Logo] Logo image up-scaling is not working correctly ACE A6
16642 (HD input with 4:3 AR)
AFR- EBP string fail in for PIP SD H2H and M2M cases ACE A6
16636
AFR- [ACE] - redundant A6 reset when having transcoding streams with ACE CPC
15791 PIP in N:1 redundancy system leads to fail-over time of 90 sec
AFR- (ACE 4.0 Audio) ACE does not work with 32 KHz sampling ACE DSP
13406 frequency AC-3 source.
AFR- Output bitrate is changed from 213 to 196 when changing TS ASI Out
15454 packet size from 188 to 204
AFR- SDT Table Corrupt From ASI Output No Names and CRC Errors on ASI Out
13780 PID 11
AFR- When the Input contains Service that was encrypted with BISS , the CAS
13813 Null PID is the ECM PID , and when passing the service it can
caouse to Overfllow.
AFR- Picture freeze after redundancy switch when delay_start is 5000ms CAS
13517
AFR- [Device Redundancy HHP v1 and v2 ] - Reboot to Inactive device Device

13178 cause cc errors to Active device Redundancy
AFR- Prostream reports False alarm CC errors on the input transport DiviTrack 3G
13751 stream, on adding/removing streams from the pool
AFR- ASI overflow after removing all the streams from the pool DiviTrack 3G
13637
AFR- Socket redundancy/TSProtection is activated not according to Documentation

16910 device configuration in case of bitrate and cc err triggers - see
description for details
AFR- [DSR] - No validation that there are no more reserved PIDS left to DSR
13490 use

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AFR- [DSR] - Missing validation on PID Range can cause overwritten of DSR
13488 the DSR reserved PIDs
AFR- [DSR] - EAS cannot be configured for a service that carries 2 PCR DSR
13486 PIDs
AFR- [DSR] - Cannot configure EAS for pre-encrypted service DSR

13485
AFR- [EAS - IGMPv3] - PS1K does not get EAS signal when moving from EAS
13500 non-valid SSM to 0.0.0.0 (Emergency)
AFR- (Seamless Redundancy) Activate/Deactivate stress test failed to GbE_In

13415 configure Vega SSR after several times provisioning the same
service to the mux.
AFR- "Auto detect " leads to extraction problems when switch is GbE_In
13401 configured V2 and device is configured on V3 (after auto detect)
AFR- No indication when the platform fails to configure IP for Mgmt and General
15307 CAS
AFR- On activate service configuration PS1K falsely reports timeout General

13724 causing redundancy switch on NMX
AFR- GbE Auto-Negotiation Failed alarm is raised for 1 second. General

13513
AFR- Socket redundancy from other port with "Disable on no Stream" = General
13512 True shuts port.
AFR- Prostream1000 repeatedly times out again after booting up from General
13072 reset/zap/power cycle. Mux also times out when first time provision
services.
AFR- Unable select "SDT Other" check box until page is not refreshed HTTP_GUI
18309
AFR- SAG - Device Upgrade require Temporally Internet Files deletion HTTP_GUI
13765
AFR- After version upgrade/downgrade - there is a need to clear HTTP_GUI

13631 browser's cache
AFR- 'Video over IP down' and 'Port link down' alarms occur for 1 sec IP Port
14911 when enabling Port mirror Mirroring

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AFR- Alarm should asserted when user configure out of range transport Juno -
15959 bandwidth above 200Mbps. Current Juno behavior is silent failure Configuration
with Juno card keep resetting.
AFR- (ETB)(Juno) Alarm should asserted when user configure out of Juno -
15956 range transport bandwidth above 200Mbps. Current Juno behavior Configuration
is silent failure with Juno card keep resetting.
AFR- In Re-encoding output PCR is not on Video PCR

13695
AFR- Configuring Generate PCR on ASI RMX card can lead to loss of all PCR
13657 the 4 transports on the ASI card. Genaration
AFR- [RFC] Need to add validation in case socket redundancy is Port

13537 configured "From Other Physical Port" and port redundancy . Redundancy
AFR- [ PMT ] After transition of PMT mode from None to Regenerate PSI/SI
17798 PIDs (PMT, Audio and Video) are transmitted as Ghosts
AFR- Device ignores TDT/TOT bitrate changes in NMX PSI/SI

15535
AFR- PSI Generation Issue after redundancy PSI/SI

13342
AFR- [Service redundancy] When Remux mode for PIDs under Primary Service
18262 service is set to ES Type, Backup service for service redundancy Redundancy
isn't activated after Primary service was failed
AFR- Service redundancy takes more than 1 min when defined for first Service
13324 time Redundancy
AFR- [ Slate ] Too long delay before Slate activation Slate

18329
AFR- [Slate+Socket Redundancy] Socket Redundancy in Automatic Slate, Socket

15627 Revert mode will not deactivate Slate if Primary source is failed Redundancy

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AFR- [Slate+Socket Redundancy] Socket Redundancy in Automatic Slate, Socket

15624 mode will not get back to Primary source from Active Slate if Redundancy
Backup source is failed.
AFR- [Slate] Slate is not deactivated when backup is back from failure in Slate
13584 Service redundancy manual revert mode.
AFR- [Slate] Slate is not activated when transport removed or cable Slate
13583 disconnected.
AFR- [RFC] Need to add validation when Primary and Backup socket are Socket
13538 configured the same. Redundancy
AFR- [RFC] Need to add option to Revert to Primary in Manul revert Socket
13536 mode. Redundancy
AFR- (HATS) Port Loss Frame: no data in FIFO alarm on on-board/AHC-

15639 RAC with audio compression
AFR- Starting the Domain Manager for the first time with NMX 5.2.2
13790 causes overflow in bandwith at the ASI out of the prostream
Upgrade Instructions
3.4 Upgrading in NMX Control Mode

While working in NMX control-mode, upgrade the firmware through NMX. For instructions, refer to the
NMX Online Help.
.
3.5 Upgrading in Standalone Control Mode

While working in Stand Alone control-mode, upgrade the firmware through the Web client. Use section
3.3.5 – Managing Software in “ProStream_1000_User_Guide_4_11.pdf” for this activity.
4. Accessing Documentation
The documentation available for ProStream is listed below. The guides described in the following section
are shipped as a hard-copy with every unit, and may also be obtained as a soft-copy through Harmonic’s
Customer Support or Harmonic’s FTP site.
3.6 Hardware User’s Guide

The Hardware User’s Guide provides detailed information on the initial setup of a ProStream device
(installation, cabling, setup etc.)

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3.7 NMX Online Help

While working in NMX control-mode, upgrade the firmware through NMX. For instructions, refer to the
NMX Online Help.
3.8 ProStream 1000 Online Help

The ProStream 1000 Online Help is available only when working in standalone control mode. It provides
detailed information on how to configure and manage your ProStream device through the Web client. To
access the online help, select Help from the Web client menu bar, or click Help in an open dialog page.
3.9 Application Notes
Several application notes, which provide detailed explanations and instructions for deploying ProStream
1000 in specific applications, are available. For obtaining these application notes, contact Harmonic
customer support. The currently available application notes are as follows:
12. DVB-CSA Scrambling by ProStream 1000 and BNG 6000

13. AES Scrambling-Descrambling by ProStream 1000
14. Redundancy options in ProStream 1000 and BNG 6000
15. Using ProStream 1000 for SFN-over-IP Network

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February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

1.2 Main Product Features

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

1. Input/Output Up to 5 IOM (Input/Output Module) cards

 AES-CBC Scrambling: This scrambling mode is available only on the

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

6. 6 Enhanced 1. Support up to 30 ECM / service

Release 6.4 addition -

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

 Electra 8000, with or without FEC

Note: DiviTrackIP functionality is available only on devices mounted with the

15. Enhanced  Support up to 30 ECM / service

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

CAS  Support up to 30 CAS ID per device

 Starting 6.4 release -

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

21. GbE Port  Modes of operation:

 Fail over trigger – socket not active.

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

(including ECMs, EMMs tables and Reference Service).

 The feature isn't supported for PRM-1K-ASI-RMX-0001 (ASI-RMX) card.

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

 Feature scope and limitations:

 Feature scope and limitations:

 ASI support packet size of 204 bytes is at the AP level.

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

any output (ASI or IP)

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

35. Intelligent  Manual

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

 Socket redundancy from different ports (same GbE board).

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

38. EMMG  Now ProStream support redundancy of EMMG devices.

40. PSIG-MUX  Support PSIGMUX protocol according to DVB standard (ETSI TS

41. IP Loop-Back  The IP internal loopback option is a mechanism which enables

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

45. DVB EIT  Regenerating DVB EIT on PID 0x12.

46. SAG (Stand  Unless specified, ProStream supports SAG management in

48. DVB EIT  Supported only on 1G device.

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

51. Create NIT NIT (Network Information Table) options:

52. ACE – video  Audio – pass-through

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

 Support Non-seamless rate change (aapplies to Mpeg-2 output only)

ACE 5.2 additions -

53. ACE—Audio  Any to any audio transcoding functionalities

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

 EDU – PID Filter

58. DSR  Insert regional content into national SFN network.

59. 5 EMM:  Support up to 5 different EMMG ports.

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

61. Support  Support IGMP_V3 for HHP protocol.

63. AB switch:  AC source power redundancy is supported.

66. Port disable  Disable Port if streams absent – controlled by NMX.

69. License License enforcement support for all ACE FW licenses.

February 06, 2014 Release 06.06.0

Note: Audio streams density - according to ACE Audio transcoding spec.

ACE 5.1 addition -