# VistaLINK™ PRO SNMP Remote Management Software

# Introduction to the VistaLINK™ System

Much has been written on the subject of maintaining video quality in a modern television facility. But with often as many as a hundred or more television channels to monitor, we must be concerned not only with signal quality, but also with the continuity of the video, multiple audio channels, closed captioning, V-Chip parental guidance and other VBI data associated with each channel. The task of monitoring so many channels often involves employing a plethora of gadgets specifically designed to check each function. Even with the best equipment, it is difficult to watch up to a hundred picture monitors and impossible to monitor the levels and phases of hundreds of audio channels, closed captions, XDS and other data on every channel.

VistaLINK™ is Evertz's remote monitoring and configuration capability over a network using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP).

VistaLINK™ is a product feature added to certain Evertz products enabling remote monitoring of signal continuity and health status by utilizing the common, open-standard Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) as the communication protocol over a network link.

VistaLink PRO Provides Two Main Features

VistaLINK™ PRO Alarm Management

VistaLINK™ PRO is equipped with comprehensive alarm event monitoring capabilities including configurable alarm severity settings, descriptions and user notes for each VistaLINK™ - enabled Evertz product. Alarm event acknowledgement, per alarm type or per service and alarm logging, with date, time and type descriptions offer the end-user a complete database of alarm events for subsequent analysis and trend tracking.

VistaLINK™ PRO Configuration Management

Card configuration through VistaLINK™ PRO can be performed on an individual or multi-card basis using simple copy/paste routines reducing the time to configure each module separately. Configuration changes can be performed immediately, making it possible to quickly change individual card parameters "on the fly", or delayed in order to methodically configure and review changes before full deployment. Configuration settings can be imported and exported in human-readable format, and configuration change messages inform the user of parameter setting changes. All changes are recorded in VistaLINK™ PRO's audit trail tool in the full version. A configuration-only VistaLINK™ PRO tool (VLPRO-C) is provided free with 7700FC VistaLINK™ Frame Controllers for convenient card configuration.