4.2 Alarm Monitor

The Alarm Monitor control panel provides all the necessary resources to create and manage Alarms on the Kaleido-K2.

Alarm Monitor Name: Type a name for this Alarm Monitor in the box.

Alarm Group: The pull-down list includes all existing Alarm Group names. Click on one to select it. This Alarm Monitor will be associated with that group once the changes have been saved.

Create a new group by typing a new name directly into the box. It will be added to the list of groups once the new or revised Alarm Monitor has been saved.

Use Alarm Groups to enable and disable many Alarms at once using Actions which work on Alarm Groups, or using the Alarm Group Inhibit Button component in a layout.

When a new alarm group is created, two Actions are also created:

  • Enable_alarmgroupname_alarms
  • Disable_alarmgroupname_alarms
  • These actions are deleted when the alarm group is removed.

Alarms List: This table shows all of the individual alarms which are included in this Alarm Monitor.

A detailed explanation of how to use this list follows.

Assign Actions to trigger: The Alarm Monitor will be in one of four states, depending on the status of its individual alarms. An Action can be assigned to each of these. The Action will be triggered when the status of the Alarm Monitor changes to that state from another state. The Alarm Monitor is active only when assigned in the current layout.

Select the appropriate Action for each state from the pull-down box. The pull-down shows all actions which are currently defined for this Kaleido-K2

The state of the Alarm Monitor is defined to be the highest-priority severity reported by any of its constituent alarms, where the priority of severities, from highest to lowest, is:

  • Error
  • Warning
  • Disabled
  • Normal

4.2.1 Alarm Types

The Alarms List in the Alarm Monitor control panel shows all of the individual Alarms which are included in the Alarm Monitor. Each is identified by Type and Assignment.

Type: Click on the entry in the Type column to see a pull-down list of all available types of Alarms. Select one by clicking on it. An Alarm Setting dialog box will open, allowing the necessary information to be entered for the Alarm type selected.

Hint: it is preferable to select and open existing Alarms by clicking on the alarm in the Assignment column and pushing Edit, or by double-clicking on the Alarm in the Assignment column. Clicking on the alarm in the Type column will open the pull-down list and may result in the alarm type being inadvertently changed.

Assignment: Once the data has been entered and saved, the Assignment column will show a summary of the data.

Severity: Assign a degree of severity to this alarm. Click in the severity box beside any alarm, and select either ERROR or WARNING from the pulldown.

  • The alarm will report the assigned severity to this alarm monitor when it is triggered.

Here is a list of all types of Alarms, and a description of their associated Alarm Setting dialogs.

Video Alarm

Video: Enter the number of the Video input to the Kaleido-K2 [enter a number between 1 and 32]. This Alarm is generated internally by the Kaleido-K2.

Video Error: Use the checkboxes to select which of the available error types are to be associated with this Alarm.

Calibration: Click the calibration button to open the Video Detection Calibration dialog, allowing the settings for Luma Too High, Black Detection and Freeze Detection to be customized.

Use the selection buttons at the left of the Video Detection Calibration dialog to select the error detection settings to be adjusted.

Note that the Calibration is only available when in online mode.

   
Luma Too High

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the three parameter controls.

If the input is analog video, you must disable the AGC at the Kaleido input in order to detect high input luminance.

Threshold Level: Define the level above which Luma Too High will be reported. Choose IRE for NTSC and or mV for PAL input signals.

Occurrence and Interval: an error will not be flagged unless it is present for at least the percentage shown in the Occurrence window of the time shown in the Interval window. For example, if Occurrence is 15% and Interval is 2 seconds, the error will not be flagged unless it has been detected during 15% of the previous 2 seconds, i.e. 0.3 seconds total.

   
Black Detection

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the three parameter controls.

Threshold Level: Define the level below which Black Detection will be reported. Choose IRE for NTSC and or mV for PAL input signals.

Occurrence and Interval: an error will not be flagged unless it is present for at least the percentage shown in the Occurrence window of the time shown in the Interval window. For example, if Occurrence is 15% and Interval is 2 seconds, the error will not be flagged unless it has been detected during 15% of the previous 2 seconds, i.e. 0.3 seconds total.

   
Freeze Detection

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the three parameter controls.

Sensitivity: Freeze detection is done by comparing successive frames. Noise in the signal could disrupt this process, so filtering is added to remove it. Adjust the sensitivity to suit the signal being monitored, using the slider.

Occurrence and Interval: an error will not be flagged unless it is present for at least the percentage shown in the Occurrence window of the time shown in the Interval window. For example, if Occurrence is 100% and Interval is 100 seconds, the error will not be flagged unless it has been continuously detected for the previous 100 seconds.

   

Audio Alarm

The Audio Input:

Format: select Embedded (audio embedded in a digital video signal) or Audio Card (audio from one of the Kaleido's audio input cards). If Embedded is selected, you need to specify the Video Input [any number between 1 and 32] and Group [between 1 and 4] so that the audio can be identified.

Alarms are not supported for streaming sources.

In the AES/Stereo window, select which of the available signals is to be used. Embedded audio can include one or two, while an audio card can include up to 48.

Click the appropriate button to determine whether the Alarm will report errors on both channels (stereo), left-channel only or right-channel only.

Audio Error: Use the checkboxes to select which of the available error types are to be reported by this Alarm.

Calibration: Click the calibration button to open the Audio Detection Calibration dialog, allowing the settings for Audio Silence, Overload, Out of Phase and Mono Detected to be customized.

Use the selection buttons at the left to select the error detection settings to be adjusted.

Note that the Calibration is only available when in online mode.

   
Audio Silence

Select Default to use predefined settings:

  • The default Threshold value is 30dB below the Audio Operation Level set on the Audio Meter Calibration tab (for both analog and digital inputs).
  • The default Duration is 15 seconds

Select Custom to enable the two parameter data entry controls.

Threshold: Select the level below which audio will be considered silent.

  • For analog sources, the Threshold value may be Real (in dBU), for comparison with the audio input signal, or Normalized (in dB) for comparison with the input that has been scaled by the Audio Operation Level setting on the Audio Meter Calibration tab
  • For digital sources, the Threshold value (in dBFS) is compared to the input signal

Duration: Select the time period (in seconds) for which audio must be continuously silent before the Audio Silence error is flagged.

(for analog audio inputs)

(for digital audio inputs)

   
Overload

Select Default to use predefined settings.

  • The default threshold value is:
  • 12dB above the Audio Operation Level set on the Audio Meter Calibration tab for analog audio inputs
    9dB above the Audio Operation Level set on the Audio Meter Calibration tab for digital audio inputs
  • The default duration is 2 seconds

Select Custom to enable the two parameter controls.

Threshold: Select the level above which audio will be considered overloaded.

  • For analog sources, the Threshold value may be Real (in dBU), for comparison with the audio input signal, or Normalized (in dB) for comparison with the input that has been scaled by the Audio Operation Level setting on the Audio Meter Calibration tab
  • For digital sources, the Threshold value (in dBFS) is compared to the input signal

Duration: Select the time period (in seconds) for which audio must be continuously overloaded before the Overload error is flagged.

(for analog audio inputs)

(for digital audio inputs)

   
Out of Phase

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the two parameter controls.

Sensitivity: Select the level above which audio will be considered out of phase. The sensitivity is between -1 and +1, where -1 means completely out of phase and +1 means perfectly in-phase.

Duration: Select the time period for which audio must be continuously out.

   
Mono Detected

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the single parameter control.

Duration: Set the time period for which the signal must continuously be determined as Mono before the Mono Detected error is flagged.

   

GPI Alarm

Enter the number of the GPI input on the Kaleido-K2 that will trigger this Alarm [any number between 1 and 66].

VBI/ANC Data Alarm

Service ID: Enter either the Miranda LongID or the Alias for the source of the VBI/ANC data. If the data is found on a video stream entering this Kaleido-K2, enter its alias A in the service ID box. If the data is coming from a remote source, enter its Miranda LongID or alias in the service ID box.

Video Input Number: If the source of the VBI/ANC data is an input to this Kaleido, enter the input number [between 1 and 32], otherwise enter 1.

North American Standard (EIA 608): Use the radio buttons to assign this Alarm to monitor Line 21 Data Presence, CC1 Presence or VChip Presence according to this standard.

North American Standard (EIA 708): Use the radio button to assign this Alarm to monitor CC Presence according to this standard.

Teletext Standard (WST - EST 300 706): Use the radio buttons to assign this Alarm to monitor one of the four available pages. For the selected page, use the radio buttons to choose whether to monitor Teletext only or Teletext and Subtitling.

Note: In order to work correctly, you need to ensure your system is configured to detect Teletext or Closed Captioning accordingly. See section View menu.

Calibration: Push this button to open the VBI/ANC Detection Calibration dialog, allowing the settings for CC Text Presence, VChip Presence, and Subtitling/Teletext Presence to be customized.

Use the selection buttons at the left to select the error detection settings to be adjusted.

CC Text Presence

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the single parameter control.

Duration: Select the time period for which CC Text must be continuously absent before the CC Text Presence error is flagged.

 
VChip Presence

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the single parameter control.

Duration: Select the time period for which VChip data must be continuously absent before the VChip Presence error is flagged.

 
Subtitling/Teletext Presence

Select Default to use the factory settings.

Select Custom to enable the parameter controls.

Duration: Select the time period for which Subtitling/Teletext data must be continuously absent before the Subtitling/Teletext Presence error is flagged.

Teletext: The Kaleido is able to detect the presence of 4 pages of Teletext simultaneously. In the four fields, enter the pages you want to monitor [between 100 and 899].

 

Tally Alarm

Service ID: Enter either the Miranda LongID or the Alias for the TSL, Andromeda or Kalypso service whose Tallies will be monitored by this Alarm.

Text Address: Enter the address of the dynamic data. For a TSL, the address is between 1 and 127, for an Andromeda, the address is between 1 and 255 and for a Kalypso it is between 1 and 128..

Level: Enter the level of the dynamic data.

For a Kalypso, this field is not used.

For an Andromeda, the level can be between 0 and 15.

For a TSL, the level can be 0, 1 or 2. In case of a TSL, the level has a particular meaning. The TSL box has 4 Tallies per address, but the Kaleido is able to treat only 2 Tallies per address (one left and one right), so here is the rule followed to retrieve the Tally left and Tally right status:

 

Level

0

1

2

   

UMD meaning

16 chars

First 8 chars

Last 8 chars

   

Tally Left

T1 or T3

T1

T3

   

Tally Right

T2 or T4

T2

T4

   

GSM Device Alarm

Service ID: Enter either the Miranda LongID or the Alias for the iControl GSM server that is monitored by this Alarm.

NOTE: this alarm replaces the iControl Device Alarm that was included in previous releases of this software. If you have layouts created in previous versions that include these iControl Device alarms, be aware that they will not work in this release, and should be manually converted to GSM Device Alarms.

 

Gateway Alarm

Gateway status Message input: Enter any text here. This will be the same as in the Gateway command used to set the status.

 

MPEG Alarm

Service ID: Enter either the Miranda LongID or the Alias for the PixelMetrix analyzer that is monitored by this Alarm.

 

Power Supply Alarm

Service ID: Enter the Alias of the Kaleido-K2 whose power supply is monitored by this Alarm.

Use the alias A to refer to this Kaleido-K2.

 

Reference Input Alarm

Service ID:

 

WSS Presence Alarm

The Video input: enter the number of the Kaleido video input whose WSS presence will be monitored by this alarm

Aspect Ratio source error: Click the Calibration button to open the Aspect Ratio Detection Calibration panel. WSS Presence is pre-selected, but this panel also gives access to the Video Index Presence and Video AFD ANC Presence calibration. Use the radio buttons to select the Default or a Custom duration. The WSS will be considered as "Present" if it is continuously detected for the duration selected on this panel.

Note that the Aspect Ratio Detection Calibration panel is only available in an online layout, so the calibration button will be grayed-out in the offline mode

 

Video Index Presence Alarm

The Video input: enter the number of the Kaleido video input whose Video Index presence will be monitored by this alarm

Aspect Ratio source error: Click the Calibration button to open the Aspect Ratio Detection Calibration panel. Video Index Presence is pre-selected, but this panel also gives access to the WSS Presence and Video AFD ANC Presence calibration. Use the radio buttons to select the Default or a Custom duration. The Video Index will be considered as "Present" if it is continuously detected for the duration selected on this panel.

Note that the Aspect Ratio Detection Calibration panel is only available in an online layout, so the calibration button will be grayed-out in the offline mode

 

Video AFD ANC Alarm

The Video input: enter the number of the Kaleido video input whose Video AFD ANC presence will be monitored by this alarm

Aspect Ratio source error: Click the Calibration button to open the Aspect Ratio Detection Calibration panel. Video AFD ANC presence is pre-selected, but this panel also gives access to the WSS Presence and Video Index Presence calibration. Use the radio buttons to select the Default or a Custom duration. The Video Index will be considered as "Present" if it is continuously detected for the duration selected on this panel.

Note that the Aspect Ratio Detection Calibration panel is only available in an online layout, so the calibration button will be grayed-out in the offline mode

 


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