Adding Pass-Through Channels

pass through channels do not involve any actual processing to the stream a pass through channel with a single source simply sends the source to an output a pass through channel with multiple sources creates redundancy by defining parallel streams from multiple sources as a single entity this ensures that if one source becomes inactive the stream will be automatically transmitted from the parallel source to learn more about redundancy in zen master see docid\ k9mukecy4pzgeowujdrhh the following procedure describes how to add a pass through channel in zen master in addition, an explanation of each of the configuration parameters is given in the table below to add a pass through channel in the main navigation, click channels click + add the create new channel selection menu is displayed create new channel selection menu click on pass through the create pass through channel window is displayed in the info section, in the name field, enter a logical name for the channel in the tags field, select one or more of the predefined tags from the drop down list tags are used for access control by selecting an tag, you are relating this channel to that tag tags are associated with certain roles (through the users & roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups if you would like to create a new tag, see docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd in the events configuration profile field, select from the dropdown list the profile that you would like to apply to this channel by default, the default profile is applied events profiles consist of a series of rules that determine precisely how various types of events are logged and what results they trigger in the configuration section, in the processing cluster field, select from the drop down list one of the channel processing clusters that has been configured in zen master the selected cluster will be used to process this channel if the source does not exist in the cluster, then the cluster will pull the source automatically in the target broadcaster/s field, select your broadcaster preference either select a specific broadcaster to be used or specify your preference for using primary vs backup broadcasters options are primary broadcasters only, backup broadcasters only or any for managed clusters, it is not recommended to select a specific broadcaster, as the broadcaster's availability may not remain stable if you want to configure an alternative path for disaster recovery, in the alternative channel (disaster recovery) field, select the channel that will be used as the alternative path for more details, see docid\ poo4zs1 zjra1sndylqe0 in the sources section, add one or more sources to the channel and designate whether it should be used as a backup source for redundancy find the source that you would like to add either by scrolling through the list of available sources or by entering a search word into the filter if the source that you would like to add is not yet configured in zen master, see docid\ wrxq4njaqg e7h u3v0de add a source by clicking the button next to the source the source is moved to the top of the list, above the filter to designate the source as a backup, select the backup repeat the above procedure for each source that you would like to add to the channel if you would like to remove a selected source, click on the button next to the source all access tags that are assigned to the selected sources are added by default to the channel in the initial state section, select the disabled checkbox if you would like to disable this channel upon initial configuration select the muted checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this channel upon initial configuration you can enable/unmute the channel at any time if you would like to customize, click advanced ) the advanced settings are displayed advanced settings click save pass through channel configuration parameters table parameter description info name specify a name for the transcoded channel in zen master tags select one or more of the predefined tags from the drop down list tags are used for access control by selecting an tag, you are relating this channel to that tag tags are associated with certain roles (through the users & roles screen), and roles, in turn, are associated with users and user groups if you would like to create a new tag, see docid\ ypm9tw81ap6nq8stkv4rd events configuration profile select from the dropdown list the profile that you would like to apply to this channel by default, the default profile is applied note events profiles consist of a series of rules that determine precisely how various types of events are logged and what results they trigger configuration processing cluster select from the drop down list one of the channel processing clusters that has been configured in zen master the selected cluster will be used to process this channel note if the source does not exist in the cluster, then the cluster will pull the source automatically target broadcaster/s select your broadcaster preference either select a specific broadcaster to be used or specify your preference for using primary vs backup broadcasters, options are prefer primary broadcasters , primary broadcasters only , backup broadcasters only or prefer backup broadcasters note for managed clusters, it is not recommended to select a specific broadcaster, as the broadcaster’s availability may not remain stable alternative channel (disaster recovery) enables reverting an entire path after the source (i e , channel/broadcaster to the target) to go through an alternative path, which is usually hosted on an alternative cloud/region the redirection to the alternative path is manual so, in case of a fault, if there is no time to troubleshoot a problem, this mechanism allows the user to select the feed that has an issue, click a button and revert the stream to go through a pre configured alternative path for example, if you have a channel and a broadcaster on gcp and a secondary channel and broadcaster on azure if something goes wrong with the gcp path, you can click the go to alternative button and failover everything to azure sources select from the drop down list the desired source initial state disabled select this checkbox if you would like to disable this channel upon initial configuration muted select this checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this channel upon initial configuration advanced external id the id that is used when integrating zen master with an external esni/esam server for more detail, contact your zixi representative