Adding Zixi AWS MediaConnect Targets

you can configure an aws mediaconnect "flow" that you have already set up in your mediaconnect account to be used as a target in zen master in order to use this feature, you must first link zen master to an aws account, see docid\ erygxkcufmmz8bakidjz4 , the following procedure describes how to add an aws mediaconnect target in zen master in addition, an explanation of each of the configuration parameters is given in the table below to add a new mediaconnect target in the main navigation, click targets click + add the create new target window is displayed click on zixi the create new zixi target window is displayed in the info section, in the name field, enter a logical name for the mediaconnect target 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 a tag you are relating this target 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 target 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 the target's location is used to represent it in the proper position in the map display (see docid\ sfzm6jvorvuigo7x0dnue ) by default, the location is determined automatically based on the target's ip if you would like to manually set the location of the target (optional), use the following procedure click on the edit icon next to the location field a search box is shown below the location field enter identifying info for the location (e g street address, zip code, coordinates) search results are displayed below the search box as you type click on the desired location the selected location populates the location field in the configuration section, in the channel field, select from the drop down list the channel that will be sent to the target (optional field) the target will only become functional once a channel has been assigned to it however, you can configure the target settings and then add a channel to the target after the initial configuration in the type section, select mediaconnect the fields relevant for mediaconnect targets are shown the channel type is automatically set as zen master channel and can’t be changed in the source preference field, select one of the following options any source – the target will establish a connection to any available source in the channel upon any disconnects with the current source, the target will reconnect to another available source in the channel primary sources only – the target will establish and maintain connection to a source designated as primary in the channel upon loss of connection to that source, the target will establish a connection to another available primary source in the channel backup sources only – the target will establish and maintain connection to a source designated as backup in the channel upon loss of connection to that source, the target will establish connection to another available backup source in the channel specific source – select one of the specific sources listed the target will only establish a connection to the selected source and will not try to connect to any other source in the channel it is not possible to select "prefer primary sources" or "prefer backup sources" this means you cannot have a target failover from a primary to a backup source in the channel unless "any source" is selected in the aws account field, select from the drop down list the aws account that you would like to set as the target in the region field, select from the drop down list the aws region of the mediaconnect flow that you would like to set as the target in the aws mediaconnect flow field, select from the drop down list the mediaconnect flow that you would like to set as the target in the latency field, enter the latency in milliseconds in the initial state section, select the disabled checkbox if you would like to disable this target upon initial configuration select the muted checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this target upon initial configuration you can enable/unmute the target at any time under protections , select the channel reassignment protection chekbox if you want to prevent the reasssignment of this target to another channel this is helpful in cases where you are switching the channel on multiple targets at once and can accidetaly select a target that should not have been switched to the new channel if you use pois, expand the scte 35 manipulation (pois) section to see additional options select enable scte 35 manipulation to enable insertion and management of scte 35 messages (used typically to create ad breaks) if you have created docid qymffvmc18nqpumz7t3d and want to apply it to this target, select it from the dropdown list note that if you select a profile, the remove existing scte 35 option will automatically be checked and non editable the way the modification works is that the broadcaster will remove all scte 35 messages, and then re insert them in original or modified form acccording to the rules defined in the profile specify the time window in milliseconds of null packets to search for in order to insert scte 35 messages into the stream if the stream is vbr , set the value to 0 scte 35 messages can be inserted anywhere, and do not need a null packet if the stream is cbr , the downstream receiver may need a cbr stream inserting the scte 35 message into a null packet ensures the stream will remain cbr; however, it may delay the insertion of the message up to the length of the search window specify a specific pid number for scte 35 insertion select remove existing scte 35 if you wish to override all existing scte 35 messages with your own note that if you select one of the docid qymffvmc18nqpumz7t3d , this option will be checked automatically and cannot be changed if you are using an external pois or esni system, enter the external id that you use to reference the zen master object in the other system see the parameters table below for more information in the pois latency offset field, if you would like to offset the pois modification path to allow for api latency, enter a value in miliseconds this value can be zero, but it establishes that this output should receive pois scte conditioning if you want the timeline adjusted (normalized) to account for insertion and/or removal of scte 35 messages, select make timeline continuous (note that the processing will add approximately 100ms to latency) see the parameters table below for additional fields click save aws mediaconnect target configuration parameters table parameter description info name specify a name for the aws mediaconnect target 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 a tag, you are relating this target 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 target 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 location (optional) the target's location is used to represent it in the proper position in the map display (see docid\ sfzm6jvorvuigo7x0dnue ) by default, the location is determined automatically based on the target's ip enter identifying info for the location (e g street address, zip code, coordinates) and select the desired location from the suggestions that are shown configuration type select aws mediaconnect channel select from the drop down list the channel that will be sent to the target note the target will only become functional once a channel has been assigned to it however, you can configure the target settings and then add a channel to the target after the initial configuration source preference select from the drop down list one of the following any source – the target will establish a connection to any available source in the channel upon any disconnects with the current source, the target will reconnect to another available source in the channel primary sources only – the target will establish and maintain connection to a source designated as primary in the channel upon loss of connection to that source, the target will establish a connection to another available primary source in the channel backup sources only – the target will establish and maintain connection to a source designated as backup in the channel upon loss of connection to that source, the target will establish connection to another available backup source in the channel specific source – the target will only establish a connection to the source specified by the user and will not try to connect to any other source in the channel note it is not possible to select "prefer primary sources" or "prefer backup sources" this means you cannot have a target failover from a primary to a backup source in the channel unless "any source" is selected aws account select from the drop down list the aws account that you would like to set as the target region select from the drop down list the aws region of the mediaconnect flow that you would like to set as the target aws mediaconnect flow select from the drop down list the mediaconnect flow that you would like to set as the target latency enter the latency in milliseconds initial state disabled select this checkbox if you would like to disable this target upon initial configuration muted select this checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this target upon initial configuration protections channel reassignment protection select this option if you want to prevent the reasssignment of this target to another channel this is helpful in cases where you are switching the channel on multiple targets at once and can accidetaly select a target that should not have been switched to the new channel scte 35 manipulation (pois) enable scte 35 manipulation select to enable insertion and management of scte 35 messages (used typically to create ad breaks) null packet search window (ms) specify the time window in milliseconds of null packets to search for in order to insert scte 35 messages into the stream if the stream is vbr , set the value to 0 scte 35 messages can be inserted anywhere, and do not need a null packet if the stream is cbr , the downstream receiver may need a cbr stream inserting the scte 35 message into a null packet ensures the stream will remain cbr; however, it may delay the insertion of the message up to the length of the search window note in broadcasters prior to v19, if the value is set to anything other than 0, the search window will be 2 seconds scte 35 pid specify a specific pid number for scte 35 insertion remove existing scte 35 select if you wish to override all existing scte 35 messages with your own external id the id that is used when integrating zen master with an external esni/esam server the id is whatever you use in the external system to reference the zen master object, though depending on what you are doing, it might serve different purposes used by pois to identify the source of scte 35 messages used by esni to identify the audience that is receiving the content regardless, the external id is the same whether entered in the scte 35 manipulation settings or the advanced settings, and you cannot enter different values in the two fields pois latency offset \[ms] if you would like to offset the pois modification path to allow for api latency, enter a value in miliseconds this value can be zero, but it establishes that this output should receive pois scte conditioning make timeline continuous select this option to normalize the timeline, making it continuous note that it will add 100ms latency and it creates a variant of the input, which means that it doubles your input