Adding Zixi Pull Targets

Specify a name for the Zixi Pull Target in ZEN Master.

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 Creating a Tag .

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.

The Target's location is used to represent it in the proper position in the Map display (see Maps). 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.

Verify that Pull is selected (default).

In the Mode section, select the desired mode. Options are:

Verify that ZEN Master Channel is selected (default).

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.

Select from the drop-down list one of the following:

Select the device type of the Pull Target. Options are:

Enter the Receiver or Broadcaster name (for a Zixi Receiver/Broadcaster) or Device ID (for other Zixi-enabled device such as IRD or decoder).

Note: To connect the Zixi-enabled device to ZEN Master follow the procedure described in Connecting an Unmanaged Pull Target.

Select from the drop-down list a Receiver that is managed by ZEN Master.

Select one or more of the Receiver's outputs.

Note: If you would like to remove the selected Receiver Output, click on the ‘X’ in the Receiver Output textbox.

If you would like to specify which NICs are used, then select the IPs of one or more NICs from the drop-down list. By default, Any is selected.

Note: Multiple NICs are only supported in Active/Active Failover mode.

Select from the drop-down list a Broadcaster that is managed by ZEN Master.

Select one or more of the Broadcaster's outputs.

Note: If you would like to remove the selected Broadcaster Output, click on the ‘X’ in the Broadcaster Output textbox.

If you would like to specify which NICs are used, then select the IPs of one or more NICs from the drop-down list. By default, Any is selected.

Note: Multiple NICs are only supported in Active/Active Failover mode.

Select from the drop-down list a ZEC that is managed by ZEN Master.

Select one or more of the ZEC's outputs.

Note: If you would like to remove the selected ZEC Output, click on the ‘X’ in the ZEC Output textbox.

If you would like to specify which NICs are used, then select the IPs of one or more NICs from the drop-down list. By default, Any is selected.

Note: Multiple NICs are only supported in Active/Active Failover mode.

Enter a password for accessing the Channel OR click Random to generate a random password.

Enter the latency in milliseconds OR leave empty to use remote configuration (default).

If you would like to apply a PID Mapping profile to this Target, then select the desired profile from the dropdown list. To create a new PID Mapping Profile, see Adding PID Mapping Profiles .

If you would like to encrypt the stream, select one of the encryption methods. Options are: Disabled (default), AES 128, AES 192 or AES 256.

Enter an encryption key that will be used to encrypt the connection OR click Random to generate a random encryption key.

Select this checkbox if you would like ZEN to configure connections to use private broadcaster IPs when available. The default behavior when this is not selected is to prefer use of public IPs. Broadcasters typically have a public and private ip address for each network interface. If you pull from the public IP, the request goes out over the internet, even if the target system is on the same local private ip range. To avoid paying for unecessary egress data rates, enabling this setting tells the Broadcaster to seek for the private network connection.

Select the desired mode, options are:

Note: Active/Active mode is only available for outputs that are configured as Hitless Failover.

Select this checkbox if you would like to disable this Target upon initial configuration.

Select this checkbox if you would like to disable error/recovery notifications for this Target upon initial configuration.



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.



Select to enable insertion and management of SCTE-35 messages (used typically to create ad breaks).

Specify the time window in milliseconds of NULL packets to search for in order to insert SCTE-35 messages into the stream:

Note: in Broadcasters prior to v19, if the value is set to anything other than 0, the search window will be 2 seconds.

Specify a specific PID number for SCTE-35 insertion

If you wish to override any existing SCTE-35 messages with your own, you can elect to have existing ones removed

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:

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.

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.

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.

Specify the desired latency. Default: 5000 ms.

If you would like to use the Target name as the Stream ID, select this checkbox.

Note: The default behavior is that ZEN Master automatically generates the Stream ID. In general, leaving the default behavior is recommended.

If you would like to track usage for this Target, enter your Billing Code details, see Billing Codes . (Supported for Broadcasters v14.8+)

An optional arbitrary string - you can enter anything you want to for your record-keeping. This is not related to ZEN Master Channels.

Enter the password that corresponds to this billing code.

Select this option to allow non-critical frames to be dropped to reduce latency. Default value is 0 (no frame thinning). Note: this option is available for Push sources only coming for Broadcaster 18.2 or later.