Adding Zixi Pull Targets

zen master enables you to configure targets to pull a channel from a broadcaster cluster for resources managed by zen master, the connection configuration is done automatically by zen master for unmanaged resources you will need to configure the connection manually there is an option to create a dynamic pull target this enables you to connect multiple zecs (or zixi enabled decoders) to the same target each zec is monitored separately in zen master and is shown as a child target on the target page this provides a meetme room type of capability for streaming live events to different organizations on an event by event basis the following procedure describes how to add a zixi pull target in zen master in addition, an explanation of each of the configuration parameters is given in the table below to add a new pull 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 create zixi pull target in the info section, in the name field, enter a logical name for the pull 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 under the configuration section, in the type section, verify that pull is selected (default) in the mode section, select the desired mode options are single or dynamic dynamic targets enable you to connect multiple receivers or other zixi enabled devices to the same target under channel type , verify that zen master channel is selected (default) 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 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 prefer primary sources – when this setting is selected, if there is a primary source and a backup source with the same status, zen master will prefer the primary source however, for example, if the backup source has an ok status and the primary source has a frozen video detected error, the backup source will be selected prefer backup sources – when this setting is selected, if there is a primary source and a backup source with the same status, zen master will prefer the backup source however, for example, if the primary source has an ok status and the backup source has a frozen video detected error, the backup source will be selected 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 if 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 device section select the device type of the pull target options are other – a zixi enabled device that is not managed in zen master you will need to manually configure the connection to the device receiver – a zixi receiver that is managed in zen master zen will automatically configure the receiver to pull the channel broadcaster a zixi broadcaster that is managed in zen master zen will automatically configure the receiver to pull the channel zec a zec that is managed in zen master zen zen will automatically configure the zec to pull the channel this selection as well as the following step are relevant only for single mode for dynamic targets, you will need to connect each receiver or zixi enabled device manually, using the procedure described in docid\ qeuky1d 1hk3ogwehnjb7 enter the required information for the selected device type as follows for device type other – in the receiver name/id field, enter the receiver/zec or broadcaster name (for a zixi receiver/zec/broadcaster) or device id (for other zixi enabled device such as ird or decoder) to connect the zixi enabled device to zen master follow the procedure described in docid\ qeuky1d 1hk3ogwehnjb7 for device type receiver – in the receiver field, select from the drop down list a receiver that is managed by zen master in the receiver output field, select one or more of the receiver's outputs (optional field) note if you would like to remove the selected broadcaster output, click on the ' x ' in the receiver output textbox in the input nics field, 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 for device type broadcaster – in the broadcaster field, select from the drop down list a broadcaster that is managed by zen master in the broadcaster output field, select one or more of the broadcaster's outputs (optional field) note if you would like to remove the selected broadcaster output, click on the ' x ' in the receiver output textbox in the input nics field, 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 for device type zec – in the zec field, select from the drop down list a zec that is managed by zen master in the zec output field, select one or more of the zec's outputs (optional field) note if you would like to remove the selected zec output, click on the ' x ' in the zec output textbox in the input nics field, 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 in the password field , enter a password for accessing the channel or click random to generate a random password (optional field) in the latency field, 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 in the pid mapping profile field, select the desired profile from the dropdown list for more information, see docid\ ofvpymhyvq4xqhii3umns in the encryption section, 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 if encryption was selected, in the encryption key field, enter an encryption key that will be used to encrypt the connection or click random to generate a random encryption key select prefer private broadcaster ip if you would like zen to configure connections to to use private broadcaster ips when available the default behavior when this is not selected is to prefer use of public ips this setting requires a private ip to be set in broadcaster advanced settings and will override cluster redirection rules in the failover mode section, select the desired mode, options are alternative hosts – the receiver/zec/broadcaster pulls a single source at a time and reconnects when an error occurs (default) stream switch the receiver/zec/broadcaster pulls both sources together on v12 2+ receivers this creates a hitless failover stream on earlier receivers it creates two inputs for a single output active/active mode is only available for outputs that are configured as hitless failover 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 scte 35 manipulation (pois) options select enable scte 35 manipulation to enable insertion and other management of scte 35 messages (used typically to create ad breaks) in the null packet search window field, 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 in the scte 35 pid field, 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 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) if you would like to configure advanced settings, click on advanced and enter values for the desired fields see the paramaters table below for explanations of the fields advanced settings in the failover latency \[ms] field, enter the desired latency default 5000 if you would like to use the target name as the stream id, select the use name as stream id checkbox 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 docid\ lalxj n928tegcpdpbirj (supported for broadcasters v14 8+) see the parameters table below for additional fields click save updating pull targets to update an existing target, select it in the targets list to display the details, and click on edit in the upper right corner modify any fields you wish to and click save note that for dynamic pull targets, you can choose to update dynamic targets zixi pull target configuration parameters table parameter description info name specify a name for the zixi pull 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 verify that pull is selected (default) mode in the mode section, select the desired mode options are single connect a single receiver or zixi enabled device to this target dynamic connect multiple receiver's and/or zixi enabled devices to this target channel type verify that zen master channel is selected (default) channel (optional) 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 prefer primary sources – when this setting is selected, if there is a primary source and a backup source with the same status, zen master will prefer the primary source however, for example, if the backup source has an ok status and the primary source has a frozen video detected error, the backup source will be selected prefer backup sources – when this setting is selected, if there is a primary source and a backup source with the same status, zen master will prefer the backup source however, for example, if the primary source has an ok status and the backup source has a frozen video detected error, the backup source will be selected 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 device (for single mode) select the device type of the pull target options are other – a zixi enabled device that is not managed in zen master you will need to manually configure the connection to the device receiver – a zixi receiver that is managed in zen master zen will automatically configure the receiver to pull the channel broadcaster a zixi broadcaster that is managed in zen master zen will automatically configure the receiver to pull the channel zec – a zec that is managed in zen master zen will automatically configure the zec to pull the channel for other device type receiver name/id 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 docid\ qeuky1d 1hk3ogwehnjb7 for receiver device type receiver select from the drop down list a receiver that is managed by zen master receiver output (optional) 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 input nics 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 for broadcaster device type broadcaster select from the drop down list a broadcaster that is managed by zen master broadcaster output (optional) 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 input nics 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 for zec device type hare select from the drop down list a zec that is managed by zen master zec output (optional) 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 input nics 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 for all device types password (optional) enter a password for accessing the channel or click random to generate a random password latency \[ms] enter the latency in milliseconds or leave empty to use remote configuration (default) pid mapping profile (optional) 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 docid\ gftcayurpl7dinouyd14z encryption 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 encryption key (for encryption enabled) enter an encryption key that will be used to encrypt the connection or click random to generate a random encryption key prefer private broadcaster ip 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 failover mode select the desired mode, options are alternative hosts – the receiver pulls a single source at a time and reconnects when an error occurs (default) stream switch the receiver pulls both sources together on v12 2+ receivers this creates a hitless failover stream on earlier receivers it creates two inputs for a single output note active/active mode is only available for outputs that are configured as hitless failover 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 scte 35 pid specify a specific pid number for scte 35 insertion remove existing scte 35 if you wish to override any existing scte 35 messages with your own, you can elect to have existing ones removed 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 advanced failover latency \[ms] specify the desired latency default 5000 ms use name as stream id 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 billing code if you would like to track usage for this target, enter your billing code details, see docid\ lalxj n928tegcpdpbirj (supported for broadcasters v14 8+) billing password enter the password that corresponds to this billing code frame thinning 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 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 docid\ qeuky1d 1hk3ogwehnjb7