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Release Note – Digital Content Manager Version 15.00.1

Author: Software Department Created: 3/24/2014 2:39:00 PM

Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM

Release Notes for Digital Content Manager (DCM) Model D9900, D9901 and D9902 Release V15.00.1 (revision v56.4)

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4FORE7.5-06-001 Embedded Software Release Notes Rev 1.0 of 485

Changes Date Revision Description

27/09/2007 v01 Initial Draft V04.05.64

28/09/2007 v02 Added corrected bug: shutdown lock

09/10/2007 v03 Added V04.05.66

12/10/2007 v03.1 Rephrased some comments

13/11/2007 v03.3 Added known error: no IIOP clients can log on

13/11/2007 v03.4 Removed confidential markings

17/12/2007 v04.0 Added solved bug in release V04.00 about CUE messages. Added V05.00.75

28/01/2008 v04.1 Added V05.00.79

12/02/2008 v04.2 Added V05.00.82

15/04/2008 v04.3 Added V05.00.84

25/04/2008 v05.0 Added V05.01.91

05/05/2008 v05.1 Added known problem splicing

06/05/2008 v05.2 Added known hardware problem IPsec and problem solved reboot of DCM when importing SI tables

18/06/2008 V05.3 Added solved bugs for V05.01.91 that were not described (MAC address change and PMT import problem ref 5631)

30/06/2008 V06.0 Added V05.05.32

03/07/2008 V06.1 Described upgrading to V05-05

31/07/2008 V06.2 Solved bug ref 5512 was a different problem than bug with ref 5455 and is now described correctly

12/08/2008 V06.3 Added V05.05.35

11/09/2008 V06.4 Added V05.05.36

30/09/2008 V07.0 Added V06.00.85

03/10/2008 V07.1 Small clarifications added

31/10/2008 V07.2 Added V06.00.89

05/11/2008 V07.4 Added known problems References 6590 and 6601.

16/12/2008 V08.0 Added V06.05

16/12/2008 V08.1 Small changes to release notes

18/12/2008 V08.2 Changed to final release version V06.05.42, added extra fixed bugs

06/01/2009 V08.3 Added known display bug concerning scrambled input PIDs in the services tree

05/03/2009 V09.1 Added V06.05 bug fix release

05/03/2009 V10.1 Added V06.09


08/04/2009 V10.3 Added Rosa login bypass

15/04/2009 V10.4 Added note about potential overshoot issue

13/05/2009 V12.0 Added V06.09.51 bug fix release

26/05/2009 V13.0 Added V07.00 release


29/05/2009 V13.2 Small clarifications added

29/05/2009 V14.0 Added V07.00.55

15/07/2009 V15.0 Added V07.01.79


17/07/2009 V15.2 Added solved problem: Sync loss trigger configuration on ASI SFN

22/07/2009 V15.3 Release date was not filled in

31/08/2009 V15.4 Added V07.01.82


14/08/2009 V16.1 Added V07.03.10


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17/08/2009 V16.2 Added bug fix on table export in combination with PSIG proxy with “Do Not Modify” feature enabled

24/09/2009 V16.3 Added solved problem to V06-09-43: Possible DCM reboot caused by GbE board lock up (ID. 101044, 101100 and 101149) Added solved problem to V07-01-79: TS backup problem in combination with unreferenced PIDs (Ref. 8845) (ID. 104175) Added solved problem to V07-01-82: Internal inter-card communication problem causing splice failures (Ref. 8484)

24/09/2009 V17.1 Added V07-05 release

30/09/2009 V17.2 Added known limitation to DPI settings page (PMT mode configuration) (Ref. 9261) Changed release version.


20/10/2009 V17.4 Table of contents updated

20/10/2009 V18.1 Added V07.05.75

29/10/2009 V19.0 Added V07.07.10 and V07.01.83

05/10/2009 V19.1 Added V07.07.14

06/11/2009 V19.2 Added solved problem to V07.05.63: Possible continuous reboot when PID sync was enabled. (Ref. 9392)

16/12/2009 V20.0 Added V08.00.63


07/01/2010 V20.2 Added known issue on the GUI (Ref. 10170)


11/01/2010 V21.1 Added new feature: AVC splicing

28/01/2010 V22.1 Added solved problem to V07.01.79: Retrieving alarm history fail (Ref. 8476) Added V08.00.69 bug fix release


09/02/2010 V22.3 Added to V07.01.79: indication that EIT_FILTERING license is needed for EIT present/following actual table to EIT present/following other table conversion. Added inidication that EIT_FILTERING_ADVANCED license is needed for EIT present/following other table auto pass.


23/02/2010 V23.2 Added known GUI issue about ECMg Proxy configuration on IE (Ref. 10484)

01/03/2001 V23.3 Added known GUI issue about an error on the output services settings page in combination with old display settings (Ref. 10510)


22/03/2010 V25.1 Added V08.01.86


30/03/2010 V25.3 Added solved problem to V08.01.86: Wrong STT time generation (Ref. 10797)

06/04/2010 V25.4 Added known limitation IP video gateway FEC



29/04/2010 V26.2 Added GUI issue about a problem in case scrambled DTF PIDs are present at the output (Ref. 11011, ID. 106829)


25/05/2010 V27.2 Added missing bug fix to V08.01.107 release notes (Ref. 11044)


02/06/2010 V28.2 Added known limitation that fix for data PID splicing together with PCR continuity is not available in this build (ID. 106736) Transcoder functionality and bug fixes added


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Added bug fixes DPI (Ref. 11135) and IP alias (Ref. 11188, ID. 106967)

14/06/2010 V28.3 Repeated solved items between V08-01-107 and V08-01-112 were removed


03/09/2010 V28.5 Added V08.01.118 release

18/06/2010 V29.1 Added V08.02.75 – Only ASI video gateway supported in this release

02/07/2010 V30.1 Added V08.02.87

05/07/2010 V30.2 Small clarifications Added bug fix to V08.01.86: ECMg proxy connection (Ref. 10484) Removed known problem transcoder: alarm wrongly generated for scrambled audio (Ref. 10655). This was not the case.

07/07/2010 V30.3 Small change to release notes: PIP format was incorrect and added AFD support for transcoder. And known issues for component tracking rules added (GUI). Added bug fix V08-01-112: Disruption data PIDs during splice (ID. 106736)

20/07/2010 V30.4 Added V08-02-97 bug fix release Added V08-00-81 bug fix release Added bug fixes to V08-02-87:

- Device Backup Alarms configured as triggers for Device Operational Failure alarm (Ref. 11232) - Sporadic splice fails with streams containing different audio languages (ID. 107077)

06/08/2010 V30.5 Added V08-02-101 bug fix release

18/08/2010 V30.6 Added V08-02-99 bug fix release. The bug fix “Device Backup Alarms configured as triggers for Device Operational Failure alarm (Ref. 11232)” was wrongly added to V08-02-87. This problem was solved in V08-02-97


22/10/2010 V33.1 Added V08.05.00

10/11/2010 V33.2 Added bugfix for V08.05.00 : Bug fix on V08.00.81: Poor statmux video quality because encoders are dropping in and out of the statmux pools. “Encoder Dropout” alarms were reported. This has now been fixed.

10/12/2010 V33.3 Added bug fixes to V08-05-00: Ref. CSCtk83063 and CSCtk76964

03/02/2011 V34.1 Added V08-07-00

03/03/2011 V34.2 Removed bugfixes for V08-07-00 (these will be part of a future release) : Ref. CSCtk94962 and Ref. CSCtk36375


28/03/2011 V34.4 Added bug fix to V08-07-01: Ref. CSCtl47306

29/04/2011 V35.1 Added V08-09-00

02/05/2011 V35.2 Small clarifications

11/05/2011 V37.1 Added bug fix to V08-09-00: Ref. CSCtn49123

20/05/2011 V37.2 Added known limitation for the number of simultaneous seamless alternate service switches.

07/06/2011 V37.3 Added bug fix to V08-09-00: Ref. CSCtq04582

15/06/2011 V37.4 Added V08-09-01

07/07/2011 V38.0 Added V09-00-00

22/08/2011 V38.1 Added V09-00-01

15/09/2011 V38.2 Added V09-00-02 Added bug fix to V09-00-00: Ref. CSCtq54671

28/09/2011 V39.0 Added V09-10-00



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21/12/2011 V40.0 Added V10-00-00

26/01/2012 V40.1 Added V10-00-01

06/02/2012 V40.2 Added known issue to V10-00-01: Ref CSCtx52481

23/02/2012 V40.3 Added V10-00-02

19/03/2012 V41.0 Added V10-00-05

20/03/2012 V41.1 Added known issue to V10-00-05: Ref CSCty19400

20/04/2012 V41.2 Added V10-00-10 Added resolved issues to V10-00-05: Ref CSCtw78057, CSCty47671

27/04/2012 V42.0 Added V10-00-11 Added resolved issues to V10-00-10: CSCtz37840

14/05/2012 V43.0 Added V10-05-0

04/06/2012 V44.0 Added V10-10-0

15/06/2012 V44.1 Added resolved issue to V10-10-0: CSCtz72075

28/06/2012 V45.0 Added V10-20-0

06/07/2012 V45.1 Added V10-20-1

13/07/2012 V45.2 Added V10-20-2

16/07/2012 V45.3 Added resolved issue to V10-20-0: CSCua52422

19/07/2012 V46.0 Added V10-30-0 Added resolved issue to V10-10-0: CSCtx07268

14/09/2012 V46.1 Added V10-30-1 Added resolved issue to V10-10-0: CSCtx17384

26/09/2012 V46.2 Added V10-30-2

28/09/2012 V47.0 Added V11-00-0

09/11/2012 V48.0 Added V11-01-0 Added resolved issue to V10-00-0: CSCts26285 Added resolved issue to V10-30-0: CSCuc93296

30/11/2012 V48.1 Added V11-01-1

18/12/2012 V49.0 Added V11-10-0

16/01/2013 V49.1 Added V11-10-1

01/02/2013 V49.2 Added V11-10-5

07/03/2013 V49.3 Added V11-10-6

28/03/2013 V49.4 Added V11-10-7 Added resolved issue to V11-10-6 : CSCuf02589

29/03/2013 V50.0 Added V12-00-0

01/05/2013 V50.1 Added V12-00-5

24/06/2013 V50.2 Added New feature to V12-00-5 : for IP gateway, a new proprietary MPEG2-TS encapsulation format is now supported next to the already existing MXF format for IP based contribution streams on the IP gateway

28/06/2013 V51.0 Added V12-10-0

25/07/2013 V51.1 Added resolved issue to V12-10-0: CSCuh35309

26/07/2013 V51.2 Added V12-10-1

29/08/2013 V51.3 Added V12-10-2

09/09/2013 V51.4 Added V12-10-3

13/09/2013 V51.5 Added resolved issue to V12-10-3: CSCui99349

30/09/2013 V52.0 Added V13-00-0

17/10/2013 V52.1 Added V13-00-1 Added resolved issues to V13-00-0: CSCui17397, CSCuh93510 Added enhancement to V13-00-0: CSCui93859 Added resolved issues to V12-10-0: CSCty79922, CSCub74777

07/11/2013 V52.2 Added V13-00-2 Added resolved issues to V12-10-0: CSCud07224


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23/01/2014 V53.0 Added V13-10-0 Added Enhancement to V13-00-0: CSCue65291 Moved resolved issue CSCuc44506 from V13-0-0 to V13-10-0

27/02/2014 V53.1 Added V13-10-1

28/03/2014 V54.0 Added V14-00-0

23/04/2014 V54.1 Added resolved issue to V14-00-0: CSCui87404

12/05/2014 V54.2 Added V14-00-1 Added resolved issue to V14-00-0: CSCuo75761 Added behaviour change on 14-00-0 for “Destination IP Unresolved” alarm.

27/05/2014 V54.3 Added V14-00-2

03/06/2014 V54.4 Added resolved issue to V14-00-0: CSCup09734

27/06/2014 V55.0 Added V14-10-0

24/07/2014 V55.1 Added V14-10-1 Added resolved issue to 14-10-0: CSCup73928

27/08/2014 V55.2 Added V14-10-2

19/09/2014 V55.3 Added V14-10-3 Added resolved issue to 14-10-0: CSCuo92599

03/10/2014 V56.0 Added V15-00-0

06/10/2014 V56.1 Added enhancement to V15-00-0: CSCuq06221

14/10/2014 V56.2 Added AVC DPI on co-processor improvements to V15-00-0

17/10/2014 V56.3 Added resolved issues to 15-00-0: CSCuq83597, CSCup94523, CSCur49891 Added resolved issue to 13.0.0 : CSCur33310

05/11/2014 V56.4 Added V15-00-0 Added resolved issue to 15.0.0 : CSCur45578


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Table of contents

Release Notes DCM Version V15.00.1 ___________________________________________ 14

New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 14

Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________________________ 14

Issues and Limitations _______________________________________________________________ 21


New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 56

Enhancements _____________________________________________________________________ 58

Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________________________ 59



Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________________________ 78



Enhancements _____________________________________________________________________ 83

Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________________________ 83



New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 87

Enhancements _____________________________________________________________________ 88

Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________________________ 88



New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 91

Behaviour change __________________________________________________________________ 93

Enhancements _____________________________________________________________________ 94

Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________________________ 95

Issues and Limitations ______________________________________________________________ 110

Release Notes DCM Version V14.00.2 __________________________________________ 111

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 111



Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 113

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 113




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New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 116

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 119

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 121



Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 140

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 140



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 144

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 146

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 148



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 176



Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 178

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 178



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 183

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 185

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 187



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 201



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 203



Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 206

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 206




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New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 211

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 213

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 216



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 235

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 236

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 236



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 243

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 245

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 246



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 260



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 264



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 270

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 272

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 272



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 278



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 282

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 285

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 287



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New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 304

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 305



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 311

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 313

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 313



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 327



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 329



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 334

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 335



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 342



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 344



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 346

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 347

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 348



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 365

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 366

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 368




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New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 383

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 383

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 384


Release Notes DCM Version V10.00.11 _________________________________________ 387

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 387


Release Notes DCM Version V10.00.10 _________________________________________ 389

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 389



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 398

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 398

Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 399



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 401



Resolved Issues ___________________________________________________________________ 407



New Features _____________________________________________________________________ 411

Enhancements ____________________________________________________________________ 412

Resolved Issues _____________________________________________________________________ 1



Corrected Errors ____________________________________________________________________ 18

Operational Limitations and Errors _____________________________________________________ 20

Operational limitations and errors – Supercrypt ___________________________________________ 20


New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 21

Enhancements _____________________________________________________________________ 22





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Release Notes DCM Version V09.0.2 ____________________________________________ 31









New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 36

Enhancements _____________________________________________________________________ 37




Release Notes, DCM Version V08.09.01 _________________________________________ 48



Operational Limitations and Errors – Supercrypt ___________________________________________ 49


Identification _______________________________________________________________________ 50

New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 50

Corrected Errors/Bugs _______________________________________________________________ 51

Operational limitations and errors ______________________________________________________ 60



Identification _______________________________________________________________________ 61





Identification _______________________________________________________________________ 62

New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 62






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Identification _______________________________________________________________________ 65

New Features ______________________________________________________________________ 65




Release Notes DCM older versions _____________________________________________ 71

Common Release Information _________________________________________________ 72

Interface specification _______________________________________________________________ 72

Installation guidelines ________________________________________________________________ 72

For Information _____________________________________________________________ 73


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Release Notes DCM Version V15.00.1

New Features

The following new features are included in software version 15.00.1: Cross Stream Prevention (CSP) Support the insertion of Stream identifaction on an SCTE-35 PID processed by an MFP ABR transcoded stream (as per Comcast-SP-NDVR-XS-I01 specification).

Resolved Issues The following issues with previous versions were resolved in version 15.00.1:

Transrating/Splicing

ID Description

CSCuq76760 [AVC_RPI] Possible small video artefact after splice

Symptom This error was found in version 15.0.0.

Small video artefact in one frame between 1.5s and 2s after splice back from ad to main.

Conditions When the co-processor is used for splicing in AVC mode.

Workaround for previous versions

None

Mux

ID Description

CSCur41216 Input Stream Creation Mode not persistent on reboot


The Input Stream Creation Mode switches to default mode

'IP:UDP' on reboot.

Conditions The mode switches back to default (IP:UDP) only if the DCM is

rebooted after changing the mode and no other board-wide setting

is changed.

Workaround for

previous versions

Change any other board-wide setting such as, 'Packets with CRC

error', 'Hitless Merge Mode', 'Dejitter Settings', 'FEC settings', etc.

after changing the 'Input Stream Creation Mode'.


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GbE

ID Description

CSCur01955 Input services missing on GbE with FEC card


Input services missing on GbE with FEC card.

Conditions This rarely happens when there was a link interruption on a

stream processed on a GbE card with a FEC decoding enabled.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the device.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCur29475 Small chance for DCM reboot when streaming is stopped

Symptom This error was found in all versions.

When a stream on an ASI SFN card or 10GE card is stopped, there is a small chance that the DCM will reboot.

Conditions The situation is very rare, and random.


None.

CSCur26978 DCM import and export csv file for DRD board


It is not possible to import a csv file on a DCM with DRD board, an error is reported instead.

Conditions When importing a csv file that was exported on a device containing a DRD card.


None.

CSCur29464 Memory leak when handling Single-Shot CEAM on ASI SFN board


A small memory leak on ASI SFN can in the long term lead to a DCM reboot.

Conditions Rare situation: after each single-shot CEAM message, a small amount of memory was leaked.


None.


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Web GUI

ID Description

CSCur23800 Unexpected UTF-8 to ASCII conversion when default settings are modified

Symptom This error was found in 10.10.0.

Unexpected conversion from UTF-8 to ASCII in DCM GUI.

Conditions When default settings of a banner are modified on the page where you can insert the banner into a service


Click on 'Reload' to resolve the issue.

CSCur06427 Unofficial software warning even though the software is official


The GUI displays an "unofficial software" warning, and the versions info page shows TC/Logo Insertion SW as unoffical (marked with "*") even though the software is official.

Conditions When the chassis contains a Transcoder card.


None

CSCur30822 Table view does not show UDP Port column instead the ISI column is shown


Table view does not show UDP Port column instead the ISI column is shown

Conditions On a device without DRD board.


The UDP port and service name can be seen on the Tree View page.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCur31269 MFP High Density H.264 encode using PAFF can result in video artifacts


Artifacts in the video output of and MFP video transcode.

Conditions When transcoding on a High Density MFP engine and the output codec is H.264 and PAFF is being used as frame/field coding mode.


Use MBAFF as frame/field coding mode.


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ID Description

CSCur29568 No output on ABR profiles using framerate reduction from 59.97 to 29.94


An MFP MultiRes profie does not generate any bitrate anymore when using a configuration with framerate reduction from 59,97 to 29,94.

Conditions In case specific PTS values (modulo with 3003 results in zero) are present in the stream.


None

MFP Logo / Banner

ID Description

CSCur23398 Not possible to generate banners with non-ASCII characters


It is not possible to generate banners with non-ASCII characters (e.g. German special characters "ä ö ü Ä Ö Ü ß).

Conditions When generating banners with non-ASCII characters.


None

CSCur12551 Switching from static logos to banner/EAS or vice-versa fails


Banner or EAS message fails to start playing or a static logo is not shown on screen

Conditions When switching from a configuration with 1 or more static logos to a banner or EAS message or vice-versa.


Stop all static logos and wait for them to fade-out before starting a banner or EAS message.


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Platform

ID Description

CSCul47480 [D9902] DCM becomes unreachable via network


2 possible symptoms:

- DCM D9902 becomes unreachable via network. In some cases there is a continuous print out of "ERROR PKO_REG_ERROR[CURRZERO]: A packet data pointer has size=0" or "ethX: Failed WQE allocate" on the console of the device.

- A D9902 with DGIO cards reboots and the logs indicate that a DGIO card became unreachable during operation.

Conditions The issue is known to occur very rarely.


Reboot the device


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Security

ID Description

CSCur05097 GNU Bash Environmental Variable Command Injection Vulnerability


The DCM series (D9900/D9901/D9902) includes a version of bash that is affected by the vulnerabilities

identified by the Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

CVE-2014-6271

CVE-2014-6277

CVE-2014-6278

CVE-2014-7169

CVE-2014-7186

CVE-2014-7187

Cisco has analyzed this vulnerability and concluded that while the previously listed products may run a vulnerable version of Bash, there are no exploitation vectors present - therefore, those products are not impacted.

Conditions Not applicable.


Not applicable.

Further Problem Description

Additional details about those vulnerabilities can be found at http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cve.html

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has evaluated those issues and they do not meet the criteria for PSIRT ownership or involvement. Those issues will be addressed via normal resolution channels.

If you believe that there is new information that would cause a change in the severity of those issues, please contact [email protected] for another evaluation.

Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/web/about/security/psirt/security_vulnerability_policy.html


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Statistical Multiplexing of PPQ Transcoders

ID Description

CSCur42066 Resetting an engine breaks SD satmux pool on PPQ


The statmuxing of the services processed on a specific engine stops and there is no output anymore on these services.

Conditions When statmuxing streams on a PPQ engine in SD mode and the engine is reset (either by user interaction or due to an internal reset after an engine failure).


Reboot the device.

CSCur54601 PPQ Statmux pool usage may be suboptimal when PCR is on separate PID


The statmux pool bitrate is not completely filled with ES data. Changing the settings (e.g. GOP setting) of some services makes the issue progressively worse.

Conditions When statmuxing streams with the PCR on a separate PID, on a PPQ engine in SD mode.


Reset the engines that are processing a service with the PCR on a separate PID.

CSCur52268 No output anymore for PPQ Statmux after timestamp jumps


No output bitrate on a complete engine.

Conditions When Premium PQ statmuxing is used on MFP and the input service wraps or contains jumps in the timestamps.


Reset the affected engine.


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Issues and Limitations

Transcoding

ID Description

CSCua96814 DCM transcoder video output is choppy.


The video output of the DCM transcoder is choppy.

Conditions When under full SD load (transcode + PIP) the input bitrate exceeds 13Mbps.

Workaround Limit the input bitrate.

CSCuf80457 tiling during extreme scene changes


There is noticeable video quality degradation at the scene with high motions.

Conditions The bad video quality occurs when there is high motion and the motion vectors are not available from the input bitstream.

Workaround Increase the encoding bitrate until the desired video quality is achieved.


ID Description

CSCtw29823 Reported splice time can be wrong when TS backup is executed on main.


The reported splice time can be incorrect when TS backup is executed on the main service after a successful splice in.

Conditions TS backup has to be executed after a successful splice in (ad is streaming).

Workaround It is an unexpected behavior that TS backup is executed in the middle of a splice. Only 1 splice duration will be incorrectly reported. All subsequent splice durations will be executed successfully.


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ID Description

CSCuj53961 Accuracy of seamless alternate splice switches increases over time


In each seamless alternate splice, the mismatch of the previous splice is added to the splice time. This makes that the splice accuracy increases over time and over splices. This increase restarts at the moment that a splice to the initial main feed is executed (the mismatch is reset at that moment). The maximum splice accuracy increase that is possible is 6s. Once this upper limit is reached, a non-seamless splice will be executed and the mismatch or increase is reset to zero.

Conditions Seamless alternates is configured in such a way that no switches back to the initial main feed are executed.

Workaround Splice back to the initial main feed

CSCuq59073 Incorrect matching when splicing service with multiple subittle PIDs


Splicing services with multiple subtitle PIDs does not match the correct languages. When on the insertion channel only 1 subtitle is used and all subtitle PIDs contain the same subtitles.

Conditions When the main and the insertion channel contain mutiple subtitle PIDs for different languages

Workaround None

CSCuq79036 [AVC_DPI] Incorrect PTS of entry point after splice


The PTS timestamp of the entry point after a splice (ie. first picture after the splice) might be incorrect.

Conditions When splicing a service is spliced on a co-processor card in AVC mode and the service has a video component with 3:2 pulldown or with frame doubling or tripling. After the entry point there are one or more 'special' pictures (3-fielder or double or triple frame) that still belong to the previous GOP.

Workaround Make an IDR picture of all pictures in the video component that serve as entry point (ie RAP points in the TS).


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Statistical Multiplexing of D9036 Encoders

ID Description

CSCue41405 Realignment using an ASI card for input causing problem


When performing re-alignment of streams of a "remote statmux"-pool, which are coming in on an ASI interface, the output of the statmux can be compromised from time-to-time.

Conditions When DCM is set-up to act as re-alignment mux and at least one input from the re-alignment pool is coming from an ASI input.

Workaround Use GbE inputs when DCM is used as a re-alignment MUX.

CSCto47350 D9036 statmux does not work when changing Statmux mode from Enabled

Symptom This error was found in version 9.0.0 Changing the Statmux Mode from "Enabled" to "D9036 Enabled" leads to non-working D9036 statmuxing.

Conditions This occurs only if UDP Port 3000 is used for D9036 statmux and the Statmux Mode is changed back to "Enabled", and then to "D9036 Enabled" again.

Workaround Do not use UDP Port 3000 for D9036 Statmux (default is 49190 to 49400). Alternatively, reboot the DCM after enabling the D9036 statmux.

CSCuo34580 D9036 R2.0 Backward compatibility issue using versions preceding V13-10


Services will not statmux when the D9036 is configured to have the video and stamux traffic on the same interface.

Conditions When the D9036 is running R2.0 and the video and stamux traffic is handled by the same interface, the DCM needs to run a version V13.10 or higher, in order to support layer3 networking.

Workaround Disconnect the backup statmux port on the DCM if possible.

Or configure router with multicast configurations.

Or preferably upgrade DCM.

CSCuh75713 Single pool 24ch remote statmux results in channel drop and TS underflow


Single pool remote statmux results in frequent channel drop and occasional TS underflow.

Conditions When configuring more than 20 SD streams in a single remote statmux pool.

Workaround Decrease the number of channels to 20, only in Statmux remote setup, for local mode, 24 channels are supported.


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Statistical Multiplexing of Encoders

ID Description

CSCty67437 Encoder Dropout message is not cleared on D9032/D9054 statmux setup

Symptom This error was found in version 7.5.

When using D9032/D9054 statmuxing, "Encoder Dropout" message is not cleared, sometimes this can result in duplicate error messages for a given encoder IP address.

Conditions When the "Encoder Dropout" message is caused by an encoder reboot or an encoder backup.

Workaround None.


ID Description

CSCuq61385 Changing setting on MFP overshoots the SMX pool


Changing settings on an MFP engine service in statmux mode can cause temporary overshoots in the rate control statmux pool where this service is member of.

Conditions - A Service is passed on the MFP board which is configured in PPQ mode

- This service is passed to an output board and is part of a rate control statmux group in PPQ mode

- The service is active streaming at the output

- MFP encode/decode settings are changed on this service

Workaround Before changing MFP Service settings, perform a stop streaming of this service at the output (where it is member of the rate control statmux pool).

After the settings have been changed, wait for around 40 seconds.

Then activate the stream back at the output.


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ID Description

CSCuq67449 PPQ MFP Statmux rate control bitrate can overshoot for around 40 seconds


The combined generated rate of the statmuxed video components in the PPQ MFP statmux group can be larger than the configured rate control bit rate.

This can happen during some transitions phase and the duration of the overshoot is maximum around 40 seconds.

Conditions This can happen when one of the following events occurs:

- Whenever a video transcode settings is changed (this applies to all settings, configurable for video on the MFP transcode engines)

- When an engine used to statmux a video component being member of the PPQ MFP statmux group is reset (by issuing the engine reset function).

- When the PID of the statmux video component at the MFP input changes or when its codec type changes. Note that this event can also happen due to service backup on the MFP card

- When the TS, where the PPQ MFP Statmux rate control group is part of, performs a "Stop streaming" / "Activate streaming" cycle in less than 40 seconds.

Workaround - When performing an engine reset, first stop the video stream in the rate control group. Then do not activate the stream until the engine is up for more than 40 seconds.

- When configuring an advanced routing backup setup on a PPQ MFP statmuxed video stream, be sure that the main/backup streams use the same PID and the same codec type for their video components.

- When activating a TS after the stream was stopped, there should be minimum 40 seconds between these two events.

CSCur10792 Statmux pool recovers very slowly after PCR glitches at the input


The bitrate of the pool is not completely used. The system recovers but very slowly.

Conditions Statmux pool configured on an MFP board in Premium Picture Quality (PPQ) mode and the input has glitches on the PCR glitch.

Workaround None.


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ID Description

CSCur10817 Bitrate is not completely utilized for MPEG-2 SD statmux pool in PPQ


The statmux pool bitrate is not completely utilized for MPEG-2 SD statmux pool.

Conditions MPEG-2 SD Statmux pool configured on an MFP board configured in Premium Picture Quality (PPQ) mode.

Workaround None.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCtr32484 Bitrate of TOT/TDT is 0 while the table is being generated at >1kbps


The measured bit rate of TOT is 0, which is incorrect. The actual bit rate is correct.

Conditions Action sequence:

Set TOT and TDT to Generate.

Decrease the TOT and TDT intervals to have observable bit rates.

Set TDT to Stop.

Workaround Stop and restart the TOT generation.

CSCty19400 Gbe port settings lost when setting IP address to default of other port

Symptom This error was found in all versions

GbE port settings, IGMP settings and VLAN settings are lost after reboot or settings restore.

Conditions The default IP address of a GbE port is assigned to another GbE port on the GbE card. For example, GbE port 2 on a GbE card (which by default has IP address xxx) is configured with the default IP address yyy of port 3.

Workaround Do not use the default GbE port addresses for other GbE ports.


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ID Description

CSCue02231 DCM: FEC switches source too often

Symptom This error was found in version 10.30.0 Every 2 seconds loggings may be seen on I/O board showing change of source IP address for RTP FEC streams.

Conditions Live-Live FEC stream with RTP and multiple sources for same transport stream coming in one same port.

Workaround Configure hitless switchover on separate port pairs, which is available from 11.10 onwards

CSCuc78557 invalid route can be added


It is possible to add a route where the gateway points to an alias configured on the DCM management port.

Conditions None

Workaround Do not configure a gateway that points to an alias on the DCM.

Mux

ID Description

CSCts20264 PSIP ETT tables not acquired anymore after a while


PSIP ETT tables are not acquired or not seen anymore by the DCM

Conditions If the transport stream where the ETT tables are present in is passed transparently (loopthrough feature) to one or more outputs on the DCM, then it can happen that after a while the ETTs are no longer detected by the DCM.

Workaround Reboot the DCM or stop and start streaming the loopthrough output transport streams.


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ID Description

CSCue97822 Streamtype string for a transcoded component is not correct


The GUI textual description of a component is not correct, because it is interpreted according to the standard of the source TS. If the standard is changed on an MFP board the destination part of the description will be interpreted according the initial standard. As a result an audio component from a source TS as DVB standard, transcoded to DolbyDigital as ATSC (streamtype 0x81) will be identified as “Private Data” because this is interpreted as DVB standard.

Conditions When processing a component who has different stream type identifiers in different standards.

Workaround Do not convert standards on a MFP board, make sure the MFP service is identical to the incoming standard. If conversion is required, there is no real problem. Only the textual description in the GUI can be misleading, the actual content and stream type identifiers are according to the standard configured on MFP.

CSCum02230 Importing settings while settings are being changed can fail


When importing archived settings on a DCM, the restore operation fails.

Conditions There were settings changed on the DCM during or just before the restore.

Workaround Wait 15 seconds after the last setting change issued before doing a restore. After the failure, you can retry the restore operation.

CSCur47737 Input ad streams are not removed after splice


Input Ad streams remain visible in the DCM GUI Tree View although they are not present and not used anymore.

Conditions Still unclear. Issue probably triggered by some kind of splice error condition.

Workaround Make sure the input stream has no specific settings anymore (only default settings) and then reboot the DCM to get rid of the sticky input streams.


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10GE

ID Description

CSCuj13984 NIT in PAT - NIT not acquired if pid changed


Viewing the NIT table (SI view) of a stream present on DCM input is not always possible.

Conditions If the PID value of the NIT table is different than the default value (0x10)

Workaround None

CSCur01933 Streams are not properly reset after time base selection change

Symptom

This error was found in all versions.

Buffer levels after time base selection change are not according to the settings of the board

Conditions Change time base selection mode or latency per stream or board default

Workaround Remove and add the streams which are affected by the change in configuration.

CSCur68123 SCTE-35 content not processed in 10GE card

Symptom


The SCTE-35 content received on a 10GE card is not processed and can't be used for : - ad insertion - LPI with trigger set to SCTE-35 - ESAM processing on MFP card

Conditions When the stream containing SCTE-35 content is received on a 10GE card

Workaround None

DRD

ID Description

CSCtt04673 [DVB-S2] MODCOD, C/N margin and BER incorrect when receiving VCM signal

Symptom This error was found in version 9.0.0 When receiving a VCM signal the C/N margin and BER reported in the signal status are not correct.

Conditions Occurs when a port is tuned to a VCM signal

Workaround None


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ID Description

CSCty45537 Not possible to change input RTP stream allowed input format to 3G


Sometimes it is not possible to set an RTP input to 3G.

Conditions When the device is in 3 encoder mode, and when the topology 4SD/HD and 1 3D/3G has been selected. It occurs only when 5 inputs have been defined.

Workaround Remove one of the streams at the input, set any of the other streams to 3G. Afterwards add the stream again.

CSCtt25075 Removing a service with CAM backup enabled can cause the DCM to reboot

Symptom This error was found in version 9.0.0 DCM can reboot under certain conditions when CAM backup is enabled.

Conditions DRD DVB-S2 card present in DCM. CAMs are configured in main-backup mode. One or more services are routed to the CAM.

Workaround For services routed from other I/O cards, the following workaround is available: - Disable CAM backup. - Route services to the individual CAMs. - In DVB-S2 default settings, enable service scrambled as trigger in the Default Service Backup Settings. - Use service backup at the physical output (backup service is service on other CAM). For services routed from the DVB-S2 port to the CAM pair on the same I/O card, there is no workaround (the default service backup settings will cause service loss and hence, service is backed up if the service is scrambled at the DVB-S2 input).

Platform

ID Description

CSCto93746 IPconfig (RO) disabled after settings restore with settings from 8.1.


When you export the settings on version 08.01 and upgrade to version 08.09 or later, the IP config service will be enabled. If you then restore the settings, the IP config service will be disabled again (where it should stay enabled).

Conditions Upgrade from version 08.01 to version 08.09 or later.

Workaround Enable the IP config service again after the settings restore.


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ID Description

CSCud04733 no management access when entering 2 IP addresses in IPv4 page


When entering 2 IP addresses, that are within the same subnet, in the IPv4 system configuration page, the DCM is not accessible anymore after applying.

Conditions IP addresses are within the same subnet for the 10/100 BaseT port and the GBE port.

Workaround Configure an IP address that is in a different subnet then the other port.

CSCuj28616 Exporting Device Settings on Safari (Mac) Browser can break archive


When importing a settings archive taken using a Safari Browser, the import fails with the message: Problem: Submission failure.

Conditions Settings Export has been done using the Safari Browser (Mac). Because the settings backup file is a compressed archive it is uncompressed automatically after download, causing an import of this file to be invalid.

Workaround When using the Safari Browser, be sure to deselect the Preferences/General/ Open "save" files after downloading, before doing any exports.

CSCul99895 D9900 sends no unsolicited neighbor detection on NIC team switchover


On D9900 and D9901, when a NIC teaming switchover occurs, a gratuitous ARP is sent, but no corresponding unsolicited IPv6 Neighbor Advertisement.

Conditions A D9900 or D9901 configured for NIC teaming in an IPv6 network. D9902 is not affected.

Workaround None


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ID Description

CSCun83541 In rare cases retrieving logs from a device may cause device malfunction


Retrieving logs from the device may trigger among others one of the following symptoms: - the graphical user interface is no longer accessible - the device reboots - logs emitted during the retrieval may be lost

Conditions Various conditions are required to trigger this behavior: - the device is under severe memory load, e.g. by passing many EIT tables on I/O cards. - the logs are retrieved with the "Include XML files" option

Workaround Do not specify the "Include XML files" option when retrieving logs. Lower the device's memory load by altering it's configuration.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCtx53817 Context menu flashes and hides immediately


In Firefox browser with Mac OS environment, when doing right-click (or Ctrl+click in single buttoned mouse) on a tree node, The context menu flashes.

Conditions Always.

Workaround Hold down the mouse on a tree node, move over the context menu and then release the mouse.

CSCtz14484 popup windows are not visible when using Chrome browser


When you try to open a popup window in the gui to see the bitrates or the status for a transport stream or service the popup is not visible.

Conditions This is a known issue of Chrome v18.

Workaround Try to open the popup again and now the browser will give it a size making it visible.


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ID Description

CSCua52922 Processing tree overflows beyond main frame height


The processing tree overflows on the bottom status bar.

Conditions The issue occurs in Firefox 13 and does not occur in IE.

1) Nodes of the Processing tree should be expanded so that the scroll bar appears for the processing tree

2) Close the browser window/tab

3) Open the service->overview page in new browser window/tab

Workaround Resize the processing tree by dragging the processing tree bar.

CSCue57456 transrating shared pid - GUI inconsistency

Symptom This error was found in version 10.0.2 On the DCM when there are settings configured at service level that have an impact on shared PIDs between services you can configure the settings diffidently on both services. The DCM will behave in a predefined manner. There is no warning or alarm raised when such a configuration conflict exists on the DCM.

Conditions Services with shared PIDs.

Workaround None

CSCuc25645 The cumulative current bitrate not visible on the port in the tree view


Current bitrate not shown correctly on tree, card or port.

Conditions Ports not clicked open

Workaround Click open ports

CSCuq76517 Service configuration export fails when device name contains braces


Performing a service configuration export fails

Conditions The device name contains braces

Workaround Be sure not to use brace characters in the device name, after changing the device name export will work as expected.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCtw99141 CBR channel rate change results in group bandwidth overshoot


For a CBR channel in a statmux pool, when the video rate is changed from low to high, there can be a statmux group bandwidth overshoot over one second period.

Conditions CBR video rate is changed from low to high under the Basic Video Setting

Workaround If the bit-rate does not have to be changed when the channel is in the pool, the user can stop the output service streaming, change the CBR rate, and start service output streaming. If the bit-rate needs to be changed when it is in the pool, the user can make this channel statmux mode and force both the min and max rates to be the CBR rate. The min/max rates can be changed seamlessly without violating group bandwidth.

CSCue41038 Different End-to-end delay on MFP encoders leads to statmux overshoots

Symptom This error was found in version 11.10.5 MFP Rate control group does not generate a flat bit rate as expected. Bit rate variations occur and bit rate overshoots can happen.

Conditions MFP Engine End-to-End delays are configured differently on the different MFP engines.

Workaround Configure all End-to-End delays for all MFP boards used in rate control to the same value.

CSCua52102 The PCR spacing set in the GUI for audio only services is not used.


The PCR spacing that the user can set in the GUI for a service with the PCR in an audio PID that has to be transcoded/transrated, is not used. The PCR spacing has a fixed average equal to the duration of an audio frame. The setting in the GUI is not used although the settings box is not greyed out.

Conditions The service has its PCR in a audio PID stream (e.g., a service without video and only audio).

Workaround None.


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ID Description

CSCuh66866 Video segment feedback for audio too late when E2E-delay > 4700ms


Segment EBPs are not inserted in the audio stream if the end-to-end delay is higher then 4700ms.

Conditions When the MFP board is configured in MultiRes mode and ABR settings are enabled. The input stream is an HD stream and one of the output profiles is 720p stream. The end-to-end delay is configured to a value higher then 4700ms.

Workaround Set end-to-end delay to a value below 4500ms.

CSCuh46864 Cannot produce MultiRes stream with vertical resolution of 518 or 520


The video processing chip cannot process a vertical output resolution of 518 or 520 pixels.

Conditions When a MultiRes profile is configured with a vertical output resolution of 518 or 520 pixels.

Workaround Use another vertical resolution (e.g. 512 or 544 pixels).

CSCuh91423 Output PTS jumps when resyncing with LOAS/LATM HE-AAC input


The PTS of audio is discontinuous in adaptive streaming or ABR when the input audio coding is LOAS/LATM AAC.

Conditions Re-sync of audio transcoders that generate different quality levels for adaptive streaming applications and where the input audio coding is LOAS/LATM AAC.

Workaround None.

CSCuj25716 Reduced quality on SD statmuxed services in combination with PIP


Bitrates of the SD services are dropping resulting in reduced quality on the SD stamuxed services.

Conditions 6 SD channels are statmuxed on the same engine and PIP streams are generated from the services as well.

Workaround Reduce the load on the engine to 4 or 5 statmuxed streams in combination with PIP


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ID Description

CSCul35033 MFP audio track type not checked at change from "stream type" to "PID"


After reboot of the MFP board, one of the audio streams of a service is not transcoded anymore.

Conditions A service with at least two audio components with the same audio compression type and the same language, that are both transcoded with "stream type" as track rule.

Workaround Do not change at once the track rule from "PID" to "stream type" for all audio components with the same language in single service.

CSCuj35031 Dual mono DolbyDigital Plus at 176 kbit/s generates incorrect stream


Transcoded audio bit-stream cannot be decoded.

Conditions When the input is dual mono and the output channel configuration is stereo or 5.x, output audio encoding is Dobly Digital Plus (EAC-3) with output bit-rate is 176 kbit/s.

Workaround None

CSCuj50286 After a resync PTS gap, a few packets later 2 identical pts'ses occur


The PTS of audio is discontinuous in adaptive streaming or ABR

Conditions Re-sync of audio transcoders that generate different quality levels for adaptive streaming applications

Workaround None

CSCup54981 Logo fade-in/out speed is not equal to the framerate


The logo fade-in/out speed is not equal to the frame/rate for 720p services. E.g. A configuration of 300 fade in/out frames results in 600 fade in/out frames in 720p60 content.

Conditions When logo insertion is enabled on 720p60; 720p59.94; 720p50 services together with fade in/out configuration.

Workaround None


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ID Description

CSCuo21388 MFP outputting blackframes, though input is missing


A stream that is transcoded via the MFP board is outputting blackframes if the input is missing.

Conditions

Workaround 1) Output TS in auto mode

2) Configure service BU on MFP to a dummy service (without BR)

MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCue22871 Audio can be wrong during splicing if misconfigured


The Audio channel played during an ad is wrong if misconfigured.

Conditions When the adserver requests an ad block where the first ad has audio and the second ad does not have audio, then there will be no audio during the second ad (the audio from the main service should be present during the second ad).

When the adserver requests an ad block where the first ad does not have audio and the second ad has audio, then the audio during the first and second ad will be the audio from the main service.

Workaround Configure the ad server so the ad without audio has a (dummy) audio pid.

MFP Logo / Banner

ID Description

CSCuq98061 All static logos are stopped when a banner configuration is created


All static logos are stopped when a banner configuration is created on MFP.

Conditions When static logos were enabled (visible on screen) and a banner configuration was created for the same service.

Workaround No workaround possible.


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ID Description

CSCuq98075 No static logo can be inserted when banner configuration is active


No static logo can be inserted when a banner configuration is active

Conditions When a banner configuration is active even when this banner configuration does not contain an accompanying logo.


CSCuq98091 Banner appears to be choppy in 720p configurations on MFP


The banner appears to be choppy in 720p configurations on MFP

Conditions When the output is 720p60, 720p59.94 or 720p50 and a banner is inserted while there is some movement in the video itself.


CSCuq98107 Banner fade-out at end of looping is not taken into account.


Banner fade-out is not taken into account at end of loop.

Conditions Banner insertion is enabled and the loopcount is reached or the banner is stopped at the end of the current loop.


CSCuq98035 Banner configuration is not restored on MFP


The Banner configuration is not restored on MFP

Conditions In the following cases: - Engine is reset manually - DCM is rebooted - Service backup feature is used

Workaround None

CSCur12061 Wrong banner maybe displayed when video encoding settings are changed


After encoding setting change, the wrong banner with different text maybe displayed.

Conditions When you have a first service with a banner started and afterwards on a second service another banner is started, changing the encode settings of the first service will play the second banner on the first service.

Workaround After encoding change, re-start original banner intended for the affected services.


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Statistical Multiplexing of MFP Encoders

ID Description

CSCul38534 MFP Rate Control Statmux can overshoot at boot time


When booting up a DCM it can happen that MFP Rate Control groups overshoot the configured group bit rate, leading to bandwidth exceeded alarms.

Conditions This happens only at boot time, once the DCM is fully operational the bitrates are correct.

Workaround None.

CSCun85977 Mismatch between actual and configured SMX pool rate

Symptom

This error was found in version 13.10.0.

Mismatch between the configured and the actual MFP SMX pool rate of 40kbps per service

Conditions Consistent offset is present in case PCR is on video

Workaround None

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCue84158 Switching between GbE A and B results in input service striked though

Symptom This error was found in version 11.10.0 Switching of Gigabit Ethernet input might result in GbE input symbol on GUI striked-through with a red bar.

Conditions Moving input Gigabit Ethernet cable from GbE port A to GbE port B in combination with changing back-up setting from manual 1 to manual 2. Now revert back to GbE input A.

Workaround Rebooting the unit solves this issue.

CSCul55319 invalid video format detected for 720p60 input


The JP2K decoder can detect an invalid video format for a 720p60 input signal.

Conditions When the format of the input signal changes to 720p60.

Workaround Toggle the format of the input signal again or reboot the IP adapter board.


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Audio Gateway

ID Description

CSCug97536 AES to AES doesn't resume when disabling/enabling input port.

Symptom This error was found in version 13.0.0

AES output port doesn't resume when disabling and enabling the source AES input port.

Conditions When there is a routing from an AES input port to an AES output port.

Workaround Do not disable the AES input port when routed to an AES output port. Alternatively the output port can be disabled instead.


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Other Known Limitations and Errors

Other Known Limitations and Errors Workaround

General Limitations

Known issue in version 08.02.87 and later (seamless alternate services): Seamless switching to an alternate service will not always work properly if tracking rules are not defined correctly. This is the case if the user switches between two services with the same PID values, but other stream types (e.g., from PID 101 audio eng to PID 101 Teletext).

Configure tracking rules for all the components in the service.

Known issue in version 08.02.87 and up (seamless alternate services): Seamless switching to an alternate service will not always work properly if both services contain PIDs with stream type 0x86 (with the same PID value) and one of the services contains a CUEI descriptor and the other service does not.

None

The new software is not installed completely when upgrading from version 06.05 or earlier to version 08.05 or later, and from version 08.09 or earlier to version 10.0 or later.

Upgrade twice to install the new software completely.

Symptom:

When upgrading from a release before version 07.01 to a release from version 08.0 onward, the licenses are no longer valid.

Conditions:

License transfer has been done on a release that does not support license transfer.

This is done by increasing the license version and then passing the validation key to License-it to transfer the freed licenses to a new device.

Because License Transfer is not supported yet, the new version is not stored properly, so although the version is already shown in the GUI, it is not used to validate the licenses.

DCMs prior to version 08.01 do not generate a verification key, so without overruling, License-it cannot transfer the licenses.

(Ref. CSCtk15250)

Get the last generated license file from Hesule and install it on the device. Then reboot.

When the co-processor board is configured for pure Ts Delay, it is not possible to configure the other co-processor features: splicing, transrating, PID sync, audio leveling, or Still Picture generation.

None

When restoring the settings from a D9902 chassis to a D9900 or D9901 chassis, not all OS accounts are usable because their passwords can no longer be verified.

As GUI administrator, change the password of the failing OS account.


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When upgrading a D9902 device with the Upgrade-It tool, selecting the "Reboot after Upgrade" option may trigger several reboots.

Disable this option. This option is not needed for any type of DCM.

When a device is power cycled shortly after a setting was changed, it can happen that this setting is not restored after powerup. Settings files are written to flash every 5 min to prevent wear out of the flash, power cycling the device can cause that some settings are lost. This is not an issue when performing a warm reboot as this will flush the settings to flash.

Wait at least 5 min since the last action before power cycling the device.

When settings are applied less than 10 sec before a settings export operation, then this adapted setting is not guaranteed to be stored in the backup archive.

When settings are applied less than 10 sec before a settings import operation, then it could be that not all settings are imported. In such case some settings after the import will still have the old values instead.

Wait at least 10 sec. after the last settings change action before performing a settings export or import.

During the device startup a ‘Card Not Operational’ alarm can be active for a short time. The alarm is cleared once the card becomes operational and the communication with the main board is established.

None

It is advisable if the user wants to downgrade from the current DCM release to a lower version, to follow the following steps:

- perform a cold reboot

- downgrade the DCM software to a lower version

- perform a cold reboot

- upload the settings file of the DCM corresponding with the lower software version

None

Transrating (applies only to services that are part of a transrating group)

With regards to the feature "PES header insertion", there is the drawback that the values are only updated when there is a DTS or PTS present in the header.

None

Black frames always have default values in their PES headers.

None

The MPEG-1 Layer-II audio leveling feature only works for 48 kHz.

None

When audio leveling a service with a HD video, no video will output.

Set the service settings to HD.

Maximum number of streams that can be transrated on a co-processor card is 350 NTSC, 420 PAL SD streams and 85 HD streams.

None


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No support for streams containing floating PES headers. None

If the transrater group bit rate equals to the transport stream bit rate, small bandwidth overshoots will be evident in the case where the data bit rates of the service are extremely bursty. Resulting peaks would be max 100 kbps on 40 Mbps depending on the data bit streams.

Configure transrater group bit rate 0.25% smaller than the transport stream bit rate.

Transcoder

Streams containing floating PES headers cannot be transcoded. (Ref. 8991)

None

When trying to transcode an audio stream with an invalid PCR, an alarm is generated. When applying a valid PCR afterwards, the alarm is not always cleared. (Ref. 10684)

None

DPI

No full support for SCTE-35 Version 1 (ANSI_SCTE-302005). Init_Request version1 is accepted, but handled as being a version 0 Init_Request.

None

No support for source specific IGMPv3 joining. None

SCTE-35 cue message re-stamping is done only outside of the avail: SCTE-35 cue messages on a spliceable service, transmitted during an avail and leaving the DCM will not be accurate for downstream splicers.

None

Abort of the ad insertion process in case of:

Change (block or force, for example) service PID of the primary channel which is currently spliced in.

Input PMT updates that trigger a similar action at the output (no abort if "Add Unspliced Insertion PIDs" mode is configured).

Change SID of primary channel.

Changing TS input standard (DVB, ATSC, DC-II) if ES type interpretation changes (e.g., video to data).

Stop streaming TS output.

Putting a spliceable service in or out of a transrating group.

A PMT change of the primary channel which does not involve PIDs that are currently spliced in does not result in an insertion abort. Also adding/removing a descriptor does not result in a splice abort.

None


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No audio splicing on co-processor possible in case of:

MPEG-1 video coding.

DolbyTM Digital (AC-3) coding with: sample rate 44.1 kHz and bandwidth 640 kbps sample rate 32 kHz and bandwidth 640, 576, 512 kbps

AAC audio

None

In a service with 2 video PIDs, only one of them will be spliced. It is however, not advised to use this setup as it can lead to invalid DTS-STC distances.

None

PMT changes in the ad or regional program will be ignored. None

Splicing a service that shares PIDs with other services at the output is not supported and could lead to corrupted or missing video and audio.

None

DPI mode SCTE-35 only and SCTE-35 only (custom) will only work properly if the primary feed contains splice-insert cues with the out_of_network_indicator alternating between 1 and 0 (alternating splice-out and splice-in).

None

During an ad, the transrater can overshoot the configured group bit rate when the bit rate of the ad stream audio PIDs is larger than the bit rate of the network feed audio PIDs.

None

In (manual) DPI configurations, an output channel name has to be given. If this channel name contains the +-sign, the splice shall not be executed successfully.

Give another output channel name without the +-sign. This is possible because the output channel is defined manually.

During ad-to-ad or ad-to-main transitions, the configured transrating bit rate might overshoot for a brief period due to miscalculation of the audio bit rate. If the TS rate is equal to the transrater group bit rate, this could result in cc errors.

Foresee a margin between TS rate and transrater group bit rate.

The only audio format that is supported for DPI on the co-processor card is MPEG1-LII and Dolby Digital (AC-3). AAC audio and DobyDigital Plus (E-AC-3) splicing is not supported.

None

Known limitation in all versions: SCTE-35 messages with a fragmented header are ignored by the DCM.

None

For updating the PTS values in SCTE-35 messages, the messages must not contain an adaptation field. Furthermore, the length of such an SCTE-35 must be limited to one transport packet.

None


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AVC splicing

A change between the MPEG-2 and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC splicing on the co-processor board will lead to removal of all co-processor related settings and restart of the co-processor.

None

For H.264/AVC splicing, only CABAC-coded video streams are supported. When using two DCMs, spliced streams from DCM1 can no longer be decoded by DCM2 because of the inserted, CAVLC-coded black frames (i.e., the splicer can only process CABAC-coded streams).

None

The input stream has to consist of exactly one slice for the H.264/AVC splicer.

None

AAC audio splicing is also not supported in the H.264/AVC splicer.

None

The splice will be seamless as long as the main and tail stream has the same coding latency. If the coding latency is different between main and tail, the splice will be executed, but not guaranteed in a seamless manner.

None


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MFP splicing

following limitations are present for MFP DPI:

Splicing from progressive coded main feed to interlaced ad streams are not executed seamlessly in follow input mode.

Upconversion after splice from progressive 25; 29.97; or 30fps to progressive 50; 59.94; or 60fps will fail.

Upconversion after splice from interlaced 23.98fps to progressive 59.94fps fails

Frame-rate of main and insertion channel must match in case encode mode is configured manually. So both need to be PAL or NTSC.

Applying these constraints on the most common NTSC splicing use cases results in following coverage.

Output 480i29.97

Main\Ad 480i29.97 720p30 720p59.94 1080i29.97 720p29.97

480i29.97 OK 4 OK OK OK

720p59.94 OK 4 OK OK OK

1080i29.97 OK 4 Ok OK OK

Output 720p59.94

Main\Ad 480i29.97 720p30 720p59.94 1080i29.97 720p29.97

480i29.97 OK 2 OK OK 2

720p59.94 OK 2 OK OK 2

1080i29.97 OK 2 OK OK 2

Output 1080i29.97

Main\Ad 480i29.97 720p30 720p59.94 1080i29.97 720p29.97

480i29.97 OK 4 OK OK OK

720p59.94 OK 4 OK OK OK

1080i29.97 OK 4 OK OK OK

Output Follow input

Main\Ad 720p30 720p59.94 1080i29.97 720p29.97

720p59.94 Not Seamless OK 1 OK

1080i29.97 Not Seamless OK OK 1

Constraints

1

Splicing from progressive coded main feed to interlaced ad streams are not executed seamlessly in follow input

2

Upconversion after splice from progressive 25; 29.97; or 30fps to progressive 50; 59.94; or 60fps will fail.

4

Frame-rate of main and insertion channel must match in case encode mode is configured manually. So both has to be PAL or NTSC

None


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Multiplexer

NIT import via IIOP: when a NIT with identical network ID is imported via IIOP and PSIG, the last imported NIT will be used at the output TS. In addition, when the DCM reboots, it is not determined which of the sub-tables will be restored.

Only import NIT via one method (PSIG or IIOP).

NIT import via IIOP: the binary data containing the NIT must contain sections of the same sub-table. Mixing of sections of different sub-tables (e.g., "NIT other" of different networks) is not supported. The binary data must contain sections with section numbers in sequence.

None

On DCM version 06.0, ATSC PSIP TVCT and CVCT tables could have different ETM_location_field settings. Since this is no longer possible, upgrading to DCM version 06.05 or higher will set both ETM_location_fields to the version 06.0 value of TVCT.

None

Known limitation on all versions with PSIP support when passing CEAM from another I/O board. The maximum number of different CEAM sources per output board is limited to 10. Trying to define one more source will result in an error. Using one source for multiple outputs, counts as one.

The TS containing the CEAM must have a minimum input TS rate of 1.6 kbps for the ASI interface or 2.1 kbps (seven MPEG packets per UDP) for GbE interface and contain at least one packet prior to the CEAM message.

The CEAM will be played out exactly as it is received at the input. No playout rate settings are available. Every packet at the input corresponds with exactly one packet at the output, which is binary identical.

When two packets are received within a very short time (<10 ms), the second packet can be lost.

None

If a transport stream is passed transparently, then services belonging to that input TS could not be spliced or used as an insertion channel for splicing. (Ref. 10193)

None


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EISS Merging constraints:

When using EISS merging in the ETV Manipulation Settings, DPI needs to be enabled on an output service to have correct CC for merged EISS.

The DCM guarantees EISS merging of 40 services with 22 kbps insertion EISS bit rate, and 3 kbps broadcast EISS bit rate per I/O card.

The EISS source TS packets should contain a maximum of one EISS section. An EISS can be spread over different TS packets.

The EISS TS-packets must not contain adaptation_fields.

The pointer_field of the TS packet containing the start of the section must be equal to 0.

No bandwidth shaping is performed on the merged EISS.

No CRC checking or other syntax checking is performed on the EISS.

None

GbE

The receiving GbE port can only receive a MPTS with a bit rate of maximum 300 Mbit/s.

None

The transmitting GbE port can have a maximum TS bit rate of 950 Mbit/s if seven MPEG packets per UDP packet are configured, no RTP and no VLAN.

If one MPEG packet per UDP packet is configured, the maximum TS bit rate wll be 158,625 Mbit/s.

None

FEC encoding of TS streams with one MPEG packet in UDP payload can cause MPEG packet loss in other output streams. FEC decoding of TS streams with one MPEG packet in the UDP payload can cause packet drop of incoming packets of other streams.

Limit the number of MPEG packets per UDP packet to a minimum of two when the FEC board is present on the GbE IO card.

Statistical Multiplexing of D9032 Encoders and Combined MPEG-2/AVC

The maximum number of encoders supported is 60 per I/O board (except for remote statmux).

None

In Remote statmux, a maximum of 30 encoders are supported.

None

Network name, priority, and frame format for D9054 encoders are not shown in the DCM GUI.

None

Encoder drop out alarm. If an encoder drops out of a statmux pool for a short period of time (<1 sec), the alarm will not be raised.

Drop in and out of encoders are always logged in the trace files.


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When an encoder is removed from a statmux pool, the "Encoder drop out alarm" stays active.

Explicitly clear the "Encoder drop out alarm" after removing any encoder from a statmux pool.

Video PIDs containing lots of PES packet stuffing will disrupt the proper working of the stat multiplexing algorithm. As a consequence, bit rate will be wasted and the quality will not be optimal.

There is no workaround for previous releases.

Web GUI

Known limitation since V06.09: <Alt + S> can no longer be used to search in the services trees.

Use the search button or the context menu.

The supported browsers to use when viewing the embedded user interface are :

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 to 11

Firefox 4.0 to 32.0

Chrome 28 to 37

To have the best experience when viewing the embedded user interface it is recommended to use recent browser.

Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3.7 are no longer supported.

None

The time on the device should be configured correctly to ensure the browser cache can be used correctly. It is also required to ensure the browser uses its cache when you access the DCM through its user interface. The default browser settings are sufficient to achieve this. If this is not the case, loading of a page can take longer than expected.

None

When the browser zoom level is set different from 100% then the vertical scroll bar for the output and processing trees is sometimes not visible.

Set the browser zoom level to 100%.

Since V11.1.00 it is no longer possible to drag-and-drop a service from the GUI on Internet Explorer to a ROSA NMS client.

None

IP Video Gateway

The 10 G GbE interface has a limited throughput of approximately 9.7 GB.

None

It is not possible to route a stream on a VLAN to a destination on another subnet, since one cannot configure a default gateway on a VLAN basis.

None


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It is not possible to exchange IP addresses between GbE port A and GbE port B. For example, you cannot move the IP address from GbEport A to GbEport B and vice versa in one step. (Ref. CSCtl60346)

Assign unused dummy IP addresses to both ports first, and then assign the correct new addresses.

When an error occurs or video format changes on two video inputs simultaneously, there is a low risk that it may cause a small problem (picture loss <1s) on the third channel. When having errors or video format changes on only one video input, the risk that it affects the second or third is extremely low. (Ref. CSCtl57923)

None

ASI 3D pairing feature is no longer supported None

Digital Overlay

IIOP interface of DCM limits the encoding of banner texts to ASCII when using deprecated TC_Banner_t or StartEAS. This issue can not occur when using the GUI.

Use TC_Banner_V2_t and StartEAS_V3 to control the encoding of text banners.

When uploading a font file, the user should wait long enough before doing another action on the GUI. Currently, the GUI does not give an indication when the font file was completely uploaded. In case the user does not wait long enough, it is possible the font file is incomplete and not all characters can be displayed.

Wait long enough.

The resolution of each logo, static or animated, is at most 320x180.

None

The amount of frames in an animated logo is at most 250 frames. Longer animations are not allowed.

None

Logos can be inserted into 720p or SD streams (1080i input video streams are not supported).

None

At most, four input streams will be supported on one transcoder board.

None

The logo insertion application can only work on a revision 3 transcoder board. The revision number can be found in the user interface, Configuration page, Version info, transcoder board: "TC CO-P DSP Revision" should be V03.XX.YY or higher.

None

The output of the logo insertion has to be transrated by an MPEG-2 transrater (in the DCM) in order to ensure that the generated output stream can be decoded by a STB. Without a transrater after the logo insertion engine, it is not guaranteed that the generated stream will be compliant with the video specifications.

None

The scrolling text can contain no more than 3500 characters. None


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The animated MNG files should have the following limitations: all frames in the file must have the same size an offset of (0, 0), and the same frame delay. Each color channel has to have 8 bits per channel and the frame delay must be different from 0.

None

To guarantee a good visual quality of the scrolling text, the speed of the text must be limited to 6 pixels per frame for HD and 12 pixels per frame for SD.

None

Scrambling

For BISS descrambling, when the session word or parity changes on the scrambling device, the descrambling DCM will still show the service as descrambled while it is no longer physically descrambled.

Scrambled services cannot be combined with following co-processor features:

Transrating (scrambled services can be put in Passthrough mode).

DPI, PID Sync, PCR Continuity

None

Miscellaneous

CEAM EAS Support:

It is not possible to configure text crawl generation from a specific EAS proxy. It is only possible to enable/disable text crawling for a given service. All EAS proxies which have text crawl enabled can trigger text crawl insertion.

The DCM does not support audio break away and forced tuning to the details channel.

An SCTE-18 message with empty alert_text field will not trigger text crawl insertion.

None

EAS proxy in multicast mode: due to reverse path filtering, only multicast datagrams from the same subnet can be received.

The reverse route to the other subnet must be established. This can be configured on the "configuration – routes" screen.

RIPv2 support is only possible on Port 1 and Port 3, manually configured.

All other configurations can only be configured via Port 1 and Port 3, making anycast impossible.

When RIPv2 is enabled on a transport stream and the source IP address is changed, it will not be published that the old source IP address has been removed, so the routers will only react after a timeout.

Stop the transport stream before changing the source IP address.


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IPconfig & Upgrade-it are not supported over IPv6. Upgrading can be done using the GUI upgrade.

Auto TS Streaming

"Auto TS Streaming" can be configured for transparent loop through Transport Streams, but this setting will have no effect on the streaming state of the output TS (the behavior is the same as for streaming "on").

None

Outgoing digital Transport Formatter (DTF) Transport Streams will not support the Auto TS Streaming mode.

None

DRD DVB-S2

In case you want to receive a multi stream signal containing more than 6 streams and you want to use one of the streams with an ISI code that is not in the first 6 values, you need to pre-configure the streams first on the embedded user interface specifying the ISI codes you need prior to applying the signal to the port.

When the signal is received, the software will select the pre-configured streams from the multi-stream to use rather than the first 6, which is the default behavior.

None

MFP

The “MPEG-2 Frame Pictures” setting in the MFP Resource Setup page is GUI only and has no functional implementation.

None

Guidelines for configuring multiRes resolutions.

In order to generate muliRes profiles (engine is configured in "Multi resolution – ABR”), it is necessary to take the following guideline into account in order to guarantee that bitrate will be generated at the output of the multiRes engine. If you want to generate a multiRes profile equals to a full HD resolution (meaning 1080i or 720p), you have to route the input stream two times. On the first slot, you configure only the full HD resolution while on the second slot, you can configure your other profiles. If you mix full HD profiles with sub HD profiles, there is no guarantee that you will see some output bitrate on the engine.

None

Maximum 100 audio components can be processed on the MFP

None

The maximum number of channels where audio leveling can be enabled is limited to 60

None

No support for inverse telecine in Multires/ABR mode. None


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Other Known Limitations and Errors Workaround Audio syncing when audio loudness leveling is enabled:

When syncing audio EBPs with audio loudness leveling enabled the compensation delay should be the same.

None

The Premium Picture Quality Transcode algorithm can only be used on an MFP Card with “MFP Video DSP Boot (1234)” software V01.06 or later and that is installed into a D9902 housing.

None

MFP Static Logo Insertion

No support for subtitle burn-in for mixed SD/HD transcoding on the same engine.

No support for subtitle burn-in in splicing mode.

No support subtitle burn-in in MultiRes / ABR mode.

No support for subtitle burn-in in combination with logo insertion on the same video component.

No support for ancillary subtitle streams.

No support for subtitle streams with subtitle content spaced closer than 400 ms.

None

Max. HD transcoding density on an engine decreases from 2 to 1 when DVB subtitle burn-in is enabled.

Max. area covered by subtitle burn-in is 1/4th of the output resolution.

MFP Static Logo Insertion

No support for logo insertion on top of mixed SD/HD transcoding on the same engine

No support yet for logo insertion in splicing mode

No support for logo insertion in MultiRes / ABR mode

None

Max. HD transcoding density on an engine decreases from 2 to 1 when logos are inserted.

Maximum logo resolutions: • SD slot: 192x128 • HD slot: 480x270


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Realigment mux

Remote Statmux functionality requires that there be a common clock between the DCM/SMC, DCM/Re-alignment and the D9036. This common clock allows support of a constant end to end delay for the video related data between the D9036 and the DCM performing the multiplexing. This constant end to end delay allows the DCM performing the multiplexing to re-align statmuxed video bandwidths even in the presence of variable delay in the Video data path connecting each D9036 to the DCM. In DCM 11.1 and D9036 1.8, the common clock is supported by Network Time Protocol (NTP).

NTP on its own does not define a quality of service (QOS) for the common clock which is sufficient for reliable operation of Remote Statmux functionality. However by putting some constraints on the NTP system components used to provide, deliver and receive the common clock, the common clock QOS needed for Remote Statmux can be achieved. The following constraints need to be followed:

1. The DCMs should be configured to use at least one NTP server and for fault tolerance three or more NTP servers

2. The DCMs should be located in an ambient temperature which is kept within a small temperature range. (less than 10 degrees C).

3. The NTP servers used by the DCMs and the network used to connect the NTP servers to the DCM should be of sufficient quality to keep the time offset error reported by the DCM to less than 15 msec and stabilized long enough to have an NTP poll interval equal to or greater than 256 seconds. This information can be viewed from the NTP Statistics view on the DCM. When looking at the NTP Statistics view, there is a line for each configured NTP server. The relevant NTP server information is on the line marked as “*” (NTP Server used) in the Tally column. The “Poll Int” column should show a number greater or equal to 256. The “Offset(msec)” column should show a number less than |15| .

4. The DCMs should be connected to at least one NTP server long enough for an accurate drift file to be created before Remote Statmux functionality should be used. An accurate drift file has occurred if the DCM has been connected to an NTP server long enough for the Poll Int period to be 1024 seconds currently or in the past.


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SNMP

DCM MIB, dcmProcessingServiceTable, only services that can be backed up are shown, no Multi-Resolution services or PIP services.

None

10GE

On some 10GE cards the ports are not correctly numbered at the back of the card.

In the DCM user interface the 10GE ports are numbered from 1 to 8, while some 10GE cards have both top and bottom row ports numbered from 1 to 4.

None

Limitations (future functionality)

Following functionality is not supported:

10 Gbit full duplex

1 Gbit interface support

PSIG import

Support for PSIP EITs and DVB EITs

For sources coming from a 10GE input the follow features are not supported on an output GbE IO or ASI IO card:

DPI

EISS Merge

Sub table auto passing

Motorola C0/C1 table passing

Co-processor functionality like

Scrambling

Transrating

Splicing

Pid sync

FEC / Hitless Merge

None

Supercrypt The latest version of Supercrypt is DCM software version 06-00-89. Supercrypt is no longer supported in higher versions.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 15.00.0: Linear Stream Switch (LSS) Switching between the main and an alternate service triggered by ESAM messages from a Placement Opportunity Information System (POIS). GbE

Distinguish streams based on Source IP:

Introduction of a board-wide IP Stream creation mode to control stream identification based on Source IP.

Multiple GbE streams (differing in Source IP) can now have the same Destination IP:UDP.

FEC functions as it used to. The Source IP of FEC streams cannot be configured, but assumed to be the same as the media stream.

Hitless Merge (on the board) cannot be enabled when streams are identified using Source IP and vice-versa.

Mode switch from IP:UDP to S:IP:UDP not possible when settings present on available input TSes.

Mode switch from S:IP:UDP to IP:UDP not possible when multiple streams with the same IP:UDP exist on the board.

Same IP address for different network interfaces: 2 network interfaces on the GbE board can be configured with the same IP address if the subnet is not larger than /24

MFP

Audio PES alignment:

In PES data aligned streams each PES header will immediately be followed by an audio access unit (frame).

When PES data alignment is enabled each PES packet contains exactly 1 audio frame.

When PES data alignment is enabled all PES headers will have a data_alignment_indicator flag set to 1.

Audio syncing when audio loudness leveling is enabled: It’s possible to sync the EBPs in audiostreams when audio leveling is enabled. Compensation delay for should be the same for the streams that you would like to sync.

Premium Picture Quality (PPQ) SD engine : A PPQ engine can be configured in SD mode, 2 SD services can be processed per engine. A PPQ SD engine can also be used for HD to SD processing.


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PPQ blank top line: User can configure that a number of top lines need to be blanked

Routing across MFPs: The DCM now facilitates the routing of services between the MFPs. All types of services are allowed to be routed between.

Banner/EAS Insertion : An EAS message/banner can be inserted in a service. An EAS message/banner consists of:

A scrolling text of max. 1500 characters.

A solid colored background banner which can be transparent.

1 optional accompanying static logo.

Web GUI

GUI Enhancements: Display MFP settings for multiple cards in 1 view

The DCM now facilitates the display of settings for multiple MFP cards which are operating in the same mode in a single view. This new setting is available as ‘All’ option in the clickable top ref string. All MFP pages are extended to support this new ‘All’ mode.

MFP: Service Backup and Service Loss Settings are moved to separate views

The MFP Service Backup settings and Service Loss settings are now better organized into separate views, to make a clear distinction between Service Backup on the MFP which is a before transcode setting and Service Loss on the MFP to be used as trigger for Service Backup on the output which is after transcode setting.

GUI Enhancements: Display the engine ID for stream on a gateway card

The Diagnostics - Stream Info page is extended to support IPGW and AGW cards. To facilitate the better understanding of logs, for Input streams, Engine ID is displayed and for Output streams, Ts Index is displayed. (CSCuq74076)

Update in Manuals - Configuration Guide

The configuration guide is now available to view or download as an online help in .zip instead of .tgz format (with better organized directory structure).

AVC splicing on co-processor

Back-to-back splicing support

Field-coded and PAFF-coded support: Splicing between Field-coded and PAFF-coded streams.

Increased density : 12 simultaneous splices independent of resolution and frame-rate


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Enhancements

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCuq93781 Allow higher chroma rate and automatic setting.

Symptom We now allow to use a chroma weight of up to 50% in the Jpeg 2000 encoder. Further, we now have an automatic mode for chroma weight, where the encoder decides on the relative weight of luma and chroma based on the picture complexity.

Conditions The picture has extremely complex chroma.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCum09100 Continuous HSL errors raise an alarm and can trigger Device

Backup

Symptom An alarm will now be raised when a device is detecting

continuous HSL errors (errors on the internal High Speed Link)

due to a hardware failure. This alarm can then be used to trigger

device backup.

Conditions When persistant HSL errors are detected on the device.

DRD

ID Description

CSCup23227 Support upgrading of specific CAMs.

Symptom Specific CAMs (e.g. SmarDTV CAM) can now be upgraded.

Conditions Some CAMs do not enable a CA session when in upgrade mode,

this caused DCM to not route the TS to the CAM, as a result these

CAMs could not be upgraded.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCup64648 The transrate mode is no longer supported as a separate mode

Symptom The support of Transrate mode as a separate setting is now removed from MFP. None of the existing configuration will be affected and it will behave the same as before the upgrade, the Transrate mode will automatically be changed into Transcode mode and functionally there will not be any difference.

Conditions

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuq06221 Warning when forcing a component to pid 0

Symptom Since PID 0 is reserved for the PAT table, a warning is now

displayed in the GUI when a user tries to force a non-zero Input

PID to PID value 0. The warning is added in the TS, Service, SI and

EMM Component pages.

Conditions When forcing a non-zero input PID to PID value 0.



ID Description

CSCuq73859 Service is not part of transrating group after reboot


A service that should be part of an MPTS selective service transrating group is not part of the group anymore after a reboot.

Conditions When the SID of a service that is part of selective service tranrating group is changed without changing any other transrate setting and then the device is rebooted.


Change the SID before moving the service into the transrating group.


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ID Description

CSCup64852 Streams processed on the co-processor card in AVC mode are

interrupted


All streams processed on the co-processor card (i.e. all splicable

services) are interrupted for a short time.

Conditions When a co-processor board is configured in AVC mode this can

occasionally happen. The frequency of this issue depends on the

number of processed streams.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuq47000 Incorrect co-processor load causes splices to be denied


DCM reports incorrect co-processor load and incorrectly denies

splice requests.

Conditions DCM reports abnormal co-processor load percentages on the

board configuration pages (652% or other very high values). When

the check is enabled on DCM to deny splice requests at that

moment, no more splices can be done.

Workaround for

previous versions

Each time after a stop or start streaming action was done, toggling

the "Don't take not streaming TS and Services into account" setting

on the board configuration page at that moment will make sure

that all internal counters are reset again to their proper value and

thus the issue that splices are denied because 'load is too high' will

not occur afterwards. or else : Disable the check to deny splices if

insufficient resources on the board configuration page

CSCuq93996 Co-processor quality algorithm GOP estimation not working for I-only GOP


The co-processor, configured to use the quality algorithm, stops generating output for certain services that are being transrated or statmuxed.

Conditions The problem occurs while trying to transrate or statmux a source that has a sequence of I-only GOPs, and this sequence appears after a GOP that has non-I frames in it. E.g. IIIIIIIIPPPPIIIIIIII. In the aforementioned example, the last IIIIIII sequence will no longer be outputted by the co-processor when the statmux algorithm is the quality algorithm.


Configure the co-processor to use the performance algorithm.


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ID Description

CSCuq86250 [AVC_RPI] Possible interruption in audio on splice point


Interruption or gap in audio after splice point.

Conditions When using the co-processor card in AVC mode and splicing from high delay (DTS-STC) input to low delay and back or when the tail stream (ad or main) has a complex (and possibly) long gop structure


None

CSCur49891 dpi activity is not logged in dpi log file


The dpi log file is not updated anymore when ad splices are executed.

Conditions When splicing in using and ad server (dpi).


The mainboard log still contains the splice activity logs.

MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCup66464 Audio component not spliced if main channel audio PID in

reserved range


An audio component is not spliced, instead the main audio is

present during the splice.

Conditions When the audio component on the main channel is in the reserved

ATSC PID range (i.e. PID value is smaller than 48), this can cause

the DCM to remap the PID to a different value as a side-effect the

audio component is not included in the splice.

Workaround for

previous versions

Add a tracking rule to remap the PID value of the audio

component on the MFP card.


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ID Description

CSCup92451 ad splice with audio processing disabled plays main audio

during splice


Main audio is played during ad insertion

Conditions When splicing on an MFP card with audio processing disabled on

a D9900 (MKI chassis)

Workaround for

previous versions

Enable audio processing.

CSCup61463 Remapping audio PID when on insertion stops playing the

service


A service on an MFP board that is configured for LPI splicing has

no output when an audio PID is remapped during insertion.

Conditions When remapping an audio PID of a channel that is spliced in on

the insertion channel.

Workaround for

previous versions

Do not change tracking rules while on LPI insertion

Mux

ID Description

CSCup31222 Output ES type 0xFF after reboot when PMT mode Transp. Gen.

PSIG


The output ES type is indicated as 0xFF in the GUI after reboot.

This is a visual issue only. The outgoing PMT version is correctly

played out as it was imported via the PSIG interface.

Conditions When for an output service the PMT table is imported via the PSIG

interface and in the PSIG Proxy settings the "Do Not Modify" flag

is set and a reboot is done afterwards.

Workaround for

previous versions

Unset the "Do Not Modify" flag in the PSIG Proxy settings and

provision the PMT again.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh12113 PID is remapped when EsType or Component tag rule is not

matching


Tracking rules to remap a PID are not re-applied after a PMT

update. Tracking rules are still applied even when the component

doesn't match the tracking criterium anymore.

Conditions After a PMT update where the source PID of a tracked component

doesn't change (but e.g. the EsType or component tag changes).

For example: a service with an incoming L2 audio that had 129 as

the component tag and the component rule was to remap this to

output PID 141. When changing the tag from 129 to 130, the DCM

would still remap this component to PID 141, even though the

component rule was not matching any longer.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCur08468 No SI tables played out on ASI SFN port 1


No SI tables played out on ASI SFN port 1.

Conditions When using port 1 of an ASI SFN board as an output port, no PSI

tables will be played out on this port.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCur06515 Input TS can't be removed after switching Hitless Merge mode


Preconfigured Hitless merge TSs cannot be deleted after disabling

board level HitlessMerge settings.

Conditions When disabling HitlessMerge on board level while there are pre-

configured HitlessMerge TSs configured.

Workaround for

previous versions

A reboot will remove the TSs.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCup63941 Unexpected reboot when fast changing scrambling settings


Reboot of DCM.

Conditions On a DCM ASI or GbE card, a combination of fast enough TS

destruction and recreation or changing the scrambling mode

(DVB/BISS) or action (scrambling/descrambling) can cause the

device to reboot.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCup84872 Reboot upon SCG deprovisioning just before activation


DCM reboots when deprovisioning SCG.

Conditions When SCG is provisioned with future activation time and SCG is

deprovisioned again, where the deprovision is a shortly before the

activation time.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

Platform

ID Description

CSCup37246 D9902 doesn't boot up after software reboot


After a SW reboot of the D9902 chassis, the device doesn't boot up

anymore, and shows no activity on the console interface.

Conditions No specific conditions known.

Workaround for

previous versions

Power cycle the device. Note that in order to prevent this issue in

the future, additional steps are required after installing software

version V15.0.0 or later. Refer to the document 'Service Note

D9902 Boot loader upgrade for reboot' in the Documentation

folder of DCM software package for a procedure on how to

mitigate the issue.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq43120 Logo insertion logs of transcoder card are not stored in

transcoder file


When a transcoder card is configured for Logo Insertion, the logs

of that card are missing in the transcoder logfile.

Conditions A transcoder card is configured for Logo Insertion.

Workaround for

previous versions

The logs can be found in the unrelated "messages" logfile.

CSCuq60690 D9902 hardware version is not shown


The hardware version field for the D9902 is not filled out. This

field can normally be retrieved via the 'configuration' - 'version

info' tab on the GUI.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuq94308 Settings store is not cleaned after factory reset


Settings backup archives that are stored on the device for later

import are not cleaned when performing a factory reset of the

device.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuq92053 Changing only the IPv6 gateway address doesn't apply properly to the OS


The IPv6 default gateway isn't properly applied in the OS.

Conditions When you only change the IPv6 default gateway address via the GUI


Also change the IPv6 port address or reboot the device.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq83597 Incorrect validation of gateway address in settings file during upgrade


After upgrade the DCM's default gateway IP configuration is incorrect.

Conditions The described behavior is only seen when an incorrect configuration is stored before the upgrade. This issue only affects chassis IP address configuration. Interface cards are not affected.

Workaround Reconfigure the IP settings after or before the upgrade to ensure correct settings.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuj56517 Fragment size in audio stream is wrong


When the configured fragment length is set higher than 1023

audio outputframes, the real fragment length will be completely

wrong.

Conditions Configured fragment length is set higher than 1023 audio

outputframes (> 21 seconds for all audioformats).

Workaround for

previous versions

Do not set the fragment length higher than 20 seconds

CSCup41686 Updating encode parameters of audio component with audio

leveling fails


Updating the audio encode parameters of an audio component

with audio leveling enabled fails with "Maximum number of

loudness control settings reached"

Conditions When there are 60 audio components configured for loudness

control and you try to change the encoding parameters of one of

these audio components.

Workaround for

previous versions

Disable loudness control on the audio component where you want

to change the encoding parameter and enable loudness control

again with the modified encoding settings.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCup69351 Bad default acquisition point ID string for a non ascii service

name


If you have a service name containing non Latin-5 characters the

default acquisition point ID string can have characters that are not

present in service name.

Conditions When the service name contains non Latin-5 character. By default

the acquisition point ID string is initialized with the service name

but. The character conversion is not done correctly which can

result in seemingly random characters.

Workaround for

previous versions

When enabling ESAM, provide your own acquisition point ID

string.

CSCuq67332 ESAM config with non-ASCII character in AcquisitionPointID

not supported


The ESAM setup configured on an ABR stream is not inserting the

correct CUE messages. Either no content is present on the SCTE-35

PID or the original incoming content is not updated when needed.

Conditions When using non-ASCII characters in the AcquisitionPointID of the

ESAM configuration.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use only ASCII characters for the AcquisitionPointID

CSCup94989 Logo can’t be inserted on MFP after upgrading to 14.10 or later


After an upgrade from a version prior to 13.10 to a version 14.10 or

later, existing static non remote logo's cannot be inserted on MFP

services.

Conditions When logo’s were present on the device (e.g. for use on a

transcoder card) running a version prior to 13.10 and upgrading to

a version 14.10 or higher.

Workaround for

previous versions

Remove the logo and add it again.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum09543 PTS discontinuities at the start of an audio outputstream


Discontinuities at the start of the output audio stream (first 7

seconds).

Conditions When transcoding a specific Dolby Digital Plus (E-AC3) stream to

HE-AACv1.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuq68029 DolbyDigitial Plus audio transcoding has zero output bit-rate


No audio output bit-rate, or audio output bit-rate too low.

Conditions When transcoding a Dolby Digital Plus input with a substream

with substreamID > 0

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuq82980 Transcoded audio has interruptions every 30-40 seconds


Transcoded audio is interrupted every 30-40 seconds.

Conditions When transcoding audio, and the input audio has a PTS-STC less

than a frame duration, so, the PTS is inside the access unit (the

final bytes of a frame arrive late in the decoder).

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuq19785 Audio syncing feature fails when loudness levelling is enabled


Transcoded audio contains audible empty audio frames every 4 to

6 seconds due to the audio that is continuously being resynced.

Conditions When audio loudness levelling is enabled and fragment insertion

is disabled and segment insertion is enabled for a single

transcoded audio stream.

Or when audio loudness levelling is enabled and audio syncing

across audio streams is enabled.

Workaround for

previous versions

Either enable fragment insertion or disable audio loudness

levelling.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq64871 MFP DVB Subtitle burn-in does not support SD subtitles on HD

content


DVB subtitle burn in does not support SD subtitle to be inserted

on a HD stream. The subtitles are incorrectly positioned in the

stream.

Conditions The display definition segment (DDS) (if present) in the subtitle

stream defines the target resolution for the coded subtitle payload.

The absence of a DDS implies that it may be assumed that the

subtitle stream is coded with a display resolution of 720x576. If the

video content is different from 720x576, the subtitles will be

incorrectly positioned.

Workaround for

previous versions

No

CSCun38496 (E-)AC-3 registration descriptor to be added or removed on MFP

service


After a service on the MFP card has been configured for

transcoding audio to or from the (E-)AC-3 format, the (E-)AC-3

registration descriptor is added or removed accordingly in the

PMT table for this elementary stream.

Conditions When a service on the MFP card has been configured for

transcoding audio to or from the (E-)AC-3 format.

Workaround for

previous versions

When dragging the MFP service to the final output transport

stream on the DCM, the PMT table can be manually edited to add

or remove the registration descriptor via descriptor rules.

CSCur04124 Transcoded audio has PTS discontinuities


Transcoded audio has PTS discontinuities.

Conditions The input audio stream has a single byte adaptation field followed by a PES header.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCur04214 Incorrect status readout of transcoded input E-AC-3 audio stream


On the MFP board, the channel configuration reported in the UI (Tree view / MFP engine / Settings / Overview / Service Overview: Detail) changes in time, although the input has no change in channel configuration.

Conditions Transcode audio, or audio belongs to a spliceable service, and the input audio is DolbyDigitalPlus (E-AC-3) with multiple substreams (7.1, or Descriptive Audio).


None

CSCum74007 MFP board output is interrupted


The MFP board stops operating, and sometimes doesn't recover automatically.

Conditions When the input stream of a transcoded audio stream is heavily corrupted.


Reboot the device

CSCup89985 No output bitrate on MFP processed streams


The output bitrate of the streams processed by the MFP board is zero.

Conditions When processing audio streams


Reboot the device

CSCuq76073 PPQ MFP reconfiguration latency


In the event of short successive reconfiguration, there can be a latency of over two minutes before the service comes back.

Conditions Fast successive reconfiguration on the same service


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCur10626 Output bitrate of the pool is not stable after input errors


The Output bitrate of a statmux pool is not stable. The bitrate of some services is dropping frequently to zero.

Conditions When the input service contained errors on the PCR. After the PCR has stabilized again, the pool bitrate does not recover completely.


None.

CSCur10639 Sporadic picture degradation in a statmux pool


Sporadic picture artifacts and bandwidth overshoot alarm on the statmux pool.

Conditions Statmux pool configured on an MFP board in Premium Picture Quality (PPQ) mode.


None.


ID Description

CSCup94523 Removing/restoring services to SMX pool makes statmux unstable


The statmux output bitrate is not stable.

Conditions When removing all streams from a SMX pool and adding them again without removing the pool itself.


Remove the complete SMX pool


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCur45578 glitches at the input streams can cause the SMX group to fail


A PPQ rate control statmux group generates bitrate overshoots and visual artifacts occur on the statmuxed output streams.

Conditions Caused by glitches in the input stream.

Following glitches can cause this: - when frames have the wrong timebase (for instance looping services), such events will accumulate and after a large number of such events it will lead in the fall over as described. - a number of start/stop stream events at the encoder input


None

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCun86463 content of settings tables is not loaded for certain settings pages


The content of settings tables is not loaded when going to certain

settings pages (e.g. the input service settings page).

Conditions When the table content contains special characters like a tab,

quotes, backslash,..

Workaround for

previous versions

Remove the special characters from the source (e.g. clean up the

service name before it received by the DCM).

CSCup36794 No clear error in advanced routing page for duplicate DPI

channel name


The splice channel name is not validated against existing splice

names, no clear error is reported but the duplicate splice name is

not applied.

Conditions When setting the splice channel name using the pop-up window

in the advanced service routing page.

Workaround for

previous versions

Set the channel name using the DPI page.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCup49515 MFP Logo Insertion wrong pid in top ref navigation and media

page


MFP Logo Insertion a wrong pid is listed in the top ref navigation

and media table header.

Conditions When there are services with 2 video pids.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use the media tab to navigate to the correct logo page

CSCup79578 mux partials xml debug pages use incorrect url, not accessible


XML debug pages are not accessible for specific mux partial

information

Conditions When accessing the debug xml pages through the Diagnostics tab

in the web gui

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCup91918 Input Port TS Settings - Settings not applied for ASI, 8-VSB,

DVB-S2


For ASI, DVB-S2 and 8-VSB cards, the Input Standard,

Mediaguard Compact CA Descriptor and MPEG Priority Bit

cannot be modified in the Input Port TS Settings page.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

The settings can be modified in the Input TS Settings page.

CSCuq19055 Not possible to add logo if resolution setting is not follow input


For an MFP service, a logo cannot be added if the resolution of the

video component is not configured as Follow input mode.

Conditions MFP service with video components resolution not configured as

Follow Input mode.

Workaround for

previous versions

For the MFP service, configure resolution as Follow Input mode,

add a logo and then change the resolution appropriately.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq21714 [MFP Video] incorrect control state on validation error for IDR

insertion


The IDR insertion interval text box gets disabled(with value '-').

Conditions When enabling the IDR insertion interval with value 0 for a service

on HD slot.

Workaround for

previous versions

Enable the IDR insertion manually and update the value.

CSCuq25968 Diagnostics stream info fails for 10GE card in single port pair

mode


"Show Stream Info" fails for Stage and Card set to "All" in case

there is a 10GE card with "10GE Port Mode" set to "Single Port Pair

for Input and Output".

Conditions When the 10GE Port Mode is set to “Single Port Pair for Input and Output”.

Workaround for

previous versions

Make specific selections for Stage and Card.

CSCuq34764 Only name of first port of port pair indicated in the alarms

summary


In the 'Input/Output Alarms Summary' overview, an alarm on the

second port of the port pair will be shown in a row indicated by

the name of the first port of the port pair. The "Port" column only

shows the name of one port of the port pair.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

Click on the value to see the details about the alarms. On that page

the correct port for the alarm is shown.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq49769 [MFP Audio] ES rate control shows blank entry when using

bulk config


The MFP audio encode ES Rate control box shows an empty value.

Conditions When encode settings are changed in bulk and the bitrate is not

compatible with the new encode codec.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use the update all section with ES rate set to a value that is

compatible with new encode settings or manually change the

combo in the main table to a proper value.

CSCuq64565 MFP ABR: resolution range check not correct


Not possible to add some resolutions for ABR profiles via the GUI

(e.g. 150x100 and 192x108).

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuo45505 Displaying the filtered logs allows running scripts in the

browser


It is possible that client side script code is executed when looking

at a client side filtered log file and a logged line contains some

JavaScript code.

Conditions You need to be logged on and an application on the DCM created

a log with JavaScript code.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCup89930 GUI doesn't log account changes


When a user account is added, deleted or modified this is not

logged in the security log.

Conditions When a user account is added, deleted or modified.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCup96367 IE9: context menu in the tree view does not go away


Right click somewhere in the tree view but don't select an action.

Click somewhere else in the page to make the context menu

disappear.

The context menu remains visible.

Conditions When using Internet Explorer 9.

Workaround for

previous versions

Select an action in the context menu or reload the page.

CSCur04795 Possible to execute shell commands via string input on the GUI

Symptom This error was found in all version.

It is possible to execute shell commands on the device by adding

malicious commands to the html of the GUI.

Conditions You need to be logged in on the GUI (so without GUI access it's

not possible to execute these shell commands).

Workaround for

previous versions

None

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCup04013 Unable to import IP adapter settings exported from board in

same slot

Symptom This error was found in version all versions

Settings cannot be imported to the same gateway card as the one

used for the export.

Conditions When importing settings of a specific IP gateway number, using

exported settings of a IP gatway card in the same slot number.

Workaround for

previous versions

It is possible to export the settings of a complete device and then

import the settings onto one IP gateway slot only. In such case the

settings of the same slot number of the exported settings will be

imported onto this slot. Use the single slot export / single slot

import system to move settings between different slot numbers.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Security

ID Description

CSCua68087 openssh 5.6p1 vulnerability


Cisco Digital Content Manager (DCM) includes a version of

OpenSSH that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the

following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-

2011-5000 This bug was opened to address the potential impact on

this product.

Conditions Device with default configuration.

Workaround for

previous versions

Do not allow for shell access.

Further Problem

Description

Additional details about the vulnerabilities listed above can be

found at http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cve.html

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version

2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of

evaluation are 3.5/3.2:

https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalcul

ator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/

I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2011-5000 has been

assigned to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's

security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vuln

erability_policy.html

Issues and Limitations For Issues and Limitations of this version consult the release note of this specific version.



Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM






Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCuq67886 scrambling is disabled when upgrading from version prior to 13.0


The scrambled setting of services is changed to disabled after upgrading to V14.0 or higher.

Conditions When upgrading from a version prior to V13.0.0 to a version V14.0.0 or higher.


First upgrade to version 13.10 before upgrading to a version V14.0.0 or higher.

CSCuq62649 DCM reboots due to memory leak on mainboard


DCM reboots due to memory leak on mainboard.

Conditions This was seen on the D9902 after several months of operation, with SNMP active, many services on GbE-board and many Alarm activitiy.


If possible, deactivate SNMP in the GUI (security/settings, both SNMP fields). Otherwise avoid alarm activity and occasionally reboot the SNMP application by unchecking and rechecking "Service Configuration Through SNMP" field in the GUI (security/settings).


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuq67331 Stability issues of the audio codec


In rare situations a configuration change of the audio settings can result in an interruption of all processed audio streams on an MFP board. Instability issues on the audio codec cause the audio chip to reload, once the chip is reloaded the audio processing is restored.

Conditions When a new set of configurations is applied on a audio codec that is already trans-coding several audio streams.


None


ID Description

CSCuq90029 MFP Statmuxed service has zero bitrate on output

Symptom This error was found in versions 14.10.1.

MFP Statmuxed service has zero bitrate on output.

Conditions After the output service Rate Mode was changed from e.g. Rate Limited to Statmuxed and later on, an input service change (e.g. a PMT update or service loss, ..) occurs, the MFP Statmuxed service has zero bitrate for all its components on the output. The bitrate for the service on the MFP card is still OK.


Stop and start streaming the output transport stream or service.


ID Description

CSCuq67397 PPQ MFP Statmux can overshoot when adding service


Temporary overshoot of the PPQ MFP Statmux pool bandwidth during a couple of seconds.

Conditions When adding a service to a PPQ MFP statmux pool or when activating a stream that is member of a PPQ MFP statmux pool.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq67281 Unexpected input loss on a PPQ MFP statmuxed service


In rare occasions it is possible that a service reaches a state of permanent video-input loss while the input is stable and compliant.

Conditions Specific timings on incoming data stream


Reset the MFP engine.

CSCuq76044 PPQ statmuxed service does not recover after input impairements


A service that contributes to statmux pool over- or undershoots, a permanent state of input loss can be observed.

Conditions In rare occasions it is possible that a PPQ service part of a SMX pool does not recover from input errors once the input normalized.


Reboot the chassis.

CSCuq76027 PPQ statmux pool rate errors for services with VBV underflows/PTS errors


A statmux pool of PPQ MFP services can reach a state with a permanent undershoot and/or bitrate drops.

Conditions One of the statmuxed services has very frequent VBV underflows and/or PTS/PCR errors.


Remove the service with VBV underflows and/or PTS errors from the pool.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCuq69924 Transrating problem alarm is not cleared when input has no

errors


The "Transrating problem" alarm is raised and does not get cleared

even when the input signal has no more errors.

Conditions When the input service is not present in the PAT anymore or the

output service/TS is set to stop streaming at the moment the

"Transrating problem" alarm is active.

Workaround for

previous versions

Regroom the service or reboot the device.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuq90276 Cannot set RateMode to Statmuxed for MFP statmuxed svc


In the Output Service Rate Control page, the Rate Mode cannot be

changed from Rate Limited to Statmuxed for a service in an MFP

Multi SPTS rate control group.

Conditions None.

Workaround for

previous versions

The same setting can be modified in the Output Port Rate Control

Detail page.

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCul55319 invalid video format detected for 720p60 input


The JP2K decoder can detect an invalid video format for a 720p60 input signal.

Conditions When the format of the input signal changes to 720p60.


Toggle the format of the input signal again or reboot the IP adapter board.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM







Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





Enhancements


ID Description

CSCuq55420 Statmux MPEG-2 NTSC 3:2 Pulldown Inversion is now supported..

Symptom Statmux MPEG-2 NTSC 3:2 Pulldown Inversion is now supported.


When D9036 R2.2 MPEG-2 NTSC Pulldown Inversion is used. If this is used with versions prior to V14.10.2, 3:2 Pulldown Inversion on the D9036 R2.2 will be disabled.


IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCuq44592 SDI output stops after channel reconfiguration


SDI output stops.

Conditions SDI output stops after channel reconfiguration, typically occurrence is higher when reconfiguration is done via VSM.


Re-apply the configuration.

CSCuq44600 Adjacent channels are interrupted when reconfiguring a channel


When a channel is reconfigured (e.g. input removed and applied), this channel and adjacent channels are disturbed.

The issue is seen as short repeating scenes or black pictures.

Conditions Encoder with SDI source having pictures generating high JP2K bandwidth.

Continuously switching input.


Increase outgoing TS rate.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq58715 Reduced Chroma PQ in IP Video Gateway


When processing video feeds with high chroma complexity, the output of the IP Video Gateway Decoder might show unacceptable Picture Quality. The amount of bandwidth assigned to the chroma component after compression is too low.

Conditions When the IP Video Encoder receives an SDI feed with high chroma complexity.


By default, the IP Video Gateway assigns 15% of the bandwidth available for Video to the chroma components. Due to this problem, only half of the actual bandwidth is granted to these chroma components.

One can overcome this issue by changing the chroma weight in the GUI to 30% for that channel.

Note that this will solve the Chroma bandwidth issue, but will have a negative effect on the bandwidth assigned to the luma (15% reduction). To overcome the latter, the channel bandwidth can be increased (with 15%).

CSCuq58997 Redundancy loss can disable output


An RTP input is shown as striked through in the GUI. If this RTP input is passed to an output, the output has an alarm active: "Service Loss at Output", and this output is disabled.

Conditions Hitless merge is enabled and there is a redundancy loss. The input is re-configured while the redundancy loss is active.


Reboot the device.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuq30834 Processing on an engine interrupted when closed caption processing


All processing on a single engine is interrupted for a short time (about 30s).

Conditions When Closed Captions are processed by the engine this can happen at random times (observed engine restart once in a few days).


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuq34949 PTS-STC of pass-through PIDs on MFP can be incorrect


PTS-STC offset of a non-processed PID on the MFP board can be incorrect in some specific cases.

Conditions Using a mix of Splice and regular transprocess engines on a single MFP board with multiple reconfiguration actions being done (+192), or right after reboot for one single service.


Reboot the DCM and delete and reconfigure the possibly remaining affected service.


ID Description

CSCuq56732 MFP Premium PQ statmux pool rate incorrect


During normal operation or after configuration changes on services taking part in a premium PQ statmux, the pool rate is no longer respected and either a lot of bits are wasted OR the pool rate is overshot, resulting in packet loss.

Conditions This can occur during normal operation (when no user intervention is done) or when the operator modifies settings of services that take part in a premium PQ statmux pool.


Reboot of the chassis is required.

CSCuq56753 MFP PPQ engines continuously report video input loss


Services that are transcoded using MFP engines in premium PQ mode, continuously report "Video Input Loss", even when the input is not lost.

Conditions Normal operation. The problem typically occurs after a few hours of runtime.


Reboot of the chassis.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCuq04531 Service interruption on co-processor in AVC mode


All streams passing an IO card with a co-processor are

continuously interrupted for a short time.

Conditions When the co-processor card is configured in AVC mode and one

of the incoming stream that are processed by the co-processor is

not compliant against the DVB or ATSC specification. The frame

rate flags in the VUI timing information does not contain the

predefined values as reported in the standards.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use compliant input streams.




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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 14.10.1: Statistical Multiplexing of PPQ Transcoders Statmux of Premium Picture Quality Transcoders is supported. Limitations:

No support for Mix mode meaning all streams in a pool have to be HD or SD and AVC or MPEG-2.

Combination of stream processed by High Density MFP and PPQ MFP cannot be combined in the same pool


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Enhancements

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCup96380 Limited settings export/import when not logged on as an administrator.

Symptom From V14.10.00 onwards you need to be an administrator to export or import settings.

In V14.10.01 you can now export settings as a user, but the security settings are not included in the exported settings. You need to be an administrator to import the settings.


The settings import and export are more restricted to comply with Cisco security guidelines.

When importing the user imported settings file (without security settings), the password policy settings and https setting will be reset to the highest security level (enforcing all password constraints and enforcing https). To avoid this reset, you can mark the exclude security settings check box at import time.



ID Description

CSCup80334 Field polarity error after splicing between frame / field coded

streams.


Incorrect syntax at the output of the AVC Splicer on co-processor

board. The Picture Order Count (POC) of the entry point after a

splice is not correct.

Conditions When Splicing between AVC streams on a co-processor board in

AVC mode, where the main feed is frame coded (progressive)

while the ad is field or PAFF coded.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuq03001 Dropped 608B CC data when source violates CEA-708-D spec


When the input source violates the above criteria, the MFP could potentially drop CC data in its output.

Conditions When the input source violates the CEA-708-D spec criteria of:

- For video sequences with progressive_sequence==0 for pictures with top_field_first==0, cc_type 00, shall precede cc_type 01.

- For video sequences with progressive_sequence==0 for pictures with top_field_first==1, cc_type 01, shall precede cc_type 00.


Ensure the input source does not violate the CEA-708-D spec.

CSCup87535 608 closed caption data is not correct processed in MultiRes mode


The 608 closed caption data is missing at the output of the MFP.

Conditions The input stream contains a 708 CC container containing 608 caption data together with stuffed (invalid) 608 caption data. These stuffing bytes are not allowed and should be 708 caption data.


Update the input stream such that no more then 4 bytes of 608 CC data is available in a 708 container.

CSCup77743 Logo settings are not applied after changing resource mode twice


Logo settings are not re-applied after the engine is processing the incoming data.

Conditions When changing resource mode twice in short period of time (a few seconds) and logo settings are applied right after the second resource mode change.


Re-apply the logo settings by stopping and starting the logo from the GUI.

CSCup87181 Input video framerate of 24 fps not correctly displayed in input status


The frame rate status is incorrectly indicated as 0 fps.

Conditions When the input video has a frame rate of 24fps.


None.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 14.10.0: 10GE The 10GE board can now also be used in a mode where the interfaces on the bottom card are used as bi-directional interfaces instead of having input interfaces on the bottom card and output interfaces on the top card. Disable component sharing between services: Components having the same PID can be shared between multiple services of an output MPTS. For certain reasons, for instance, if these components must be scrambled separately and independent from each other, it can be useful to duplicate these components. MFP

Static Logo Insertion:

Insert up to 3 static logos in an MPEG2 or AVC encoded stream.

Logos can be inserted on linear transcoding services on SD or HD engine unit. It can be combined with statmux or PIP.

Logo input format is PNG or TGA

LPI splicing mode is now supported (including Data PID Splicing)

Inverse Telecine can now be enabled in transcoding or splicing mode – detected telecine patterns are removed and replaced by flags in the MPEG-2 or H.264 syntax (CSCuo62542).

DVB Subtitle Burn-In: Support subtitle burn-in on linear transcoded services on SD or HD engines for subtitle streams as specified in ETSI EN 300 743. Up to 2 SD, or 1 HD services can be processed in combination with subtitle burn-in per engine.

Premium Picture Quality: The Premium Picture Quality Transcode algorithm can only be used on an MFP Card with “MFP Video DSP Boot (1234)” software V01.06 or later and that is installed into a D9902 housing.

AVC encode is now possible.

Manual mode to configure rescaling, including HD to SD conversion.

Statistical Multiplexing of PPQ Transcoders Statmux of Premium Picture Quality Transcoders is supported for demo or testing purposes. Some issues might surface during usage. Scrambling PowerKEY scrambling is now supported (Netcrypt replacement).


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Web GUI

Importing and Exporting Settings:

The DCM now facilitates the storage of several configuration settings files on the device itself. The settings can now be imported to the device from the settings inventory or from the local system. The device settings can be exported to the inventory or to the local system. In addition to having settings in the inventory it is advised to keep an offline backup of the settings.

Delete Confirmation on Single Click Delete

Few entries in table (indicated by red cross delete icon) can be removed by a single mouse click. The DCM GUI is enhanced to avoid the accidental deletion of such entries by an additional confirmation before the action is executed. This setting is configurable via the Display Options.

Clean up of maintenance mode

The indication of DCM running in maintenance mode is now enhanced to revert the maintenance mode conditions (e.g. DCM is in service mode or the debug ports are enabled or the DCM is running unofficial software or debug files are installed on the device) from the GUI by clicking the icon in the GUI header and clicking the corresponding condition in the dialog.

Show 8-VSB locked state on statistics page

An additional locked state is added on the 8-VSB statistics page to indicate if the DCM is locked to the incoming signal or not.

Extended action logging

The user can enable the extended action logging on the traces page which will facilitate the action log to have additional details for each non-get IDL calls. Also the TS references are translated into the user understandable IP:UDP combination.

Access Debug WS from gui

The debug pages are now accessible from within the DCM gui. For safety reasons, only users with administrator privileges can enable the debug ports.

Bulk configuration support for SI playout rates

The DCM GUI is enhanced to update the Standard Output and SI playout settings for a set of selected transport streams.

Bulk configuration support for output port RIP

Bulk configuration support is added to update the RIP settings for a set of selected transport streams on the port level.

Enable Bitrates support on main service of ABR

New support is added to display the bitrates of main service of ABR. User can see the bitrate details for main service as well as all the profiles.

Top ref string is clickable for the MFP settings pages

The top reference string for the settings pages on the MFP cards is now clickable. It facilitates user in navigating to the settings from different MFP cards running in the same mode (High density or PPQ), without having to return to the tree view.


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Update in Manuals - Configuration Guide

The configuration guide is now available to view or download as an online help instead of pdf format.

Behaviour change MFP Audio Leveling The maximum number of channels where audio leveling can be enabled is limited to 60.


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Enhancements

Platform

ID Description

CSCup39659 Alarms are logged through syslog.

Symptom The DCM now logs alarms via the syslog daemon. They are persisted on the device and will be sent to an external syslog server when this feature is configured. These logs are sent to log facility local2 in CEE format (see http://cee.mitre.org)

Conditions None

CSCuo87526 Don't allow that the log zip is generated multiple times

Symptom Getlog could be started multiple times concurrently, which could interfere with each other and potentially fill up the ramdisk.

Conditions Different users get the logs simultaneously, or one user repeatedly requests the logs without waiting for the result.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuo87500 Max bitrate descriptor also on program level, ES level uses TS rate

Symptom At the moment when a video or audio component is processed on the MFP card and the Max Bitrate descriptor mode is set to Generate, a descriptor is inserted at ES level with the configured ES rate. In the new version, the TS rate of the elementary stream is used where the packetization overhead is taken into account.

It is now also possible to insert this descriptor at program level.

Conditions When a video or audio component is processed on the MFP card and the Max Bitrate descriptor mode is set to Generate.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCun90322 Support for Scrambling Mode Descriptor

Symptom It is now possible to insert a scrambling mode descriptor in the

PMT of a scrambled service

Conditions None


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ID Description

CSCuo67249 Support for enabling/disabling scrambling bit on non-

scrambled packets

Symptom Added ability to enable/disable setting of the scrambling flag in

the transport stream packets for packets which can't be scrambled

due to insufficient data using the CSA algorithm

Conditions None


Transcoder

ID Description

CSCuo78491 Banner in Persian is not displayed correctly using Logo Inserter


The Arabic characters are not correctly displayed while the order seems to be correct. The Arabian text is completely rendered as general UTF-8 codes without taking the contextual forms into account. This makes the text very hard to read.

Conditions Transcoder board is configured in logo insertion mode. The text that has to be rendered is Persian (Arabic).


None.


ID Description

CSCun71135 [AVC DPI] Unexpected interrupt in stream after splice in


After each splice, an interruption of the video is generated because

of a gap in the video stream.

Conditions AVC splicing on the co-processor board

Workaround for

previous versions

Use an older version of the DCM software.


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ID Description

CSCun71144 [AVC DPI] Video interrupted during postblack generation


The video content is interrupt at the end of and ad and shortly

after that.

Conditions When AVC splicing is enabled on the co-processor board and ad

insertion is enabled with postblack configuration on the ad server.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuo56083 [AVC_DPI] Genenrated AVC stream cannot be decoded


The processed H.264/AVC stream cannot be successfully decoded.

Conditions When processing an AVC stream on the co-processor card in AVC mode.


None

CSCuo43291 Splice channel does not recover after input issues


A splice channel does not recover anymore in a clean manner after

issues in the input stream.

Conditions This can happen when a splice was not successfully executed for a

certain reason (e.g., no exit or entry points were found).

Workaround for

previous versions

Execute a successful splice or restart the service.

CSCuo43493 Splice channel has no output content anymore


A splice channel has no output content anymore, glitches can be

observed in the video signal when transrating a service.

Conditions When the combination of a sequence end code, sequence start

code, and picture start code in the same TS packet is present in the

processed stream.

Workaround for

previous versions

Stop/start the affected service.


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ID Description

CSCuo85528 [AVC_DPI] Incorrect byte alignment in picture timing SEI

message


On the H.264/AVC streams generated by the AVC Splicer on the

co-processor board, the SEI messages belonging to the generated

black frames are not compliant. The syntax element

bit_equal_to_one is set to 0 instead of to 1.

Conditions When splicing H.264/AVC streams on the co-processor board and

at the splice point, black frames are inserted.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCup71791 AVC_DPI: Failure when resetting co-processor via GUI


A co-processor reset is not executed and an error is displayed

instead.

Conditions When trying to reset the co-processor when the co-processor is

running in AVC mode.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuo92599 Rounding errors on reported played duration of NTSC ads


The reported duration from the DCM to the ad server is not always correct. The reported duration of the played ad is smaller than inserted length of the ad. The difference is 1/90ms per picture in the played ad.

Conditions AVC splicing on the co-processor board. The main and insertion channel are NTSC services coded at 29.97fps or 59.94fps.


None.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCum20936 Audio is not spliced seamless after a lot of audio transcode reconfig


It is possible that the audio splicing isn't done seamless anymore.

Conditions When audio transcoding was enabled and disabled a lot of times.


Reboot the device.

CSCum62914 Artifacts at splice point between progressive to interlaced switching


Visual artifacts at the splice point and the fields are shifted by 1 field period after the splice.

Conditions Splicing between two progressive video streams of 59.94Hz while the output stream is an SD interlace stream with a frame rate of 29.97Hz


None

CSCun92006 Unnecessary EBP Sync Failure alarm activated


EBP sync failure alarm is activated without sync failures in the

output services.

Conditions Master node (node with the smallest Node ID) contains an audio

encoder in follow input mode

Workaround for

previous versions

Configure the follow input audio encoder on the master node to

encode the stream in the same encoding format and bitrate as the

input. Or disable the ABR synchronization if no audio syncing is

needed over engines / boards / DCMs.

CSCuo36138 Flickering on HD to SD Downconversion


Flickering on HD to SD down-conversion due to black frame

insertions.

Conditions Two HD streams of 1080i @ 29.97fps on the same engine

configured as HD to SD down-conversion and AFD configured

with black bars.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reset the affected engine.


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ID Description

CSCup37215 Input stream is not decoded correctly if delta PTS is out-of-spec


Black frames are inserted if the PTS distance is out-of-spec at the

input.

Conditions The distance between two subsequent PTS timestamps is out-of

spec (>700ms).

Workaround for

previous versions

Reconfigure the encoder such that the generated encoded stream

is within spec.

CSCuo22083 Audio packet loss in transcoded output on MFP


Audio that is transcoded to a high output bit-rate (typ. 400 kbit/s), and for which there is sample rate conversion from 48 kHz to 32 kHz, has a gap of one output frame. This causes a PTS discontinuity of exactly one audio frame. These gaps happen very rarely.

Conditions When Audio is transcoded to a high output bit-rate (typ. 400 kbit/s), and for which there is sample rate conversion from 48 kHz to 32, and on the same MFP board, other services with audio are spliceable (ad insertion enabled).


None

CSCup54177 Closed caption errors for 3/2 pulldown content in ABR mode on MFP


Missing words in the closed captioning data of MFP ABR profiles

Conditions Video sources with 3/2 pull-down sequences.


None.

CSCup28907 Closed Captioning information is dropped at the output of MFP in ABR


At the output of MFP generated ABR profiles, occasional drops on CC information can be noticed.

Conditions When MultiRes / ABR profiles are configured. The severity depends on the number of generated profiles.


None.


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ID Description

CSCup69299 Channel 3/4 Closed Captioning data corrupted on telecined source in ABR


Closed captions on channel 3 and 4 are incomplete

Conditions A MultiRes profile is generated out of a source with closed captions on channel 3 or 4, and the source has telecined sequences.


None.

CSCup73928 cannot disable "Use in SDTa" for an MR profile.


"Use in SDTa" checkbox cannot be disabled

Conditions When changing the setting on a Multi Resolution profile on an MFP board


None.

IGMP

ID Description

CSCup40005 incorrect validation on IGMP source IP


When adding source specific multicast groups on the GbE and 10GE card, the DCM accepts non-unicast addresses in the source filter list.

Conditions None.


Do not use non-unicast addresses in the source filter list of multicast groups. They have no effect and are not tolerated according to the RFC.


ID Description

CSCuo06097 D9036 Statmux can lose pools when changing statmux community address


After changing the statmux community address or port some statmux pools are lost.

Conditions Statmux pools were present before changing the statmux community multicast address and/or multicast udp port.


None, be sure to check the pools after changing the statmux community address and recreate the lost pools manually.


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ID Description

CSCum60907 Backup DCM "algorithm version mismatch" alarm won't go

away


The "algorithm version mismatch" alarm on the backup DCM

won't clear anymore.

Conditions Some boards are configured in D9036 statmux mode. Happens

only when upgrading D9036 and DCM (which causes the alarm in

the first place).

Workaround for

previous versions

Once all DCM and D9036 involved in the D9036 statmux

community are upgraded and compatible, reboot the DCM.

Mux

ID Description

CSCun25153 Output TS/service alarms not triggered in single port auto-

enable mode


Output TS/service alarms are not triggered when expected.

Conditions When the output port is set to the single port auto-enabled mode

(“Port x Auto Enabled”) and the device is the inactive device in a

device backup setup.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCun65545 IPS_OutSvcGetPIDsL returns incorrect audio type in language

descriptor


IDL calls IPS_OutSvcGetPIDsL, IPS_OutSvcGetPIDsL_V2 and

IPS_OutSvcGetPIDsL_V3 always return audio_type 0 in the

language descriptor of the ES settings.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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ID Description

CSCup04092 ES ECM PID bitrate becomes zero at output


ES ECM PID bitrate becomes zero at output.

Conditions The issue appears when component rules are active on the output

for the parent component of the ES ECM(s) and the parent

component input PID value changes afterwards.

Workaround for

previous versions

Keep the input PIDs that contains the ES ECMs constant. If the

issue occurred, stop and start streaming the output service to get

the ES ECMs streaming again.

CSCup18605 DCM becomes unreachable after upgrade


Access to the DCM GUI is slow or fails with a 'max clients reached'

message. This can also cause the DCM to reboot.

Conditions When the input contains a lot of unreferenced/ghost PIDs and

these PIDs are passed to the output as custom PIDs, this can cause

high CPU load on the output board.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCup36648 Manually inserted PMT descriptors are lost after upgrade


After upgrading from a DCM version V12-10 or earlier, the

manually inserted PMT descriptors are not configured anymore.

Conditions When upgrading from a versions V12-10 or earlier with manually

configured PMT descriptors.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCug36713 TS Out Loss not triggered as expected

Symptom This error was found in version all versions

TS Out Loss not triggered and as a consequence TS AutoStreaming

not working properly

Conditions When an input service, with the service loss alarm active, is passed

to an output GbE port to create a new SPTS.

Workaround for

previous versions

Disable all Input Service Loss triggers and then enable them again

Further Problem Description:


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ID Description

CSCup59545 EIT bitrate drops to zero on an output stream


EIT bitrate drops to zero on an output stream

Conditions When an output services on a board with a co-processor card is stopped streaming, there is a small chance that the EIT bitrate drops to zero although other output services in the stream should still be streaming EITs.


Start streaming the particular service again or else remove the output service completely from the output stream.


ID Description

CSCun85992 MFP PPQ Service could be set to "Pass Through (Auto)" in

statmux group


If a service on a MFP board in Premium PQ mode is member of a

statmux group, then the user interface allows you to set the mode

to "Pass Through (Auto)" implying the service can be measured

and taken into account in the pool. This is however not possible

and only the mode "Pass Through (Manual)" is supported.

Conditions When a service on MFP board in PPQ mode is member of a

statmux group.

Workaround for

previous versions

Configure the services in "Pass Through (Manual)" mode and

compensate manually for the bitrate in the overhead.

CSCup64602 MFP Statmuxed video/audio components have zero bitrate on

output


MFP Statmuxed video/audio components have zero bitrate on

output after TS backup or Service backup has occurred.

Conditions When MFP Statmuxing is done for a number of output services

and during that time a TS backup switch occurs of one of the

services in the MFP Statmux group, then there is a small chance

that one or more components of that service may have zero bitrate.

Workaround for

previous versions

Stop and start streaming the service again.


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ID Description

CSCup69219 DCM reboots while doing MFP Statmuxing and TS backup


DCM reboots while doing MFP Statmuxing and TS backup.

Conditions There is a small chance that the DCM will reboot when MFP

Statmuxing is being configured and during that time a TS backup

switch occurs of one of the services in the MFP Statmux group.

Workaround for

previous versions

None except completely disabling TS backup and / or Service

backup for the statmuxed MFP services.

10GE

ID Description

CSCup34717 Static Routes on a 10GE input board not restored after reboot


Static routes are not restored on the 10GE input board after a

reboot.

Conditions When a 10GE board is set to half duplex, static routes are not

restored after reboot.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCuo85433 Actial IP gateway is different from the one disaplyed in the GUI


The reported management ip settings in the GUI may show a

different gateway than the actual gateway.

Conditions This can happen hen the IP settings are reconfigured otherwise

than through the IDL or GUI.

Workaround for

previous versions

Re-apply correct ip settings through the application (via IDL call

or GUI).


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Platform

ID Description

CSCuo18897 remote logging settings are not applied after settings import


After a reboot following a settings import, the updated remote logging settings aren't applied sometimes.

Conditions Import settings that include remote logging different from the current ones. When the import causes a reboot, it sometimes may happen that the new remote logging settings aren't active.


A warm reboot will likely clear the issue, since it only occurs sporadically. Alternatively, manually disable and re-enable the remote logging.

CSCup15349 Device reboots when joining multiple multicast groups


When joining multicast groups on a 10GE input card, the card becomes unresponsive and the DCM reboots after 5 minutes.

Conditions The 10GE input card has joined multiple multicast groups and new groups are being added.


The device recovers after self-initiated reboot.

CSCup61236 Trace page can sometimes not be opened


Sometimes the traces page can't be opened.

Conditions Randomly, the traces page in the GUI can't be opened


The getlog tool will still work to retrieve the log files. Enabling remote logging (and disabling afterwards if desired, as long as settings for it exist) should prevent the problem from occurring. A reboot may fix the problem.


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Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuj64208 License dependent settings are not accessible after installing a

license


After installing a new license file to enable access to settings that

require a license the settings are still not accessible. When you go

to the license page the license keys are indicated as installed.

Conditions After installing the new license file the user pressed the browser

reload button to verify the new keys are installed. The user did not

press the reload button on the license page itself.

Workaround for

previous versions

Press the reload button on the license page itself.

CSCul84215 Target Filter tables cropped in IE10


Source and Target tables on the muxing page might be cropped on

IE10.

Conditions This happens if the source or the target tables are particularly

large.

Workaround for

previous versions

Load the source or the Target content again using the Board-Port

filter controls present on the page.

CSCun32828 Context menu actions don't work on IE11 on Win8.1


Context menu actions in the tree view don't work on IE11 on

Win8.1

Conditions When using IE11 on a windows 8.1

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCun76501 GbE Hitless Merge Unicast - validation error


Incorrect validation error indicating that the IP is already in use is

reported.

Conditions Navigate to the TS Destination tab Edit a row that has Destination

overrule enabled(Do not change any setting), and click on apply

Workaround for

previous versions

Reload the page and edit only the rows for which the destination

overrule needs to be configured.


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ID Description

CSCun81333 Unable to apply overruled dest. IP for more than one TS in a

single step


Incorrect error message indicating that IP:UDP is already in use is

shown.

Conditions If a TS is present with IP:UDP as an overrule and a new TS is being

configured for the same IP but different UDP.

Workaround for

previous versions

Configure the IP:UDP first and then configure the destination

overrule.

CSCun84151 MFP Audio - load indication shows old value after closing the

overlay


Load indication shows old value after closing the overlay

Conditions When True Peak and Measure True Peak value changed in the

overlay

Workaround for

previous versions

Reload the page.

CSCuo01698 error when changing TS IP and enabling alternate destination

together


Protocol mismatch error is shown.

Conditions For a multicast TS change the IP address to unicast and enable

destination overrule with a valid unicast address and apply the

change.

Workaround for

previous versions

Change the multicast IP to unicast first and apply the change.

Enable destination overrule and apply.

CSCuo21324 No upgrade feedback if the file upload takes longer than 1 hour


If you want to upgrade the software via the gui and the file upload

takes longer than 1 hour the upgrade progress feedback is not

displayed in the gui.

Conditions Slow connection between the client PC and the DCM.

Workaround for

previous versions

The actual upgrade still works but there is no feedback on the

progress. Wait until the device reboots after the upgrade was

completed and login to the device again. Check the version.


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ID Description

CSCuo21598 [MFP] Truncated frame rate shown in mfp overview and mfp

video page


Truncated frame rate shown on the mfp overview details overlay,

MFP Video -> Processing tab

Conditions For decode settings: - if the frame rate is 29.97 fps or 59.94 fps. For

encode settings: - if the resolution is set to follow input.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuo38203 [MFP] Unable to transcode second video PID when codecs are

same.


Unrelated settings are shown when the Transcode is enabled and

tracktype is changed to PID for the second video pid

Conditions If the service with 2 video PIDs with same codec and processing

needs to be enabled on the 2nd video PID

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuo40471 csv exported settings are missing the info header


When exporting settings to a csv file (routings, igmp, TS backup)

the exported file does not explain what values can be entered.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuo43822 TS bitrates not updated in bitrates popup


TS bitrates and TS Component bitrates are not auto refreshed

Conditions When clicking the TS bitrates popup from the tree

Workaround for

previous versions

Reopen the popup.


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ID Description

CSCuo51593 Delete merged component: no GUI update


In the GUI, when deleting a merged compoment in 'Advanced

Routing' view of a service, no complete screen-refresh is

performed. As a result of this, some information stays visible on

the GUI, which is already deleted on the DCM.

Conditions The sympthon is observed when deleting a single merged

component

Workaround for

previous versions

Press the Reload-button.

CSCuo72452

[MFP]Service settings for DPI,PIP not accessible after license

update


MFP DPI, MFP PIP service settings not accessible after license is

installed

Conditions For a DCM where MFP PIP or DPI is enabled for the first time.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the device.

CSCup20689 Overlay doesn't show proper controls for DVB-S2


CAM and BISS are not shown as part of input port for DVB-S2

card in 'Generic input Selection' overlay

Conditions On a device with a DVB-S2 card.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCup42194 No delete confirmation on the IGMP settings page


On the IGMP settings page you can remove a join by clicking the x

in front of the row. This is a single click action. There is no request

to confirm the delete. There is a risk of accidentally removing the

join. As a solution there is now a settings to enable a confirmation

request for all single click delete actions. This option is enabled by

default.

Conditions None.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuo56985 Macroblocking on Philips set-top box when streamed from MFP board


When an MPEG-2 stream is processed by an MFP board the – MPEG-2 standard compliant - output stream is causing random macro blocking on a specific Philips set-top box type (other stb types are not affected).

Conditions When processing an MPEG-2 stream, the quantization matrices are updated on-the-fly in the headers of the bitstream stream. The granularity of these updates is picture level. Some set-top boxes do not handle these updates in a correct manner.


None

CSCuo90594 ABR audio streams are not synced


ABR audio streams are not synced.

Conditions When audio streams are configured to be synced in an ABR setup and the audio PIDs are remapped to a different PID value on the MFP card.


Remap the PIDs on the output board.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Mux

ID Description

CSCuo88377 GbE I/O port in auto-enable mode: not streaming after reboot


After a warm reboot, the output port line rate of a GbE or 10GE port is 0 Mbps, output streams are not streaming although the port status is ‘Enabled’ (port is not greyed out) and the device is active.

Conditions When the port is set to “Auto Enabled” mode and the device is in standalone mode.


Set Output streaming to "Auto" and Port Mode (Enable) to "Enabled".

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCuo94861 Descrambling (scrambling action) setting not restored after

upgrade


Scrambling action (scrambling/descrambling) is not restored

correctly after upgrade.

Conditions After upgrading from version 12.10 or earlier to version 13.10 or

later and descrambling is configured with output TSs available.

Workaround for

previous versions

First upgrade to version 13.0, and then upgrade to the required

version.




Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





Enhancements


ID Description

CSCuo86040 MPEG-2 PAL statmux improved video quality with frame doubling content

Symptom Improved video quality performance in case of frame doubling content.

Conditions When encoding MPEG-2 PAL with frame doubling content, the video quality was poor (blockiness) in some corner cases.


MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuo75733 Deinterlacing artifacts on progressive MR output for interlaced source


Interlacing artifacts may be present in MultiRes output profiles generated on MFP board from an interlaced source.

Conditions When the source content is interlaced SD or sub HD (sub 1080i).


None

CSCuo03992 An invalid resolution alarm is raised when the input stream is 640x720p


An "Invalid Resolution" alarm will be raised when MFP is processing a 640x720p stream.

Conditions The input stream has the following resolution 640x720p.


No work-around necessary, the stream will be processed as configured by the user.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuo09209 Possible video corruption on MFP when using PPQ board mode


In very rare conditions, an MFP board can generate invalid video when the board is used in PPQ mode.

Conditions Depends on MFP hardware tolerance.


None.

CSCuo85618 Preprocessing settings (PPQ only) are not persistent


On an MFP board in PPQ mode, the pre-processing settings are not persistent. If one or more pre-processing settings (MCTF Mode, MCTF Filter Strength and Pre-Deblocking Filter) are changed to a non default value, they will be reset to the default value after reboot.

Conditions After reboot, when one of the PPQ pre-processing settings was set to a non-default value.


Re-apply the custom (non default) pre-processing settings after reboot.

Mux

ID Description

CSCuo42909 UDP loss on GbE port causes short UDP loss alarm on all other ports


All GbE ports get a short UDP loss alarm while there is still UDP trafffic. This can cause unnecessary backup switching (port backup, service backup and TS backup).

Conditions When one of the GbE ports has UDP loss, all other ports report UDP loss for a short time.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCuo12547 AVC SD service doesn't join statmux pool with default rate of 803kbps


AVC SD service will stay in "Running Safe" mode and does not switch to "Running". It will run at an arbitrary default rate lower than the Default Rate assigned and not statmux.

Conditions The channel is configured with Default Rate of 803 kbps.


If possible set the Default Rate to any other value other than 803 kbps, eg. 800, 801, 802 or 804 kbps will work fine.

DRD

ID Description

CSCuo15892 DCM reboot when retrieving xml debug pages on DRD


DCM reboots when retrieving xml debug pages.

Conditions When retrieving xml debug pages (e.g. retrieving logs with debug xml) on a device with a DRD board where a descrambling service is configured and the source service is not yet available.


Do not retrieve debug xml.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuo68157 Scrambling settings not accessible when only descrambling license on DCM


The scrambling settings are not accessible in the gui.

Conditions When you only have a BISS_1_DESCRAMBLING license.


Make sure there is at least one DVB_SCRAMBLING or one

PK_SCRAMBLING license on the device.




Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





New Features

The following new features are included in software version 14.00.0: BAT/SDT Subtable Passing It is now possible to do subtable (auto) passing for SDTa, SDTo and BAT tables next to already existing EITo pf subtable passing. Input transport streams on the 10GE input board, cannot be used for subtable auto passing, they can be used for selective subtable passing. Service Loss Alarm triggered by scrambled PIDs In previous versions it was possible to trigger service loss when any PID of the service was scrambled. Granularity is added, so now it is possible to define for which PIDs a service loss alarm should be triggered if the PID is scrambled. Options are: All PIDs, a list of specific PIDs, or Smart PIDs. MFP

Transcoded audio DPI: It is now possible to splice audio PIDs that are transcoded, the audio components need to have the same input codec and language. In previous software versions, only audio PIDs that were not processed could be spliced.

MFP Premium Picture Quality: The Premium Picture Quality feature has been added to the MFP board, this involves a dual-pass encoding flow and additional preprocessing filters. This produces higher picture quality.

MFP Audio Loudness Control (ALC)

Dejittering Bypass Mode A New Time Base Selection mode is added to DCM GbE and 10GE, to allow bypassing the dejittering on incoming streams. This mode should be used with care, and only under certain circumstances. This mode can only be used in transparent loop trough mode, where no MPEG muxing or any form of MPEG processing is required on the stream, but merely a (re-) encapsulation in IP is required. This mode allows any type of stream to be taken in for that particular use-case. Unlike CBR and VBR dejittering modes, this mode will completely ignore all timing in the MPEG packets and hence send packet from input to output as they arrive. 10GE

CBR Dejittering Mode: Next to VBR Dejittering as Time Base Selection on incoming 10GE streams, the CBR Dejittering is added. This includes the modes ‘CBR – Auto’, ‘CBR – Autoreferenced’ and ‘CBR – Forced’.

EIT support: DVB and ATSC, EIT (and ETT) table support.

Max outgoing SI subtables exceeded: This alarm is raised when the total amount of generated SI subtables on the output of an interface card has exceeded the card's limit.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ESAM

EventSchedule support: ESAM functionality has been extended with support for the EventSchedule construct in the SignalProcessingNotification message. This allows the ESAM Signal Processor (POIS) to ask a transcoder to repeat a certain SCTE-35 message for a specific period of time with a given internal. This is typically used for SignalProcessingNotification messages related to blackout.

ESAM HTTPD Problem alarm: This alarm is triggered when the port, which is configured for out-of-band ESAM, failed to be established.

Web GUI

Output TS Scrambling Settings: New tab added at port level to support bulk configuration to update the TS level scrambling settings for a set of selected transport streams.

configurable size of auto folder: The auto folder size (Number of transport streams under a folder) is now configurable via “Number of Transport Streams in a Folder” under the display settings. The same size is used for showing the number of streams on settings pages as well.

coloring of auto folder: The auto folder is colored red in case it contains a TS in alarm.

Enhancements to export / import settings to csv (xls): The export / import settings to csv (xls) is now enhanced to support the service routings, TS backup configurations and Multicast joins separately. This is supported for ASI, GbE IO and 10GE cards for SPTS and MPTS. Additionally, the support for export / import of settings is added on TS backup page for TS backup configuration and on IGMP page for Multicast joins configuration.

show SI Subtable Playout Load: Additional support is added to show the number of supported subtables and the corresponding load percentage for that card. This setting is supported for 10GE Out cards only.

Find destinations for TS, Services and PIDs: The find destinations support is extended to locate all the places where a TS, Services or PID is routed in the input, output or processing tree. The result window of find destinations for TS will also show where the input PIDs of that TS are explicitly used on the output or processing tree. The find destination result will also provide the details of how the selected source is routed (e.g. Backup TS, Transparent Loopthrough TS (Main TS), Auto Pass Source TS (Main TS), EMM (Backup TS), Source on Removed card etc). The User can highlight the located destinations or jump to the settings page for that destination using Go to Settings.

Enabling/disabling multicast group joins It is possible to disable or enable a multicast group join without removing the multicast group from the settings. Remote logging By configuring a remote syslog server, the DCM will send all logs that are generated to a log server. IP Gateway It is now possible to add ancillary data to an outgoing stream in a generic manner.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Scrambling It is now possible to choose not to scramble the TS packets with a PES header. Hitless Merge Unicast Hitless Merge streams on separate output port pairs for unicast destinations. This introduces a behavior change, a TS will now report a “Destination IP Unresolved” alarm if one of the ports in a port pair is unresolved and the port is enabled.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Enhancements GbE Card

ID Description

CSCul27448 Reset dejitter buffer if playout gets desynchronised

Symptom PCR jitter at the output of the DCM of a stream passed from the GbE input

Conditions Large load with switching streams (alive-off air) at the same time

Mux

ID Description

CSCum20115 Service Loss by Scrambled PID

Symptom New service loss trigger that allows the user to trigger a service loss in case one or more PIDs are scrambled. The user can configure the mode for the PIDs to take into account (All, Smart or list).

Conditions None

CSCum62865 Add mode to bypass the dejittering

Symptom A new Time Base Selection Mode is added which bypasses all dejitter settings and forces the dejittering to take into account only the timings of the IP packets.

Conditions None

Platform

ID Description

CSCum20057 Remote logging support (rsyslog)

Symptom The DCM can be now be configured to log to a remote log server.

Conditions

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCuj99299 Support passing any type of ANC data when using JPEG2k.

Symptom It is now possible to pass ancillary data in a generic manner by entering the DID, SDID and associated bitrate of the ancillary data in the GUI

Conditions None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud64341 Realtime audio levelling on DCM MFP

Symptom The loudness of a transcoded audio stream can be leveled to a selectable target level.

Conditions Audio is transcoded

CSCuj14680 Support ABR audio syncing for mixed configurations

Symptom Two or more different audio streams that have different audio configurations (PID, audio format, sample rate) on multiple MFP boards on different DCMs can now added to the same ABR sync group without affecting the audio. In prior versions this resulted in alarms and glitches in the audio stream.

Conditions Multiple audio streams in ABR mode are configured to be synced with each other on different MFP boards. The audio settings are different on each MFP board.

CSCuo75761 PTS errors in MultiRes profiles generated from telecined 720p source


PTS errors in 29.97 Hz (or lower frame rates) MultiRes profiles generated on an MFP board from a 720p59.94 source stream.

Conditions The issue can occur when frame-rate reduction is applied on a progressive source with a frame-rate of 59,94 Hz (720p@59,94). The PTS/DTS deviations can only occur in case the source stream has a double or triple PTS spacing compared to the regular frame-rate PTS spacing as a result of telecining established by the TFF/RFF flags (for MPEG-2 sources) or the PictureStruct in the Timing SEI (for AVC sources).


None

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCul35039 Transparent Loopthrough TS settings page now has top ref navigation

Symptom From the settings page of a transparently passed TS it is now possible to navigate to the settings of other transparently passed TSs within the same port using the Page Identification String.

Conditions None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCul72011 It is now possible to do a forced delete of an input TS/Service

Symptom An input transport stream or input service in the DCM GUI Tree view that is shown as not present and that is not used anymore (i.e. not passed to another board and no specific settings configured) can now be deleted.

Conditions When a settings file was imported into the DCM from a DCM that had more cards or the output card where services or components were passed to, is extracted from the DCM without inserting it back.



ID Description

CSCum82413 Short ads (5-10s) can cause that the next ad fails


When short ads (5-10s) are scheduled and the splice request for the next ad is early (5-10s before the splice in of the next ad) then the DCM will splice back to the main service before splicing to the next ad.

Conditions This happens if the splice request is sent by the ad server before it received a confirmation that the previous ad has spliced in.


Send the splice request only when the previous ad has been confirmed or configure the ad server to send the splice request closer to the splice in point.

CSCum90895 Corrected error message when a splice fails because of video loss


When the video of the ad is missing during a splice, a "No Insertion Channel Found" (110) error was sent to the ad server. This is changed to "Session Did Not Complete" (122).

Conditions When the video of the ad is missing during a splice.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum57453 co-processor restarts when adding TS to MPTS all service transrate group


co-processor card reboots.

Conditions When adding a TS to a MPTS all service transrate group and this TS has a shared PID on both TS level and service level.


None.

MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCum62900 Splicing from 3/2 pull down to interlaced messes up first picture of ad


First picture of advertisement after splice contains artifacts.

Conditions Splicing from an SD interlaced stream of 23.98Hz to an HD interlaced stream of 29.97Hz. The output stream in configured as an HD progressive stream of 29.97Hz.


None.

CSCum80320 Inconsistent audio PTS in case of input error during PMT change


The Audio PTS has incorrect PTS-STC on a service that is set spliceable on an MFP splicing engine.

Conditions In extreme rare situations were there is a PMT change in combination with a input PCR error, this can lead to an incorrect PTS-STC on an audio stream of a service that is set spliceable on an MFP Splicing engine.


The issue disappears automatically on the next PCR input glitch.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




GbE Card

ID Description

CSCul22050 incorrect FEC payload data on output TS after UDP size change


DCM GbE FEC generates incorrect FEC stream payload data for output TS.

Conditions Occurs sporadically on output TS with FEC encoding enabled after UDP size is changed on active output TS.


Possible workarounds:

- If output TS are created using the default TS settings, set the default setting for the UDP size directly to the desired value.

- Do not change the UDP size of the output TS while streaming is active. First stop streaming, then change the UDP size and restart streaming.

- Reboot the DCM.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCun39883 HD to SD downconversion for lowest bitrates are not correct applied


HD to SD downconversion configuration is not applied to the video processing engine. No output bitrate is changed.

Conditions HD to SD downconversion is enabled on an HD engine and the configured bitrate is below the minimum HD bitrate but above the minimum SD bitrate (valid configuration)


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh80767 No transcoded audio output if bitrate too high for an AAC output

Symptom This error was found in version 12.10.0 The output of all audio processing on a single MFP board is interrupted.

Conditions When transcoding audio to AAC (AAC-LC, HeAACv1 or HeAACv2) with the sample rate set to follow input and the bitrate set to a value higher than allowed by the AAC specification for that incoming sample rate. When "follow-input" is set, the GUI does not check this relationship and the user can set a bitrate that is too high for the active sample rate.


Do not use follow-input mode and set the sample rate to a fixed value of 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz. Or set the output bitrate to a value that does not exceed the limits for the sample frequencies expected in the input.

CSCuj35601 MFP audio: AAC dual mono has in LATM header channel configuration 2.0


In transcoded audio output, AAC dual mono audio has in LATM header channel configuration 2.0

Conditions Transcoding dual mono to AAC in LOAS/LATM and the output channel configuration is set to "stereo" or "5.x"


None.

CSCum12797 Audio fragment length not applied correctly.


Audio fragment length is not applied correctly.

Conditions Occurs after several audio configurations (> 192)


Reboot the DCM.

CSCum97511 Output audio bitrate AAC encoding not correct


Output bitrate of audio components transcoded on MFP can be lower than configured.

Conditions When transcoding audio components to AAC with sample rate higher than 32kHz (i.e. NOT follow input), the output bitrate is incorrectly clipped as if the sample rate is 32kHz.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCun04781 Corrupted transcoded output stream for specific incoming MPEG-2 stream


The output stream of the MFP board is corrupted (green images or old pictures) for a certain amount of time.

Conditions The input service is an MPEG-2 service in which a sequence end code is availalbe not followed by an I picture or GOP header. The decoder flushes all internal buffers such that random memory data is used by the encoder.


None

CSCun58640 ABR video sync errors for 720p ATSC sources


Output ABR video profiles are not in sync (PTS with EBP does not match) over different profiles.

Conditions A 720p source with NTSC framerate of 59.97 and PTS/DTS increments of 1501 - 1501 -1502 -1502 iso interleaved PTS increments can cause sync errors in some rare cases.


None

CSCun89714 Encoding resolution set as 'Follow input' is not applied


The configured ‘Follow input’ setting for the encoding resolution is not applied.

Conditions When the encoding resolution of the service was first set to ‘Hor. Scaling’ and is afterwards changed to ‘Follow input’, this configuration does not get applied.



CSCup09734 No output on MultiRes profiles after input horizontal resolution switch


No output bitrate on the video service for a certain amount of time.

Conditions When MultiRes profiles are configured and the input service horizontal resolution switches from 704 or 720 to 528 pixels.


Reset the engine or wait until the engine is reset automatically to recover.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Mux

ID Description

CSCum00514 TS Backup Alarms Incorrect Detail String


TS backup alarm detail string is missing backup TS information.

Conditions When an input TS is backed up with a TS from a different board.


None

CSCum45177 ATSC reserved pid values used by DCM


Although the output standard of an output MPTS on DCM is set to ATSC, the DCM remaps PIDs to a value 32 or higher.

Conditions In a configuration where multiple output MPTS programs use the same PID value which causes the DCM to remap the conflicting PID values. By default DCM will start from PID value 32 when it allocates a new output PID value. However, if the output standard is ATSC, PID values below 48 (0x30) are reserved and should not be used for program elements.


Configure a (default) forbidden PID range which will avoid that DCM auto allocates output PID values in the range 32 to 48.

CSCum97844 PSIP EITs sometimes not updated on output


PSIP EITs are sometimes not up to date on output streams.

Conditions When passing an input service to multiple output streams, it can happen that PSIP EITs are not correctly updated on all the output streams. Typically this happpens when an input service is passed to an output stream on its local IO card and to an output stream on another IO card. When the PSIP EITs are not correctly updated following error is typically logged on the input card :

** ERR-MIN: m_pPsipEitData is Invalid for input service: Board=w, Port=x, Ident=y, SID=z, empty data is sent.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum99548 Toggling UDP loss causes high load


GbE card is under high load, this can cause several symptons :

- The connection with ad server is disrupted or splices fail. - Web GUI is slow or unresponsive

Conditions When there are a lot of input services pre-configured on the input and the no input content is not present on that port. If UDP loss is a trigger for TS loss or Service loss, this can cause a high load when the input only receives a UDP packet a few times per second (e.g. only a PAT is received on one of the input TSs every 500 ms).


Disable UDP loss as trigger for service loss and TS loss.

CSCun07744 Input Ad stream cannot be deleted anymore


Ad insertion input streams are shown as present in the DCM input tree view and cannot be deleted anymore although the Ad input stream is no longer present on the DCM input.

Conditions Ad Insertion (SCTE-30/35 splicing) is enabled on an output service. The issue will occur if the Ad stream was not present at the moment of splicing causing the splice to be failed (no video tail).


Reboot the DCM to get rid of the stale input stream.

CSCun86280 DCM reboots after VCT update


In rare occasions there is a possibility that a DCM reboots when a service, containing a VCT table, is passed to an output board.

Conditions None


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




10GE

ID Description

CSCul10364 Dejitter resets can occur when stream becomes active


Extra glitch seen at the output when a stream is applied to the input 10GE card, shortly after startup.

Conditions When a stream that is routed to the output becomes active, shortly after startup.

Workaround None

Platform

ID Description

CSCuj17406 NIC teaming: no gratuitious ARP sent on switchover

Symptom


The D9900/D9901 does not send a gratuitious ARP when performing link failover in NIC teaming mode.

Conditions None


None

CSCuj32791 Default "Device Backup Settings" not matching default unit behaviour


When enabling 1:1 Backup without modifying the Main to Backup delay, an error is displayed in the GUI.

Conditions None.


Update the Main to Backup delay to the acceptable range (1-60).

CSCuj35579 Configuring "Output Virtual Slot Overload" as trigger for DOF fails


Selecting the "Output Virtual Slot Overload" alarm as trigger for the "Device Not Operational" alarm returns a failure and clears the "Device Not Operational" triggers of other alarms.

Conditions Selecting "Output Virtual Slot Overload" alarm as trigger for "Device Not Operational" alarm


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCul93929 Lingering files fill up log storage


Missing logs, disk full errors in logfiles.

Conditions It is believed that a setup where there is a high amount of logging is more vulnerable to this issue.


Manually cleanup these files.

CSCum12161 Main and backup DCM streaming simultaneously

Symptom This error was found in version 11.10.0 After a reboot, the main and backup DCM (in a Device Backup setup with heartbeat control) can stream simultaneously for a short time.

Conditions The backup DCM is active and streaming. The main DCM reboots and its Power Up Activation mode is set to Active. Main and backup DCM are communicating via the heartbeat link.


Configure the main DCM Power up activation mode to 'Inactive'.

CSCum92889 web certificate regenerated unnecessarily


Chassis reboot takes a few seconds longer than needed. A different web certificate is presented to the browser every time the device reboots.

Conditions An IPv6 address is configured on one of the management ports.


None

CSCun70252 MFP and DGIO-10 cards boot slower than expected.


MFP and DGIO-10 cards boot slower than expected.

Conditions None


None.

CSCun89165 xml logs are incomplete


Not all XML debug pages are retrieved from the device.

Conditions A device with one or more MFP cards.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCty51250 Disabling SDI or ASI input port does not stop streaming


When disabling an SDI or ASI input port, the streaming is not stopped.

Conditions When disabling an SDI or ASI input port.


None.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCum53336 Disabling Hitless merge over separate ports doesn't release FEC licenses


Disabling hitless merge mode when the default hitless merge setting is set to enabled, doesn't clean up the FEC licenses and makes the FEC inoperable for the input streams.

Conditions Disable hitless merge when the DCM is in Hitless merge mode with Hitless merge default setting set to “enabled same ip/udp” and there is a Gbe input stream following hitless merge default setting which is not routed to an output.


Toggle the TS specific FEC mode to "disabled" and then back to "board default" or set the default hitless merge setting to "disabled" before switching off hitless merge or reboot the DCM.

CSCum60470 FEC license alarm in Hitless Merge mode triggers incorrect FEC setting


Triggering FEC license alarm for an input stream will set the FEC mode and hitless merge mode to incorrect fall back values.

Conditions When the DCM is in Hitless Merge mode, default hitless merge mode is "enabled, same IP/UDP" and there are as much input streams as there are FEC licenses available on the device. Receiving one more input stream will trigger a FEC license error for that stream. This will set the TS specific FEC mode to disabled, and the TS specific Hitless merge mode to FollowBoardDefault. This means that even when the FEC license alarm is resolved, the TS will have Hitless Merge enabled, even though it should be disabled. Also the stream cannot be automatically deleted when the stream is lost because it will still have the setting.


Reboot, or switch Hitless Merge board setting on and off.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Web GUI

ID Description

CSCum54985 Go to settings for find destinations jumps to wrong page for LPI and ETV


In case an input service is used as late bind EBIF source or as LPI source the "Go to Settings" action in the results window does not go to the ETV settings page or DPI settings page but to the Routing page.

Conditions None


None

CSCuh14906 Service overview page looks jumbled after upgrade.


Service overview page either looks jumbled or some information for nodes is not loaded after upgrade is done through the GUI.

Conditions When upgrading the DCM through the GUI.


Refresh the page once the DCM is completely up and running.

CSCui91083 Incorrect form submission (or) Web server error.


Incorrect form submission (or) Web server error after pressing “enter” key.

Conditions On any page with paging control: - Change the number in the "display" field of the paging control - Press "enter" key.


Click on the "Refresh" icon just beside the display text box.

CSCuj12031 IPGW 'Submission failure' after enabling FEC and disabling Hitless Merge


Submission failure error when enabling FEC and disabling hitless merge.

Conditions When changing FEC to enabled and Hitless merge to disabled in a single action (i.e. the ‘apply’ button is only pressed after both changes).


First disable Hitless merge and apply the change, and then enable FEC and apply the change.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCul90257 MFP Audio Setting Apply Issue


Not able to apply any updated values in MFP- Basic Audio Settings.

Conditions If a row has some invalid values and the Encode-Channels column is updated as 'Multi Channel (5.x)' .


If there are any validation errors make sure to update/correct the Encode section also, along with correcting validation errors.

CSCul99636 TS Components page - Unable to add multiple range for PIDs


While adding multiple PID multiplexing Input/Output PID values, some rows are missed and not added to 'TS Component Settings' table.

Conditions None


Add the missed rows manually one at a time.

CSCum08938 Tree reload overlay not shown properly when switching BU TS


Tree reload overlay("Waiting for the tree to reload.") is never cleared.

Conditions In case there is validation error on the switching BU TS overlay on the tree view.


Manually reload the service overview page.

CSCum09212 Webserver error on port mode change along with validation error


Web Server Error when changing the port mode and settings another setting to an invalid value.

Conditions Change the Port mode to "Fixed Individual", set some other setting to have validation error.(Eg: Change Port name to empty) and Apply.


Apply port mode change first and then make other changes.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum09307 Script Error in IE9 for GbE with many services


On a DCM with GbE card and more than 250 services in input and output, script error occurs in Packet Statistics page.

Conditions When using Internet Explorer 9 and the GbE card has more than 250 services in input and output.


Use Mozilla, Chrome or IE10 to view the page.

CSCum20280 Unable to remove items from "SI Tables In Tree" table


When removing entries in “SI Tables In Tree” for SDTo table, web server error is reported for some entries.

Conditions Error reported if a new entry is added. On adding a second entry, first entry can be removed.


Clearing browser cookies will remove the entries in the table.

CSCum67749 Find Destinations on input TS does not find transparent TS on 10GE output


A Transparently passed TS on an output 10GE card is not found when using "Find Destinations" on an input TS.

Conditions None


None

CSCum70477 configuring 10GE input PID as source for transparent SI table fails


Using a PID from 10GE input card as source for transparent SI PID, fails.

Conditions When configuring an input PID from a 10GE card as source for transparently passed SI table.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum87630 MFP user tags with restricted characters are not displayed correctly


When you configure the user tag on an MFP card containing special characters like the greater than sign, you see the escaped value on the MFP settings pages. In the tree view the name is shown correctly.

Conditions User tag with special characters


None

CSCum90065 PID Trigger and PID type combination not applied properly


Incorrect PID Type setting is applied to some services or a Submission failure occurs.

Conditions When a combination of PID Error (or PID Trigger error) and CC Errored Secs is being changed for multiple services.


Enable similar PID Trigger options for multiple services at once and then other PID Trigger options, or edit and apply the settings for individual service.

CSCum93039 Output TS Settings ASI/SFN V2 - Alarms, Autopass settings not applied.


Users can't update the values for AlarmSettings and Auto Pass rules.

Conditions Issue only for ASI SFN V2 card


None

CSCun20482 Port not flagged red (alarm) in tree view when port mirroring enabled


The Port pair icon is not colored red in case of "Port Bandwith Exceeded" alarm. (GbE and 10GE output port pair)

Conditions When port mirroring is enabled and backup mode is set to Manual 1 (or Manual 3).


Right click on port pair and select Status to view the alarms. (or go to Status > Device)


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCun20903 Port bandwidth exceeded alarm not on alarms detail page


The Port Bandwidth Exceeded alarm is not shown in the device detail.

Conditions When selecting the Gbe Port level alarms from the status summary.


Select the Status from the tree view of the GbE Port and we can see the alarm.

CSCun56191 Not all info could be loaded message shown for new TSs


"Not all info could be loaded" message is shown on a newly created TS on 10GE out board.

Conditions This might happen in a configuration where GbE board with Co-Processor or MFP board is present along with the 10GE card.


Manual reload of the tree solves the issue.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Security

ID Description

CSCui88088 [D9902] openssl 0.9.8j vulnerabilities


This product includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2013-0166 CVE-2013-0169 This bug was opened to address the potential impact on this product.



Not currently available.


Additional details about the vulnerabilities listed above can be found at http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cve.html.

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The highest Base and Temporal CVSS scores of all vulnerabilities tracked by this bug as of the time of evaluation are 5.4: https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this score based on information obtained from multiple sources. This includes the CVSS score assigned by the third-party vendor when available. The CVSS score assigned may not reflect the actual impact on the Cisco Product. CVE ID CVE-2013-0166 CVE-2013-0169 have been assigned to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCun23321 NTP Amplification vulnerability on DCM


A vulnerability in Network Time Protocol (NTP) package of Cisco DCM Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to processing of MODE_PRIVATE (Mode 7) NTP control messages which have a large amplification vector. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending Mode 7 control requests to NTP servers and observing responses amplified up to 5500 times in size. An exploit could allow the attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition where the affected NTP server is forced to process and respond with large response data.

Conditions All releases


PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 5/4.8: https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:U/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2013-5211 has been assigned to document this issue. Additional details about the vulnerability described here can be found at: http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5211 Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui92930 [D9902] libxml2 more vulnerabilities


This product includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2011-2821 CVE-2011-2834 CVE-2012-2807 This bug was opened to address the potential impact on this product.





Additional details about the vulnerabilities listed above can be found at http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cve.html.

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The highest Base and Temporal CVSS scores of all vulnerabilities tracked by this bug as of the time of evaluation are 6.8: https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this score based on information obtained from multiple sources. This includes the CVSS score assigned by the third-party vendor when available. The CVSS score assigned may not reflect the actual impact on the Cisco Product. CVE ID CVE-2011-2821 CVE-2011-2834 CVE-2012-2807 have been assigned to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui87404 [D9902] expat 2.0.0 vulnerabilities


Cisco DCM Series D9902 Digital Content Manager contains a version of Expat XML

parser that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and

Exposures (CVE) IDs:

CVE-2012-0876, CVE-2012-1148

This bug was opened to address the potential impact on this product.





Additional details about the vulnerabilities listed above can be found at : http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cve.html

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 5/3.9:

https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this score based on information obtained from multiple sources.

This includes the CVSS score assigned by the third-party vendor when available. The CVSS score assigned may not reflect the actual impact on the Cisco Product.

CVE ID CVE-2012-0876, CVE-2012-1148 have been assigned to document this issue.


http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html




Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





Enhancements

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCun24960 ESAM pre-I01 API version support

Symptom Next to the I01 and I03 versions of the ESAM specification support was added for the pre-IO1 version.

Conditions None


MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCum12735 Audio PTS does not occur after end of Access Unit


Audio PTS does not occur after the end of an access unit

Conditions When transcoding audio.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCun23693 Audio PTS inside the Acess Unit


The audio PTS is inside the access unit (AU).

Conditions Audio is transcoded on the MFP, and the output is a low bit-rate

SPTS with a very low stuffing rate. The output is GbE.

Workaround for

previous versions

Increase the stuffing rate in the output SPTS.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum73006 Scene change detection cannot be activated anymore after fixed

GOP mode


Scene change detection is not active on MFP when using custom,

closed or dynamic GOP mode in some specific cases.

Conditions The engine used to process the service was previously used for a

transcode with Fixed GOP mode. Each action afterward on this

engine will have no active scene and fading detection, even if

another GOP mode is selected.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reset the engine after the new configuration is made if Fixed GOP

mode was ever used on this engine.

Mux

ID Description

CSCun02517 Impossible to remove input or MFP service/TS


In the GUI tree view one can see an input or MFP service or an

input transport stream that can not be deleted anymore although

the service or transport stream has no destinations (are not routed

to any output) anymore or they are no longer present.

Conditions When Subtable passing was configured from an input stream, then

the DCM is rebooted, then remove the Subtable passing setting

and then let the input Gbe stream disappear. The input transport

stream is not deleted and cannot be deleted anymore.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCum93468 SiSubTable passing rules from input on port 1 not restored after

reboot


Manually passed EIT subtables are not physically present on the

output after reboot.

Conditions This only happens in a very specific case where the input TS from

which the subtable was passed arrives on port 1 and has internally

generated TS identification number 0.

Workaround for

previous versions

Manually re-create SI subtable passing rules after reboot.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCum97377 Last three bytes of CW in non-conformance mode not updated


When the CW generation is configured to non-conformance (64 bit

random), only the first five bytes are updated and random. The

last three bytes have a fixed value and are never updated.

Conditions Non-conformance CW generation mode configured.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCun34233 Adding static route fails with "Gateway not in subnet of selected

port"


When adding a static route on the device you sometimes get a

validation message: "Gateway not in subnet of selected port"

Conditions When the management port has both IPv4 and IPv6 configured.

Workaround for

previous versions

Downgrade, configure routes, upgrade.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM







Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





New Features

The following new features are included in software version 13.10.0: Mux TS backup

a new mode “floating mode” is added to TS backup configuration (CSCuh14220)

Three new TS backup related alarms are introduced that apply to all modes (CSCuh70009)

MFP

Transcoded Splicing: Ad insertion on the MFP board now allows that the ad is encoded with a different codec than the main service. AVC and MPEG-2 streams can be mixed this way.

Blanking top lines (CSCui42994): For an incoming video component (decoder) the user can configure up to 4 top lines that will be blanked. This can be used e.g. to suppress NTSC closed caption data encoded in line 21 (vertical blanking intrval).

The incoming video (decoder) component can be configured with a horizontal and vertical “Sharpness”.

A new ABR mode has been added. This allows following ABR configuration:

Input HD or SD

Output:

up to 4 * 128-352 horizontal pixels x 192-576 vertical pixels @ 12.5-25 fps

up to 3 * 96-192 horizontal pixels x 96-192 vertical pixels @ 9.99-30 fps

Non-conformance scrambling Currently the DCM supports the conformance algorithm for generating control words for scrambling according to CSAv2 (48 bit true random control words). In this release the non-conformance scrambling algorithm for generating control words for scrambling will also be supported according to CSAv1 (64 bit true random control words). (CSCud38640) Statistical Multiplex of D9036 Encoders Added support for layer3 networking. 10GbE / DGIO Next to basic functionality, following features are now fully supported:

IP Aliases

Routing, merging, component tracking…

Input (P)SI / PSIP acquisition, Output (P)SI / PSIP processing


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Redundancy (Port Backup, TS Backup, Service Backup)

Alternate sources (non-seamless)

MPTS Passthrough / Loopthrough TS

GUI

Updated Display Settings :

A new option, "Pass the TS Transparently", is added under the "Drop TS on Port: desired action"

Output Service Scrambling Settings:

New page added at port level to support bulk configuration to update the service level scrambling settings for a set of selected services.

Output Port TS Alarm:

New page added at port level to support bulk configuration of Alarm Setting for a set of selected TSs. Also the ‘TS Loss Trigger on Service Loss’ configuration is moved to this page from Output Port RIP page.

Debug GUI indication:

New support is added to show Debug GUI indication in the GUI header in case non official binaries are running on the device.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Enhancements

Splicing

ID Description

CSCuj58175 Report that a splice succeeded if splice back to main was not seamless

Symptom When an advertisement plays out completely, but the splice back to main was not seamless then a splice failure was reported to the ad server. Now this will be reported as successful.

Conditions When an ad plays out completely, but the splice back to main is not seamless because the main video is not correct.

DRD

ID Description

CSCum09595 Configurable CA PMT query

Symptom The CA PMT query can now be configured. In the past this was enabled by default, from this version onwards it is disabled by default and can be enabled from the GUI.

Conditions Some CAMs don’t support the CA PMT query.

CSCum09606 Send TDT to CAM in service mode

Symptom The DCM now generates a TDT for the CAM when passing services to the CAM. This improves compatibility with CAMs that need to receive the time for proper operation.

Conditions This only applies when passing individual services to the CAM, when a complete TS is passed to the CAM the TDT was already passed.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCul24005 insertion of SPLICE_INSERT cue message is now supported for ESAM

Symptom The SPLICE_INSERT cue message command is now supported for insertion on ESAM.

Conditions The reponse from the POIS can now include a SPLICE_INSERT command

CSCul55384 Reset of audio engine via GUI

Symptom The audio engine can now be reset from the GUI.

Conditions None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui61894 Allow all resolutions that are a multiple of 2 for MultiRes profiles

Symptom It is now possible to add MultiRes profiles with resolution that is a multiple of 2 in the past this had to be a multiple of 8.

Conditions None.

CSCul83071 H.264/AVC NAL Unit start code compatibility update

Symptom The Nal Unit Start codes in H.264/AVC have been updated to be

compatible with more set-top boxes. Some set-top boxes had

issues with the Nal Unit Start codes in previous versions.

Conditions When processing video to AVC.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCud78759 Option added to enable debug pages from the GUI

Symptom The debug ports can now be enabled from the embedded user interface.

Conditions When logged on as administrator.

CSCuh63005 search in "All Fields" has been added

Symptom A search in "All Fields" has been added. A default search field can be specified on the Display Settings page.

Conditions None

CSCul73791 Display option to enable/disable the auto folders

Symptom On the GbE card, it is possible to configure whether transport streams should be grouped in folders, in case more than 250 streams are present on a port.

Conditions When there are more than 250 transport streams present on a port of the GbE card.

CSCul79468 Right-click on incoming TS to take capture

Symptom It is now possible to take a capture of an incoming stream by right-clicking the input TS. This will open a popup window with the board selected and the port, IP and UDP of the selected GbE input TS already filled in to start a capture.

Conditions When logged on as administrator.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCul24813 Hitless merge decoder in fall-back has no output


Hitless merge decoder in fall-back has no output. Only the counters for "duplicate" and "out-of-range" packets increment.

Conditions When one of both connections for hitless merge is interrupted.


None. The hitless decoder resumes normal operation when the interrupted link is re-established.

CSCuj96941 Packets are not reordered in FEC "Packet Reordering" mode


Packets are not reordered in FEC "Packet Reordering" mode.

Conditions For an incoming RTP stream, when FEC mode is enabled as "Packet Reordering".


Enable hitless merge with window 10 for the stream requiring packet reordering.

CSCuh56892 Wrong AES TS Out 'Is Routed' bit setting.


The "Is Routed bit" in TS_OutProperty is wrongly updated.

Conditions When enabling and disabling the AES/SDI ports the "Is Routed

bit" in "TS_OutProperty" is updated incorrectly.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuh63218 Incorrect status of service icons on the gui


The service icons on input and output in the GUI are not displaying the correct status.

Conditions None


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuc44506 GbE port filtering : MAC only mode not working


MAC only filter is not working when a unicast stream with a non-matching IP addess is entering the unit, for that stream.

Conditions Static ARP table should be configured at the sender in order to be able to send a stream with a non-matching unicast IP address to the port.


None.

CSCuh31824 Backup service is activated after rebooting IP Adapter


Due to signal instability at startup of the IPGW card it is possible that the SDI signal goes into backup

Conditions When rebooting an IPGW card


None

10 GbE Card

ID Description

CSCuj60362 Initial dejitter buffer level of plant streams is off by >30ms


Streams without PCR can show high varying delay through the dejittering engine. Even buffer reset is possible.

Conditions When receiving multiple streams without PCR.


None.

CSCuj71590 No alarm is raised when the output port bandwidth is exceeded


The port bandwidth exceeded alarm is not raised.

Conditions When the output port bandwidth exceeds the maximum bandwidth supported by the port


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCul24455 Unreferenced pids are not detected for some transport streams


Unreferenced pids are not detected for some transport streams on the 10 GbE (DGIO) input card.

Conditions When unreferenced pids are present on a DGIO input transport stream and there have been more than 511 transport streams detected at the input since the last reboot.


None

CSCul13024 No BW limitation Rx IP stack


CPU of DGIO could get flooded with IP packets for the stack.

Conditions Abnormal high IP stack load


Do not load IP stack above 50Mbit/s.

CSCul04308 CC errors on output TS when using different UDP sizes


Output TS has CC errors.

Conditions When using different UDP sizes for the output TSs combined with higher port output rates, it can happen that CC errors occur in the output TS.


Use the same UDP size (preferably 7) for all output TS.

CSCul10308 Auto-referenced/Forced VBR dejittering not re-applied after buffer reset


Forcing of the PCR PID used for dejittering is not re-applied when streams are reset due to failing dejittering. For MPTS streams or streams with unreferenced PCR PIDs, the dejittering can use other PCR PIDs than required. This can cause instable dejittering.

Conditions When changing buffer levels or time base selection when auto referenced/forced VBR time base selection is used.


Re-apply the setting via GUI by changing the setting of time base selection to another setting and then again reapply the wanted setting.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCul13011 No IP stack operation after startup


IP stack communication (eg pinging) does not work with ethernet ports of the DGIO.

Conditions This rarely happens after startup.


Reboot the DCM.

CSCul13034 No link on ethernet port DGIO after plugging cables


No link on port of 10 GbE card after plugging the cable.

Conditions When the cable is plugged in after startup. This is cable and device dependent.


Reboot dcm while cables are attached.

CSCul62428 SFP+ Compatibility: Some units show BER issues


BER issues noticed on SFP+ links.

Conditions Normal application.


None

CSCum17760 No services are detected at the 10 GBE input


No services are detected at the 10 GBE input.

Conditions After startup, in very rare situations, depending on input services and routing.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCul50407 Exceptional splicer reset and service interruption


The co-processor splicer resets and all services processed by the co-processor card are interrupted for a short time.

Conditions This can occasionally happen when an ad abort message is received from the ad server at the moment the splice is expected to execute.


None.

CSCuh49319 Audio splice between different stream types AAC-ADTS and

AAC-LATM


Ad Insertion on MFP will splice audio type AAC-ADTS with

AAC-LATM while they are different stream types and shouldn’t

splice.

Conditions When the main audio is AAC-ADTS and the advertisement audio

is AAC-LATM, or the other way around.

Workaround for

previous versions

Splices between AAC-ADTS and AAC-LATM shouldn't be

configured.

CSCuj65480 Audio output is bad in ad insertion setup.


The audio output is bad (e.g. contains roaring noise) and remains bad starting shortly after the local ad block. Some audio frames are not complete.

Conditions In an ad insertion setup where the audio bit-rate is high (typically 448 kbit/s) and video GOPs are longer than 1 second, and the commercials arrive late on the DCM.


Reduce video GOP size, reduce the audio bit-rate.

Make sure the ad server is NTP synced with a correct time, so the commercials arrive on time.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCuj76466 B2B ad insertion ad duration too short.


During B2B ad insertion, ads are played out too short (1 or 2 frames) and black-frames are being inserted.

Conditions Standard ad insertion on MFP using an ad server.


None

CSCul66365 Data PID splicing on MFP will cause the splice to fail


A splice will fail if one of the PIDs that has to splice is a data PID.

Conditions When the ad server tries to splice a data PID on the MFP board.


Do not configure the Ad Server to splice data PIDs.

CSCue05493 first audio frames are muted at beginning of ad during splice


In a DPI setup, at the start of an ad, the first audio frames are missing and have been replaced by glue frames.

Conditions In a DPI setup where the first audio frames of the ad has a PTS-STC distance of more than 728 ms.


Reduce the PTS-STC of the audio at the start of the ad.

CSCul62658 Audio mutes for 1 to 2 seconds after a splice


Audio can be muted for up to 2 s after splicing back from ad to main stream.

During the muted audio, the PTS-STC of audio can be heavily wrong.

Conditions On the MFP board, there are different types of audio streams set for splicing or transcoding. The long series of muted frames can happen for audio types with a frame time longer than the other frame time. E.g., it can happen for Dolby audio (frame time 32 ms) if there are also MP1L2 audio streams (frame time 24 ms) configured.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum70832 Audio buzz noticeable on some set-top boxes at a splice point (AC-3 5.1)


Audio buzz noticeable on some set-top boxes at the splice point.

Conditions When transparently splicing a main program and an ad that have AC-3 5.1 audio and where silent/glue frames need to be inserted at the splice point. A transparent audio splice means that there is no audio transcoding.


None

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCul24725 Multires profiles might be corrupt or have no bitrate


Some MultiRes profiles might have corrupt output or no output at all.

Conditions When a configuration of MultiRes profiles uses more than 50% of the resources of a video processing engine.


Drag the input service two times to the video processing engine and distribute the profiles over both slots.

CSCuj70737 Incorrect stream type displayed on the bitrate popup on MFP


When you select Bitrates in the context menu on an ABR profile service or a PIP service the stream type of the video can be incorrect.

Conditions None


Display issue only, not a functional problem.

CSCul37876 MFP staging can get in inconsistent state causing a reboot cycle


DCM with MFP boards who had ABR configured can go into a repeating reboot cycle when reconfigured by Rosa VSM.

Conditions The problem occurs when configuring ABR profiles and something goes wrong eg. insufficient licenses, invalid configuration, ... If in a later stage the ABR is re-provisioned (ROSA VSM) with a linear encoder, the problem occurs.


Remove the physical source from the device, re-apply ABR configuration and connect the physical source again.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuj31057 Audio frames are not aligned sometimes at PES headers with EBP marker


Audio frames are not aligned sometimes at PES headers with EBP marker.

Conditions Only segments and fragments that are inserted by software interaction are affected (all segments and ESAM-fragments) when the frame period of the output audio coding type is longer than that of the input audio coding type.


No workaround.

CSCuj62963 Audio segment PTS 1 tick smaller than the video segment PTS


One of the audio segment EBPs is 1 tick smaller than the corresponding segment EBP in the videostream.

Conditions When using a 44.1kHz audio sample rate, or when there are +/- 1 variations on the PTS step of consecutive frames.


No workaround.

CSCul77551 MFP audio buffer overflow alarm triggered

Symptom This error was found in version 12.10.6 The alarm "audio buffer overflow" is triggered.

Conditions When a high number of services are processed on the MFP board and audio is transcoded.


None.

CSCui79710 PTS errors for MultiRes profile with 23.98Hz framerate from

59.94 source


Irregular PTS increments on a MFP MultiRes profile with output

frame-rate 23.98 Hz in case the source is 59.94 Hz.

Conditions When the output profile set on an MFP engine has a combination

of 29.97 and 23.98 Hz frame-rate profiles.

Workaround for

previous versions

Generate the 23.98 Hz profile on a separate slot of an MFP.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuj22428 Unable to sync audiofragments when inputstream of slave MFP

is delayed


Audio streams will not be synced over different DCMs if the slave

audio service is delayed too much compared to the audio service

of the master.

Conditions When ABR synchronization is enabled between different DCMs

and the difference in arrival time between the audio services on

both DCMs is significant (couple of seconds).

Workaround for

previous versions

The audio services on different DCMs should arrive at

approximately the same time (no delay between the different

services).

CSCul42767 Stopping a channel fails after upgrade


An input loss alarm is reported at the moment a channel has to be

stopped because of an upgrade or re-configuration. The alarm is

triggered because the processing on the video engine has been

stopped.

Conditions Upgrade to 13.0 and reconfiguration after or during the upgrade

of a DCM in a Statmux configuration where the end-to-end delay

differs from default (default is 4.5s).

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCul42926 Heavy macroblocking artifacts on low bitrate MultiRes profiles


Heavy macroblocking on low resolution profiles in MultiRes

configuration coded at a low video bitrate.

Conditions Long duration MulitRes configuration with low resolution profiles

coded at a very low bitrate.

Workaround for

previous versions

Increase the bitrate of the lowest profiles.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCul42945 Incorrect aspect ratio on STBs after HD transcoding from AVC

to MEPG-2


Some set-top boxes are not displaying a transcoded MPEG-2

stream in the correct aspect ratio. The displayed aspect ratio is 4:3

while the input aspect ratio was 16:9. In an MPEG-2 encoded

stream, an HD stream with 16:9 aspect ratio can be coded in two

different ways: Sample Aspect Ratio is equals to square pixels or

Display Aspect Ratio equals to 16:9. The MFP uses the first

approach. However, this approach has issues on legacy set-top

boxes.

Conditions When transcoding a HD service from H.264/AVC to MPEG-2.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCul50320 Memory low alarm reported and possible service interruption


Memory low alarm reported on the MFP card and at some point

all services are interrupted for 20 seconds.

Conditions Continuous reconfiguration actions can trigger the memory low

alarm (e.g. GUI configuration changes or PMT changes in input

stream). When using the MFP engines in DPI mode the memory

low alarm can become active sooner.

Workaround for

previous versions

System recovers automatically.

CSCul68248 Configuring high bitrates in MultiRes configuration fails


Configuration of the highest allowed bitrates for SD in MultiRes

configuration cannot be applied on an SD service. An input loss

alarm is reported which is not a correct representation of the failed

configuration. The GUI accepts the configuration but it is rejected

by the video engine without a notification to the user.

Conditions On an engine in MultiRes configuration where the configured

output profile has an SD resolution together with an HD bitrate.

This combination is allowed in the GUI.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reduce the bitrate of the output profiles.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum11874 Wrong PTS-STC on transcoded audio stream on MFP


The transcoded audio stream is not decodeable. This is caused by

an incorrect PTS-STC offset.

Conditions Mix of DPI and Transcode configurations present or created on the

same board since startup.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the device.

CSCul47381 MFP runs out of audio processing resources


There is an alarm "Out of Audio Processing Resource" on an MFP board. Transcoded audio may be bad.

Conditions When transcoding audio to AAC (any flavor: LC, HEv1, HEv2).


None.

CSCul42810 Output bitrate of all MultiRes profiles on a specific engine drops to 0


The output bitrate of all MultiRes profiles on a specific engine drops to 0. At the same time, an input loss alarms is reported although the input is still okay.

Conditions On a long duration setup with MulitRes configurations.


Reset the engine or change a configuration of a single encoder (e.g. bitrate).

CSCum55212 ABR mode video processing loses video output


The video processing stops resulting in a Video Loss Alarm while there is still input data available.

Conditions When a system with an ABR video processing setup is running for a long time.




Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCum62441 In some cases too many MFP_MULTI_RES_ABR licenses are used


The licenses needed to create a multi-res profile depend on the resolution, frame rate, and bit rate of the profile. In some cases too many MFP_MULTI_RES_ABR licenses are used.

Conditions Depending on the configuration of other multi-res profiles it is possible that too many licenses are used.


None.


ID Description

CSCuj49382 D9036 statmux does not activate after reboot


After reboot, both the "D9036 Statmux Pools" output tree and the

"D9036 Statmux Encoders" processing tree show the red message:

"not all info could be loaded".

Conditions DCM has multiple GBE boards in D9036 statmux mode (thus more

than one). Situation only happens upon reboot. The GBE boards

show up in the configuration page.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the DCM again, as this happens rarely, it should recover.

Mux

ID Description

CSCuh63096 No 'Destination IP Unresolved' alarm for LoopThrough TS


The 'Destination IP Unresolved' alarm is never generated for a

transparent loopthrough transport stream.

Conditions None.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuj44696 Wrong listing of EMMs in case of different CA System ID but

same CA PID


When on an input transport stream multiple EMMs with different

CAS IDs are present on the same pid and one wants to route the

EMM pid to the output, the DCM only adds one descriptor (for

one CAS ID) in the output CAT table instead of multiple

descriptors (one for each CAS ID). The GUI Tree view on input

and output only shows one CAS ID for the EMM pid.

Conditions When the input contains multiple EMMs with different CAS IDs

on the same pid.

Workaround for

previous versions

Pass the EMM pid from input to output and then import the

correct output CAT table using the PSIG interface.

CSCuj85187 MPEG Streamtypes 0x1C till 0x25 shown as MPEG Reserved in GUI


In the DCM GUI, the streamtypes 0x1C till 0x25 are shown as “MPEG Reserved” in the GUI. Since these stream types have been defined by the Standardization commitee in the mean time, the DCM should show the correct strings for these stream types. Among others : 0x24 and 0x25 streamtypes should be shown as "H265 Video".

Conditions One or more services have components with a streamtype between 0x1C and 0x25.


None.

CSCul27290 TS Backup not working as expected with transparent EITs


DVB EIT tables that are set to transparent mode on an output stream and use output pid 18, sometimes remap to another output pid value.

Conditions When TS backup happens on the input stream, the transparent EITs on the output can get remapped to another pid value then what was configured.


Use pid passing (Output TS Components) to pass the EITs transparently to the output instead of using the transparent SI mode on the output EITs.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCul29502 The output service setting "Block CA info" is not persistent


The output service setting "Block CA info" is lost after reboot.

Conditions This only happens if "Block CA info" is enabled (disabled is the default).


Re-enable the setting manually after reboot.

CSCul86456 Multiple service backup switches lead to output routing failure


A large number of service backup switches can lead to loss of some output PIDs.

Conditions When there have been a lot of service backup switches on an IO card.


Reboot the device.

CSCul13294 Content of input PID is not passed to output


In extremely rare situations, there is a possibility that one PID on

the input of a DCM card is not detected. Depending on the type of

PID this can have different consequences.

E.g.: The bitrate of the input PID is not shown. If the input PID is a

PMT, the elementary streams are not present. If the service that

contains this not detected PID is passed to the output, the PID will

not be present at the output.

Conditions On a long time setup where there have been a lot of input changes

over time (e.g. new components, new TSs) this can possibly

happen.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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ID Description

CSCum29829 Low memory alarm reported


Low memory alarm reported on DCM, in the logs the error

message is : "ERR-MIN: Memory is getting low". In Rosa the error

states 'Low memory'

Conditions One or more unicast output streams are present on the DCM and

dynamic arp resolving is done for these streams (no static arp

entries). The error comes back in about 5 days after rebooting the

DCM.

Workaround for

previous versions

Define static arp entries for all the output unicast streams or else

reboot the DCM each time the Low Memory alarm is reported.

Platform

ID Description

CSCuj13750 web certificate doesn't reflect IP address


The web certificate doesn't reflect the latest IP addresses, resulting in certificate errors stating "the certificate was issued for a different address". Inspection of the certificate shows it reflects a previous IP configuration.

Conditions When configuring the IP address of a management port through the console, the webserver doesn't pick up on the changes until it is restarted.


Restarting the webserver will cause it to use the latest certificate. This can be done by: - On the console, disable and then re-enable the GUI Or, more drastically: - Reboot the DCM.

CSCuj38800 Mainboard Link Loss can be configured as DOF trigger without NIC teaming


In case that main board Link Loss alarm is configured to contribute as a trigger towards the “Device Not Operational” alarm with NIC teaming disabled an error will occur and the “Device Not Operational” alarm triggers will no longer be correct.

Conditions When the mainboard Link loss alarm is used as trigger for “Device Not Operational” alarm and NIC teaming is disabled.


Do not configure main board Link Loss to contribute to the Device Not Operational alarm triggers.


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ID Description

CSCul26966 MFP does not allow mode change


MFP card does not allow changing mode.

Conditions When the MFP card contains a specific type of flash chip and the DCM runs an old S/W version that does not support this chip yet.


Contact TAC to apply a workaround.

Transcoding

ID Description

CSCul15819 Transcoded service components have wrong bitrates


Some transcoded service components have wrong bitrates. Typically there will be service level alarms active on those services/pids.

Conditions This issue can occur spontaneously after a very long time since last reboot. Especially when the input of the transcoded services is dynamic.


Reboot the device.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCuh72407 Missing ECMs when simulcrypting


A service is scrambled with 2 CA systems (2 CA descriptors are

present), but there are no ECMs present for one of the CA systems.

Conditions When the stop delay for one CA system exactly equals the CP

duration. NOTE that the used stop delay value might be

recalculated internally (e.g. ECM repetition rate added when equal

to start delay value)

Workaround for

previous versions

Make sure stop delay is less than CP duration.


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ID Description

CSCul17712 RIP advertisement stops and no restart on manual stop of the

streaming


RIP advertisement stops after stop streaming on all TSs.

Conditions When RIP is configured on multicast output with "All Services" as

TS-loss trigger and stop streaming of all TSs on a port pair.

Workaround for

previous versions

Recreate TS or reboot DCM.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuj11984 missing add preconfig service form on the settings tab


On Output Service Settings pages, the option to add preconfigured

services is missing.

Conditions This issue exists only if the service is under any Rate control group

(TR All, TR Selective, MFP All, MFP Selective) and when we go to

the settings for that service by double clicking that output service

on tree view.

Workaround for

previous versions

For services under TR groups: Go to the TS settings by double

clicking the output TS on tree view and then go to the service

menu item, the option to add preconfigured services is present.

For services under MFP groups: No workaround.

CSCuj17012 NIC teaming interface name incorrect for link loss alarm in GUI


When using NIC teaming, the Link Loss alarm on mainboard does

not display the correct name for port.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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ID Description

CSCul62128 MFP DPI settings cannot be accessed after installing the license


The MFP DPI settings tab is not accessible even after installing the

license.

Conditions After installing a license file with MFP DPI licenses, the MFP

Service DPI settings tab is not accessible if the device was not

rebooted in the meantime.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the device.

CSCul77643 Tree Search Layout issue in Internet Explorer when only 1

search result


The scroll bar on the search result table in the Tree Search is not

positioned correctly if there is only 1 search result.

Conditions When using Internet Explorer and there is only 1 search result.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCul81005 Not all info could be loaded for CAM


Not all info of DRD can be loaded in the GUI. There is an error in

loading the CAM EMMs.

Conditions After rebooting the DCM when an EMM was routed to the CAM

and the input was lost.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCul84207 Processing Overlay not cleared after Submission Failure msg


When the "Pass" action fails on the muxing page, the

"Processing..." message stays visible after you click away the

"We've encountered a problem." message.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

Click in the area where the "Processing..." text is to remove this

overlay.


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ID Description

CSCul96655 Service Settings - valid values not retained in case of validation

error


Newly entered valid values for Forced SID are not retained in both

'Output Port Service Settings' and 'Output Serivce Settings' page.

Conditions If there are any validation errors on any other field on the page.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCum00095 InputPort Service-valid PIDList entry lost if Validation error

reported


Valid entries for PID List column on the Input Port Services page

are not retained for some particular rows.

Conditions When editing the PID list column of multiple rows in the Service

Settings table and there is on invalid entry, all changes below this

row will be lost.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCum04322 Bitrates and Status not shown for Output ports


Bitrates and Status not shown for Output ports.

Conditions GbE in Fixed Individual port mode when selecting bitrate or status view from bitrate/status tab with a specific output board / Port and TS filter.


Choose Birates and Status from Tree view.


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ID Description

CSCug70909 MFP Statmux allows only 32 services on one MFP board


Some services belonging to a Rate Control group seem not to be

statmuxed. Either the output is in CBR default rate for a

statmuxed service or the measured passthrough service is not

taken into account for the statmux group bitrate.

Conditions When more than 32 video services pass an MFP board. Remark

that these services don't need to be actively encoded: also disabled

video services are taken into account for this upper limit.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reduce the number of video services on each MFP board to 32 or

lower and reboot the DCM after this reduction.


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Security

ID Description

CSCty79922 GNU glibc fnmatch Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability


Cisco DCM includes a version of GNU glibc that is affected by the

vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability

and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2011-1071,CVE-2011-1659 This bug

was opened to address the potential impact on this product.

Conditions From release V08-05 onwards, there are no fixed account on the

DCM anymore. Additionally, the SSH, telnet, FTP, SNMP and

IIOP service have been made configurable. Before you can logon

to the DCM via SSH or telnet, you will need to ensure that SSH or

telnet have been enabled. Furthermore, you will need a username

and password for the device you want to access. Only a GUI

administrator can access the security pages where accounts and IP

services can be configured.

Workaround for

previous versions

Disable shell access.


found at http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cve.html.





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/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:W/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2011-1071,CVE-2011-

1659 has been assigned to document this issue. Additional

information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found

at the following URL:




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ID Description

CSCtz72779 [D9902] Multiple OpenSSL CVE issues


Cisco DCM includes a version of OpenSSL that is affected by the


and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2009-1377, CVE-2009-1386, CVE-

2010-4180, CVE-2011-4108, CVE-2012-0884, CVE-2012- 1165, CVE-

2012-2110, CVE-2012-2131 This bug was opened to address the

potential impact on this product.

Conditions On a D9902 Device with default configuration.

Workaround for

previous versions


Further Problem

Description




2 scores. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of

evaluation are: CVE-2012-2110 5.0/3.9

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-

2012-2131 5.0/3.9

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-

2012-1165 5.0/3.7

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2009-

1377 5.0/3.7 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVE-2012-0884 5.0/3.7

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2009-

1386 5.0/4.1 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVE-2010-4180 4.3/2.9

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2011-

4108 4.3/2.9

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C The Cisco

PSIRT has assigned this score based on information obtained from

multiple sources. This includes the CVSS score assigned by the

third-party vendor when available. The CVSS score assigned may

not reflect the actual impact on the Cisco Product. Additional






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ID Description

CSCtz73051 Glibc Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability


This product includes Third-party Software that is affected by the


and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2011-4609 This bug was opened to

address the potential impact on this product.


Workaround for

previous versions


Further Problem

Description




2 score. The highest Base and Temporal CVSS scores of all

vulnerabilities tracked by this bug as of the time of evaluation are

7.8:


ator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/

I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:W/RC:UR The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this

score based on information obtained from multiple sources. This

includes the CVSS score assigned by the third-party vendor when

available. The CVSS score assigned may not reflect the actual

impact on the Cisco Product. CVE ID CVE-2011-4609 have been






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ID Description

CSCui84984 [D9902] libpng 1.2.35 vulnerabilities




and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2008-6218 CVE-2011-3048 CVE-

2012-3425 This bug was opened to address the potential impact on

this product.


Workaround for

previous versions


Further Problem

Description






6.8:


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I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this




impact on the Cisco Product. CVE ID CVE-2008-6218 CVE-2011-

3048 CVE-2012-3425 have been assigned to document this issue.

Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can

be found at the following URL:




Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui87480 [D9902] glibc 2.11 vulnerabilities




and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2013-0242 CVE-2013-1914 This bug

was opened to address the potential impact on this product.


Workaround for

previous versions


Further Problem

Description






5.0:


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I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:U/RC:UR The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this




impact on the Cisco Product. CVE ID CVE-2013-0242 CVE-2013-

1914 have been assigned to document this issue. Additional






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ID Description

CSCub74806 [D9900] GNU glibc format string vulnerabilities


Cisco Digital Content Manager includes a version of glibc that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE ID CVE-2012-3406,CVE-2012-3404,CVE-2012-3405 This bug was opened to address the potential impact on this product.

Conditions D9900 with Default configuration


None


Additional details about the vulnerabilities listed above can be found at http://cve.mitre.org/cve/cve.html

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 6.8/6.1: https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this score based on information obtained from multiple sources. This includes the CVSS score assigned by the third- party vendor when available. The CVSS score assigned may not reflect the actual impact on the Cisco Product. CVE ID CVE-2012-3406,CVE-2012-3404,CVE-2012-3405 has been assigned to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html

DRD

ID Description

CSCuj28493 PES header detection for CAM descrambling not correct


PES header detection is not configured which might lead to service

descrambled status being OK while packet is not correctly

descrambled (e.g. when scrambling bits cleared but packet not

descrambled).

Conditions Different input changes on descrambled service (e.g. stream type

of ES changes from audio/video to data and back, ES removed or

added to service).

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the DCM.


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ID Description

CSCuj94739 Descrambled status of service on CAM toggles

Symptom


The descrambled status of a service on a CAM toggles between

descrambling OK and descrambling failure.

Conditions The scrambling bits of an ES are cleared by the CAM but the

packet is not actually being descrambled.

Workaround for

previous versions None.

CSCum09611 CA descriptors are not inserted in PMT again after disabling the CAM

Symptom


A service is not descrambled, but CA descriptors are not available in the PMT.

Conditions When the CAM is disabled while the service is being descrambled.


Stop descrambling the service before disabling the CAM.

CSCum09637 Descrambling alarms triggered for services not configured to descramble

Symptom


The descrambling alarm is raised while service is not configured to descramble.

Conditions When another service with some identical pids (shared pids) has descrambling failure.


None.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuj90463 Black Video at output of MFP


Some channels can produce a black picture at the output.

Conditions The issue can occur on all configurations in case the source stream contains adaptation field only TS packets with the payload_unit_start_indicator set to one (This is a non-standard-compliant use of the transport stream adaptation field).




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Enhancements

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuj68986 H.264/AVC level for PIP services is level 1.3

Symptom The level for a PIP service was in previous versions determined based on the resolution of the PIP stream, the configured bit rate, and frame rate. In this enhancement, all PIP services will be generated with a 1.3 level.

Conditions When generating PIP services.


Mux

ID Description

CSCuj71196 Wrong offset indicated in Local Time Offset Descriptor of TOT


Time Offset Descriptor in TOT has value 0 for current and next offset.

Conditions At least one TOT on same IO board already has a Time Offset Descriptor for same timezone.


None.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuj83127 Severe VQ degratation for MFP multiresolution/ABR profiles


Severe Video Quality (VQ) degradation for multiresolution profiles generated on the MFP board. This can be visible in the encoded bitstream as shifted pictures, black frames and black lines.

Conditions Generating more than one multiresolution profile on a MFP engine. If one of the profiles has a resolution of 768x432, the other profiles can be affected as well.

Workaround None

DRD

ID Description

CSCuj56338 Services not descrambled after CAM restart


Services are no longer descrambled after a restart of the CA session to the CAM.

Conditions This can happen on some CAMs (seen on SMiT Sky CAM) in the following conditions:

- After a reset of the CAM - After disabling and enabling the CAM - After reboot of the device


Stop/start descrambling of all services on the CAM.

CSCuj55919 SI routings towards CAM not immediately applied on input PMT pid change


The transparent routings of new SI pids towards the CAM are not immediately applied.

Conditions When a TS routed to the CAM has a PMT PID change.


None.


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Platform

ID Description

CSCuj53885 Device backup: main keeps playing stuffing packets after warm reboot


When an active device in a 1:1 backup scenario is rebooted through the DCM web-GUI, the main device keeps streaming for a short time while the backup device has already become active.

Conditions Both devices are configured for backup through heartbeat in a main-backup scenario.

The output streaming or port disable setting is set to 'Auto' mode.


Manually perform switch-over before rebooting a device. Increase the fail-over delay to ensure that both devices are not streaming simultaneously.

CSCuj47851 Incorrect ‘dejitter buffer reset’ alarm log causes high load on GbE card


Gbe card with incoming transport streams start generating 'dejitter buffer reset' alarms randomly, while the input streams are arriving without any issues. This can cause a high load on the card and slow down GUI responsiveness.

Conditions This can sometimes happen when there are a lot of input TSs without PCR.


None.


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10GbE

ID Description

CSCuj53310 10 GbE V13.0.0 IP input limitations


- In the case of total TS-bandwidth exceeding 9Gbps: Outages on all services.

- In the case of more than 2000 incoming TS: PAT and PMT errors, brief service interruptions.

Conditions - The maximum input total TS-bandwidth is 9Gbps. This corresponds to a total line rate of about 9.4Gbps (in case of UDP streaming with 7 MPEG-2 packets per UDP-frame). This is a firm limit. Higher total TS-bandwidth will affect all incoming streams.

- Max amount of input TS : 2000. If more streams are used, input stability issues are to be expected. These issues result in sporadic PAT-PMT errors, and in worst case brief service interruptions.

Workaround The user is suggested to limit the total input TS-bandwidth and total number of TS to the given numbers.

DGIO

ID Description

CSCuj53310 10GbE V13.0.0 IP input limitations


- In the case of total TS-bandwidth exceeding 9Gbps: Outages on all services.

- In the case of more than 2000 incoming TS: PAT and PMT errors, brief service interruptions.

Conditions - The maximum input total TS-bandwidth is 9Gbps. This corresponds to a total line rate of about 9.4Gbps (in case of UDP streaming with 7 MPEG-2 packets per UDP-frame). This is a firm limit. Higher total TS-bandwidth will affect all incoming streams.

- - Max amount of input TS : 2000. If more streams are used, input stability issues are to be expected. These issues result in sporadic PAT-PMT errors, and in worst case brief service interruptions.


The user is suggested to limit the total input TS-bandwidth and total number of TS to the given numbers.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 13.00.0: New hardware: 10GbE Interface Card 10GbE Interface Card, which can only be installed into a D9902 housing, is a double layer card with each layer having two SFP+ cages. The Ethernet ports of the bottom layer act as input ports (one main and one backup port) and the ports of the top layer act as output ports (also main and backup port). Software version 13.00.0 supports the basic functionality. MFP

PIP (picture-in-picture) is supported on an MFP card.

New EBP Sync Alarm: is triggered when DCM receives different segment/fragment lengths across all DCMs in the same ABR synchronization group.

IPGW On the IP Gateway it is now possible to monitor the number of missing packets before FEC error correction in case the streams are protected by FEC or by hitless merge features. It is also possible to generate alarms on these statistics based on a user configurable threshold. GUI

Bulk Configuration to update the settings for a set of selected rows is added for the following pages - Input TS Settings

- Input TS backup settings

- Input Service Settings

- Output Component SI Standard

Tree view: Search, Find destinations enhancements

It is now possible to filter the contents of a port node in the tree view. While typing in the search box the contents will only show the nodes that match. You can e.g. search on the IP address or service name.

The result windows for the tree search and “Find Destination” action now also contain a link that allows you to jump immediately to the settings, without having to go to the node in the tree itself.

Muxing page:


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The muxing page now allows you to select the bulk configuration action you want to do and to filter the source and target tables to show only the relevant data you need.

Table View:

The table view is made faster and allows you filter in more detail.

Status and Bitrate pages

The status and bitrate pages are updated to allow you to filter the data in more detail and to see the status and bitrate details immediately in the page without having to switch back and forth between pages.

MFP: TS Rate display:

On MFP Video, Audio and ABR Profile settings pages, where we can configure the ES Rate, an additional read-only column is added to display the matching TS rate (that’s ES rate + a calculated header/packetization overhead)

Rearranged default settings tabs:

All the board level default settings are rearranged for more logical grouping such as Input TS, Input Service, Output TS, Output Service, (P)SI Component, Service Component etc.


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Enhancements

Mux

ID Description

CSCug94311 The Unreferenced PIDs alarm includes PID values in its alarm detail

Symptom The Unreferenced PIDs alarm now includes the PID values of the unreferenced PIDs in the alarm detail.

Conditions The Unreferenced PIDs alarm didn’t contain information of the PIDs causing the alarm. The only way to know the values of the unreferenced PIDs was to open the GUI tree view.

SNMP

ID Description

CSCui06118 A table is added in the MIB containing the GbePortMode of the port pairs.

Symptom A table that contains the port mode of the GbE port pairs, is added in the MIB per board. This mode can be port-pair or individual port mode. In this way, an SNMP-manager can tell on which port the output is streaming.

Conditions None

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuh35183 Support for multiple audio channel ABR syncing

Symptom Support for multiple audio streams (e.g., different languages) in the same service that have to be ABR synced over multiple DCMs.

Conditions When synchronization over multiple DCMs for an ABR service with multiple audio streams.

CSCui93859 Dual mono transcoding to AAC

Symptom Support for dual mono transcoding to AAC.

Conditions The input audio is dual mono, and the output audio is set to AAC.


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CSCue65291 Stream Type tracking of video transcode independent of input video type

Symptom The MFP video processing configuration is now applied to the video component independent of the input video type (AVC or MPEG) when in former versions the video processing configuration was only applied to the video type it was created for. When the input video type changes the configuration will still be applied to the video component.

Conditions When video transcoding is configured using ‘Stream Type’ as Track Type (default).

Platform

ID Description

CSCue92033 Configure routes per VLAN

Symptom It is now possible to add static routes to a VLAN interface of the DCM's GbE, 10GbE, Audio and Video Adapter cards.

CSCui90906 [D9902] Show SSD type in GUI

Symptom Information is shown in the GUI about the storage disk.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuh11836 Service move from splice engine to other engine is possible now

Symptom It is now possible to move a service from an MFP splice slot to any other slot or the delay path.

Conditions When a service is not configured for splicing but processed on a splice

engine.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





Mux

ID Description

CSCtx67849 PMT Playout interval violation under low load


Once in a while an interval violation is reported in the log files and PMT is played out after >500ms (if 500ms is configured as playout interval). This could happen when different SI tables are played out at the least common multiple of the intervals of those tables.

Conditions TS with a very limited number of services, a reasonable amount of stuffing bitrate and very little SI configured making for a light load for Playout.


Increase the load for Playout by adding services or reducing stuffing bitrate.

CSCuj07305 Sometimes the PSIP EIT and ETT are not played out.


PSIP EIT and ETT tables are not played out.

Conditions This happens occasionally after a reboot.


Reboot the device.

CSCui17397 Preconfigured input service username can’t be modified


When an input service has a username configured and this is the only setting on this input stream, it is not possible to modify or delete the username (i.e. adjustment is not visible in the GUI). As a side effect this username could be applied to a different input service with the same SID.

Conditions When an input service that is not passed to the output, has a username configured and this is the only setting on this input stream and the input stream is not present.


Clear the username setting when the service is present or passed to the output.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCur33310 DCM can reboot when GbE alarms status changes.


DCM reboots during alarm generation on the GbE IO card

Conditions When alarm states are changing on the DCM GbE IO card, there is a small change that the DCM will reboot


None


ID Description

CSCuh93510 Video impairments on statmuxed stream


Video impairments (e.g. blocking artifacts, color degradation, ...) visible on a stream after statmuxing on the MFP card.

Conditions When the input stream contained errors or when starting the statmux.


None.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuh88575 The amount of simultaneous inserted ESAM markers is limited to 21


The number of output profiles in which ESAM EBP markers can be inserted at the same time is 21 per MFP board. If the amount of output profiles is Increased to a higher number, it is not guaranteed that all requested EBP markers are inserted.

Conditions When MFP is configured in MultiRes mode and ESAM is enabled.

Workaround for previous version

Limit the amount of configured output profiles to 21 per board.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue68530 Bitrate drop in statmux group around splicing points


The bitrate of a statmux group drops around the splicing point. The bitrate drop equals to the total bitrate of all audio spliced streams of the main service. There is no interruption in the video signal and a couple of seconds after the splice, the complete available statmux group bitrate will be used again.

Conditions When splicing on a service in a statmux pool.

Workaround for previous version

None.

CSCuh85940 SI standard not updated for audio component


Changing the input SI standard does not update the SI standard of

the audio component of an MFP service with “Adapt (P)SI” set to

Auto.

Conditions When the service is configured with “Adapt (P)SI” set to Auto and

processing a non-Dolby audio component to output Dolby audio.

Workaround for

previous versions

Set the correct SI standard on the input before passing to MFP. Or

if the SI standard has been changed on the source, toggle the "SI

adaptation" setting of the MFP service.

CSCui88239 AAC channel configuration zero (0) is listed as mono


The "Details" window called from the "Overview" menu for the

MFP GUI shows audio input "(1.0)" (means "mono") when the

AAC channel configuration is 0. This is not correct as this can be

the case for dual mono (1+1) input.

Conditions When transcoding / transrating an AAC input to any output

format, and the input has a channel configuration value set to

zero.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh75274 Incorrect audio downmix from HE-AACv1 5.1 to mono


Incorrect audio downmix from HE-AACv1 5.1 to mono, the output

mono signal is composed of the L, Ls and C channels, and not of

the R and Rs signal.

Conditions When transcoding audio from HE-AACv1 5.1 ADTS to mono

(MPEG-1 Layer-II, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC-LC, or

HE-AACv1).

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuh88752 No audio output when transcoding audio to AAC-LC 5.1 @ 640

kbit/s


No audio output when transcoding audio to AAC-LC 5.1.

Conditions When transcoding to output audio format is AAC-LC 5.1, and the

bit-rate is nearly 640 kbit/s.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuf45398 Audio loss after change of sample rate of MPEG-1 Layer2 input


No output bitrate on transcoded audio component.

Conditions When transcoding an MPEG-1 Layer2 audio input where the

sample rate of the input has changed.

Workaround for

previous versions

Disable the audio transcode and re-enable it. Further Problem

Description:

CSCui39494 GOP mode is not applied in ABR


For services generated by an MFP engine in ABR Multi-Res mode,

the GOP structure of the encoded video is always dynamic, even

when GOP mode is explicitly set to Fixed or Custom.

Conditions Engine is set in MultiRes Mode and GOP Mode is configured as

Fixed/Custom.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui52564 Video engine restart could affect all processing engines


An MFP board will restart after an unexpected video processor

restart. During this restart, there will be no output for all channels

on the MFP board in question for about 30s.

Conditions When DPI and statmux is enabled on at least 1 MFP engine and an

unexpected restart of video processing engine happens. On a

stable installation these unexpected reboots of the video

processing engine shouldn’t occur.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCui82355 Segments are out-of-sync when the insertion of fragments is

disabled.


Audio streams processed on different boards or DCMs are not in

sync with each other if a segment length is configured without a

fragment length. The inserted segment EBPs will not be inserted

on exactly the same audio frame.

Conditions When audio streams are processed (together with video) in an

ABR application and the synchronization over different boards

and/or DCMs is enabled. Furthermore, the insertion of fragment

is disabled while the insertion of segments is enabled.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuj25563 PCR errors due to low statmux bit rate


When statmuxing MPEG-2 SD with AVC HD, MPEG-2 SD would

use significantly more bits than AVC HD. When the group rate is

tight, the AVC HD services can contain errors (PCR errors, Video

blocking, false colors).

Conditions Statmuxing MPEG-2 and AVC services in the same pool.

Workaround for

previous versions

Don't statmux MPEG2 and AVC in the same pool.

CSCuj14627 unable to sync audio fragments when input format is unknown


Different audio streams will not be synced with each other on different boards/DCMs if the fragment length isconfigured shortly after enabling the audio processing.

Conditions When the MFP engine is configured in multiRes mode and ABR is enabled with a valid fragment length. Furthermore, the synchronization of audio over different boards and/or DCMs is enabled.

Workaround Re-apply the ABR configuration.

CSCuj28380 Audio synchronization within and over DCMs is disabled


Audio synchronization over different DCMs and within the same DCM (hot-hot) is disabled.

Conditions ABR and synchronization has to be enabled.

Workaround None.

CSCuj17248 Timestamp errors in output channel when converting 1080i to 720p


Irregularities in the output of a720p channel on the MFP board when the video service is converted from 1080i to 720p in a regular HD transcode slot.

Conditions Input source is a 1080i service with 3/2 pulldown sequences which is processed on a regular HD transcode slot. In the configuration of the encoder, the output format is set to 720p meaning that 1080i to 720p downconversion is enabled.

Workaround None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCui14751 Incorrect DTS-STC when combining PCR continuity and splicing


All service components of a spliceable service on a co-processor card of which the "PCR continuity" mode has been enabled, have incorrect PTS/DTS values, resulting in DTS-STC distances that are extremely high or extremely low.

Conditions When switching to another source of an LPI or seamless alternates configuration and the original source is not present at that moment.


Stop/start streaming the output TS or disable PCR continuity on the co-processor board.

Firmware

ID Description

CSCug50538 Data corruption on stream passed through MFP card in slot 2


A stream passed through the MFP card contains errors. Video pixelation is observed in the output stream but this could also impact audio or other components.

Conditions When an MFP board is installed in slot 2 of a D9900 MkI chassis. This has only been observed on a limited number of MFP boards of a specific batch.


Move the MFP board to another slot.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Platform

ID Description

CSCui87896 [D9902] openssh 5.6p1 Fixed Login Connection Timeout Issue

Symptom Cisco Digital Content Manager is affected by CVE ID CVE-2010-5107.

OpenSSH contains an issue that could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition on a targeted system.

The issue is due to improper enforcement of the connection idle time limit between establishing a TCP connection and logging in to the system by the affected server. The SSH server may allow longer LoginGraceTime for connections to establish a TCP session and could also fail to limit the number of connections in this time period. This may exhaust TCP connection slots for the server.

An unauthenticated, remote attacker could exploit the issue by determining the LoginGraceTime and MaxStartUps settings allowed by the server and attempting to initiate a number of TCP connections to the system that reaches the MaxStartUps setting. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to cause a DoS condition on the system.

Conditions Default configuration


None

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuh11575 Manual Splicing is not working when channel name contains

"+" character


Manual splicing is not working when the Output Channel Name

contains a "+" character.

Conditions When manual splicing is configured with a "+" character in the

Output Channel Name.

Workaround for

previous versions

Do not use the "+" character in the channel name.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh22021 NTP GUI graph not updated


The NTP graph in the DCM GUI is not showing updates anymore.

Conditions When having a lot of alarms active on the device and a lot of logs

being produced.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the device or restart NTP process.

CSCuh40717 Unable to modify 'Capacity Checking' parameters.


The Capacity Checking setting can’t be modified under

Coprocessor Board Settings.

Conditions When Service Realignment is Enabled under Transrating - Delay

Settings.

Workaround for

previous versions

Disable the Service Realignment under Transrating - Delay

Settings and then modify Capacity Checking settings.

CSCuh57593 Tree View - Search Results not listing some services


It takes a long time (e.g. 15 min) until modifications are reflected

in the tree view search results. As a result some services are

missing in the tree view search results.

Conditions After dragging services or changing settings.

Workaround for

previous versions

Wait 15 minutes.

CSCuh68928 No longer possible to search on the backup indicator in the tree


When searching on the exclamation mark in the tree search, tree

nodes that have the exclamation point in front of the descriptive

text are no longer found.

Conditions Under some conditions an exclamation mark is added to the

description text for a tree node (e.g. service in backup, floating

service redundancy lost, TS in backup).

Workaround for

previous versions

Expand the tree nodes to see the exclamation mark.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh78334 IDL exception on DVB-S2 Descrambling page


An IDL exception is reported on Descrambling page of a DVB-S2

card.

Conditions When the input TS is not present.

Workaround for

previous versions

Delete the TS that has no input.

CSCui32619 Non-ASCII characters in ECM-info makes opening a service in

tree fail


Opening the service node in the tree view results in an error

message and a redirect to the login page.

Conditions When the ECM-info contains Non-ASCII characters.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCui87443 Downloading a capture file takes very long


Downloading a large capture file takes a long time.

Conditions When downloading a large capture file.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuj01061 Timezone selection missing for GMT-2 St-Pierre/Miquelon


The time zone selection drop-down list has non entry for timezone

GMT-2 St-Pierre/Miquelon.

Conditions In the time zone selection drop-down list on the clock

configuration page and TOT offset descriptor configuration.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuj25700 GUI PacketCounterThresholds window as "packets/s" instead of

"/30s"


In Stream -> settings, there is option to configure the threshold

values for packet counters.

This value is accountable for a 30 sec measurement window, but

the user interface displays the information as packets per second

instead of packets per 30 sec.

Conditions Select the settings for a GBE card or an IPGW card

Workaround for

previous versions

None

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCue52818 "Don't fragment (DF)" bit is not set in the IP header


“Don't Fragment (DF)” bit is not set in the IPv4 header of the

packets leaving IP Gateway. This means that the IP packets could

be fragmented by any router in an IP network.

Conditions Always.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuh31813 Output RTP stream not showing correct icon for backup stream


When a backed up output stream is stopped and reactivated, the

output stream icon changes to show that there's an 'Output Service

Loss', even when the backup stream is available.

Conditions When the output stream (RTP/SDI/ASI) is in backup.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui27497 Board level settings import not working


Not able to import/restore settings on board level.

Conditions When trying to import settings on a D9900.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuj04712 Hitless Merge gets in UDP loss some days after reboot


(rx) IP stack first degrades, then stops working.

Conditions Very rare network traffic conditions (very hard to reproduce). It is

more likely to occur if more IP stack traffic is applied on both ports

in combination with video traffic and a high memory load.

This problem is also observed on audio gateway.

Workaround for

previous versions

The only way to restart the ip stack is reboot the board.

Audio Gateway

ID Description

CSCuc05066 'Streaming' status is not shown in Config tree


Indication or display of the current active streaming port is not

updated correctly in the device tree on the GUI.

Conditions When GbE-B is the active streaming port (i.e., set Backup Mode to

Manual 2). The GUI shows GbE-A as the active streaming port.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCui19511 No RTP output streams when device backup is combined with

hotswap


When the output streaming mode of the GbE ports is set to 'auto'

and a hotswap is triggered; output RTP streams are not streaming

after the board swap.

Conditions Combination of device backup and hotswap.

Workaround for

previous versions

An extra warm reboot of the hotswapped board fixes the problem.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuj04712 Hitless Merge on AudioGW gets in UDP loss some days after

reboot


(rx) IP stack first degrades, then stops working.

Conditions Very rare network traffic conditions (very hard to reproduce). It is

more likely to occur if more IP stack traffic is applied on both ports

in combination with audio traffic and a high memory load.

Workaround for

previous versions

The only way restart the ip stack is reboot the board.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM







Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM






MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCui93773 Selection Left/Right or LoRo/LtRt for downconversion does not work


Audio processing down-mix settings are not properly reapplied.

Conditions When the MFP card is transcoding audio and configured to down-mix from multi channel to stereo or from dual to mono audio and the user changes the down-mix settings.


Reboot the DCM.

CSCuj03934 Incorrect temporal order of output frames for 720p59.94 multires output


For profiles generated in Multi-res mode on the MFP board with frame-rate upconversion, stuttering motion in 720p59.94 output can be observed, because the order of output frames is incorrect.

Conditions When an interlaced source is used with transitions in field polarity due to 3/2 pulldown sequences, the sequence with BT polarity can result in incorrect temporal output.


None

Mux

ID Description

CSCuh13930 High CPU load when generating EITsch actual


A high CPU load on an IO board. As a consequence the graphical user interface becomes slow or even unresponsive.

Conditions When there are more EIT schedule tables configured to be generated at the output than there are EIT schedule tables present at the input and there is a PAT change on the input stream.


Reduce the number of configured EIT schedule generations so it doesn't exceed the number of tables present at the input.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCui99349 Audio can be lost when processed by co-processor


The output audio bitrate drops to zero and doesn’t recover anymore.

Conditions In rare situations this can happen when audio is processed by the co-processor card (i.e. when the service is configured for splicing).


Reset the co-processor.




Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM






MFP Transcoding

CSCuh99057 Deviation of PTS values over ABR profiles


In an ABR configuration it is possible that the PTS of the corresponding frames over profiles deviates with a few 90k ticks (< 5)

Conditions 3/2 pulldown sources used in a configuration with different frame rates (frame-rate up conversion and frame-rate down conversion)


None

MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCui32051 Splice point mismatch of 1 GOP


In a splicing configuration, a sporadic splice point mismatch of 1 GOP is possible. A splice point mismatch means that the splice out is too late and executed 1 GOP length after the requested splice time. Black frames are inserted at the end of the ad instead.

Conditions In a splice configuration.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Mux

ID Description

CSCui40039 DCM reboot due to SI acquisition if max. number of sections is reached


DCM reboots

Conditions If the DCM input contains a stream with EIT schedule tables with exactly 256 sections.


None.

CSCui57453 An IO board is not operational after upgrade/reboot


An IO board that is present in the chassis is not operational and not visible in the GUI after a reboot or upgrade.

Conditions When the IO board has a lot of services configured (i.e. start-up takes a longer time) it can happen that this IO board is not operational after startup.


None.

CSCui60115 IGMP communication on output ports


GbE board in individual ports mode sends out unexpected joins on the output port.

Conditions When a GbE board is configured for individual ports mode and IGMP joins are configured, then IGMP requests will also be sent out on the output ports after a reboot of the DCM.


Block IGMP or the resulting traffic on the downstream router or switch.

DRD

ID Description

CSCuh87075 packet drop after DRD descrambling


Packets are being dropped after descarmbling, accompagnied with "Packet dropped by CAM" alarms.

Conditions Occurs when using certain SmartDTV Canal Plus CAMs.

Workaround None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Platform

ID Description

CSCui20008 Diagnostics: output goes to localhost-file instead of board log


Diagnostic information for boards that become unreachable is sent to incorrect log file, this may cause diagnostic information to be lost.

Conditions N/A


N/A




Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





Enhancements

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCui19701 Support for passing VBI line 13

Symptom It is now possible to pass VBI line 13 by activating the VITC setting in the ancillary data page of the IP gateway

Conditions None



ID Description

CSCui09507 Bitrate overshoots when transrater in multi-SPTS group


Bitrate overshoots when transrating in a mulit-SPTS transrater group.

Conditions After upgrading to a version V11.01.0 or higher with a transrating setup with multi-SPTS transrater groups. See “Service Note Bitrate Exceeded in Multi SPTS Transrated Services” for more information.


See “Service Note Bitrate Exceeded in Multi SPTS Transrated Services”.

CSCuh99024 Audio buzz noticeable on some settop boxes at splice point (AC-3 5.1)


Audio buzz noticeable on some settop boxes at the splice point.

Conditions When splicing a main program and an ad that have AC-3 5.1 audio and where silent/glue frames need to be inserted at the splice point.

Workaround None (mitigation by making the audio of ads sufficiently long, and by adjusting the delivery timing of the ad).


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui34557 Co-processor halts & restarts when exposed to lots of input impairments


Service interruption for all outgoing services on IO board carrying a co-processor card. After 30 seconds the service interruption stops.

Conditions There needs to be a great deal of those outgoing services transrated or spliced on the co-processor card. Next to that, a large amount of these processed services need to be exposed to severe packet loss or other input impairments.

Workaround Clean sources from impairments.

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCuh86618 Unicast hitless merge: backup stream stops streaming when main fails


When using the unicast hitless merge feature, stopping one of the redundant streams causes the RTP input stream to become invalid.

Conditions When using the unicast hitless merge feature and stopping one of the redundant streams.


None

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuh83372 Performance issue for HD to SD downscaling in combination with Statmux


The bitrate of stamuxed services is too low and suffers of severe macroblocking.

Conditions When down-converting 2 HD sources to SD on the same MFP engine with an aspect ratio of 4:3 and these services are statmuxed.


Process only 1 HD service per MFP engine or set the output aspect ratio to 16:9.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCui26926 Abr syncing problem when DCM has two cables into same switch


No Audio syncing possible for ABR between DCMs.

Conditions When one of the DCMs has more then one management port connected to the same switch.


Use only one management port for one switch.

CSCuh75099 An inserted segment EBP is late or is missing


An inserted segment EBP is late or is missing.

Conditions If a service is passed to an MFP engine that is configured for Multi Resolution – ABR, and ESAM and segmentation is enable for that service (‘ABR Settings - Segment (s)’ check box selected).


None

Mux

ID Description

CSCui19182 DCM reboots when removing a measured PID for CC errors


DCM reboots if a PID was removed from the PMT of the input stream

Conditions A PID was removed from the PMT of an input stream and on the input service, service loss was configured triggered by CC errors and the removed PID was monitored for CC errors (any, smart=specific components or part of ‘list of PIDs’)


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCuh77910 Statmux does not recover after an input loss of more than 13h


When there is an input loss at the input of the DCM, it is expected that the statmux algorithm does not generate any data. However, once the input recovers after 13h, the statmux is still failing and does not recover.

Conditions When there is an input loss for more than 13h and Statmux is enabled on MFP.

Workaround Restart engine


ID Description

CSCui25707 Low-frequency brief blurry and blocky video in 2 VSE statmux pool

Symptom This error was found in 11.10.0

Brief blurry and blocky pictures (<2 seconds) occurring at low frequency

Conditions D9036 VSEs are configured in 2 channel statmux pools and input video content is stressful. One channel leaves the pool and the other channel sees the video hit.

Workaround None


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Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





New Features

The following new features are included in software version 12.10.0: ESAM The MFP card now supports in-band ESAM callouts, as standardized by CableLabs ESAM I01. MFP

Transparent Audio Splice support for E-AC-3 and AAC : Transparent Audio Splicing is now done for AC-3 MPEG-L2, E-AC-3, LC_AAC_ADTS, LC_AAC_LATM, HE_AAC_ADTS and HE_AAC_LATM.

ABR fragment and segment syncing: The MFP card now supports syncing ABR fragments and segments across different audio or videostreams on different boards and DCMs.

The coding mode Picture Adaptive Frame-Field (PAFF) for the AVC video encoder is available.

The rescaler is fully manually configurable : the user can configure the output resolution of a transcoded stream (in normale SD or HD transcoding mode)

CC Error as service backup trigger It is now possible to select CC error as trigger for service loss. It allows the user to configure the time window in which CC errors should be observed as also the PIDs that should be monitored for CC errors. Floating service backup with revertive fallback A new service backup mode “mixed” has been introduced allowing the user to configure multiple floating backup services and an extra service that will only to be used in case none of the floating services is available. This last service should only be used as a fallback service and will revert as soon as one of the floating services becomes available again. 3G over JPEG2K It is now possible on the IP gateway to configure 3G SDI streams to be JPEG2K compressed. D9036 Remote Statmux DCM statmux controller now supports remote statmux with D9036 encoders at up to maximum 60 msec round-trip statmux network delay. D9036 Statmux Improved picture quality balance in mixed SD/HD statmux pools.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




GUI

Bulk Configuration : The following pages: - Port output TS settings - Port output TS advanced settings - Input Service settings - All MFP Video settings are now enhanced for performance using text-only view in the table where the rows do not contain all the controls and when the user double clicks on a particular row, it becomes editable. Similarly, user can select multiple rows by holding the SHIFT or CTRL and clicking the rows and update all the selected rows at once using the bulk update settings form below.

Enhanced Status pages: The Status summary page is enhanced to show the counts for device level alarms and individual port level alarms (if any) for each board. User can click on the alarm count in the table to drill down to a filtered view of the alarms.

Tree: Display Source IP address: An additional support is added in the display settings to Show/Hide the Source IP Address for GbE Ports in Input Tree.

Tree: Indicate RTP and FEC: There is an update in tree to show the RTP and FEC for GbE TS. If RTP streams are received – it will be shown in the input tree and similarly if FEC is enabled and FEC streams are received this will be shown in the tree.

Extended script configuration page: There is an update in the script configuration page to show the scripts and the associated configuration files in the scripts table. The last modified date for the script file and the configuration file are now also shown. In addition to this it is now possible to see the log of a script on the DCM GUI itself as a trace. Now it is also possible to export and import the configuration file from the scripts table directly.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Enhancements

Mux

ID Description

CSCue92523 Ignore SCTE-35 messages for data pid error alarms

Symptom SCTE-35 components are now ignored for PID error alarms.

Conditions PID errors often occured for SCTE-35 components because of the low bitrates on these components.

Platform

ID Description

CSCud27097 Stop streaming when ARP no longer resolves.

Symptom The output stops streaming when the first hop becomes unreachable (gateway or, if within same subnet, the actual destination).

Conditions When the unicast destination can no longer be resolved.

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCud81440 Enable packet statistics without FEC license.

Symptom Displaying packet statistics required a FEC license. This enhancement allows the user to display packet statistics without a FEC license.

Conditions When the unicast destination can no longer be resolved (i.e. the first hop becomes unreachable).

MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCuh51240 MFP DPI density increase

Symptom Previously, no more than 8 concurrent SD splices could be executed on an MFP board.

From now on it is possible to configure 20 SD services for splicing and to execute 16 concurrent splices on a single MFP board.

Conditions DPI configuration of SD services on an MFP board.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCug18551 EBP version is now selectable

Symptom The user can now select the EBP version to use.

Conditions Any release before 12.10 will use EBP format of Pre-CableLabs-I01. From this release onwards, the user can select between Pre-CableLabs-I01 and CableLabs-I01. CableLabs-I01 is the new default.

CSCug59113 Independent mode for AR and Framerate/Resolution when downscaling

Symptom Before the enhancement, framerate/resolution and Aspect ratio are all in auto or manual mode. Now the aspect ratio can be auto/manual independent of the framerate/resolution.

Conditions When using HD to SD downscaling.

CSCuh24356 ATSC (E)AC-3 descriptors added when transcoding to (E)AC-3 in ATSC mode

Symptom The AC-3 or EAC-3 ATSC descriptors are now inserted when transcoding audio to AC-3 or EAC-3 with the SI adaptation mode set to ATSC.

Conditions When transcoding audio to AC-3 (DolbyDigital) or EAC-3 (DolbyDigital P¨lus) with the SI adaptation mode set to ATSC.

CSCug37712 New auto mode for SI handling on the MFP

Symptom A new SI adaptation mode was added to the MFP service settings. Now it is possible to set the mode to “Auto” which is also the default for newly created services. This “Auto” mode will use the input EsType standard of a service component to determine what SI standard is used on the MFP.

Without this auto mode it can happen that the stream type information on GUI of a transcoded component is not reflecting the correct stream type because the input EsType standard is used. E.g. An input stream with EsType standard ‘ATSC’ where the audio component is transcoded to AC-3 with Si adaptation set to DVB, will display ‘PES Packets containing Private Data’ for the transcoded audio component on the GUI.

Conditions Services processed with MFP and SI adaptation enabled to different standard as the source service.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCud97842 Reset channel in case a splice out is not executed

Symptom The splice channel is reset when a splice out is rejected or not executed.

Conditions When a splice channel is stuck due to an internal error this will reset the channel so it can be used again for future ad blocks.

CSCuh05910 Reset splice channel if output not active after ad block

Symptom After a complete ad block is finished the output state of the splice channel is checked, if the output is not active the channel is reset to ensure the output is active and subsequent splice are handled.

Conditions When the output state is not active after an ad block.

CSCuh19044 Co-processor not operational alarm when co-processor is not active

Symptom When the co-processor card is not operational a 'Co-processor Not Operational' alarm is generated. It is advisable to use this alarm as trigger for a 'Card Operational Failure'.

Conditions When the co-processor card is not active, this is the case when the co-processor card is rebooting or when the internal communication with the co-processor card is interrupted.

Firmware

ID Description

CSCuh41764 Output of co-processor lacks pictures when processing

particular streams


The output of the co-processor lacks pictures when processing

particular streams.

Conditions When processing (transrating/splicing) a stream on the co-

processor card and the incoming stream has a dual sequence_end

code delimiter for a certain picture where the second

sequence_end code is part of a different TS packet.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCug26415 Added option to show the source IP in the input tree

Symptom The Source IP for GbE transport streams can now be shown in the

input tree.

Conditions None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCug97139 Added support for Mexican time zones on the clock page

Symptom The time zones for Mexico can now be selected on the clock

settings page.

Conditions None


IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCuh14397 Settings import on IP Gateway board not always successful


After importing a settings backup, the IP Gateway settings are not

restored and the old settings are still active.

Conditions When importing settings of an IP Gateway board.

Workaround for

previous versions

Try importing the setting again. This is caused by a timing issue so

that most of the time this works correctly.

Mux

ID Description

CSCud22281 SCTE-35 CUE merged to output service is not recognized as

SCTE-35 CUE


An SCTE-35 CUE stream merged to an output service is no longer

recognized as an SCTE-35 CUE pid because the service level

registration descriptor is not present.

Conditions When merging an input SCTE-35 stream to an output service, the

service level registration descriptors in the PMT are not passed

along with it in the outgoing service.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use service merging instead of component merging and then to

block the components on the output service that are not required

using component rules.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue99461 Enabling 'Update SI' for BISS TSs causes device reboot


Device reboots when descrambling a TS and enabling 'Update SI'

setting.

Conditions When descrambling a TS on the DVB-S2 card and enabling the

'Update SI' setting.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCug22032 Settings restore fails when trying to restore a single board


Settings restore of a single board when using an exported backup settings file of a complete DCM fails.

Conditions No specific conditions.


Restore complete device instead of 1 board.

CSCug48009 Specific PCR PID source does not follow TS backup source


When using advanced routing on an output service to set a

specific PCR PID source, the PCR PID source does not follow the

active input TS backup source.

Conditions When an output service has the PCR setting to point to another

PID than the normal PID and the input switches to another TS

backup source, the backup TS should be used as PCR reference.

This does not happen.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCug73594 CC errors on input are not reported


CC errors on an input PID are not reported

Conditions When the input PID contains CC errors and the CC errors have

always been present from the moment the PID was available at the

input.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh30501 UDP stream loss alarm not cleared although input stream is

present


An UDP stream loss is reported on a stream even though the input

stream is present.

Conditions The following conditions need to be met :

- The input stream is not present at the input but is pre-configured

with settings

- The input stream or one of its components is passed to the output

- The input stream becomes present at the input within 2s after

passing it to the output

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCud07224 Transparently passed PMT is wrong and can cause no bitrate on output


Transparently passed PMT content is wrong or the output service has no bitrate.

Conditions This can occasionally happen in a setup with 3 different IO boards, where a service is passed from one IO board to another IO board and the PMT is passed transparently from a 3rd IO board. This happens after device reboot and depends on the order in which the different IO boards become operational.


Stop/start streaming the service.


ID Description

CSCuh69770 Interruption of services processed on MFP engine or bandwidth overshoot


Interruption of all services processed on a MFP engine and/or bandwidth overshoots in the statmux pool including the services from the affected engine.

Conditions In very exceptional cases, disruptions and errors on one of the services processed on a MFP engine can cause the service interruptions and bandwidth overshoots.


System automatically recovers within 30 seconds.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCue13774 Invalid service descriptor in the SDTa coming from MFP


The service descriptor in the SDTa coming from MFP is invalid.

Conditions When a very long User name is used.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use a shorter user name

CSCue47740 MultiRes profiles cannot handle special characters


User-tags of multi-resolution services (ABR services) containing

non ASCII-7 characters are not always shown correctly in the GUI.

Conditions When the user-tag contains characters that don’t have the same

encoding as the default DVB encoding.

Workaround for

previous versions

Keep user-tags limited to ASCII-7 characters.

CSCug54337 ATSC (E)AC-3 descriptor still present when transcoding to

another format


The output PMT of a service with transcoded audio still contains a

ATSC AC-3 or EAC-3 descriptor although this is not expected (e.g.

when transcoding to another audio format or the standard is set to

DVB).

Conditions When an incoming stream that contains an ATSC AC-3 or ATSC

EAC-3 descriptor is transcoded to another format or has the SI

Adaptation set to DVB mode.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCug64291 PCR accuracy errors in audio PCR


The PCR accuracy or jitter for the PCR in audio (even if it is not

referenced in the PMT) is very high (several hundreds of

nanoseconds)

Conditions The PCR frequency offset of the input is high (typicallly more than

10 ppm), and in audio transcoding, the duration of output audio

frames is shorter than the duration of input frames (e.g.,

transcoding Dolby to AAC-LC).

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuh03372 PCR interval not configured correctly


When moving a service between MFP engines, PCR interval

settings might not be applied correctly.

Conditions For user modified PCR intervals (not 37 ms).

Workaround for

previous versions

Change the PCR interval to 37 ms then back to the desired value.

CSCuh19692 sub SD MultiRes profile has no output bitrate


A sub SD MultiRes profile generated on MFP has no output

bitrate.

Conditions When a sub SD MulitRes profile is generated from an input stream

with 24p or 23.98p input framerate.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCud38347 Multi-res output has improper DTS and PTS timestamps with 3/2 PD input


The output can contain incorrect DTS and PTS values at regular times.

Conditions When multi-res services are created at frame rates lower than 29.97fps (for example 14.49fps), starting from an input service of 29.97fps that uses 3/2 pull-down coding.


Use the MFP in ABR mode to convert the 3/2 PD input to a full 29.97fps output first, then loop it back and use that as the input for creating the final multi-res outputs.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh83595 No more audio processing with MPEG-1 Layer II audio input.


None of the processed audio components on a single MFP board have output bitrate.

Conditions When transcoding MPEG-1 Layer II audio input.


None

SNMP

ID Description

CSCuf56588 DCM SNMP agent resends alarms of unused ports


SNMP agent of DCM resends messages.

Conditions Random active messages (e.g. on not used ports: link loss and

UDP loss) are being sent to the DCM.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


ID Description

CSCuh35757 DPI settings not restored after reboot


The DPI channel settings are not restored after a reboot.

Conditions When an input TS detection happens shortly after rebooting a DCM with a lot of services configured, it is possible that the internal settings files get corrupted. The DCM will function correctly, but the DPI channel settings will be lost the next time the DCM is rebooted.


For a workaround and more details see the Service Note : "ServiceNote DPI Settings might be lost.docx".


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh05840 Splices are not executed, device reboots if in this state for long time


A splice channel does not execute subsequent splices if an earlier splice had failed. If the device is in this state for a longer time this will cause the device to reboot.

Conditions When a splice fails right at the moment it is preparing for the next splice in a back-to-back splice, this can cause the internal channel state to be blocked.


Stop / Start streaming the affected channel or reboot the device.

CSCuc81753 DCM might reboot when modifying channel configuration when spliced in


The device reboots when changing the splice channel name or when removing a splice channel.

Conditions When removing or updating a splice channel at the moment the ad server disconnects.


None

CSCug10324 Video tilling and audio loss on spliced/transrated services

Symptom This error was found in version V10.20.0.

Blocking artifacts visible and audio loss on spliced/transrated services. In some case this causes the splice channel to not handle further splice requests.

Conditions When the main feed had a short interruption of the video content shortly before the ad block (e.g. due to a backup switch).


Reset co-processor board or reboot the device.

CSCug77645 Video tilling and audio loss on spliced/transrated services


Blocking artifacts visible and audio loss on spliced/transrated services.

Conditions When splicing services and there have been splice failures in the past.


Reset co-processor board or reboot the device.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Firmware

ID Description

CSCuh69487 Scrambling on re-aligned services is not working


Services in a re-alignment group are not actually scrambled when the service is selected to be scrambled. Moreover, the service is interrupted periodically (typically every crypto-period).

Conditions When the service is in a re-alignment group and the service is configured to be scrambled (same card as the re-alignment for that service is performed).


Perform scrambling on a different board / DCM for that service.


ID Description

CSCuh51195 MFP Statmux performance degradation


CPU usage on the MFP board reaches 100%. In very exceptional

situations this may lead to dropped statmux messages with less

optimal video quality as consequence.

Conditions An MFP board configured with 24 channels in statmux rate

control mode, all part of a statmux group on the output board.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCug73855 Statmux services on MFP running in CBR mode


Statmuxed services on a MFP board are running in CBR mode

(default bitrate).

Conditions When the service processing mode is changed from

"Transrate"/"Transcode" to "Disabled" prior to removing it from

the MFP tree, a subsequent statmux configuration can result in a

CBR output, if more than 32 reconfigurations have been

performed before.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot of the device.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCug50547 MFP All Services group validation check problem


After moving an MFP statmuxed service off an engine, or when

changing it from statmux to CBR/Capped CBR mode, it is not

possible to change the group bitrate downwards of an MFP rate

control group. An error pops up with a message like "Group

Bitrate too small (7000000): smaller than TS overhead (0) + sum of

encoder minimum rates (8000000)".

Conditions Rate mode of statmuxed service is not "Statmuxed" and therefore

Min Bit Rate / Max Bit Rate properties are greyed out.

Workaround for

previous versions

When a service is statmuxed and you want to switch it to CBR /

Capped CBR or any other non statmuxed mode, then adapt the

Min Bit Rate of the service to the lowest accepted rate (0.5mbps)

before doing so.

CSCuh77976 Statmux underflow that does not recover


Video impairments (e.g. blocking artifacts, color degradation, …) visible on a stream after statmuxing on the MFP.

Conditions When the input stream contained errors or when starting the statmux.


Reset the corresponding MFP engine.


ID Description

CSCue81348 changing the "Starting UDP Port Number" fails for some values


When changing the "Starting UDP Port Number" in the

Configuration / Statmux / SPS IP Assignments Policies, the DCM

becomes unresponsive or shows a failure (Operation Not

Succeeded on SMX36_SetStartingUdpPort).

Conditions This happens only when changing the starting UDP Port number

with less than a value 5 (i.e. The difference between the old and

the new value is less than 5).

Workaround for

previous versions

When performing a small UDP port value change, use a

temporary larger intermediate value change.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuf89954 D9036 Statmuxing on a DCM with 4 pools of 15 VSEs does not

work


On a DCM D9902 or D9900 : D9036 Statmuxing with 4 pools of 15

VSEs (4 Gbe cards) does not work. The DCM GUI tree view

displays "Not All Info Could Be Loaded" and further configuration

of the Statmux pools is not possible.

Conditions When VSE internal data reaches a size of more than 64k (this can

already occur from 40 VSEs onwards depending on VSE names, ...)

communication between the DCM GUI and Statmux software is

not working properly anymore.

Workaround for

previous versions

Spread the Statmux pools over 2 DCM 1RU chassis instead of

using 2RU DCM. Make sure no more than 40 VSEs are configured

per DCM chassis.

CSCue86865 Multi D9036SMX board setup loses settings if network troubles upon boot.


After rebooting a DCM, the D9036 statmux settings are lost.

Conditions When all of the following conditions are met:

- multiple GBE boards in the chassis are configured in D9036 Statmux mode. - The number of pool resources is too high to handle D9036 Statmux on one board only. - There are network problems, so that the statmux connection between the different GBE boards in D9036 Statmux does not work (no ping possible between boards over the statmux network) or the statmux port pairs are set in "auto enable" mode, which has the same effect upon boot (network not reachable until fully booted).


- Have the settings backed up, so that a restore can be done. - Check the port pair setting for the GBE ports in D9036 Statmux mode (should be "enable", not "Auto enabled") - Do not reboot if the statmux network is down.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue80534 The maximum Statmux Default rate is not in sync between

DCM and D9036


The maximum Statmux Default Bitrate for all formats is not in

sync between the DCM and the D9036 side. When setting the

statmux default bitrate on DCM, you can set the value to a higher

value than accepted by the D9036, higher values get capped on the

D9036 encoder side.

Conditions The statmux default bitrates have the following thresholds and if

they are set to values larger than those specified below, they are

capped to thresholds on the D9036 side:

AVC HD: 20,000,000

AVC SD: 12,000,000

MPEG-2 HD: 22,000,000

MPEG-2 SD: 8,000,000

In case of an extended remote statmux group this is 15,000,000 for

AVC HD.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

Mux

ID Description

CSCuh51406 Output Service colored red in GUI Tree view although no alarm

active


An Output Service is colored red in the GUI Tree view although

no alarm active.

Conditions When settings on an output stream or output service are being

done while one of the services of this output stream is in alarm,

the alarm status is written to flash together with the newly applied

settings.

When the DCM is rebooted afterwards, the alarm status is read

from flash and causes the property bit to be set incorrectly.

This in turn causes the output service to be colored red in the GUI

Service Tree view although no alarms are actually active on that

service.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




DRD

ID Description

CSCuf75344 TS Mode: EITa p/f not played out when using "Update SI"


EIT not available for service routed from CAM.

Conditions When a TS is routed to a CAM and a (descrambled) service of that TS is routed from the CAM to an output and the EITp/f for this service is configured to be generated on the output.


Pass the EIT for the service transparently from the input where the service is coming from (Transp. Gen. - Input), and block the CA Information ("Blocked for this service").

CSCuh54603 SMiT CAM does not become ready on DCM and MMI menu cannot be accessed


SMiT CAM does not become ready on DCM and the MMI menu can’t be accessed.

Conditions When using certain types of SMiT Sky CAM for newsdata (NDS).

This was observed on a CAM with the following specs:

Manufacturer : SMiT Digital GmbH

CAM-ID : 5001 6377 5709 8667

P/N : SKYDPRO.BL.1.2.2 -L10, 0x421

V/N : 1660_4.0.3.1

Firmware : 3.4.2.1

Batch No: CIMP 332528

Smart Card : V14


Reboot the DCM.

CSCuh63112 input services loss on DRD card after reboot


When a complete TS was routed on a CAM and the DCM was rebooted afterwards, the services are marked as not present on the input and the CAM.

Conditions When a complete TS was routed on a CAM and the DCM was rebooted afterwards.


Remove the TS from the CAM and reroute the TS, or use SFN mode for the TS on the CAM.

CSCuh63430 DCM reboots when configuring descrambling


DCM reboots.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

Conditions When configuring descrambling and the input stream has component changes (e.g. PMT changes, backup switch).


None

CSCuh84064 DCM GUI no longer accessible after reboot


The DCM GUI is no longer accessible and the device reboots after a while.

Conditions When the ‘Service in the Clear’ alarm is configured for TS loss on the DRD DVB-S2 card and trying to descramble a service in the clear.


None.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuf36930 MFP Service backup page, slot info incorrect for Audio services


MFP Service Backup settings table does not have the engine

information

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

Engine information is available in other MFP settings tables

CSCug40101 Tree view port state for gateway cards is not correct


Stream alarms do not color the port icon red when the port is collapsed.

Conditions When the port of the gateway card is collapsed.

Workaround Click open the port to see the stream states or check the Status pages.

CSCug45642 Highlight destination fails with empty Multiple SPTS group on

port


In the treeview, highlight of destination service fails.

Conditions When an empty multiple SPTS tranrating group is present on the

output port.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

Workaround for

previous versions

Remove the empty multiple SPTS group or route something to the

multiple SPTS group so it's no longer empty.

CSCug78868 Search services with Chinese characters in the tree view fails


Service search in input & output tree with Chinese characters does

not return results.

Conditions When searching for services with Chinese characters

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuh34628 Java Script error when assigning an 8-VSB TS backup for

another 8-VSB TS


A Java Script error is displayed when opening the TS Backup page

for 8-VSB input port. This prevents the user to configure a backup

TS on this page.

Conditions When opening the TS backup page for 8-VSB inputs.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use the TS Backup settings on 8-VSB input TS.

CSCuh43214 DPI Scheduler info not accessible for MFP


The DPI Scheduler info is not accessible for the MFP board.cannot

be viewed for MFP because the "Status" - "Diagnostics" -

"Processing" page is not accessible when you only have a MFP

card.

Conditions When the device has no co-processor card on any of its I/O cards.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuh49842 Not possible to apply default packet counter thresholds


Unable to change 'Default Packet Counter Thresholds' settings in

GbE Defaults page - FEC tab

Conditions This happens only when Hitless Merge is Disabled.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuh75669 Not all ABR services present to copy profiles from across boards


Not all ABR services are present to copy profiles from across boards.

Conditions When copying ABR profiles, services with the same service ID on different cards might not be selectable.


None

Platform

ID Description

CSCuf79162 preinstall script is not run when upgrading via GUI


A script to prepare the upgrade of the device is not run when using the GUI upgrade package.

Conditions When upgrading a device using the GUI.


Use the Upgrade-It upgrade packages to upgrade the device in case you have been instructed by customer support to run the scripts before upgrade.

CSCuh95948 MFP engine tracing stops


After a DCM, equipped with MFP cards, has been running for a while (can be hours or days), the tracing of the MFP engine stops.

Conditions No specific conditions


Reboot of the chassis will restore tracing.

CSCuh35309 Improper shutdown of internal storage (SSD) when rebooting


Improper shutdown of internal storage (SSD) when rebooting, this can potentially cause file system corruptions resulting in various symptoms (e.g. corrupted settingsfile, logfiles, operating system files, etc.).

Conditions On the D9902, when rebooting the device.


Minimize the number of reboots.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCty79922 GNU glibc fnmatch Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Symptom Cisco DCM includes a version of GNU glibc that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

CVE-2011-1071,CVE-2011-1659



Conditions From release V08-05 onwards, there are no fixed account on the DCM anymore. Additionally, the SSH, telnet, FTP, SNMP and IIOP service have been made configurable. Before you can logon to the DCM via SSH or telnet, you will need to ensure that SSH or telnet have been enabled. Furthermore, you will need a username and password for the device you want to access. Only a GUI administrator can access the security pages where accounts and IP services can be configured.


Disable shell access.





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/I:N/A:C/E:U/RL:W/RC:C

CVE ID CVE-2011-1071,CVE-2011-1659 has been assigned to

document this issue.






Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCub74777 [D9902] GNU glibc format string vulnerabilities

Symptom Cisco Digital Content Manager includes a version of glibc that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

CVE ID CVE-2012-3406,CVE-2012-3404,CVE-2012-3405



Conditions Device with Default configuration.


None.






I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:U/RC:C

The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this score based on information

obtained from multiple sources. This includes the CVSS score

assigned by the third-party vendor when available. The CVSS

score assigned may not reflect the actual impact on the Cisco

Product.

CVE ID CVE-2012-3406,CVE-2012-3404,CVE-2012-3405 has been

assigned to document this issue.






Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Security

ID Description

CSCua26321 OpenSSH 5.6p1 Legacy Certificate Creation Information

Disclosure Issue


Cisco Digital Content Manager includes a version of OpenSSH

that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following

Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2011-0539

This bug was opened to address the potential impact on this

product.


Workaround for

previous versions




evaluation are 5/4.8:


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:N/A:N/E:F/RL:U/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2011-0539 has been






Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM







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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 12.00.5: IP/ASI Gateway

A new proprietary MPEG2-TS encapsulation format is now supported next to the already existing MXF format for IP based contribution streams on the IP gateway.

Improved the Adaptive Clock Rate lock-in algorithm, reducing the lock-in time (= time until a picture is present at the output) downto 3 seconds. This reduced lock-in time is valid for so-called ‘known streams’, which are streams that were previously present at the input and that return after an interruption. For ‘new’ streams the following rule is valid: the lock-in time for HD-streams is 3 seconds, the lock-in time for SD-streams is 8 seconds (was 13 seconds in previous versions).


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Enhancements

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCue27631 SDI Sync loss events are written to log file

Symptom SDI Sync loss events were not written to the log file. Only the alarm status could be viewed through the Alarm status in the GUI.

Conditions When an SDI sync loss event changes.



ID Description

CSCug42047 Transrating Problem alarm does not clear


The Transrating Problem alarm is active while it should not be and never gets cleared.

Conditions When a transrating problem occurs in a splice setup when spliced in (i.e. during an ad), the Transrating problem alarm is raised (as expected). However when the ad has finished the alarm is not cleared although the main service is without errors. From now on, the Transrating problem will not close anymore.


Disable the splice channel and enabled channel again or reboot the DCM.

CSCug37531 Co-processor board restarts under high and persistent load conditions


The co-processor board restarts. Services will be interrupted, but will recover automatically.

Conditions Under exceptional and persistent high load conditions, where internal communication is lost, the co-processor can restart in order to re-establish communication.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCug54246 Playing too short ad causes channel to reject subsequent splice request

Symptom This error was found in version 8.5.0 Output bitrate of a splice channel is 0 and splice requests are rejected.

Conditions This happens occasionally when an ad was played that was a few seconds shorter than the duration specified in the splice request.

Workaround Toggle the streaming state of the channel.


ID Description

CSCug35560 All VSEs do not statmux or continuously enter and leave statmux.


VSEs leave the statmux pool or constantly enter and leave the statmux pool.

Conditions When a backup (encoder) is also configured for the Statmux pool. IIOP polling for Statmux Status or settings changes (e.g. by PNC) causes a memory leak to occur which impacts the performance of the statmux algorithm.

Workaround Power cycle the DCM. If the VSEs do not rejoin the pool after power cycling the DCM then power cycle the encoders as well.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuf93735 Error message reflects an MFP Engine that does not exist


The Missing Resources error messages indicates the incorrect MFP Engine instances. The MFP engine number that is being referenced to in the error message is one less than it should be. For example, an error referring to engine number 0 is actually an error message for engine number 1.

Conditions When an MFP Engine is processing the full amount of Multi-Res resources and additional resources are attempted to be added to this engine.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuf83837 Blocking artefacts seen during AR change on MFP


Blocking artifacts are visible at the output of a service in a Statmux group on the MFP board after an aspect ratio switch at the input.

Conditions When the aspect ratio change at the input happens in a non-compliant way. i.e. After the (new) sequence header, the open GOP flag is not set (in the GOP header) making that the first B pictures are dropped by the decoder.


Make sure that the input stream is compliant (GOP is closed at the beginning of a new sequence).

CSCug16592 ABR Output Streams not aligned


The timestamps of different ABR profiles on different engines of the DCM can be shifted by 1 field period. The EBP markers are also added to pictures with a different timestamp (delta of 1 field period).

Conditions When the profiles are configured on different engines or DCMs and the input stream contains 3:2 pulldown (coded at 24fps) with the generated output profiles configured to contain 29.97fps.


None

CSCug28887 Updating output frame rate in MultiRes profile can result in no bitrate


The output bitrate of a profile drops to zero after updating the frame rate of the output profile.

Conditions When changing the frame rate of a MultiRes sub-SD profile.


Reset the engine.

CSCug18291 All services on an MFP engine are interrupted


All services on an MFP engine are interrupted.

Conditions When an input error occurs right after changing or adding the configuration of a service.


None


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ID Description

CSCug45855 Configuring a frame-rate reduced multiress profile interrupts engine


All multires services on an MFP engine have a short interruption

Conditions When configuring a frame-rate reduced multires profile, in combination with a short input error.

Workaround System recovers automatically within 30 seconds.

MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCuf65920 Wrong splice duration reported to AD server


The splice duration reported to the AD server is not correct although the actual duration was correct. In some case a “No Insertion Channel Found” is reported to the AD server.

If this happens in a back-to-back setup this can cause the rest of the splice block to be aborted.

Conditions Normal splicing configuration.


None

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCty51250 Disabling SDI input port does not stop streaming


When disabling "SDI input port", the streaming is not stopped.

Conditions When disabling "SDI input" port.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuf81122 Input GbE port icon is not colored red in case streams are in

alarm


The GbE port pair icon in the input tree is not colored red in all

cases.

Conditions When all of the following conditions are met :

- There is no port level alarm on any of the ports of the port pair.

- The Backup port of the port pair is active.

- There is a Stream below the port pair in alarm.

- The port pair node is collapsed.

Workaround for

previous versions

Open the port pair and the port pair node will be colored

correctly.

CSCuf56562 find source/destinations doesn't highlight opened SPTS node in

treeview


An SPTS node that is clicked open is not highlighted when using

find (active) source or when clicking the highlight link in the find

destinations popup.

Conditions When the SPTS node is expanded in tree view.

Workaround for

previous versions

Close the ports and click on Service in the top menu. This will

make sure the SPTSs are no longer clicked open. Then highlight of

SPTS will work.

Alternatively, use the Table View page to see your routings

CSCuf61164 Output TS alarm doesn't color port icon red when port is

collapsed.


Output TS alarm does not color the output port icon red when the

port is collapsed.

Conditions When the port is collapsed in the tree view and there is an Output

TS alarm on one of the TSs.

Workaround for

previous versions

Click open the output port to see the TS states or check the Status

pages.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuc25633 The port state does not show accumulated state


Port state does not show accumulated state. Instead it shows a red

icon as soon as there is any alarm on that port.

Conditions None.

Workaround for

previous versions

Click open the port to see the TS/service states or check the Status

pages.

CSCuf81139 encapsulation of RTP stream set to 'native' after changing JPEG2K detail


Changing JPEG2K details for an output RTP stream, also changes the MXF transport to Native for that stream.

Conditions When changing the JPEG2K details for an output RTP stream on the IP adapter.


None

CSCuf93725 Missing Stream Type Identification on ASI ports.


Input ASI stream node's description does not have information about the received video format (SD/HD/3G).

Conditions When receiving a JPEG2k compressed stream on an ASI port of the DCM Video Gateway.


None

CSCug45688 Drag Generator to SDI Output port is siliently ignored


Routing is not done when dragging an input stream or generator to an output port on a gateway card.

Conditions When the output port is collapsed on the gateway card.


Open the output port before dragging an input stream or generator.


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Release Notes DCM Version V12.00.0 Note: IP/ASI Gateway is not supported in this release.

New Features

The following new features are included in software version 12.00.0: DRD DVB-S2 TS Mode on DVB-S2: On the DVB-S2 module it is now possible to select how complete TSs are passed:

SFN compliant: no changes to SI, no ECMs are removed.

non SFN compliant: SI is adapted and ECMs are removed.

CA PMT list management type selection, in the past this was always “Update All” now the user can select “Update All” or “Add/Del” method. MFP RDS pass-through for MFP audio: When reducing the bit-rate of MPEG-1 audio Layer-II, the RDS data carried in the ancillary data at the end of audio frames (DVB option) are passed through from input to output. The MPEG-2 Frame Pictures setting is obsolete. MBAFF will be used. The minimum configurable audio bitrate for Dolby Digital is 64 kbps. MultiRes/ABR: EBP markers contain an NTP timestamp. This NTP timestamp represents the time the encoder created the boundary point. The inserted NTP timestamps can be synchronized with an NTP server. From this release onwards, the following functionality is supported on the MFP card:

8 backup sources can be configured for Service Backup

Alternate sources can be used for services passed to the MFP card.

Component tracking rules and default tracking rules (no “AutoPass”) to force output PID components

New MFP alarms:

‘PTS Discontinuity’ can be generated on audio streams processed by MFP

‘End-To-End Delay Too Low For Pass-through Service’

‘RDS passthrough failed due to sample rate conversion’

GbE


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




SinglePortDisable mode: If for a port pair “Gbe SinglePortDisable” is enabled, only the first port of a pair can be used (e.g. to configure backup). Also no alarms will be active on that port. GUI

Consolidated the diagnostics items in the GUI - Device tab and Processing tab: A new Diagnostics sub-menu has been added under Status menu. The same Diagnostics sub-menu is also present under Help menu. Diagnostics got four tabs: Device, NTP, Steam Info and Processing.

The Device tab will show the Device Up Time and CPU Load which were present in Help – Maintenance page and additional section for Device Errors.

The NTP tab showq the NTP Statistics and NTP offset graph which were present under Status – Statistics menu.

The Stream Info tab shows the Transport Stream Index Information for each incoming and outgoing transport streams. The stream info can be filtered based in Card and Port.

The Processing tab contains the Troubleshooting info table which was present in Help – Traces page.

MFP: Service Tab - Migrated the Settings and ABR tabs to read-only with bulk update support:

MFP Service settings and ABR tabs are enhanced for performance using text-only view in the table where the rows do not contain all the controls and when the user double clicks on a particular row, it becomes editable. Similarly, user can select multiple rows by holding the SHIFT or CTRL and clicking the rows and update all the selected rows at once using the "Update Service Settings" form below.

Display severe device errors:

Additional support is added to log all the severe device errors to a new trace file. This device error can be viewed or downloaded from the existing Traces page. Additionally, the same is accessible on device diagnostics page under Device Errors section.

GbE: Card level default settings - Max Bitrate for incoming TS:

Under the Input TS Default Settings for GbE, an additional field is added to enter the maximum bitrate for an incoming transport stream.

Diagnostic: Added support to show Device Up Time:

The existing device diagnostics page is enhanced to show the Device Up Time which is the time that the device is up since last cold reboot


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Enhancements

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud79569 Audio PTS Discontinuity alarm raised when input has PTS

discontinuities

Symptom A separate alarm “Audio PTS Discontinuity” is reported when the

input contains PTS discontinuities, in the past an “Input audio

loss” alarm was reported instead.

Conditions When the input audio stream contains PTS discontinuities.

CSCue78313 Audio streams processed on MFP contains PCR packets

Symptom For each output service, the PCR is generated on the same PID as

at the input. In this enhancement, the processed audio streams

will also contain PCR packets independent on which PID the

incoming PCR is located. In this way, it is possible that multiple

components of the output service contain PCR packets (of which 1

is referred by the PMT).

Conditions For all audio components processed by the MFP board.


ID Description

CSCud93476 Transrater error statistics page can now be downloaded from the GUI

Symptom The transrater error statistics page can now be downloaded from the GUI.

Conditions None

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCua28288 Component Tracking Rules, "Create Rule" when blocked by TS

Symptom The default suggested component tracking rule now is of type "Auto Pass" in case service auto passing has been disabled on the TS.

In the past the rule was by default of type "Auto Pass" with an invalid PID value.

Conditions In case Service Auto Passing has been disabled on the TS (components are in state "Blocked by TS Rule").


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCud99721 Display option to include pre-configured TSs and services in input tree

Symptom A Display option allows configuring whether pre-configured services and TSs (i.e. services or TSs that are not present at the input but have settings configured) are displayed in the input tree view.

Conditions None.



ID Description

CSCue01632 Audio Content can’t be decoded after splice when input

standard changed


Audio Content can’t be decoded anymore after a splice.

Conditions If a service is spliced on an MFP board, and the input standard is

changed on the input during the splice, and this input standard

change causes that a spliced audio PID is now interpreted as Data

(e.g. stream type 0x81 is AC3 in ATSC and data in DVB) then the

audio might be wrong during and after the splice

Workaround for

previous versions

Do not change input standard during a splice.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud44974 Reconfiguration of a service on an MFP board can result in disruptions


While configuring any service on an engine on a MFP board. it is possible that all services on this engine are disrupted for 30 seconds.

Conditions When there are Input disruptions on a service while reconfiguring it.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue65810 Audio contains no EBPs after configuration


There are no EBP packages inserted in MultiRes audio streams

after re-configuration to AAC-LC .

Conditions MultiRes/ABR feature is enabled and the audio is re-configured to

transcode to AAC-LC.

Workaround for

previous versions

Change any other setting of the transcoded audio stream.

CSCuf02589 MFP drops bitrate when having 5 seconds stuffing on the input


The output bitrate drops to near zero when the input source has more than 5 sec of null packets only.

Conditions The MFP is receiving only stuffing for 5 sec.


Reset of MFP restores the service.

CSCuf25161 Errors when creating sync ABR profiles in combination with 3/2 pull down


Output time stamps are not correct, and different profiles are not synchronized, for ABR profiles generated from a 3/2 pull down source on an MFP board.

Conditions When generating ABR profiles from a 3/2 pulldown source (both AVC/MPEG-2).


None

CSCuf35248 Colour primaries in VUI of AVC streams are filled in as unspecified


Colour primaries in the VUI parameters are set as unspecfied in linear transcodes and splices for H.264/AVC encoded streams.

Conditions Video engine are configured in linear transcode or splicing. The coding format of the output stream is H.264/AVC


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuf89228 Closed caption status toggles on H.264 streams


The closed caption status readout on MFP overview page toggles.

Conditions When the input stream is a H.264 stream.


None.

MFP Splicing

ID Description

CSCue35475 Post Muted audio doesn't work in ad splicing MFP


The audio splicer does not generate muted audio frames at the moment that black video frames are generated. This results in a gap in the timestamps of the audio stream.

Conditions When a gap in the audio stream has to be filled-up with muted audio frames because of inserted black frames by the video splicer (e.g., postblack configuration on the ad server).


None.

CSCue35357 AD Splice has glitch in the audio


Audio splice results in a small glitch in the audio at the splice point.

Conditions MPEG-2 SD splicing is configured at low density (only 1 SD splice per chip) and DTS-STC of first video frame is higher then 100ms.


None

CSCud48454 Long duration DPI setup on MFP can have interruption on output


In rare occasions a channel of which DPI is enabled can have a short interruption.

Conditions When DPI is enabled on an MFP service, the issue can be present on a specific channel when it is very frequently used for splicing.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCue75399 Changing D9036 SMX community settings fails when pools are

configured


When changing Statmux Community settings (IP address / Port),

the GUI responds after some time with an Operation Not

Succeeded. After this error message, the GUI stays unresponsive

for a couple of minutes.

Conditions When changing Statmux Community settings while there are

pools configured in the D9036 Statmux.

Workaround for

previous versions

When waiting long enough (a couple of minutes) the GUI will

become responsive again and the settings will be applied anyhow,

despite the error message. It is suggested to perform a reboot after

changing the SMX community settings in this caseas this will

anyhow break the complete SMX community and require to adapt

the connected D9036 encoder settings as well.

CSCue89395 Removing a VSE on the Encoder is not reflected on the SMX control DCM


After removing a VSE from an encoder or disconnecting the statmux communication port of an encoder, the VSEs continue to show up as connected on the DCM processing tree. The VSEs also can not be removed from the processing tree because they must be in the disconnected state before they can be removed.

Conditions This will occur any time a VSE is deleted or the encoder is disconnected.


The VSEs will show up as disconnected after power cycling the DCM.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCud70702 Changing configuration of a channel interrupts other channel on

engine


During re-configuration of one channel, channels processed on the

same engine can be affected by this reconfiguration resulting in

blocking artifacts.

Conditions When reconfigurating a channel that results in a restart of that

channel (e.g. when changing coding mode, output format, ...).

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCue59041 High complexity service doesn't get enough bitrate assigned


An MPEG-2 HD service with high complexity (low PSNR

numbers) but doesn't seem to get a high enough bitrate assigned

by the SMX algorithm.

Conditions When statmuxing a high complexity MPEG-2 HD service.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCue72999 RIP table is not updated when there is TS loss


RIP-table needed for Anycast is not updated when there is a TS

loss.

Conditions When an output Transport Stream is removed and recreated

within a few seconds, this will cause TS loss updates not to be

propagated to the RIP table.

Workaround for

previous versions

Remove the TS again and wait a minute before remaking.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue97426 DTF not working after upgrade (one PID is missing)


Output Mode on port of SFN MkII board in Deterministic Remux mode does not seem to be applied. Settings are OK but behavior does not match settings.

Conditions There are two possible causes. The first one can happen randomly on configuration of the Output Mode for any port and a random port configuration (behavior, not the setting) is changed. The second one happens when changing the Output Mode to 'Main TS and RDCS' for which the configuration (behavior, not the setting) of the main port will not be changed.


Change the port configuration again.

CSCuf16892 Settings import "exclude security" doesn't exclude http/https setting


When importing device settings from file, the https security setting is always imported, even when "Exclude security settings" is enabled. As a consequence, after a settings import the device gui may unexpectedly become unreachable at its "https://" address.

Conditions This issue appears when importing device settings in which the https security setting differs from the one applied on the device


Connection can be re-established on most browsers by re-typing the device address in the browser's address field without a protocol specification (http:// or https://).

Mux

ID Description

CSCue92333 Device can reboot when a PID is wrongly identified as SCTE35 in the PMT


The device can reboot when a PID is wrongly identified as an SCTE-35 component in the PMT.

Conditions When a PID that is identified as SCTE-35 in the PMT, but contains other data (e.g. video), this can cause 100% load of the CPU, and might cause reboots.


make sure that the stream is correct before providing it to the DCM


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DRD

ID Description

CSCtx61164 Astra HD+ CAM not working properly in DVB-S2

Symptom This issue was found in version 10.0.0.

Astra HD+ CAM is unable to descramble any services when used in a DVB-S2 card.

Conditions Astra HD+ CAM is used for descrambling.


Pass the complete TS in SFN mode and descramble individual services or components.

Platform

ID Description

CSCud29269 DCM keeps rebooting after upgrade.


The DCM keeps rebooting after the power was unplugged during

an upgrade to V12.0 or later.

Conditions When the D9902 bootloader version is V00-00-10 or lower and

during the upgrade of a D9902 device to version V12.0 or later, the

power was cut.

Workaround for

previous versions

From V11.10 onwards, a new bootloader version is available in the

SW package. Once this version is installed, the bootloader can be

upgraded from the GUI - configuration page. It is strongly advised

to upgrade the bootloader prior to upgrading to version V12.0 or

later.

Firmware

ID Description

CSCub36413 DCM generates false PCR DiscontinutityFlag


PCR jitter at output of the DCM of passed services.

Conditions High load, bad PCR streams, switching on/off on same time


Bit rate clamping per TS, limits the calculated bitrate to nominal value


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue25584 DCM DRD board looses streams


Long lock times or no lock even when RF lock is reached

Conditions Bad PCR streams or frequent RF unlocks can trigger no lock or long lock times


Reboot unit.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCud97178 'Configure TOT' link - page could not be found


In the output TS settings page, clicking on the "Configure TOT"

gives a web server error.

Conditions When Clicking on the "Reload" button before clicking on

"Configure TOT" button on the output TS settings page.

Workaround for

previous versions

In Tree view, Double click on the output TS. It opens the TS

settings page. Now click on "Configure TOT" link on that page.

CSCue10070 MFP MultiRes Profile Copy action fails when profile passed to

output


Profile copy does not succeed and the result is a partial copy. From

now on the profile copy option is only accessible if no profiles are

passed to the output.

Conditions When performing a profile copy in the 'Edit profile' pop-up

window on a service that has profiles passed to the output. The

copy action will first try to delete the existing profiles and because

profiles are passed to the output they cannot be removed.

Workaround for

previous versions

Make sure no profiles are passed to the output before performing

the copy action.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue10116 MFP MultiRes: No action/Error when passing main service to

the output


No action happens and there is no error message when the main

service of a MultiRes service is passed to the output.

Conditions When passing the main service of a MultiRes service that has no

profiles configured, to the output.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCue10122 MFP MultiRes 720p60 profile: Frame rate options are not sorted

in chrome


On the MFP MultiRes profile overlay window, the Frame Rate

combo box items are not sorted in Chrome.

Conditions When modifying a profile with vertical resolution of 720 in the

profile overlay using the Chrome browser.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCue10162 Legend page - PIP and MultiRes icons are small


Legend page displays the PIP and MultiRes icons in small size

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCue50171 Temporary license message says expiry in 1 day when it is in 1

month


Temporary license displays incorrect expiry message.

Conditions When the difference between the current date and the license

expiry date is 1 month.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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ID Description

CSCue70906 Adding "ES ECM PID" type default tracking rule gives web

error


Adding "ES ECM PID" type default tracking rule for a board gives

web server error.

Conditions When adding an “Es ECM PID” type board default tracking rule.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCue75637 JavaScript error on input port FEC settings add form


When changing the Socket type or FEC Streams type under “Add

Preconfigured TS” section, a Javascript error is reported and “FEC

Stream - Custom Setting” is not possible since Row Socket Type

doesn't get enabled anymore.

Conditions When changing the Socket type or FEC Streams type under “Add

Preconfigured TS” section.

Workaround for

previous versions

Add the TS and then change the settings from Table.

CSCue79452 Exporting routing configuration fails if DCM name contains "/"


Exporting of the routing configuration (CSV format) fails when the

DCM name contains a "/".

Conditions When exporting the routing configuration (Service ->

Configuration) of a DCM that has a “/” in its name.

Workaround for

previous versions

Change the DCM name so it no longer contains a "/".

CSCue80102 Upgrade failed message shown though it succeeds


The GUI displays an upgrade failure message even though the

upgrade succeeds.

Conditions When upgrading a device after the previous upgrade failed

without having rebooted the DCM in between.

Workaround for

previous versions

Trigger a warm reboot before doing the upgrade.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue87078 VSE Capacity Overload popup box shown when not necessary


When changing the video channel settings, a warning popup box

is shown when not applicable.

Conditions Only when multiple GbE boards in D9036 Statmux mode

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCue89911 IE9 freezes on consecutive changes in the top reference string


Switching page by using the top reference string selection (drop-

down selection on top of TS/service settings pages) freezes page

on IE9.

Conditions When switching page by using the top reference string selection

(drop-down selection on top of TS/service settings pages).

Workaround for

previous versions

Go to other window/tab. Go back to IE9 and click on the selection.

CSCud52516 Submission failure while updating or Adding new VBR TS


Submission failure while updating or adding new VBR transport streams in Active mode.

Conditions The cumulative Bitrate of all the existing ACTIVE transport streams on a GbE port should be 911Mbps or above.


None

CSCue92059 Search fails intermittently on Processing tree (SID as filter)


Search in processing tree gives web server error

Conditions When a MultiRes profile is present that matches the searching criteria.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCue92301 DCM session expires when logging in from Rosa NMS


When logging in from ROSA NMS you are automatically logged out after 3 minutes.

Conditions When logging in from ROSA NMS.


None.

CSCuf35370 TS identification details cannot be retrieved for the "Before HM" alarm


Input TS Status Overview table is not displaying TS details for "Threshold Reached for the Missing Packets before Error Correction Statistic" alarm in Status-Input page. Detailed TS Status Overview table also is not displaying the details for the alarm.

Conditions Hitless Merge option should have been enabled on the corresponding GbE card Alarm should have been raised for input backup port of Hitless Merge


None

CSCuf56562 find source/destinations doesn't highlight opened SPTS node in treeview


An SPTS node that is clicked open is not highlighted when using find (active) source or when clicking the highlight link in the find destinations popup.

Conditions SPTS node is expanded in tree view.


Close the ports and click on Service in the top menu. This will make sure the SPTSs are no longer clicked open. Then highlight of SPTS will work. Other possibility: use the Table View page to see your routings

CSCuf61196 Port level alarms don't color the port icon red in the tree view


The Input port icon is not colored red when a port level alarm is triggered.

Conditions When a port level alarm is active.


Check the status pages to see the active port alarms.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCuf60811 Total Bit Rate (Mbps) of GbE TS gets changed incorrectly


Changing between VBR and CBR for one or more output TSs on the Output Port TS settings page modifies the Total Bit Rate on the other TSs.

Conditions When changing an output TS between VBR and CBR on the Output Port TS settings page.


Switch between VBR and CBR on the TS/Rate Control tab of the TS Output settings page. (double click on the TS in the output tree on the Tree View page to get to this settings page).

Audio Gateway

ID Description

CSCud74488 Hitless merge statistics sometimes don't increment


The hitless merge packet statistics don’t increment and remain at

0.

Conditions The Audio Gateway board has been configured with 2 incoming

RTP streams and only one of them streams has the 'Hitless Merge'

option enabled and packets arrive only at the RTP stream that has

the 'Hitless Merge' option enabled.

Workaround for

previous versions

Warm reboot of the Audio Gateway board or reboot the entire

DCM device.

CSCuc46219 The stream presence indication on the GUI tree view is not

correct.


The stream presence indication on the GUI tree view is not correct.

Conditions When hitless merge is enabled and the port mode is set to

“manual 2”.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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ID Description

CSCue56831 The DCM falsely responds with "Splice_Request Was Too Late" (error 112)


The DCM responds with "Splice_Request Was Too Late" (error code 112) even thought the request was sent in time by the AD server.

Conditions This rarely happens when using AD splicing.


None.

CSCuf16401 A splice failure can cause that all following splices to fail


If a splice fails, then subsequent splices might also fail.

Conditions If a splice fails because of an external trigger.


Reboot the device or regroom the affected service.

From 11.1 onwards it can be fixed by stopping and starting streaming the affected service.

CSCuf25823 DPI settings not restored after upgrade


DPI settings are not restored after the first reboot following an upgrade.

Conditions When upgrading a DCM with a lot of services configured, it is possible that the internal settings files get corrupted. The DCM will function correctly, but the DPI settings will be lost the next time the DCM is rebooted.

This can happen when upgrading the DCM from a version prior to V11.0.0 to a version 11.0.0 to V11.10.6.


For a workaround and more details see the Service Note : “ServiceNote DPI Settings might be lost.docx”


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud67586 AD Splice causes interruption on the output stream


The encoded output (MPEG or AVC) is disruped after the splice for approximately 4s because of an internal reset of the splicing module.

Conditions When the Coding type of network stream and insertion stream is different, either the main stream or the Ad stream is progressive coded (e.g., 576p) and the other stream is interlaced coded (e.g., 576i).


Make sure that both network and ads are coded in the same way (both progressive or interlaced).

CSCuf76098 MFP encoder settings cannot be changed


After upgrading a DCM to a software version between 11.0.0 and 11.10.6, the MFP encoder settings (e.g. ES Rate) cannot be changed anymore. Instead, an OpNotSucceeded message is displayed.

Conditions DCM was running a sofware version before 11.0.0 and MFP settings were configured.


Delete service passed to MFP board and redo the configuration (pass service to MFP and output and configure MFP settings).

Or disable and enable the transrating/transcoding setting on the MFP board and redo the MFP configuration.

From V11.10.7 onwards the release package contains a script “ForceSaveServiceSettings” that can be used to fix this on the devices running versions 11.0.0 to 11.10.6 without the need to upgrade. For more information see “ServiceNote MFP Video Transcode settings cant be modified.docx”.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





ID Description

CSCue84014 Every few hours the video bitrate drops to zero


The output bitrate of a statmuxed video channel drops to near

zero every few hours due to a DTS discontinuity detected. It seems

the frame drops are happening at the 32 bit DTS wrap-around

point.

Conditions When statmuxing a video channel.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCuf32839 EndToEnd Delay modification in runtime makes Statmux

unstable


When the end-to-end delay is modified while the statmux is

running, the statmux becomes unstable and the output bitrate

graph fluctuates.

Conditions When changing the end-to-end delay when statmux is running.

Workaround for

previous versions

Stop all channels before making end-to-end delay modifications

and start all channels again.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCue46101 Occasional MFP engine reset and service interruption


MFP engine reset causing an interruption of all video services processed by that engine.

Conditions This can happen at any moment when processing streams. In reality this seems to happen once every other day.


None.

CSCue78377 RAI bit is not set in TS header Adaption field


The Random Access Indicator (RAI) bit is not set in TS header Adaption field.

Conditions When the output of a processed stream is H.264.


Configure IDR Interval on MFP. This will force IDR insertion every n GOPs and each IDR will be preceded by an adaptation_field of which the random_access_indicator will be set.

CSCue42784 Limited input PTS jitter results in artifacts at the output


The MFP card drops some input pictures at the moment the PTS jitter was above a certain threshold resulting in missing frames at the output.

Conditions When the input PTS jitter is more than +/-15 ticks in units of 90kHz.


Make sure that the input stream is compliant and that the PTS jitter is limited.


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ID Description

CSCue30318 MFP related alarm not cleared


An MFP related alarm is not cleared even when the error condition was resolved.

Conditions When there was a PTS discontinuity on an MFP service, it can happen that MFP related alarms are not cleared even though the error condition was resolved.


Move the service away from the engine (Pass-through path) and put it back on the initial engine.

CSCue10912 PCR/PID errors on MFP Output


MFP does not recover after data corruption in the input stream. The output stream still containsPCR/PID errors and artifacts.

Conditions When the input service of a transcoded service becomes corrupted at the input. Once the input is again clean, the MFP transcoder does not recover.


Reset the engine in question.


ID Description

CSCue43021 Alarm is not raised if backup encoders are not upgraded


On a DCM with GBE boards configure in D9036 Statmux mode,

services in the D9036 statmux pool output pane are shown with a

red icon.

However, when looking on the status page, no alarms are shown

for these services clarifying the problem cause.

Conditions This happens when there is a version mismatch between the

D9036 encoders and the configured statmux version in the D9036

Statmux administration page.

Workaround for

previous versions

Be sure that all encoders (both the main encoders and the backup

encoders) are upgraded to the correct version as configured on the

DCM D9036 Statmux administration page.

Be sure that both the main and the backup DCM selected the same

D9036 statmux version.


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ID Description

CSCue78175

Activating Backup Stream on output for MFP Statmuxed service stops SMX


A rate controlled output service using the MFP Statmux Rate Control feature and having backup services defined in the output tree shows its Rate Mode state as "Pass Through (Manual)" where the expected Rate Mode state should be "Statmuxed".

Conditions - Output service has to be member of an MFP Rate Control group. - Output service has to have backup services defined in the output tree (Advanced Routing). - Both the main and the backup service pass an MFP processing board - Both the main as the backup service have the same MFP Video Ouput Rate Mode setting - A switch has occurred between the main/backup service


The problem happens when both backup/main service have the same MFP Video Output Rate Mode setting on the MFP boards. Best solution is to: - have the main service set on the MFP with Rate Mode setting "Statmux" - have the backup service(s) set on the MFP with Rate Mode setting "CBR" or "Capped VBR" (thus not the same as the main service). In such case when a switch to the backup occurs, the backup service will be measured and taken into account in the statmux group (although it will not actively be statmuxed). To avoid bandwidth exceeded errors, the sum of the backup service outputs should be less or equal then the group rate.

CSCue57188 macroblocking in low-complexity channel


Frequent macroblocking seen on low complexity channels in a statmux pool.

Conditions for a statmux pool that contains a mix of low and high complexity channels.


None.


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ID Description

CSCue59062 Increased Video Quality dips compared to earlier versions


SAM/PSNR measurement Video quality shows various Video Quality dips compared to previous versions.

Conditions for a statmux pool that contains a mix of low and high complexity channels.


None.

Cscue530753 Pool output bitrate of MFP statmuxpool is not constant


A few hours after the DCM has been rebooted, the overall bitrate of the MFP statmux pool is heavily fluctuating.

Conditions Running full SD (6x) density after a few hours.


- Disable the auto resource reload by creating the DisableResourceReload file under /app

- Or reduce the channel density to (4x) SD

CSCuf08021 Setting a low CBR rate impacts video quality.


If the user sets the CBR rate on the Video Settings page to a low rate when performing statmux, there can be noticeable Video Quality impact.

Conditions When the user sets the CBR rate on the Video Settings page to a low rate when performing statmux.


Leave the CBR rate on the Video Settings page to the default value or higher when performing statmux.

CSCuf02589 MFP drops bitrate when having 5 seconds stuffing on the input


The output bitrate drops to near zero when the input source has more than 5 sec of null packets only.

Conditions When the input stream only contains stuffing for 5 sec.


Reset of MFP restores the service.


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Web GUI

ID Description

CSCue49978 GUI Logs out when expanding a service node.


GUI Logs out when expanding a service node.

Conditions This happens in case if the stream contains an invalid audio descriptor.


None


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 11.10.5: GUI:

Navigate between the same settings Support is added to facilitate navigation between the same settings for different Transport Streams or services within the same port without returning to the tree view. The existing Top reference string is used to facilitate this.

MFP: Audio - Bulk Update MFP Audio settings are enhanced for performance using text-only view in the table where the rows do not contain all the controls and when the user double clicks on a particular row, it becomes editable. Similarly, user can select multiple rows by holding the SHIFT or CTRL and clicking the rows and update all the selected rows at once using the "Update Basic Audio Settings" form below.

MFP: Audio - Copy/Paste Settings Support is added to copy encode specific processing settings from one audio component to another in case of similar encode format.

MFP: Audio - Navigate Between Settings Support is added to navigate between the encoding specific settings without returning to the main audio settings page is possible through the top reference string.

MFP: MR - Resource Allocation Feedback A new Estimated Resource Usage table is added on the Profile Engine popup which gives a graphical representation of the calculated load for the engine in MR mode. The amount of resources occupied by a multi-res profile is a mathematical estimation which is based on the profile parameters entered in the edit profile dialog.

MFP: The Multi Format Processor (MFP) board has been extended with a new feature which is Digital Program Insertion (DPI) or Ad Insertion. This feature allows inserting a number of advertisements into a main or network feed. There is no upper-limit on the amount of advertisement that can be subsequently inserted (i.e., back-to-back splicing is supported). In the release, splicing on the MFP board is limited to Ad Insertion mode only. On the MFP board, it is possible to splice MPEG-2 as well as H.264/AVC streams. In order to guarantee the seamlessness of the splices, the network feed, insertion feed, and output service have to be of the same codec type (MPEG-2 or H.264/AVC). It is possible to splice between HD network feeds and HD advertisements and between SD network feeds and SD advertisement. It is not supported to splice between HD network feeds and SD advertisements, and vice versa. Each splice shall be executed frame accurate and the


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splicer supports the SCTE-30 and SCTE-35 specification in order to communicate with an Ad Server and to schedule the upcoming splices. Audio splicing is also supported on the MFP so that the audio and video are spliced together. In splicing mode, it is not possible to process the audio streams meaning that only transparent audio splicing is supported (i.e., audio format, bitrate, channel numbers, sampling rate … cannot be changed during the splice). The audio codecs supported for splicing in this release are Dolby Digital AC-3 and MPEG-1 Layer II (no splicing support for other codecs such as AAC). Network audio services can have a different number of channels or sampling rate in comparison to the insertion channel. The density of the splicing feature is as follows:

On Mk-I chassis:

Audio splicing disabled (audio processing disabled on MFP board configuration level): 1 SD or 1 HD channel per engine (i.e., 4 SD or 4 HD channels per MFP board)

Audio splicing enabled (audio processing enabled on MFP board configuration level): 1 SD or 1 HD channel per engine (i.e., 3 SD or 3 HD channels per MFP board

On Mk-II chassis:

Independent of audio splicing: 1 SD or 1 HD channel per engine (i.e., 4 SD or 4 HD channels per MFP board)

The splicing feature on MFP board can be combined with the Statmux feature and horizontal rescaling feature on the MFP board. Splicing cannot be combined with the MultiRes/ABR feature.


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Enhancements

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCud64097 It is now possible to move a mulit-res service without settings

Symptom Drag and drop of a service on a multi-res engine to a non-multi-res engine is now allowed when the service has no profiles configured.

Conditions When the service has no profiles configured.



ID Description

CSCud99669 If a splice fails, then subsequent splices might be rejected


If a splice fails, then subsequent splices might be rejected. . If the DCM stays in this condition for a long time, the DCM might reboot.

Conditions When a splice fails because of an external trigger


Reboot the device or regroom the affected service From 11.1 onwards it can be fixed by stopping and starting streaming the affected service

CSCud48286 If DPI configuration is deleted during an ad, the video will disappear.


If DPI configuration is deleted during an ad, the video will disappear. Subsequent splices are rejected.

Conditions When deleting the DPI configuration while spliced in.


Reboot the device or regroom the affected service From 11.1 onwards it can be fixed by stopping and starting streaming the affected service.


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ID Description

CSCue35697 DPI Channel settings removed after changing Output Service ID.


DPI channel settings disappear when the service ID of a service is changed.

Conditions When changing the output service id of a service that has DPI settings enabled, the DPI settings will become disabled and the DPI ChannelName will be reset to default.


First make sure the output service ID is set correctly before configuring the DPI settings.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud77188 Glitch in output stream during re-configuration


The output stream of all services on an engine are interrupted for about 1 minute.

Conditions When the user reconfigures the encoder settings (other than a bitrate change) of one of the services on the specific engine.


None

CSCud81922 Configuring bitrate for HD service below 500Kbps stops processing


Configuring a HD resolution on a multi-res engine with a bitrate lower then 500Kbps is possible. However, the video processing engine does not support these low bitrates at the HD resolutions and all services processed on this engine are interrupted.

Conditions When setting the bitrate below 500Kbps for a HD mulit-res service.


Increase the bitrate for the HD resolution to at least 500Kbps and reset engine.

CSCue23351 bitrate for multires profiles can't be set to 96kbps


The bitrate for a multires service can't be set to 96Kbps as an incorrect limit check will block this.

Conditions When trying to set the bitrate for a multi-res service.


None


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ID Description

CSCue05703 Entropy Auto mode not correct for baseline profile (MR mode)


The entropy mode used when Entropy mode is set to Auto is CABAC instead of CAVLC for a baseline profile.

Conditions When entropy is set to Auto mode and a baseline pofile is configured.


Set the entropy encoder explicit to CAVLC once the profile is configured to baseline.

CSCud58779 Min Bit rate is taken into account for pass through services in MFP SMX


The min bitrate setting of pass-through services in the Rate control group settings is considered for range validation of max bitrate of other services, while this should not be the case.

Conditions When one of the services is in pass-through mode.


None

CSCue02322 The rescaler stops processing during long duration mulit-res test.


During long duration tests, it is possible that the scaler stops processing in a MultiRes / ABR configuration.

Conditions The MFP engine has to be configured in MultiRes / ABR


None

CSCue08592 Frames are dropped when sequence_end_code missing


MPEG-2 streams coming out of MFP may show visual blocks and DTS/PTS discontinuity.

Conditions When the MFP receives a MPEG-2 non-compliant input stream that starts a new sequence header without ending the previous sequence with a sequence_end_code.


None.


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ID Description

CSCue35338 Horizontal scaling not performed when input horizontal resolution is 704.


Horizontal rescaling is not performed on a service with a horizontal resolution of 704 pixels.

Conditions When horizontal scaling is configured on an incoming stream with a horizontal resolution of 704 pixels.


None.


ID Description

CSCud20938

Encoded output service is not compliant with MPEG-2 VBV model.


The encoded output is not compliant with MPEG-2 VBV buffer model and can’t be decoded.

Conditions When the default rate is configured to 30Mbit or higher and the service is part of a statmux group.


None

DRD

ID Description

CSCud56673 TS Sync Loss on DRD DVB-S2 with valid lock on input signal


DRD DVB-S2 TS cannot be received and TS sync loss is reported even though the input signal is present with a valid lock.

Conditions This can happen when the stream is initially detected, when there are interruptions on the input TS or when PCR anomalies occur in the stream.

Workaround Disable and enable the DVB-S2 input.


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Web GUI

ID Description

CSCud56350 Multires services could not be deleted in the settings page


Deleting a Multi-Res service via the MFP overview page results in an error.

Conditions When trying to delete a main Multi-Res service via the MFP overview page and the service has profiles configured.


Delete the service from the tree view.


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Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud87633 Video from DCM output pixellating when passed through the

Logo inserter


Picture artifacts visible after processing an input stream by the

transcoder board in logo insertion mode.

Conditions Transcoder board is configured in logo insertion and the input

stream contains 3 subsequent B pictures between the anchor

frames (I or P frames).

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud83858 Incorrect minimum bitrate check for a 192x192 profile


User configuration for multires profiles may fail on the minimum

bitrate check for some resolutions.

Conditions When configuring a multires profile with horizontal resolution <=

192, and minimal bit rate < 300.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


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ID Description

CSCud77206 Continuously restarting engine with 1080p60 input


Processing 1080p60 streams is not supported by the MFP board.

However, if such an input is provided at the input, the engine will

continuously reset until the service is removed from the engine.

All other services configured on the same engine will also be

interrupted by the engine reset. Furthermore, there is no alarm

generated at the moment that 1080p60 is provided at the input.

Conditions When an 1080p60 input stream is present and transrating/coding

is enabled for this service.

Workaround for

previous versions

Remove the non-supported 1080p60 service.

CSCud81333 "Resources Could Not Be Allocated" alarm is raised when hor.

Rescaling.


The "Multi-Res Profile Resources Could Not Be Allocated" alarm is

raised unexpectedly.

Conditions The alarm is falsely triggered when the internal resource allocation

algorithm requires up-scaling between different multi resolution

profiles.

Workaround for

previous versions

None, there is no functional problem. The alarm should be

interpreted as a "Video up-scale" alarm for this specific case.

CSCud83846 MFP User name is truncated at the output in case of ATSC


For ATSC services passed over a MFP board having "SDT usertag

insertion" enabled, the inserted service name can be truncated.

Truncation is a limitation of the standard, however now the

usertag will not be truncated on the GUI.

Conditions When usertags + automatically appended usertag prefixes are

longer that the SDT/VCT standard.

Workaround for

previous versions

No workaround. Use a custom service tag that is as short as

possible but unique.


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ID Description

CSCue38002 No SDT/VCT generated when SDT usertag insertion is enabled


Services without SDT(DVB)/VCT(ATSC) passed over MFP and

"SDT usertag insertion" enabled, did not get an SDT/VCT

generated.

Conditions For all services without SDT(DVB)/VCT(ATSC) passed over MFP

and "SDT usertag insertion" enabled.

Workaround for

previous versions

Make sure the service has a SDT/VCT descriptor on the input.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 11.10.0: General:

DCM's NIC teaming feature can be used for high reliability purposes. When NIC teaming is enabled, two management ports share the same network parameters like IP address, subnet mask, gateway..., but only one is active. When a failure (link down) is detected on the primary port, the DCM system switches over to the secondary port and sends a gratuitous ARP notifying to the network of this change. When link is up again on the primary port the DCM system switches back to the primary port after a configurable delay.

MFP:

Improved picture quality.

Support for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming (ABR). MFP generates an Adapative Transport Stream (ATS) where ABR fragments and segments are signaled via Encoder Boundary Points (EBP). Both ATS and EBP are industry-wide accepted Cablelabs recommendations for ensuring interoperability between ABR transcoders/encoders and fragmenters.

Down conversion: From this release onwards it is possible to transcode MPEG-2 HD to MPEG-2 SD, MPEG-2 HD to AVC SD, AVC HD to MPEG-2 SD and AVC HD to AVC SD services.

If services are passed via an MFP card but are not processed on the MFP card (pass through services) and are added to an MFP rate control group, the bit rate of these services is taken into account in the total pool bit rate.

A new option has been added to the MFP Service Overview table allowing the user to use the User Tag as SDTa service name for each individual service. As a result, when you pass the service to the output, the user tag will also be visible in the output tree as service name.

Audio Gateway:

Reference clock port: The functionality for the audio gateway reference clock port has been enabled. This allows the user to lock the AES signals to a world clock reference instead of recovering the clock from the incoming signal.

Hitless merge statistics: it is now possible to retrieve the hitless merge statistics after the error correction block. Following statistics can be retrieved: Valid Packets, Missing Packets, Fixed Packets (Only used for FEC), Duplicate Packets, Reordered Packets, Packets Out of Range.

LED of the monitor port is now working.


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GbE:

Hitless merge over separate ports. Hitless Merge allows reception of redundant IP streams sent via an independent path. The DCM currently supports hitless merge on a port pair level where the active port in the pair receives both streams. It is now possible to configure the hitless merge feature over separate ports. When the ports are configured in port pair mode, the 1st stream is received on port pair 1-2, the 2nd stream is received on port pair 3-4. When the ports are configured in individual ports mode, the 1st stream is received on port 1, the 2nd stream on port 3.

Advanced packet statistics and threshold monitoring: when using the hitless merge recovery mechanism, FEC, or no error-correction at all, the following packet statistics could already be retrieved after the error correction block: Valid Packets, Missing Packets, Fixed Packets (Only used for FEC), Duplicate Packets, Reordered Packets, Packets Out of Range. In this release we can now also retrieve the Missing packets before the error correction block. The user can now configure alarm thresholds for the following statistics on a per stream basis:

Before error correction

Missing packets

After error correction

Fixed packets (counter only used for FEC)

Missing packets

Packets Out of Range

GUI:

NTP offset graph A new NTP Diagnostics page has been added under Statistics – Diagnostics. The page shows an NTP Statistics table which lists the NTP servers each accompanied by their current states. Each row in the table provides a summary of the remote peer associated with the NTP server. The Offset graph gives a graphical representation of the NTP time offset between the DCM and the NTP server. The user can see the history for the last 24 hours or last 7 days.

Alarm History View A new Alarm History page has been added under Status – Summary. The page allows the user to view the complete alarm history (500 alarms at a time) since the last device power up. The alarm history can also be downloaded in a comma separated file. The history can be viewed for a particular transport stream or service from the status popup available via right-click on a service or transport stream in the services tree view.

A new feature has been added in Tree to show a warning when the total number of Input services or TSs exceeds 500 for any board. The warning is shown by coloring the input board node in red color along with a tooltip.

IP Gateway:

Improved robustness against errors on SDI-input. The SDI input stage of the DCM-G is made more robust against CRC/EDH errors and short loss or misplacement of SAV/EAV. In previous releases, applying a ‘noisy’ SDI-signal containing these short errors, could result in the occurance of frequent service interruptions for a couple of seconds. The improved robustness reduces the likelyhood of these interruptions.


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Enhancements

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCub55657 “Remove All Services” for SPTS inside multi SPTS group

Symptom It is now possible to remove the service of an SPTS inside a multi SPTS group.

Conditions When right clicking on a SPTS inside Multiple SPTS group and choosing the "Remove All Services" option.

CSCub94954 Reset of the DPI scheduler statistics

Symptom A GUI option is added to reset the DPI scheduler statistics on board level.

Conditions None.

CSCuc21941 Bulk configuration on input TS backup allows ignoring certain settings.

Symptom Bulk configuration on input TS backup now allows ignoring certain settings.

Conditions When using bulk configuration of input TS backup.

CSCud14320 Added setting to force clearing of the gui cache when a user logs in.

Symptom A configurable option was added to force the clearing of the GUI cache each time a user logs in.

In the past the input tree was not refreshed when a user logged into DCM, so the displayed information could be outdated.

Conditions None

Platform

ID Description

CSCud69050 the bootloader can be upgraded from the GUI

Symptom A new bootloader version for the D9902 chassis is available in the SW package. Once this version is installed, the bootloader can be upgraded from the GUI - configuration page.

It is strongly advised to upgrade the bootloader prior to upgrading to future versions.

Conditions For D9902.


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ID Description

CSCud26978 Unsolicited ARP for native IP addresses on device activation

Symptom When re-activating a GbE data port, no gratuitous ARP was sent to notify the network. Now, upon reactivating a GbE port either automatically by device backup or manually, the device will broadcast its mac addresses on the network.

Conditions None.

CSCub89799 NTP alarm not triggered in all situations when NTP sync is lost

Symptom A new 'NTP Server Unreachable' alarm was added that will be triggered when NTP is configured and one of the NTP servers could not be contacted at the end of a polling cycle. When the DCM can contact the server successfully again, the alarm will be cleared.

Conditions None

CSCuc75633 Device backup settings are maintained when in standalone mode

Symptom When configuring a 1:1 Heartbeat connection to Standalone, unused settings like interface configuration were actively pruned, now these settings are maintained.

Conditions None


ID Description

CSCty83135 “Transrating Problem” alarm was falsely reported at splice point.

Symptom The Transrating problem alarm was sometimes falsely reported at the splice point although there were no transrating problems.

Conditions None.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCty94823 Not possible to change SD engine with SD service to HD engine


It is not possible to change the MFP engine mode from '6 SD video'

to '2 HD video' or '3 SD and 1 HD video', although it is allowed to

process an SD service on an HD slot (with format configured as

SD)..

Conditions When trying to change the MFP engine mode from '6 SD video' to

'2 HD video' if two (or less) SD services are configured. When

trying to change the MFP engine mode from '6 SD video' to '3 SD

and 1 HD video' if 1 SD services is configured.

Workaround for

previous versions

Remove all services from the engine.

CSCud16340 MFP Service loss triggers are not persistent after reboot


Specific Service loss triggers on an MFP service are not restored

after a reboot and are set back to the default (i.e. all triggers

enabled)

Conditions When there were specific service loss triggers configured on an

MFP service and there were both enabled and disabled triggers.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCub25832 Output of MFP contains blocking in picture for HD services


Output of MFP contains blocking in picture for HD services. After

closer examination it will show that macroblocks are missing from

that picture.

Conditions Happens sporadically when transcoding HD content.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


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ID Description

CSCty34309 VP throttling in 6xSD mode


MFP engine stall resulting in a zero or near zero video bitrate out

of MFP.

Conditions Transcoding 6x SD on an engine.

Workaround for

previous versions

System recovers from this failure.

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCtx73032 Input IP stream presence is not represented correctly in GUI


An input stream is represented in the GUI as being present (blue

icon) while it is not present (UDP stream loss) at the input.

Conditions When the input stream is not present on the input port and other

streams are present on that port.

Only when all input streams are lost, the icons of input streams on

that port changes to not present (strike through).

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCud52789 VPS setting not updated after reboot


VPS Enable setting lost after reboot

Conditions Enable Jpeg 2000 compression on a stream, and enable VPS ancillary data passing. After rebooting the card or the device, VPS passing is no longer enabled.


Enable the setting again after reboot.


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ID Description

CSCuc60354 Statmux Pool settings error related with other pool than selected

one


After upgrading from a release before V10.30 to V10.30 or later,

applying statmux pool settings can fail and generate a settings

error on another pool.

Conditions - Upgrade done from a DCM release before V10.30 to V10.30 or

later

- Having GBE board(s) configured in D9036 statmux pools

- Having VSEs configured for which the minimum bit rate

settings are higher than 3/4 of the default rate.

Remark that this situation is indicated by an Alarm: "VSE

Parameters Accepted but not Respected by Encoder." In such case,

it can be that changing valid settings on one pool cannot be done

due to errors in another pool.

Workaround for

previous versions

Adapt the erroneous pools first to clear the error condition.

CSCuc61491 Updates to Statmux VSE priority while VSE is in pool are not

applied


The Statmux VSE priority is not applied when the VSE is

statmuxing in a pool.

Conditions When changing the VSE priority while the VSE is statmuxing in a

statmux pool.

Workaround for

previous versions

After updating the VSE statmux priority, disable and re-enable the

VSE on the DCM statmux web GUI.


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ID Description

CSCud17625 Adapting stream encoders on VSE lead to duplicates


A VSE that was connected to a statmux controller and working

correctly does not connect to the statmux controller after the video

format is changed on the D9036.

Conditions A VSE that is in a statmux community has its video engine deleted

and recreated with a different video format while the VSE name is

left unchanged. (i.e. Changing from SD to HD.) The VSE does not

have to be assigned to a pool or even in statmux mode for this

issue to occur - the D9036 just has to have the statmux community

information filled in and community enabled.

Workaround for

previous versions

To avoid this situation VSEs that are visible to a statmux controller

should be renamed when being switched between HD and SD, or

H264 and MPEG2.

If this problem occurs and the VSE can not be renamed then the

statmux controller DCM must be power cycled to clear the old

entries from memory.


ID Description

CSCud69921 If a splice fails, then following splices might also fail


If a splice fails, then it is possible that following splices will also

fail.

Conditions If a splice fails, e.g. because of a bad video stream for the Ad, and a

splice request is already sent by the ad server for the second ad,

then it is possible that following splices will also fail, even if the

error condition for the first failure has been resolved.

Workaround for

previous versions

Stop/start streaming the output service or restart the DCM.


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Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCud53165 EMM PID not played out on the data_id of the corresponding

EMMg stream


The EMM PID is not played out on the data_id of the

corresponding EMMg stream.

Conditions When data_id is configured as EMM pid source on the EMMg

proxy, but data_id is not in configured EMM pid range (used for

auto pid source).

Workaround for

previous versions

Make sure data_id is within configured EMM pid range

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuc01384 Output EMM components page throws JavaScript error on sort


A JavaScript error is reported when sorting on the ‘Type’ column

in the Output EMM Components Page.

Conditions When sorting on the ‘Type’ column in the Output EMM Components Page.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuc15390 Warning on apply is not displayed when switching tabs


Some settings report a warning before being applied. When the

option "Warning to Apply Settings on Tab Change" is enabled no

additional warning is displayed when these settings are

automatically applied after the tab change warning.

This is the case with on the following pages :

- Statmux administration page (Statmux version setting).

- Port/TS level DPI pages.

Conditions When the "Warning to Apply Settings on Tab Change" option

should is enabled and a setting that normally would report an

error is automatically applied after changing the tab.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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ID Description

CSCuc31265 Find destinations does not work for the Transparent

Loopthrough TSs


Find destinations does not work for the Transparent Loopthrough

TSs.

Conditions None.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuc36085 Dropping an input stream on trash icon only removes stream

from GUI


When an input RTP stream of an audio gateway is dropped on the

trash icon, the node is removed from the GUI only and it is

displayed again after a reload.

Conditions When an input RTP stream of an audio gateway is dropped on the

trash icon and this input stream is routed to the output.

Workaround for

previous versions

Delete context menu can be used instead of trash icon.

CSCuc45865 Unable to Start endless banner (both manually / EAS) with the

GUI


The GUI does not accept the value 0 for Duration in manual

banner insertion and when starting EAS.

Conditions When setting the duration to 0 (infinite duration).

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuc80978 co-processor audio leveling step is indicated wrong on GUI


Text for the level adjustment using the co-processor, on the audio

level settings page for an output service, is not fully correct. The

text states "Level (dB)", while it should state "Step". The step is 2

dB for Layer-II audio and 1 dB for Dolby Digital audio (AC-3). The

behavior is not affected, only the text in the gui is not correct.

Conditions None.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


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ID Description

CSCuc83140 Find active source doesn't work on an output SPTS that is in

backup.


Find active source doesn't work on an output SPTS.

Conditions In case 2 input SPTSs are used as main and backup source (using

service backup) for an output SPTS and the source is switched to

the backup source.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCud38413 Top board traces links to incorrect trace files


Trace links for top boards (Board5 to Board8) on a D9902 links to

incorrect trace files.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCud60736 PID level alarm is not coloring service icon red on a processing board


PID level alarm is not coloring the service icon red on a processing board (Transcoder and MFP).

Conditions When a PID level alarm is active.


None.

CSCud50607 Audio Resource usage: Actual is higher than worst case


The MFP actual audio resource usage is larger than the worst case audio usage indicated on the GUI.

Conditions None.


None.


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Firmware

ID Description

CSCud15960 DCM GbE I/O with FEC board can have a stalled input in very

rare cases


Input TS bitrate for all input TS is zero.

Conditions GbE I/O with FEC card has stalled input.

Workaround for

previous versions

No workaround, requires DCM reboot.

CSCud41086 BISS descrambling of a service on a DVB-S2 card fails


BISS scrambled services that are descrambled by the BISS descrambler on the DVB-S2 card can have corrupt video content.

Conditions Only scrambled services that are descrambled by the BISS descrambler on the DVB-S2 card.


None.

Audio Gateway

ID Description

CSCuc36065 Routing RTP to RTP stream is not blocked via IIOP


It is possible to route an RTP input stream to an RTP output

stream when using IIOP commands. It is also possible to activate

streaming of the RTP output stream. No actual stream will be

transmitted on the output and no exception will be returned.

Conditions When using IIOP commands, not possible with the GUI.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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Mux

ID Description

CSCub55626 Source PID indicated as missing in gui during splice.


During a splice, the source PID might be marked as "not present"

in the GUI, although it is present.

Conditions When a service is spliced in.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCud18069 Input TS backup not triggered while main TS is in TS loss


An input TS in TS Loss does not go to backup.

Conditions When TS backup is configured on a preconfigured TS (i.e. not

present at the input) and the board default TS loss triggers would

cause the TS to be in TS loss at the moment of configuration.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reboot the device after configuring TS backup.

CSCud56432 DCM reboots when clicking on an output service in the GUI tree view


DCM reboots when clicking on an output service in the GUI tree view to view its components.

Conditions A service in an output MPTS (Multiple Program Transport Stream) has its PMT table set to "Transparent" mode. Afterwards that PMT table is set again to "Generated" mode and its output PID set to no longer forced. At a certain point in time that service is removed now from the output MPTS. At this point when trying to view the components of another service in that MPTS, will cause the DCM to reboot.


None.


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ID Description

CSCud56756 Unable to create multiple merge rules for same audio StreamType.


It is not possible to configure multiple merged audio components based on the StreamType for the same StreamType but with a different language descriptor.

Conditions When merging multiple audio components from the same source service based on the the same StreamType, where the audio streamtype is one of the following types : DVB AC-3 (StreamType 0x06), DVB EAC-3 (StreamType 0x06), AAC (StreamType 0x0F and 0x11)


None

DRD

ID Description

CSCua78357 DVB-S2 port settings lost after disconnection with mainboard


The DVB-S2 port settings that were modified since the last reboot

are lost and set back to the value after reboot.

Conditions When there was an interruption in the communication with the

main board.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuc11158 DCM reboots upon generation of 'service not descrambled'

alarm


DCM reboots

Conditions When the 'Service Not Descrambled' alarm is generated and

updated at the same time.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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Platform

ID Description

CSCuc68585 Fan speed and temperature readout sometimes incorrect


DCM sporadically reports incorrect values when reading out

temperatures or voltages during log export.

Conditions On D9902.

Workaround for

previous versions

Export the logs again.

CSCud61958 No IPv6 support in the GUI on a D9902


The IPv6 settings for the management ports are not visible in the gui.

Conditions When using a D9902 (DCM MKII).


None

SNMP

ID Description

CSCud07235 Failure to load SA_Europe_DCM_SMIv2.mib


Failure to load SA_Europe_DCM_SMIv2.mib from DCM running

V11.0.0.

Conditions None

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuc60080 DCM_SNMP polls for service backup on wrong TS Ident on MFP/Transcoder


The snmp-agent log file can contain lines that service data for PIP services and for MFP services could not be retrieved. However, there are no functional issues.

Conditions When there are PIP services or MFP services configured.


When SNMP is not used, disable SNMP on the Security page of the GUI.


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Security

ID Description

CSCtz83481 Multuple vulnerabilities in libpng-1.2.35


Cisco Digital Content Manager includes a version of libpng that is

affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common

Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2010-0205, CVE-

2011-3026, CVE-2010-2249, CVE-2009-2042, CVE-2010-1205

Conditions Malformed logos in PNG format are being uploaded to the DCM

or the DCM is configured to fetch remote logos.

Workaround for

previous versions

None





ator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I

:C/A:C/E:F/RL:U/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2010-0205, CVE-2011-3026,

CVE-2010-2249, CVE-2009-2042, CVE-2010-1205 has been assigned

to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's security

vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL:




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ID Description

CSCua23230 wget 1.9.1 various vulnerabilities


Cisco Digital Content Manager includes a version of wget that is

affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common

Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2005-3185,CVE-2009-

3490,CVE-2010-2252 This bug was opened to address the potential

impact on this product.


Workaround for

previous versions


Further Problem

Description








I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2005-3185,CVE-2009-

3490,CVE-2010-2252 has been assigned to document this issue.






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ID Description

CSCud32146 Remote statmux requires NTP lock when "NTP Required" box unchecked


VSE is blocked by realignment mux when the main board NTP client is disabled or not locked to an NTP server even when the "NTP required" box is not checked for the statmux pool.

Conditions VSE is in statmux mode, has joined a statmux pool, is in a realignment pool, NTP is not enabled or not locked on the DCM and the "NTP required" box is not checked.


NTP must be enabled for remote statmux even with a single chassis for control and realignment.

The "NTP required" box must be checked so that the VSE will go to default rate instead of blocking if NTP lock is lost.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCud04175 Some decoders use incorrect aspect ratio with MFP transcoded

video


The decoded video frames are not displayed on a STB as expected.

There are black bars on both sides of the screen.

Conditions When the transcoded stream has a resolution of 1440x1080.

Workaround for

previous versions

The generated output stream is valid and should be correct

decoded by a STB. However, because of the display information

added by the MFP board, the STB does not remove the black bars

anymore.


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Platform

ID Description

CSCud31650 [D9902] Mainboard mac addresses changed after upgrade


An upgrade of a D9902 fails due to a time-out or the D9902 is unreachable after an upgrade. This is caused by the fact that the MAC addresses of the D9902 management ports are assigned in a different order, causing the management ports to have a different MAC address compared to earlier software versions.

In V11.01.1 and later versions, the MAC addresses are restored to the addresses used in V10.30 or earlier, but the change is notified to the default gateway, if there is one configured.

Conditions Upgrading from V10.30 or earlier to V11.0 or V11.1, from a PC outside the subnet where the DCM management ports are contained in. When upgrading from V10.30 or earlier to V11.01.1, the MAC addresses of the ports don't change. The time during which a D9902 can be unreachable depends on the configuration of the router through which the D9902 is accessed. On Cisco IOS, the default arp entry timeout is 4 hours.


Clear the arp entry of the D9902 on the router.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCud04895 IPv4 addresses can not contain leading zeros.


It's not possible to enter IPv4 addresses with leading zeros.

This was already solved in V11.01.0 for D9900 and D9901, for the D9902 this is solved in the V11.01.1.

Conditions When entering an IPv4 address with a leading zero in one of the fields.


None.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 11.01.0: GUI

Performance improvement.

Realignment Mux In a statistical multiplexing system, the DCM statmux controller divides the available pool bandwidth over the D9036 video encoders in such a way that the sum of their output bitrates never exceeds a defined maximum. If the encoders are distributed over the network, and as such have different network delays towards the multiplexing DCM, this maximum can be violated resulting in packet loss. The realignment mux feature compensates for these network delay differences, by delaying each individual service that amount of time necessary to become an identical end-to-end delay for all and so avoiding bitrate overshoots. Remote Statmux functionality requires that there be a common clock between the DCM/SMC, DCM/Re-alignment and the D9036, for more information see ‘Issues and Limitations’.


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ID Description

CSCuc38566 PTS-STC distance error on teletext PID during ad splice


The PTS-STC distance of a Teletext PID becomes incorrect after a number of splices. Finally, the stream is reset resulting in an interruption in the video output stream.

Conditions Ad Splicing where teletext PIDs have to be spliced.


None

CSCuc62371 bitrate limits applied to service bitrate instead of video bitrate


The bitrate limits configured for a service in a TR Selective Service or TR All Services rate control group, were applied for the complete service bitrate, while the limits should only apply to the video component bitrate. This means that the resulting video bitrate can be lower than expected.

Conditions When a service is part of a TR Selective Service or TR All Services rate control group with the bitrate limits configured for this service.


None.

CSCuc62514 Closed Caption Update for service in rate control group not working


The Closed caption data conversion (SCTE 20 and 21) is not applied.

Conditions When the closed caption adaptation for a service in a rate control group is set to 'SCTE 20 and 21'.


None.


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ID Description

CSCuc62494 Service priority parameter in rate control group has no effect.


The priority parameter configured for a service in a rate control group has no effect.

Conditions When setting the priority of a service in a rate control group.


None.

CSCuc76271 Ad Server disconnect causes subsequent splices to fail


Splices are not executed anymore after the AD server disconnected earlier.

Conditions When the ad server disconnects at the moment a back to back splice is executed this can cause the channel to not execute subsequent splices anymore.


Reconfigure the affected channel.

CSCuc76118 Ad server can’t connect using port 5168 (Scte30 standard after 2005).


The AD server can’t make an SCTE-30 connection to the DCM through port 5168. Only SCTE-30 connections on port 6021 are accepted.

Conditions When the ad server uses port 5168 to connect to the splicer.


The splicer is listening on port 6021, configure the ad server to use port 6021.

CSCuc97764 Ad server Abort_Request command ignored


Splice abort request command from the ad server is ignored by the DCM splicer when a session ID value above 65535 is used.

In this case an abort respons is sent to the ad server with error code "Invalid SessionId".

Conditions When the ad server uses session ID's with a value above 65535.


Seachange ad server closes the connection towards the splicer which has the indirect effect of aborting splices.

Arris ad server has different behavior and no workaround.


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ID Description

CSCuc64780 D9036 Statmuxing settings do not get applied to the VSE


After applying settings to a pool, the VSEs member of the pool are not updated (for instance default rate change is not reflected in VSE).

Conditions Happens only when having multiple GBE boards configured in D9036 Statmux mode.

When having only one GBE board configured in D9036 Statmux mode, this will not occur.

Workaround Update the settings again.

Mux

ID Description

CSCuc87819 CBR fast lock dejittering can cause streams not being aligned properly


Input streams are dejittered with different buffer sizes, which can cause streams not being aligned properly. On a statistical multiplexing setup this can cause overshoots.

Conditions When using CBR Fast lock dejittering and there are interruptions on the incoming streams.


None

CSCud07001 GbE output IP / UDP not restored after upgrade


After an upgrade the IP address of an output TS is not restored and set to '0.0.0.0'.

Conditions When upgrading from a version before V10.10.0 where output TS IP addresses contain leading zeros (e.g. 010.001.000.005).


Remove leading zeros from the IP addresses before upgrading.


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Platform

ID Description

CSCuc88152 DCM does not recover from processor erratum workaround.


The device is unresponsive or reboots.

The following error is seen in the kernel logs, followed by a backtrace:

Trying to work around processor erratum 43 in kernel function: DataTLBError+0x0/0xa0

Conditions No specific conditions are known to trigger the processor erratum.


None. The device requires a power cycle to recover.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCuc52752 DPI page not accessible if the board has no co-processor board


The DPI configuration page is not accesible, non co-processor settings such as SCTE-35 Inserter can't be configured.

Conditions When there is no co-processor board present on the IO board.


None

CSCuc60595 Upgrade through GUI fails and reports "Upgrade file name check failed"


Upgrading a DCM through the embedded user interface fails with the error message "Upgrade file name check failed".

Conditions When using Microsoft Internet Explorer with the option "Include local directory path when uploading files to a server" enabled in the security settings under Internet Options.


Disable the "Include local directory path when uploading files to a server" settings.


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ID Description

CSCuc54606 When applying changes in service settings page, service streaming is off.


After applying changes in the GbE Port service settings page, output service streaming is disabled.

Conditions When applying changes in the GbE port service settings page, streaming is set to off for all services that are not in editable mode (i.e. services that were not double-clicked).


None

CSCuc50908 GbE card "D9036 Enabled" statmux mode can’t be disabled.


The GbE D9036 statmux mode can’t be disabled if there are still statmux pools configured on another card.

Conditions When there are still statmux pools configured on the cards.


Remove all statmux pools from all cards.

CSCud04895 IPv4 addresses can not contain leading zeros.


It's not possible to enter IPv4 addresses with leading zeros.

Conditions When entering an IPv4 address with a leading zero in one of the fields.


None.

CSCud03730 Service DPI configuration not accessible in AVC splicing mode


The service DPI configuration tab is not accessible. This means it is not possible to modify the DPI configuration of a service. If the service was configured for splicing before (e.g. when running an older version) this configuration is still applied.

Conditions When the co-processor board is set to AVC splicing mode and there is no ‘SPLICING’ license installed on the device.


None.



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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 11.00.0: GUI:

Improved find Destinations, now includes all source types like merged in services, backup services, alternates, LPI source. The highlight action in the results dialog will highlight the output service were the service is routed as any source. You can select “Advanced Service Routing” in the context menu on that output service to get a complete overview of all the sources.

Bulk Configuration of Basic Service Settings : The user can now configure the basic service settings (like forcing the output Service ID and SDT Name) in bulk for all services on a GbE port by selecting multiple rows and Update All Selected option. This page also allows you to force the SDTa presence for all services on a GbE port.

Output TS Loss Trigger Configuration changes : The output TS Loss triggers can now be configured for all output card types. This includes enabling the relevant alarm triggers like “Stuffing Rate Too Low” as well as configuring how output service loss for the services of the TS should be handled. To allow this extended functionality the configuration of service loss as a trigger for TS loss moved from the GbE IO card specific RIP setting tab to the Advanced tab that is available for all card types.

DPI configuration has been reworked to target specific splice use cases like AD insertion or Local Program Insertion. Bulk configuration is now possible by selecting multiple rows and Update All Selected option.

The Start/Stop control for manual splicing is now supported at the Port level.

Audio Gateway The IP Audio Gateway Card of the Digital Content Manager platform allows IP encapsulation and decapsulation of high quality broadband audio for live audio contribution or for inter-headend audio transport. At the transmitter site the IP Audio Gateway Card encapsulates the AES audio stream into RTP streams and at the receiver site the IP Audio Gateway Card decapsulates the RTP stream back to the AES audio stream. Import/Export of Input TS/Backup/Routing Settings A new Service Configuration page was added where the user can export the Input TS Settings, Backup Settings and Routing Settings as a CSV file. This exported configuration can be imported on another DCM using the Import option on the same page.


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SNMP A new option “Service Configuration Through SNMP” was added to the External IP Services under Security Settings. This option can be used only when “External Management using SNMP” is enabled. This option allows the user to disable external service configuration through SNMP while keeping SNMP traps enabled. It is recommended to disable external service configuration through SNMP when possible on the D9900 with a large setup, as this will improve the GUI response time. DRD DVB-S2 The LNC bias feature on DRD DVB-S2 card has now also been made available on ports 3 and 4 when working with a 4 ports card. The LNC bias current is limited to maximum 700 mA per slot.


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Enhancements

GUI

ID Description

CSCub09824 DRD LNC Bias & Receiver Polarization not displayed for upper two ports

Symptom In the DVB-S2 Interface Configuration page, the LNC Bias & Receiver Polarization values are not displayed anymore for the upper two ports.


None.


MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCub26245 DRC is not applied when transcoding Dolby in manual mode.


The decoder does not apply the DRC selected in the GUI.

Conditions Transcoding audio from Dolby Digital (Plus) to Dolby Digital (Plus) in "manual mode" without any downmixing.

Workaround None.

CSCub28836 Audio transcode contains incorrect meta data.


The content of the audio metadata is not correct when transcoding.

Conditions When an audio transcode from Dolby to Dolby was configured

with auto metadata passing and afterwards the decoder and/or

encoder format is changed to a non Dolby format.

Workaround for

previous versions

Set the metadata passing mode to manual before changing the

decoder/encoder formats.


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ID Description

CSCua02222 Transcoded AAC input with low bitrate occasionaly has no

output bitrate


Transcoded AAC inputs have no output bitrate.

Conditions This happens occasionally when AAC input streams with low

bitrates (<32kbps) are transcoded.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCub23688 Decoder DRC setting not applied when transcoding from Dolby

to non-Dolby


The configured Decoder DRC setting is not used when

transcoding Dolby audio, the RF mode DRC is applied instead.

Conditions When transcoding from Dolby Digital (Plus) to AAC or to MPEG-

1 Layer II.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCub77435 Audio only transcoding with low delay has no output bitrate.


A service configured to do Audio only transcoding with a low

total delay has no output bitrate.

Conditions When transcoding audio only with the total delay set to a value

close to the minimum delay of 500 ms, where the input audio has

a very high PTS-STC distance (over 200 ms).

Workaround for

previous versions

Increase the total delay.


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IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCtz04185 IP output bitrate can exceed the configured bitrate


The bitrate of the outgoing IP-streams exceeds the configured

bitrate by approximately 6%. This can result in packet dropout

and subsequent picture dropout when the total bandwidth

exceeds the provisioned network bitrate.

Conditions This issue happens when the DCM-G is configured in JPEG2K

compressed mode, where an outgoing bit-rate has to be

configured.

Workaround for

previous versions

If packet drops are occurring, reduce the configured bit-rate per

stream with at least 6%.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCua43968 bitrate measurement of input TS: Total bitrate is tagged as

"Payload"


The bit rate measurement of an input TS is wrongly labelled as

"Payload" instead of "Total bitrate"

Conditions Right-click on input TS, select "Bit rates". The input TS bit rates are

shown in separate window.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCua55491 Performing actions on service node in realignment group doesn't

work.


Performing actions on the service node under service realignment

group does not work..

Conditions When JIT tree loading mode is enabled and the Service

realignment group was just opened.

Workaround for

previous versions

Reload the tree (by clicking Reload or by clicking on "Service" in

top menu).


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ID Description

CSCub31124 MFP AAC Audio:"MPEG2 ADTS" missing from encoder bit

stream mode settings


"MPEG2 ADTS" option was missing from the AAC encoder bit

stream mode settings in HeAACv1 or HeAACv2.

Conditions When configuring AAC encoding on the MFP board.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCub60958 Unexpected log off from DCM GUI.


After some time the user gets logged of from the DCM GUI

session.

Conditions When using Internet Explorer version 7 (has limit of 20 cookies).

Workaround for

previous versions

Upgrade to Internet Explorer version 8

CSCub86911 webserver error on DPI page <- was reopened


The Status DPI page fails to load and reports a web server error.

Conditions If the DPI feature is available in the GUI and there are no

'SPLICING' or 'SD_AVC_SPLICING' licenses available.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCub93439 "Warning to Apply Settings on Tab Change" option gives web

server error


A web server error is reported.

Conditions When the "Warning to Apply Settings on Tab Change" option is

enabled in the Display Settings menu on Pages that have no Apply

button.

Workaround for

previous versions

Disable the "Warning to Apply Settings on Tab Change" option.


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ID Description

CSCuc10813 Cannot take a capture on the local host on a D9902


When trying to take a capture on the local host from the

maintenance page, the user is requested to enter IP and UDP

which are not relevant.

Conditions When trying to take a capture on the local host of a D9902.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuc13169 Output tree of DCM does not sort streams based on the IP

address.


Sorting of GbE TSs on IP address in the output tree of the service

overview page does not work.

Conditions When selecting IP Address in the field 'Sort GbE TS in Tree by' on

the display settings page

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCuc13185 The ISI data is not shown in the input service settings table


The ISI column is not shown in the input service settings table for

pre-configured services.

Conditions When there is a pre-configured service that is not present on the

input.

Workaround for

previous versions

ISI can be refered in page's top reference string.

CSCtt16913 The service overview page is not updated after login


The service overview page does not contain the correct device

status and the user needs to do an explicit reload of the service

overview page to get the updated status after logging in.

Conditions When the status of a service or device changes when the user is

not logged in.

Workaround for

previous versions

User can refresh or reload the tree explicitly.


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ID Description

CSCtz41338 Device is slow when loading overview page or when routing

services.


Device is slow when loading the service overview page or when

routing services on service overview page.

Conditions When a large number of services (or SPTSs) are configured on the

input and output ports.

Workaround for

previous versions

The routing of services can become faster if the port nodes are kept

closed.

Mux

ID Description

CSCty09977 DCM might reboot when a servcie with SCTE30/35 splicing is

removed


DCM might reboot when a service with SCTE30/35 splicing is

removed

Conditions Remove of a service with SCTE30/35 splicing.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

CSCtz86041 Blocking or autopass rules are not applied to the correct

component.


A blocking or autopass rule applied to a component is applied to

another equally matching component. The expected behavior is

that a rule will be applied to a component until a better match is

found, not until an equally good match is found.

Conditions When a blocking or autopass rule is used and 2 (or more)

components match with the same level

Workaround for

previous versions

Make a more uniquely matching rule specifically targeting the

component you want to block.


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ID Description

CSCua43650 Device reboots when input TS removed and SI contains CRC

errors


Device reboots after a TS was removed at the input.

Conditions This happens in a very rare condition where an input TS

dissapears at the input and at the same time a CRC error was

received on one of its SI tables.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

DRD

ID Description

CSCua98339 Free_CA_mode bit cleared in SDT while service not

descrambled


The free_CA_mode bit in the SDT cleared even though the service

is not descrambled.

Conditions When a service on other CAM has the same SID and is

descrambled correctly.

Workaround for

previous versions

Use a different SID for all services.

CSCub72245 Retrieving xml debug of single frontend DVB-S2 board causes

reboot


The device reboots.

Conditions When retrieving the XML debug pages on a device that has a

DVB-S2 board with a single frontend.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


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Platform

ID Description

CSCub05361 Device can't be accessed using telnet and FTP.


Device can't be accessed using telnet and FTP and the device can't be upgraded using Upgrade-it.

Conditions After a cold reboot.


Reboot the device.

CSCtz43120 NTP sync takes a long time to sync on D9902


After a reboot it can take up to 10 minutes before a D9902 is

synchronized to an NTP server.

Conditions When NTP sync is enabled on a D9902.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.

CSCua75306 NTP stability issue after warm reboot


After a reboot, it takes up to 15 minutes for a DCM plug-in card to

be properly NTP-sync'd with the mainboard.

In the meantime, there may be a steadily decreasing offset.

Conditions The issue randomly occurs in about 1 out of 5 reboots.

Workaround for

previous versions

Re-apply NTP settings.


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ID Description

CSCtx80681 DPI channel name uniqueness not ensured


It is possible to configure more than 1 channel with the same

channel name. To ensure correct splice functionality, all channel

names on a device should be unique.

Conditions When changing the channel name of a channel that was already

configured in SCTE30 or SCTE35 insertion mode and another

channel on another board has the same channel name.

Workaround for

previous versions

Disabling the DPI mode and reconfiguring the DPI mode ensures

channel name uniqueness.

CSCtz37308 DTS discontinuity at splice point


A DTS discontinuity can be introduced at the splice point. On

some set-top boxes this can introduce a glitch in the image.

Conditions This happens in rare conditions.

Workaround for

previous versions

None


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Security

ID Description

CSCtz72359 Multiple security vulnerabilities in OpenSSL


Cisco DCM includes a version of OpenSSL that is affected by the


and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2009-0590, CVE-2009-1378, CVE-

2009-3245, CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-0433, CVE-2010-0740, CVE-

2010-0742, CVE-2010-2939, CVE-2011-1945, CVE-2011-3210, CVE-

2011-4109, CVE-2011-4576, CVE-2011-4577, CVE-2011-4619 This

bug was opened to address the potential impact on this product.


Workaround for

previous versions


Further Problem

Description




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ID Description


2 scores. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of

evaluation are: CVE CVSS Score CVSS Vector ------------- --------- ----

---------------- CVE-2010-0740 7.8/6.1

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-

2009-3245 7.5/5.5

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2010-

0742 6.8/5.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVE-2010-2939 6.8/5.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2011-


CVE-2011-4576 5.0/3.7

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2009-


CVE-2011-4109 5.0/3.7


1378 5.0/4.1 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVE-2011-3210 5.0/3.7


4577 4.3/3.2

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2010-

0433 4.3/3.2

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE-2009-

3555 4.3/3.4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C The

Cisco PSIRT has assigned this score based on information obtained

from multiple sources. This includes the CVSS score assigned by

the third-party vendor when available. The CVSS score assigned

may not reflect the actual impact on the Cisco Product. Additional






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ID Description

CSCtz83467 libpng png_format_buffer() Denial of Service Vulnerability


The DCM D9902 software includes a version of libpng that is

vulnerable to CVE ID CVE-2011-2501. This vulnerability can have

an impact when malicious logo files are being processed by the

DCM software for the logo insertion functionality, which might

cause the device to reboot.

Conditions A malicious PNG logo file is uploaded to the DCM or fetched via

the remote logo feature.

Workaround for

previous versions

None

Further Problem

Description





ator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/

I:N/A:P/E:H/RL:U/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2011-2501 has been






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ID Description

CSCua26012 openssl 0.9.7e vulnerabilities


Cisco Digital Content Manager includes a version of OpenSSL that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2012-0884,CVE-2012-1165,CVE-2011-4576 This bug was opened to address the potential impact on this product.






PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 5/4.1: https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2012-0884,CVE-2012-1165,CVE-2011-4576 has been assigned to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html

Transcoding

ID Description

CSCua88606 Adding or removing logo interrupts service


In very rare cases it happens that the output service is interrupted

for a few minutes when a logo is added or removed.

Conditions When a logo is added or removed.

Workaround for

previous versions

None.


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Transcoding

ID Description

CSCua12232 Transcoding an HD service stops generating video content


Transcoder stops generating video content and does not recover anymore.

Conditions This only happens occasionally for 720p HD when the input changes between 59.94Hz and 29.97Hz or 30Hz.


A workaround was implemented in V10.30.0, to make the service recover after two minutes.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCuc30855 Memory leak in SD/HD license mismatch detection on MFP.


Memory low alarm becomes active after +30 days of operation. Eventually a spontaneous reboot of the device can occur.

Conditions Video processing is enabled on MFP.


None


ID Description

CSCub92579 Channels across multiple pools may not statmux after redundancy switch


After a redundancy switch some channels are running in default bitrate.

Conditions When channels from the same encoder are spread across multiple pools, in 1:1 redundancy setting.

Workaround Do not spread channels from the same encoder across multiple pools.


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IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCub77200 No ability to pass unknown DID/SDID for ancillary data.


No ability to pass ancillary data packets with unknown DID/SDID.



None.

CSCub96401 FEC license not returned when deleting stream.


Sometimes an IP adapter board consumes a GW_FEC license when no stream protection is enabled.

Conditions This can happen after deleting an input RTP stream which had Hitless Merge enabled at the time of deletion.


Disable Hitless Merge before deleting an input RTP stream.


ID Description

CSCub25526 An ad stream provided over GbE requiring IGMP join will not splice.


An ad stream provided over GbE requiring IGMP join will not splice.

Conditions If an ad stream is provided on a GbE board that is different from the board where the splice is configured, and an IGMP join message is required to receive the stream on the input, then the stream will never be acquired since the join message will be lost. As a result the splice will fail.


None.


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ID Description

CSCub84288 When a corrupt ad stream is received, successive splices can fail.


If a corrupt ad stream was used, then it is possible that future splices will fail.

Conditions When the AD service used in a back-to-back splice AD splice contained video packets with a different PCR (e.g. when 2 ad streams are received on the same input TS and PID due to UDP duplication).


Remove the condition that causes the corrupt AD stream and reboot the device.


ID Description

CSCua20196 DCM Statmux Controller cannot run 24 channels in 1:1 redundancy mode.


The Statmux Controller can only support up to 20 channels on each GbE module, when configured as either a single pool or uniformly distributed pools.

Conditions Running Statmux pools.


Use more GbE modules.

CSCtz48043 Statmux controller has lower density with unbalanced multiple pools.


When running multiple statmux pools on the same GbE module, the total number of channels supported may be less than a single statmux pool when multiple pools loading is highly skewed.

Conditions Running multiple statmux pools on same GbE module with some pools having significantly more VSEs than other pools.


To achieve maximum number of channels: a) Run only 1 pool on a GbE module b) Run all pools with uniformly distributed load c) Run individual pool separately over different GbE modules.


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Mux

ID Description

CSCub55643 Regenerated EITs tables are not updated at the output.


Regenerated EIT schedule tables are not updated anymore at the outputs of the DCM.

Conditions When the DCM has been up and running for more than 25 days, updating of the EIT schedule tables stops working correctly. This causes obsolete EIT schedule tables to be present in the outgoing transport streams of the DCM.


Reboot the DCM or cause an input loss for at least 5s on the input transport streams containing the correct EIT schedule tables. This will force the DCM to update the tables again afterwards.

CSCub92162 Device can reboot if more than 500 TSs are present on an input card.


DCM can reboot if more than 500 transport streams are present on the input of a GbE IO card.

Conditions When 500 or more TSs are present at the input of a GbE IO card and performing an action that will preconfigure an additional TS that is not present at the input (e.g. when creating a backup transport stream and using a stream that is not yet present on the input).


Make sure no more than 500 transport streams are created on the input of a Gbe IO card.

DRD

ID Description

CSCua28159 Device reboots when DRD board has high load.

Symptom This issue was found in all versions.

Device reboots.

Conditions When the DRD board is under high load caused by a lot of dynamic input changes.


Limit dynamic input changes.


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Web GUI

ID Description

CSCub58662 Output GbE port settings pages return a webserver error.


Output GbE port settings pages return a webserver error.

Conditions An input TS is passed transparently to the output. This input TS has a TS of another card (in a slot with a higher number) configured as backup TS and the backup TS is active.


Switch input TS back to main input TS instead of backup TS.

CSCub42624 Double click on statmux pool results in error page.


Double click on statmux pool results in error page.

Conditions No specific condition.


None.

Firmware

ID Description

CSCub76590 Streams sporadically not long term regulated in statmux realignment pool.


IP streams in a statmux realignment pool can sporadically be interrupted due to dejittering resets of the input long term regulation.

Conditions Dejitter mode is set to Auto Time Base Selection.


Interrupt the input stream for a short time.

CSCua54783 DCM GbE input stall


Sporadic DCM GbE Input stall. The device needs to be rebooted to recover.

Conditions A bad cable or bad optical input generating corrupted packets that sporadically can cause the GbE input to stall.


None.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 10.30.0: Statistical Multiplexing of D9036 Encoders:

Local Statistical Multiplexing Video Quality Improvement (Unified Rate Control Algorithm)

Multiple Video encoding Latency Modes for Statmux

GbE:

CBR fast lock dejitter mode: to dejitter transport streams on a GbE input coming from D9036 encoders that have been statmuxed with the new Unified Rate Control Algorithm present in the current 10.30.0 release


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Transcoding

ID Description

CSCua88867 Output Video is interrupted when the input horizontal resolution changes.


Output Video freezes for a few seconds when the input horizontal resolution changes.

Conditions When the horizontal resolution of the input bitstream changes.


None.

CSCua91770 PCR bitrate of a PIP stream is the double of the expected bitrate.


The PCR bitrate of a PIP stream is the double of the expected bitrate.

Conditions When the "allow HD" setting is enabled.


None.

CSCub05774 Output AVC Level for SD service is set to 3.0.


The output AVC level for SD services should be 3.0 to be compliant with all possible decoders.

Conditions When transcoding an SD service to AVC.


None.


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ID Description

CSCtw86688 Changing VSE settings in D9036 statmux pools can take a long time.


Changing VSE settings in D9036 statmux pools can take a long time (more than 3 sec). This happens as well when dragging a pre-configured VSE into a statmux pool.

Conditions This occurs only with heavy loaded systems where a lot of VSEs are being statmuxed (more than 25 VSE).


If possible, it is better to do as much changes as possible in one go than performing a higher number of small changes.

CSCtu00580 Changing DCM Statmux Community address results in continued statmuxing.


When the DCM Community address or port is changed the VSEs that already were connected to a server will continue to statmux.

Conditions When changing the community address or port on the DCM.


If all of the encoders in the old community are being changed to the new community address then simply change all devices to the new community and the system will be consistent.

Otherwise the DCM must be rebooted to make it forget the encoders that are no longer in the community.

CSCtx97143

DCM D9036 SMX Config actions timeout after quick (de-) activation cycle.


GUI accesses on the DCM to configure D9036 Statmux settings become very slow.

Conditions Happens when multiple de-activation and re-activation cycles of the DCM are done in a short amount of time (couple of minutes).


Reboot the DCM.


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ID Description

CSCtx52481 Duplicate VSE Name alarm after replacing failed encoder.


The alarm "Multiple VSE registered with same name and encoder address." is triggered after replacing a D9036 that has VSEs that are in a statmux.

Conditions When replacing a D9036 with a replacement unit that is configured with an identical IP address and VSE names.


Once the alarm has been triggered the DCM must be rebooted to remove the alarm.

To avoid getting the alarm in the first place, the following steps must be taken on a device replacement: 1. Disconnect failed device from statmux network. 2. Remove VSEs from that device from the pools. 3. Wait 2.5 minutes for the DCM to clear the original device from its tables. 4. Connect the replacement device to the statmux network. 5. Add VSEs back into pool.

The replacement device can be configured before step 4 as long as it is not connected to the statmux network before step 4.

Since the alarm will only trigger for real if there are multiple D9036 on the network with the same management port IP address the alarm may be disabled if the customer is confident that they will not accidentally configure multiple D9036s with the same management port address.

CSCtx47615 No alarm was reported when DCM can't establish connection with D9036.


When a DCM is configured for statistical multiplexing of a D9036 there was no alarm reported if the connection with the D9036 its Statmuxed VSE could not be established.

Now a "VSE Connection not Established" Alarm will be triggered in such scenarios.

Conditions When a DCM is configured to do Statistical multiplexing of a D9036 and the connection with a D9036 statmux service (VSE) could not be established.


None.


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ID Description

CSCuc93296 D9036 statmux settings partially lost after upgrade


After upgrading DCM to V10.0 or later, the VSE membership of D9036 Statmux pools are lost.

When trying to add a VSE to a pool, the "invalid bitrate settings" error pops up in the GUI.

Conditions This happens if before the upgrade some VSEs had configured reserved bit rates higher than the configured minimum bit rates.

This can also be the case for VSEs that are not member of a pool and for which these settings are not visible in the GUI.


Before upgrading:

- check that for all pool member VSEs, the reserved bitrate setting is not higher than the minimum bitrate. If so, adapt the minimum bitrate to a higher value.

- For all VSEs which are not pool members:

o add them to a pool (can be a temporary one) and perform the same check: adapt the settings if needed.

o remove them back from the pool

DRD

ID Description

CSCua84451 Device reboots after a lot of interruptions on the DVB-S2 signal.


Device reboots after a long time.

Conditions When a lot of signal interruptions occur on the DVB-S2 signal this can lead to device reboot in the long term.


None.


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Platform

ID Description

CSCub05361 Device can't be accessed using telnet and FTP.


Device can't be accessed using telnet and FTP and the device can't be upgraded using Upgrade-it.

Conditions After a cold reboot when upgrading from version 08.01 to version 08.09 or later.


Reboot the device.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCua91281 H.264/AVC video level was level 3.2 instead of level 4 for HD content.


The output level for a 720p H.264/AVC video stream was level 3.2. This level is valid but in order to be compliant with all possible decoders, the output level for all HD streams has to be level 4.

Conditions When processing a 720p stream with output coding format set to H.264/AVC.


None

CSCua84533 AAC stream with Program Config Element (PCE) is not properly processed.


The output of a processed AAC LOAS/LATM stream is missing audio frames.

Conditions The input AAC LOAS/LATM bitstream has frames that contain a Program Config Element (PCE) in the payload next to the PCE in the LATM header.


None


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ID Description

CSCub04707 Incorrect temporal reference for MPEG-2 output.


Incorrect temporal reference for MPEG-2 output of MFP.

Conditions If the GOP is configured to be closed, not all GOPs will be closed properly causing a wrong temporal reference.


None

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCub13122 Default Setting - Enabling FEC mode results in error

Symptom This error was found in version version 8.2.0.

Error page is displayed while trying to Enable the FEC Mode (to FEC 1D or FEC 2D) under Default Output FEC Settings.

Conditions Protocol under Output TS Default Settings is set to UDP. Enabling FEC mode will change this to RTP.

(In previous versions the Error occurred in case of trying to disable FEC Mode while Protocol is changed to UDP).


Change the Protocol on TS page to RTP and Apply before enabling the FEC Mode.


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Note: D9036 Statistical Multiplexing is not supported in this release.


GUI

ID Description

CSCua97683 Webserver error when opening GbE Input Port TS Settings.


Unable to open the GbE Input Port TS Settings page.

Conditions The "Priority bit adaptation" license should not be present.


None.


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SNMP

ID Description

CSCua84232 Services on processing boards can't be switched to main/backup per board


dcmServiceBackupByBoardTable doesn't show the MFP/TC boards and doesn't allow settings for these boards, so no mass backup switching can be done for these boards via SNMP.

Conditions Always.


Iterate over all services in dcmServiceBackupSettingsTable / dcmServiceBackupServicesTable to switch to main/backup.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 10.20.0: MFP:

Dolby metadata:

Dolby Metadata of decoded audio is displayed in the GUI

Automatic metadata passing is now supported, the meta data at the encoder is based on the incoming meta data, processing settings and user supplied fallback values.

Audio only processing:

A dedicated audio engine is added, this allows processing of audio components of a service without the need to process a video component.

Horizontal scaling:

The video content can be horizontally down-scaled to a number of pre-defined horizontal resolutions.

SNMP: SNMP can be used to configure and trigger Service Backup for services of a DVB-S2 board and for services of the processing boards (transcoder board and MFP board).


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Enhancements

GUI

ID Description

CSCtz04265 Ability to switch all TSs on a port to the backup TS from the tree view.

Symptom It is now possible to switch all TSs on a port to the configured backup TS from the tree view.


Each individual TS can be switched to the backup TS from the TS Backup Settings page.

CSCty93842 EAC-3 is now supported for component tracking or component merging

Symptom It is now possible to use the EAC-3 StreamType for Component Tracking Rules and Component Merging Rules.


Use the PID value or component tag for Component Tracking Rules and Component Merging Rules.

CSCty85405 Service backup source can now be switched in MFP Service context menu

Symptom The active service backup source can now be changed from the MFP Service context menu.


The active service backup source can be changed using the Backup tab on MFP service settings page.

CSCtz55830 'Update all TS' settings option added to input TS Port settings page

Symptom Now it is possible to update the TS Settings of all input TSs on a port using the 'Update all TS' settings.


TS Settings in the Port table can be updated individually.

CSCtz74794 Source IP/UDP settings added to 'Update all TS' of output Port settings.

Symptom The Output port - TS Advanced page - "Updated all TS" section now contains the source IP/UDP settings.


Manually update the source IP/UDP setting for each TS individually.


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ID Description

CSCtz75073 An alarm is generated when no start of picture can be found.

Symptom When the input contains corrupted data without picture start codes (e.g. scrambled content without scrambled bit set), an alarm is generated to indicate that the stream cannot be processed.


None


IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCty26282 10G license issue at ASI jpeg2k boards


An IP Adapter board in ASI Gateway mode is still consuming a GW_10G_GBE license.

Conditions When the IP Adapter board is switched from IP Gateway, with port speed set to 10 Gbps, to ASI Gateway mode then the GW_10G_GBE license consumed during IP Gateway mode is not released after the switch.


Change the board mode (back) to IP Gateway, set the port speed to 1 Gbps and change board mode back to ASI Gateway.

CSCtz43783 IP Gateway ASI mode - Channel interference when (dis-) connecting channel


When using the IP Video Gateway in ASI mode, interference can be seen on a static channel.

Conditions When the video input of another channel is disconnected and connected back again.


None.


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ID Description

CSCtz50114 Modifying network routes results in extra E2E delay.


The End-to-End delay increases after one of both paths of a set-up for hitless merge has been interrupted. This increase does not happen always.

Conditions This happens if there have been interruptions on one of both paths.


None.

Transcoding

ID Description

CSCtx95126 Some decoders don't play the AAC transcoded audio component of a service


Some decoders may experience problems playing Transcoded AAC Audio due to a too high packetization delay between audio and video.

Conditions When the Audio TC delay is very low, resulting in a packetization delay with the video of more than 2 sec.


Lower the default TC delay.

CSCtz93376 Audio processing settings applied to wrong audio component


The audio processing settings for an audio component are applied to another audio component.

Conditions A service containing more than one DolbyDigital or DolbyDigital Plus audio component is configured for processing one of these components.


None.

CSCua49997 DTSs are not generated anymore after logo insertion


The generated transport streams of the logo insertion application do not contain any Decoding Timestamp (DTS).

Conditions The input stream has to be processed by the logo insertion engine (with or without insertion of logos).


None.


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Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCua09482 Table playout interrupted when viewing SI tables.


When viewing a table on the output, table playout is temporarily interrupted due to high processor load for generating the table XML.

Conditions The table contains descriptors or other elements that cannot be parsed or that are incorrectly interpreted.


None.

CSCua36560 Device reboots when retrieving traces with XML files included.


Device reboots when retrieving the trace files with XML files included.

Conditions There is at least one interface that doesn't have an IPv6 configuration set.

The IP configuration of one of the interfaces has been changed since last reboot.

When retrieving the trace files with XML files included.


None

CSCua23331 Service info in the alarms details is incomplete.


In the detail of the alarms generated by DCM, it can happen that the service ID is incomplete or not present.

Conditions DCM alarm details are divided in subfields which had a maximum length of 50 characters.

This causes a subfield like "Board 1, Port 3, TS 239.239.239.239:50001, Service 50200" to be cut off and shown as "Board 1, Port 3, TS 239.239.239.239:50001, Service"


None.


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ID Description

CSCua62435 SFP approved on DCM datasheet generates a "Wrong SFP fitted" alarm


When inserting an SFP it is possible that the DCM generates a "Wrong SFP fitted" alarm although the SFP will work according to specifications.

Conditions Occurs with certain Cisco approved SFP's.


None.

Mux

ID Description

CSCua64722 CC error or PID error alarm is not cleared


The CC error or PID error alarm remains active after it should be cleared.

Conditions A PID with CC errors or PID errors is referenced in multiple SI tables (e.g. PMT).

And a rare sequence of events must occur: e.g. first reference to the PID is detected, then a CC error occurs, then second reference to the PID is detected, then the CC error is gone and then all references disappear.


Disconnect and reconnect the TS stream.

GUI

ID Description

CSCtx83455 "Add Input Stream" not disabled in Input RTP stream page of IP Gateway


On the IP Gateway, the 'Add Input stream' button is not disabled when there are already 3 valid stream entries. This will cause a Device error when trying to add a new entry.

Conditions The RTP settings already has 3 valid stream entries.


None.


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ID Description

CSCty00193 co-processor mode change warning not always correct


The warning that appears when changing the co-processor mode is not always valid.

Conditions When changing the co-processor card configuration settings you can get a warning message that is partially incorrect or not complete.


This warning can be ignored.

CSCtz56821 Entering a VSE name with a quote character causes processing tree error.

Symptom This error was found in version 10.20.0 The processing tree does not display and a window pops up with a script error message when the tree is manually refreshed.

Conditions A quote character is included in the name of a VSE that is configured on the D9036.


Do not use any quote characters in a VSE name.

CSCtz40357 Input service/TS remove not possible message not shown

Symptom


When an input service or TS is dropped on the trash (for deleting), the removal confirmation is shown but no warning is shown to indicate that this operation is not possible.

Conditions 'Removal Warning in Tree' is enabled in Display Settings.


None.

CSCtz34244 Creating multiple ES ECM PID rules, creates multiple ES PID rules


Creating component tracking rules for multiple ES ECMs on the same ES PID will create multiple parent ES tracking rules for the same parent ES PID. On apply a validation error is displayed indicating duplicate entries.

Conditions When creating component tracking rules for multiple ES ECMs on the same parent ES PID.


Remove the duplicate parent ES PID rule before applying the rules.

Or click apply after configuring the first ES ECM rule then create the other ES ECM rules.


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ID Description

CSCua15043 Incorrect handling of Japanese characters in service name


When an SDTa containing a service name with Japanese characters is received, some settings pages on the user interface give errors.

Japanese code pages are currently not supported the DCM (cfr. the DCM release notes).

Conditions SDTa received with service names encoded using a Japanese code page.


Make sure the incoming SDTa encodes the Japanese characters as unicode and make sure the DVB string for the service name in the SDTa indicates unicode encoding was used.

CSCua60415 Sorting TSs on IP address in tree of service overview page does not work


Sorting of GbE TSs on IP address in the tree on the service overview page does not work.

Conditions When selecting IP Address in the field 'Sort GbE TS in Tree by' on the display settings page


None

CSCua58059 Authenticated user can view non-trace files from the traces page


Authenticated user can view non-trace files from the traces page.

Conditions By changing the URL that is used to access the traces files, it is possible to display other files than trace files on the GUI.


None


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ID Description

CSCtz75082 Transrating bad video streams can lead to loss of good streams


Transrating a number of streams with invalid content can lead to loss of output for all streams.

Conditions When transrating a number of input streams containing illegal MPEG-2 content might result in a stall of the complete transrating functionality, resulting in no output for all (even good) streams. Illegal MPEG-2 streams might for instance be scrambled streams with scrambling indicator not set, or AVC streams falsely indicated as MPEG-2.


Remove the incorrect input streams and, if necessary, reboot the board.

CSCua52422 Service level descriptors are not present in the PMT during an AD splice


During an AD splice the service level descriptors that were present in the PMT of the main service are not present in the PMT during the AD splice. This will cause a PMT update if service level descriptors were present on the main service. On some set-top boxes this can cause visual artifacts.

Conditions When splicing a service with service level descriptors on the main service.


Transparently pass the PMT from the input to the output.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




DRD

ID Description

CSCts23835 most robust modcod is not received in VCM if C/N of other modcod is low


In VCM multistream mode, the stream with the most robust modcod cannot be received if the C/N (carrier to noise ratio) for any of the other streams in the VCM multistream is too low, even if the C/N of the stream with the most robust modcod is enough to receive that stream.

Conditions When the C/N of any of the available modcods in a VCM multistream is too low , none of the available streams can be received.


The problem is solved now: every stream for which the C/N is theoretically too low is disabled, resulting is correct reception of all other streams; as soon as C/N increases again, the disabled services are enabled (individually) as soon as the C/N of that service is theoretically high enough.

CSCtw80710 MODCOD readout is not correct for CCM multistream input signals.


The MODCOD status readout is not correct (toggles) for CCM multistream input signals.

Conditions When the input signal is a CCM multistream.


None

CSCtx74170 DVB-S2 input port remains unlocked after temporary signal fade-out


DVB-S2 input port remains unlocked after temporary signal fade-out.

Conditions The signal must have only been faded out a little, not totally disconnected.


Re-applying the settings (forcing a re-acquisition).


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Platform

ID Description

CSCtz14409 settings import "exclude security" doesn't exclude password policy


Password policy settings are overwritten when settings are restored with 'exclude security settings' option enabled. The password policy settings are replaced by the settings from the settings archive.

Conditions When importing settings with ‘exclude security settings’.


Reapply the password policy settings in the GUI.

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has evaluated this issue and does not meet the criteria for PSIRT ownership or involvement. This issue will be addressed via normal resolution channels. If you believe that there is new information that would cause a change in the severity of this issue, please contact [email protected] for another evaluation. Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html

CSCtz58474 No NTP alarm when NTP synchronization is lost


The NTP offset alarm is not triggered when the DCM looses connection to it's NTP server.

Conditions The DCM is configured to synchronize on an NTP server and has synchronized successfully. After that, connection to the NTP server is lost or the DCM gets out of sync with the NTP server. As long as the DCM remains synchronized on an NTP server, the alarm still works fine.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtz94252 Single-file upgrade continues when upgrade images corrupt during unpack


During or after upgrade one or more of the following issues are seen:

- upgrade takes an excessively long time

- settings or logs are lost after upgrade

- version is shown as Inconsistent

- the device does not operate as expected.

Conditions When upgrading the device using the single file GUI upgrade procedure, the upgrade procedure was not aborted when a problem occurred while unpacking the the upgrade package.


If the device is still upgrading, power cycle the device or upgrade the device a second time. (Settings or logs may still be lost when power cycling)

CSCua38341 GetNTPStatistics IDL call returns failure when no NTP servers are found.


The GetNTPStatistics IDL call fails with OpNotSucceeded when no NTP servers are found. This has been changed to return an empty list instead.

Conditions When NTP servers have been set, but the IDL call is made at the exact moment that the time is being configured (e.g. change of timezone), the NTP server list can be reported as empty, generating an unexpected error.


Repeat the call at a later time.

CSCua50051 GUI not accessible or incorrect date after setting date before 2000.


Cannot login to the GUI of the D9902 or the date is incorrect.

Conditions When setting the date on a D9902 to something earlier than 2000 and rebooting the device.


Contact customer services to set the clock via the serial console.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




MFP Statmux

ID Description

CSCty18651 Unrecoverable input loss during hammer test


Video bitrate out of MFP is zero or near zero

Conditions Input is continuously interrupted.


System recovers from this failure.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCua02170 Transcoding AAC 5.0 to AAC 5.1 can cause a faint 'rattling sound'.


Faint 'Rattling Sound' observed when transcoding from AAC 5.0 to AAC 5.1.

Conditions Transcoding an AAC multichannel input without LFE channel (5.0) to an AAC multichannel output with LFE channel (5.1) can cause a faint 'rattling sound' to be present in the output.


None.

CSCua02205 Transcoding AAC audio switching between 5.1 and 2.0 causes short glitch.


Transcoding AAC audio switching between 5.1 and 2.0 causes short glitch.

Conditions Configure an audio transcode between AAC 5.1 and another audio format. Use an AAC source that dynamically switches between mutlichannel (5.1) and stereo (2.0). When listening to the output a noticable glitch is present whenever the input channel configuration changes. The interruption is short, but larger than when listening directly to the input signal.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCua02138 AAC inputs with corrupted elementary streams can stop audio transcoding.


AAC inputs with corrupted elementary streams can stop audio transcoding.

Conditions Transcoding of AAC audio containing elementary stream corruption (bit errors) can cause the audio transcoding functionality to stop on all transcoded audio streams.


None.

CSCua01961 Transcoded audio component has no bitrate and incorrect input status.


The output bitrate of a transcoded audio component is zero and the input status measurement is not correct..

Conditions When there were interruptions of the input audio stream, or the input audio type changed.


Disable and re-enable the audio transcoding for the failing stream.

CSCua16237 Audio level adjustment is not correct.


Audio Level Adjustments greater than +/- 12dB are incorrect

Conditions Transcoding an audio stream on and setting the audio level adjustment above +12.0 dB or below -12.0 dB. The actual level adjustment will be too large or too low.


Keep level adjustments in the range [-12dB,+12dB].

CSCtz14142 Audio input status is incorrect and no output audio bitrate.


The audio decoding status readout is incorrect. In some cases this can also cause the audio output to be interrupted.

Conditions The PTS of the audio input is discontinuous (e.g., when the input is looped stream).


Put the service on delay-only and move it back to the engine.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCua55849 Excessive PCR jitter causes video input loss


Video Input loss of a transcoded service and output bitrate is zero. The system does not recover anymore in case the input stabilizes.

Conditions PCR jitter out of spec at the input.


Reset the engine.

CSCua57062 Transcoded MPEG-2 service interrupted when horizontal resolution changes


Transcoding an MPEG-2 service has interruptions on the output.

Conditions When the horizontal resolution of the input changes.


None

CSCua57012 Input format changes cause loss of output bitrate


Bitrate of a transcoded stream drops to zero.

Conditions Input format changes (resolution, framerate).


Reset the engine.

CSCua57143 Incorrect picture padding in source causes interruption in output


Syntax error in the padding of the video input stream results in an interruption of the output around the time of the syntax error.

Conditions Syntax error in the padding of the video input stream.


None.

CSCua55447 Reconfiguration actions can cause a glitch in the output.


A picture is missing from the stream in case of reconfiguration actions. This can cause a short glitch in the output.

Conditions A series of reconfiguration in a short time window.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCua55887 Non-smooth transition when disabling transcoding of an MPEG-2 service.


Non-smooth transition when disabling transcoding of an MPEG-2 service.

The last picture that is output after stopping a transcoded stream may contain artifacts.

Conditions Stopping or disabling transcoding of an MPEG-2 service.


None.

CSCua55418 Picture artifacts in 1080i MPEG-2 transcoding


Picture artifacts can be observed in 1080i MPEG-2 transcoded output on the top and bottom rows of macroblocks.

Conditions Transcoding 1080i MPEG-2 content.


None.

CSCua57174 Bitrate of a transcoded AVC service drops to zero.


Bitrate of a transcoded service drops to zero.

Conditions H.264/AVC input service with specific pattern in entropy encoded data.


Reset the engine.

CSCua55468 Input signal that contains multiple errors can stop complete engine.


Interruption on all services processed, eventually bitrate on all services of the affected engine can drop to zero.

Conditions Input signal with multiple errors (CC errors, corrupted TS packets, missing TS packets) while reconfiguring the processing settings.


Reset the engine.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCua55807 toggling between valid and corrupted input causes output bitrate loss


Permanent drop in bitrate on a transcoded service.

Conditions The error situation is triggered by toggling between valid and corrupted input signals.


Reset the engine.

CSCua57037 engine resets after multiple successive reconfigurations


Spontaneous reset of an engine.

Conditions Multiple successive reconfigurations of transcoded services on a MFP board.


None.

CSCua57193 Wrap in POC of AVC input causes frame dropping


The transcoded output is missing a number of frames.

Conditions H.264/AVC input stream with continuously increasing POC. The error condition is triggered at the wrap point of the POC.


None.

CSCua55431 Device reboots after multiple reconfigurations of transcoded services


After multiple reconfigurations of transcoded services, the bitrate drops to zero on all services of a processing engine. In some rare cases a spontaneous reboot will occur.

Conditions Multiple successive reconfiguration actions of transcoded services.


Reset the engine in case the engine did not recover automatically.

CSCua57202 No bitrate after reconfiguring a transcoded service.


No bitrate after configuring a service for transcoding.

Conditions Multiple configuration actions in a short time window.


Reset the engine.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCua57259 MPEG-2 SD output cannot be properly decoded by some set-top boxes.


Some set-top boxes have issue with MPEG-2 field coded output of transcoded services.

Conditions MPEG-2 field coded transcoded output.


None.

CSCua57110 Transcode H.264 to MPEG-2 leads to stream with missing sequence_end_code


Transcoding any H.264/AVC input stream with horizontal resolution change leads to MPEG-2 output stream with missing sequence_end_code.

Conditions Any H.264/AVC input stream with horizontal resolution.


None.

CSCua57088 Dropped pictures when progressive_sequence flag changes on MPEG-2 input


Dropped pictures in output when transcoding MPEG-2 to AVC.

Conditions Transcoding an MPEG-2 service to H.264 when the input changes from progressive_sequence to not progressive_sequence.


None.

CSCua57128 Non-decodable black frames in case of input loss


Error during black frame generation after input loss results in stream that can't be decoded.

Conditions Input loss


None.



Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM






Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Release Notes DCM Version V10.10.0 For details about new features and corrected bugs on the IP Gateway, please have a look at the V10.05 release, which was an IP Gateway only release, and only submitted to specific customers.

New Features

The following new features are included in software version 10.10.0: IPv6:

IPv6 support is added to the DCM management ports as a dual-stack network stack. It is possible to add, change and remove one IPv6 address per management interface independently from the IPv4 configuration.

All the DCM Mainboard services and proxies can be configured with IPv6 addresses, and are reachable via IPv6.

MFP:

Audio Transcoding:

Support for mono, dual mono and multichannel 5.1 processing

Up/down mixing

DolbyDigital Plus support

HE-AACv2 support

Status information of the incoming audio

Possibility to change audio sample rate as part of the audio transcoded

Video transcoding:

Option “Fixed GOP”

engine wide option to close MPEG-2 Frame Pictures.

Closed caption status information on the input.

Platform:

A windows batch script, “verify.bat”, in the upgrade image root directory can be used to verify the upgrade image integrity before upgrading the DCM.

IPsec on D9902 is now supported.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Enhancements

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCtw63866 GPS Holdover for ASI SFN MkII can trigger TS Out Loss alarm

Symptom On an ASI SFN MkII, when the GPS holdover PLL generates a clock reference due to signal invalidity, the clock will start to drift. A drifting clock will result in signal mismatch. Now it is possible to trigger TS Out Loss when this happens. TS Out Loss can then be used to stop streaming the output.


None

CSCty50680 New GbE board setting to drop/pass IP packets with CRC error

Symptom

On a GbE board incoming IP packets with CRC errors were always dropped.

Since V10.00.02 incoming IP packets with CRC errors were always dropped. Before V10.00.02 they were always passed on as a best effort mechanism.


None.

Mux

ID Description

CSCtz72818 CC errors color input TS red in the GUI

Symptom CC errors on an input transport stream were active but there was no indication in the GUI tree view.


CC errors can only be seen on the Status page of the GUI.

CSCtx07268 EITschO to EITschA: last table ID is not modified


If an EIT schedule other table is passed as an EIT schedule actual, the last table id is not modified.

Conditions Always.

Workaround None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




GUI

ID Description

CSCtx21666 Provide additional values for automatic refresh delay

Symptom

When the user navigates to the detail view or status view for TSs or services which contain a lot of data, the browser becomes sluggish to respond.


The auto refresh option can be set to stop before attempting other operations on the page.

CSCty06284 Added support for Left to Right banner scrolling

Symptom It was not possible to select the scrolling direction of a banner.


None

CSCty09931 Display a warning when adding a service to more than one statmux group

Symptom

Now a warning is displayed when a service is dropped on a statmux group and that service was already in another statmux group.


None.

CSCty28836 Hitting enter in a search box executes the search action

Symptom After typing the search text in the search box, pressing enter key now triggers the search.


Clicking on the search button will trigger the search.

CSCtz35080 Re-enabled the DCM Login bypass from ROSA with ROSA User tracking

Symptom

When logging in on a DCM from within a ROSA NMS client the ROSA User identity was not visible on the DCM embedded user interface or in the logs on the device.


No workaround


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM





MFP

ID Description

CSCtx60974 MFP service member of multiple rate control groups Alarm not shown.

Symptom

This error was found in version 10.0.5

"MFP service member of multiple rate control Groups" Alarm can be found in alarm history, but is not shown in another way by the GUI.

Conditions A statmuxed MFP service member of multiple rate control groups.


None.

CSCtx71051 Incorrect Streamtype string displayed for Dolby Digital when transcoding.

Symptom


When transcoding an audio stream to AC-3 / Dolby Digital, the stream type in the GUI on the MFP board should be "DolbyDigital audio", but it is "PES Packets containing Private Data".

Conditions When transcoding an audio stream to AC-3/Dolby Digital in DVB mode.


None

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCtw69690 Displayed average bitrate is lower than the minimum bitrate


Elementary stream components of a service sometimes display an average bitrate that is lower than the minimum bitrate.

Conditions This seems to occur only for components with a low bitrate e.g. a PCR component with bitrate around 40kbps and is caused by a rounding error in software.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtw97554 CA descriptors on service level not removed


CA descriptors on service level are not removed when switching from service level scrambling to component level scrambling.

Conditions A service is scrambled on service level (CA descriptor in outer loop in PMT) and the SCG is updated to scramble the service on component level (CA descriptors in inner loop in PMT)


Deprovision the SCG and reprovision again.

CSCtx61683 Reboot takes a lot longer than expected.

Symptom This error was found in version 8.2

Device can take up to 20 minutes to reboot.

Conditions Scripts have been uploaded and are running when rebooting the device.


Stop all scripts before reboot.

CSCty25334 DCM does not reply with BW_allocated message (EMMG protocol)


DCM does not send an EMMG stream_BW_allocation message.

Conditions The EMMG sends an EMMG stream_BW_request message and the bandwidth in the message is the already allocated bandwidth for that stream.


None.

GUI

ID Description

CSCtt36767 EMM generated table displays the EMM PIDs twice


When an incoming EMM PID is passed as private data PID to the output, it is shown on the EMMs page and not on the TS Components page in the Private Data PIDs table. If an EMM PID is passed as EMM PID, as well as private data PID to the output, you will see the PID twice on the EMMs page instead of once on the EMM page and once in the Private Data PIDs table.

Conditions Incoming EMM PID passed as private data PID to the output.


Visualization issue only, no functional problem.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtw84092 Online Help - No link on search results


Search in online help can give results that have no associated links to navigate to the section.

Conditions This occurs if the search term is found in sections that do not have a title specified in the online help files.


None.

CSCtw85927 MFP video processing Tooltip not shown for the last entry in the table.


On the MFP video processing page, the tool-tip icon is not displayed for the last entry of the Advanced Video Settings table.

Conditions The GOP mode is set to custom for the last entry in the table.


None

CSCtx14712 Service filter on input tree doesn't work for ASI DTF


In the Input Table view, selecting Service in filter option doesn't show any services from ASI DTF card.

Conditions ASI card is set to DTF mode and some services are configured as input to this card.


All the services are shown correctly in Tree view.

CSCtx27643 Incorrect warning when changing a co-processor setting.


When changing the value for Video Quality Algorithm Optimization, a warning is displayed on a pop-up window indicating that the co-processor needs to restart when the setting is applied. The warning also indicates that this change is not compatible with some other settings (TR, DPI etc).

Conditions When changing the value for Video Quality Algorithm Optimization of the co-processor.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtx40042 TS loss page information overlap.


In the Input Port TS Loss page, Service Loss Trigger settings overlaps with entries in the TS Loss table.

Conditions There are a large number of services in the input port and the table occupies more space than available.

Issue is seen only in Firefox.


Use other supported browser (IE)

CSCtx44477 Block PIDs for parent component fails if child is already blocked


Blocking an ES PID in output tree gives submission failure error.

Conditions When ES ECM PID of corresponding ES is already blocked


Go to settings page for that ES component and delete the tracking rule for the ES ECM PID. Now the ES PID can be blocked

CSCtx53807 Incorrect validation error on valid TS routed from DVB-S2 CAM


In the output TS settings page for a port with auto pass rules enabled, it is not possible to apply any changes and a validation error is reported.

Conditions A TS coming from DVB-S2 CAM was routed to any output port (GbE or ASI with Automatic Pass Rules Activated). This issue is seen only when there are 4 RF Input ports and 4 CAM ports. This issue is not seen when there are 2 RF input ports and 2 CAM ports.


Drag and drop each service individually instead of dropping the TS.

CSCtx59432 Incorrect minimum check in Rate Control Group Settings.


When switching a Rate Control Group Settings of a service from statmux to rate limit, the minimum bitrate is kept (greyed out). However the GUI does not allow to set the service maximum rate lower than the not configurable minimum bitrate.

Conditions A service was configured for statmuxing and is changed to rate limit.


Switch back to statmux mode and adapt the minimum bitrate, so it is lower than the rate limit bitrate you want to set. Switch to rate limit mode and adapt the rate limit bitrate.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtx95214 GbE port name coloring on the configuration tree does not match overview


GbE port name is displayed in grey on service overview but not on the configuration tree, when device is set to Inactive.

Conditions GbE Port (or Port pair) is set to auto streaming mode (i.e. Output Streaming is Auto), but port (or port pair) not set in auto mode (i.e. Enable is not Auto).


None

CSCty16194 Banner Message textfield shows escape sequences in edit overlay


Under Manual Banner Insertion section on the service settings page, when editing the banner message text field, escape sequences are displayed in edit overlay.

Conditions When editing the banner message text field.


Edit banner in Configuration / media / Banner page.

CSCty22178 Java script error when opening Banner edit overlay

Symptom


Under Manual Banner Insertion section on the service settings page, opening the banner edit overlay results in java-srcipt error.

Conditions When opening the banner edit overlay.


Edit the banner in Configuration / media / Banner page.

CSCty25848 The minimum bitrate in case of SPTS rate limit could be too high.


When changing the rate control mode to rate limit on an SPTS in a SPTS group the minimum bitrate of the statmux mode was still used. Now the minimum bitrate is set to 0.5 Mbps.

Conditions When changing rate control mode to rate limit.


Change back to statmux mode temporarily. Set the minium bitrate to a lower value (e.g. 0.5) and switch back to rate limit mode.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtz06385 Rate control group settings not visible on TS settings page


The Rate Control Group settings are not visible in the TS settings page.

Conditions When the TS Setting page is selected using the context menu for output service and then selecting "TS Output"


Double-click on the TS node in the tree view to access Rate Control Group settings.

CSCtz19133 Add Merged Component menu in advanced routing tree gives error


Web Server Error is reported when selecting "Add Merged Component" item in the context menu (right-click) for merged component node in Advanced Routing Tree.

Conditions When selecting "Add Merged Component" item in the context menu (right-click) for merged component node in Advanced Routing Tree.


Components to merge can be dragged (from input or processing tree) and dropped on the "Merge Component" node.

Alternately, Select "Settings" on the "Merge Component" node. This navigates to the Merge Settings page. Additional Components to merge can be added using the "Add New Merged Service or Merged Service Component" form.

CSCtz73095 Not all component tracking rules are displayed in MFP component page.


Not all component tracking rules are displayed in MFP component page.

Conditions Several services with component tracking rules configured on MFP.


No workaround

CSCtx17384 GUI upgrade gives incorrect notification - downgrade instead of upgrade.


When upgrading from 10.0 build to 10.10 build, using upgrade via GUI mechanism, the confirmation dialog indicates downgrade instead of upgrade.

Conditions Upgrading from 10.0 build using the GUI upgrade.


Confirm that the upgrade can continue. The upgrade will proceed.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




Firmware

ID Description

CSCtl24748 IP Streams with 1 MPEG packet can affect others if FEC board is present


FEC encoding of TS streams with one MPEG packet in UDP payload can cause MPEG packet loss in other output streams. FEC decoding of TS streams with one MPEG packet in the UDP payload can cause packet drop of incoming packets of other streams.

Conditions FEC decoding of TS streams with one MPEG packet in the UDP payload


Limit the number of MPEG packets per UDP packet to a minimum 2 when the FEC board is present on the GbE IO card.

CSCtx27434 Audio is out of sync after Ad splice


Audio is out of sync after an Ad splice.

Conditions The ad played out by the ad server is too short and the audio in the ad does not end with a complete audio frame.


None

Mux

ID Description

CSCtu04672 TS loss alarm not triggered on preconfigured TS when configuring trigger


TS loss alarm is not triggered when configuring TS sync loss as TS loss trigger on a preconfigured TS.

Conditions A service is passed from an ASI or 8VSB port which didn't have a TS present after reboot of the DCM. Or the TS loss trigger is configured on an ASI or 8VSB port which didn't have a present input TS after reboot of the DCM.


None.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtw61017 AudioType returned in IPS_InSvcGetPIDsL IIOP always returns 0x0


IPS_InSvcGetPIDsL IIOP call always returns 0x0 as AudioType for ES componts.

Conditions When sending the IIOP call IPS_InSvcGetPIDsL to the DCM to get the AudioType for some components of a service, the returned audiotype is always set to 0x0.


Use the GetSubTable IIOP call that will return the PMT for the service. Parse this PMT to find out the correct audio type.

CSCtw95057 Deleting splice channel configuration can cause a reboot


The device reboots when a splice channel configuration is removed.

Conditions A splice channel configuration is deleted at the same time as the ad server disconnects.


Do not disconnect the ad server and reconfigure splicing at the same time.

CSCtx32508 Not possible to a tracking rule to another service by changing the SID


Tracking rules can not be moved between services by changing the SID.

Conditions Changing the SID of an existing tracking rule.


Delete the original tracking rule and create a new rule with the new SID value.

CSCty60930 Teletext PTS is wrong during Ad insertion.


Timestamps of the teletext PIDs is incorrect during Ad insertion.

Conditions The main service contains teletext PIDs with PTS and is spliced with an Ad that has no matching teletext PID.


None


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCty70477 Input Service Loss not triggered because of PID Error


Input Service Loss is not triggered when using PID error as trigger.

Conditions A service is configured with PID error as trigger for service loss. Service loss is active because there is a PID error for a PID that has more than one component on this PID (e.g. video and PCR). When one of the components of this PID disappears from the PMT the PID error would no longer trigger Service loss.


Disable the pid error trigger and use pid bitrate error as trigger for input service loss instead.

CSCty70522 BISS CA descriptor not removed when blocking CA info


The BISS CA descriptor is not removed when ‘Block CA Info’ is enabled.

Conditions A Service containing a BISS CA descriptor configured to block CA info.


Import the PMT via PSIG

CSCtz03985 Device reboots when connection is reset while retrieving xml debug pages


Device reboots when retrieving xml debug pages.

Conditions The connection is interrupted while pages are retrieved.


None

CSCtz25716 Stop streaming a service which uses EISS merging does not stop the EISS


Merged EISS is still present at the output as unreferenced PID when the service is stopped streaming.

Conditions When a service that has merged EISS is stopped streaming.


Disable EISS merging when stopping streaming.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtz26048 A referenced pid is also shown as unreferenced in the input tree view.


A referenced pid is also shown as unreferenced in the input tree view.

Conditions When a referenced input PID is used as source for either transparent SI, an output unreferenced pid or a merged in pid.


None

DRD

ID Description

CSCtt35007 TS loss alarm due to service not descrambled is never triggered


TS loss alarm is not generated on the descrambler of the DRD DVB-S2 board.

Conditions ‘PID not descrambled’ is configured as trigger for TS loss and a service is configured for descrambling but descrambling fails.


None

CSCtz80986 Unable to descramble if more than 64 bytes private data in CA descriptor


Service not descrambled.

Conditions Private data of CA descriptor contains more than 64 bytes.


Make sure private data does not exceed 64 bytes.

Platform

ID Description

CSCts66474 Time sync with an NTP server is not working


When enabling NTP synchronization, the operation may fail.

Conditions No specific conditions known, this issue only occurs sporadically.


Reapply the NTP settings or reboot the device.


Changed: 11/13/2014 11:31:00 AM




ID Description

CSCtw77083 D9902 not operational after reboot


DCM D9902 is not operational after a reboot or upgrade.

Conditions Soft reboot of D9902.


Power-cycle the device.

CSCtz06106 GbE card network driver causes chassis reboot.

Symptom This error was found in version 05.00.xx.

The device reboots or a GbE or IP Adapter card does not boot.

Conditions When bringing down a GbE interface.


Reboot the DCM.

CSCtz37754 Upgrading a D9902 fails


Upgrading a D9902 fails. After the device has rebooted, it is still running the old Software package.

Conditions Upgrade of a D9902.


Retry the upgrade process.

CSCty98015 Device stops generating logs, due to no space left on device


At a certain point in time, the device ceases to generate loggings.

Conditions The device has been producing excessive amounts of logs, causing the log partition to fill up completely.


Reboot device.

CSCtz54881 Co processor takes a long time to boot up


The DCM co-processor card takes a long time to boot, causing co-processor features (transrating, splicing, scrambling, …) to fail during that time.

Conditions After device reboot.

Workaround Reboot the device or wait for the co-processor card to finish booting.

Additional actions This fix is not installed automatically after an upgrade, it requires manual actions to update the bootloader. For details see the document “Service Note DCM Co-processor slow start”.


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCtx17271 Same service from MFP can be added more than once in the same SMX group


An MFP service rate control output does not generate correct bit rates

Conditions MFP statmuxed service is member of multiple rate control groups.


An MFP service can only be statmux controlled by one rate control group.

Make sure a service is only part of one statmux group.

CSCty11212 Panic mode in table tennis at 500Kbps


Video quality of the service is not OK.

Conditions Static statmuxing set-up. Issue depends on the content of the source.


none.

CSCtw94799 Closed caption decoding status is not reported


The status of the closed caption in the GUI is not correctly filled in (status is none).

Conditions Input stream contains closed captions


None

CSCtz88325 Audio processing settings applied to wrong audio component

Symptom This error was found in all versions The audio processing settings for an audio component are applied to another audio component.

Conditions A service containing more than one DolbyDigital or DolbyDigital Plus audio component, is configured for processing one of these components.


None


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ID Description

CSCtz80391 RAP indicator missing in MFP output in case PCR is not on the video PID

Symptom This error was found in version 10.0.11 The random access indicator is not present at the start of a GOP.

Conditions The PCR PID is different from the video PID.


Make sure that the video PID and PCR PID are the same.

SNMP

ID Description

CSCtz72075 SNMP query for dcmConfigTransparentOutputTs Table does not work.


At some point, the transparent loopthrough transportstream table on SNMP is empty, even though transparent loopthrough transportstreams are present on the DCM.

Conditions Unknown.


Reboot the device.

Transcoding

ID Description

CSCty38878 DCM transcoder corrupts DTS and fails transcoding MPEG2


MPEG-2 transcoding fails on a specific input stream.

Conditions MPEG-2 decoder falsely detects discontinuities and input bitstream buffer errors.


None

CSCtz67081 Transcoding an SD service stops generating video content


Transcoder stops generating video content and does not recover anymore.

Conditions This only happens under very rare conditions in steady state.

Workaround Reconfigure transcoding of the affected service.


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Security

ID Description

CSCtx01160 DCM NTP vulnerabilities: CVE-2009-1252 and CVE-2009-3563


Vulnerability scanners may flag the Cisco DCM Series D9900 Digital Content Manager MPEG Processor as vulnerable to several NTP vulnerabilities.


Scanners may flag CVE-2009-1252 and CVE-2009-3563.


None

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 6.8/5.6:

https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVE ID CVE-2009-1252, CVE-2009-3563 has been assigned to document this issue.




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ID Description

CSCtx17188 Security vulnerabilities in the DCM web server.


DCM server is vulnerable to certain cross-site scripting and cookie injection vulnerabilities as well as medium strength ciphers for HTTPS encryption.

Conditions None


None

PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 5/4.1:

https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVE ID CVE-2012-1352, CVE-2012-1353, and CVE-2012-1354 have been assigned to document these issues.






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Release Notes DCM Version V10.05.0 Note: Only the IP Gateway is supported in this release. Other functionality is not supported.

New Features

The following new features are included in software version 10.05.0: The stability of the SDI-in to SDI-out end-to-end delay is greatly improved: the end-to-end delay variations are limited to +/- 0.5 ms (when streaming on IP-networks with limited network jitter (< 5 ms)). Also, for the SD-SDI output, the clock frequency offset is now limited to max +/- 0.226 ppm from the input clock. Due to the new adaptive clock regulation algorithm, following limitations apply:

1) Backwards compatibility limitation in JP2K compressed mode: - A JP2K encoded stream from a V10.00 (or earlier) encoder CANNOT be decoded by a V10.05.00

JP2K decoder; - A JP2K encoded stream from a V10.05.00 encoder can be decoded by a JP2K decoder of V10.00 or

earlier. There is no compatibility issue for uncompressed mode.

2) Startup time after connection of an SD-SDI stream can take up to 13 seconds (3 seconds setup time and 10 seconds ACR lock-in time). This is due to the highly strict frequency offset requirement of 0.226 ppm for SD-SDI.

Enhancements

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCtu01782 SMPTE 2031 Ancillary datapackets not passed when "Subtitles" is enabled

Symptom SMTPE 2031 ancillary data packets were not passed through the Jpeg2000 encoder when closed captions were enabled. This format is now also supported.


N/A


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IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCto55167 Draining of de-jitter buffer by changing JPEG2K video bitrates


On a decoded JPEG2K stream, the dejitter buffer can be very much different from the configured value, and take a long time to convert to that value.

Conditions This can happen when the bit rate on the encoder is changed. This issue was already solved in 9.0.0 when the DCM-G was running in IP-adapter mode. However, this issue is still present for the DCM-G running in ASI-adapter mode.


When changing the bit rate on the encoder for a JPEG2K stream, pause the stream and activate it again. This will reset the dejitter buffer.

CSCtw94280 DCM GUI runs slow when unsupported videoformat is attached to IPG card


The user interface is slow.

Conditions IP Video Gateway board in ASI mode and an unsupported but valid video signal (e.g. 720p 29.97) is received at an IP Video Gateway input, and the signal is routed to an output.


If this is problematic, remove the input cable.

CSCtx27547 OP47 Closed Captioning not correctly set by JPEG2K Encoder


When Closed Caption is enabled, only one of the two OP47 ancillarry ID codes will be handled.

Conditions When OP47 data is present at the input and Closed Caption is enabled, only the OP47 'Subtitling Distribution Packet' (SDP) will be handled (DID 43h; SDID 02h).

The OP47 'Transport of ANC packet in an ANC Multipacket' will not be handled (DID 43h; SDID 03h).

This is only the case for JPEG2K Compressed Video applications.


None


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ID Description

CSCty61355 GW_IP_STREAM license consumed when stream is not active


A GW_IP_STREAM license is used and stays used after activating a HD service failed because no GW_HD_SDI license was available.

Conditions Trying to activate an HD configured input stream when GW_IP_STREAM licenses are available and no GW_HD_SDI licenses are available.

The issue can also be triggered by importing settings with HD inputs which are passed to an output when no GW_HD_SDI licenses are available.


Reboot the device.

When installing licenses and restoring settings files, always install the licenses first, then restore the settings files.

CSCty70013 SNMP get fails for IpgwRtpInTS row when dejitter > 100


SNMP get fails on table dcmIpgwRtpIn

Conditions The dejitter buffer for a TS has been set to a value of more than 100.


Temporarily change the dejitter buffer, or use the GUI instead of SNMP.

IP Gateway Firmware

ID Description

CSCtx70367 Audio stops working in case of 16 channels and bad input


Audio stops working, a rattling noise can be heard.

Conditions A decoder is receiving a lot of erroneous data and 16 audio channels were enabled on the corresponding encoder.

The affected stream will not influence other streams. Video is still being processed.


The audio data will be processed again by disabling 1 audio pair on the encoder and then enable it again.

CSCty41777 Glitches in output of JP2K encoder.


The JP2K encoder output contains glitches.

Conditions The video input has a content that generates very small JP2K content (e.g. all black or all white pictures).


None


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MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCtz55473 Picture artifacts in MPEG-2 transrating and coding


Certain motion vectors can be incorrect coded in MPEG-2 encoded output streams. These invalid motion vectors result in blocking artifacts in the decoded content.

Conditions Input resolution is SD or 1080i.

Output coding format is MPEG-2.


None

CSCtz41157 Large discrepancy between actual picture size and predicted picture size.


The bit rate of a service, statmuxed using MFP, suddenly drops significantly and the actual output contains decoder buffer violations (underflow).

Conditions Input signal impairments.


Disable video processing on the service in the MFP GUI, then enable it again with its original settings.

CSCtz26210 Video processing stops once errors are reported at the input.


An initial fix was introduced in 10.0.10 but an additional fix was needed.

The encoding flow stops at the moment of corrupted input streams such as streams containing syntax errors, packet loss, CC errors, missing pictures and so on.

Conditions Input stream contains errors


Make sure that the input streams are error free.


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GUI

ID Description

CSCty90909 TS loss does not mark the input TS red in the tree.


The TS icon in the input tree does not color red in case there is a TS Loss alarm. It is only colored red in case an ASI TS Sync Loss or GbE UDP Stream Loss alarm is active.

Conditions TS Loss triggered by an alarm other then ASI TS Sync Loss or GbE UDP Stream Loss.


The alarm is visible on the status pages.

IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCty48505 newly inserted IP Gateway card not detected

Symptom This error was found version 10.0.0.

Upon removing an IP Gateway board with hot swap, and putting the board back in the device, the board is not re-detected.

Conditions Hot swap of IP Gateway board.


Reboot DCM.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCty09801 False alarm on MFP engine


Alarm triggered on MFP engine but MFP output is OK.

Conditions Static set-up


None


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ID Description

CSCtx99471 Pulsing and breathing in MPEG-2 still sequences


Pulsing and breathing in video.

Conditions Only occurs when transcoding to MPEG-2 and for still sequences.


none.

CSCty07109 Bitrate drops in SMX output when transcoding input stream twice in MFP


Bitrate drop on MFP video output.

Conditions May occur when statmuxing 6xSD /engine.


None

CSCty47987 MFP SMX: add/remove Svc from rate control group can stall MFP engine


MFP engine stall resulting in a zero or very low video output rate.

Conditions Stall occurs after adding/removing a service from the statmux group.


Recovers automatically.

CSCtx99434 VP throttling in 2xHD mode


Potentially poor Video Quality.

Conditions Statmuxing of 2xHD per engine.


none.

CSCty16456 Video processor does not respond while booting up.


At startup time, it is possible that the video processor does not start immediately and does not generate any output. A re-start will be applied automatically which bring the video processor in running state.

Conditions Start-up of the board or after mode configuration


Wait for about 1 minute until the restart of the video processor is applied.


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ID Description

CSCty16440 Video processor unreachable in SD transcoding mode


All services down on the affected chip. Engine does recover after 30-45 seconds. All services on engine affected due to reload of the chip.

Conditions Static set-up


None

CSCty16474 Long timeout on stop input channel


All services being reconfigured are down on the affected chip. Engine does recover after 30-45 seconds. All other services on the engine are affected due to reload of the chip.

Conditions May occur when changing the MFP configuration.


None

CSCty16471 Memory fragmentation after many reconfigurations - Low Partition


All services being reconfigured go down on the affected chip. Engine does recover after 30-45 seconds. All other services on engine affected due to reload of the chip.

Conditions Multiple re-configurations in 1HD + 3SD engine mode.


None

CSCty16453 H.264 encoder engine reporting error


Bitrate is gone at the output of the video processor for the affected service after reconfiguration. System does not recover from this failure

Conditions Audio or video has to be reconfigured.


Manual reset of the complete engine is necessary to restore the bitrate of the affected service.


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ID Description

CSCtz28631 Level of SD H.264/AVC streams was level 4 instead of level 3


For SD streams, the coding level in case of H.264/AVC encoding was level 4 instead of level 3. The level should be 3 for SD content to make sure that SD streams can be decoded on all kind of STBs.

Conditions SD input stream and H.264/AVC coding format at the output.


None

CSCtz26177 Performance issue for SD and HD at full load


At the moment that an engine is running at full load, a performance issue can pop up that brings the video quality to a lower level because the amount of B and P pictures is reduced. The phenomenon of dropping B/P pictures is called throttling.

Conditions There are a number of conditions that can bring the video engines into this situation. If an input stream contains too many errors, a lot of data is logged increasing the processing cycles on the chip resulting in a limited amount of statmux communication between chip and statmux controller. 720p input content coded as MBAFF results in field coded output stream on MFP. The field coded streams at 60Hz makes statmux impossible (not enough free cycles for field coded output).


Make sure that the input content does not contain any errors.

CSCtz26082 Closed GOP configuration is not possible.


The configuration to generate closed GOPs is not possible because of a limitation in the interfaces between GUI and video engines.

Conditions Configuring closed GOP is not possible in the GUI.


Configure the GOP with 0 B pictures.

CSCtz26035 Restarting encoding flow can fail at corrupt input stream.


Reconfiguring video/audio settings results in a restart of the encoding flow. This restart can fail if the input content is corrupted (e.g., at the moment of a wrap point).

Conditions Reconfiguration of the service in question and corrupted input.


None


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ID Description

CSCtz26259 Output muxer fails although encoder still runs fine.


Jumps in the timestamps at the input stream bring the muxer module at the output of the video engine into problems. The complete flow recovers from these jumps at the input but the muxer does not recover. As such, the recovery mechanism has to be extended to the muxer as well.

Conditions Timestamp jumps at the input


None

CSCty74362 H.264/AVC output contains sporadically syntax error


Minor picture artifacts can pop up in generated H.264/AVC video content because of sporadic syntax errors in the bitstream.

Conditions Occurs if the output format is configured as H.264/AVC.

Workaround Use MPEG-2 instead of H.264/AVC output format.

CSCtz31852 Audio processing stops without user interaction.


Audio processing stops for unknown reason. There is no user interaction and updates in the configuration. The audio task is in a deadlock situation and does not recover from this situation.

Conditions No specific condition.


None

CSCtz31827 Memory corruption because of caching incoherencies.


Processing in video engines stops because of a memory corruption. The memory corruption is triggered because of caching incoherencies between the system and video processor at the moment of a re-configuration.

Conditions The service under processing has to be stopped and restarted because of a reconfiguration of the user or because of an input change (e.g., PMT update).


None


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ID Description

CSCtz31806 Demultiplexer stops processing because of unexpected duplicate timestamp.


The demux does not process anymore because of duplicated PCR timestamp values in the internal FIFOs.

Conditions No specific condition can trigger this issue. The issue can be triggered if two interrupts from hardware are fired very close after each other.


None

CSCtz31687 Decoder instability after wrap point in looped content.


The decoder becomes instable at wrap point. This instability can result in a crash of the decoder resulting in no output or in an output stream that cannot be decoded by a STB (because of incorrect timestamps).

Conditions The input stream has to wrap around.


None

CSCtz28658 Video quality issue in MPEG-2 output content.


MPEG-2 encoded output content can contain artifacts in still images coded at low bitrates.

Conditions Output format has to be MPEG-2 and the video content must be still images.


None

CSCtz26210 Video processing stops once errors are reported at the input.


The encoding flow stops at the moment of corrupted input streams such as streams containing syntax errors, packet loss, CC errors, missing pictures and so on.

Conditions Input stream contains errors


Make sure that the input streams are error free.


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ID Description

CSCtz26147 Communication between video engine and host fails in case of error.


In case of an error condition in the video chip, the error information was not completely reported to the host application and GUI. Because this information is incomplete, the failed condition is hard to determine.

Conditions Error condition in the video engine.


None

CSCtx85793 Video bitrate may drop when MFP Engine audio load at 100%


Bitrate drop in MFP video output.

Conditions May occur when statmuxing 6xSD /engine in combination with audio processing loaded at 100%.


Limit the transcoding density to 5x SD /engine.

CSCty16477 Demux dropping frames: Buffers locked between VSC and Encoder.


Bitrate gone on affected services (can be all services on the chip)

Multiple recovery scenarios

Does not recover. System remains in this state until a manual reset of the engine is performed.

Or engine does recover after 30-45 seconds. All other services on engine affected due to reload of the chip.

Conditions May occur when changing the configuration of MFP.


None

CSCty68662 High complexity scene got assigned to use the min rate


Too low bitrate assigned to a service that is in a statmux group.

Conditions Depends on specific source content.


none.


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MUX

ID Description

CSCtz20871 Defining a service from a non-existing TS as backup service may fail.


When a preconfigured service becomes present at the input it does not become present at the output.

This can occur for any source: the main source, the backup source, the merged in source, ...

Additionally, using the input service as a backup source of a service can cause the main service not to be present at the output.

At the output, the GUI shows the source of a service coming from GbE as <board>, <port>, :, <service id>, lacking the IP address (if multicast) and the UDP port.

Conditions The issue can occur when the source is applied in the GUI and certain extra conditions are met :

- The input TS which the service source comes from is not present at the input

- The DCM is rebooted after the pre-configuration is done.


After the reboot, no workarounds exist except removing the source setting at the output (e.g. remove the backup service) and reapplying it.

If you want to use a preconfigured service, you can avoid the problem by changing any input TS related setting on the input board before a reboot. Reverting this setting to the original value afterwards is possible.

DRD

ID Description

CSCtz03624 Biss 1 descrambling is not working at the DRD

Symptom This issue was found in version 10.0.2

Biss 1 descrambling is not working at the DRD. When checking the service on the analyzer, service is descrambled, however the problem occurs when trying to decode the service. Either the screen is black or artifacts appear.

Conditions The service is routed to the cam under the Biss menu. The Biss key has been entered such that the services indicate that the encryption is open. The output after descrambling cannot be decoded successfully.


None


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 10.0.5:

MFP :

The new Multi-Format Processing card (MFP) supports the following features:

Video transcoding:

MPEG-2/AVC <-> MPEG-2/AVC

SD and HD video transcoding and transrating

Maximum of 24 SD/board or 8 HD/board

User configurable GOP

CEA-708 closed captions (or CEA-708 with CEA-608 embedded)

Audio Transcoding:

MPEG-1 LII/AC-3/AAC-LC/HE-AACv1 <-> MPEG-1 LII/AC-3/ AAC-LC/HE-AACv1

Statistical Multiplexing:

StatMuxing of services processed by the MFP board.

Enhancements

GUI

ID Description

CSCtw89953 No GW_FEC license needed to view IPG packet Statistics.

Symptom The IPG Packet Statistics table was not shown in IPG Statistics page if no GW_FEC license was installed on the device.


None.


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Platform

ID Description

CSCtw77083 D9902 not operational after reboot.


DCM D9902 is not operational after a reboot or upgrade.

Conditions Soft reboot of D9902.


Power-cycle the device.

MFP Transcoding

ID Description

CSCty47671 Not possible to add VSE in DCM when D9036 in BU

Symptom Can not add VSE to D9036 statmux pool if main encoder of this VSE is offline

Conditions - D9036 Encoders have to be setup in non-floating backup: one Encoder is configured as Main Unit, other as Backup Unit.

- VSE has to be part of both encoders and has to be part of the VSE backup list.

- VSE does not belong to a D9036 statmux pool.

- The D9036 Main Encoder goes completely offline (for instance: powered off)

- After the D9036 Main encoder is more than two minutes offline, it is not possible anymore to add the VSE in a D9036 Statmux Pool.

Workaround None: having the Main encoder back online solves the issue.

CSCtw63918 Negative DTS-STC during black frame generation


Negative DTS-STC during black frame generation.

Conditions During blackframe generation.


None



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Platform

ID Description

CSCtx61454 Local privilege escalation by FTP users.


A user with only FTP access can cause commands to be executed when another user logs in with a troubleshooting account.

Conditions No specific conditions trigger this behavior.


Follow typical password safeguarding procedures and limit users with FTP access.

GUI

ID Description

CSCtw56416 NITa "Transp Gen - PSIG" mode cannot be turned off.


Once NITa is set to "Transp Gen - PSIG", it cannot be changed to another value.

Conditions NITa set to "Transp Gen - PSIG" mode.


None.

CSCtw77287 Doubleclick on Gbe board (D9036 statmux) doesn't open statmux config.


Double-click on the GbE Board node in the input or output tree. The Default Settings page is loaded, but has no entries in the second level menu.

Conditions GbE card is in D9036 statmux mode.


None.


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ID Description

CSCtw75142 Java Script error while re-positioning processing tree.


When moving processing tree border, processing tree border sticks to the mouse (i.e. keeps tracking mouse movement) even after the user has released the left button. This occurs until the user clicks on the screen. Afterwards, you cannot change the processing tree border or position.

Conditions This occurs when the user is using Firefox 3.6 or higher.


Reload the service overview page and it will resolve the java script error.

CSCtx39210 Dragging a component from MFP to an output service for merging fails.


Dragging a component from a service assigned to MFP engine to any output service for component merging fails.

Conditions Occurs when a component is dropped on the output tree.


Drop the component on the advanced routing tree or use the service merge page to configure component merging.

Mux

ID Description

CSCtx74325 UDP stream loss alarm is active during a splice.


UDP stream loss alarm is active during a splice.

Conditions When splicing with IPv4 SPTS mode, an UDP stream loss alarm will appear on the TS of the first ad when the second ad has started.


Disable UDP stream loss alarm for the board where the ads arrive.


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ID Description

CSCty13714 When using EISS merging, some packets might not be played out correctly.


When using EISS merging, some packets might not be played out correctly.

Conditions When an EISS section size is 181, 182 or 183 (+ optionally a multiple of 184 bytes) then the section will not be played out correctly.


none

CSCtw85777 Transrate group bitrate measurement can be wrong.


A transrater statmux group can show higher group bitrates on the GUI than expected. This only affects the displayed bitrate, no impact on transrating.

Conditions This happens when services were member of the transrater group at a certain time but are not member of the group anymore. Although they are not part anymore of the group, the bitrate of the removed service is still added in the total group bitrate.

Remark as well that re-adding a removed service will not further increase the group bitrate: the service will be counted only once as expected.


This solves itself after a reboot or upon deletion and re-creation of the statmux group.

No simple work around possible.


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Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCts28639 No more scrambling after component changes.


An initial fix was introduced in 9.10.0 but an additional fix was needed.

Service can no longer be scrambled.

Conditions Service is scrambled. All components of the service are changed (e.g. by forcing the pid values). Then all components of the service are changed again, while still busy activating the previous changes.


Stop scrambling (deprovision SCG). Then restart scrambling again (provision SCG).

CSCtx38382 PMT contains CA descriptor when service is not scrambled.


A service is not scrambled but the PMT does contain one or more (identical) CA descriptor(s).

Conditions A service switches to backup while it is being scrambled. The main and backup service have different pids. Afterwards scrambling is stopped for that service.


Use tracking rules to force output service pid values, so output pid values do not change when switching to backup service.

Firmware

ID Description

CSCtx57532 Excessive null packets in Helper TS on Deterministic Multiplexer.


Excessive NULL packets in a Helper TS cause the DTF card to report a Buffer Overflow. The output of the DTF card will be corrupted, causing the end-to-end deterministic remultiplexing to fail.

Conditions This happens in rare occasions.


None.


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IP Gateway Firmware

ID Description

CSCtx30116 Noise on Audio for IPGW.

Symptom This issue is found in version 9.10.0.

When the DCM-G feeds certain SDI processing servers, Audio noise is experienced at the output of the servers.

Conditions The DCM-G needs to output a decompressed JP2K signal.

The signal needs to be SD-SDI.

At least two audio stereo pairs need to be embedded in the signal.

Does not occur with all types of SDI editing server equipment.


Use only one embedded audio stereo pair, if possible.

CSCtx76538 DCM Gateway: per channel JP2K Encoder core stall in very rare occasions.


IP Gateway: A glitch on an SDI input can cause the encoder to stall in very rare occasions.As as result, the channel on which the glitch occured is not longer present on the encoder output, while the other channels are not affected.

Conditions The issue seems to occur occasionally due to a glitch on the SDI input.


No workaround available. Encoder has to be rebooted to get the channel up and running again.


ID Description

CSCtx27434 Audio is out of sync after Ad splice.


Audio is out of sync after an Ad splice.

Conditions The ad played out by the ad server is too short and the audio in the ad does not end with a complete audio frame.

Workaround None


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Mux

ID Description

CSCtx03674 DCM can reboot when more than 8 EIT schedule tables are monitored.


DCM can reboot when more than 8 EIT schedule tables are monitored.

Conditions When more than 8 EIT schedule tables are monitored on one board, it can happen that the device reboots.


Activate monitoring of EIT schedule tables as the last action.

CSCtx00445 Regenerated EITsch tables are not updated at GbE out.


EIT actual schedule tables that are regenerated by the DCM are not always up to date compared to the same tables on the DCM input.

Conditions This can be triggered when a lot of EIT schedule tables are present on the inputs of one IO card of the DCM. With a lot of tables, a lot of different table IDs are meant. E.g. table IDs 0x50 till 0x5F are all present on one or more inputs.


Reboot the DCM to force an update of the outgoing tables.


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ID Description

CSCtx05281 Service Loss alarm is not cleared when using Fixed Individual ports mode


Service Loss alarm stays active after UDP or link loss occurred on a card in 'Fixed Individual Ports' mode.

Conditions A DCM is configured in 'Fixed Individual Ports' mode and has UDP loss or Link loss configured as service loss trigger.

If a network event causes a short period of UDP or link loss it is possible that the service loss alarm is not cleared.


- Don't use UDP or link loss as service loss trigger when configured in 'Fixed Individual Ports' mode.

- Reconfiguring the service loss triggers will clear alarms that are stuck.

CSCtx27389 No bitrate on generated ECMs

Symptom This error was found in 09.0.5

Generation of ECMs is suddenly stopped, resulting in no ECM bitrate.

Conditions The DCM must be under high load:

- high CPU load - lots (hundreds) of SI tables and ECMs being generated on the TS of the ECM


When it occurs, a stop/start scrambing will restore the ECMs.

To prevent the occurrence, it is expected that increasing the difference between ECMG 'stop delay' and 'start delay' will reduce the chance of problems.

Reducing the SI generation on that TS will also reduce the chance, e.g. reduce EITo correlation.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCtx41842 Temporary license not persistent when license file was invalid.


After reboot, the temporary license is not installed anymore.

Conditions The device had a license file with wrong host id.


First put a valid license file on the device or remove the license file with wrong host id and reboot.


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ID Description

CSCtx38617 Main VSE doesn't statmux when disconnected backup in maintenance mode.


When communication is lost with an encoder and a floating backup is swapped in, and the encoder that lost communication is placed in maintenance mode, the VSEs from the active encoder are still at default rate.

Conditions Communication loss on inactive encoder in 1:1 redundancy cases.


Change any statmux parameter on the DCM for any VSE in the Pool that contains VSEs from the active encoder that are not statmuxing. This will update all VSEs in the pool and they should begin to statmux.


ID Description

CSCtx42231 No video after TS backup during a DPI splice.


No video after TS backup during a DPI splice.

Conditions If all of the following conditions are met :

- an output service has video and PCR shared - tracking rules are configured for both PCR and video - a TS Backup of the input TS occurs during a DPI splice

Then the video will be lost during and after the splice.


Remove the tracking rule on PCR.

Web GUI

ID Description

CSCtw51389 It is not possible to view AIT at the input.


It is not possible to view AIT tables received at the input using the SI view page.



None.


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New Features

The following new features are included in software version 10.0.0:

1. Hardware

The new Multi-Format Processing card (MFP) supports the following features:

Video transcoding:

MPEG-2/AVC <-> MPEG-2/AVC

SD and HD video transcoding and transrating

Maximum of 24 SD/board or 8 HD/board

User configurable GOP

CEA-708 closed captions (or CEA-708 with CEA-608 embedded)

Audio Transcoding:

MPEG-1 LII/AC-3/AAC-LC/HE-AACv1 <-> MPEG-1 LII/AC-3/ AAC-LC/HE-AACv1

MFP is supported feature-complete and can be used for demo or testing purposes. Some issues might surface during usage. This release supports the new D9902 platform. The D9902 device is a next generation 2RU DCM device that inherits all the existing D9900 features. The D9902 platform additionally supports up to eight I/O cards, a third management port, a console interface, and extra hard contacts. The D9902 supports all the compatible D9900 I/O cards, the IP Video Gateway cards, and the dual layer MFP cards.

2. Mux

EISS Merging is added as ETV Manipulation Setting. This feature enables merging the Enhanced TV Integrated Signaling Stream from the broadcast source and the local EBIF streamer on an output service. It can only be enabled for the Primary Channel.

3. General

ETV functionality is now enabled without requiring a DPI license.

4. GUI

Upgrade via web GUI is available. The upgrade uses a special .dgz image, which is also available as part of the release binaries.


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Enhancements

SNMP

ID Description

CSCtt22108 SNMP: Query active/Inactive status of DCM.

Symptom Using SNMP, in SA_Europe_DCM_SMIv2.mib, the state of a device can't be read out using ‘dcmDeviceBackupActivateDevice’. A field containing the device state was added. The device can now also be made inactive by setting the new value.


The state can be read out using the web GUI.

DRD

ID Description

CSCtu04267 Generate PAT to CAMs in non-SFN mode.

Symptom CAMs that used the PAT for descrambling were not supported.

Conditions A CAM is inserted that uses the PAT for descrambling.


Pass the complete TS to the CAM instead of individual services. This also passes all the SI PIDs.

CSCtt11436 TS sync loss for DVB-S2 multistream does not contain ISI in detail.

Symptom The TS sync loss alarm did not indicate which stream it applies when multiple streams are received in multi-stream mode.

Conditions The DVB-S2 port is tuned to a multistream channel.

Multiple streams are received on the DVB-S2 port.

At least two streams have the TS sync loss condition.


Check in the input tree which transport streams are not present.


IP Gateway

ID Description

CSCtt40654 Default HD framerate in uncompressed is not 25, 29.97 or 59.94 fps.


After a DCM upgrade, the "HD Frame Rates in Uncompressed Transport" setting may not display the following default selection: 25 - 29.97 - 59.94 fps.

Conditions This problem only occurs after a DCM upgrade from any releases prior to version 9.0, to version 9.0 or 9.10.


After a DCM upgrade, check the "HD Frame Rates in Uncompressed Transport" setting on the configuration page, and modify as needed.

CSCtt95239 JP2K: audio data packets lost when all channels are enabled (SD-SDI).


JP2K: audio data packets of the higher audio groups (3-4) are lost when all 16 audio channels are enabled.

Conditions SD-SDI

A minimum of 7 audio pairs must be enabled, so all 4 audio groups are active.

The SD-SDI must contain audio control packets.

Note: The presence of audio control packets is optional in SD-SDI.


Disable audio control packets generation in the audio embedder so that the generated SD-SDI stream does not contain audio control packets.

Reduce the number of audio pairs enabled to 6 for 20-bit audio, or 5 for 24-bit audio.

CSCtu08784 DCM IPGW: Sporadic output loss/unresolved messages.


Sporadic 'Service loss at output' and/or 'IP destination unresolved' messages are generated.

Conditions These messages are generated randomly by a DCM IP-Gateway system, both by the transmitter and the receiver. These messages are randomly generated during normal transmission/reception of streams. Although service loss is mentioned, no loss or service interruption is actually occurring.


These messages should be ignored.


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IP Gateway Firmware

ID Description

CSCts55712 Switching of ASI input with router interrupts JP2K decode.


On an ASI receiver, the JP2K receiver can lock up for a single channel. The other channels continue running.

Conditions This can occur when switching between two ASI sources using an ASI router.


Disconnect the related ASI input to the receiver for a short while. After reconnection, the channel runs correctly.

CSCtt21196 Hitless merged stream is not received while still present.

Symptom This issue was found in version 9.10.0.

Streams are not decoded at the DCM IP Gateway receiver after deleting one stream.

Conditions The following causes the streams not to decode:

Configure two streams encoded on DCM Gateway encoder via Rosa VSM.

Configure a DCM Gateway decoder to receive and decode both streams.

Delete one stream via the web GUI.


Recreate the stream or reboot the receiver.

CSCtu33292 JP2K Enc: No output due to stalling of ANC data processing.


No output on compressed SDI channel caused by stalling of ANC data (ancillary data) processing.

Conditions Invalid SD-SDI data is present at the input of the IP gateway, for example, ANC data not at correct location in SD-SDI frame and the maximum number of ANC data present (16 audio channels, 24 bit), and all audio channels are enabled on the JP2K Encoder.


To reduce the chance of stalling, only enable 5 audio pairs (10 channels).


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ID Description

CSCtw92735 Noisy signal at the JP2K encoder input causes stall of an encoder


Noisy signal at the DCM Gateway (DCMG) input which is configured for JP2K encoding might stall the JP2K encoder for all channels in rare situations.

Conditions A very noisy SDI-signal is applied to the input of the DCM Gateway (DCMG). The noisy signal - with random bit-errors - causes the encoder core to output very small erroneous JP2K files. The RTP packetizer behind the core is stalling on these very small files and pushes back the encoder core, resulting in a stall on all channels.


None.

Miscellaneous

ID Description

CSCtw40202 ETV output PIDs are removed when main ETV PIDs disappear during replace.


Under certain conditions the ETV PIDs are removed from the PMT at the output service. This results in different behavior depending on whether the ETV PIDs were originally present in the broadcast service or not.

Conditions Broadcast service containing ETV PIDs passed to output. ETV mode of output service configured as "Select Input", with a replace service containing ETV PIDs as source. PID error configured as trigger for service loss on replace service. Replace service has service loss condition, e.g. because EBIF PID has zero bit rate. The ETV PIDs are removed from the broadcast service.


Keep the PMT constant at the sources.

CSCtw66361 DCM reboots when routing a service after configuring TS for BISS scrambling.


Unexpected reboot.

Conditions Scrambling mode is changed in combination with dynamic service changes (e.g. service has just been passed, new component detected). Problem most likely occurs only when using scripts to configure the DCM, due to quick sequence of configuration.


Only configure scrambling mode when service is stable.


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Mux

ID Description

CSCtw53822 ETV manipulation in combination with TS Backup can cause a reboot.


If a DCM is rebooted while ETV Replace PIDs and TS Backup are active, then the DCM may continue to reboot.

Conditions If a DCM is rebooted or upgraded when all of the following conditions are met, then the DCM will continue to reboot:

An output service has ETV Replace PIDs enabled.

ETV PIDs are present on the Replace service.

The input (source) TS for this service is in TS Backup.

On the backup TS, there is a service that matches the original output service.

There are ETV PIDs present on this backup service.


If the input TS is no longer in backup mode (the input signal returns, or the backup TS has no signal), then the DCM will stop rebooting.

CSCts88460 Import of DCM V08.03 archive fails on later releases.


When importing an archive from a DCM running version 08.03.xx to a DCM running a newer release, the import fails.

Conditions This happens only when:

backup taken on DCM running V08.03.xx (both older as more recent releases do not have this problem)

importing this backup archive on a more recent DCM version. This problem does NOT impact release upgrades, which will convert the settings correctly. Only importing of an archive is impacted.


Use the upgrade path:

Have a V08.03.xx release installed on the DCM.

Import the V08.03.xx archive.

Upgrade the DCM to a newer release.


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ID Description

CSCtu01644 CC (Continuity Count) error alarm message sometimes not reported by DCM.


The CC (Continuity Count) error alarm message was not reported by DCM when no PID error or Unreferenced PID error was reported.

Conditions The CC error alarm messages are enabled on the DCM IO card.

Single CC errors occur when no PID error or unreferenced PID error is present on all input transport streams.


None.

CSCtu33155 Incorrect settings import of Device Operational Failure triggers.


The device operational failure triggers are imported incorrectly via settings import if the "Hardware Key Inserted" alarm is selected as a trigger for the device operational failure alarm.

Conditions The "Hardware Key Inserted" alarm needs to be selected as a trigger for the device operational failure alarm.


Remove the "Hardware Key Inserted" alarm as a trigger for the device operational failure alarm.

CSCtw95057 Deleting splice channel configuration can cause a reboot


The device reboots when a splice channel configuration is removed.

Conditions A splice channel configuration is deleted at the same time as the ad server disconnects


Do not disconnect the ad server at the same time as reconfiguring splicing


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ID Description

CSCtt99968 DTF Bandwidth Exceeded

Symptom This error was found in V09.0.0.

When used in combination with an ASI SFN V2 board in "Deterministic re-multiplexing" mode, it can occur that overtime the alarm "DTF Bandwidth Exceeded" is raised in a regular ASI card that is configured as "DTF".

This issue can be triggered by two distinct root causes. One of them is the presence of several consecutive SI packets in the CYTS streams, the other one is related to a rare condition where an excessive amount of null packets is injected in the ASI SFN V2 card.

Conditions 1) ASI SFN V2 card is operating in "Deterministic re-multiplexing " mode.

2) Multiple CYTS-es and Helper TS-es from the aforementioned ASI SFN V2 card are provided to a single DTF card.

3) The output bitrate budget of the DTF card is limited (less than a few Mbps)

4) The CYTS-es are showing many consecutive SI packets. For example, a PMT per service that exists of multiple TS packets per PMT


There is no workaround for this issue.

CSCtu30037 High load SI carouseling can cause reboots when updating a table


DCM reboots spontaneously

Conditions When DCM cannot stream all SI tables in time (e.g. due to bandwidth overshoots, ...) on one or more of its outputs, there is a small chance that the DCM will reboot when an SI table is updated.

This will typically occur in high load scrambling cases because the generated ECM is also considered an SI table.


Reduce SI carouseling load: e.g. scramble less services, no full EIT correlation.

DRD

ID Description

CSCtr31028 CAM "Maximum bitrate" setting can be set, but has no effect.


CAM "Maximum bitrate" setting can be set, but has no effect.

Conditions When trying to change the "Maximum bitrate" of the CAM.


None.


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ID Description

CSCts28685 A TS passed transparently from a descrambler doesn't show ONID nor TSID.


A transport stream that is transparently passed from a descrambler does not display the ONID or the TSID on the output tree.

Conditions A transport stream is passed in SFN mode from the input tree to a descrambler, and then from the descrambler to the output tree.


None.

CSCts44033 MMI interface: No support for DVB string encoding.


When accessing the MMI interface for a CAM module on the DRD-DVB-S2 card through the web GUI, responses containing non Latin-5 encoded characters cannot be displayed.

Conditions This only occurs for CAM modules that support multiple languages.

This can occur if the CAM was configured to use a language that has characters other than Latin-5 that needs encoding, or when calling the language selection menu itself in the CAM module.


Ensure that the CAM is configured to use English as a display language.

CSCts85793 Wrong descrambling status.


Incorrect status is shown in the processing tree when descrambling services with shared PIDs on a DRD DVB-S2 board. The descrambling configuration and descrambled status are not correctly displayed in the web GUI.

Conditions Services sharing a common PID are passed to the CAM or BISS module and descrambling is enabled on these services.


None.

CSCts85859 CAM information is not displayed correctly.


The application version is not displayed in the web GUI.

Conditions This issue applies to ASTON CAMs.


Check the application version via the CAM MMI.

CSCts88913 [DVB-S2] no "RF Input Lock Loss" alarm on some ports.


The DVB-S2 RF input lock loss alarm is not triggered.


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ID Description

Conditions When tuning from a frequency with a valid signal to a frequency without a signal, the RF input lock loss alarm is not triggered.


None.

CSCts93689 Detail of DVB-S2 BER too high alarm doesn't show scientific notation.


The DVB-S2 BER too high alarm details does not always display scientific notation of the BER values.

Conditions Only when the BER value or BER threshold is higher than 1E-4.


None.

CSCts95599 [DVB-S2] incorrect (severely) errored seconds counters when lock is lost.


The errored seconds and severely errored seconds counters are not correctly incremented when DVB-S2 RF input lock is lost.

Conditions DVB-S2 port has RF lock loss condition.


None.

CSCts98468 [DVB-S2] Transient TS sync loss after tuning to a DVB-S2 channel.


When tuning to a DVB-S2 port, a temporary TS sync loss alarm condition is triggered.

Conditions The TS sync loss alarm is triggered between the RF lock and the TS sync detection.


None.

CSCtt95412 Not possible to descramble services with same SID on same CAM.


It is not possible to descramble services with the same service ID on the same CAM.

Conditions Services from different input transport streams, but with equal service ID, are routed to a CAM and descrambling is enabled on both.


None.


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ID Description

CSCtu02417 Reset of CAM triggers CA_PMT update of other CAMs.


Services can temporarily stop descrambling on CAMs when performing an action on another CAM.

Conditions Services are routed to several CAMs on a DRD DVB-S2 board and are correctly descrambled.

One of the CAMs is reset, or the service configuration of one of the CAMs has changed, for example, descrambling is enabled on an additional service, descrambling is disabled on a service, or the components of a service being descrambled has changed.

This issue only exists on CAMs that stop/start descrambling on CA_PMT updates.


None.

CSCtw49712 First routed service cannot be descrambled.

Symptom This error was found in version 9.10.0. Service cannot be descrambled.

Conditions Service is the first routed (or restored) service after a reboot.


Remove the service and route again to the CAM.

Alternatively, route the complete TS (in SFN mode).

Platform

ID Description

CSCts95695 Default gateway can not be changed.


Default gateway of the management ports cannot be changed.

Conditions Only the gateway is changed without modifying the IP address or netmask of the management port itself.


Change the IP address or netmask and the default gateway.

CSCtt28813 Certificate private keys are world-readable in the RFS.


Users with Operating System (OS) accounts can read the private key used for HTTPS access without elevated privileges.

Conditions User has OS account credentials and the SSH or telnet services are enabled.


Disable SSH and telnet access and/or safeguard credentials for OS accounts.


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ID Description

CSCtt36738 Excessive logging makes device unmanageable.


The DCM GUI is inaccessible. It displays the following error: IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device.

Conditions The DCM has seen excessive logging, for example, due to repetitive logging during setup.


If the DCM has troubleshooting access, logs can be removed by a Cisco customer support.

SNMP

ID Description

CSCtw72521 Deprecated call used for deleting DPI-channels.


There is a small possibility that deleting a DPI-channel using SNMP can cause the DCM to reboot.

Condition None.


Use the web GUI to delete DPI-channels.


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Security

ID Description

CSCtw89227 Tcpdump decode_labeled_vpn_l2 Function Integer Overflow Vulnerability

Symptom Cisco DCM D9900 includes a version of TCP Dump that may be vulnerable to published vulnerabilities that are documented in the following CVE ID CVE-2007-3798

Condition Device with default configuration.



PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 5.1/3.8: https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2007-3798 has been assigned to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html

CSCtw89679 libpng vulnerabilities

Symptom Cisco DCM D9900 includes a version of libpng that may be vulnerable to published vulnerabilities that are documented in the following CVE IDs: CVE-2006-3334 CVE-2010-0205 CVE-2007-2445 CVE-2011-2692 CVE-2009-0040 CVE-2007-5266 CVE-2011-2501 CVE-2010-1205 CVE-2010-2249 CVE-2006-0481 CVE-2009-2042 CVE-2007-5268 CVE-2007-5269 CVE-2008-1382 CVE-2011-2691 CVE-2011-2690 CVE-2006-5793 CVE-2007-5267

Condition Device with default configuration.



PSIRT Evaluation The Cisco PSIRT has assigned this bug the following CVSS version 2 score. The Base and Temporal CVSS scores as of the time of evaluation are 4.1/3: https://intellishield.cisco.com/security/alertmanager/cvssCalculator.do?dispatch=1&version=2&vector=AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C CVE ID CVE-2006-3334 CVE-2010-0205 CVE-2007-2445 CVE-2011-2692 CVE-2009-0040 CVE-2007-5266 CVE-2011-2501 CVE-2010-1205 CVE-2010-2249 CVE-2006-0481 CVE-2009-2042 CVE-2007-5268 CVE-2007-5269 CVE-2008-1382 CVE-2011-2691 CVE-2011-2690 CVE-2006-5793 CVE-2007-5267 has been assigned to document this issue. Additional information on Cisco's security vulnerability policy can be found at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_vulnerability_policy.html


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Web GUI

ID Description

CSCts79545 Web GUI error during TS backup configuration.


Web GUI error when navigating to TS backup settings page for Input TS on GbE port

Conditions Incorrect backup configuration resulting in a service backup referring to a non-existent service (-1).


Please contact Cisco customer support.

CSCts88333 DRD DVB-S2: Processing rate in processing tree always 0.0 Mbps.


Processing bit rate is not displayed in the CAM node of Processing tree

Conditions None.


None.

CSCts91508 DCM Output indication for a transparently passed Transport Stream.


When a TS is passed transparently, the port node on the output tree displays "(no services)" even if the loop through TS has valid services. On a GbE output port, the service count of non-transparently passed TSs is displayed.

Conditions None.


None.

CSCtu02561 Find service source menu should be disabled for virtual services.


Find source from context menu does not work on an output service.

Conditions Output Service is virtual and created via PNC using custom PID rules.


None. This functionality is not possible on a virtual service and is disabled in the context menu.


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ID Description

CSCtu04359 No way to distinct EMMs with same PID on a CAM.

Symptom When passing EMMs with the same PID value from different input TSs to a CAM, only one EMM is shown in the processing tree.

Conditions EMM with same PID value present on different input TSs and passed to the same CAM.


None.

CSCtw56416 [SI playout]: NITa; "Transp Gen - PSIG" mode cannot be turned off.


Once NITa is set to "Transp Gen - PSIG", it cannot be changed to another value.

Conditions None.


None.

CSCtw63587 [TS FEC] "Update All TS" button does not function.


When changing FEC Settings in GbE Output Port settings page, Update All fails with a JavaScript error.

Conditions This occurs on GbE ports where one or more transport streams were previously deleted.


None.

CSCtw75142 [General]: Java Script error while re-positioning processing tree.


When moving processing tree border, processing tree border sticks to the mouse (i.e. keeps tracking mouse movement) even after the user has released the left button. This occurs until the user clicks on the screen. Afterwards, you cannot change the processing tree border or position.

Conditions This occurs when the user is using Firefox 3.6 or higher.


Reload the service overview page and it will resolve the java script error.


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ID Description

CSCtw77287 [D9036 SMX]: Settings for D9036 board node should open /urcstatmux page.


Double-click on the GbE Board node in the input or output tree. The Default Settings page is loaded, but has no entries in the second level menu.

Conditions GbE card is in D9036 statmux mode.


None. This is not a functional issue, since selecting any existing second level menu works as expected.


ID Description

CSCtu21336 When a spliced service is backed up this can cause a reboot.


A DCM might reboot under certain conditions when the source of a spliced service is backed up (e.g. by TS backup).

Conditions The following are the conditions:

Service is spliced in.

PMT of the main service changes (e.g. by TS backup).

In the changed PMT there are more components than in the original PMT.

A tracking rule is configured using the same PID value as a component in the backup service that doesn't match the tracking rule.


Ensure that the PMT of the backup service is the same as the original service, or use the tracking rules to prevent two components from having the same output PID.

CSCts75545 splice error 113 in Extended Delay Mode

Symptom The splices are failing with splice error 113 ("no exit point on time"). The splice failures can happen at any time: at the moment of leaving the network, at the moment of splicing from Ad to Ad, and at the moment of a splice back to the network

Conditions The splicer is configured in extended delay mode and the ads are arriving too late on the DCM.


Configure the transrater board in normal mode or make sure that the ads are arriving on time in the DCM. The issue only pops up after configuring the board in the extended delay mode. If there is no reason to use the extended delay of 1.8s, keep the normal delay of the transrater/splicer. The issue is resolved such that it is possible to have successful splices in extended mode. It is allowed that the ads arrives 300ms too late after the splice time. If the ads arrive later, the splice will be executed successfully but not exactly on the splice time.


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ID Description

CSCtw69000 Transrater board not operational.


Transrater board is no longer available, and processing is not done on the transrater board.

Services at the output are interrupted.

Conditions Change one of the group settings of a transrating group, and then change a transrater board setting that requires the transrater to reboot.


Reboot the chassis.


ID Description

CSCtu36485 Statmux transport rate dips below pool rate and/or overflows pool rate.

Symptom Statmux transport rate dips below pool rate and/or overflows pool rate.

Conditions The following sequence of events must occur for this error to appear.

The main DCM loses management communication.

The system switches to the backup DCM but can't set the main DCM to inactive, the VSEs continue to statmux using the server on the main DCM.

The main DCM then loses statmux port communication, all VSEs switch to a statmux server on the backup DCM.

The main DCM now has statmux communication restored. Since the statmux server (SPS) on the main DCM remembers that it had the VSEs connected and is no longer receiving messages from them, (they are now communicating with the backup DCM) it uses the default rate.

The VSEs are now receiving 2 commands per s-tick from the SPS on 2 different DCMs. When some VSEs use the message from the main DCM and others use the message from the backup DCM, the pool rate can either dip or overflow.

If the main and backup DCMs are interchanged in the above sequence, the same outcome will occur.

Workaround If communication with the DCM management port is lost, then disabling the main DCM statmux ports on the switch until the communication with the DCM is restored, and setting it to inactive will prevent this situation from occurring.


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ID Description

CSCts26285 Offline encoders are still reported active after more than 5 minutes.


On a D9036 Statmux setup, the encoders show up as connected, although the encoders are already more than five minutes offline.

As a result it is not possible to remove the encoder from the processing tree.

Conditions When encoders are offline.


None.


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Corrected Errors Miscellaneous

DCM stops generating ECM reference in PMT for video after TS Backup (ID. CSCtt04507)

This error was found in V08.05.0. Symptom: CA descriptor no longer available for video pid after changing to backup TS

Conditions: TS backup is configured AND the video pid is used as PCR AND the output service is scrambled on component level.

Workaround for previous versions: Use service level scrambling OR use a separate pid for the PCR

Cannot retrieve PSIG proxy status, depending on peer IP (ID. CSCtt17291)


Symptom: PSIG status cannot be retrieved (using ROSA SCS Configurator)

Conditions: IP address of connected PSIG is above 128.x.x.x

Workaround for previous versions: Use lower IP address for PSIG

GbE Card random setting lost after reboot (ID. CSCtw27123)

This error was found in V09.10.0.

Symptom: Upon a DCM reboot the settings on a GBE board can be lost.

Conditions: This happens only if the GBE board has been set once in Statmux "D9036 enabled" mode since the last cold reboot. Thus if you disable the D9036 Statmuxing mode using the GBE board configuration page, then settings on this board will not be completely restored upon reboots until you perform a cold reboot.

Workaround for previous versions: If you do not want to use your GBE for D9036 Statmuxing anymore: use a cold reboot to clean the settings instead of disabling the D9036 Statmux via the GUI.


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Packet Indexer ID not always shown in GUI (ID. CSCtt46084)

This error was found in V09.10.0. Symptom: Packet Indexer ID is not always shown in GUI after enabling Index Packet Interpreter on an input TS for the first time.

Conditions: Input TS must contain indexed packets (realized by enabling Packet Indexer on an output TS of an ASI board).

Workaround for previous versions: After enabling Index Packet Interpreter for the first time, disable it en re-enable it.

Mux

ETV manipulation in combination with TS Backup can cause a reboot (ID. CSCtw53822)


Symptom:

If a DCM is rebooted while ETV Replace PIDs and TS Backup is active, then the DCM might keep on rebooting.

Conditions:

If a DCM is rebooted or upgraded when all of the following conditions are met, then the DCM will keep on rebooting: - An output service has ETV Replace PIDs enabled - ETV PIDs are present on the Replace service - The input (source) TS for this service is in TS Backup - On the backup TS, there is a service that matches the original output service - There are ETV PIDs present on this backup service

Workaround for previous versions: If the input TS is not in backup anymore (the input signal comes back, or the backup TS has no signal either), then the DCM will stop rebooting.


When a spliced service is backed up this can cause a reboot (ID. CSCtu21336)


Symptom:

A DCM might reboot under certain conditions when the source of a spliced service is backed up (e.g. by TS backup)

Conditions:

- Service is spliced in. - the PMT of the main service changes (e.g. by TS backup). - in the changed PMT there are more components than in the original PMT. - a tracking rule is configured using the same PID value as a component in the backup service that doesn't match the tracking rule


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Workaround for previous versions: - Make sure that the PMT of the backup service is the same as the original service, or - Use tracking rules to prevent that 2 components would want the same output PID


Reboot can cause loss of statmux pools (ID. CSCtt22577)


Symptom: When rebooting a DCM it can happen that the D9036 statmux pools are not restored correctly. Some pools do not show up in the GUI or they lack VSEs.

Conditions: - happens upon reboot (or after upgrade as an upgrade does a reboot as well) - happens only if multiple (thus more than one) GBE IO boards are set in D9036 Statmux mode

Workaround for previous versions: This is a random failure not impacting the stored settings. So reboot again until the pools come up. Using only one board in D9036 Statmux mode avoids the problem as well.

Operational Limitations and Errors For Issues and Limitations of this version consult the release note of this specific version.

Operational limitations and errors – Supercrypt

The latest version of Supercrypt is DCM release V06-00-89. SuperCrypt is no longer supported in higher versions.


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New Features

The following new features are included in this release version,V09.10.0.

New Features

Mux

It is now possible to have more than one NIT Actual table on a transport stream, by importing multiple tables. The PSIG has a setting to enable or disable this possibility.

There is an option for CA descriptors to be added only to the CAT when the CAT is generated by DCM, or to add them even when the CAT is imported. Before, they were never added to an imported CAT.

An extra option is added to generate EIT Schedule Actual tables for an output service, with an EIT Schedule Other table as source of the data.

IP Gateway

For a stream transmitted on the GbE interface, it is now possible to configure the source UDP port to go through a range of 16 values. This can improve performance in some network equipment. When configuring an output GbE resource, one can choose between Fixed or Dynamic in the UDP Behaviour under the Advanced tab.

General

1:1 device backup can be setup with heartbeat between 2 devices in a Live-Live setup.

Next to CAM descrambling it is now possible to descramble BISS scrambled services without the need for a CAM on the DVB-S2 board.

Both services coming from DVB-S2 inputs or from other DCM boards can be descrambled.

The DVB-S2 board is now capable of descrambling SFN compliant transport streams. If a complete TS is dragged to a CAM or BISS descrambling node then the services can be descrambled in an SFN compliant way.

The DVB-S2 board is now capable of receiving multistream DVB-S2 signals and can pass up to 6 transport streams coming from the multistream signal.

For GbE output port or TS a new context menu item has been added to allow the user to switch all services in the Port/TS to the first backup service or revert to the main service. For the port setting, this menu item brings up an overlay which allows selection of backup/main. The overlay also allows to override the default backup parameters for this operation as an option.

GUI

The alarms that are displayed in the status page have a new info icon column which links to the context specific alarm information in the online manual.

Statistical Multiplexing of D9036 encoders

VSE Enable: VSEs must now be explicitly enabled when added to a pool. A VSE can also be disabled while still in a pool.

Support for VBR/CBR: The VSE can now signal to the statmux controller if the encoding mode changes to CBR or capped_VBR. The bitrate encoding mode is displayed in the GUI.


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New Features

Alarm for VSE “Video Rate Mode”: An alarm is raised in case an enabled VSE changes mode e.g. from statmux to CBR or vice versa.

“Optimize Bitrate Budget” button: Clicking this button will cause the statmux controller to do an automatic recalculation of the default rate for the VSEs that are enabled in the pool. The result is shown in the ‘Predicted default rate’ column and can be applied to the VSEs by clicking the apply button.

Enhancements

GUI Default for Source IP filter changed to "Include" (ID. CSCtr93438) Found in 9.0.0 Symptom: In IGMP Configuration, when a join with Source IP or Source IP Range is selected, the default filter value was "Exclude". Conditions: None. Workaround: User can manually change the option to "Include".

IP Gateway Maximum value for de-jitter buffer setting changed to 200 ms (ID. CSCts66759) Found in all versions

Symptom: The maximum value of the de-jitter buffer setting was 100 ms. Conditions: None. Workaround: No workaround.

Corrected Errors Firmware

Problem with audio leveling of mpeg1 level 2 streams (ID. CSCts75969)



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Symptom: When Leveling MPEG1 LayerII audio, PES packet loss on the output can be seen, or there are CRC errors.

Conditions: MPEG1 LayerII audio leveling needs to be enabled , and the loudness adjustment is non-zero.

Workaround for previous releases: No workaround.

IP Gateway VLAN for unicast does not work (ID. CSCts42515) Found in all versions

Symptom: A VLAN enabled unicast stream from a encoder does not work Conditions: When configuring VLAN on an encoded stream , the ARP is not sent on the correct VLAN. Workaround for previous releases: Use multicast addresses in combination with VLAN on an encoder instead.

Transrating/Splicing DCM inserts variable number of post-black frames at splice into network (ID. CSCtr69829) Found in 8.9.1 Symptom: After splicing together with an Ad Server, at the moment of the splice back to Main feed, a number of unexpected postblack frames are inserted by the splicer. These black frames should not be generated. Conditions: An Ad Server has to be used in the splicer configuration (splicer configured in SCTE30/35 mode). The first splice willl be executed succesfully. At the moment of the second splice, it is possible that unexpected black frames are inserted at the moment of splicing back to the main feed. Workaround for previous releases: No workaround available.

Miscellaneous SCG reprovision with future activation time does not update invalid AC (ID. CSCtq75525) Found in all versions Symptom: Service still not scrambled after updating invalid AC, using a future activation time in SCG. Conditions:


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Invalid AC in use (ECMG cannot generate ECM for this AC) and SCG reprovisioned using an activation time in the future. The SCG reprovision replaces the invalid AC by a valid one. Workaround for previous releases: Do not use an activation time in the SCG when replacing an invalid AC Webserver error in case Service\Component\TS Component page is accessed (ID. CSCtr80594) Found in 9.0.0 Symptom: When selecting the service/component/TS components tab, the DCM generates an internal webserver error. The configured private data PID is only available as EMM PID. Conditions: 1.Add EMMg Proxy 2.Add private data PID 3.Route private data PID to TS 4.Delete proxy 5.Reboot device Selecting service/component/TS components tab Workaround for previous releases: Delete Unreferenced PIDs from tree that are remapped to 65535.

No more scrambling after component changes (ID. CSCts28639) Found in 8.9.0 Symptom: Service can no longer be scrambled. Conditions: Service is scrambled. All components of the service are changed (e.g. by forcing the pid values). Then all components of the service are changed again, while still busy activating the previous changes. Workaround for previous releases: Stop scrambling (deprovision SCG). Then restart scrambling again (provision SCG)

Mux SI PID passed twice to MPTS PassThrough TS when set transparent. (ID. CSCtq07386) Found in all versions Symptom: In a rare situation, a transparently passed SI table gets corrupted when auto-passing of unreferenced PIDs is enabled on its output TS. Conditions: To trigger this condition, the PID of the SI table must be recognized as an unreferenced PID at the input TS. For instance, PID 16 of the NITa will be an unreferenced PID if the SDTa is missing at the input TS. NITa is set to transparent mode on the output TS with source the aforementioned input TS. When the TS auto pass rule for unreferenced PIDs is enabled on the output TS, PID 16


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of the NITa is routed a second time to the output TS. The bandwidth of the NITa PID at the output doubles and the NITa table gets corrupted. Workaround for previous releases: Make sure that the SI PIDs are recognized as referenced PIDs. If this is not possible, do not set the corresponding SI table in transparent mode. Service name from SDT does not disappear when a new TS is connected. (ID. CSCtr42712) Found in all versions Symptom: 1. The name from the SDT is still being used after a new TS is presented to DCM without SDT. Instead a VCT name or "Program x" should be used depending on VCT presence. 2. The name from the VCT is still being used after a new TS is presented to DCM without MGT/VCT. Instead "Program x" should be used. Conditions: 1. Connect a stream with SDT. Disconnect the stream Connect another stream without SDT containing at least one service with a same SID as the original stream.

2. Same conditions apply for VCT. Workaround for previous releases: Easiest workaround is to reboot DCM Harder to do, but is not service affecting: disconnect the new stream and connect another stream with an SDT that contains other SIDs. Then reconnect the stream you want. Autopassing of unref PIDs does not work if the input TS is in mixed mode (ID. CSCtr50831) Found in 8.7.0 Symptom: Autopassing of unreferenced PIDs from an input TS in mixed mode does not work Conditions: When an input TS is in mixed mode (i.e. contains both DVB SDT and ATSC MGT), and auto passing of unreferenced PIDs on an output TS from this input TS is enabled, then the unreferenced PIDs present on the input TS will not be present on the output Workaround for previous releases: Pass an unreferenced PID from the input to an output TS (the same or another one) and then all unreferenced PIDs will be auto passed Audio level settings are not applied after start/stop transrating (ID. CSCtr85363) Found in all versions Symptom: Audio level settings are not applied on an output service. Conditions: Audio leveling is configured on a service and then this service is added or removed to/from a transrating group. Workaround for previous releases: Stop and start streaming will re-apply the audio leveling settings.


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DVB EIT tables with wrong descriptor length cause DCM to reboot (ID. CSCts37688) Found in 9.0.0 Symptom: DCM reboots after it is reporting a "Low memory" alarm. Conditions: DVB EIT tables that have bad content (descriptor length not matching real length) cause the DCM to reboot. Workaround for previous releases: SI tables on the input of DCM should not contain wrong values

PMT changes not always detected on DCM (ID. CSCts42259) Found in 08.01.87 Symptom: PMT updates (or other table updates) on one or more inputs are not always detected by the DCM Conditions: DVB EIT schedule tables are present with table id >= 0x52 on one or more inputs on an IO board of the DCM. If on the same IO board an input stream has sync loss and during that time EITsch updates occur for table id 0x50 on one or more of the other inputs on that IO board, then it can happen that once sync is restored, PMT updates or other table updates on that particular stream are no longer detected. Workaround for previous releases: Reboot the DCM is the best workaround. Another workaround is to force another short sync loss on the input stream and make sure no EIT updates occur on the other inputs in the mean time. RTP streams not detected after reboot (ID. CSCts61561) This error was found in V09.00.0. Symptom: Incoming RTP streams on the Gbe IO card are not detected by the DCM. RTP streams that are changed into UDP streams (or vice versa) are not detected by the DCM.

Conditions:

Before a reboot of the DCM, RTP or UDP streams are present on one or more inputs of a Gbe IO card.

When at power up of the DCM, those RTP streams are actively streaming already on the inputs of a Gbe IO card, it is possible that the DCM reports these streams as not present.

Similar: when those UDP streams are already actively streaming on the inputs of a Gbe IO card during power up of the DCM and these streams are changed into RTP streams, it can also happen that the RTP streams are marked as not present on the DCM.

Workaround for previous versions:


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Use UDP streams instead of RTP streams.


Overshoot when D9036 backup switch (ID. CSCtr72620)

Found in 9.0.0 Symptom: A short overshoot in the pool bandwidth lasting for 30ms.

Conditions: Any time a VSE is added to a pool that has previously had a VSE removed from it there is a small chance of the overshoot occurring.

Workaround for previous releases: No workaround is available. The DCM must be updated to solve the problem.

Statmux communication loss alarms clear 2 mins after d9036 turned off. (ID. CSCtq78744)

Symptom: Statmux communication loss alarms clears 2 mins after D9036 is turned off.

Conditions: If a d9036 that is in a statmux pool is turned off or the statmux cables are removed,the VSEs will still show up on the DCM as being in the pool and in the disconnected state, but communication loss alarms for those VSEs will not be triggered.

Workaround for previous releases: None

DRD DRD S2: LNC bias not active on port 1 or port 2 after enabling (ID. CSCtr09047) Found in 9.0.0 Symptom:

The enabled port cannot be tuned to a valid input signal (remains unlocked) due to the LNC bias not being enabled on the port in question.

Signal status shows: ?input level too high? Conditions: Enabling multiple input ports in a single configuration step may occasionally trigger this problem. Workaround for previous releases: Disable and re-enable the port again. DVBS2 board stops responding after descrambling too many services (ID. CSCtr35803)


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Found in 9.0.0 Symptom: DVBS2 board not responsive after descrambling more than 48 services. Conditions: More than 48 services are passed to one or more CAMs and are configured to be descrambled on service level. Workaround for previous releases: Avoid configuration of descrambling for more than 48 services in total.

IDL.BoardGetTemperatures on DVBS2 card reboots the DCM (ID. CSCts71385)

Found in 9.0.0

Symptom:

DCM reboots when executing the BoardGetTemperatures IDL call on a DVBS2 board in a script.

Conditions:

DVBS2 board present in DCM. BoardGetTemperatures IDL call is used in a script that is part of the software release package. In normal circumstances, when using the DCM user interface, this is not a problem

Workaround for previous releases:

Do not use BoardGetTemperatures IDL call in the script.

Platform GUI certificate contains invalid subject (ID. CSCts82885)

Found in 8.5.0

Symptom:

The SerialNumber field in the https certificate presented by the browser is missing values for Product ID (PID) and SerialNumber (SN).

Conditions:

IP address change of the 10/100 mgmt port.

Workaround for previous releases:

Advance the system time by 10 years, reboot the device, restore the system time and reboot again.

GUI Not possible to remap output PID of EMM (ID. CSCts61670)

Found in V08.02.75. Symptom:


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When remapping the output PID of an EMM in the components page, the new settings are accepted, but after a reload the old PIDs are loaded for the EMM.

Conditions: None.

Workaround for previous versions: The same result can be achieved by specifying PID remapping for the input PID of the EMM.

DCM Search shows the service Twice (ID. CSCtq86043) Found in 8.5.0 Symptom: When searching for a service in the input tree, some services are shown twice in the result window. Conditions: It only occurs when the search string matches a service name of a service in a SPTS. The search results shows 2 hits: The SPTS and the service. Workaround for previous releases: None Webserver error TS grooming page (ID. CSCtr22473) Found in 9.0.0 Symptom: Web Server error when clicking on the TS ID hyperlink in TS Grooming table Conditions: None Workaround for previous releases: Double clicking on the Input TS in tree view will navigate to the settings page correctly. IP gateway: Create stream - join with include list does not work (ID. CSCtr38285) Found in 8.7.0 Symptom: IGMP join on input stream creation does not apply Include Conditions: When creating an input stream an overlay is shown to do an IGMP join. This overlay fails to apply the Include in case of individual ports mode. Workaround for previous releases: Add/modify your IGMP join on the IGMP configuration page of your card.

Operational Limitations and Errors

For Issues and Limitations of this version consult the release note of this specific version.


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Corrected Errors


No bitrates on service after a failed splice due to a PMT update (ID. CSCts42023) This error was found in V09.00.0. Symptom: No bitrates on output service after a failed splice due to a PMT update.

Conditions: It is possible that no bitrates are present on an output service if a splice failed under certain conditions.

1. a service is spliced in and

2. during the ad, the PMT in the primary channel changes, and there is a data PID less in the PMT (e.g. an SCTE-35 PID). This can happen by an input change, service backup, TS backup, ... during the ad.

3. There is a back to back ad following this ad where the PMT change occurs.

Workaround for previous versions: 1. Make sure that no PIDs are removed from the PMT during an ad (e.g. by making sure the backup service has the same PMT as that of the primary channel)

or

2. Block possibly offending data PIDs on the output splicing service.

Subsequent splices can fail after a failed splice (ID. CSCtr77848) This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: subsequent splices on a specific service keep failing after a splice on that service has failed.

Conditions: A prior splice has failed (e.g. because no valid video content) and the service content has changed since then (e.g. PID's were added/removed).

Workaround for previous versions: - Stop/start streaming the service - Disable/Enable splice configuration of the channel - Set service content to state as before the failed splice.


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Capacity check: transrated services in pass through take load (ID. CSCts57867) This error was found in V08.02.75. Symptom: The load indication (Capacity Check) of the co-processor board is higher than expected.

Splice requests can be wrongly denied when ‘Deny Splice Request If Insufficient Resources’ is enabled

Conditions: I/O board with co-processor board and output service is part of a transrater group and is configured in pass through mode.

Workaround for previous versions: None.

Transcoding

Frame tripling is not correctly handled in Logo Insertion Engine (ID. CSCts23740)

This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: Frames are dropped at the output of the logo insertion in case of an input stream containing frame tripling syntax elements.

Conditions: The input stream has to contain frames coded as frame tripling. The frame rate of the input stream has to be 94.94Hz. In that case, the stream validation is too sensitive.

Workaround for previous versions: Configure the encoder such that no frame tripling is allowed, if possible.

GUI

DCM Error 404 at Help Icon (ID. CSCts34314)

This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: Clicking on Help Icon on few pages results in 404 Web Error.

Conditions: None.

Workaround for previous versions: Open online manual and navigate to the correct section using index in the manual.



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Corrected Errors


Not all services restored after reboot if LPI is configured (ID. CSCts20339) This error was found in V09.00.0. Symptom: After reboot of the DCM, not all output services are correctly restored.

Conditions: When in an output stream on the DCM services are configured for LPI (Local Program Insertion), after reboot of the DCM not all services will be restored for that output stream.

Workaround for previous versions: Downgrade to V8.9 of DCM.

Bitrate of services without PCR are not considered in transrating group (ID. CSCtr80587) This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: The bitrate of services without PCR is not considered in 'all services' transrating groups, this can cause 'TS bitrate too high alarms' and cc errors at the output.

Conditions: 'all services' TR group containing services without PCR.

Workaround for previous versions: Decrease the TR group bitrate with a value equal to the summation of all non PCR services.

Mux

Stream with 2 PATs can lead to reboot (ID. CSCtr37731) This error was found in V08.02.97. Symptom: A DCM can reboot when a faulty input stream is present.

Conditions: An input stream is present of which the PAT changes every packet. If this stream has a lot of services (e.g. 50) that are passed to an output board, then it is possible that the GUI will be non-responding, and that the DCM will reboot after a certain time.

Workaround for previous versions: Present a correct stream on the input.


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Firmware

Services disappear from Detmux when Packt Indexer is stopped. (ID. CSCts34685) This error was found in V09.00.0. Symptom: When the Packet Indexer functionality is stopped on one of the contributing streams, all services of that contributing stream disapear from the output.

Conditions: - Have an ASI board that has Packet Indexing Enabled for all contributing streams in a DetMux. - Have the Detmux functionality running on another board using these contributing streams. - Disable the Packet Indexing on one or more contributing streams.

Workaround for previous versions: There is no workaround in Version 9.0.0, upgrade to 9.0.1 is mandatory to overcome this issue.






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New Features

The following new features are included in this release version,V09.0.0.

New Features

Hardware

A new card has been introduced which adds support for receiving up to 4 DVB-S/S2 satellite signals. In addition to this there are also up to 4 CAM slots for supporting descrambling of the received services. These CAM slots can also be used to descramble services coming from other cards, e.g., ASI, GbE.

A new version of the ASI SFN MKII board has been made which in case something goes wrong with the GPS input signals, keeps on generating a valid clock reference. Therefore it is no longer needed to stop streaming the SFN TS in case of bad GPS signals.

Mux

A new ETV page is added, that allows the user to choose the source of ETV Data (EISS and Baseline EBIF). This can be configured differently for the primary service, and the insertion service.

Streamtype tracking for EISS and Baseline EBIF have also been added.

Deterministic multiplexing feature has been added. The main purpose of the feature is to save satellite bandwidth when using SFN networks and DTF functionality.

IP Gateway

SNMP support for a subset of the IPGW functionality is added. Routing in IP-mode, configuration of SDI/RTP/ASI-ports and the Jpeg2k parameters are supported as well as genlock for the board.

Only configuration of unicast streams is supported.

General

D9036 Statmux: Statmux controller functionality for D9036 encoders is added to the GbE I/O cards. Each GbE card can statmux up to 24 VSEs and supports a maximum of 4 pools.

The DCM software upgrade package does not contain the DCM D9900 and D9901 system guides and the IDL (external software interface) documents anymore. These documents can now be accessed via the user interface.

Digital Overlay

The stopping behavior of text banners upon timeout has changed. The default behavior is to stop directly upon timeout. The second option is to stop the banner after the current loop has finished.


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Enhancements

IP Gateway

FEC error generator doesn't need to be disabled when deleting a stream (ID. CSCtl85878)

This error was found in V08.07.0. Symptom in previous releases: The FEC statistics counter "Fixed packets" is counting on the decoder on a given stream, while the FEC error generator on the encoder for the associated stream seems to be disabled.

Conditions: If the FEC error generator has been enabled for stream A, and this stream is deleted, then the FEC error generator does not stop.

A later created stream B with FEC enabled can then be affected if it is created on the same hardware resource as A occupied.

Workaround for previous releases: Disable the FEC generator before deleting the stream with which it is associated.

If a stream that had the FEC error generator associated with it was deleted, then enable the FEC error generator for an existing stream on the encoder, and then disable it again.

Firmware

ASI bitrate limit support added on ASI SFN board (ID. CSCtq51265)


Symptom in previous releases: Bandwidth limiting is not working on ASI SFN boards.

Conditions: All software version prior to V09.0.0 supporting ASI SFN boards.

Workaround for previous releases: Upgrade to V09.0.0.

The functionality was not present on the card, but the GUI was allowed to configure it.

The functionality has been merged into the SFN boards in release V09.0.0.


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Corrected Errors

IP Gateway

Source IP on backup port not correct when port mirroring (ID. CSCtn99052)

This error was found in V08.07.0. Symptom: The MAC and IP addresses don't match the port on GbE-B when port mirroring is enabled, causing issues in configurations where multicast streams are used. This is the case when using hitless merge in port pair mode with port mirroring enabled.

Conditions: Port mirroring is enabled.

Workaround for previous versions: Use individual port mode instead.

Draining of de-jitter buffer by changing JPEG2K video bitrates (ID. CSCto55167)


Symptom: On a decoded JPEG2K stream, the dejitter buffer can be very much different from the configured value, and take a long time to convert to that value.

Conditions: This can happen when the bit rate on the encoder is changed.

Workaround for previous versions: When changing the bit rate on the encoder for a JPEG2K stream, pause the stream and activate it again. This will reset the dejitter buffer.

JPEG2K Decoder: HD Audio Clock Phase Increment values not set correctly (ID. CSCtr09397)


Symptom: Audio sample rate attribute with value "Not indicated" is handled incorrectly.

Conditions: On a decoder, an audio input signal with the sample rate set to "Not indicated" was treated as disabled rather than having a sample rate of 48 kHz.

Workaround for previous versions: Do not use the "No indicated" value.


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IP Gateway Firmware

IP alias does not work on GbE port (ID. CSCtn02579)

This error was found in V08.07.0. Symptom: IP Aliasing does not work on the DCM IP Gateway in releases prior to V09.0.0.

Conditions: Always.

Workaround for previous versions: Upgrade to V09.0.0 or later.


GUI shows transrating groups of all ports on page of a specific port (ID. CSCtr06233) This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: When reading the transrating groups for a specific port, all transrating groups on all ports of the board are returned.

Conditions: When there are transrater groups on more than one port of an IO board, clicking on a port to see its transrating groups displays all the transrating groups on that board.


GPIO contact poll time to 5msec and corrected timestamp (ID. CSCtq80929)


Symptom:

Enhanced frame accuracy of splicing with GPIO contacts by setting the contact poll time to 5msec and correcting the timestamp by subtracting the debounce time.

Conditions:

None


None


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Reduced splice accurancy in manual splice between 8.3.0 and 8.9.0 (ID. CSCtr32766)


Symptom:

During GPIO splicing a less accurate splice from the main stream can be observed.

Conditions:

The inaccuracy typically increases with the delay of the main stream. This delay is inherent in the splicing process and is introduced when we return from insertion to the main stream.


None

Miscellaneous

Only one ECM should be requested every CP duration (notify CP extension) (ID. CSCto98840)

This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: While in CP extension, the DCM requests both current and next ECM, every CP duration.

Conditions: Notify CP extension enabled for ECMG proxy and CP extension entered.

Workaround for previous versions: None; however no issue should arise as the ECM at the output is updated every CP duration.


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ECM group cannot be activated if initially no ECM can be retrieved (ID. CSCtq29577)


Symptom: ECMs for an ECM group added to the SCG are not available.

Conditions: ECMs cannot be retrieved at SCG provision time and ECMs are provided after at least one CP duration.

Workaround for previous versions: Remove ECM group from SCG and add ECM group to SCG again. ECM not played out on AC change in CP extension (ID. CSCtq31648)


Symptom: ECM no longer played out, but service is still scrambled.

Conditions: While in CP extension, AC is changed due to SCG reprovision and AC_delay_stop is negative and comes before delay_stop.

Workaround for previous versions: Enable ECM generation to leave CP extension. OutTsLoss Alarm does not always trigger Alarm metric in RIP messages (ID. CSCtq54165)

This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: A router receiving DCM RIP messages will still have the normal metric while the Output TS Loss Alarm is on.

Conditions: Occurs during configuration configuration if RIP is enabled for transport stream backup with anycast.

Workaround for previous versions: For larger setups: reboot. For smaller setups (to avoid reboot): change the source IP address of the TS while streaming. Tuning 8VSB port triggers retune of other 8VSB ports. (ID. CSCtq54412)

This error was found in V08.01.86. Symptom: An 8VSB port will retune unconditionally when the tuning configuration is set, even if the tuning parameters are not modified.

Conditions: The same tuning configuration is sent to an 8VSB port using the external IIOP interface. The issue cannot be triggered if the DCM GUI is used.


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Workaround for previous versions: When using the external IIOP interface, the new tuning configuration should only be applied after checking whether has changed.

IOError: [Errno 28]: No space left on device (ID. CSCtq75259)

This error was found in V08.05.0. Symptom: Excessive logging on mainboard, especially ECMG connection loss/setup related. The web GUI might not be accessible.

Conditions: ECMG does allow TCP connection but no channel establishment (e.g., ECMG sends stream_error or closes TCP connection on a channel_setup message).

Workaround for previous versions: Correct connection issues on external ECMG.

DCM can reboot when alarms status changes. (ID. CSCtq51272)

This error was found in all versions. Symptom: DCM can reboot when alarms status changes.

Conditions: An alarm status change occurs when GUI or ROSA are requesting alarm status information.


Transcoding

Audio distortions after transcoding (ID. CSCtn68244)

This error was found in V08.05.0. Symptom: With the customer input source (MP1L2) being transcoded to HE-AAC, the output audio becomes distorted after some time; however, the lip synchronization is intact.

Conditions: Normal Mp1L2 to HE-AAC transcoding.

Workaround for previous versions: Disable transcoding.

DCM transcode output of 720p not H.264 Compliant (ID. CSCtr04247)

This error was found in V08.01.86


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Symptom:

After transcoding 720p60Hz input streams, there were frames missing at the output. As such, the output stream was not H.264/AVC compliant.

Conditions:

The incoming video bitstream should have a DTS-STC value of about 1000ms meaning that the decode buffer is almost completely full. These high values mean that the pictures have to stay for a long time in the decoder buffer. This buffer was too small in the transcoder for these specific streams resulting in the removal of certain pictures.


No workaround available (prevent the usage of streams with a high DTS-STC value).


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Mux

Loopthrough TS has no PIDs when created during co-processor reboot (ID. CSCtq23730)

This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: When a transparent loopthrough TS is created when the co-processor board is rebooting, nothing is output (no PIDs, zero bit rate).

Conditions: The co-processor board reboots after a settings change (e.g., Coarse delay mode, delay, ...) at the moment the transparent loopthrough TS is created.

Workaround for previous versions: Wait until the co-processor board has rebooted (after a configuration change) before creating a transparent loopthrough TS.

DCM stops streaming non transparant LT TSs after reboot (ID. CSCtq42847)

This error was found in V08.00.81. Symptom: Non loopthrough transport streams on a Gbe port can stop streaming after a reboot.

Conditions: If 23 or more loopthrough transport streams are present on a Gbe port and also non loopthrough transport streams are present, after a reboot, the non loopthrough transport streams no longer stream.

Workaround for previous versions: Stop streaming the loopthrough transport streams, start streaming the non loopthrough transport streams, and then start streaming the loopthrough streams again.

Wrong colour of input tree icons when port is disabled (ID. CSCtq99622)


Symptom: The input service icon is shown in red, but no service loss alarm is active.

Conditions: A service loss alarm is active on an input service. When the port is disabled, the service loss alarm is cleared, but the service icon in the input tree is still shown in red.

Workaround: Ensure the service loss alarm is cleared before disabling the port. This can be done by removing the service loss triggers on the input service when the service loss alarm is active.


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TS Backup in combination with seamless alternate switching does not work (ID. CSCtq61787)

This error was found in V08.09.0. Symptom: Seamless Alternate service switching in combination with TS backup does not work as expected.

Conditions: When an output service is configured for seamless alternate switching, and an alternate service is selected, and the input TS of this alternate service goes to backup, then the output service will have no video and audio.

Workaround for previous versions: Stop and start streaming the output service.

Output service loss not cleared when GBE port is disabled (ID. CSCtq99495)

This error was found in all versions

Symptom: Service loss at output alarm is not cleared when the input port from where the service was passed is disabled.

Conditions: The input TS used as source for the output service causes a service loss alarm on the input service, and as a result service loss at output on the output service. When the input port is disabled the service loss alarm at the source is cleared as expected, but the associated service loss at output alarm is not cleared.

Workaround for previous versions: Remove the service loss triggers at the source causing the service loss alarm before disabling the input port.

Platform

root certificate is not updated after setting the date (ID. CSCtq17804)

This error was found in all versions. Symptom: The root CA certificate downloaded on the GUI page of the DCM is out of sync with the certificate in use for the current GUI https session.

Conditions: There is a file mismatch on the device, possibly caused by power interrupt.

Workaround for previous versions: Set the date back or forward for more than 10 years, reboot the device and restore the date and reboot once more.


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GUI Multiple edits on ASI SFN page are rejected (ID. CSCto80157)

This error was found in V08.05.0. Symptom: Changing SFN Mode to disabled for output TS on ASI SFN and modifying Total Bit Rate at the same time is not possible.

Conditions: No special conditions.

Workaround for previous versions: Change SFN Mode to disabled. Apply. Change Total Bit Rate. Apply.

Incorrect handling of non-printable ASCII characters in service name (ID. CSCtq14795)

This error was found in V08.02.75. Symptom: When opening the node for a transport stream in the overview page, the browser indicates a session timeout or shows a warning indicating the tree is being loaded, but does not complete this action.

Conditions: Service name has non-printable ASCII characters in the SDT.

Workaround for previous versions: Click Tree View menu item again and tree will show the services. Alternately, in Configuration - Display Settings page, 'JIT tree loading mode' can be set to disabled.

Source UDP port value in TS Advanced port settings incorrectly applied (ID. CSCtq20669)

This error was found in V08.02.75. Symptom: The UDP port value in TS Advanced settings for port is incorrectly applied for GbE cards.

Conditions: Only one TS is available on this port or port pair.

Workaround for previous versions: Modifying the UDP port on the advanced settings of the output TS applies the new value correctly.

PID value cannot be entered in hexadecimal when 'Adding PMT Descriptor' (ID. CSCtq44783)


Symptom: GUI error is reported when applying changes to Adding a PMT Descriptor table.

Conditions:


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PID value is specified in hexadecimal.

Workaround for previous versions: PID value can be specified in decimal.

[TS Input]: Backup TS as active - Click on Cancel in popup reports error (ID. CSCtq91548)


Symptom: Web Error is reported when the user cancels the warning message when applying a change to an output transport stream.

Conditions: The Main and Backup transport streams are configured for this output transport stream, and the Backup transport stream has been made active.

Workaround for previous versions: Accepting the change when the warning message is shown, works as expected.

SI view of EIT other tables on the input does not work (ID. CSCtq93876)


Symptom: The SI view of the EIT other tables on the input does not work. EITo pf: SID is not processed, EITo sch: SID is not processed, EITo sch selection is not processed, EITa sch: EITa sch selection is not processed.

Conditions: Normal functionality.

Workaround for previous versions: Not available for EITa sch: always uses 0x50.






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Release Notes, DCM Version V08.09.01

Corrected Errors


GPIO contact poll time to 10 ms and corrected timestamp (ID. CSCtq80929)

This error was found in all versions. Symptom: Enhanced frame accuracy of splicing with GPIO contacts by setting the contact poll time to 10msec and correcting the timestamp by subtracting the debounce time.

Improved splice point for local program insertion (ID. CSCtq80903)

This error was found in all versions. Symptom: When splicing back from insertion to network stream using manual splicing, the splice point is displaced by a couple of frames.

Conditions: The situation is worse if the network stream is late at the beginning of the splice.


Platform

flashuboot broken on IP adapter cards (ID. CSCtq78064)


Symptom: When upgrading the bootloader of an IP Video Gateway card, either by upgrading it on the IP Video Gateway card itself or by upgrading all bootloaders at once from the mainboard, the bootloader upgrade script hangs.

Conditions: The IP Video Gateway card is present in the chassis and the user is performing a bootloader upgrade of the card. The latter should only be done when requested by customer service.

Workaround for previous versions: Upgrading the bootloader of the IP Video Gateway cards is not possible with this release, but all other cards can have their bootloader upgraded by logging in to the card and perform the bootloader upgrade command on the card itself. To upgrade the bootloader of the IP Video Gateway card, a previous or later software release can be used.


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Operational Limitations and Errors – Supercrypt



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Identification Date of release 2011/05/11

New Features Mux

PSIP EIT/ETT Follow Input Mode: Number of PSIP EIT and ETT tables generated by DCM can now be set to the special value “Follow Input”, which means that the number of tables at the output always equals the number of tables at the input. This is a per service setting with a board default.

Transrater

MPEG-1 layer-II audio leveling has been added for a sampling rate of 48 KHz (audio leveling for AC-3 was already available).

IP Gateway

The service name is now included in the stream information of the alarm details. (Ref. CSCtl04072) The “Service In Backup” and “Service lost at Output” alarms contained socket information. This is no longer the case as they can be identified by the service name. This avoids alarm repetition on the same behavior if the output stream is in individual mode, where the same output is streamed to two different IP addresses. (Ref. CSCtn77862)

Improved GUI error messages.

Fast Delay Settling: at the startup of a stream, the Adaptive Clock Rate algorithm at the receiver will track the dejitter-buffer level to its user-set nominal level, by applying an out-of-spec high or low frequency offset to the SDI output clock. This ensures that, after a lock-in period of 10 to 20 seconds, the buffer level (or delay) is close to the requested level.

JPEG2K end-to-end delay when transported over ASI has been reduced by 75ms and now resembles the IP end-to-end delay when the de-jitter buffer is set to 25 ms.

In this new release, the user has to select the HD frame rate for uncompressed transport (selection between 25/30/60 Hz or 25/29/59 Hz). (Ref. CSCtn99489)

FEC support on output streams when streaming to two different IP addresses (Ref. CSCtl85824)

Support of configurable video ofset on ASI streams for genlock on ASI (Ref. CSCtl10653)

DPI

A new alarm “DPI Switch back on Video Loss” is added indicating that an ad insertion has been terminated early, because of a video loss on the ad channel. This alarm has been defined on service (channel) level.

GbE

An information alarm is added to notify when the source IP address of an input stream has changed. This can indicate that two source devices stream to the same destination address / UDP port. By default this alarm is enabled.

General

An automated PID remapping script (VOD_Remap) is added. This script can run with the Script Engine to remap PMT, Video and Audio PID’s of configured SPTSs. The configuration allows to specify the IP and UDP Port range and on which GbE Board/Port pairs the PIDs should be considered for remapping.

An extra alarm is implemented to notify that more than 512 services are present at the input. The "Out of input service resources" alarm is raised when more than 512 services are present at the input of an IO board (and present in PAT). This alarm is cleared once the number of services is less than or equal to 512. There was a limit of 512 input services on an IO board, this limit included the number of configured services (even if they were not present) and the number of services present at the input .This limitation is removed, only services present in PAT are counted. (Ref. CSCtj35531)

Anycast: The DCM GbE boards support the RIPv2 protocol to communicate the active source ip addresses of the transport streams. This way, routers that are configurated for anycast can route IGMPv3 joins to the closest multicast stream with a given source ip address. This way load balancing and redundancy can be achieved via the routers.


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Scrambling

An ECMG proxy can now be configured to be notified about CP extension. In case of CP extension, the DCM will request the current (and next) ECM again every CP duration. For these re-requests the DCM will use the same CP number and CW’s as in the previous request for the current (and next) ECM. (Ref.

CSCtn62965) Transrater

A new Coarse delay mode is added for the co-processor board: TsDelay. This mode can be used to delay a complete Transparent Loopthrough TS without altering the content. The delay value is a board wide configuration between 5 and 100 ms. The delay can be enabled for each Loopthrough TS individually.

Transcoder

The upper limit for transcoding SD services is changed to 5 Mbps

GUI

The system name is now shown before the device type string in the browser window title. If the browser uses tabs, the system name will be visible in the tabs allowing the user to identify the different GUIs that are open. (Ref. CSCtn13925)

IP video Gateway: On a GbE output stream it is now possible to configure the FEC output streaming parameters separately for both GbE ports when using the individual ports mode. (Ref. CSCtl85824)

From this version on, SSLv2 can no longer be used to secure communication with the webserver. Now only SSLv3 or TLS 1.0 are allowed.

Digital Overlay

A text string can be stored persistently for each banner configuration. If different banner configurations are defined, different text strings can be used.

Corrected Errors/Bugs

IP Gateway

Unsupported formats being processed on encoder and/or decoder (ID. CSCtj44042)

Found in all versions Symptom: The encoder transmits a signal in a format that the decoder does not support

Conditions: Configuration of the following signal types should not be possible in the encoder: 1080p24/23.98, 720p24/23.95/25/30/29.97.

Workaround for previous releases: None.

License was taken even though the routing was not successful (ID. CSCtn52402)

Found in 08.00.63 Symptom: If a stream is routed to the RTP output that will cause a bandwidth overflow in 1G mode, activating this stream will fail as expected. However a license was taken incorrectly.

Conditions: This is the case if the output bandwidth is exceeded. e.g. if 3 + 1 SD streams are routed or 1 SD and 1 HD stream

Workaround for previous releases: Deleting the stream that cause the bandwidth overflow will not solve the problem.


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The only work around is to avoid bandwidth overflow by stop streaming one of the streams that were already activated before activating the last one.

GbE port Bitrate overflow check is not performed when adding an JP2K (ID. CSCtn55553)

Found in 08.00.63 Symptom: In 1G mode, after routing 3 SDI streams to rtp output streams, trying to route of a 4th SDI stream with JPEG2K fails as expected (bandwidth overflow), however the call doesn't return an exception OpNotSucceeded to reflect the failure. As a consequence the GUI assumed the call succeeded and updated the total bitrate. Conditions: Workaround for previous versions:

Socket information missing in "Destination IP Unresolved" alarm (ID. CSCtn77862)

Found in 8.7.0 Symptom: The socket information (IP, UDP) in "Destination IP Unresolved" alarm was missing Conditions: Workaround for previous versions:

IP Gateway Firmware

Genlock mode: Erroneous offset to reference of 3 to 8 lines (ID. CSCtl85626)

Found in 8.7.0 Symptom: Genlock mode: Fixed format dependent offset of 3 to 8 lines between the frame start of the outgoing SDI stream and the reference. Conditions: This offset is always present and is dependent on the video format of the reference and the video format of the genlocked stream. The offset is constant, meaning that reboot of the unit, restarting of the stream or restarting of the genlock does not modify the offset seen. Workaround for previous versions: Compensate the offset by filling in a correct value in the Timing field on the input GbE page.

Switching between HD/SD SDI input setting at TX causes stall at Rx (ID. CSCto58462)

Found in 8.7.0 Symptom: Incoming stream is detected but does not show valid format at IP gateway receiver/decoder in rare occasions where setup is combined with 10G switch. Conditions:


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Stream on input is combined with encoded stream via 10G switch, where encoded stream is queued by the switch. Workaround for previous versions: Reboot only.


DCM reboots after 7-8 days on continuous splice-in (ID. CSCtn07445)

Found in 08.02.99 Symptom: The DCM crashes after a big amount of splice-in requests Conditions: Continuously firing splice-in requests and no splice-out requests in the GPIO DPI mode. Workaround for previous versions: After a splice-in trigger, trigger a splice-out trigger. A solution will be implemented such that only 2 splice-in requests will be queued and all additional requests will be rejected.

Spontaneous reboot during splice (ID. CSCto34136)

Found in all versions Symptom: DCM reboots because one of its IO boards used for splicing hangs up. Conditions: In rare occasions, when the input service changes if the splice is finished Workaround for previous versions: None

Continuous splice failures with MPEG2 co-processor (ID. CSCto41375)

Found in all versions Symptom: An output service of the MPEG2 co-processor card continuously fails to splice. Conditions: The service was previously configured at the same output as a manually spliceable service before it was deleted from that output. At the moment that the service was deleted at the output, the status (in the GUI) of the service was "On Insertion" meaning that the output was on the insertion channel. After routing the same service to the same output and starting to splice again, the splice failures were occuring. Workaround for previous versions: None.

CC errors during AVC splicing Symptom: When the AVC splicer was used for manual splicing between two services that are always present at the input, there was a small chance that CC errors occurred at the output at the moment of a splice. Conditions: Workaround for previous releases:

AC-3 audio leveling causes CRC errors (ID. CSCtq04582)

Found in all versions


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Symptom: AC-3 Audio has CRC errors (can cause audible artifacts). This happens when the first four byte of an AC-3 frame are the final 4 byte of a TS packet.

Conditions: AC-3 Audio is spliceable, or audio leveling is enabled with a non-zero loudness adjustment.


IGMP No defects

Miscellaneous

Some set-top boxes black out in case DCM runs CP extension (ID. CSCtn62965)

Found in 02.00.18 Symptom: When simulcrypting with a CA system that uses timestamps in their ECM's it is possible that if another CA system goes into crypto-period extension the set-top boxes loose picture. Conditions: Only occurs when using a certain version of CA system which inserts timestamps into the ECM's. Workaround for previous versions: Avoid going into crypto-period extension.

EMMG proxy cannot be accessed from GUI/ROSA (ID. CSCtl17927)

Found in Symptom: EMMG proxy not accessible from GUI or ROSA Conditions: EMM pid source is set to ChannelId or StreamId and then EMMG proxy is changed to UDP mode Workaround for previous versions: - Login to device via SSH, update settings files manually and reboot - Update EMMG proxy settings via IDL, using an external tool (not possible via GUI or ROSA)

Output service loss alarm not cleared when 8VSB port is disabled. (ID. CSCtl60240)

Found in all versions Symptom: Output service loss alarm is not cleared when 8VSB input port containing the source is disabled. Conditions: TS sync loss is configured as trigger for service loss on the 8VSB input port. A service on the 8VSB input port is passed to an output, such as ASI output TS or a GBE output TS. TS sync loss is active on 8VSB input port. This causes service loss alarm at the input service and output service loss alarm on the output service. When the 8VSB input port is disabled, the output service loss alarm stays active on the output service but it should have been cleared. Workaround for previous versions: Disable the triggers for service loss detection on the input service on the 8VSB input port.

Change of access criteria by a SCG update can shorten the crypto period (ID. CSCtl69292)


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Found in 8.7.0 Symptom: When the access criteria is changed via a SCG reprovision and ECM for the next crypto period is received only shortly afterwards, it could happen that the crypto period was shortened (below nominal CP duration) Conditions: SCG is reprovisioned for an AC change. At transition_delay_start before CP change, no ECM is available yet for the next CP. Workaround for previous versions: Choose ECMG proxy type 'Standard' to prefetch more ECM's.

Impossible to scramble on a specific IO board after a reboot (ID. CSCtl74269)

Found in 8.7.0 Symptom: Impossible to scramble on a specific IO board Error log on main board indicating IIOP exception 'OpNotSupported' Conditions: After a reboot (happens rarely) Workaround for previous versions: Reboot device

BISS descrambling not applied for new TS's (ID. CSCto79330)

Found in 8.7.1 Symptom: Service is not BISS descrambled Conditions: New TS created after changing board level scrambling action to 'descrambling'. Descrambling enabled for service. This might also happen after an upgrade. Workaround for previous versions: - Change board level scrambling action to 'scrambling' - Change board level default scrambling mode to 'BISS scrambling' - Change board level scrambling action back to 'descrambling'

Statmux No defects

Trancoding

Digital overlay: Change of input could lead to long interrupts on output (ID. CSCtn83189)

Found in 8.3 Symptom: If logo insertion is anabled on a certain output service and the input stream changes suddenly, it is possible that the output image is interrupted for about 3 minutes Conditions: A DTS discontinuity happens in the video stream with a difference less than 1 second compared to the previous DTS. Workaround for previous versions: None


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Logo framerate incorrect when enabling logo before input signal present (ID. CSCto53317)

Found in all versions Symptom: Animated logo played out too slow. Conditions: Animated logo applied before video input is available. Logo played out with default frame rate 60Hz. When video is applied with other frame rate, value is not updated on logo. Workaround for previous versions: First apply video before applying an animated logo.

Firmware

Output services corrupted when 204 byte MPEG packets received on GbE in (ID. CSCtk36375)

Found in 08.01.86 Symptom: All output services coming from a particular DCM Gbe input card seem to show blocking/glitches or CC errors. Conditions: This can happen when one or more UDP streams are received on the DCM Gbe card that contain MPEG packets with a size of 204bytes instead of 188bytes Workaround for previous versions: Change the size of the MPEG packets in the UDP streams to be 188bytes

New TS at Gbe input temporary corrupts other TS on same Gbe Board (ID. CSCtk94962)

Found in 8.1 Symptom: When a new TS occurs at a Gbe input, all existing TSs get corrupted for a period varying from 10 seconds to 2.5 minutes. The system recovers automatically. The frequency of this is extremely low. Conditions: The symptoms are triggered when large new TSs arrive at the input, AND the board is configured to override the default CBR latency of 110ms. Workaround for previous versions: Disable the above mentioned functionality.

CC errors on all services in case specific service is joined (ID. CSCtl58749)

Found in all versions Symptom: CC errors on all services received at the GbE input in case a specific service is joined. Conditions: If this specific service has Ethernet frames with trailer bytes, the other services will be corrupted. Workaround for previous versions: Avoid that services are using Ethernet frames with trailer bytes.

Mux


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Service Loss alarm triggered by pid bitrate error not cleared

Symptom: Under certain circumstances the PID bit rate alarms status updates on input services are ignored. Conditions: When: - An input service contains none-default settings (thus service specific settings). - This input service with none-default settings drops from the PAT. Then after the input service re-appears in the PAT, the pid bit rate alarm status of its components will be locked to the state it was at the moment the service dropped from the PAT. Workaround for previous releases: None. However, in the rare case this happens, you can recover from this problem by manually disabling the input service loss “PID Bitrate Error” checkbox (on the input service showing this problem) and re-enable it again afterwards.

Invalid logo file makes DCM unusable (ID. CSCtl11211)

Found in 8.3 Symptom: The device becomes non-responsive after uploading corrupt logo files. Conditions: A corrupt logo file is uploaded through the Configuration -> Media page. Workaround for previous versions: Test logo file conversion with GraphicsMagick before uploading.

FEC licenses not always taken correctly under specific circumstances (ID. CSCto14432)

Found in 8.5.1, 8.5.0 Symptom: The FEC decoding used license count is not correct is certain cases. Conditions: If FEC decoding is used. Workaround for previous versions: Disable FEC decoding on some input TSs. After reboot the correct amount licenses will be taken.

PSIP EIT(0) not present in outgoing tranport stream (ID. CSCtl69324)

Found in 8.7.0,8.7 Symptom: PSIP EIT is not present in outgoing tranport stream although the SI table is set to Generated mode. Conditions: A coprocessor board should be present and setting the PSIP EIT table to generate was the last action done on the transport stream. Workaround for previous versions: Pass another service or pid to the transport stream and remove it again. This will cause the coprocessor card to pass the PSIP EITs

An empty DPI splice channel name will cause a reboot of the DCM (ID. CSCtl93849)

Found in 8.5.0 Symptom:


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The DCM can reboot if a DPI splice channel is created with an empty name Conditions: A DPI splice channel is created with an empty name. This is not possible when using the DCM GUI, only if the external IIOP interface is used. Workaround for previous versions: Only create DPI splice channels with a non-empty name

Input MIP Packets incorrectly passed as unreferenced PID (ID. CSCtn05416)

Found in all versions Symptom: When enabling 'pass all unreferenced pids' from an input TS with a MIP pid (pid 21), that pid was processed as if it was unreferenced while it is referenced (by DVB standard). Conditions: Enable 'pass all unreferenced pids' from an input TS with a MIP pid. An SDT must be present on the input TS, i.e. it must be a DVB TS, else the behavior is correct. Workaround for previous versions: None, except when the unreferenced pids are known, the ''pass all unreferenced pids' feature could be disabled and the pids could be passed manually.

UDP stream loss during DPI activity (ID. CSCto74043)

Found in 8.5.0 Symptom: When a new TS is detected and then in less than 2 minutes, disappears again, that TS will report UDP stream loss for the remainder of those 2 minutes. A typical case are ad streams that exist for only a short while. Conditions: That TS should have no settings and no part of it (service, EMM, ...) should be passed to an output TS Workaround for previous versions: Configure any setting on that TS to a non-default value

Platform No defects

SNMP

Wrong object for mib-2.system.sysObjectID.0 (ID. CSCtn49123)

Found in 8.5.0 Symptom: SNMP shows an invalid sysObjectID in MIB-II system.

Conditions: Always Workaround for previous versions: No workaround

Security No defects

GUI


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Session lost before session time-out when using Internet Explorer (ID. CSCtk15140)

Found in 8.2 Symptom: When a user is logged on to the DCM embedded GUI it is possible the session is lost before the session time-out. When this happens the user is redirected to the login page. Conditions: When browsing through a lot of GUI pages during one session. On Microsoft Internet Explorer. (More likely to occur on IE6) Workaround for previous versions: Login again.

Tar file creation for downloading multiple tables in input SI View fails (ID. CSCtn29258)

Found in 8.7.0,8.5.0 Symptom: Downloading multiple SI tables fails. Conditions: None Workaround for previous versions: Selecting download of one SI table works. Multiple tables can be handled by downloading one SI table at a time.

Current device activation is not reflected on the GUI (ID. CSCtn77466)

Found in 8.7.0,8.5.0,8.2 Symptom: When the device is in maintenance mode, the device active state shown at the bottom right corner will always show 'Active' instead of the correct value. Conditions: Device in maintenance mode Version 8.2, 8.5, 8.7 Workaround for previous versions: Go to configuration - system page. The correct value is selected in the 'Current Activation' combobox in the 'System Settings' table.

Wrong table updated when multiple AITs have the same Application Identif (ID. CSCtn17029)

Found in 8.7.0,8.5.0,8.2 Symptom: In case the same AIT is imported twice on different PIDs the AIT cannot be stopped from the DCM GUI. Conditions: An AIT with the same application ID is imported using a PSIG2Mux proxy more then once on different PID values. Workaround for previous versions: Deprovision the AIT through the PSIG2Mux proxy.

Digital Overlay: EAS banner always uses the 'sample banner' (ID. CSCto70733)

Found in all versions


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Symptom: When triggering an EAS alert message from the DCM GUI the default banner configuration was always used independent of the banner configuration that was selected. Conditions: There are more than one banner configured on the DCM. Workaround for previous versions: Have only one banner configuration available - this will get selected as default. Alternately, triggering an EAS using the XML automation interface can be done.

webserver error when trying to download a capture file (ID. CSCto70958)

Found in 8.5.0 Symptom: Capture file cannot be downloaded when device name contains non-US-ASCII characters. Conditions: Device name contains non-US-ASCII characters (e.g. Ã©) Workaround for previous versions: Remove all special characters from your device name. In 8.7, there is no need for this workaround. The download itself removes the special characters.

Unable to edit name and PID for PMT descriptors added from a file (ID. CSCto93855)

Found in 8.7.0,8.5.0 Symptom: It is not possible to fill in name and pid when importing PMT data from file Conditions: No special conditions Workaround for previous versions: Add PMT descriptors manually instead of using file-upload

Operational limitations and errors For Issues and Limitations of this version consult the release note of this specific version.

Operational limitations and errors – Supercrypt Latest version of Supercrypt is DCM release V06-00-89. SuperCrypt is not supported anymore in higher versions.


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Corrected Errors/Bugs Digital Overlay

Bug fix on V08.02.75: Visual artifacts appeared in the text banner after inserting the text into an interlaced SD video signal. The characters of the text were moving up and down in the banner instead of scrolling on the same height. There were also blocking artifacts in macroblocks around the text banner or logos pointing to the banner or logo region. (Ref. CSCtn28718).

Bug fix on V08.03.16: In some cases when there was a change in the input stream there was a possibility that the output video got interrupted for about 3 minutes. This was caused by an incorrect watchdog reset (Ref. CSCtn83189).

DPI / Transrating

Bug fix on V08.05.00: Corrected intermittent Audio drops on AC-3 audio when the input had the AC-3 sync word (x”0B77”) starting at an odd byte address in the TS packet (Ref. CSCtn28677).

Bug fix on V08.00.81: Corrected handling of user data with long zero byte bursts when video transrating (e.g., SCTE-21 closed caption user data with marker bits erroneously set to zero). User data with long zero byte bursts where dropped when transrating. This could cause freezing of the video stream (Ref. CSCtl52597).

Bug fix on V08.07.00: Corrected generation of still pictures (slate generation), I-frames in the generated output stream had an incorrect DTS and PTS. (Ref. CSCtn71327)

Bug fix on all versions: The PTS-STC distance for spliceable AC-3 now depends on the audio bit-rate. This results in a higher average audio decoder buffer level for audio bit-rates less than 384 Kbit/s. This alleviates problems in decoders that are sensitive to low decoder buffer levels. (Ref. CSCtl47306)

GUI

Bug fix on V08.02.87: On the output TS settings page of an ASI card in ASI DTF mode it was not possible to change the output PID value. (Ref. CSCtn22937)

Bug fix on V08.05.00: When the CEAM table of an output TS was configured to “Transp. Gen – EAS” mode, it was not possible to change the forced output PID value.When trying to change the forced output PID value, the new value was not set. (Ref. CSCtl86256)

Bug fix on V08.05.00: On the input SI View page, selecting multiple SI tables to download failed. (Ref. CSCtn29258)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: Occasionally web page loading could hang for a while (sometimes 30 seconds or more) and then continued (Typically you can see this when loading images in the page)




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New Features Slate generation

The slate generator tool has a new parameter “aspectRatio” which allows to configure the tool such that the outcoming slate will be shown in the requested aspect ratio. There are three possible configurations: “auto” meaning that the best aspect ratio will be chosen based on the resolution (default behavior), “3:4” forces the slate in aspect ratio 3:4 independent of the resolution and “16:9” forces the slate in 16:9 independent of the resolution. The new version of the slate generation tool is “slateGenerator_v3.exe”.

IP Gateway

To support unicast on hitless merge, an output RTP stream can now be set to “Port Pair” or “Individual Ports”. In “Port Pair”, all the functionalities of an output stream will remain unchanged. In “Individual Ports” mode, two different unicast IP addresses with two different port numbers can be specified as the receiver output streams interfaces. Individual IGMP join mode is added which allows specifying IGMP multicast joins for a single GbE interface. This adds flexibility on hitless merge over multicast. In “Port Pair” mode, Port mirroring when enabled is applied on all the output streams. In “Individual Ports” mode, Port mirroring status (Mirror 1 on 2/Disabled ) is obsolete, in that mode, the mirroring functionality relies in the doubled output stream functionality. It is now possible to add an individual source IP address per stream. This enables a more simple redundancy configuration of receivers in multicast transports, as main and backup streaming devices can have identical source IP addresses per stream. Support for gen-locking in receiver with user tunable phase alignment. Support for the transport of 3D full resolution signals, through synchronization of the left and right channel signals. The receiver outputs the channels aligned to either external reference or via adaptive clock recovery.

DPI

A new DPI mode is available called “Scte35-Inserter”. Using this mode makes it possible to insert Scte35 cue messages for the outgoing service. The insertion is triggered by the ad server Scte30 Splice_Request commands. As no actual splicing is performed, this functionality is also available for scrambled services.

Corrected Errors/Bugs Mux

Bug fix on V08.00.63: Changing default IP/UDP settings on a GbE board did not trigger settings file save. If no other settings were changed, this caused a loss of these settings after a reboot (Ref. CSCtj77001)

Bug fix on V06.05.42: In rare occasions it could happen that when “PID Bitrate Error” was used as trigger for service loss, the service loss alarm did not clear anymore although the pid bitrate was back to normal. Typically this could occur when service pids changed or the service was dropped from the PAT table. (Ref. CSCti81349)

Bug fix on all versions: in very rare conditions when on 2 output transport streams on different boards “Autopass” was activated for Unreferenced Pids originating from another board and 2 users were simultaneously requesting the Unreferenced Pid lists for those output transport stream via the DCM GUI, then the DCM could reboot. In that same setup it was also possible that a splice could fail or happen too late, when the user requested unreferenced PIDs via the GUI and at that same moment a splice was started (Ref. CSCti77554)

Bug fix on all versions: The detail description of an open “Service loss at output” alarm was missing when the service identifier (SID) of the output service was changed. (Ref. CSCzk31013)

Bug fix on V08.02.75: When passing an EMM (coming from EMMG or from an input transport stream) that was already passed to another output transport stream on the same output board, the EMM output bitrate

was zero if a coprocessor card was present on the output board.(Ref. CSCtl06202)


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Bug fix on V08-02-97: A PID passed as unreferenced PID and also as part of a service sometimes had no bitrate after the service was removed. This can be seen on an IO-card with a co-processor. (Ref. CSCtl44997)

Transrating

Bug fix on V08-05-00: Within an output MPTS, you could only add 1 selective services TR group. (Ref. CSCtj94436)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: It was not possible to apply output TS settings on the output TS settings page in case there was a transrating group in the TS and the TS was put into VBR. Also in case the TS was in VBR it was not possible to add a transrating group in the TS. (Ref. CSCtk61988)

DPI

Bug fix on all versions: Using the new DPI mode “SCTE-35 Insertion”. After many Scte-35 Cue Insertions on the same channel, cue insertion halted on that channel due to a resource leak.

Bug fix on all versions: Using Scte35 inserter mode leads to a memory leak, which in the long term can lead to a reboot of the DCM. (Ref. CSCtj84190).

Bug fix on all versions: When using a DPI channel in “SCTE-35 Inserter” mode. When an SCTE-35 cue message was inserted in the channel, 5 additional empty transport stream packets were also inserted in the stream. (Ref. 11846)

Bug fix on all versions: when one of the services taking part in a splice has the PCR on a data PID (this means every type of PID that is not video nor audio) and this data PID was also spliced, the splice would fail or would not be seamless (Ref. CSCzk31764)

IP Gateway

Bug fix on all versions: It was possible to enable ASI-mode on boards with input/output configurations where ASI-mode was not allowed. This could cause constant rebooting of the board. It is now only possible to set the IPGW into ASI-mode if the input/output configuration is 3 input (top) and 3 output (bottom) (Ref. CSCtj17659)

Bug fix on V08.01.86: Enabling FEC for an RTP output stream caused ‘Service in Backup’ alarm to be raised (Ref. CSCtl85981)

Bug fix on V08.01.86: When trying to change the IP settings for an already configured input RTP stream from unicast to multicast the IP address editbox on the GUI did not became enabled (Ref. CSCtk46290)

Bug fix on all versions: On rare occasions a video packet can be dropped in the receiver when a control plane packet is followed back-to-back with a video packet. Conditions: 1) Need to operate in 10G mode 2) Signal needs to come from a routed network and the router is scheduling control plane packets in between the video packets. Workaround on older versions: The sporadic packet losses can be easily recovered by using a light-weight FEC scheme between encoder and decoder. (Ref. CSCtl03803)

Bugfix on all versions: RX IPA did not distinguish incoming unicast streams if streams have identical udp port number, identical upper 16 bit destination IP address but different lower 16 bit in destination ip address field. (Ref. CSCtl60440)

Bug fix on all versions: The bit rate shown is only a guideline. Overhead related to Ethernet configuration (VLAN etc.) is not included. (Ref, CSCzk30628)

IP/ASI video gateway JPEG2K compression

Bug fix on all versions: V-bit was set to ‘1’ by default which means invalid audio. Some audio decoders check this bit and produce no audio when V-bit is set to ‘1’. (Ref. CSCtj97593)

Bug fix on all versions: AES processor stalls when number of audio samples = 2045 (Ref. CSCtk12929)

Bug fix on all versions: in ASI gateway, the CRC/EDH error counters were not updated in the IPG statistics. (Ref. CSCtj18304)

Bug fix on all versions: The decoder occasionally can stall when the mode/format of the input stream is changed. (Ref. CSCtl55444)

Bug fix on all versions supporting JPEG2000: Embedded audio errors are visible at the output of the JP2K decoder when decompressing HD signals with audio embedded. (CSCtk76476)

Bug fix on V08.05.00: VANC data handling was broken. SD VBI and SDI transparent lines were not reconstructed properly at the decoder (CSCtl06113)

GbE

When RTP reordening is selected for an input TS and the delay buffer is different from the default, an incorrect latency was shown on the GUI. (ref. CSCtl05607)

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Bug fix on V08.02.87: When using the XML trigger interface to trigger an EAS alert banner insertion, the SAME code and the Text could not be left out of the XML message even though the API specification listed these as optional. In this release it is now possible to leave the SAME code out and the specification is adjusted to indicate the text cannot be omitted. (Ref. CSCtj94436)

Scrambling

Bug fix on V08.05.00: Removing an EMMG proxy while streams were still established and EMM’s routed, could trigger an unexpected reboot. (Ref. CSCtl01152)

Security

Bug fix on V08.05.00: An OS account with IIOP privileges and a password containing more than 11 characters, could not be authenticated via IIOP. This could cause that ROSA NMS 4.3 is not able to manage the device (Ref. CSCtj77622).

General

Bug fix on all versions: In very rare occasions a processor erratum occurred. This could cause the DCM to reboot. A service note (“Service Note DCM Cache Parity Errors 1.0.docx”) is available for this issue. (Ref. CSCtk32246)

Bug fix on V08.01.86: In some cases IO-cards would not boot up properly and only rebooting the chassis could resolve the problem. (Ref. CSCtk44086)

Bug fix on V05.00.75: Taking a capture on the mainboard could fail because there was not enough free memory. The free memory checking is made less restrictive on the mainboard. (Ref. CSCtk77043)

GUI

Bug fix on V08.02.87: On some pages after submitting text with non-ascii characters the page could no longer be accessed. In this release the page will remain accessible; however it is possible the non-ascii characters are not displayed. In such a case, when you apply another setting on the same page the string without the special characters will be applied also, effectively changing this setting at the same time. (Ref. CSCtk18668)

Bug fix on V08.05.00: Now also guests and users can download the root certificate used for https communication. Before this was only possible for administrators (Ref. CSCtj53390)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: It was no longer possible to view or export other SI tables on an output TS. The same was true for AIT tables. (Ref. CSCtk98737)

Bug fix on all versions: In the DCM GUI tree view, an output transport stream is now showing correctly when unreferenced pids are present or not by showing a “+” when present or “-“ if not. Previously it always showed that unreferenced pids were present (“+”) although this was not the case.

Bug fix on V08.05.00: If during the initial security configuration the default gateway was not configured any other setting applied together on the same page was not applied correctly.




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New Features GbE

The VBR input dejitter buffer has been made configurable up to a depth of 180ms. This could be useful for dejittering low bandwidth input streams with high PCR spacing.

SNMP

It is now possible to disable read and/or write access by configuring an empty community string.

DPI/Transrating

Each picture in the output stream will contain a PES header with a PTS and/or DTS timestamp after enabling the PES Header Insertion feature. Application note “AN_DCM_Feature_PES_Header_Insertion_v001.docx” explains how this feature can be enabled.

A new co-processor board setting is added: Splice Window Accuracy. This setting allows configuring the tolerance of the MPEG-2 Splicer regarding the availability of a tail/ad stream in Scte30/35 configuration. In default mode a best effort approach is followed, in the strict mode the tail stream should arrive in the 600-300 ms window before the splice point, otherwise the splice is not executed.

The audio leveling feature allows users to change the audio level of AC-3 audio streams on a transrater board. It is intended to be used when the audio of a service is louder or more silent than that of other services. It is possible to change the volume of AC3 audio streams by providing a list of audio PIDs (have to be AC3) together with a signed offset in dB which will adjust the volume of the sound.

GUI

An extra troubleshooting page is added to the GUI to give an overview of the mapping TS Ref / Ident and hardware index. In the traces it is now clearly indicated when TsIdent is meant.

IP streams in the services trees are now sorted first on IP, next on UDP port.

The bitrate popup windows for input and output transport streams, launched from the services trees now also display the stuffing rate details.

New display option “Routing Bitrate Warning in Tree”: When an input service is dropped on an output transport stream a question is asked if you really want to pass the service given its average input bitrate and the average output stuffing rate.

New display option: “Routing Merge Warning in Tree“: Confirmation warning when doing a merge action by dropping an input service or TS on an output service.

IGMP:

Possibility to enter a multicast IP range

Possibility to enter multiple multicast IP addresses and Source IP Addresses in a comma separated way

Possibility to copy the multicast configuration from one port pair to the other port pair (or in fixed individual ports mode from one input port to the other input port) (VLANs not supported – Source IP list is overwritten)

New display option “Worst Case Co-Processor Load Checking”. This allows you to configure a warning and an error worst case load percentage that is used to warn or block configuration while doing settings that have an effect on the co-processor load.

The configurable ability to bypass the Login screen when logging on via the ROSA NMS Client has been removed. The setting on the security settings page is removed. It is still possible to bypass the login screen but now you need to configure a valid user account both on the DCM as well as on the ROSA NMS Client. To be able to do this you need at least ROSA NMS 4.3 software.

Https is now enabled by default for the communication between the browser and the device. When you browse to the device the browser will warn you about the certificate used to encrypt the communication. Refer to the manual on how to download and install the certificate to make sure your browser accepts the communication between the browser and the device.


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Digital Overlay

Uploaded logos are checked during upload and rejected if the uploaded format is not supported. Following image types are supported:

- monochrome images - grayscale image - indexed color palette - indexed color palette with opacity - truecolor image - truecolor image with opacity.

An uploaded logo shall be rejected if :

- one of the frames in the logo file cannot be decoded - not all frames in the logo file have to same resolution - the resolution is more then 57600 pixels (320*180) - the offsets of the frame are different from (0,0) - the(x;y) axis is negative - the color depth of one of the frames is more then 8 bits - more then 250 frames are present in the logo file - the frame delay of the logo is different from 0 - a different delay is used for the different frames in the file.

The DCM will now raise a 'Logo Problem' alarm if the retrieval of a remote logo fails or if an active logo is partially or fully outside of the screen area.

True vision TGA file support for static logos. Exporting static logos from the DCM will always remain PNG.

Block PNG/MNG/TGA logo files that cannot be overlaid correctly.

The DCM now allows up to 4 animated logos per service, as long as the combined frame count does not exceed 250 frames.

Banner texts can make use of the Basic Multilingual Plane Unicode characters. (Chinese fonts can be used in a banner) Note it is assumed that the associated true type font file contains glyphs for every Unicode used in the text.

Security

IPconfig support, which allowed unauthorized IP address changes to the management ports has been dropped. The IP address can be modified via the GUI.

The set of IP services that can be enabled or disabled has changed. The configurable IP services are SSH, telnet, FTP, SNMP and IIOP.

Next to the GUI accounts, the DCM allows configuration of OS accounts. These accounts can be attributed with FTP, IIOP or troubleshooting privileges.

To manage the DCM via IIOP (ROSA NMS, …), an OS account with IIOP privileges needs to be configured.

To upgrade a device running V08-05 software, at least one OS account with FTP privileges needs to be configured.

A new reboot method has been added, ‘factory reboot’. This reboot method will clear all video settings, security settings and licenses. A device in factory reset state can be reached at 150.158.230.250 (10/100 port) or 150.158.231.250 (GbE port). To perform the initial installation steps, one needs to login to the GUI with username ‘admin’ and password ‘admin’.

During upgrade to V08-05, a number of accounts are added to ensure backward compatibility with existing NMS systems:

guest/guest - OS account with FTP & IIOP privileges

engineering/engineering - OS account with troubleshooting privileges

ROSA User/RosaUser01! - GUI account to allow GUI login from Rosa NMS

ROSA Guest/RosaGuest02! - GUI account to allow GUI login from Rosa NMS

Mux

Next to the existing On and Off, an outgoing transport stream can be set to auto. By default the auto setting will make the TS active (streaming). When however TS Loss Alarm on the output is active, the TS will automatically stop streaming. When the alarm is not active any more, the TS will be reactivated. (Is implemented forAsi and Gbe output TSs)


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Misc

When adding slate/still picture clips, the size of the settings partition is checked first to see whether sufficient space is available (Ref. 11666)

EAS support. It is now possible to create EAS proxies listening for SCTE18 messages sent to UDP ports on 10/100 or GbE management interfaces. Output transport streams can be configured to generate CEAM table playout from an EAS proxy. In addition the EAS proxy can be configured to enable text crawl insertion on configured services (note that services need to pass through the transcoder in order to insert text crawling in the video). The EAS proxies support unicast, broadcast and multicast datagrams.

The external tools that are shipped with the DCM software have been reworked to account for the security changes in this release (see “Security”). Scripts that need access to the DCM will ask for a username and password. The command line arguments have been harmonized and are consistent across all tools. Consult the readme files of the individual tools for additional details about the changes.

Temporary Licenses allows using all licenses on a device during a given time.

NIT import via IIOP. Now it is possible to import NIT actual and NIT other via the GUI.

The license usage count is now displayed per board in the license page of the GUI.

The upgrade system has undergone some changes to make it more robust: - Upgrading is started when all files have been uploaded to the device and verified to be correct.

Otherwise the uploaded files are removed and no action is taken, resulting in a failed upgrade. - All filesystems are now upgraded in 2 phases. This reduces the odds of ending up with a device

that shows “Inconsistent” in Upgrade-It. Important to note is that to downgrade a device from V08-05-XX or above to a previous version the downgrade must be performed twice. (Ref. 10554)

Corrected Errors/Bugs Mux

Bug Fix on V06.00.85: When empty or invalid PSIP EIT tables were received, the DCM could reboot (Ref. 12016)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: Setting all EIT tables transparent using the global configuration command in the GUI (SI Components -> EIT TS Configuration -> Set All EITa p/f to Transparent) did not work anymore. This has been fixed. (Ref. 12257)(ID. 107433)

Bug fix on V06.05.42: In rare occasions it could happen that when pid bitrate error was used as trigger for service loss, the service loss alarm did not clear anymore although the pid bitrate was back to normal.

Typically this could occur when service pids changed. (Ref. CSCti81349) Bug fix on all versions: Behavior change in IIOP interface of DCM (described in DCM.IDL). When requesting a subtable via the GetSubTableAsXML of a looped back service and when the service ID was set to a wrong value in the TableKeys it was possible that the DCM rebooted. This problem can not occur when using the GUI. (Ref. 10962)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: When a transrater board is present, PSIP EIT or ETT tables are no longer played out in case their pid value is changed, or in case of ETT-V when the VCT specifies them as ‘No ETM” while the text is forced. This error has been corrected. As a consequence, the ETT-V is now always shown in the bitrates, even when set to ‘No ETM’. (Ref. CSCtj59135)

Bug fix on V08.01.86: When changing the input standard back to the default setting, for a Gbe or ASI input stream that was not present at the input, caused a reboot of the DCM. A reboot will also occur when removing a GbE input stream by double clicking a Gbe port, going to TS Settings, checking an input stream and clicking “Remove Checked Items”, when the input standard was set to a value different than the default setting and the input stream was not present. (Ref. CSCtj36234)(ID. 107594)

Bug fix on V05.01.91: When input pid values where changing (e.g. PSIP EIT pids) and those pids were used on one or more output transport streams, there was a small chance that the DCM rebooted. (Ref. 12291).

Note: If for debug purposes the file “/app/TRB_PassByDefault “ was present on the mainboard, it

should be removed, since otherwise this can cause splicing problems. For more information see DCM Troubleshooting.doc.

GbE

Bug fix on all versions: When receiving Ethernet packets with valid mac header but random payload, the input could stall. (Ref. 11660)


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Bug fix on V08-02-75: The behavior of the “Port bandwidth exceeded” alarm was wrongly changed. Now the behavior is the same as before V08-02-75. Current behavior: The port bandwidth exceeded alarm is also triggered if the port is disabled (Ref. 10704)

Bug fix on all versions: It is now possible to clear the ‘No FEC licenses’ alarm by disabling FEC or reconfiguring FEC with sufficient licenses. (Ref 12220)

Bug fix on all versions: When the default input FEC settings are set to FEC 1D or FEC 2D and all FEC licenses are in use, the user could not delete the unused input TS from the GUI where the FEC settings are explicit set to disabled. This problem has been fixed. (Ref. CSCtj25648)(ID. 107576)

Bug fix on V08-00-81: After reboot port disable mode was only restored for the main GBE port and not for the backup GBE port. (Ref. CSCtj03674)

Digital Overlay

Bug fix on all versions: When both text banner and static or animated logos were configured in one service an incorrect number of licenses was reserved.

Bug fix on V08.01.86: It was not allowed to insert a DTS and PTS value in the PES header of pictures containing the same values for both time stamps. Only a PTS value could embedded in the PES header. This problem has been solved. (Ref. 12118)

Bug fix on V08.01.86: No Random Acces Point (RAP) indicator was encoded in the PES header for I pictures. This fix inserts the RAP for I pictures. (Ref. 12118)

Transcoder

Bug fix on all versions: Audio Transcoder did not work properly when combining HE-AAC with VBR on some input sources. Issue is fixed by disabling audio VBR setting since this is not meaningful for broadcast applications (Ref. CSCtj20260).

Bug fix on all versions: Negative PTS-STC when combining AAC-LC with VBR on some input sources. Issue is fixed by disabling audio VBR setting since this is not meaningful for broadcast applications (Ref. CSCtj20264) (ID. 107511).

Bug fix on all versions: improved error recovery after processing bad input streams. (ID. 107647)

Bug fix on all versions: Corrected input/output buffer handling when audio header crosses PES boundaries. (ID. 107539)

DPI / Transrating

Bug fix on V08.01.86: An improvement of the splicing accuracy in case of non-DPI mode. The splice-out point from the main feed is detected based on the timestamps at the input instead of at the output such that the previous splice point mismatch is compensated. The splice-out point should be in an error window of max 4 frames around the requested splice time.

Bug fix on all versions: malformed SCTE30 messages could cause the DCM to reboot(Ref. 12135)

Bug fix on all versions: If Ad Servers info string became too long, the DPI Scheduler troubleshooting info page could become malformatted. This probem has been fixed.

Bug fix on V08.00.81: splicer did not play out the complete ad (resulting in a duration error on the ad server). Because of the increased splicing accuracy in the V08.00.81 release, the splicer takes into account the length of the GOP of the main stream to splice out. This results in a situation that the splicer started the searching process too late for the upcoming advertisements resulting in the removal of the first GOP of the ad and in a duration error on the ad server (in case of 15s ads). This patch handles the long GOP cases in a better way and allows accurate splicing for GOPs up to 500ms. Longer GOPs will result in correct splices such that the ads are played out completely while the improved splicing accuracy is still active for the first 500ms of the long GOP (instead of for the complete GOP). (Ref. CSCtj41952)

Bug fix on all versions: DPI capacity check counted non-streaming streams which could load to a higher load calculation than actually present. This is now solved so non-streaming streams are not counted in the load calculation. (Ref. CSCti54523)

Bug fix on all versions: there was a slight chance that when an output service (part of a transrater group or configured as spliceable) received input PMT changes, the video bit rate dropped to 0 and at the same time, the “Transrating problem” alarm was generated for this service with as detail “cause=Input contains too many errors=”. This problem has been fixed. (Ref. CSCtj86623) (ID. 107502)

Bug fix on all versions: It was possible to wrongly configure Still Picture Generation (or Slate service) in combination with splicing on a non-streaming service. This is blocked now. (Ref. CSCtk83063)

Scrambling

Bug fix on V07.00.53: alarm ‘connection lost’ was not always raised and cleared correctly for ECMG and EMMG proxies (Ref. 11786)(ID. 107164).

Bug fix on V02.00.18: After receiving an empty ECM, the first valid ECM was not played out after restarting scrambling. (Ref. 11813).


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Bug fix on all versions: when an EMMG was configured in TCP + UDP mode and non simulcrypt data was sent on the UDP port, communication to the UDP port was no longer possible (Ref. 11892).

Bug fix on V02.00.18: Establishing an EMMG stream and immediately closing that stream could result in a reboot of the DCM if the corresponding EMM is passed to an output TS. (Ref. CSCtj01456)(ID. 107445)

IP video gateway

Bug fix on V08.01.86: When changing the configuration of the video stream, the FEC license usage could be wrong (Ref: 12246).

Bug fix on V08.01.86: FEC error generator was not robust to changes to the video stream configuration. The settings page for the output streams was not accessible. Now the FEC error generator is disabled when the configuration of the video stream changes (Ref 12245).

Bug fixed on V08.02.102: Incorrect line rate shown for IP output stream and VLAN was not taken. (Ref. CSCzk30628)

Bug fixed on V08.02.102: Output bit rate was always 0 for uncompressed streams. (Ref. CSCzk32485)

ASI video gateway

Bug fix on V08-02-75: Decoder: Allowed Video Signal was not correctly handled after cold reboot. HD signal got through the unit although the Allowed Video Format was set to 'SD SDI'. (ID. 12104). Bug fix on V08-02-75: Decoder: Monitor routing was not correctly handled after cold reboot. Service of SDI 1 was routed to the Monitor Port by default, but nothing came out of the Monitor Port. (ID. 12105).

IP/ASI video gateway JPEG2K compression

Bug fix on V08-02-75: Internal routing of streams was not always correct when reconfiguring the allowed video type of the input stream. As a result not all streams were correctly received (= invalid video format) (Ref. 12218)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: “Unexpected video type” was not always triggered. A valid stream at the input was required prior to this alarm being trigged. (Ref. 12347)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: In mixed setups with both SD/HD and 3G streams, the internal resources was not handled correct, which may lead to loss of resources and limited functionality. (Ref. 12244) (Ref. 12249)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: Constantly switching between SDI video formats might cause the JP2K decoder to stall, resulting in no output from the decoder on all 3 channels. This was detected using the KiPro generator. (Ref. 12128, 12489)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: The HD SDI Line number field was incorrectly formatted by the JP2K decoder. In this line number field, the most significant bit was incorrectly set. This caused an issue with an Evertz down-scaler. (Ref.12497)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: Routing a compressed stream to a channel on a receiver which was configured as ‘uncompressed’ could cause this channel to stall (no effect on other channels). (Ref 12311)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: Switching between different SDI video formats could stall the AES or ancillary data processor on the JP2K decoder. This resulted in no or invalid AES audio or ancillary data on the affected channel out of the decoder. The other channels were not affected. (Ref. 12481, 12482)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: Using JP2K compression in combination with FEC coding resulted in FEC decoding errors. (Ref.12226)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: FEC valid and duplicate packet counters were not incremented in exceptional cases leading to not identical valid and duplicate counter values in hitless merge. (Ref. 12253)

Bug fix on V08-02-75: Continuous switching of SDI input between signal and no signal resulted in a stall of the transmitter. This occurs for both JP2K as uncompressed modes. Only the switched channel was affected. (Ref. 12509)

Gui

Bug fix on V08.01.86: the hardware version of the 8VSB front end board was not displayed in the GUI. (Ref. 11871)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: the GUI reported an error when displaying the service SCTE35 page for a TS on a GbE port when the GbE board was configured in individual port mode. (Ref. 12034)

Bug fix on all versions: After a service in the input tree was highlighted in the input tree as a result of a find source action it was possible the input tree made a strange jump when opening a service node and the previously highlighted node was scrolled out of view. (Ref. 11110)(ID. 106077)

Bug fix on V08.00.63: In fixed individual port mode on a GbE IO card the port icon was not always colored correctly in case of a port level alarm (Ref. 11186)

Bug fix on all versions: During service components create rule, when the check box at the start of a rule-line is on, the moment of applying a rule, the rule is not accepted and removed. This happens without pressing the "Remove Checked Items" button.


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Big fix on V02.05.40: When an invalid language descriptor was present in the PMT the create rule button on the component tracking rules page did not work. Also the button “Create Best Match Rules” did not work. (Ref. 12029)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: When taking a capture on a GbE IO card it was not possible to stop the capture from the GUI. (ID. 107411)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: when creating an ECMG proxy the CAS ID parameter was entered in hexadecimal notation but after applying it was displayed in decimal notation. This has now been fixed.

Bug fix on V08.02.87: When the gui session expired on a settings page (e.g. Transrater settings, Transcoder settings) and you pressed apply to change some new settings all settings on that page could be lost. This problem has been fixed. (Ref. CSCtj11597) (ID. 107560)

Bug fix on all versions: For an output SPTS you could only see if the TS is streaming or not. In case the service is set to not streaming you were not able to see this in the tree view. (Ref. 10423)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: On the pages where service component tracking are configured (Output TS and Board Default settings), rules were removed during an apply when they are checked to be removed. The removal happened even if you did not press the remove checked rows button first. (Ref. 11766) Bug fix on V08.02.87: When you changed the CBR Latency setting on the card default settings page, you got a warning asking you if you really want to apply because this might interrupt the service. But even if you clicked cancel the setting was still applied. This problem has been fixed. (Ref. 11886)

Bug fix on V08.02.87: Sometimes when accessing a page it could take longer than expected to load the page. This behavior is now improved. There is still a requirement to configure the time correctly on the device to be sure the browser cache is used correctly.

Bug fix on V08.02.87: On an output TS if you configured auto pass rules using a GbE TS as input TS the setting was correctly applied, but when the page was reloaded the setting was not displayed back correctly. When you are in this state and you try to apply any other output TS setting you will get a validation error on the auto pass rule setting (indicating the wrong card type is selected). This problem has been fixed. (Ref. CSCtj67300)(ID. 107644)

Statistical Multiplexing of encoders

Bug fix on V08.00.81: Poor statmux video quality because encoders are dropping in and out of the statmux pools. “Encoder Dropout” alarms were reported. This has now been fixed.

Misc

Bug fix on V08.01.86: fixed an issue which allowed the user to set incorrect values for the MER threshold on an 8VSB input port. The range of valid MER threshold values has been changed to 15..35 dB. When values outside this range where configured in a previous release, the closest value in the valid range will be used after a reboot, e.g. if MER threshold was set to 10, MER threshold 15 is set. (Ref. 11081)

Bug fix on V07.00.53: When setting the timezone to GMT+/-X, without selecting any city, the time was not properly restored after reboot, but was set to Januari 1

st 1970. (Ref. CSCtj33317)

Bug fix on all versions: Depending on the configuration, there was a small window in which a reboot could prevent the DCM from booting correctly. (Ref. 8732)

Bug fix on V02.05.40: a Denial-Of-Service vulnerability was fixed in SNMP, CVE-2007-5846 (Ref. 11875)

Bug fix on V08.01.86: Deprovisioning of an SI table via PSIG did not succeed. The SI table was still visible in the list of imported tables in the SI Components screen of the GUI. This situation could arise when some SI tables were overwritten by an SI table with the same table id but with different attributes. (Ref. CSCtk76964)




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Release Notes DCM older versions The release notes of older versions have been removed from this document from V12.10.0 onwards. The information can still be found in the release notes of a version prior to V12.10.0.


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Common Release Information

Interface specification The following documents/files describe the interface by which the device is accessible :

DCM IDL Reference manual

DCM.idl

DCM_Types.idl

Installation guidelines

Software download Tool to be used Upgrade-It

Location of software download tool

Tools\Upgrade-It\Upgrade-It.exe in DCM software release package

Description download procedure See DCM Configuration Guide

Handling details - none

Limitations with regard to older software versions

Related Publications Refer to:

Digital Content Manager (DCM) - Configuration Guide, part number 4011746

Cisco Series DCM D9900 Digital Content Manager - System Guide, part number 4034565

Cisco DCM Series D9901 Digital Content Manager System Guide, part number 4026665

Cisco DCM Series D9902 Digital Content Manager System Guide, part number 4042778

Digital Content Manager (DCM) Model D9900 – System Guide, part number 4011745


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