Harmonic NMX Release Notes

Company: Harmonic Inc.

Date: 26 October 2015
Release: NMX 7.4
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Table of Contents
1 NMX Release _________________________________________________________________________ 5
2 Release Details ________________________________________________________________________ 6
2.1 NMX Introduction __________________________________________________________________ 6
2.2 NMX Release Contents _____________________________________________________________ 7
3 H/W and F/W Compatibility _______________________________________________________________ 9
3.1 Supported Devices _________________________________________________________________ 9
3.1.1 Supported Harmonic Devices __________________________________________________ 9
3.1.2 Supported Third-Party Devices ________________________________________________ 10
3.2 Unsupported Devices ______________________________________________________________ 14
3.2.1 Unsupported Harmonic Devices _______________________________________________ 14
3.2.2 Unsupported Third-Party Devices ______________________________________________ 14
4 Hardware Platforms ____________________________________________________________________ 15
4.1 Supported Hardware Platforms ______________________________________________________ 15
4.2 Unsupported Hardware Platforms ____________________________________________________ 16
5 New Features ________________________________________________________________________ 18
5.1 NMX New Features _______________________________________________________________ 18
5.1.1 Highlighted New Features ____________________________________________________ 18
5.1.2 NMX Licenses _____________________________________________________________ 19
5.2 Entry-Level Encoders Features ______________________________________________________ 20
5.3 Electra X Product Family Introduction _________________________________________________ 20
5.3.1 Highlighted Features ________________________________________________________ 21
5.3.2 Detailed Feature List ________________________________________________________ 21
5.3.3 Electra X Firmware Licenses _________________________________________________ 23
5.4 Electra 8000 New Features _________________________________________________________ 30
5.4.1 Electra 8000 Firmware Licenses _______________________________________________ 30
5.5 Electra 9200 New Features _________________________________________________________ 37
5.5.1 Highlighted New Features ____________________________________________________ 37
5.5.2 Electra 9200 Firmware Licenses 7400 __________________________________________ 38
5.6 ProStream 1000 New Features ______________________________________________________ 42
5.6.1 Compatibility ______________________________________________________________ 42
5.6.2 Highlighted New Features ____________________________________________________ 42
5.7 ProStream 9000 New Features ______________________________________________________ 43
5.7.1 Highlighted New Features ____________________________________________________ 43
5.8 ProView 8100 New Features ________________________________________________________ 45
5.8.1 Highlighted New Features ____________________________________________________ 45
5.9 ProView 7100 New Features ________________________________________________________ 46
5.9.1 Highlighted New Features ____________________________________________________ 46
5.10 ProMedia X Origin New Features ____________________________________________________ 47
5.10.1 Highlighted New Features ___________________________________________________ 47

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5.11 ProMedia Live and Package Features ________________________________________________ 49

5.11.1 Highlighted Features _______________________________________________________ 49
5.12 Ellipse 3000 New Features ________________________________________________________ 50
5.13 Third-Party New Features _________________________________________________________ 51
6 Resolved Issues ______________________________________________________________________ 52
6.1 NMX Resolved Issues _____________________________________________________________ 52
6.1.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 52
6.2 Entry-Level Encoders Resolved Issues ________________________________________________ 61
6.2.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 61
6.3 Electra X Resolved Issues __________________________________________________________ 62
6.3.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 62
6.4 Electra 8000 Resolved Issues _______________________________________________________ 63
6.4.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 63
6.5 Electra 9200 Resolved Issues _______________________________________________________ 65
6.5.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 65
6.6 ProStream 1000 Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________ 67
6.6.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 67
6.7 ProStream 9000 Resolved Issues ____________________________________________________ 70
6.7.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 70
6.8 ProView 8100 Resolved Issues ______________________________________________________ 72
6.8.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 72
6.9 ProView 7100 Resolved Issues ______________________________________________________ 73
6.9.1 Resolved Issues in this Release _______________________________________________ 73
6.10 ProMedia X Origin Resolved Issues __________________________________________________ 74
6.10.1 Resolved Issues in This Release _____________________________________________ 74
6.11 ProMedia Live and Package Resolved Issues __________________________________________ 75
6.11.1 Resolved Issues in this Release ______________________________________________ 75
6.12 Ellipse 3000 Resolved Issues ______________________________________________________ 76
6.12.1 Resolved Issues in this Release ______________________________________________ 76
7 Known Issues ________________________________________________________________________ 77
7.1 NMX Known Issues _______________________________________________________________ 77
7.1.1 Device Upgrade Limitations in This Release _____________________________________ 77
7.1.2 Known Issues in This Release ________________________________________________ 78
7.2 Entry-Level Encoders Known Issues __________________________________________________ 80
7.2.1 Known Issues in this Release _________________________________________________ 80
7.3 Electra X Known Issues ____________________________________________________________ 81
7.4 Electra 8000 Known Issues _________________________________________________________ 93
7.4.1 Known Issues in This Release ________________________________________________ 93
7.5 Electra 9200 Known Issues _________________________________________________________ 94
7.6 ProStream 1000 Known Issues ______________________________________________________ 95
7.6.1 Device Limitations for This Release ____________________________________________ 95
7.6.2 Known Issues in This Release ________________________________________________ 96
7.7 ProStream 9000 Known Issues ______________________________________________________ 98

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7.7.1 Device Limitations for This Release ____________________________________________ 98

7.7.2 Known Issues in This Release ________________________________________________ 99
7.8 ProView 8100 Known Issues _______________________________________________________ 103
7.8.1 Known Issues ____________________________________________________________ 103
7.9 ProView 7100 Known Issues _______________________________________________________ 105
7.9.1 Known Issues ____________________________________________________________ 105
7.10 ProMedia X Origin Known Issues ___________________________________________________ 106
7.10.1 Known Issues in This Release ______________________________________________ 106
7.11 ProMedia Live and Package Known Issues ___________________________________________ 111
7.11.1 Known Issues in This Release ______________________________________________ 111
7.12 Ellipse 3000 Known Issues _______________________________________________________ 113
7.12.1 Known Issues in This Release ______________________________________________ 113

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1 NMX Release
These release notes contain only information specific to new features and open/resolved issues for this NMX
release.

Release

7.4.0.0.83

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2 Release Details

2.1 NMX Introduction

NMX is a suite of software applications that provides configuration, control, monitoring, and fault management
in Harmonic open digital compression systems. NMX supports geographically diverse broadcast sites through
client/server architecture and is highly scalable in its ability to support small networks with only a few devices,
as well as larger networks with a greater number of managed devices.

A complete description of the NMX architectural components and functionality can be found in the various
documents provided with your purchase of NMX. These documents are installed to C:\Program
Files\Harmonic\Documents\NMX during NMX installation.

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2.2 NMX Release Contents

This NMX release contains:

NMX application
Embedded firmware for the following Harmonic devices:
Ion
Ion AVC SD
Ion AVC HD
Electra 1000
Electra 5000
Electra 5400
Electra 7000
Electra 8000
Electra 9200
Electra X
Harmonic Audio encoder
ProStream 1000
ProStream 9000
ProView 7100
ProView 8100
Ellipse 3000
The following third-party software:
Adobe Reader

Note

Third-party software included in the NMX server package provided by Harmonic, or as part of the recovery
image and described in the following list, may include technical, or other issues, and be out-of-date.
Harmonic makes no commitment to provide up-to-date software, support, or to assume responsibility for
issues with third-party software or documentation. Installing and/or running any other third-party software
not listed above may impact NMX functionality or disrupt service and should be avoided.

NMX documentation:
Release notes for NMX and all embedded products (this document).
Integrated NMX online help for hardware and service configuration.

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Harmonic product guides (in PDF format):

NMX Installation Guide
NMX Getting Started Guide
NMX Electra VBR CBR Application Note
NMX ProStream CAS Configuration Setup Guide
Electra X2 Installation Guide
Electra XVM Installation Guide
Harmonic Audio Encoder Installation Guide
Ion Multichannel Encoder Installation Guide
Ion AVC SD Installation Guide
Ion AVC HD Installation Guide
DiviCom Audio Encoder Installation Guide
Electra 1000 Multichannel Encoder Installation Guide
Electra 5000 Multichannel Encoder Installation Guide
Electra 5400 Multiservice Encoder Installation Guide
Electra 7000 Multiservice Encoder Installation Guide
Electra 8000 Multichannel Encoder Installation Guide
Electra 9200 and ProStream 9100 Component Replacement Guide
Electra 9200 Multichannel Encoder Installation Guide
ProStream 1000 SW Users Guide
ProStream 1000 HW Installation and User Guide
ProStream 9000 SW User Guide
ProStream 9000 HW Installation Guide
ProStream NMX CAS Configuration Setup Guide (same as NMX ProStream CAS Configuration
Setup Guide)
ProView 7100 HW Installation Guide
ProView 7100 User Guide
ProView 8100 HW Installation Guide
ProView 8100 User Guide
ProMedia Software Solutions (Live and Package) NMX Getting Started Guide
ProMedia Software Solutions (Live and Package) Installation and Quick Start Guide
ProMedia Software Solutions Origin (with Live and Package) User Guide
Ellipse 3000 Encoder HW Guide
Ellipse 3000 Encoder Quick Start Guide
Ellipse 3000 Encoder User Guide

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3 H/W and F/W Compatibility

3.1 Supported Devices

3.1.1 Supported Harmonic Devices

For a complete list of devices and software releases included with your NMX installation, refer to the C:
\Program Files\Harmonic\Release_Notes\manifest.txt file installed with your NMX release package.

This NMX release supports the following devices and software releases:

Device Type Version Packaged with NMX?

NMX Network Management System 7.4.0.0.83 Y

Audio Encoder a_10.06.00.113 Y

Electra X Encoder 1.2.0.0.281 N

Electra XVM Virtual Encoder 1.2.0.0.281 N

Electra 1000/5000 Encoder x_10.06.00.113 Y

Electra 5400 Encoder n_10.06.00.113 Y

Electra 7000 Encoder r_10.06.00.113 Y

Electra 8000 Encoder d_10.14.00.027 Y

Electra 9200 Encoder 9.21.0.0.6 Y

Ellipse 3000 Encoder 3.3.5.0.76 Y

ION Encoder e_10.06.00.113 Y

ION AVC HD Encoder h_10.06.00.113 Y

ION AVC SD Encoder c_10.06.00.113 Y

ProMedia Live Transcoder 1.6.5 N

ProMedia Package Packager 1.6.5 N

ProMedia Origin Streaming Video Server 1.6.5 N

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Device Type Version Packaged with NMX?

ProStream 1000 Stream Processor 06.09.00.032 Y

ProStream 9000 Stream Processor 10.6.1.0.29 Y

ProView 7100 Integrated Receiver-Decoder 3.7.0.0.10 Y

ProView 8100 Integrated Receiver-Decoder 1.3.0.0.25 Y

ProView 2900 IRD 1.9.9.4 N

bNSG QAM 1.2.5.003 Y

*ProStar Scrambler N

SMD 9200 Modulator 3.0.0 N

SMD 9300 Modulator M6100_1.4.2.38683 N

*ProStar Support

To add ProStar support to NMX, add the ProStar directories to: c:\tftpboot\prostar\<version>.

3.1.2 Supported Third-Party Devices

The following third-party products are supported in this NMX release:

Device Type Vendor Model Supported Firmware

Ad Insertion Vigor Advertio

Baseband Router Snell/Probel Sirius 800

Baseband Router Snell/Probel Sirius 600

Baseband Router Snell/Probel Pyxis SDC Na-00743 SW-P-02 over IP

Baseband Router Snell/Probel Halo SC12 V1.10 LARGE

Baseband Router Snell/Probel Cygnus

Baseband Router Snell/Probel Freeway SC12 V1.10 LARGE

Baseband Router Snell/DEV/UTAH UDS 100 v 02.03

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Device Type Vendor Model Supported Firmware

Baseband Router Miranda (NV9000 NVision 8576 v 4.4.0, v 4.6.2

controler)

Baseband Router Miranda (NV9000 NVision 8256 v 4.4.0, v 4.6.2

controler)

Baseband Router Miranda (NV9000 NVision 5128 v 4.4.0, v 4.6.2

controler)

Baseband Router Nevion Vikinx v 2.6.1

Baseband Router Harris/Leitch Panacea v 1.46

Baseband Router Harris/Leitch Platinum v 5.0

Baseband Router Harris/Leitch Integrator v 4.46

Baseband Router Harris/Leitch Xplus

Baseband Router Harris/Leitch HD

Baseband Switch Harris/DEV 1951 32-0037 S.01

IP Switch Cisco 3750 24 port v 12.2(35)

IP Switch Cisco 3750 24 port+ 4 uplink v 12.2(35)

IP Switch Cisco 3750 48port v 12.2(35)

IP Switch Cisco 4948 v 12.2(25)EWA

v 12.2(53)SG8

IP Switch Cisco 6500 Series v 12.2(18)SXF17a

IP Switch Cisco 3750x Series v 12.2(55)SE3(UNIVERSALK9)

IP Switch Cisco 3560x Series v 12.2(55)SE5(UNIVERSALK9)

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-100S-A F 05377-Y

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-100S-

LBAND

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-200S

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-200S-A

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Device Type Vendor Model Supported Firmware

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-200S-

LBAND

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-300S

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-300S-A

Modulator Radyne DM240XR-300S-

LBAND

Modulator Sencore SMDTVIPS9200- v 3.0.0

LBAND

Other Ascentria/Omnitronix SL 410 HAR312G

Other Ascentria/Omnitronix SL 10 HAR312G

Other TVIPS CP 541/TNS 541 v. 1.0.21

Other TVIPS CP 515/TNS 515 4.0.38

Other Enensys ASI Guard v 2.1.1

Other Enensys NN6 – T2 Gateway v 2.7.7

Other Enensys NN6- MIP inserter v 3.4.7

Other Enensys IPGuardE2

Other Grass Valley A/B Switch

Receiver Motorola DSR 4410 0000c8:007924:00019E

Receiver Cisco/SA D9650 v 2.33

Receiver Cisco/SA D9850 v 2.33

Receiver Sencore MRD 3187A – 1Ch v 6.1.0-v 6.2.1

Receiver Sencore MRD 3187B – 1 Ch v 7.3.1

Receiver Sencore MRD 3187A – 2 Ch v 6.1.0-v 6.2.1

Receiver Sencore MRD 3187B – 2 Ch v 7.3.1

Redundancy Thomson Amethyst III v 02.00.01

Switch

RF Switch Quintech SRM 2150 v 2.75

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Device Type Vendor Model Supported Firmware

RF Switch Quintech SRM 200 v 2.75

RF Switch Quintech SRR 007 v 1.58

RF Switch Universal 10943B-D485 (L-band) v 1.01

RF Switch Universal 10942B-D485 (IF-band) v 1.01

RF Switch Universal 10943B-S3E10 (L- v 109043101

band)

RF Switch Universal 10942B-S3E10 (IF- v 10942B02

band)

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3.2 Unsupported Devices

3.2.1 Unsupported Harmonic Devices

NMX 6.x and later releases no longer support the following devices:

ProStream 1000 Mentor

ProStream 1000 256M Platform
ASI-RMX card (unsupported beginning with NMX 7.0)

Note

NMX 7.0 no longer supports ProStream 1000 devices with ASI-RMX cards; replace your ASI-RMX cards
with ASI-SCR cards before upgrading to NMX 7.0.
NMX will not upgrade catalogs with ProStream 1000 devices with ASI-RMX cards. To upgrade to NMX 7.0
from earlier releases, see the NMX_InstallGuide.pdf, Chapter 4, "Creating/Upgrading Catalogs and
Starting NMX Server."

ProStream 2000 Digital Splicer

ProStream 4000 Multiscreen Transcoder
ProStream 8000 IP Digital Mosaic System
NSG (8108, 9116, 9000-3G/6G/40G) Universal EdgeQAM
MV encoders
MN 20
BNG Multiplexers and EdgeQAMs
Optical Transport Devices
DDM
Terayon CherryPicker
The Electra 8310 series with multiscreen services only is not supported; it can only be used in
conjunction with a 60 Hz Broadcast service.

3.2.2 Unsupported Third-Party Devices

No third-party device support was dropped from this NMX release.

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4 Hardware Platforms

4.1 Supported Hardware Platforms

This NMX release is shipped on the following hardware server platforms:

Harmonic Part Configuration

Number

HWP-DELL-2E-NMX- DELL R210-II

A 1X 3.10 GHz Intel Xeon E3-1220 4 cores, 8M Cache 8GB RAM
2 x 500 GB 7200 rpm
RAID1 (Mirror)
2 x GbE Ports
Single power supply
Windows Server 2008/SQL 2008

HWP-DELL-2E-NMX- Same as HWP-DELL-2E-NMX-A excluding an encryption module (for the Chinese

C market).

HWP-DELL-3E-NMX- DELL R620

A 2 x 2.00GHz Intel Xeon E5-2620 6 cores, 15M Cache
16GB RAM
2 x 300 GB 10K rpm RAID1 (Mirror)
4 x GbE Ports
Integrated lights out (IPMI)
Dual power supply, Hot swappable
Windows Server 2008/SQL 2008

HWP-DELL-3E-NMX- Same as HWP-DELL-3E-NMX-A excluding an encryption module (for the Chinese

C market).

This NMX release can also run on the following previous server platforms:

Note:

The platforms must be upgraded to Windows 2008 operating system before installing NMX.

For optimum performance, memory should be upgraded to 16 GB.

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Harmonic Part Number Configuration

HWP-DELL-2D-NMX-A Dell R210, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

HWP-DELL-2D-NMX-D Dell R210, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

NMX-HWP-2D-A-01 Dell R210, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

NMX-HWP-2D-D Dell R210, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

NMX-HWP-2D-E Dell R210, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

DMS-HWP-3D-A Dell R610, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

HWP-DELL-3D-NMX-A Dell R610, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

HWP-DELL-3D-NMX-D Dell R610, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

NMX-HWP-3D-A Dell R610, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

NMX-HWP-3D-A-02 Dell R610, 16GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

NMX-HWP-3D-D Dell R610, 16GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

4.2 Unsupported Hardware Platforms

This NMX release is not supported on the following server platforms:

Part Number Configuration

DELL11P4-PRO Dell 860, 1GB RAM, Win 2000 Pro, SQL

DELL11P4-SQL-S Dell 860, 1GB RAM, Win Svr 2000, SQL 2000

R-DELL11P4-SQL-S Dell 860, 1GB RAM, Win Svr 2000, SQL 2000

DELL11P4-SQL-S-4 Dell 860, 1GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2008

DELL12PX-SQL-S-01 Dell 1950-III, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2000

DELL12PX-SQL-S-2K Dell 1950-III, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2000, SQL 2000

DELL12PX-SQL-S-3-01 Dell 1950-III, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2000, SQL 2000

R-DELL12PX-SQL-S Dell 1950, 2GB RAM, Win Svr 2000, SQL 2000

NMX-HWP-2D-A Dell R200, 2GB RAM, Win 2003, SQL 2000

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Part Number Configuration

NMX-HWP-2D-B Dell R200, 2GB RAM, Win 2003, SQL 2000

NMX-HWP-3D-B Dell R610, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2000

NMX-HWP-3D-D Dell R610, 4GB RAM, Win Svr 2003, SQL 2000

DELL11P4-SQL-S-2K Dell 2950, 2GB RAM, Win Svr 2000, SQL 2000

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5 New Features

5.1 NMX New Features

NMX is a suite of software that provides configuration, control, monitoring, and fault management in Harmonic
open digital compression systems. NMX supports geographically diverse broadcast sites through client/server
architecture and is highly scalable in its ability to support small networks with only a few devices, as well as
larger networks with a greater number of managed devices.

NMX version in this release: 7.4.0.0.83

5.1.1 Highlighted New Features

NMX enhancements continue to be focused on user experience and simplification of configuration workflows,
as well as introducing modern and powerful control and offline configuration tools, featuring:

LDAP Support in NMX

Persisting last window arrangement
UI enhancements for extract inputs and time display format on alarm view.

New Features Details

NMX Feature Description

LDAP Support You can now log in to NMX applications with LDAP user credentials as a single sign-on.
in NMX This allows you to log in to windows using LDAP credentials, with NMX using the same
LDAP credentials.

Persisting last NMX client applications (NMX Designer, NMX Operator, Domain Manager GUI) will now
window persist the window arrangement on closing the application. The next time you log into NMX
arrangement applications, your former window layout will open.

UI Enhanced UI:
Enhancements
Added EXTRACT INPUTS functionality from device ports (back panel) for both IP
and ASI inputs.
Time display in the current alarm and history alarm windows will be consistent with
the time format specified for the windows. For example, if Windows displays the 24-
hour time format, NMX will display time-related information in the 24-hour time
format.

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5.1.2 NMX Licenses

Licensing enables specific NMX features; contact Harmonic Technical Support to purchase licenses or review
the NMX_InstallGuide.pdf, section "Licensing Information." The following NMX features can be licensed:

Name Brief Description Release

SW-NMX-BASE-7- VM Permanent license with full access to NMX (excluding DPI, EIS and NMX
VM-E SAPI features). 7.3

SW-NMX-BACKUP-7- Backup VM Permanent license with full access to NMX (excluding DPI, NMX
VM-E EIS and SAPI features). 7.3

SW-NMX-BASE-7-E Permanent license with full access to NMX (excluding DPI, EIS and SAPI NMX
features). 7.0

SW-NMX-BACKUP-7- Permanent license with full access to NMX (excluding DPI, EIS and SAPI NMX
E features). 7.0

SW-NMX-SAPI-E One per server with full access to the SAPI feature. NMX
7.0

SW-NMX-EIS-E One per server with full access to the EIS feature. NMX
7.0

SW-NMX-DPI-E One per server with full access to the DPI feature. NMX
7.0

SW-NMX-DEMO-E One per server license with full access to all NMX server features for 90 NMX
days. 7.0

Note that a SAPI license is required for each of the servers that are using the interface. For example, a main
and spare NMX will require 2 licenses in total.

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5.2 Entry-Level Encoders Features

Harmonic’s market-leading Electra™ family of multi-service, IP-based encoders provides operators with the
highest performance solution for ultra-high quality video delivered at ultra-low bit-rates. The Ion family of multi-
service IP-based encoders provides operators with a high performance solution for more cost-sensitive
applications. Electra and Ion models provide up to 4 channels of MPEG-2 and/or AVC encoding with a wide
range of audio options.

Harmonic entry-level encoders include the following:

Ion
Ion AVC SD
Ion AVC HD
Electra 1000
Electra 5000
Electra 5400
Electra 7000

In this NMX release, there are no new entry-level encoder features.

5.3 Electra X Product Family Introduction

The Harmonic Electra™ X advanced media processor is the industry’s first fully converged platform for
broadcast and multiscreen content delivery, leveraging the PURE Compression Engine for cutting edge video
quality.

Version Information

Electra X version in this release: 1.2.0.0.281

Platform Information

Electra A fully qualified, tested and certified platform for running the Electra X software. Electra X is fully
X datacenter ready with dual power supplies and front to back air flow.

Electra The virtualized, software-based nature of Electra XVM takes enterprise-class media processing out
XVM of the broadcast machine room and moves it to the data center. Hosted on the Harmonic VOS
ecosystem, which runs in the VMware® vSphere virtual machine environment on an industry-
standard blade server, Electra XVM provides hardware transparency and maximum operational
flexibility. Please contact Harmonic for recommendations on processing hardware.

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Note

Please contact Professional Services for Electra XVM BIOS requirements outlined in the
Mandatory_Configurations_of_BIOS_VM_for_XVM_v09 document.

5.3.1 Highlighted Features

The following features are highlighted in this release:

Advanced graphics and playout (IP input only)

HEVC encoding for OTT
AVC CBR 4:2:2 10-bit encoding
DTMF input for stream conditioning
Auto/Manual/Auto Revert/Manula Revert Port/Socket Redundancy

5.3.2 Detailed Feature List

Feature Description Licensed Supported on Supported on
Electra X Electra XVM

Platform

Advanced graphics and playout (IP input only) Yes Yes Yes

PCR on multiple PIDs (e.g., video/PCR + audio/PCR + No Yes Yes

audio/PCR)

Video Input

Lock to input clock for CBR encoding applications1 No Yes Yes

Generate a valid output with no input No Yes Yes

AVS+ decode support No Yes Yes

Video Pre-Processing

None

Broadcast Video Encoding

AVC CBR 4:2:2 10-bit encoding, up to 30 Mbps video (35 Yes Yes Yes
Mbps TS), up to 1080i

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Feature Description Licensed Supported on Supported on

Electra X Electra XVM

Multiscreen Video Encoding

HEVC encoding for OTT Yes Yes Yes

Audio Processing

Adjustable audio delay by ±125 ms No Yes Yes

Ancillary Data Support

Gratituous time_descriptor() insertion based on internal No Yes Yes

clock

Adjustable offset for DPI message timing No Yes Yes

Only output avail descriptor when present on the input No Yes Yes

Ability to disable automatic splice_insert() output repetition No Yes Yes

VPS support No Yes Yes

AFD configurable fall back after 5 frames No Yes Yes

DTMF input for stream conditioning No Yes Yes

Output splice_insert repetition enable/disable No Yes Yes

Avail_descriptor on output only when present on the input No Yes Yes

Adjustable offset for DPI splice point No Yes Yes

Licensing

None

Redundancy

Auto/Manual/Auto Revert/Manula Revert Port/Socket No Yes Yes

Redundancy

Note: The density of XVM/VBR systems varies based on incoming rates and Mux rates. Please contact
Harmonic Product Marketing for information

1 An additional 0.4 second is added to the system latency when the sync mode is set to "Sync to Video". To
avoid this added delay, set the sync mode to "Internal".

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5.3.3 Electra X Firmware Licenses

Licensing enables specific Electra firmware features; contact Harmonic Technical Support to purchase licenses.

Warning

If a licensed service on Electra X expires while a channel is running, all services could be affected.

The following firmware features can be licensed on the Electra platforms, and are supported on the
corresponding initial NMX release.

Note: Where "*" is used, the * is a wildcard that can be replaced by "VM" or "2", meaning that "X*" can be either
"X2" or "XVM".

Name Brief Description Electra NMX

X Release
Release

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform. Lab License. This enables all 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-LAB firmware options for lab verification and interopability testing. For non
commercial use only, license is not valid for customer facing and / or
revenue bearing services.

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform, enabling all video & audio encoding 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-DEMO and all video & audio decoding supported and licensed functions. For use
for support purposes only (non commercial); this is a temprary license and
will expire after 45 days.

Electra X Platform Licenses

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform. Base License. 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-BASE-
1

Video Input Options

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform enabling one SDI input in SD 576i 1.1.0.0 7.3.0.0
X2-SDI-IN- or 480i 4:2:2 format.
SD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform enabling one SDI input in HD 1080i, 1.1.0.0 7.3.0.0
X2-SDI-IN- 1080psf or 720p 4:2:2 format.
HD

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

X Release
Release

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms enabling one IP input service in SD 1.1.0.0 7.3.0.0
X*-IP-IN- 576i or 480i 4:2:2 format.
SD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms enabling one IP input service in up 1.1.0.0 7.3.0.0
X*-IP-IN- to HD 1080i, 1080psf or 720p 4:2:2 format.
HD

Broadcast Video Encode Options

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable HD MPEG-2 video 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-ENC- encoding. One per video stream required.
HD-MP2

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable SD MPEG-2 video 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-ENC- encoding. One per video stream required.
SD-MP2

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable HD AVC video encoding. 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-ENC- One per video stream required.
HD-AVC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable SD AVC video encoding. 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-ENC- One per video stream required.
SD-AVC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform, enabling output of one Low 1.1.0.0 7.3.0.0
X*-ENC- Resolution Channel (96x96, 128x96 or 192x192) AVC main or baseline
PIP-AVC profile. One per video stream required.

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms, enabling encoding of one channel 1.1.0.0 7.3.0.0
X*-ENC- in any codec SD 576i or 480i. Supports audio pass-through. One per video
SD-ALL stream required.

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms, enabling encoding of one channel 1.1.0.0 7.3.0.0
X*-ENC- in any codec HD 1080p or 720p, or any codec SD 576i or 480i. One per
HD-ALL video stream required.

MultiScreen Video Encode Options

Firmware option for Electra X platform, enabling output of one Mobile/Web 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
Bit Rate video stream AVC Main or Baseline Profile, up to 30/25 fps and
up to 1080Px1920 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

X Release
Release

FW-ELC-
X*-ENC-
MW-AVC-
SBR-HHD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable the output of one Mobile 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-ENC- /Web Bit Rate video stream AVC Main or Baseline Profile, up to 30/25 fps
MW-AVC- and up to 720px1280 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
SBR-HD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable the output of one Mobile 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-ENC- /Web Bit Rate video stream AVC Main or Baseline Profile, up to 30/25 fps
MW-AVC- and up to 480X260 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
SBR-SD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms, enabling output of one Mobile/Web Bit 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-ENC- Rate video stream HEVC Main or Baseline Profile, up to 30/25 fps and up
MW- to 480x360 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
HEVC-
SBR-SD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms, enabling output of one Mobile/Web Bit 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-ENC- Rate video stream HEVC Main or Baseline Profile, up to 30/25 fps and up
MW- to 720px1280 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
HEVC-
SBR-HD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms, enabling output of one Mobile/Web Bit 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-ENC- Rate video stream HEVC Main or Baseline Profile; 30/25 fps 1080px1920,
MW- 60/50 fps 720px1280, and up to 30/25 fps and up to 720px1280 with
HEVC- MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
SBR-HHD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X, enabling output of one full OTT profile set of 1.1.1.0 7.3.1.0
X*-ENC- video streams. Supported formats are AVC progressive only, up to 30/25
OTT-AVC- fps, and up to 720x576 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
SD

Firmware option for Electra X, enabling output of one full OTT profile set of 1.1.1.0 7.3.1.0
video streams. Supported formats are AVC, progressive or interlaced, up
to 60/50 fps, and up to 720x576 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

X Release
Release

FW-ELC-
X*-ENC-
OTT-AVC-
BSD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X, enabling output of one full OTT profile set of 1.1.1.0 7.3.1.0
X*-ENC- video streams. Supported formats are AVC, progressive only, up to 30/25
OTT-AVC- fps, and up to 1920x1080 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
HD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X, enabling output of one full OTT profile set of 1.1.1.0 7.3.1.0
X*-ENC- video streams. Supported formats are AVC, progressive or interlaced, up
OTT-AVC- to 60/50 fps, and up to 1920x1080 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
BHD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms, enabling output of one full OTT 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-ENC- profile set of video streams. Supported formats are HEVC Main Profile,
OTT- AVC Main or Baseline Profile, progressive only, up to 30/25 fps, and up to
HEVC-SD 720x576 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms, enabling output of one full OTT 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-ENC- profile set of video streams. Supported formats are HEVC Main Profile,
OTT- AVC Main or Baseline Profile, progressive only, up to 30/25 fps, and up to
HEVC-HD 1920x1080 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms, enabling output of one full OTT 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-ENC- profile set of video streams. Supported formats are HEVC Main Profile,
OTT- AVC Main or Baseline Profile, progressive or interlaced, up to 60/50 fps,
HEVC- and up to 720x576 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
BSD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platforms, enabling output of one full OTT 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-ENC- profile set of video streams. Supported formats are HEVC Main Profile,
OTT- AVC Main or Baseline Profile, progressive or interlaced, up to 60/50 fps,
HEVC- and up to 1920x1080 with MPEG2 Transport Stream output.
BHD

Audio Encoding and Processing Options

Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable AC-3 multichannel audio 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
encoding. One per audio stream required.

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

X Release
Release

FW-ELC-
X*-AUD-
ENC-DD-
MC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable AC-3 stereo audio 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- encoding. One per audio stream required.
ENC-DD-
ST

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable E-AC-3 multichannel 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- audio encoding. One per audio stream required.
ENC-DDP-
MC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable E-AC-3 stereo audio 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- encoding. One per audio stream required.
ENC-DDP-
ST

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable AAC/HE AAC 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- multichannel audio encoding. One per audio stream required.
ENC-AAC-
MC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable AAC/HE AAC stereo 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- audio encoding. One per audio stream required.
ENC-AAC-
ST

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable MPEG 1 Layer 2 stereo 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- audio encoding. One per audio stream required.
ENC-MP2-
ST

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable multichannel audio 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- leveling. One per audio stream required.
LVL-MC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable stereo audio leveling. One 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-AUD- per audio stream required.
LVL-ST

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

X Release
Release

Ancillary Options

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable DPI and SCTE 35 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-DPI support. One per DPI stream required.

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable Support ESAM interfaces 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-DPI-
ESAM-
XCODE

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable DiviTrack over IP LAN 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-DT- functionality
LAN

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable DiviTrack over IP WAN 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-DT- functionality
WAN

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable FEC on IP output . One 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-FEC per chassis required.

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable PSIP table regeneration. 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-PSIP- One per chassis required.
REGEN

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable broadcast quality up 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-ENC- conversion or cross conversion of the SD or HD input video
UPCONV

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable video pre-processing 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-PIC- features like MCTF. This is the basic option.
VPP-
BASIC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable 608/708 closed caption 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*- conversion. One per video stream required.
608TO708-
CC-
XCODE

Graphics and Playout Options

1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

X Release
Release

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable basic static Logo 500x500
X*-LOGO- pixels maximum size
BASIC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for Electra X platform to enable full screen slate 1.0.0.0 7.0.0.7
X*-SLATE- replacement. The slate is a still image with no associated audio
BASIC

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms enabling SD Graphics insertion 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-GFX-1- allowing 1 layer of grahics, PNG and SWF support.
SD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms enabling HD Graphics insertion 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-GFX-1- allowing 1 layer of grahics, PNG and SWF support.
HD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms enabling SD Graphics insertion 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-GFX-4- allowing 4 independent layers of grahics, PNG and SWF support.
SD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms enabling HD Graphics insertion 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-GFX-4- allowing 4 layers of grahics, PNG and SWF support.
HD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms enabling SD Graphics insertion 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-GFX-8- allowing 8 independent layers of grahics, PNG and SWF support.
SD

FW-ELC- Firmware option for ACP platforms enabling HD Graphics insertion 1.2.0.0 7.4.0.0
X*-GFX-8- allowing 8 layers of grahics, PNG and SWF support.
HD

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5.4 Electra 8000 New Features

Harmonic's market-leading Electra™ family of multi-service IP-based encoders provides operators with the
highest performance solution for ultra-high quality video delivered at ultra-low bit-rates. Electra models provide
up to 4 channels of MPEG-2 and/or AVC encoding with a wide range of audio options.

Version Information

Electra 8000 Encoder d_10.14.00.027

In this NMX release, there are no new Electra 8000 encoder features.

5.4.1 Electra 8000 Firmware Licenses

Licensing enables specific Electra firmware features; contact Harmonic Technical Support to purchase licenses.
The following firmware features can be licensed on this Electra platform, and are supported on the
corresponding initial NMX release:

Name Brief Description Electra NMX

8000 Release
Release

FW-ELC-8K- Firmware option for ELC-8000 platforms, enabling a stream for logo or d_10.10 6.7.1
LOGO-1 slate insertion. One license per enabled stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Firmware option for ELC-8000 platforms, enabling PSIP table d_10.08 6.6.0
PSIP-REGEN regeneration. One license per platform.

FW-ELC-8K- Firmware option for ELC-8000 platforms, enabling output of one Low d_10.08 6.6.0
ENC-1SEG- Resolution ISDB-T 1-SEG profile.
AVC

FW-ELC-8K- Firmware option for ELC-8000 platforms, enabling PSIP table d_10.08 6.6.0
PSIP-REGEN regeneration. Price is per platform.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license enabling 1080p output. d_10.07 6.5.0
1080P

FW-ELC-8K- Firmware option for ELC-8000 platforms, adds ability to support d_10.02 6.2.0
1080PSF 1080PSF format. This license requires FW-ELC-8K-HD AVC license.
One license per video channel.

d_09.07 5.7.0

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

8000 Release
Release

FW-ELC-8K- ELECTRA 8000 firmware license for HD MPEG-2 video encoding at

MP2MEZZ 45MBPS CBR. One license per transport stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for AC-3 multichannel to MPEG-1 L2 d_09.07 5.7.0
XCODE-DD- audio transcoding. One license per audio stream.
TO-MP1LII

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for PSIP table spooling. One license per d_09.06 5.6.0
PSIP- transport stream.
SPOOLING

FW-ELC-8K- Firmware option for ELC-8200 platforms enabling broadcast quality up d_09.06 5.6.0
UPCONV conversion. Price is per channel.

FW-ELC-8K- Firmware option for ELC-8200 platforms enabling broadcast quality up d_09.06 5.6.0
UPCONV conversion. Price is per channel.

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby E to Dolby Digital 5.1 transcoding on the d_09.06 5.6.0
XCODE- optional AHC-561 card of Electra encoders.
DOLBYE-TO-
DD-MC-561

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby Digital to Dolby Digital Plus transcoding of d_09.06 5.6.0
XCODE-DD- one (1) 2.0 stream on the optional AHC-561 card of Electra encoders.
TO-DDPLUS-
ST-561

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby Digital to Dolby Digital Plus transcoding of d_09.06 5.6.0
XCODE-DD- one (1) 5.1 stream or one (1) 2.0 stream on the optional AHC-561 card
TO-DDPLUS- of Electra encoders.
MC-561

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 encoding firmware license for encoding any Dolby Digital d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYAUDIO- audio format on the on-board audio processor. One license per audio
DD-MAIN card.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for any format HD video encoding. One d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYCODEC- license per video stream.
HD

Electra 8000 firmware license for any format SD video encoding. One d_09.05 5.5.0
license per video stream.

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

8000 Release
Release

FW-ELC-8K-
ANYCODEC-
SD

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for any format SD, HD and PIP video d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYFORMAT encoding. One license per video stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 encoding firmware license for 90 day demo use. One d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYFORMAT- license per video channel.
DEMO

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 encoding firmware license for lab use. One license per d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYFORMAT- video channel.
LAB

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for AAC/HE AAC multichannel audio d_09.05 5.5.0
AUD-AAC- encoding. One license per audio stream.
MC

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for AAC/HE AAC multichannel audio d_09.05 5.5.0
AUD-AAC-ST encoding. One license per audio stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for AC-3 multichannel audio encoding. d_09.05 5.5.0
AUD-DD-MC One license per audio stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for AC-3 multichannel audio encoding. d_09.05 5.5.0
AUD-DD-ST One license per audio stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for HD AVC video encoding. One d_09.05 5.5.0
HD-AVC license per video stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for HD MPEG-2 video encoding. One d_09.05 5.5.0
HD-MP2 license per video stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for 3x HD MPEG-2 video encodes plus d_09.05 5.5.0
HD-MP2-3CH- DTMX. One license per chassis.
DTMX

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for 4x HD MPEG-2 video encodes plus d_09.05 5.5.0
HD-MP2-4CH- DTMX. One license per chassis.
DTMX

d_09.05 5.5.0

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

8000 Release
Release

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for AVC PIP video encoding. One
PIP license per video stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for SD AVC video encoding. One d_09.05 5.5.0
SD-AVC license per video stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for SD MPEG-2 video encoding. One d_09.05 5.5.0
SD-MP2 license per video stream.

FW-ELC-8K- Electra 8000 firmware license for cold SPARE use valid for 45 days. d_09.05 5.5.0
SPARE One license per chassis.

FW-FLEX- Firmware for FLEX card enabling all Firmware options available for the d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYSPARE quoted FLEX Hardware configuration. This license is per FLEX card
and for use with cold spare devices. This license allows
commissioning the device for a period of 30 days.

FW-FLEX-SD- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
MP2 decoder module, enabling decoding of one Standard Definition
MPEG2 4:2:0 stream and pass-through of up to 2 Audio streams in AC-
3 2.0 or MP1LII 2.0.

FW-FLEX-SD- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
AVC decoder module, enabling decoding of one Standard Definition AVC 4:
2:0 stream and pass-through of up to 2 Audio streams in AC-3 2.0 or
MP1LII 2.0.

FW-FLEX-HD- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
MP2 decoder module, enabling decoding of one High Definition MPEG2 4:2:
0 stream and pass-through of up to 2 Audio streams in AC-3 2.0 or
MP1LII 2.0.

FW-FLEX-HD- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
AVC decoder module, enabling decoding of one High Definition AVC 4:2:0
stream and pass-through of up to 2 Audio streams in AC-3 2.0 or
MP1LII 2.0.

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
AUDLVL-ST decoder module, enabling automatic audio leveling of one (1)
embedded stereo pair.

d_09.05 5.5.0

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

8000 Release
Release

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX
AUDLVL-MC decoder module, enabling automatic audio leveling of one (1) multi-
channel 5.1 embedded audio stream.

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYVIDEO decoder module, enabling decoding of one 4:2:0 video stream in either
HD/SD MPEG-2 or HD/SD AVC; and pass-through of up to 2 Audio
streams in AC-3 2.0 or MP1LII 2.0.

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYFORMAT- decoder module, enabling decoding of up to 2 HD/SD MPEG-2 or HD
LAB /SD AVC; pass-through or decoding of up to 3 Audio streams in AC-3
2.0, AAC 2.0, HE-AAC 2.0 or MP1LII 2.0; pass-through or decoding of
1 Audi stream in AC-3 5.1, AAC 5.1 or HE-AAC 5.1; LevelMagic™
Audio Level adjustment on up to 3 stereo or 1 Multichannel (5.1) audio
stream. The purchase of this license if for use for lab and test
environment only (non commercial).

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
ANYFORMAT decoder module, enabling decoding of one HD/SD MPEG-2 or HD/SD
AVC video; pass-through or decoding of up to 3 Audio streams in AC-3
2.0, AAC 2.0, HE-AAC 2.0 or MP1LII 2.0; pass-through or decoding of
1 Audio stream in AC-3 5.1, AAC 5.1 or HE-AAC 5.1.

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.05 5.5.0
8VSB decoder and 8VSB Receiver module, enabling reception of one ATSC
RF channel.

FW-ELC-8K- Enable closed caption up conversion of CEA-608 to full CEA-708 d_09.04 5.4.0
608TO708- closed captions on the Electra 8000, one license per video stream.
CC-XCODE

FW-ENC- FEC on IP output license. One license per chassis. d_09.03 5.3.0
FEC

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby E to Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby Digital Plus d_09.03 5.3.0
XCODE- 5.1 transcoding on the optional AHC-561. One license per audio
DOLBYE-TO- stream.
DD-MC-561

Firmware option for Dolby E decoding on the optional AHC-561. One d_09.03 5.3.0
license per audio stream.

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

8000 Release
Release

FW-ENC-
DOLBYE-
DEC-561

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby Digital to Dolby Digital Plus transcoding of d_09.03 5.3.0
XCODE-DD- one 5.1 stream or one 2.0 stream on the optional AHC-561. Once
TO-DDPLUS- license per input stream.
MC-561

FW-ENC- FEC on IP output license. One license per chassis. d_09.03 5.3.0
FEC

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby E decoding on the optional AHC-561. One d_09.03 5.3.0
DOLBYE- license per audio stream.
DEC-561

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby Digital to Dolby Digital Plus transcoding of d_09.03 5.3.0
XCODE-DD- one 5.1 stream or one 2.0 stream on the optional AHC-561. Once
TO-DDPLUS- license per input stream.
MC-561

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby E to Dolby Digital 5.1 or Dolby Digital Plus d_09.03 5.3.0
XCODE- 5.1 transcoding on the optional AHC-561. One license per audio
DOLBYE-TO- stream.
DD-MC-561

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for Electra and Ion platforms equipped with the FLEX d_09.02 5.2.0
DOLBY-MC decoder module, enabling decoding of one 5.1 Dolby Digital audio
stream.

FW-ELC- DiviTrackMX statmux license. One license per chassis. d_09.01 5.1.0
DTMX

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby Digital 2.0 or Dolby Digital 5.1 to MPEG1 d_09.01 5.1.0
XCODE-DD- Layer II 2.0 transcoding on the optional AHC-RAC. One license per
TO-MP1LII- audio stream.
RAC

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for FLEX for 90 day demo use. One license per video d_09.01 5.1.0
ANYFORMAT- channel.
DEMO

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

8000 Release
Release

FW-ELC-8K- IRIS channel license on an Electra 8K encoder. Per output video d_09.01 5.1.0
IRIS-1 stream.

FW-ELC-8K- IRIS channel license on an Electra 8K encoder. Per output video d_09.01 5.1.0
IRIS-1 stream.

FW-FLEX- Firmware option for FLEX for 90 day demo use. One license per video d_09.01 5.1.0
ANYFORMAT- channel.
DEMO

FW-ENC- Firmware option for Dolby Digital 2.0 or Dolby Digital 5.1 to MPEG1 d_09.01 5.1.0
XCODE-DD- Layer II 2.0 transcoding on the optional AHC-RAC. One license per
TO-MP1LII- audio stream.
RAC

FW-ELC- DiviTrackMX statmux license. One license per chassis. d_09.01 5.1.0
DTMX

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5.5 Electra 9200 New Features

Harmonic's market-leading Electra™ family of multi-service IP-based encoders provides operators with the
highest performance solution for ultra-high quality video delivered at ultra-low bit-rates. Electra models provide
up to 4 channels of MPEG-2 and/or AVC encoding with a wide range of audio options.

Version Information

Electra 9200 Encoder 9.21.0.0.6

5.5.1 Highlighted New Features

Minimal bitrate for internally created DVB Subtitles
Auto/Manual revert socket/port redundancy modes
Daylight savings time support

New Features Details

Feature Description Supported
on Web
GUI

Minimal bitrate for Enables the device to always output a minimal bitrate for internally No
internally created DVB generated DVB Subtitles PIDs (e.g., DVB Subtitles created from a
Subtitles Teletext input).

Auto/Manual revert Allows use of auto/manual revert socket/port redundancy modes that No
socket/port are also supported by Electra 8000.
redundancy modes

Daylight savings time Enables configuration of daylight savings time to automatically alter Yes
support log times and to set the daylight_saving parameter in any generated
STTs.

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5.5.2 Electra 9200 Firmware Licenses 7400

Licensing enables specific Electra firmware features; contact Harmonic Technical Support to purchase licenses.
The following firmware features can be licensed on this Electra platform, and are supported on the
corresponding initial NMX release:

Name Brief Description Electra NMX

9200 Release
Release

FW-ELC-9K- PSIP generation license for static PSIP. Once license per i_09.19 7.1.0
PSIP-GEN platform.

FW-ELC-9K- Firmware option for ELC-9200 platforms, enabling a stream for i_09.17 6.7.1
LOGO-1 logo or slate insertion. One license per enabled stream.

FW-ELC-9K- Firmware option for ELC-9200 platforms, adds ability to support i_09.14 6.5.0
ENC-HD-AVC- encoding of one channel in 1080P@59.94 fps 4:2:0 format.
1080P

FW-ELC-9K-IRIS- IRIS monitoring license. One license per video stream. i_09.14 6.5.0
1

FW-ELC-9K-FEC FEC on IP output license. One license per chassis. i_09.14 6.5.0

FW-ELC-9K-DPI DPI and SCTE 35 support license. One license per video stream. i_09.14 6.5.0

FW-ELC-9K- AAC or HE-AAC stereo/multichannel audio decoding license. One i_09.14 6.5.0
AUD-DEC-AAC- license per audio stream.
MC

FW-ELC-9K- E-E-AC3 (Dolby Digital Plus) stereo/multichannel audio decoding i_09.14 6.5.0
AUD-DEC-DDP- license. One license per audio stream.
MC

FW-ELC-9K- E-AC-3 5.1 multichannel audio encoding license. One license per i_09.14 6.5.0
AUD-ENC-DDP- audio stream.
MC

FW-ELC-9K- Encoding and decoding license for all Electra 9200 functions for i_09.12 6.2.1
SUPPORT 45 day support usage. One license per chassis.

FW-ELC-9K- Encoding license for 180 day demo use. One license per chassis. i_09.12 6.2.1
DEMO

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

9200 Release
Release

FW-ELC-9K-LAB Encoding firmware license for lab use. One license per chassis. i_09.12 6.2.1

FW-ELC-9K- AAC/HE AAC multichannel audio encoding license. One license i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-ENC-AAC- per audio stream.
MC

FW-ELC-9K- AAC/HE AAC stereo audio encoding license. One license per i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-ENC-AAC- audio stream.
ST

FW-ELC-9K- AC-3 multichannel audio encoding license. One license per audio i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-ENC-DD- stream.
MC

FW-ELC-9K- AC-3 stereo audio encoding license. One license per audio i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-ENC-DD- stream.
ST

FW-ELC-9K- E-AC-3 stereo audio encoding license. One license per audio i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-ENC-DDP- stream.
ST

FW-ELC-9K- AC-3 multichannel audio decoding license. One license per audio i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-DEC-DD- stream.
MC

FW-ELC-9K- AC-3 stereo audio decoding license. One license per audio i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-DEC-DD- stream.
ST

FW-ELC-9K- Dolby E audio decoding license. One license per audio stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-DEC-
DOLBY-E

FW-ELC-9K- HD AVC video encoding license. One license per video stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
ENC-HD-AVC

FW-ELC-9K- HD AVC 1080PsF video encoding license. One license per video i_09.12 6.2.1
ENC-HD-AVC- stream.
1080PSF

FW-ELC-9K- HD MPEG-2 video encoding license. One license per video i_09.12 6.2.1
ENC-HD-MP2 stream.

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

9200 Release
Release

FW-ELC-9K- AVC PIP video encoding license. One license per video stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
ENC-PIP-AVC

FW-ELC-9K- SD AVC video encoding license. One license per video stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
ENC-SD-AVC

FW-ELC-9K- SD MPEG-2 video encoding license. One license per video i_09.12 6.2.1
ENC-SD-MP2 stream.

FW-ELC-9K- Up/cross conversion license. One license per video stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
ENC-UPCONV

FW-ELC-9K-3HD- 3x HD MPEG-2 video encodes plus DTMX license. One license i_09.12 6.2.1
MP2-DTMX-B per chassis.

FW-ELC-9K-4HD- 4x HD MPEG-2 video encodes plus DTMX license. One license i_09.12 6.2.1
MP2-DTMX-B per chassis.

FW-ELC-9K- HD AVC video decoding license. One license per video stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
DEC-HD-AVC

FW-ELC-9K- HD MPEG-2 video decoding license. One license per video i_09.12 6.2.1
DEC-HD-MP2 stream.

FW-ELC-9K- SD AVC video decoding license. One license per video stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
DEC-SD-AVC

FW-ELC-9K- SD MPEG-2 video decoding license. One license per video i_09.12 6.2.1
DEC-SD-MP2 stream.

FW-ELC-9K- PSIP table spooling license. One license per transport stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
PSIP-SPOOLING

FW-ELC-9K- DiviTrackMX statmux license. One license per chassis. i_09.12 6.2.1
DTMX

FW-ELC-9K- Enable closed caption up conversion of CEA-608 to full CEA-708 i_09.12 6.2.1
608TO708-CC- closed captions on the Electra 9000. One license per video
XCODE stream.

FW-ELC-9K- Enabling reception of one ATSC RF channel with the optional i_09.12 6.2.1
8VSB 8VSB receiver module license. One license per RF decode.

i_09.12 6.2.1

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Name Brief Description Electra NMX

9200 Release
Release

FW-ELC-9K- Multichannel audio leveling license. One license per audio

AUD-LVL-MC stream.

FW-ELC-9K- Stereo audio leveling license. One license per audio stream. i_09.12 6.2.1
AUD-LVL-ST

FW-ELC-9K- GBE IP input license. One license per chassis. i_09.12 6.2.1
GBE-IN

FW-ELC-9K- HD MPEG-2 video encoding at 45Mbps CBR license. One license i_09.12 6.2.0
ENC-HD-MP2-45 per video stream.

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5.6 ProStream 1000 New Features

ProStream 1000 is a highly integrated MPEG/DVB multiplexer, scrambler/descrambler, and transcoder for
multimedia services carried over digital broadcast networks. It features a modular, high-density chassis that
may host up to 5 IOM (Input/Output Module) cards and up to 4 IPC (Internal Processing Card) modules in a
single one-rack-unit (1-RU) chassis. The modularity of the platform allows easy field replacement of cards, as
well as field upgrades of software and hardware features.

This page contains information specific to this software release only. Refer to the ProStream 1000
Hardware User’s Guide for installation information.

Version Information

ProStream 1000 06.09.00.032

5.6.1 Compatibility
The firmware included in this release may run only on ProStream 1000 devices that meet the following pre-
requisites:

Hardware version/revision:
Chassis, CPC card: 256 MB devices are not supported starting NMX 7.0 and above
Boot code versions:
1 GB devices – boot version 3.0.4.

5.6.2 Highlighted New Features

In this release, there are no new features for ProStream 1000.

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5.7 ProStream 9000 New Features

The latest evolution of Harmonic's market-leading ProStream platform, the 1-RU ProStream 9000 with ACE
delivers superior video quality and the flexibility to support multiple complex digital processing applications,
such as digital turnaround, any-to-any audio and video transcoding, and live adaptive streaming. It addresses
current broadcast and multiscreen I/O formats, and scales easily to accommodate future formats.

ProStream 9000 with ACE features an ultrahigh-density architecture that dramatically reduces the amount of
rack space required to meet growing processing and transcoding requirements. System flexibility and workflow
versatility are achieved with modular audio/video processing modules and next-generation, high capacity IP
processing cards. Low power consumption, high reliability and simplified serviceability result in a best-in-class,
multiformat platform that offers superior video quality and OPEX.

This page contains information specific to this software release only. Refer to the ProStream 9000
Hardware User’s Guide for installation information.

Version Information

ProStream 9000 10.6.1.0.29

5.7.1 Highlighted New Features

Quad GbE card - IPv6
Support 2 Quad GbE cards per platform
Quad GbE card - support MPTS VBR input ( with no NULL packets)
Quad GbE card - splicing enhancement; minimizing black frames by VBV management

Feature Description

Quad GbE card - IPv6 support for input/ output sockets. Available on ProStream 9000 and Quad GbE
IPv6 card only.

Feature is available at Socket level. SPTS / MPTS support

Supported encapsulation modes: UDP / RTP over IP
Multicast support only
For IPv6, the system supports MLD (Multicast Listener Discovery) v1/v2 in
auto detect mode

2 Quad GbE cards Available on ProStream 9000 only.

per platform
Support for 2 Quad GbE cards enable higher throughout and capacity as follows:

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Feature Description

Up to 4.4 Gbps throughput per platform

Splicing with up to 174 services
2 x 10G ports
Limitation of total 400 TSs and 500 services per platform

Quad GbE card - Support input of MPTS VBR that include no NULL packets
Support MPTS VBR
input

Quad GbE card - IP IP best effort support on Quad GbE cards is added and user can choose between:
best effort output
Null padding - user will configure the out bitrate
Best Effort- no bitrate configuration and no Null padding. Output is as
received at the input. (output may not be DVB compliant)

Splicing - minimizing As part of our splicing solution, we enhanced our TS splicing mechanism to minimize
black frames option of black frames insertion by internal management of the VBV level.

This will eliminate black frames insertion at splice points even if the splice point is
not stream conditioned and even when there is no SCTE-35 marking

Blackout - seamless Available on ProStream 9000 and Quad GbE card only.
switching
Blackout supports is now enabled with Quad GbE card and with the service
substitution capabilities for seamless switching.

All Blackout capabilities are same with ESAM IO3, the switching is done with
Splicing technology to enable seamless switch.

Density is limited to the Splicing Service Substitution limitation

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5.8 ProView 8100 New Features

ProViewTM 8100 is an advanced Integrated Receiver Decoder (IRD) platform that optimizes primary distribution
of video content over satellite, ASI or IP delivery networks. With an advanced feature set and compact design,
the ProView 8000 IRD family increases workflow efficiencies, cost savings, and reliability for global
broadcasters and service providers, simplifying the migration to an IP infrastructure and launch of value-added
services.

The ProView 8100 is ideal for use in a wide range of applications, from basic monitoring to end-point delivery
from the distribution network. The IRD can act as a stand-alone unit or as part of a widely dispersed primary
distribution network under the control of Harmonic’s DMS™ video Distribution Management System. DMS
provides broadcasters and service providers with powerful control tools for remotely managing large device
populations, enabling secure broadcast of video content over satellite or IP delivery.

Version Information

ProView 8100 1.3.0.0.25

5.8.1 Highlighted New Features

Zixi integration for reception of video over the Internet
Independent GbE ports
Input Redundancy
VANC - SMPTE 2038
TS output mute

New Features Details

Feature Description

Zixi integration for Support has been added for embedded Zixi receiver. The ProView 8100 supports
reception of video reception of Zixi based feeds from:
over the Internet
Ellipse 3100 for point-to-point application
Zixi broadcaster for point to multi point application

Currently Zixi socket is limited to 10Mbps.

This feature is a licensed feature and can be configured in the BMI.

Independent GbE Support has been added for configuration of the GbE ports, as GbE-1 input only and
ports GbE-2 output only.

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Feature Description

Input Redundancy Support has been added for Hot-Standby input redundancy between all the GbE
sockets (regular IP socket or Zixi socket). The input redundancy is in addition to
program redundancy that was released in a previous version.

VANC - SMPTE Support has been added for parsing of SMPTE 2038 and insertion into VANC over
2038 SDI.

TS output mute Support has been added for TS output mute in case of MPEG sync loss. This is a
configurable parameter and it is aimed to trigger redundancy at a switch that receives
the ProView 8100 output.

5.9 ProView 7100 New Features

The Harmonic ProViewTM 7100 is a single rack unit (1RU) scalable receiver, DVB descrambler, multi-format
video decoder, video transcoder, and MPEG stream processor. The modular ProView 7100 addresses the full
spectrum of content reception applications from single channel decoding to descrambling and re-multiplexing of
multiple transport streams.

Two important notes regarding this version:

1. Upgrade to 3.7 from a version previous to 3.1 requires upgrade through 3.1
2. Telnet has been removed and is replaced by SSH

Version Information

ProView 7100 3.7.0.0.10

5.9.1 Highlighted New Features

Increased Verimatrix embedded descrambling bitrate
AVC-I support

New Features Details

Feature Description

Increased Verimatrix Support has been added for Verimatrix describing of TSs with a bitrate of
embedded descrambling 150Mbps. This is applicable to all ProView 7100 versions.
bitrate

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Feature Description

AVC-I support Support has been added for AVC-I decoding. This is applicable to ProView
7100 with a 4:2:2 decoder board.

5.10 ProMedia X Origin New Features

The ProMedia X Origin software platform is an all-in-one media storage, packaging, and origin solution for Live,
VOD, and nPVR MBTS services. The packaging and origin capabilities offer video content and service
providers all of the functionality of multiple, standalone products in a single, integrated solution, reducing the
total cost of ownership and operational complexity.

Version Information

ProMedia X Origin version in this release: 2.1.0.0.158

5.10.1 Highlighted New Features

The following new features are highlighted in this release.

ProMedia X Origin supports the following features:

Feature Description

Encryption
Supports FairPlay DRM (AVC) for HLS
Supports PlayReady DRM for HLS
Supports PlayReady DRM for Smooth Streaming (including key
rotation)

EIA 608/708 closed captions

Supports EIA 608/708 closed captions pass-through for HLS
Supports EIA 608/708 closed captions to TTML for Smooth
Streaming

Live only N:M

Supports up to N nodes ingest capacity
Supports up to N+M nodes egress capacity
Supports recovery from node failover

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Feature Description

PM-HWP-2300 hardware
model Supports ProMdia X Origin 2.1 functionalities

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Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Dolby E, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works, © 2015 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.

5.11 ProMedia Live and Package Features

ProMedia Live is a real-time video processing and encoding system with enhanced video codec technology for
creating high-quality internet video streams. Delivering the best picture quality for the bandwidth, ProMedia Live
brings high performance video processing that supports the right resolutions needed for a live environment.
ProMedia Live splits adaptive bit-rate encoding across multiple machines for efficient media processing at
maximum speed.

ProMedia Package is a commercial-grade adaptive stream preparation system for scalable, secure, high-value
Internet video services. ProMedia Package supports all streaming protocol standards in use today and offers
the flexibility to choose the correct resolutions and bitrates on output for use multiples times without
repackaging. Offering tight integration with multiple DRM vendors, ProMedia Package gives you the freedom to
choose the right encryption format. With support from NMX, multiple ProMedia Package devices can scale to
support thousands of simultaneous streams while utilizing NMX’s powerful monitoring and management tools.

5.11.1 Highlighted Features

The following features are highlighted in this release.

ProMedia Live supports the following features:

Feature Description

Video Visual Quality Enables Visual Quality optimization for AVC video encoding.
optimization

Automatic Audio Level Enables automatic audio level adjustment for IP and SDI sources:
Adjustment
Applicable input codec: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2, AAC, Dolby E, Dolby
Digital, Dolby Digital Plus
Applicable output codec: MPEG-1 Audio Layer 2, AAC, Dolby Digital Plus

ProMedia Package supports the following features:

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Feature Description

Teletext Subtitle Supports Teletext subtitle conversion to SMPTE-TT XML files for HLS, Smooth
Conversion Streaming, HDS, and RTMP outputs.

Network End of Day Supports Network End of Day slate insertion/blackout triggered by SCTE 35
Slate Insertion messages for all packages output.

Common Encryption Supports common encryption using multi-DRM for HLS output.

Dolby Digital Plus Audio Supports two formats of Dolby Digital Plus audio codec for HLS output: ATSC and
Output DVB.

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol are registered
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Dolby E, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works, © 2014 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved.

5.12 Ellipse 3000 New Features

The Ellipse™ family of encoders presents an advanced concept in contribution applications, providing
broadcasters with multiple simultaneous MPEG-2 or MPEG-4/AVC (H.264) video encoding and DSNG
modulation.

Ellipse 3000 encoder supports all SD and HD MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 AVC codecs at 4:2:0 or 4:2:2 chroma
subsampling with 8 or 10 bits. Fully firmware upgradeable, the encoders offer a smooth and cost-effective
migration path from MPEG-2 SD 4:2:0 8-bit to AVC HD 4:2:2 10-bit compression schemes, making them among
the most versatile contribution encoders available. Options for remultiplexing and cascading allow the devices
to operate on a stand-alone basis with no need for external multiplexers or PSI generators.

Version Information

Ellipse 3000 Encoder 3.3.5.0.76

In this NMX release, there are no new Ellipse encoder features.

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5.13 Third-Party New Features

Harmonic's market-leading video headend solution brings together multiple third-party products to form a robust
and integrated system solution.

In this release, there are no new features for third-party devices.

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6 Resolved Issues

6.1 NMX Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.1.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

Key multi rn summary

branch
parent

NMX- NMX- After performing Discovery -> Update transport, NMX raised the error message “Failed to
50607 50606 initialize wizard screen."

NMX- NMX- After an NMX upgrade, the Output port was disabled.
50456 50455

NMX- NMX- Deleting an EMM from one of the outputs caused NMX to delete all the CA descriptors
49727 49726 from all output transports.

NMX- NMX- When dual TS output was enabled for Electra X OTT services, and the UDP port setting
49725 49723 was changed, NMX only updated the primary TS output, and not the second TS output.

NMX- The backup socket was still active after the Primary had recovered.
49636

NMX- NMX- The large number of entries in the NMX Validator report log had to be cleared before
49630 49629 executing the next Validation Check.

NMX- NMX- When connected to the primary NMX via the virtual IP, the NMX Operator GUI did not
49593 49582 close during NMX redundancy failover.

NMX- NMX- Alarm logging filled up the hard drive because there was no limit on the size of the log.
49448 49447

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the incorrect input TS from the NMX map could not be deleted.
49236 49235

NMX- NMX- The bit rate from the digital VANC service could not be modified.
49172 49170

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branch
parent

NMX- NMX- NMX Domain Manager failed to complete initialization and hung at 82%.
49074 49073

NMX- NMX- When the TS from one NG was enabled, the TS on a different NG alarmed and caused a
49072 49071 service outage.

NMX- NMX- The Automation Server crashed due to a disconnected socket.

48975 48973

NMX- NMX- Virtual streams could not be added to a ProStream 9000 PSK transport.
48969 48968

NMX- NMX- When activated from the service configuration, the path was flowing through the Backup
48928 48927 ProStream instead of through the Primary ProStream.

NMX- NMX- NMX provisioned the backup data port, even when the port redundancy was set to Manual
48901 48900 and the Primary was the active channel.

NMX- NMX- In NMX 7, you cannot edit the input and some output PIDs for defined SI tables like PAT,
48745 48744 CAT, SDT and EIT.

NMX- AFR- After changing the PAT generation mode, the Prostream output the PAT table twice.
48732 29538

NMX- NMX- NMX failed to provision the SMD9300 after configuring the modulator and activating the
48702 48701 MAP.

NMX- NMX- Annoying message "Socket is not unique, it conflicts with Transport" appeared too often,
48591 48590 and was not always valid.

NMX- NMX- Virtual source address was not provisioned on the device after an extra ABR profile was
48487 48486 manually added.

NMX- NMX- During stream map upgrade, NMX skipped generating unique Sync IDs for some stream
48480 48479 groups, and asserted Validation Failure.

NMX- NMX- After upgrading NMX, SCGs were not visible in the GUI.
48402 48401

NMX- NMX- After an NMX upgrade, the Statistics Management Report option was not available.
48400 48399

NMX- NMX- For some catalogs, NMX did not forward SNMP traffic.
48352 48351

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NMX- NMX- The Carries PCR checkbox on the output processing panel of the Video PID could not be
48342 48341 cleared.

NMX- NMX- After updating the Transport stream ID, the SCG TSID did not pick up the changes.
48263 48262

NMX- NMX- After upgrading NMX, the "&" character could no longer be inserted in the publishing point.
48228 48227

NMX- NMX- The ProStream Element Manager crashed after Restatus.

48151 48150

NMX- NMX- Due to a ProMediaImage issue, the ProMedia Origin Service Module Stopped alarm did
48091 48090 not appear in NMX.

NMX- NMX- When output port traffic exceeded 800Mbps, NMX switched back and forth between
48018 48017 backup and primary because both ports' traffic exceeded 800Mbps.

NMX- NMX- From NMX Operator, the ProStream Redundancy Information property for the GbE 4G
47960 47959 card was not updated when the port was forced to backup.

NMX- NMX- After upgrading, the ProStream GbE Socket Failure alarm was raised.
47939 47938

NMX- NMX- In one use case, a single output icon for all CBR streams caused an NMX system
47904 47903 validation error.

NMX- NMX- NMX did not recognize the EIT table because service extraction did not handle EIT
47875 47874 streams.

NMX- NMX- NMX did not generate customized NIT LCN descriptors when the NIT transports were
47871 47866 configured at more than 1020 bytes.

NMX- NMX- NMX Domain Manager failed to start while loading all the batches in memory during server
47861 47860 startup.

NMX- NMX- When loading the service template, MW PID values were duplicated.
47804 47803

NMX- NMX- After creating a new catalog, then restoring an existing catalog, NMX noted an incorrect
47802 47801 timestamp.

NMX- NMX- ACE Transcoding issues occurred when the PCR PID at the input was not the video PID.
47787 47767

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Key multi rn summary

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parent

NMX- NMX- NMX crashed when redundancy was triggered with manual override from the Amethyst
47729 47696 Switch, v. 2.20.04.

NMX- AFR- An NMX alarm appeared when the ProStream GbE port exceeded 800M bitrate (should be
47684 29400 915M).

NMX- NMX- Changing the MUX Group on large NMX systems (hundreds of SPTSs) was service
47625 47624 affecting and took more than 20 minutes.

NMX- NMX- NMX Designer stopped responding after deleting several transports simultaneously.
47518 47517

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the NMX automated catalog backup repeated every two minutes.
47500 47499

NMX- NMX- For some configurations, the language changed for some ACE MW descriptors, and the
47498 47497 descriptors could not be deleted if they were created from the MW property page.

NMX- NMX- Update transport failed when the source transport was transformed to MBTS at the output.
47480 47479

NMX- NMX- In some MW Service cases, the object ID for the newly added descriptor from the template
47443 47442 was not updated correctly.

NMX- NMX- When changing audio properties the Dolby Audio PID descriptor was deleted.
47419 47418

NMX- NMX- For OTT profiles with AAC audio streams, NMX shows the TS bitrate instead of the ES
47391 47380 bitrate because ES or TS bitrate cannot be specified for the audio descriptor.

NMX- NMX- In some instances of setting up Syslog servers, Syslog messages were only sent to the
47367 47366 first Syslog IP "Syslog 1 IP Address" and not to the second Syslog IP "Syslog 2 IP
Address.

NMX- NMX- The NMX Validator was incorrect in reporting a configuration error.
47279 47224

NMX- NMX- When syncing from one NMX to another, the VBI component (Teletext) was not recognized
47249 47248 during the sync process and was changed from European TV standard to American TV
standard.

NMX- NMX- Upgrading NMX caused inaccurate bitrate reports when the Audio Codec "Low Delay"
47232 47231 setting was disabled, then re-enabled.

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NMX- NMX- The NMX "Save to File" feature did not work from the IP Ports view.
47174 47172

NMX- NMX- In some cases, NMX stopped forwarding SNMP traps during connection of new TS to the
47111 47110 output.

NMX- ACP- In an IPTV Electra X system, NMX had unexpected behavior when the Electra X port,
47099 4571 configured with Dual mode, was disconnected.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, adjusting encoder audio Reference Values had reverse behavior,
47062 47061 becoming louder when setting a lower value.

NMX- NMX- When the backup NMX server was not connected, NMX Redundancy failed.
47020 47019

NMX- NMX- In some cases, audio codec properties did not retain their configuration after saving.
47000 46999

NMX- NMX- Modifying NMX alarms caused NMX Domain Manager to crash.
46956 46955

NMX- NMX- NMX server crashed after installing Digit Port application and driver.
46917 46916

NMX- NMX- When upgrading NMX, the input video format changed from 1080i (25 Hz) to 1080i/29.97,
46889 46886 with the Output format field empty.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, Automation Server crashed when a user was deleted.
46885 46884

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the original service packaging profile is not preserved in the new service
46741 46740 after loading the service template.

NMX- NMX- Saving a configured audio service template did not reproduce the configured audio settings
46731 46635 after loading to a new audio stream.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, when the video stream is disabled, all the audio streams in the same
46705 40524 program are also disabled.

NMX- NMX- The NMX Dashboard was not working, and the Email notification feature was not delivering
46655 46654 daily reports.

NMX- NMX- When exporting to file (Excel) from one network group, the "Input string was not in correct
46622 46621 format" error message appeared.

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NMX- NMX- Due to a known limitation of NMX, after upgrading from NMX 7.2 build 134 to NMX 7.2
46542 46541 build 176, manually configure alarm "RAID Volume Failed" to Critical, and alarm "RAID
Volume Disk Failed" to Trigger Redundancy.

NMX- NMX- Loading a saved template that changed the audio codec from HE AAC to MPEG 1 layer 2,
46532 46531 caused the bitrate on the tree view to display in Mbps instead of Kbps.

NMX- NMX- The NMX Redundancy Menu Switch displayed grayed out.
46493 46492

NMX- NMX- For ProStream 9000 ACE, the service template did not work to downconvert channels from
46454 46453 HD to SD.

NMX- NMX- NMX raised an error message when copying a T2 descriptor XML file from one NMX
46447 46446 version to another.

NMX- NMX- The ISO Language descriptor was not updated when the language field in the audio PID
46407 46406 properties was modified.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the NMX Service Discovery Wizard failed to start.
46373 46372

NMX- NMX- When moving service streams from one SCG to another, the system generated two CA
46371 46370 descriptors.

NMX- NMX- An error appeared when services were imported from a previous NMX version that had
46361 46360 more than 200 streams per MUX group.

NMX- NMX- Object name change in the service configuration was lost when more than one change was
46350 46349 applied.

NMX- NMX- There were incorrect Pool bit-rate changes when configuring the video component to the
46262 46261 maximum bit-rate.

NMX- PMPO- No alarm appeared when unmounting MG failed.

46251 936

NMX- NMX- The Radyne Modulator Loss of ASI alarm was not asserted until device was restatused.
46204 46203

NMX- NMX- The ACE transcoding fields were not available in the ProStream output transport.
46201 46200

NMX failed over to the backup after the Europa Element Manager crashed.

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NMX- NMX-
46181 46180

NMX- NMX- An incorrect device type was defined on the output TS following an NMX upgrade.
46100 46099

NMX- NMX- Restoring a corrupted NMX daily backup after a system crash caused ORS failure, and the
46081 46079 outage of several video compression services.

NMX- NMX- Adding the SMD9300 modulator to the map caused a hardware mismatch alarm.
46042 46041

NMX- NMX- An NMX upgrade caused corruption to the LRV configuration and full service outage (Main
45982 45981 and LRV).

NMX- NMX- After switching to the backup socket, there was a provisioning issue when the primary input
45921 45919 socket was disabled before its GbE socket alarm was remitted.

NMX- NMX- Disabling a service and then re-enabling it caused the service that was connected to the
45918 45917 first input of first encoder to jump to the backup encoder.

NMX- NMX- There was an unexpected ProMedia Live & Package service restart after upgrading the
45866 45865 NMX catalog.

NMX- NMX- NMX Consolidated Alarms locked up after polling 36 NMX systems.
45832 45829

NMX- NMX- After the catalog was upgraded, some Prostream Level Magic audio transcoding fields
45828 45827 were missing.

NMX- NMX- The bNSG is not sent service ID changes to an SPTS input transport with a reference
45815 45814 service that was dropped into the MPTS output.

NMX- NMX- After replacing ProMedia 1200 devices with ProMedia 1400 devices, services cannot be
45764 45763 provisioned due to the KMS server setting for the channels.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the site could not set Dialog Normalization for compressed AC3 streams.
45747 45746

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the Automation Server created duplicate Descriptors in specific data PIDs.
45733 43506

NMX- NMX- Changing the MUX group for a TS was ignored after stopping, then restarting NMX Domain
45706 45705 Manager.

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NMX- NMX- Upgrading the NMX catalog reset the Input Pre-processing parameter in the video
45696 45694 encoding menu to Advanced for all services.

NMX- NMX- Video streams enabled with the Mosquito filter must be rebuilt; the Mosquito filter is not
45693 45691 supported in NMX 7.x.

NMX- NMX- To OTT output programs, NMX automatically added Harmonic bitrate descriptors, which
45660 45658 could then not be deleted.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the NMX Automated Catalog backup feature repeated every two minutes.
45589 45587

NMX- NMX- In some cases, after creating a new SMS catalog, the Timeline tab did not display
45586 45584 configured information.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, the NMX log reported actions being performed by users that were not
45551 45351 logged in.

NMX- NMX- Transports configured as Type "Unspecified" caused a GUI error after upgrading.
45469 45467

NMX- NMX- The 'Generic Profile Fault' alarm was asserted on a port in cases where Hot Backup
45464 45462 redundancy was configured, where the PID was mapped to several transports.

NMX- NMX- Adding a new output TS while NMX Designer consumed available MUX groups caused it
45448 45446 to crash.

NMX- NMX- Starting/stopping NMX Domain Manager caused NMX Operator to display blank screens
45445 45443 for Services and Service Properties windows.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, provisioning failed while using an M+N Balanced (1:2) Input switch with 8
45406 45316 levels SDI ports with Electra X.

NMX- NMX- In some cases, NMX performed restore point SYNC before asking the user whether to
45380 45378 create a restore point.

NMX- NMX- Upgrading an NMX catalog caused service redundancy to be removed from the service
45370 45288 configuration.

NMX- NMX- The NMX Server crashed for no observable reason.

45245 45244

NMX- NMX- In some cases, several false port-link down alarms appeared.
45216 45215

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NMX- The ProStream device raised a PID missing alarm for the common PCR PID configured in
42027 PCR Remux mode, when the PCR remux mode for PCR PIDs is supported only for PCR
PIDs added under the service output.

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6.2 Entry-Level Encoders Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.2.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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ELC- ELC-17623 An NMAP network scan caused a simultaneous timeout of all E8K encoders.
17863

ELC- ELC-17561 The STT was 17 seconds behind.

17562

ELC- ELC-16852 VBI data did not flow on the encoder output until it was reprovisioned.
17202

ELC- On service configuration activation, the Electra 5400 FLEX encoder crashed
17290 continuously.

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6.3 Electra X Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.3.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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ACP- NMX- When disabling one channel service in NMX, all other existing services were stopped.
6147 49721

ACP- NMX- Applying the device Restatus in NMX stopped all services on Electra XVM.
6145 49717

ACP- No unrecoverable corrupted packets were shown for corrupted ACP HEVC output when
6104 play 0.1% packet loss input with FEC packets and input FEC were enabled.

ACP- ACP- When switching to the backup port, the transport stream still included the source address
5819 5794 of the the primary port.

ACP- ACP- The encoder did not pass through the AC3 audio data present in the HD-SDI signal.
5771 5664

ACP- After running a broadcast HD profile with 422 10 bit output for about 5 minutes,
5327 Coredump files were found.

ACP- ACP- The Electra X2 cropped the image in one service.

4990 4904

ACP- ACP- SCTE-27 subtitles were not displayed on the set-top box.
4940 4903

ACP- The insert_still_data command added the still image, but the image duration returned
4386 was not frame accurate.

ACP- The audio muting configured for slate insertion was not frame accurate.
4382

ACP- Using the insert UMP_insert_graphic_data() command did not insert the graphic, and did
4381 not raise an alarm.

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ACP- The encoder stopped outputting video after several hours of running ads.
4347

ACP- When the AS sent a splice_request_data() command for UMP to add an SCTE35 PID
4346 into the output, gray frames were inserted in the output.

ACP- With a DiviTrack HD-in and SD-out configuration, there was transcoder overload at the
4312 end ofthe Clip play.

ACP- The ACP clips played out from AS did not play to full duration.
4240

ACP- ACP- There was a Video elementary buffer underflow in the MPEG PAL broadcast output.
4217 4178

ACP- PMLP- In a long-run test with a live feed having CC errors, the channel unexpectedly re-
3454 6551 initialized due to internal device errors.

ACP- ACP- Two SDI Primary Audio Group/Pairs cannot share the same Backup Audio Group/Pair.
3439 3438

ACP- ACP- When the Broadcast Service Labels were renamed with both Table Spooling and Table
3132 1687 Regeneration disabled, the service restarted unexpectedly.

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6.4 Electra 8000 Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.4.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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ELC- ELC-20111 After upgrading and a redundancy switch, some device redundancy switches failed
20275 with Loss of Input Sync.

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ELC- ELC-19797 In some instances, the encoder audio did not recover from a source glitch.
20074

ELC- NMX-47222 In some upgrade instances, there were video decoding issues when using the High
20197 profile for HD services.

ELC- ELC-18669 Electra 8000 bit stream clipping was seen on the bottom half of a screen for a CBR
20187 HD AVC service.

ELC- NMX-45097 After upgrading, SCTE-20 (DVS-157) closed captions on SD services did not work.
20173

ELC- ELC-19785 There were Electra 8200 video noise issues that caused entries in both the
19897 EuroLogger and the device error log.

ELC- ELC-19704 On the encoder output, the logo was not being inserted in the correct location.
19941

ELC- ELC-19705 Pachinko prediction problem - In some HD services, a large white area blocked the
19849 picture.

ELC- ELC-19857 The encoder output does not recover from source glitch, but requires a chassis reset
19934 to recover.

ELC- ELC-19632 When the input video was removed and restored with embedded audio, there was a
19834 variable audio phase offset between Group Pairs.

ELC- ELC-19649 Fashion TV Weighted Prediction problem - In some HD services, a large white area
19717 blocked the picture.

ELC- ELC-19629 The SD output had intermittent tiling (macroblocking).

19667

ELC- ELC-19453 The Electra running 10.8.5.202-8100 had a time offset of 8 minutes compared to the
19501 NTP server.

ELC- ELC-19103 Dolby E @25Hz source had lip sync issues when it was provisioned with DolbyE
19427 @25Hz settings on Electra 8200 HD SDI encoders.

ELC- ELC-19027 In some cases, the STBs did not work with the adaptive scaling lists due to an
19422 interoperability issue with the decoder.

ELC- ELC-19298 The "Unable to allocate resources" alarm appeared on the Electra 9200 for the same
19420 configuration that worked on the Electra 8000.

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6.5 Electra 9200 Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.5.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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ELC- ELC- For SAG, AC3 settings were lost when a Preset was created.
20302 20294

ELC- ELC- Dolby E/PCM fallback was not recovering correctly after the Dolby E feed recovered.
20273 20069

ELC- ELC- After upgrading and a redundancy switch, some device redundancy switches failed
20265 20111 with Loss of Input Sync.

ELC- ELC- In some instances, the encoder audio did not recover from a source glitch.
20237 19797

ELC- NMX- In some upgrade instances, there were video decoding issues when using the High
20200 47222 profile for HD services.

ELC- ELC- Electra 8000 bit stream clipping was seen on the bottom half of a screen for a CBR HD
20190 18669 AVC service.

ELC- NMX- After upgrading, SCTE-20 (DVS-157) closed captions on SD services did not work.
20177 45097

ELC- ELC- The Electra's front panel should have been locked while under NMX control.
20112 20106

ELC- ELC- While attempting to process corrupt source, the Electra 9200 reset.
20105 20060

ELC- ELC- After enabling CBR During Ad in SAG3, the Ad CBR Reserved Rate could not be set
20048 20042 for the video service.

ELC- ELC- The Group/Pair validation for audio backup and audio primary was incorrect for Dolby
20044 19929 E input.

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ELC- ELC- The Set to Backup feature for the SAG3 application > audio stream context setting was
20038 19928 not yet supported.

ELC- ELC- The backup Encoder did not send IGMP Leave messages for the primary sockets
20030 19944 when they were deprovisioned.

ELC- ELC- There were Electra 8200 video noise issues that caused entries in both the EuroLogger
19901 19785 and the device error log.

ELC- ELC- When the input video was removed and restored with embedded audio, there was a
19831 19632 variable audio phase offset between Group Pairs.

ELC- ELC- Pachinko prediction problem - In some HD services, a large white area blocked the
19744 19705 picture.

ELC- ELC- In some cases, corrupt input caused the transport input parser to trigger recurring
19736 19696 redundancy swaps.

ELC- ELC- Fashion TV Weighted Prediction problem - In some HD services, a large white area
19716 19649 blocked the picture.

ELC- ELC- The SD output had intermittent tiling (macroblocking).

19668 19629

ELC- NMX- For the seamless switching feature, both multiplexed output ports streamed hot-hot,
19591 45236 but no encoder alarms were asserted unless both ports failed.

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6.6 ProStream 1000 Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.6.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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AFR- Prostream timeout at NMX and SAG web connection fail, due to several ACE DSP
30459 restarts

AFR- AFR-30404 TS delay doesn’t function in Data Socket

30407

AFR- AFR-30162 AFD shown at ES Info while configured to Discard

30183

AFR- AFR-30040 Subtitling PID coming from the Encoder on DToIP input during AD: if PID drops, when
30045 it returns Prostream does not pass it to the output

AFR- AFR-29827 Need to add DWCV license (FW-PRM-9K-ACE-DWCV-AVC-OUT-SD) to the HD

29828 hierarchy

AFR- AFR-29680 transcoding failure on OTT while transcoding a specific mpeg2 SD input stream
29681

AFR- ACE transcoding shows "Encrypted PID" with "Corrupted Transport" false alarm
29457

AFR- Validation stopping changes when Gbe bandwidth exceeds 500Mbps

28958

AFR- AFR-28565 PID transcoding failure when input has PTS problem
28570

AFR- AFR-28431 ACE PID transcoding failure when input has PTS problem
28434

AFR- 8VSB shows zero bitrate after system reset

27817

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AFR- AFR-26382 Collecting statistics from Meteor caused "Platform system slowing down" alarms once
26385 in a while

AFR- AFR-26320 PCR PTS restamping on TTX and USB streams

26323

AFR- AFR-26260 NMX servers lose connection to ProStream 1000 units if host IP and Ethernet IP are
26263 different under the mask 0xFFFFFF00

AFR- AFR-26218 PID transcoding Failures on ProStream 1000 on MW

26227

AFR- AFR-26142 Services that have names in Cyrillic are not displayed correctly in browser
26147

AFR- AFR-26102 Loss of audio and a/v sync issue from 8VSB port with ACE configuruation
26105

AFR- NMX- EMM PIDs are not available at the output after upgrading or rebooting Prostreams
25037 44260

AFR- AFR-25013 ACE transcoding of Scrambled SD video affects two other channels on same ACE
25016

AFR- AFR-24897 Gbe Input Socket Buffer Overflow false alarm is raised when there is jitter on input
24905

AFR- AFR-24758 ACE crashing while transcoding specific input stream

24761

AFR- AFR-24564 EBP tag and output data issue with NetStream to Wowza segmenter
24569

AFR- AFR-24257 Bad communication between EMMG and ProStream1000 causes reboots
24266

AFR- AFR-24173 Audio Leveling - limiter worked only for the left channel.
24175

AFR- AFR-24019 Transcoding Problem when Net switch to Ad. Source has big motion vectors
24028

AFR- AFR-23737 After NMX Domain Stop/Start ECM's are deleted from the Prostream
23740

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AFR- AFR-23732 Prostream "Old" Web GUI – add the ability to configure several TS with same socket
23735 address and different SSMs.

AFR- AFR-23559 Switching time between Main and Backup ProStream units increased between 10.2
23564 and 10.3 versions

AFR- AFR-23499 EMM burst bitrate after offline/online

23502

AFR- AFR-23309 Macroblocks or pink I frame on ACE DTpool

23314

AFR- AFR-23128 Low bit rate streams such as TDT PIDs utilize PID detection while asserting many
23135 false missing PID alarms

AFR- AFR-22635 ProStream scrambling SDT and EIT pid after upgrade
22640

AFR- AFR-22597 Broken video problems found during MP2 SD -> H264 SD transcoding on ProStream
22606 1000

AFR- AFR-21244 TDT-TDT Repetition Rate too fast

21818

AFR- AFR-21562 Stream with problems causes extraction problems, drops Idle to zero
21799

AFR- AFR-21508 PID Transcoding Failures and A6 resets on channel

21683

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6.7 ProStream 9000 Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.7.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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AFR- AFR- Need to add DWCV license (FW-PRM-9K-ACE-DWCV-AVC-OUT-SD) to the HD

29829 29827 hierarchy.

AFR- AFR- Prostream timeout at NMX and SAG web connection fail, due to several ACE DSP
30461 30459 restarts

AFR- AFR- For ProSTream 9000 "Delay ECM Replacement" option doesn't change without
30506 30504 Prostream restart

AFR- AFR- TS delay doesn’t function in Data Socket

30408 30404

AFR- AFR- ACE Issue with down-converting a specific HD H.264 stream to SD H.264
26008 25976

AFR- AFR- AFD shown at ES Info while configured to Discard.

30182 30162

AFR- AFR- CC errors on Quad GbE card output

30284 30282

AFR- AFR- ACE Transcoding show false alarms: "Encrypted PID" and "Corrupted Transport"
29459 29457

AFR- AFR- CC errors on PMT when deleting or adding PID to a service

29937 29935

AFR- AFR- PSIP Regeneration - ETT table is not checked in the device GUI when it is configured in
30383 30381 NMX

AFR- AFR- Prostream crash due to periodic debug stack monitoring

29861 29857

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AFR- AFR- ACE PID Xcoding Failure when input has PTS problem
28435 28431

AFR- AFR- PID Xcoding Failure when input has PTS problem
28571 28565

AFR- AFR- xcoding failure on OTT while transcoding a specific mpeg2 SD input stream
29682 29680

AFR- AFR- EAS can't join messages with SSM

29842 29833

AFR- AFR- Rolling back the FPGA changes which cause ACE stability issues
29590 29586

AFR- AFR- An NMX alarm appeared when the ProStream GbE port exceeded 800M bitrate (should
29402 29400 be 915M).

AFR- AFR- Socket redundancy from another port on a Quad GbE card doesn't work stably when
29372 29370 disconnecting and connecting cables for Quad GbE ports 3 and 4.

AFR- AFR- PID Xcoding Failures on ProStream for MW

26869 26218

AFR- AFR- PCR PTS restamping on TTX and USB streams

27384 26320

AFR- AFR- Bad configuration (GbeOutAP without TS) caused to GUI problems - GUI can't be
28577 28575 opened

AFR- AFR- Delete a TS with FEC does not reduce the FEC Required license
28210 28206

AFR- AFR- Collecting statistics from Meteor caused "Platform system slowing down" alarms once in
26821 26382 a while

AFR- AFR- Trying to edit MW with no program at the input and exception occured
27977 27975

AFR- AFR- Services that have names in Cyrillic are not displayed correctly in browser
26400 26142

AFR- AFR- Loss of audio and a/v sync issue from 8VSB port with ACE configuruation
26925 26102

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6.8 ProView 8100 Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.8.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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ZDC- Front Panel bug - A descriptive error message is not displayed when a wrong license
2141 key is used.

ZDC- Web GUI issue – There are cases in which the subtitling node in the decoder tree is
2127 not being updated according to the used configuration.

ZDC- Web GUI issue - The online help content is not loaded into Internet Explorer 9.
2026

ZDC- Web GUI issue – In the Table view of the Logical Output, the Teletext language
2007 description is missing.

ZDC- Web GUI issue - The way the PID status appears on the decoder tabs is inconsistent.
1831

ZDC- The EIT scheduling flag isn't set to 0 if the input SDT is missing.
1597

ZDC- There may be scenarios in which there is noise for a few seconds after changing the
990 decoded audio PID.

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6.9 ProView 7100 Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.9.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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IRP-9429 The BISS Descrambler is limited to 88 PIDS.

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6.10 ProMedia X Origin Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved.

6.10.1 Resolved Issues in This Release

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PMPO- WFS- HLS Packaged export glitches were found on iPad Air 2.
1669 2187

PMPO- PMLP- The manifest did not contain all profiles after PMLP was upgraded from 1.3.2 to 1.6.3
1625 6811

PMPO- PMLP- RAIs were removed during HLS packaging.

1560 6829

PMPO- PMPO- For creating/recreating a new cluster, having more than 8 notes resulted in some nodes
1474 1332 failing to start up.When creating a cluster with more than 8 nodes, start with 8 nodes and
then add the additional nodes one by one.

PMPO- PMPO- After removing a node from the cluster, users should reboot that server before adding it
1411 1403 back to the cluster.

PMPO- PMPO- PMXO devices ports went offline after NIC teaming was disabled on the ports.
1317 566

PMPO- PMPO- The NTP server setting is reset to default after a device was upgraded using the
1296 1287 standalone GUI (SAG).

PMPO- PMPO- A HTTP 304 error was not returned when "If-Modified-Since" was invoked at a time later
1236 161 than the last modified time.

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6.11 ProMedia Live and Package Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved.

6.11.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

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PMLP- Some channels had an audio glitch on 2nd audio (Eng).

6792

PMLP- The StreamPlaylist of LLCU asset provided a wrong keyname in EXT-X-KEY URI. As a
6795 result no client could playback LLCU assets.

PMLP- During playback of an LLCU asset, video stopped and froze but audio continued.
6800

PMLP- Compared to the ProMedia 1104-R2 model, the ProMedia 1104-R2-01 hardware model
6806 had a reverse SDI input order (RX4, RX3, RX2, RX1 instead of RX1, RX2, RX3, RX4).

PMLP- Once the transcoding and publishing channel started (transcoding + publishing), the
6809 system clock would slow 4 seconds in every 15 minutes even though PMLP had
synchronization to the NTP server.

PMLP- After enabling Virtual IP, the HLS package stopped and the MBTS output had a CC error.
6810

PMLP- The Microsoft Smooth Streaming Manifest did not contain all profiles after PMLP was
6811 upgraded from 1.3.2 to 1.6.3

PMLP- ProMedia Package channels restarted during ad breaks with AC3 audio changes.
6817

PMLP- RAIs were removed during HLS packaging.

6829

PMLP- WFS- HLS Packaged export glitches were found on iPad Air 2.
6842 2187

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6.12 Ellipse 3000 Resolved Issues

The following issues have been resolved. For specific resolved issues in previous releases, refer to the archived
release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

6.12.1 Resolved Issues in this Release

There are no Resolved Issues in this release.

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7 Known Issues

7.1 NMX Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release. For specific known issues in previous releases, refer to the
archived release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

7.1.1 Device Upgrade Limitations in This Release

Prostream OTT system ACE WM descriptors

1. Upgrading pre-NMX 7.3.2 releases where NMX is not managing the descriptors (where the MW output
stream does not have descriptors associated in the service map).
a. After upgrading the ACE system to NMX 7.3.5, the AAC Audio descriptors, Harmonic specific AAC
Bitrate Descriptor, and the H.264 Bitrate descriptor should be added automatically.
i. Note: If AAC audio has been configured with Coding Mode Extension to: MPEG-4 AAC,
MPEG-4 HE AAC, or MPEG-4 HE AAC v2, MPEG4 Audio Descriptor is automatically
created for AAC in ADTS(0xF) stream type. However, the payload is default value=0x0
(reserved).
ii. The DVB AAC Descriptor will be generated automatically for AAC in ADTS(0x11) stream
type only; Also the settings is default value=0x0(reserved)
iii. You should manually update these fields after the upgrade.
b. ISO 639 Language descriptors that previously existed under the input stream will not be
automatically added to the output.
i. Options:
1. Right-click the output MW audio stream, and select “Add Descriptors from Input” to
select existing input ISO 639 Language descriptor to be added.
2. Or, select “Add Descriptors” and add new “ISO 639 Language descriptor." This
output language descriptor will not be associated with the input.
2. Creating new ACE MW Services: Audio descriptor handling in NMX 7.3.5.
a. When you create a new ACE MW service, NMX will set the default Audio coding mode: AAC in
ADTS(0xF) with the MPEG-2 AAC Coding Mode Extension. These descriptors will be
automatically generated:
i. MPEG-2 AAC Audio Descriptor
ii. Harmonic Specific AAC Bitrate Descriptor
iii. ISO 639 Language Descriptor (if the input stream contains this descriptor, NMX will
automatically add it from the input)
b. Go to the audio properties window and update output “Stream Type”, “AAC Coding Mode
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previously associated descriptors and update settings to the corresponding descriptor. For
example, when you update audio properties to AAC in ADTS(0x11) with MPEG-4 He AAC Coding
Mode Extension, the system will correct the descriptor and include the MPEG-4 AAC audio
descriptor and the DVB AAC descriptor. These descriptors need to be updated from their default
values.

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NMX- Some descriptors are discovered During the update transport, some descriptors
50710 without payload that either do not have the descriptor definition
or there are multiple definitions for the same
tag, descriptor will be added as “Undefined
Descriptor”.

The workaround is to delete the descriptor and

create the descriptor manually using the “Add
Descriptor” menu at the output.
User can convert it to undefined descriptor if
needed.

NMX- PMPO- In some cases, initializing channels During device failover, ignore the service
50693 2267 duplicated service publishing name publishing name alarms.
alarms.

NMX- In some cases, NMX did not display

50476 alarms related to the ProMedia X Origin
egress node services.

NMX- NMX- The correct payload is not generated

50414 50413 unless the descriptor property page is
opened and the “MPEG-4 Audio Profile
and Level” information is entered.

NMX- ACP- Electra X crashed (segmentation fault)

48936 5615 when a profile was configured with AVC
interlace input and HEVC Main10
interlace output.

NMX-
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Despite HEVC output support, the

HEVC timing and HRD descriptors
could not be added.

NMX- AFR- Port property page doesn't contain

48887 30569 Global and Link-local unicast IP
addresses

NMX- Backup, not provisioned on the output,

48644 could be activated (with no alarm) when
the input icon was not connected to the
backup source on the device.

NMX- Despite Electra X not supporting the

48595 frame rate and resolution conversion
fields for H.264 broadcast 4:2:2 10 bit
encoding, these options appear in the
NMX GUI.

NMX- NMX- If an Upstream Device disconnected To workaround:

42414 42413 alarm was not remitted on the primary 1. Disable the channel that reports the error so
device, the Redundancy menu that you can clear the "Upstream Device
prevented switching a service from disconnected" alarm on primary device before
backup to primary. the switch.
2.Offline the backup device, so that provisioning
will be forced to go back to Primary as the
"Upstream Device disconnected " does not
trigger redundancy by default.

NMX- NMX- The service name was missing from the The Service name is missing in the SNMP Trap.
41258 41257 SNMP trap.
The afaServiceName and afaServiceStatus
fields are applicable to only two alarms:
AFA Service Provisioned
AFA Service De-provisioned

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7.2 Entry-Level Encoders Known Issues

For previous releases' specific known issues, refer to the archived release notes at: C:\Program
Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

7.2.1 Known Issues in this Release

There are no Known Issues in this release.

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7.3 Electra X Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release. For specific known issues in previous releases, refer to the
archived release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

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ACP- When Sync An additional 0.4 seconds is added to the system latency when the Sync
6278 Mode is "Sync Mode is set to Sync to Video. To avoid this added delay, set the Sync
to Video", an Mode to Internal.
additional 0.4
seconds delay
is added to the
system latency.

ACP- NMX- The raised Workaround: Restart the NMX server from the Domain Manager.
6182 49510 "MPEG
Analyzer PTS
Error" alarm is
stuck in NMX
Operator.

ACP- When a BOOTP Remove the BOOTP/DHCP server in the Electra X management network
6130 /DHCP server to avoid this issue.
other than NMX
server exists in
the Electra X
management
network and
Electra X is
rebooted,
Electra X may
respond to an
incorrect
BOOTP
message and
retain an
incorrect
management
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ACP- For LDAPS

6004 Authentication,
users must
validate the CA
certificate
before
uploading it to
Electra X/NMX.
If the certificate
is invalid, the
LDAPS
authentication
will always fail.

ACP- ACP- Electra X did

5958 5172 not alarm when
scrambled input
was provisioned
on NMX.

ACP- ACP- For program To avoid an error on the output, do not use a source which will change
5891 5876 switching, the PMT and program.
Electra X
cannot handle
source PMT
and program
number change
and will have
incorrect output.

ACP- The VBR Pool

5886 rate is unstable
for 50Hz SDI
input.

ACP- When running Users should avoid using a low bit rate and low frame rate HEVC output
5881 HEVC MW configuration which may lead to discontinuous output.
profile with low
output video bit
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errors may be
found.

ACP- Playout of a
5799 non 3:2 source
clip may be
jerky.

ACP- A growing file To prevent the application from reading incomplete content for a growing
5778 playout ends file case, the last 25secs are not readable until the file is completely
earlier than the uploaded to the system.
configured
duration with a
black frame and
a "Not Enough
Media" return
code.

ACP- A short outage Expect a service interruption when frame rate or resolution is changed
5589 occurs due to a through AS. The interruption will be 60 seconds or less.
service restart
when using
cliptype for file
playout.

ACP- Regardless of
5574 the AFD
fallback setting
selected, AFD
fallback follows
the last AFD if
the source
display aspect
ratio is the
same as the
output display
aspect ratio.

ACP- When inserting Aspect ratio change is to be expected, if the source has a different
5486 4:3 template aspect ratio than the BMW output. Broadcast output is the master that

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into a BMW Electra X will take care of first. If the MW output has a different aspect
channel with 16: ratio to the broadcast output, a second round aspect ratio change will
9 source, 4:3 convert the video again.
broadcast
output and 16:9
MW output, the
MW output
shrinks when
the graphic is
inserted.

ACP- Remove invalid The following breakout code has been removed from Nielsen's SDK and
5458 breakout code support is no longer claimed. Please contact Nielsen regarding what new
from UI after values should be set.
upgrading the
Nielsen SDK to LIVE_CONTENT_WITHOUT_SAME_TV_ADS -> Remove
v2.3. LIVE_CONTENT_WITH_SAME_TV_ADS_AND_DIGITAL_ADS ->
Remove
LIVE_DIGITAL_ADS_ONLY_NO_TV_ADS -> Remove
VOD_CONTENT_WITHOUT_SAME_TV_ADS_AND_NO_DIGITAL_ADS
-> Remove
VOD_CONTENT_WITH_SAME_TV_ADS_FOR_3DAYS -> rename as
CONTENT_WITH_SAME_TV_ADS_FOR_3DAYS
VOD_CONTENT_WITH_SAME_TV_ADS_FOR_7DAYS -> rename as
CONTENT_WITH_SAME_TV_ADS_FOR_7DAYS
VOD_CONTENT_WITHOUT_SAME_TV_ADS -> rename as
CONTENT_WITHOUT_SAME_TV_ADS
VOD_WITH_SAME_TV_ADS_FOR_3DAYS_AND_DIGITAL_ADS ->
remove
VOD_WITH_SAME_TV_ADS_FOR_7DAYS_AND_DIGITAL_ADS ->
remove

ACP- It takes too long

5391 - up to 30 sec-
to enable or
disable the
time_descriptor
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for a 1 insertion
interval is within
5 sec.

ACP- When inserting If back to back insertion is scheduled on the same layer, a gap with no
5360 an image twice graphic should be expected between the insertions. The previous
with graphic graphic will end early. The next graphic may start with a slight delay.
insertion, the Even with the delay, the duration of the next graphic's display will be
start time for shortened to avoid the graphic displaying past the scheduled time.
the second
insertion is not
frame accurate.

ACP- The discovery

5159 rate is currently
throttled to 24
services/minute
(~ 10 minutes
for 180
services). The
user must
perform service
discovery in 24
service chunks.

ACP- After patching For Electra Xs with a license deployed on or before the 1.1.0.0.229 GA
5103 from release build, you need to re-apply the license after the upgrade. The standalone
1.1 GA, the GUI (SAG) will not respond until you re-apply the license and reboot the
standalone GUI system. Note that SAG is only to be used for troubleshooting purposes
(SAG) does not and is not officially released.
start even with
a customer
license
installed. Note
that SAG is
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purposes and is
not officially
released.

ACP- ACP- Occasionally, Electra X supports a feature for detecting network configuration errors.
5040 5035 Electra X does An alarm is raised if it detects that any of its IP addresses are already in
not detect that use on the network (by another device).
some of its IP
addresses are In some cases, the device may not detect this misconfiguration and may
already in use not raise an alarm. This behavior will be corrected in a future release of
on the network the Electra X software.
(by another
device). This
behavior will be
corrected in a
future release
of the Electra X
software.

ACP- NMX- DPI Error

4774 47191 alarms are
transient

ACP- ACP- SAG used by Silverlight is no longer officially supported in Google Chrome since
4639 4583 ElectraX does Chrome 45 (release in September 2015)
not work in
Google Chrome This issue does not impact users that use Firefox or Internet Explorer.
since Chrome However, if any issues are seen with accessing SAG in Internet Explorer,
45 released in please try the following workaround:
September 1. Ensure the Display intranet sites in Compatibility View is disabled.
2015. Users are 2. Navigate to Tools->Compatibility View settings In the Compatibility
recommended View settings window.
to use Firefox 3. Verify there there is not a check in the box next to Display intranet
or Internet sites in Compatibility View.
Explorer 4. Select Close.
instead. Note
that SAG is Note that SAG is only to be used for troubleshooting purposes and is not
only to be used officially released.
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purposes and is
not officially
released.

ACP- ACP- When To avoid service impacting issues, users should manually change the
4586 4515 upgrading from level to 1.2 before upgrading.
Electra X
releases 1.1/1.
1.1, level 1.1 is
no longer
supported for
low resolution
with High
Density mode.

ACP- ACP- Multiple Electra A provision error occurs after activating or deactivating a service an
4567 4404 X devices failed average of 100 times. This is not a typical use case for most customers.
the reprovision
channels stress
test.

ACP- ACP- Electra X did Set dual output in service with port set to "other" with same mcast IP
4461 4412 not stop a address, and enable port NIC teaming will result in TS packet sending
channel from out twice.
being Workaround: Users need to set NIC teaming off if dual output on both
provisioned ports are needed.
where NIC
teaming was
enabled, with
output sockets
in Dual mode,
and with the
source's
physical port
configured as
Other.

ACP- ACP- The Electra X

4333 4329 chassis
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times exceeded Electra X maintenance switch time is expected to be around 1 second

the longer than for Electra 9000.
requirement. Electra X redundancy time for reset, zap or service affecting alarm is
expected to be around 3 seconds longer than for Electra 9000.

ACP- ACP- Value of For MW output, when there is timecode passthrough, the n_frames in
4288 4227 n_frames in Picture Timing SEI is incorrect. The Analyzer reports that the n_frame
Picture Timing field in timecode exceeds MaxFPS .There is no workaround.
SEI is incorrect
for some MW
output

ACP- ACP- A transport Workaround option are to either increase the buffer level or lower the
4220 4206 buffer overflow bitrate.
may occur for
some low
bitrate MW
output.

ACP- NMX- If a
4215 44090 disconnected
management
cable triggers
the Electra X
chassis
redundancy
switch, the
output video
outage is 11-13
sec for N:1
redundancy
case.

ACP- ACP- Video tiling Electra X may exhibit bad video quality if the SDI input source is non
4122 4108 occurs with 576i compliant/illegal. For example: illegal SAV/EAV codes.
output.

ACP- ACP- In some cases,

4111 4026 there was an
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II audio stream
type mis-match
in the VCT
table in the
output.

ACP- ACP- The license

4059 2663 alarm does not
note whether a
Mobile service
license or a
Broadcast
service license
is required.

ACP- ACP- MPEG-2 A workaround is to increase the PCR frequency to 35 Hz for a non-video
4039 1715 broadcast PCR.
service PCR
interval
exceeds 40 ms
(worst case is
45.94 ms) if the
PCR interval is
inserted in an
Audio PID.

ACP- ACP- When the

3953 3833 source is
switched to
PCM, the
Electra X does
not return a
meaningful
result for an
SDI input Dolby
metadata
query.

ACP- ACP- Disabling, then

3559 1056 enabling a

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service will
cause up to 20
seconds of lost
service on
Broadcast
channels, and
vice versa.
Disabling, then
enabling any
stream will also
result in lost
service while
channels are
being
reinitialized.

ACP- ACP- Services Reconfigure the second interface's settings to be valid in order to resolve
3470 2665 continue to flow the issue.
on the originally
configured
interface (e.g.
interface 5)
even though
output has
been
disconnected
and
reconnected to
another
interface (e.g.
interface 6)
which has
incorrect
settings.

ACP- ACP- On occasion,

3465 1074 there is no
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transcoding
AAC to HE
AACv2 with
different
bitrates.

ACP- ACP- A source with A drop in Audio PTS is observed for about 1 second every 29 seconds.
3461 1002 PTS jitter The drop is due to the looping of video of 29 seconds duration. When
caused Electra looping occurs, a program switch should handle the looping of PTS.
X audio loss Even when Video PTS looping is handled correctly there is still about a 1
50% of the second period of time when audio PTS is incorrect.
time.

ACP- ACP- A configured

3457 2740 channel with
SDI-PCM 5.1
source and
some
configured
group/pairs,
had muted
output, but no
alarms were
raised.

ACP- ACP- Video buffer

3153 887 underflow
occurs in low
bitrate OTT
output when the
video bitrate is
equal to 25.9
kbps.

ACP- ACP- Transport

3147 1952 stream packet
size source
material other
than 188 byte is
not supported.

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ACP- ACP- In some cases,

3145 1330 a Video PID
(with
descriptors) for
an input
multicast
capture, was
auto discovered
as a Data PID.

ACP- ACP- MPEG-2 To avoid this issue, manually increase the PCR frequency to a higher
3143 360 broadcast value, for example 29Hz or larger.
service PCR
interval was
exceeding
40ms (i.e. 40.01
ms) if the PCR
is inserted as
seperate PID.

ACP- ACP- No metadata

3141 2683 information is
provided when
audio is set as
passthrough.

ACP- ACP- When one

3135 1356 license is
missing (for
example, the
audio license),
the whole
output TS will
not flow.

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7.4 Electra 8000 Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release. For specific known issues in previous releases, refer to the
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ELC- ELC-20153 After upgrading, video artifacts were Workaround - if you can, change the setting to
20192 found on PIP channels. “normal VBV delay” mode.

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ELC- There was a missing subtitle When subtitles are split between rows 18 & 22, the
20312 line in Electra 9000 output, in output discards the second line of subtitle due to the
sources where subtitles were split. This issue does not exist in continental style of
split between rows 18 and 22. subtitling, which is the subtitle style in the UK.

ELC- ELC- After upgrading, video artifacts Workaround - if you can, change the setting to “normal
20195 20153 were found on PIP channels. VBV delay” mode.

ELC- ELC- For SAG3, there was an Workaround: Retrigger the zap.
19924 19923 upgrade/zap corruption issue.

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7.6 ProStream 1000 Known Issues

7.6.1 Device Limitations for This Release

The following operation limitations are known for the ProStream 1000 device for this NMX release. For
complete information regarding device capabilities and limitations, please refer to product data sheets.

1. Multiplexing capacity limitations:

a. Up to 250 output Transport Streams (any mixture of SPTS and MPTS) per device.
b. Up to 250 input services per GbE port.
c. Up to 20 ECMs per scrambled output service.
2. GbE IOM card:
a. Multicast of PIDs to GbE ports: ProStream 1000 can stream multiple instances of incoming PIDs
to multiple output TSs, with different scrambling control parameters. When applying PID multicast
configurations over GbE output cards, keep the following in mind:
i. When (at least) one of the multicast PIDs exceeds 16 instances (duplications in one GbE
output card) the total multicast bitrate is limited to 50Mbps. Otherwise there is no bit rate
limitation.
b. When using Fiber SFP modules, the GbE IOM does not start to stream output through its Tx
connector until the Rx connector has a valid input link. To bypass this limitation, configure the
relevant port to use the "Force Tx" mode. For further information, see NMX Online Help.This issue
does not affect work with Copper SFPs.
3. Advanced multiplexing options:
a. RSS provisioning mode may not be used for "Virtual Channel" services.
b. RSS provisioning mode may not be used for services with common PMT PID.
c. When using RSS provisioning mode for services with common PCR PID, this PID must be passed
to the output manually, while maintaining the original PID number (not relevant when Generate
PCR application is being activated).
4. DiviTrack-over-IP-related limitations:
a. There is no limit regarding number of GbE cards in the platform but DToIP will be functional for
only one card at the lower left slot, as viewed from the rear (Slot 1). All encoders must be
connected to this card.
b. Up to 64 services may be supported for 1 device.
c. Up to 64 services may be included in a single DToIP pool.
d. Up to 3 DToIP pools may be used within a single output Transport Stream.
e. Up to 16 DToIP pools may be provisioned on a single device.
f. A given service may be included only in a single DToIP pool at any given time.
5. Scrambling-related limitations:

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a. ProStream is not aware of the connection status with any EIS machine that is used for
provisioning scrambling commands. Therefore, ProStream does not issue any alarm in case the
connection between the device and the EIS is lost.
b. "Fast Crypto Period change" feature: the feature requires short Delay start (less than 1 second).
c. When scrambling virtual channels (VCs), the following limitations apply:
i. All VCs that include a given shared elementary streams must be either scrambled or clear.
ii. A single SCG must be used for issuing the scrambling commands for all VCs that include a
given shared elementary stream.
d. When scrambling services with a common PMT PID, the option "CA Descriptor Managed by
Scrambler" (in NMX preferences) may not be used.
e. Maintain consistency between the mode in which SCGs are provisioned (program level / PID
level) and the configured location of CA descriptor. Operating in mixed mode (e.g. SCG in PID
level, CA descriptor in program level) may cause problems in generation of CA descriptor.
f. The extended SCSECMG protocol, which includes special messages related to SCS redundancy,
may be operated only in the case of 1:1 hot SCS redundancy. It will not operate correctly in N:1
redundancy scenarios..
6. VBR Pass Through-related limitations:
a. VBR Pass Through when input PCR is not on ES is not supported.

7.6.2 Known Issues in This Release

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31412 31407 VCT ordered by number

AFR- EAS cannot be activated on ProStream 1000 on SAG. No

31325 user is using EAS with SAG - only in NMX

AFR- AFR- Data socket on Dual GbE card is broken - passed to

30805 30802 output PID has wrong bitrate

AFR- AFR- Video blinks when a ProStream 1000 with old embedded
29934 29910 software is controlled by new NMX - PAT is outputted
twice

AFR- NMX-
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5.2.2 causes an overflow in bandwith at the ASI out of the
ProStream

AFR- AFR- Service redundancy takes more than 1 min when defined
26644 13322 for first time

AFR- AFR- Dual GbE Card can’t sync with an RTP input Stream that
26621 23755 has a header extension

AFR- AFR- On activate service configuration ProStream 1000 falsely

26612 1249 reports timeout causing redundancy switch on NMX

AFR- AFR- In Re-encoding output PCR is not on Video

26597 1136

AFR- AFR- EBP string fail in for PIP SD H2H and M2M cases
26582 16636

AFR- AFR- ASI overflow after removing all the streams from the pool
26564 386

AFR- AFR- Extraction: ProviderName always empty for ServiceIn

26501 22472

AFR- AFR- The lack of PID Range validation can allow DSR reserved
26475 1155 PIDs to be overwritten

AFR- AFR- EAS cannot be configured for a service that carries 2 PCR
26474 1503 PIDs

AFR- AFR- Cannot configure EAS for pre-encrypted service

26473 1502

AFR- AFR- MW Logos will not pass to the backup device in SA

26447 22821 Redundancy system

AFR- AFR- The delay before Slate activation is too long - can take
26421 15946 seconds

AFR- AFR- "Auto detect " leads to extraction problems when switch is Autodectect option not
26401 9026 configured V2 and device is configured on V3 (after auto working when Switch is
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Workarround: Use V2 or V3
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7.7 ProStream 9000 Known Issues

7.7.1 Device Limitations for This Release

The following operation limitations are known for the ProStream 9000 device for this NMX release. For
complete information regarding device capabilities and limitations, please refer to product data sheets.

1. Splicing under NMX system:

a. Electra encoders and ProStream 9000 with Quad GbE cards for splicing applications are not
supported on the same NMX map. Electra encoders and ProStream 9000 splicers should be
configured in 2 different NMX maps.
2. Multiplexing capacity limitations:
a. Up to 400 output Transport Streams (any mixture of SPTS and MPTS) per device.
b. Up to 500 input services per GbE port.
c. Up to 20 ECMs per scrambled output service.
3. GbE IOM card:
a. Multicast of PIDs to GbE ports: ProStream 9000 can stream multiple instances of incoming PIDs
to multiple output TSs, with different scrambling control parameters. When applying configurations
of PID multicast over GbE output cards, the following must be enforced:
i. When (at least) one multicast PID exceeds 16 instances (duplications in one GbE output
card) the total multicast bitrate is limited to 50Mbps. Otherwise there is no bit rate limitation.
ii. When using Fiber SFP modules, the GbE IOM does not stream output through its Tx
connector until the Rx connector has a valid input link. To bypass this limitation, configure
the relevant port to use the "Force Tx" mode. For further information, see NMX Online Help.
This does not affect work with Copper SFP.
4. DiviTrack-over-IP-related limitations:
a. There is no limit regarding the number of GbE cards in the platform but DToIP function works only
from Slot 1. All encoders must be connected to this card.
b. Up to 100 services may be supported on a single device.
c. Up to 64 services may be included in a single DToIP pool.
d. Up to 3 pools may be provisioned in a single TS
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e. Up to 14 DToIP pools may be provisioned on a single device.

f. A given service may be included in only one DToIP pool at any given time.
5. Encoders and ProStream 9000 with Quad GbE cards cannot be configured in the same map.
6. Scrambling-related limitations:
a. ProStream cannot detect the connection status with any EIS machine that is used for provisioning
scrambling commands. Therefore, ProStream does not issue any alarm in case the connection
between the device and the EIS is lost.
b. "Fast Crypto Period change" feature: the feature requires a short Delay start (less than 1 second).
c. When scrambling virtual channels (VCs), the following limitations apply:
i. All VCs that include a given shared elementary stream must be either scrambled or clear.
ii. A single SCG must be used for issuing the scrambling commands for all VCs that include a
given shared elementary stream.
d. When scrambling services with a common PMT PID, the option "CA Descriptor Managed by
Scrambler" (in NMX preferences) may not be used.
e. Maintain consistency between the modes in which SCGs are provisioned (program level / PID
level) and the configured location of CA descriptor. Mixing modes (e.g. SCG in PID level, CA
descriptor in program level) may cause problems in the generation of the CA descriptor.
f. The extended SCSECMG protocol, which includes special messages related to SCS redundancy,
may be operated only in the case of 1:1 hot SCS redundancy. It will not operate correctly in N:1
redundancy scenarios.
7. FEC-related limitations:
a. For every FEC-enabled socket transmitted by the ProStream 9000 on UDP port X (where X is any
valid UDP port number), two additional sockets are automatically transmitted, on UDP ports X+2
and X+4. This must be accounted-for when allocating UDP ports to streamed content.
8. VBR Pass Through-related limitations:
a. VBR Pass Through when input PCR is not on ES is not supported.

7.7.2 Known Issues in This Release

The following known issues remain in this release. For specific known issues in previous releases, refer to the
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AFR- AFR- [SAG3] Inform the user on duplicate TS ID's after PS9K upgrade
32977 32975

AFR- NMX- Device Offline/Online switches socket redundancy on Dual GbE cards
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AFR- AFR- Can't detect bitrate on GBE interface when routing to PID range on ASI
31052 31050 Output

AFR- AFR- PSIP Regeneration, STT Daylight saving flag is not changed according to
30637 30635 the input

AFR- Under Enhanced TS redundancy, the "Output Buffer Overflow" alarm is

30619 raised after switch to a Backup/Primary which is coming from a different
source.

AFR- AFR- 4GbE card's 4 interfaces generating same MAC address on Cisco switch
30583 30581

AFR- There is no alarm about "event failed" when SPS on Alt or Splicing Ad is
30117 active and then a Blackout request is sent

AFR- AFR- ProStream has loss of audio in splicing when source has PCR issues
29520 29514

AFR- AFR- SNMP Trap doesn't show the service name when there is a service failure
29465 29463

AFR- AFR- CC error on SDT when service added/deleted

28864 28860

AFR- AFR- “Gbe-4G Internal Bus Overflow” alarm raised when having load of: [IP -> IP]
27503 22890 1.530 Gbps && [IP -> ASI] 850 Mbps && [ASI -> IP] 520 Mbps.

AFR- NMX- Starting the Domain Manager for the first time with NMX 5.2.2 causes a
27467 192 bandwidth overflow at the ASI out of the ProStream

AFR- AFR- Service redundancy takes more than one minute when defined for the first
27460 13322 time

AFR- AFR- On activate service configuration ProStream falsely reports timeout causing
27379 1249 redundancy switch on NMX

AFR- AFR- No output on Quad GbE port 2 when moving Output configuration from Port
27377 15027 1 to Port 2 (Input is from Port 3).

AFR- AFR- Quad GbE card does not support selective encryption and EHP features
27335 12904

In Re-encoding output PCR is not on Video

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AFR- AFR-
27321 1136

AFR- AFR- EBP string fail in for PIP SD H2H and M2M cases
27297 16636

AFR- AFR- CC errors on Quad GbE output when selecting/deselecting "Selective

27283 12456 encryption"

AFR- AFR- ASI overflow after removing all the streams from the pool
27270 386

AFR- AFR- Double bitrate on input tagged TSs in cases with VLAN Tagging and Native
27244 24132 VLAN

AFR- AFR- Splicing does not work with a PCR that is not on ES when working with
27215 15943 NMX

AFR- AFR- Opening output PID properties with a loaded configuration (in FF, IE) can
27160 21458 take up to 20 seconds

AFR- AFR- On Input SAG3 does not parse Hebrew and Cyrillic service names
27130 20445

AFR- AFR- PCR PID number can be set even if PID remapping Policy is set to
26937 19252 Preserve for RSS

AFR- AFR- GUI should validate that output service with enabled Dynamic Service can
26877 18438 contain only elements described by the referenced input PMT

AFR- AFR- Extraction: ProviderName always empty for ServiceIn

26876 22472

AFR- AFR- For External EIS, SCGs should be restored after suspend/resume
26845 15515 scrambling

AFR- AFR- ProStream does not get EAS signal when moving from non-valid SSM to
26839 594 0.0.0.0

AFR- AFR- Lack of validation on PID Range can allow DSR reserved PIDs to be
26834 1155 overwritten

AFR- AFR- EAS cannot be configured for a service that carries 2 PCR PIDs
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AFR- AFR- Cannot configure EAS for pre-encrypted service

26832 1502

AFR- AFR- Reboot to Inactive device causes cc errors on Active device

26823 8474

AFR- AFR- One ProStream 9000 MW service failed due to an input PCR error when
26786 9760 another ProStream 9000 MW output's IDR interval randomly jumps or there
is no IDR output at all

AFR- AFR- “Input StatMux Aligned” feature adds additional bitrate overhead to the
26762 22607 original pool's bitrate

AFR- AFR- Primary and not active Alt2 streams a few seconds after the device comes
26752 24732 up from a reboot

AFR- AFR- "Auto detect " leads to extraction problems when switch is configured V2
26668 9026 and device is configured on V3 (after auto detect)

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7.8 ProView 8100 Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release. For specific known issues in previous releases, refer to the
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ZDC- IRP- SCTE-104 is not inserted on lines 22 and 23.

2791 9787

ZDC- When working in multiplex mode, the PMT PID value is always 32 at the
2790 output TS.

ZDC- Front Panel bug - A PID selection remains set to its configured mode when Workaround
2748 switching the program via the Front Panel to Program mode. - Update
the video
/audio pods

ZDC- When input redundancy is configured to Hot-Standby mode (socket-1 -

2697 primary; socket-2 - backup) and the stream disappears from the Primary port
and the Backup is activated, the 'de-jittering failure' alarm is raised for the
Primary port.

ZDC- The MMI session is not closed when the MMI dialog is closed during its
2110 session initialization. The CAM needs to be reset to close the MMI session.

ZDC- It is not possible to set the language on the BISS Aston Pro CAM through
2105 the web GUI.

ZDC- When adding a new program in Transparent mode, the GUI may wrongly
2087 show it as an additional program although it is not actually added.

ZDC- The GUI allows the dragging of multiple Physical Inputs into Logical Inputs.
1999

ZDC- ProView 8100 model 8110 – Although the model only supports analog audio
1967 processing type formats, the GUI also shows digital audio processing types.

ZDC- After disabling and re-enabling the Logical Output, there may be an overflow
1964 alarm for several seconds.

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ZDC- Web GUI – After disabling output TS in TSXC, unreferenced PIDs are being
1874 shown in the GUI.

ZDC- Web GUI – A few parameters, such as PAT, CAT, PMT, and SDT tables are
1794 not displayed in the Logical Output after changing the display mode to Table
View.

ZDC- Licenses aren't updated automatically in the GUI after modifying them via the
1536 Front Panel.

ZDC- Web GUI – Only Russian/English/Hebrew Service Names are recognized.

1450

ZDC- A "Program Descrambling Failure" alarm is raised on the decoder configured

1407 to 'Automatic' and 'CA Device=None' when the same program is also
configured to the output as multiplex.

ZDC- Web GUI – A user with the "monitor" privilege may change parameters in the
1278 GUI.

ZDC- Web GUI – There is no indication that TDT/TOT is present in the stream on
1261 the output multiplexer.

ZDC- Web GUI – Some of the table properties can be modified when the receiver
1246 is in Transparent mode.

ZDC- Web GUI – The error message "PID Conflict may occur in the output"
1142 doesn't appear.

ZDC- The decoder cannot decode HD AVC video with a bitrate higher than 40
792 Mbps.

ZDC- The Carrier Frequency label isn't updated according to the selected LNB
40 frequency band.

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7.9 ProView 7100 Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release. For specific known issues in previous releases, refer to the
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IRP- NMX: Device redundancy doesn't work when one device with 4.0 and
10321 other 3.X

IRP- No possibility to Download *.pvr Preset on Device

10305

IRP- Seamless switching is not working when IP IN is configured without de-

9436 jittering.

IRP- ZDC- Descrambling: The PMT version sent in CA_PMT should match the
9351 2206 version in the input TS PMT.

IRP- There is no support for pre-provisioning of the decoder in the EMS.

9260

IRP- IRP-8584 Changing descrambling during a blackout event will not take effect even
8611 after the event ends on primary and alternative programs.

IRP- The decoder blanking mode "Bar" is not displayed on HDMI output.
7631

IRP- The SDI audio groups work with an audio sample rate of 48KHz only.
7315

IRP- XML: No support for non Latin service names (Chinese, Cyrillic, etc.).
7199

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7.10 ProMedia X Origin Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release.

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PMPO- PMPO- PMXO does not send key request when the KMS
2656 2654 URL is HTTPS.

PMPO- There could be "UDP and input signal lost" Users should ignore those alarms.
2592 alarms fired after the device bootup, which are
false alarms and will be remitted about 20
seconds later.

PMPO- When multiple channels cannot reach the KMS When there is any "KMS
2571 servers, there will be only one alarm fired. unreachable" alarm, users should
cross check the KMS configurations
for all the channels.

PMPO- After removing a node from a 6:2 cluster, live Reconfiguration of cluster should be
2541 service egress is affected with a "HTTP 504" done during maintenance windows as
error response. it is service affecting.

PMPO- Downloading techdump impacts service. Live

2473 egress could be impacted for 20 seconds
approximately.

PMPO- To avoid SS egress failure, users should not

2377 configure the "Epoch Time" setting for SS
Package for a future time.

PMPO- After updating all Source Streams' PIDs on 25

2356 channels and only then applying all changes,
PMXO continues to expect old PIDs in all
channels. Alarms are then remitted one channel
at a time.

PMPO- The RAID in PM-HWP-2300 will fail when two or Users need to manually reset the
2287 more SSDs have failures. newly replaced disks to be

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"Unconfigured Good". This is to allow

the Virtual Drive to be successfully
built during a clean image installation.

PMPO- The clock skew alarm failed to remit after PMXO If the PMXO servers are not
2278 servers recovered from clock not being synchronized to a common NTP
synchronized. source, a clock skew alarm will be
generated. Once the servers are
properly configured for NTP
synchronization, it may take a long
time for the alarm to remit.

PMPO- "HTTP 400" is not reported when an HLS Users should double check the
2274 request has a URL error. request URL when unexpected http
responses occur.

PMPO- Segments can be still downloaded even when User should double check the request
2273 the URL is incorrect. URL when unexpected segments are
downloaded.

PMPO- In some cases, initializing channels duplicated During device failover, ignore the
2267 service publishing name alarms. service publishing name alarms.

PMPO- Unexpected "mediadeliveryserver" and "retention

2249 worker stopped" alarms observed during cluster
initialization.

PMPO- If the network cable on one of the data ports The issue may be fixed by either:
2229 (GbE3 - GbE8) is disconnected and then later * unplugging and replugging the
reconnected, the Ethernet link on that port may network cable, possibly at both ends;
not be restored properly in some situations. This * disabling auto-negotiation on the
can be caused by compatibility issues between network switch and forcing link speed
the network switch and the ProMedia device. to 10Gb/s.

PMPO- "LookAheadFragmentCount" is used in the SS Users should be cautious when

2181 Live manifest but not "LookaheadCount". developing their own SS player.

PMPO- After losing half or more nodes from the cluster,

2163 users should recreate the cluster to resume the
services.

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PMPO- PMXO servers cannot join the cluster if the Workaround: Users should make sure
2132 storage interface IP changed from incorrect to the storage IP is correct before joining
correct after adding to the cluster. the new node to the cluster.
Reinitialize cluster after fixing storing
interface IP configuration.

PMPO- It takes approximately 2 minutes to initialize a

2131 cluster of 8 nodes. Users should be patient when
initializing the cluster.

PMPO- It could take about 60 seconds to SSH into Check the connectivity of the
2106 ProMedia Server. configured DNS server. It may be the
cause of the slow response time.

PMPO- When there is an existing RAID configuration, Workaround: When upgrading from 1.
2090 RAID on data drive will be unable to re-create x to 2.x.x.x or 2.0.x.0 to 2.1.0.0 or
during clean installation. PMXO servers may not above, users should delete the
be able to join to the cluster due to this. existing RAID configuration and then
reinstall the clean image.
Note:
1) These operations are service
affecting.
2) For the best performance, the
upgrade from 2.0.x.0 to 2.1.0.0
should perform these operations.

PMPO- Users should choose port 3/5 as primary port

2057 when enabling NIC Teaming in manual revert
mode. i.e. Port 4/6 will not work with NIC
Teaming in manual revert mode.

PMPO- When the encryption parameter Get Key Failure

1992 Mode is set to "Output Clear Content" and key
retrieval fails, error code 504 appears.

PMPO- Closed Caption font size and color may not

1981 reflect the configuration in NMX. Instead, they
use the configuration set in the last publishing
point under the same service.

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PMPO- In iOS 8 native player, the position of Closed

1780 Captioning is not honored and unexpected line
breaks occur. This is the limitation of iOS 8
native player.

PMPO- PMPO- After removing 3 or more nodes from the cluster, After removing 3 or more nodes,
1682 1679 existing live ingest and egress fail to resume. users should re-initialize the cluster.

PMPO- PMPO- In some instances, the "Cluster failed" alarm Workaround: Reboot the machine to
1628 1621 wrongly appears during the cluster remove the false alarm.
reconfiguration.

PMPO- PMPO- In some instances, when your take a device This error appears when no Network
1601 1294 online or offline, restart Domain Managers or Attached Storage (NAS) has been
change the configuration of MG, the "Mount NAS configured and can be ignored.
Failure" alarm wrongly appears.

PMPO- PMPO- In the event a system loses more than 2 nodes

1566 1555 or the majority, the PMXO system should be
reconfigured.

PMPO- PMPO- When switching audio to a lower sampling rate

1489 138 (AAC-LC to HE-AAC) for Smooth Streaming
output, the playback will fast-forward. This is the
limitation of Silverlight Smooth Streaming Player.

PMPO- PMPO- Playback of PMXO HLS live content is not

1454 237 supported by Dolby Universal Player and VLC
player.

PMPO- PMPO- When multiple techdump download are Workaround: Users should trigger one
1444 1435 triggered, the data gathered in the TechDump download at a time.
could be corrupt.

PMPO- PMPO- CC error messages appear when the system is Workaround: To avoid CC errors,
1442 1418 overloaded with 25 live ingest (from 25 different reduce the number of FTP upload
MBTS) and 30 concurrent VOD FTP upload connections.
connections.

PMPO- PMPO- If one of the PMXO nodes in the cluster is

1420 1138 rebooted, there could be a brief interruption to
Live egress from some of the other nodes.

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PMPO- PMPO- When you change the timezone from the NMX, Workaround: After you configure the
1362 1005 CPU and Memory usage become 100%. time zone reboot the server.

PMPO- NMX- NMX disables live services when clearing the Workaround: Clear the cluster
1350 46115 cluster config with an active service plan. configuration only when the service
plan is not active.

PMPO- PMPO- When users add a new node into a cluster, the Users should ignore these alarms.
1261 967 alarms "Cluster status changed" and "Cluster
service error" alarms unexpectedly appear.

PMPO- PMPO- In some instances, the PMXO upgrade takes up

1260 1038 to 16 minutes to run. Typically this process takes
five minutes.

PMPO- PMPO- After changing any NTP or Timezone

1245 1243 configuration, you must reboot the whole cluster
to make the configuration take effect.

PMPO- PMPO- If more than half of the nodes are lost in a Workaround: Recreate the cluster.
1229 849 cluster, an error may occur.

PMPO- PMPO- The alignment of SS audio chunk size between Users should verify that their SS
1208 151 video and audio is not accurate sometimes. players can handle this properly.

PMPO- PMPO- Renaming upgrade patch file with special Workaround: Removing all the space
1206 354 characters and space character cause software characters and special characters
upgrade to fail with an "unknown error". (except underscore, _) from the
upgrade file's name.

PMPO- PMLP- An error could be triggered for the HLS output This error can be ignored as it will not
1198 5650 with Dolby Digital Plus audio streaming because block the Dolby certification.
the descriptor is not identical to audio data
information.

PMPO- PMPO- The Cluster ID cannot be set on the newly added Workaround: Remove the link
1189 795 node with channels running. between the logical input/output and
device icons to make sure the device
has no channels running.

PMPO- PMPO- If the KMS configuration is incorrect, the PMXO

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its cache, which cannot be clean from the Workaround: Recreate the channel
software. with another name. This will clean the
cache.

PMPO- PMPO- If you join nodes with a cluster ID using special Workaround: Assign an ID to the
768 666 characters or punctuation, the error message cluster that does not use any special
"Fail to Join Cluster - Node failed to join the characters or punctuation; limit the ID
cluster. Reason: Could not find matching to uppercase and lowercase letters,
configuration from any hosts." appears. numbers, and underscores.

PMPO- PMPO- When segment duration in an HLS VOD Workaround: Ensure that VOD
609 183 package profile is smaller than the IDR interval in packaging configuration uses the
the source MBTS asset, #EXT-X- segment sizes that are compatible
DISCONTINUITY will be inserted for almost with the VOD assets. Otherwise, VOD
every segment. playback may fail.

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7.11 ProMedia Live and Package Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release.

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PMLP- When publishing to "Akamai Smooth Restart the publishing services on ProMedia
6860 Streaming publishing point" is Packagers to ensure the services are resumed.
interrupted for more than 2 minutes, the
original playback and manifest cannot
be resumed. This results in some video
and audio streams missing from the
manifest.

PMLP- ProMedia Live does not output anything Workaround: Restart the channel.
6866 during the leap second, the one-second

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adjustment that is occasionally applied

to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
After the adjustment, ProMedia Live
output is one second behind real time.

PMLP- ProMedia Live does not issue an error Workaround: When the SDI channel does not
6874 when the SDI input video format does run successfully (for example, when a channel
not match the video properties. restarts or is stuck), verify that the video
properties configured match the SDI input. If
you do not know the video properties of SDI
input, select "auto". Then restart the channels.

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7.12 Ellipse 3000 Known Issues

The following known issues remain in this release. For specific known issues in previous releases, refer to the
archived release notes at: C:\Program Files\Harmonic\Documents\Archive_Release_Notes.

7.12.1 Known Issues in This Release

There are no Known Issues in this release.

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